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No Totally unrealistic. Make it easier for people to find/form groups by choosing spawn area then the PvP will subside.

No Assuming infection began weeks prior to spawn, not realistic to think one has lived thus far without weapon.

Unrealistic. When a player spawns for the first time it isn't as if this is when he just showed up in Chernarus, he's been there since the infection began, he's a "survivor". And it makes no sense whatsoever that he could have survived to that point, obviously weeks/months since the infection began, without some basic survival tools including a handgun. Why do so many people make this suggestion as if making things unrealistically difficult makes for a better game? There are many more ways of adding depth to the game besides making the player start out unarmed, hungry, thirsty, lying naked and bleeding on the beach. If YOU don't want to start with a gun fine, drop it as soon as you spawn in.

NO round is designed to "tumble in mid air", that would defeat 200 plus years of research into spin stabilizing bullets for accuracy.

The AK-74 has better accuracy over greater range. I know, I own one. The AKM may be an “7.62” cartridge but it isn’t a full size/power 7.62 like the FAL or M14 etc. It is an intermediate cartridge and it’s velocity/stopping power drops off quickly at range. The AK-74’s 5N7 Russian issue 5.45 round has a very high muzzle velocity and a devastating effect on flesh. There was/is a good reason that the Russian military switched from the 7.62 x 39 to the 5.45 x 39 cartridge.

I would have to agree on the vehicle situation. Doesn't seem realistic to me that there aren't more cars, trucks, motorcycles, bikes around. In fact there should be plenty of them, intact and not in need of repair. Maybe out of gas, but not not needing "engine parts" or "scrap metal".

Date/Time: May 26, 2012 / ~2200 Eastern Time US What happened: Died Where you were: West of Kamenka What you were doing: Lying prone, unintentionally threw a flare *Current installed version: 1.5.8.4 *Server(s) you were on: Dallas 15 *Your system specs: ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Quad-Core CPU Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin SDRAM DDR3 1600 Samsung 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HD x2 *Timeline of events before/after error: At end of prior session I left my character prone in a secluded area west of Kamenka. Logged back in and began to decide where I was going to go and what I was going to do. Decided to alt-tab to look at map on desktop. When I have done this in the past while holding the pistol I have gotten an unwanted firing of my pistol when alt tabbing back to the game. So I instead I have instead selected my flare before alt tabbing to the desktop, I have done this in the past and have found that when I return to the game my character does NOT throw the flare. But this time when I alt tabbed to return to the game my prone character threw the flare and when it did so I died immediately. I had seen no one in the area and I heard no gunshot.

I call bullshit. Let's see the video of you walking past Zeds at 5 meters.

I have a dozen or so in my closet right now, so I don't think it is unreasonable that heat packs could be found just about anywhere. A heat pack lying in a barn would be no more unrealistic than a CZ550 lying in a barn or a backpack lying in a Bistro.

I spawned there once and since I had just lost a week old character due to another glitch I thought I would take advantage of this glitch and stock up on food, drink and ammo off of a dead bandit lying there (I didn't shoot anyone, there were several dead there already). But when I aborted out of the debug plain and -rejoined a server all my loot was gone. Oh well.

+1 I like.

Boiling sea water doesn't make sea water fresh, in fact it does the opposite as the water boils away the salt becomes more concentrated in the remaining water.

I think it is just a matter of getting accustomed to the new system. Pressing G and right clicking on a bandage really doesn't take much more than one second. Much ado about nothing.

May 23, 2012 1700 hrs Eastern Time (US) DayZ 1.5.8.2 Server on: various (Virginia 11, TX4, Dallas 4 I believe) Issues: 1. Loss of character due to lack of food although I had just eaten before loosing connection. 2. Respawning in featureless wasteland outside of normal spawn areas. 3. Respawn as bandit although I had been killed by another player, I had not killed anyone. 4. Loss of gear gathered during a previous spawn. 5. Spawning with credit for kills I had not made and unexplained blood loss. Logged onto server for first time in about 48 hours to a character I've had for about 5 days. When I log in I immediately need to eat and drink, I eat my last can of beans. Just a few minutes later I loose connection and am dumped out of the server. I log back in and I am starving again even though I just ate, I am loosing blood and have nothing left to eat. I know there are 2 buildings about 6-800 yards away so I head toward them running as fast as I can, hoping to find food. I make it to the first building, a barn, and I run through it looking for food. Nothing but empty cans and a jerry can of gas. I run to the next barn and again nothing but empty cans. Then I hear gunshots, I'm hit. I go prone, I am shot again, dead. All because I was so desperate for food (that I should not have needed since I just ate!) I've been killed, lost all my gear and have to start over. So I log back in. I re-spawn in the middle of nowhere, no trees, no landmarks, no notice of where I've spawned. Just me and 3-4 dead survivors lying on the ground, and one dead bandit. Looks like others are spawning in this odd place and killing one another. I search everyone and find loads of food, water and Makarov ammo. So I figure I will make the best of this glitch so I load up with loot. Then I notice that I am now a bandit!! I've never shot another player, ever! So I log out, and log back in to see if I am relocated to a "real place" in Chernarus. I do spawn somewhere on the map, still as a bandit, but again I am not told where I am spawning. All the ammo, beans etc I had gathered at previous spawn is gone. I see some buildings near by and I head toward them. I avoid a few zeds and enter a building but find nothing. I then start loosing connection again and finally end up back in the lobby after about a minute. So I log in again, this time I am spawned near Kozlovka right beside a deer stand, which I think is cool since there is supposed to be good loot in deer stands, but this one is empty. I then notice I am no longer a bandit, and I have 6 zombies kills even though I've just spawned and have not fired my weapon, I am also down on blood just slightly. I move to a nearby barn, look for loot and find some beans. But Zeds show up and the FPS goes to crap and I loose half my blood engaging 6 Zeds. And then I loose connection once again!

RE: Body temp Why not have additonal clothing, coats etc. loot that could be found and worn? Isn't that what most of us do when it is cold outside, wear a coat??

And what if right after you eat/drink your last food and water you have a REAL WORLD issue to take care of forcing you to log off, then you come back the next day or maybe 2-3 days later and you log on and you either starve to death, bleed heavily or otherwise suffer health consequences while you are trying to get food/water that you need immediately since it has depleted while you were offline? This is something that really should change; some of us have lives outside of video games.

No, it is realistic. You would need to open your pack to get to your bandages. All it takes in game is "G" key, right click on bandage and apply... all of maybe 2 seconds.

I bought my copy of ArmA 2 from Amazon Direct Download and I recommend it to everyone. The download is practically an ISO copy of the discs, which I like much better than Steam. If BI has an issue with Amazon they should take it up with them, otherwise I will buy my software where ever I find it best/cheapest. Let the Free Market Rule!

I agree with this. Or at the very least one should be able to lay down some of his gear when going on a raid of a potential source of loot without worrying about that gear de-spawning for at least an hour. For example, I see a couple of barns that I want to check out for loot. I already have a full load of inventory so I find a good secluded spot (or so I hope) and drop all my water, beans and since it is day time I drop my flares, chemlights, flashlight etc. I then raid the barns, find some loot and return to my hidden cache where I take stock of everything and decide what to keep. This is actually more realistic than the current system, because in the real world one would not likely take everything he owns into such a situation, if for no other reason than to lower his weight so as to make a quick getaway easier, if needed. So at the very least: make dropped gear persistent for at least an hour after it has been laid down. Even better: make dropped gear persistent for at least 2 hours including death and respawn of the player. Best: make dropped gear persistent for ~24 hours including the death and respawn of the player.

Ignore the ignorant, especially since the evidence is now beginning to show that George Zimmerman actually acted in self defense, therefore he was really paying people a compliment by comparing us to Mr Zimmerman!

They will give up sooner or later, go do some real world stuff, maybe eat, get some sun etc. and eventually the servers will be back up. BEST SUGGESTION EVER!!! :D