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Beans for the pun!

This is indicative of your poll. It doesn't make sense. "An ultimate" set of rules to apply to every server is such a large assumption and I think you might confuse quite a bit of people. We don't even know if a standalone is coming, let alone a brand new server setup. If you want to make assumptions then the logical one is that if it is based on the ARMA III engine then there will be multiple difficulty levels. Anyone with eyes can see that the community wants all of the features. Not just one single set. So how about we stop calling people lame who play on recruit and regular servers? Elitism is lame. Join the military if you want realism.

What is wrong with advantages? An advantage is defined as: A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position. So, you think that something everyone has in this game as an option is an unfair advantage? No, the person who is using it to peer at someone from the grass or roof is at an advantage because they got into a place where they can use 3rd person to their advantage. I think you are just upset because 3rd person makes this game easier for many people. I don't blame you but this is why there are veteran servers and regular servers. It is not a broken mechanic bro. This feature has been in all military sim games by Bohemia Interactive since Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. You can cry all you want but it doesn't change the fact that what works is having different difficulty levels. This argument has been around much longer than Zombies became trendy and I think it comes down to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

The .22lr subsonic round is lethal at a certain distance. It is not really effective but they are lethal. Someone shot you in the leg with a sub-sonic round? I hope it was an accident! I've shot the 60 grain aquila sub sonic rounds in my semi auto AR7. Yeah, it wont cycle sometimes. Pain in the butt! They are fun as hell to shoot though! Packs a punch.

All is fair in love and war! Don't they make weapons that can look around corners now? OOO snap, so much for your realism argument.

I was just saying that in the game, yes it is a shotgun. Of course it is not really a shotgun. .22 Rifle with Sub-Sonic rounds. It sounds like a peashooter! It's a real gun too. Maybe not a "my penis is so small I need to compensate" gun but still real!

I know plenty of people in the army that don't know crap about history of guns. It is important to know battle history and all that but not weapon history. It is more of a hobby of many soldiers. He could simple change the Winchester to use .45 ACP rounds since they commonly used .45 Long Colt. Slightly more realistic.

At least he isn't doing this to goats. I like to eat those things.

Sorry, I had confused the DMR with a different rifle. I didn't know it took more than one shot to kill someone with a DMR. (Torso shots anyway)

The Winchester uses plastic shells that have slugs in them. The shotgun term is outdated because you used to load the gun with "Shot". Today it refers to any weapon loaded with a "shell". Slugs are loaded into shells and therefore it is a shotgun. UNFORTUNATELY, whoever made DayZ is a bit confused about this. The 1866 Winchester was a cartridge loaded weapon. Not shells. There is a lever action shotgun that game later but looks different than the one in game. I believe it is the 1877. I forget. From the Wiki: Although in reality the Winchester 1866 is a lever action .44 Rifle, in DayZ it is a shotgun. It allows slugs in tubular magazines of 15.

More technical specs on the hard drive please. A slow hard drive can equal low FPS in ARMA II. Your GPU is a little dated but it shouldn't cause an unplayable game. Let me ask you this: Have you lowered all the graphic settings in game? Does that fix the FPS issue? If it doesn't fix the issue than it is likely not a GPU issue.

Don't forget that if you find certain barrels (Sometimes at military outposts with those tents) you can light those on fire without fire wood. Just need a match.

Accidentally spot an enemy over 1000 yards away? How do you know if they are an enemy? Not everyone wants to kill you in this game. Your loot isn't that precious to some of us!

What keeps people from joining 0/50 people servers to get loot? Honestly, "buffing" the zombies isn't enough to fix that problem. Simply taking away regular servers will not fix that. Weapon/Equipment spawns need to be adjusted in order to create "balance". Someone with a vehicle in an empty server can seriously stock up. Veteran server or not. That is a big problem too! Can we all agree in this thread that there needs to be a change? BUT simply getting rid of a few functions won't fix that. It needs a much thorough polish.

I've never been killed by a zobie before. I guess I'm an elite.

I prefer playing alone but it is far more effective playing with 2+ people!

The options are available and should be available for the different players of the community. Not everyone enjoys this game in Veteran mode. The poll confirms this. Maybe it is not the majority but it is absolutely a significant chunk. The poll confirms that the options should stay but there should not be a crossover between Veteran and other difficulty levels. If I find a weapon in a recruit server then why should I be able to use it in a veteran server? Also something to think about: Isn't joining a server with 2 people and finding a weapon just as bad as going into an easier server? Yes it is. High tier weapons shouldn't spawn in servers with less than ten people. Hows that for elitism?!

Makes sense since everyone that plays this game isn't a casual gamer. I for one welcome our veteran overlords.

Well, I like your idea about Nameplates appearing exclusively to people who you trust. That would be an interesting option for Veteran mode for sure.

I tried lowering the head bobbing option which didn't work. Yeah, if they fixed the screen bobbing then it might fix it. However, it could just be a FOV issue. I'm not sure what exactly hurts my brain after being in first person too long. Honestly, it is not much of an advantage. It is a trademark of ARMA and the Op. Fl games to have third person. It is a strong characteristic. I guess you all are new to these games but it has always been like this: Join Veteran/Realism servers if you don't like 3rd person. It hasn't split the previous communities apart at all. So, I don't know where the OP is getting this idea from.

I found a canteen, winchester and 15 rounds in the same spot once. It was easily the most useful loot I have ever gotten at the same time.

Let me tell you why we need third person. I and many other people get headaches from playing this game in first person. I can't run for more than 5 minutes in first person without getting a terrible headache. I do not get this problem in third person.

Good logic. Lets get rid of all Veteran servers and only have regular servers then. According to the poll that is what looks like people want. Lol! I highly doubt this is what is "fracturing" the community.

It really isn't a cop out answer. Believe it or not but people enjoy playing on Recruit and Regular. Not everyone likes it being so realistic. If you don't like it then maybe the better option is keeping Veteran loot on Veteran servers. Simple as that. Stop trying to force others to play it at the highest difficult (I personally don't mind playing Vet servers).

That is because people in this game are obsessed with their loot. They like the boomer generation that had everything handed to them. They spawn in COD or MW3 with top of the line weapons and they MUST have them in this game and they will do ANYTHING they can to keep them. I'm glad this game doesn't cater to those kiddies. They are just upset that someone with patience, strategy and tactics can take them out with a slingshot while they have a belt-fed machine gun with super thermal vision. Simply put, the world is full of cowards and this game is no exception.