metal_izanagi

Oh God' date=' please tell me you're joking. If you aren't, let me know so I can stop holding in my laughter. [/quote'] Do you just make a living from being a monumental jerk on these forums? Every thread I've seen you post in has at some point included you making fun of or trolling another person? Who the hell do you think you are? Naaah. I make a living doing other things, this is just a hobby. Me? I'm a guy who loves to laugh at stupid people. Like now! You're hilarious. This is crazy but, let's be friends. So I can shoot you in the head later, maybe. Why has action not been taken against this guy on this forum? He's pretty obviously an aggressive troll.

Oh God' date=' please tell me you're joking. If you aren't, let me know so I can stop holding in my laughter. [/quote'] Do you just make a living from being a monumental jerk on these forums? Every thread I've seen you post in has at some point included you making fun of or trolling another person? Who the hell do you think you are?

I see that DayZ has "evolved" about as I figured it would. It's gone from being shot for your makarov and beans to being shot for absolutely nothing. You lose everything, and some asshole gets a laugh out of killing someone who either had no chance of defending themselves, or refused to fight. Survival simulation my ass, this "game" as so many people call it, instead of the rightful title of "mod" is just a sociopath simulator. The only incentives come from being a horrible person and murdering everyone you come across, so you can get their stuff. If rocket was out to make a mod that brought out the absolute worst people that play games online, and put them all in one masturbatory fantasy where they get to play god with other peoples' virtual lives, without the consequences that real-life would bring, good on him I guess. How about we just take out the zombies and call it "Virtual Uganda"?

Because you're obviously the judge of that.

Eh, money is just fancy paper in an apocalypse, with nothing actually backing it, so probably not a good idea. There are some really good ideas that have been pointed out in the forums; it's just a matter of time, from the bugs that are in the game now getting ironed out a bit, to more content being developed. Still an alpha, so it's a bit early to really hate on the mod.

Well, thanks for making that clear. I'm sure you'll get a lot of love for that.

Fenrix, you've got it totally right. +rep to ya.

I really can't see why only dropping it a bit would be a good compromise. It still labels bandits as survivors, and enables them to exploit the system quite a few times before it becomes anything resembling a problem. You're not a "completely new person" considering you're still you, at the computer, likely with the same mindset, if not worse, if you're a particularly nasty sort of bandit that's enraged because a survivor or a peacekeeper-type killed you and took your ill-gained loot. Banditry would be the /smart/ choice for people instead of /a/ choice, if they could just get away with it. As much as some want to turn this into a deathmatch game, there's a reason a lot of people are /not/ having fun because there are bandits out there that get a kick out of killing for the hell of it. At least the current system gives people a vague idea of who not to trust. As I suggested, a way to regain humanity through killing bandits would be a pretty good route for redemption, if you've become a bandit through self-defense. For now, though, if you want to stay a survivor, don't fight back unless that flag in the right-hand side of the HUD changes from "false" to "true". "Free Target" or whatever it's called means, as rocket himself has said, that you can fight back without taking penalties from the kill. Heck, expanding upon Thomas's idea, add just enough humanity for one "murder" to be nullified when a new life is started, but /only/ if you were killed by someone not in your "alignment"(Survivor for Bandits, and Bandits for Survivors, currently). If a zombie killed you, or you jumped off a cliff, died of starvation etc, you shouldn't regain humanity for that. It would mean farming kills would be a stupid idea, since either way someone would be losing humanity if they're of the same faction, and if a survivor tries to farm it to help a bandit, they become a bandit themselves, and then both of them are screwed since they won't regain the humanity off of each other after the first kill.

Would still be better if it just didn't go down while you're logged out. It doesn't hurt anyone, since it still goes down in-game, and it adds realism, since your character stops "existing" in game terms, once you log out.

Killing bandits should add to humanity, that way you can "redeem" yourself if you're a bandit. as for self-defense, you should honestly avoid people if you're a survivor, unless you know them, and if you don't have /great/ gear and a survivor attacks you, either run away or make sure your "free target" or whatever thing flags itself, before you shoot back. Or heck, let the jerk kill you, so they lose humanity and have to deal with being a bandit.

That's cool, but maybe instead of trying to turn people away from the mod(not a game, it's a mod), you should join one of the groups that's trying to make the game a bit easier for new players, and not full of rooftop snipers? There's a militia thread in the survivor forums, and once that takes off, you'll start seeing consequences for people killing at random, and people picking off the bandits that sit on cranes sniping folks.

A problem with that might be that not everyone that plays the mod(Probably not a good portion of them, actually) comes to this forum, or speaks the same language as these boards. Things can be lost in translation, and you could end up with unintended results from a poll, or worse, a group of people having others spam the polls to try to swing it in their favor, assuming it would have an effect on the development of the mod.

While that may be true for some people, in TKJ's case especially, they seem very capable of not immediately shutting down another person's opinion for no reason.

Well, mini-flashlights have a ten-foot or so credible range, in absolute darkness. Maglights on the other hand, are definitely capable of being used to illuminate large areas.

Just another personal opinion here(Ignoring the response to my last post, reported it instead) but perhaps the dev team should make a statement on this issue, with this thread closed and the subject put on a "don't start it" list, to prevent exactly the kind of flamebaiting and unfounded accusations that are already seeping in?

Haha. As egotistical as that statement is, sturob, I do believe I will give you food if I encounter you.

Why? What good does that do besides make you out to be a troll?

Christ, I didn't say that /at all/. Now unless you're some sort of psychic psychoanalyst, get off your soapbox and troll somewhere else, please.

Still doesn't stop trolls from being sexist pigs in-game. Female models will only make that easier for them. There's also the issue of getting a bunch of creepy hardcore RPers that start cybering and shit in the game, and the whole "saving females to preserve the human race" thing, despite the fact that it's very much possible for a lesbian to play this game, and not be interested in sex, or kids. And don't try to "deconstruct" my opinion, please. Nothing wrong with an opinion, and no need for anyone to try to prove anyone else "wrong" just because they /really/ want female models in the game. In the end it's up to the devs, and considering the work it would take to implement females, gun-handling animations, etc, it's more trouble than it's worth. The total "things gained" score from adding females is ZERO.

Not interested, it'll just be more fuel for trolls, dudes will pretend to be chicks and try to score free crap(Like in every MMO, ever.) We don't need that in this mod.

It would be good to spawn with a flashlight, but no extra batteries or such. The flashlight should be a "gear" item like NVG, and equippable as such, replaced by NVG if you equip those. With that, you'd start with a way to illuminate the area in close proximity from the start, without letting everyone in the server know exactly where you are(especially the bandits) and you'd have to not overuse it, unless you like groping around in the dark because your flashlight ran out of batteries while you were derping around.

I refer to it as the following: "Daisy" "Day Zee" "Daze"(As in Dazed and Confused) Never crossed my mind to call it "Day Zed" despite being very aware of the pronunciation thanks to not being a closeted American. (I'm American, but not a shut-in that doesn't learn about other cultures. :P)

Food and water shouldn't be "used" while you're offline. Your character isn't in the game world, can't be hurt by other stuff, etc, so why should you lose food and water while you're off? If your character is magically safe from having died by the next time you log in, they should be magically safe from reappearing with a sudden lack of food and water in their body. tldr; no food or water loss while you're offline, please.

Not really interested in dogs, unless they're zombie dogs. Domesticated dogs, maybe, but they shouldn't be able to actively "belong" to a player, but rather follow them around if they're encountered on a server, stay only in that server(aka not spawn with you when you leave and go somewhere else), follow someone else if they pass by the dog after you disconnect, and never attack a human, unless they're attacked first. Or heck, maybe the dog should only follow lone survivors, since a group can handle itself a lot better than a group plus a dog getting in the way. Would much rather have zombie dogs, anyway. :P