Side chat should never have been enabled in the first place.

Of course it has, instead of people questioning whether they should shoot that random or not, they make the decision based off a magical fairytale skin.

ArmA2: CO is a great game anyways, DayZ is just icing on the cake.

I don't know why you think you should be able to see through walls in the first place.

I don't use them, they're a waste of backpack space if you're constantly moving and looting.

Some people actually believe this.

Very good idea, no modern competitive game allows users to completely disable shadows, only lower the quality of them. And 3rd person is only useful as an exploit to see around objects without any risk of exposure.

Reason #185628512 why forced skins are terrible.

Wow you're trolling. The guy who is working for BIS on ArmA3's animations got that job because he made SMK, a huge movement mod for ArmA2.

That might work on your private hive, doesn't work on the Hive though. noobtard1 can exploit 3rd person on one server, get stuff he wouldn't have been able to without 3rd person, then join and use that stuff in a 1st person server. Exactly the same as hacking on a non-BE server then taking the equipment you hacked in into a BE server, and all of those non-BE servers got (are going to get, did that happen yet?) cut off the Hive.

this is a fucking HUGE difference.

I really don't understand how Lingor can belong in off-topic if it's still DayZ. Especially when threads about bronies are around.

Your character is still fully behind the wall, I don't understand how you people think something that has no risk and yet promises lots of rewards is ok. Just because you want it doesn't mean you should have it.

ArmA2 has an entire system dedicated to simulating peripheral vision. Stop ignoring the rest of the game in an attempt to argue for your wallhack.

Whine until it gets removed just like last time Rocket tried this shit.

>get killed by wallhackers >you're doing it wrong what kind of logic even is that

Increase the FoV then.

3rd person was intended for a PvE environment, there isn't a single PvP ArmA server that has 3rd person, and even most PvE groups disable it. The only thing 3rd person can do that 1st person can't is see through walls, it's an exploit. It's optional in the same sense as duping and hacks, and I hope you want to remove those options too.

This doesn't work when every server is connected. Someone can exploit on a server that has this hole and then join a server that doesn't allow this exploit with their ill-gotten gains.

First person only, right?

Every non-exploit thing that third person can do is achievable in first person, there is absolutely no excuse for third person anymore.

This is a great post, after experimenting with 3rd person and 1st person I'm even more against 3rd person as a legitimate system. Here's a copy of my post from /r/dayz... I tested this (Screenshots dated August 16th 2012) while waiting for a response. Third person provides an advantage of a few degrees on default zoom, and zooming out (double tap numpad -) in first person gives you a *larger* FoV than default third person. These two are especially telling. The only significant change offered by 3rd person is the ability to see things you are physically unable to. Without looking (using freelook in-game) at least. Third person doesn't provide an edge, it provides an exploit that gives players the ability to do things that are physically impossible, and all physical possibilities that you can use 3rd person for are possible in first person. There is absolutely no reason to want 3rd person, unless you want to exploit it. (For those with nausea or those who want to back up to it as a new excuse, disable headbob and post processing)

Why have bandit or hero skins is a damn good question. Why dumb down the game?

I'm kinda torn on the issue, if I choose female I opt out of the terrible humanity system, but don't get ghillie either...

Waypoints are like third person and nameplates, a handicap that obsoletes other features in the game.