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That's an old Arma2 bug that was fixed. Interetsing that it's back.

Because it cant be quoted too often. This is the game. If it's not what you expect then it's not the game for you. You can play it as a solo survivalist and that makes it a far more challenging game. Surviving the zombies is easy enough. Surviving bandits is the challenge. You could survive in the woods for weeks on end with 20-30 rounds, a hatchet, a knife, a couple canteens and matches. Almost no need to go to a town. But for alot of us...that's pretty damn boring and that would be a fail!

It may not be the game you think it should be but for others it is. Go back and read what ZedsDeadBaby wrote. That is the truth of the game. There are a lot of people who bought Arma2 to play Arma2. This mod produces an aspect of PvP that most Arma2 missions do not. You call it fail, many of us call it fun.

A little harsh but true. The zombies are in issue for the first couple of hours, then you realize they are no threat. Other players are not only the threat, but the enjoyment. The thing the Arma series has always had are huge maps. Other first person shooters were limited by the maps, the BF series included although larger than most.Smaller maps dictate player flow through the map. The Arma maps give you the ability to approach from broader angles. Stalking human prey is the challenge, not the zombies.

How do you know they actually were hackers? A thermal scope can be had in the game, tents dupe them.

If someone is aiming at you it's a me or him situation. The game is a kill or be killed OK Corral theme going on right now. But he never stood a chance. I'm assuming it's the K2 that has you too hyped to use a a period in any other place than the end of your paragraph. :)

Well said Mercator.

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You need to post your hardware specs. My computer is three years old but would run circles around a new store bought PC.

Sounds like the root cause.

What an informative response I tend to agree with OP. If you played Arma then Arma2 you would understand hwo much the game engine improved. I enjoy the mod and appreciate the Arma concept, but the suttering gameplay when compared to other game engines detracts from the gameplay. Hopefully it is released on Arma3 and the engine runs smoother.

^funny stuff

Bohemia does have a passion for this franchise, but to say they don't do it for money is not a business model that will last more than a few months. They have to make money or they close the doors. To say "stop blaming BI for something they anticipated" is clearly not correct. I played Arma and hacking has always been possible due to the sandbox structure of the game. Arma2 is basically the same game engine so scripting is essential to the sandbox intent. Bohemia worked very hard on the Arma2 release with a great deal of publicity. It was very well received by PC game reviewers considering it is a simulator. DayZ was Rockets dream and I'm sure Bohemia is appreciative of his efforts and continued sales of the game. I do agree that Bohemia never intended to "cash in" so to speak. Product developement takes capital, and I'm sure Bohemia appreciates DayZ's benefit to their bottom line. Bohemia has a passion for what they do while publishing companies like EA and Activision do it to "cash in" as they are public companies. Telling people to "shut the fuck up" is not considered an intelligent response and hinders a debate on other peoples opinions. Yes, DayZ is an Alpha. Arma2 is a sandbox. Every PC game has people who run purchased scripts and/or outright hack the code. This game is not and never will be immune. It's actually more susceptible to hacking because of the sandbox design. None of us like to see hacks ruin a server. Unfortunately, as long as it's running the Arma2 engine it will have hacks. The best hope is to have the concept moved to another game engine that is more secure. The one thing I've learned on this forum is "don't get attached to your gear".

Losing items from your pack when in water has been part of the Arma2 game engine since day one. There is no server that resolves this issue.

People play online games to compete with another human being. That is the challenge. The game is evolving because as many have stated, boredom. The AI, like any other game becomes predictable. Hence, the challenge is diminished. I have little time in the game and have killed no one. When talking about PvP, I'm not talking about the morons sniping the spawn areas. You have these idiots in every game. The next release of CoD will draw their attention away from DayZ. But the Bandit side of the equation is an important aspect that cannot, and should not be quelled. It should be utilized to give the game a broader appeal and overall depth. As a newbie survivor, I look forward to the first time my axe is planted in the skull of a spawn camping sniper. PvP is an important aspect of the game. And due to the sandbox nature of the game it could also be coded for single player PvE for those that don't want PvP. Give Rocket a chance, he's gotten the game this far.

Agreed. Not sure what that is atm.

I would like to see the option to choose Bandit or Survivor. Kill more than 3-4 fellow surviors and you die, but accidents do happen. Kill all the bandits you want too. Bandits can kill everything. Spawning on the map can be seperated into those two choices as well. Spawning each faction on opposite sides of the map gives people a chance to survive sniping morons. Then more of a front line will develope in the game with the best loot centralized. Town and regions could become controlled by those factions, understood it would be relative to the server.

Yes sir. Ban him. Anyone that says "I only cheat to deal with cheaters" is full of shit. You kill him fair and square and you bet your ass he'll pull a cheat on you over and over until you leave the server.

What you said is true but due to the games intended sandbox use, hacking will always be an issue, far more than other PC games. With open source code it's actually easy to script and there are numerous instructional topics about scripting on Bohemia's website. It's why DayZ is possible in the first place using the ArmaII engine. The best thing to do is play on moderated servers and report hacking incidents so they can ban the player account. Hacking exists in every PC game, and DayZ is one of them.

It should not be in the game. No scoped weapons higher power than an ACOG should be in the game. All fighting should be close to one another, more intimate. Fewer morons sitting on a hill spawn killing "noobs" from 500 meters would be good for DayZ.

Why not go north and find real PvP competition instead of demoralizing "noobs". DayZ is getting alot of good press but it's people like you who trun people away from the game very quickly. If they can't even get out of the spawn area without being whacked most will quit before they can see the portential the game really has. But yeah, great job. Experienced player mowing down "noobs" in the spawn area. Great skills you have sir. I'm sure you were never a "noob" at this game. Bravo.