NovaDose

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worst: My friend and I had found, repaired to all green, completely fueled, and stocked an ATV with basic survival supplies. We were using it to make runs from our camp to Berezino and back. The sun was setting and we didn't have night vision; but we were going to give it a shot anyway. We had just left Gorka headed east towards (coords) 103 064. If you've ever been there then you know the road gets dicey in front of the gas station at the intersection. To get through the wreckage there I had to slow down which called the infected from inside the small building there. In my defense this was back when I had first started playing. I didn't know that the zeds couldn't hurt you if you were in a vehicle; but seeing them in the headlights running straight at us was intimidating I also, had no idea that if you turn left at the gas station the real danger lies in the nearly hair-pin turn coming up. I hit the turn at ~60kph. I paniced and buried the brake pedal to stop...which was also a bad idea. The ATV rolled, it knocked me unconscious and made me start to bleed out. My friend's momentum threw her into some trees, broke her legs, and made her start to bleed. The ATV landed near me, on fire. My friend bandaged herself and started to crawl towards me (I had the only morphine left, after the ATV had exploded). My screen was so blurry I could barely make out her silhouette crawling towards me. The ATV exploded and killed me instantly. She survived another month after that. best: I was always our pilot. Consequently I had gotten very good (if I do say so myself) in a Huey. I came in hot for every landing and perched perfectly on the ground at speed but softly every time. I could park inside of the fenced in area of Elektro grocery store and make it look like I was crashing the chopper...but in fact not harm it at all. I rarely flew more than 5m over the tree line, and had only started going higher when parachutes started working. Fast forward to the patch including the MH6J... I was playing alone for the weekend following the patch and had found and repaired an MH6J. If you've never flown one let me tell you: they can turn "on a dime". It corkscrews easily and loses very little altitude. Not only that you can do a back flip and only drop about 30m (if my memory serves, I haven't played in a while). At any rate, I was doing back flips over Cherno waiting for my friends to get there. I had gotten brave and was starting to get dangerous. I pulled up too hard with too little speed. I rolled my mouse wheel to auto level as a last ditch effort. Instead of choosing auto level I chose to turn off the chopper. I quickly powered it back up (luckily they get prop speed quick). Literally 1m above the ground the propeller caught air and lifted me. My friends and some guy on sniper hill all said I looked like I had dumped it. I played it off as if it was my boss ass skills.

inb4 "rocket wants to release DayZ as near to the date of World War Z (the movie) as possible.

The sound of a helicopter terrifies you. You go indoors until you have spotted it. You only leave once it's gone.

Cherno. I've taken to hunting bandits lately (15 bandit kills, 3 murders) and I get most of my kills in Cherno.

My in game name: NovaDose My condition: Perma-stuck in a constant state of unconsciousness. I've waited 15 minutes and still haven't woken up. My location: At the very end of the north EAST air field. The end with the hangars on it. General description: I've got a bandit skin :( was fired on by a squad and none of them where bandits. http://ww.reddit.com/r/RedditRescueForce/comments/15vn1j/n_epipen_l_north_east_airfield/

Everyone has likely heard the news about the stand alone game. What kind of improvements/changes would you like to see? I know there is already a suggestion thread, I just felt like posting this kind of stuff in there would be off topic since it pertains to the standalone game and not the mod. I'm sure some of this stuff has all ready been suggested for the mod, and may already be on the white board for coming changes. Moderators, please forgive me if that is the case. I will continuously update this post with new suggestions so check back every once in a while! Who knows, some of this stuff might actually make it into the game. A few ground rules we should all agree on before we begin: -Search the suggestions (or quick glance at the tl;dr) to see if your suggestion is all ready in. -Leave the "no hackers", "fix bugs", "Arma3 Engine", blah blah out and try to post unique things that you would like to see. -Lets assume that we all want more weapons, bigger/more maps, more vehicles, etc. All posts shouting MOAR! Weill be ignored. -Anyone who suggests making the game "less difficult" will not only be ridiculed, but beaten up and have their beans taken. -When you post a suggestion,post some description. Any post like "I want turtles, that would be cool" will be ignored. -I try to respond directly to everyone (everyone who contributes) but sometimes I'm sure I miss some of you. Tell me if I do! Suggestions Melee Weapons Guns Gear Other Equipment The World Terrain and the Elements Bases and Command Centers The Ruins of Civilization The Inhabitants Movement Life and Death The Infected Other The Vehicles Other The Game tl;dr RPG Elements EDIT: Many, many changes have been made to the OP. Some of the key points of debate are whether or not Classes, Skills, and Perks have their place in DayZ. Also, I would like to point out that I snuck another suggestion of my own in there. It is under "The Equipment" > "Guns" > "A Realistic Ammo System". Please read it, let me know what you think, and we will either improve on it, or take it completely out. Thanks! Also, I haven't forgotten about giving credit where it is due to the others who have made this thread possible. I swear I will get around to it as soon as I can.

BUMP FROM THE GRAVE!!!! :) Just wanted to know of anyone that posted here had heard any new-news about standalone features; or maybe even something really cool suggested elsewhere that they thought might make it into the game? There where a lot of suggestions made after I left for a while! I'll update the OP tonight (regardless of whether or not anyone cares) to include this stuff.

So I had a pretty good set of gear going, all the tools I wanted, a coyote back pack filled with supplies, an m1911 and an AKM. Not the best shit, but pretty good none the less. I decided to go into Cherno; there weren't many people on the server so I thought it was safe. About 30 minutes into looting the town I get shot. I respawned not too far away from Cherno, so I hustled to my body. On the way, I pick up a macarov just in case. I turn the corner near where I was shot, and the Bandit was kneeled next to my body looting me. I dumped the whole clip into his back. Then, I did the most ass hole thing I have ever done. I picked up my shit, took what I wanted off of him, then hid his body. Death to all bandits. Does this make me a shitty person?

I have a career to worry about, I totally can't be pregnant right now.

I think what he is saying is that a server admin could decide if they wanted their server to be lonewolf only (similar to how they determine the difficulty) Exactly. I think the ammo boxes should match (as closely as possible) their real world counter parts. That said, it would really depend on the size of the round. A box of .45 ammo could hold 50 but .50 caliber ammo would be much less. On top of that, the boxes you find out in the wild may not always be full. The single shot in a bolt action gun would work great with this. The handicap that you get by not being able to rapidly fire when you need to could be mitigated slightly by not having to carry a magazine for the gun. Very nice. Tranquilizer guns!!! ftw!!! op tl;dr text changed This is definitely being added to the OP Edit: All changes and updates have been made to the OP

Adding to OP. So many votes can't be wrong I KNOW RIGHT!!! I like all of this and also agree with what rancor had to say about it I'll add shops and such to the OP but we also have to consider loot density. How much is too much? How much is too little? I especially love the pharmacy idea. It sucks having to go into the hospitals or medical tents to get blood bags every once in a while. You never know when someone is going to take a shot. Or some coast noob is going to run around the corner and get the drop on you. YES! After all, whats a good zombie game without blown off appendages! I know they are not really "zombies" they are "infected" so maybe that's why you don't see some of them running around with no arms, or crawling around with no legs. IDK but this is def going in the OP. I really, really, really like this idea. Sorry for three posts in a row guys. I wanted to be sure that I addressed everyone and didn't leave anyone out. I will update the OP later today. Keep the suggestions coming!

You know, this just might actually work. I'm adding it to the OP I feel the same about this. I guess he just wants to eat the people he snipes. Some bandits are like that I guess. I don't really see how it would add to the game so I'm reluctant to add it to the OP. Upvotes or downvotes will decide. Yeah, definitely not random. I don't think that it should provide any kind of bonus to firing a weapon or using a weapon at all. Maybe a "class" system isn't the best term (category?) to use to define the type of system that would actually work. Perhaps more like "job". Nothing that adds health or autoaim or anything like that, but something that makes you a little quicker at fixing a car or better at bandaging a wound. The fact that it would hinder a lonewolf is the biggest issue imho. Thank you for the input! As usual it's very helpful and spot on in your ideas as well. Yes, your idea is pretty much what I'm talking about. The mags (even if empty) stay in your inventory. You then carry a box of ammo that contains all of your ammo. Once all of your mags are empty (or at any time really) you would right click the box of ammo and choose to fill magazines (similar to the current system of combining similar ammo to use in different guns). The way this would effect, for instance, the m1911 - revolved would be something like this: You have 3 m1911 magazines, each full of ammo. You have 3 revolved speed loaders each empty. You right click the m1911 magazines and choose "unload" The rounds go into your inventory as a box of ammo totaling 21 rounds You right click the revolved speed loaders and chooce "load" 18 rounds go into the speed loaders and you are left with 3 rounds in a box of ammo in your inventory

All of these are great ideas. I do, however, think that you should only be able to take someone's dog tags after they have been alive for a certain amount of time. That way you don't have people collecting piles of coast noob tags. What do you think? I'll update the OP with the rest. Grave stones sounds like an especially great idea. So you eat to much man-meat you get sick?

So you want to run around chowing down on everyone? As far as my opinion goes I've tried to be a custodian as much as a suggester. MOST of these ideas are identical to the original suggester's idea and has only been changed to suit the opinions of others. Or course, grammatical changes have been made where I have found them. Have you read the ENTIRE thread (and not just the op)? Once you read the whole thread you will see why some things are different than their original idea.

Yeah, I think it's getting to the point that everything is in the OP. Cannibalism would add an interesting dynamic, especially is eating too much would turn you undead. Pretty much the only thing left is debating about the finer details and getting something that the majority of folks agree is a complete list.

Good looking out! Updating OP

Oh shhhhiiiiiiiiiii It's a good thing I brought my crate of pitch forks and torches. Something told me we would need them today. :D

This is a good suggestion too. I think what ever we suggest should be as transparent and non permanent as possible. Something like this is a good idea but what about coast-noobs who don't come to the forum? Thank you for submitting your ideas...but they are already in the op bro ;) This is also in the OP. Just wanted to say that I think this is something that MUST be in the final product. Wondering if you have enough time to save your friend before he joins the undead would be awesome. Could you imagine having your ride break down on the way to town, knowing that he might turn before you are able to walk there, knowing that you might have to cap him? That would be awesome!

Like a stand alone map that's instanced? That's actually a pretty damn good idea man...can't believe no one has said it yet... Obvious troll is obvious. That's what I've been saying all along! I think there is some way to elegantly do it to some extent without force feeding it anyone or making it a necessity even. Perks are especially scary. Fuck killstreaks and achievements.

Great! It's in the OP I can agree with this to some extent. However, if you make it extremely difficult to build a base then this becomes less of an issue.

Hmm...that's very peculiar. What browser are you using? Is it updated? Are you using any extensions to change the style sheets of a web page (like a theme extension)? By the way...I think what you are talking about is extremely interesting. Now that I think about it, the bases that we have in the OP aren't exactly like what you are talking about. I'm going to add this to the OP. If we can't have build-able bases then this is a great alternative. Even if we can have build-able bases this is something that I feel should be added. Great idea!!!

Good suggestions. It's in the OP. (kind of already was)

I completely agree with this. If it's any more than something transparent that takes little to no effort to do then I don't think it should be included. Also, on making it random at creation. You would have people jumping off buildings to reroll. While I think this would be hilarious to see, I don't think it's the proper method.

Pretty much most people think classes have a place in DayZ. As long as they aren't intrusive on the core game play, I don't see a problem with it either really. The same goes for perks. OK forum, lets get some class suggestions. We all ready have a great suggestion for perks pertaining to a couple classes. However, I'd like to see a good list of classes, then we can move on to their perks.