Virfortis

Food water and rifle ammo need a major nerf. I can see sidearm ammo being slightly nerfed, but not the the point of making it impossible.

Zombies are attracted to blood, there's no reason a downed player can't become instant zombie food. However, given that most PvP situations never involve gear, just killing for points, I don't see this as curbing the actual PvP problem.

Not able to join any server, running retail version of ArmA2. Tried updating beta and battleye, but now stuck on loading. Reinstalling mod did nothing.

I can just see it now...a sniper on the hill watching a group of survivors as they sit down. He waits patiently as one of them pulls out a guitar... "Oh he better not..." The guitarist begins to play the first few notes to a rick roll, the sniper switches to his M16 203 and nades the lot of em.

It'd probably work if the zombies were cats. ... zombie cats We...are all...screwed... But honestly, where would we find a laser pointer? The batteries on most common ones run out pretty quick and those things are a pain to find even in reality.

Please help me iron out this idea?

It gets to them eventually though, that's the problem...

I crawled through Cherno with no problems, and a good bit of that time was crouch walking. It's never about watching them as you sneak by, it's about "aggro" zone management. Believe me when I say if I can do it, most everyone already is, so this is just part of the learning curve. Learn to tell if a place is worth the risk, and act accordingly. DayZ is meant to screw you over, and if you die it's all about trying again.

Corpse runs...sounds suspiciously MMORPG-esque doesn't it?

Rocket has already stated that the current level of nighttime is from the ArmA2 beta patch release. The next hotfix will add a slight tint/tone to the nighttime to bring it back to a reasonable level.

One word: Canteen. Other than that, awesomeness.

Not true, I've gotten headshots with the Lee and they still managed to DC. They were on a ladder and standing still, saw the "splat" on their hat, they DCed in mid air.

Shoot people, they DC, it's the "new age" PvP according to most. Rocket tried to fix it before and ran into a problem, but he's working on it. Don't worry though, those Cowardly Bandits (which aren't at all like real bandits) will be dealt with when possible. For now, work on headshots to drop the dead faster. It's not fool proof, but you may catch them long enough for them to avoid insta-DC (they can still DC and take their corpse with them even if you headshot)

With the duplicates being removed, does this mean we will be taking a second shot at fixing DCing, or was that a remnant from the 5 second rule that was reverted? Also, Hell yeah on the nighttime toning.

Why did you send it to fox news? This is just what we need..."modification for violent shooter linked to recent face-eating tragedy"

Rocket's view on the whole situation: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14753 Rejoice! We may yet salvage these forums!

I drank my mountain dew without a second thought. I also found a Ghillie suit and made it out of Cherno. I have one can of beans and one can of soda with only 4 bullets in a Lee Enfield and no sidearm ammo. When I get on later, I will have to eat those beans and soda, and search in the wild for a can of drink...or maybe search the apartments for a canteen (which would be THE Godsend right now). Dammit rocket, this may be a bug but it is DAMN awesome!

Someone hasn't read the announcements yet. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14753 (hint: rocket tells people to chill out) Now back on topic: DayZ does not go back, it goes forward. Things will adjust as necessary, but at the end of the day the majority of the patch was a good thing.

The heartbeat didn't quite work, but it cannot be denied that there has to be a distinction between those experiencing DayZ, and those gaming DayZ. I have yet to run across a REAL bandit, and instead all I get are people that just kill for killing's sake, or are defenseless and end up dying to it. There's no taking of loot, or killing to survive, it's all "for teh lulz" now, and it's degrading to the genre. The problem is that there's nothing to be done without arbitration. It's the same reason many FPS clans ban for spawnkilling or backflagging, because it's abusive and exploits the respawning mechanic. Many players never treat their character as if they only had one life, and recognize that because they can respawn, they are free from consequence. Those people are the same kinds that spawncamp, turn gamma up on Amnesia, DC on contact, loot cycle, and other exploits to gain an artificial advantage. Either they are weeded out or DayZ will never reach its truest potential. If you cannot treat your character seriously, do not expect for this game to be anything more than the deathmatch everyone seems to hate. If DayZ is so boring that the only thing you can do is camp Cherno for shits and giggles, hit the respawn button and try to do it all over again or go outside for a bit. I've said it before and I'll say it again: DayZ has, if nothing else, answered the time old question gamers have continually asked: Why aren't good games being made anymore? The answer: You abuse the good ones until they feel just like the bad ones.

We had a DC fix for a grand total of a few hours... But then players were able to duplicate everything, so they abused that to get DCing back. (A lesser of two evils thing) Now if someone comes after me, they DC the second they're hit. To the OP: Nut up or shut up, quite literally. I lost a fully killed, NVG and all character because the idiot driving our truck started the engine and ran me over. I'm certainly not here whining about that. This is a game where when you lose, it's gone, and you approach the new life as if you never had anything before. It's a chronic system of starting over because there is no end game, just seeing how long you survive. By the time DayZ is done, you'll need to be some kind of prophesied chosen one to raid NW Airfield and obtain the holy DMR. And it won't be because all the bandits have NVGs and can camp there for weeks. *wishful thinking*

[NEW] Good chance to find a headlamp in supermarkets, takes up the slot of NVGs but provides flashlight illumination. [NEW] NVGs now have a limited battery life, use sparingly! [NEW] Tension system, players spending time near zombies will begin to shake from being too tense. Use cigarettes or campfires to lower tension faster. [NEW] Players shivering from being in the dark/cold and being stationary for too long. Heatpacks cure the effect temporarily. [NEW] Forums now optimized to automatically warn players posting "Carebear" and "CoD" with multiple warning issuing a ban. [FIXED] Nighttime not having a dark blue hue. You can now tell road from grass! (but not more than that)

Personally, I think the update is awesome, but with a couple minor points of feedback: We need a canteen. Whether this is due to some engine issue or what, I don't know, but we cannot drink directly from a water source. So either we need to be able to do that, or just give us a canteen again. Also, I could re-fill empty tin cans to make cans of water, quick usage. Secondly, I rather like the food being ultra rare. I ran into a group of 3 survivors huddled into a market, waiting for food. I told them to follow me and we snuck through Cherno and made our way north "into the wild" (you said that in Aragorn's voice, admit it) where we hunted down a boar for food. I don't know if they died of thirst or not, but they kept hunting even after I left. ...they grow up so fast... *sniffle* And then I died to someone throwing a grenade into Zub....

So let me get this straight, anyone that has a problem with DayZ is just another CoD-fish? Yeah...no...you're an asshole. DayZ is still in Alpha, and that means these ideas are tests and experiments to see how the game goes. Inside these complaints are VERY valid feedback. To this date, I have yet to see anyone complain about 2 foot zed aggro, and plenty of people don't like the no starting pistol. They will eventually nut up or shut up, but flaming them and treating them like shit only paints the DayZ community in a bad light. Do you honestly WANT to turn this game into a persistent world CoD? Then keep flaming, you WILL run the decent people off, the survival aspect WILL be gone, and then only the bandit clans with mass-farmed gear will be left.

I used to have a bicycle, but then a zombie ate the tire... :(