XenoSententia

Neither do you ha Guess it's a good 'ol case of agreeing to disagree.

No actually I don't. I do not think having a few people play in some offline servers would really effect the over all goal of the project. OP for example, won't be playing at all nor will his friends. What's the difference between them not playing and them playing by themselves? Not really that much at all. The only potential harm I could see coming from PvE or Private servers is if there was a mass transitions to these mods simply because admins wanted control of their own servers. But that's another issue, which again, is up to the Devs. And you said the thought of PvE servers existing ruined your experience, not that they would literally ruin the experience. If they have negative effects on the game, which is debatable, then they should not be allowed. But if the main reason for people hating them is because "they don't like them", well that's a proverbial non factor in any argument. But maybe I am basing this too much off of personal beliefs.

The internet makes people do strange strange things. That's the only downside to DayZ is that for a social experiment the internet tends to skew results. More assholes appear on the internet than in real life (generally). Next time kill them first ;p

Yeah I mentioned that in my initial post. They would not be allowed to interact at all. Hence why it wouldn't effect anyone.

And as I said before, it's only the Devs choice. And that everyone shouldn't care.

I agree that this game is amazing, and I myself enjoy PvP and every other aspect of this game. But comparing the ability to host offline servers to me frivolously wishing for world piece is a dicy metaphor at best. Someone else playing PvE by themselves would make you lose interest in your own server you are playing on? You seem to just have some issue with letting other people play the way they want to play. It's not really your business what they do with the game in their offline servers. You seem to be the one that has some serious issues. If just the thought of someone else playing the game differently than you turns you off of the game . . well . . I don't even really have words for you. That's about as ignorant as it gets. In fact that's borderline insane that you would let someone else's play-style effect you that negatively. You shouldn't worry so much about what other people do. People can do and say what they want. It's not your business. OP does his thing you do yours, don't let it effect you. He plays PvE on LAN with his buddies you play the game the way it was meant to be played in all of it's PvP goodness and we all win. Literally not hard at all.

No one is telling them anything . . . giving someone the ability to host a LAN game and play PvE with his friends literally does not effect them or anyone else at all.

Gaming is not real life. Maybe you should see that. Someone else having a PvE server does not effect you at all, in fact you won't have to interact with them at all or talk to them. Let them go have their fun. There is no solid reason for why they can't have one besides maybe that the Devs do not want to, which again, it is up to them anyway. Disallowing someone to do something just because you don't like it is as "uneducated" and "immature" as anything I said. Gaming is actually one of the few places where there can be something for everyone.

Because: A) Plenty of people have requested the feature. B) It would be easy to do. C) It would allow more people to play, especially of Local multiplayer was added to support people with poor internet connections. D) I personally believe in letting people play how they want and giving them the tools to do so. But maybe the Devs don't want to do that so I guess it's their choice. In the end I see no reason as to why everyone cannot have what the want. But it's not really my choice and the Devs will do what they think is best. I still don't see why everyone gets so angry at these threads. This game is great regardless of what people like the OP think. That dosen't make him an idiot though.

Providing PvP and PvE is not "every piece of business possible". In fact that's a pretty small and realistic goal. I don't think the game is doing poorly or that it will do poorly. I just don't see a reason why there can't be something for everyone or why a majority of people blindly hate against people like the OP who simply want to play the game their way. Half of the forum posters are just as "ignorant" as they claim the OP is.

Fry's now has a ladies perfume section as well as a small desserts section. And how is that irrelevant? If they want to expand their business opportunities they carry more products. It's all up to the company. It's the same exact thing. Except here it's even easier because they already have the game made, just would require different server implementations.

Sandbox games simply allow someone to play how they want without creative limits. Allowing someone to implement a PvE game mode would be an example of this. They have to tools required for it. I don't see why everyone gets so defensive on these topics and attacks the OP. I am a big supported of people playing how the want. Playing for fun design philosophy and all that jazz. If OP wants to play on a PvE server he should be allowed to.

Well then that's their choice and they lose out on business from the people they didn't cater too. A smart company generally tries to gather as much realistic business as possible and depending on how hard implementing PvE servers would or would not be, I see no reason as to why it could not be a feature in the future.

Ah, the good 'ol none argument. Nice one.

Actually be definition a sandbox game allows you to do whatever you want. So in a true sandbox he should be able to play on a PvE server . . that's a terrible argument.

People always respond to these threads in a really mature manner. Sarcasm aside; the OP makes a few good points. If DayZ wants to be truly successful as a whole the Dev team should look into catering to all aspects of the player base. I myself enjoy the PvP aspect as it provides a nice bit of challenge but by no means should I be forced to play in a PvP server at all times. There should be PvP and PvE servers which cannot interact. PvE servers will simply be for people who like to work together and stock pile gear. Maybe increase the zombie ratio for more challenge? Regardless, anyone who just says "lol dis game iznt fer u" is just stupid. Games are defined by being able to play and enjoy it how you want. If the OP wants a way to only play PvE with his buddies then he should be able to do it. Also too heavy of a PvP focus will ruin the real ambiance and point behind the game. Player interaction is a driving force behind DayZ. When people shoot on site for no reason a large part of the player interaction aspect is diminished. Eventually DayZ will devolve into a pure PvP game with random zombies running around that no one really cares about. It won't be unique anymore.

Me n ma boyz iz gunna kill u humiez wif r shootas n sluggas. Call them whatever you want.

I have never found a gun. Or much of anything useful for that matter. What am I doing wrong QQ

The super market is a dangerous place to be :o

I just prone immediately and they run up to me then walk away. Working as intended?

I have never died to zombies. I have died 4 times to players I believe. All after I told them I was friendly and had no supplies. I died once to a glitch were a wave pushed me into the wall of a boat and did 16,000 blood damage, I was at -4000 el oh el. And I died one time by jumping off a building to see how much fall damage I would take, it killed me.

Sounds funny to me.

Everyone in this thread seems really butthurt about the whole thing . . He was just sharing a story. If you don't like it, don't comment. Forums these days, full of improper forum behavior and assholes. And good for you, for learning your lesson OP. At least you got off easy, a ban from an Arma MOD is pretty much as small time as it gets.

Initial Issue - Battle Eye would not connect. Re installed 6 launcher. Works Played for a few hours, worked fine. Closed out to change servers to a more populated one and randomly got a Direct X issue. - Added a few launch property lines and ran through steam. Works. Played for a few more hours. Eventually join a server and after a while get teleport/mass kill hacked. Leave the server for obvious reasons. Now I always get stuck on 'Waiting for Host', cannot play on any servers anymore, randomly. Is there any way to fix this and any reason it would randomly start doing this?

Bump again.