Maxgor

Seeing what he has done in DayZ and hearing where his plans are heading, I trust him to take the right path. With his comments on things, I don't expect a sudden deviation from hardcore military sim survival, into a casual action game at all, not that I'd mind that, but I think the DayZ ship is pretty steady in the direction it has laid out lol

I actually missed this one, thanks for showing me! lol This one in particular was one of his better ones I think :D

75% Survival 25% PVP This game to me isn't about just having battles with people, it's the experience of playing a survival game with other people. I would go as far to say, that if there was an offline/singleplayer/small co-op version of DayZ, where it was just you, maybe a couple buddies on a team if you want, and a few thousand zombies (quality zombies lol), in Chernarus, I might even play that game more. Anyone that has spent a ton of time in Minecraft will understand this lol If action happens, I'll be there for it, but I'm not really on DayZ looking for fights or people to group up with so that we can fight another group. It's not a bad thing, but if I just wanted pure PVP, I'll go play other games that I'll get way more enjoyment out of from a shooter point of view.

Going on the idea itself, it would kill the standalone outright. It would be the worst decision Rocket would ever make for this game if he did it. I probably wouldn't even play the game. That's on a whole new circle of hell below what some might consider Free to Play to be lol Now going at it from a hypothetical point, with how it would affect my style...I would not spend much, if any time on the coast. I'd play on mostly empty servers if I ever dreamed of going to Cherno and really most of the time, I'd never really be on any populated server, I'd probably even force myself to play at night only just so I could have the added benefit of night to help me out, it would not be fun, imersive, or enjoyable in any way XD I'd probably just become a bandit and kill on sight what wouldn't be a fact of life as it is now, it would be the "way of life" lol

I would consider myself on the side of survivor/hero. I did the mostly killing thing earlier in my time with DayZ, but it makes the game rather dull to me, so I find trying to come across friendlies and maybe helping them out to be a more rewarding game experience, even if it is the harder one lol

Never seen that myself and most likely just a simple bug. Zombies in this are actually pretty wildly underpowered. You may bleed after one or two hits, but it takes a good while for a zombie to actually kill you. Even in very large numbers, as long as your inside a building, you can easily dispatch a dozen of them with single shots to the head from a pistol. Along with fixing the cheats and glitches, getting zombies to be a real threat should be a huge priority with the standalone.

I really don't see a problem with the chopper. I almost never saw them when playing and from what I've seen from videos, you just get a couple people to shoot at the chopper and it's pretty easy to take down.

If Arma 2 was a better game, I could see myself in first person more, but like others have said, I personally just hate first person in this game. I've put tons of hours into first person games, where you spend a long time running around, Fallout, Skyrim, BF3, STALKEr, but I just hate it in this game. I'll go first person in buildings, but third person outside usually, especially for long runs.

Yeah people are basing too much on a buggy, problem ridden, alpha, mod. The standalone is where things are going to change, not this mod. You bring up weapon durability, but do you mean like the more you use a weapon, it'll eventually break, or more like what Rocket wants, that you'll come across better quality versions of the same gun, so like a rusty enfield won't do as much damage or shoot as accurately, compared to a pristine enfield? Rocket's idea I like. And yes, NVG needs batteries, of which those batteries will be more rare than the NVG's. The high end powerful guns like the sniper rifles and LMG's should also have noticeable weight issues. I believe they do take up more space than guns in the backpack, I forget, it's been awhile, but you should run slower or tire out quicker when wielding one. There's a big difference between an 8 pound M16 and a 31 pound AS50 lol

His story was extremely easy to read :\ I probably would've done the same myself. If it was a friend I knew doing it, I'd shrug it off, but if someone was doing that to me, I'd either just leave him behind or end him. Sure he wouldn't stay dead such as one would say in the Rick/Shane comparison you made and would just try to hunt you down, but some people just get to freaking insufferable to be around and if they can't be talked down, something has to be done.

Nope. It's like saying someone having a high end rifle is unfair because it's more powerful than what others will normally get. I think once the dupers and scriptkiddies are gone and the "economy" is back to normal, it won't be such a big deal. Yes they'll have an advantage using them, but that's the game. There is never an even playing field for everyone in this game.

I stopped playing till they either release a major update or bring out the standalone. With all the hacks and bugs, I just don't feel it as necessary to invest the time into it right now. The standalone is out before the end of the year, so we got at the most, a little over two months to see the standalone release.

It's really a pointless argument right now till the hackers are gone and there aren't any duped or hacked weapons. Once everyone is on a more even playing field and military weapons are made to be EXTREMELY rare, it'll cut down on some of the sniping problems we have I hope.

I remember the G17 being pretty dang weak. It is nice to have, but we should be able to use flashlights and pistols together if we want to keep with the idea of realism here, or at least done in a way that you can easily switch between them. Something I assume that can be remedied in the standalone.

If they fixed it so you could use a flashlight and pistol together, I'd be more inclined to actually stay on at nights.

If I had NVG, I'll stay, but I generally don't unless I'm near a town or city. Most nights in the game are unrealistically dark, so it ends being rather annoying getting around at all. Sure it's nicer for looting due to zombies not seeing ya, but I generally prefer daytime looting unless I'm prepared for a night shift.

Until you realize that it's the skin of the Rex peeling from it's face to show the meat underneath lol

Nothing scary about a Tyrannosaurus Rex...unless it was a ZOMBIE TYRANNOSAURUS REX! The true face of fear there!

There's no good reason to get DayZ right now with the standalone only a few months away. ARMA2 is not appealing to most and DayZ is in a pretty sorry state to be recommending it at all. I can find some enjoyment out of it, but I also bought it for a cheaper price at the time.

Well I think the idea behind the coast spawning, is that you've either washed up or were dropped off at the coast to begin your survival, giving alittle context to why your there. Being able to spawn at more locations around the map certainly would help cut down on the beach killings though, I agree abit with that.

That is a terrible idea lol

I've only seen Lingor or Chernarus, but because Chenarus is the official one, it is a better map that I've seen between the two. Lingor has more open buildings, but it's really badly balanced and doesn't look very well done honestly. It looks sloppy compared to Chernarus which feels like a real place to me.

Even with tools, they are so finnicky to get rid of and I found that if they block like Firehouses, they seem impossible to get rid of unless you server hop to get inside them. Mostly asshats use them to be obnoxious right now.

I had it happen once and luckily I got killed by someone running by me. I don't know if the bug fixes itself or not as I couldn't do it across multiple servers. One thing to do, if you know a person or can get hold of a person, is to get them to come kill you if possible.

Thought so. I know I hadn't had it happen before the last patch which was the last time I played, but just wanted to make sure. I have been randomly reset to the beach after logging out somewhere, but I think that is another issue entirely. I tend to server hop alot, due to it simply being hard to find a good server. I do have a regular one, but it's pretty low pop and if I want to consider some action or try another for whatever reason, I have to leave to find it. With DayZ Commander not always properly working with the right time of day, hackers, simply bad servers (I'll get on some that just kill framerate), legitimate server hopping is pretty common.