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M4A1 holo > M4A1 CCO SD. The SD is great for killing Zs quietly, but the damage drop on it is insane.

Most of the complaints I see about sniper rifles is that they're too easy to use. You zero in for a distance and then just lead the target a little bit. The other complaint I've seen is that they have no use outside of PVP. So why not convert existing anti materiel rifles over to the KSVK? It's certainly got the kick to kill someone in one shot and operate at the absurd ranges that anti materiel rifles are loved for, but it trades the ability to zero the weapon for the SVD scope's built in rangefinder. If you've ever used it in Arma 2, you know it's a rather difficult weapon to master, but can theoretically out perform the M107 in experienced hands. What's that mean for DayZ? Oneshot kill weapons will be rarer, since they'll be harder to use. Only the snipers that have a good grasp of their craft will be able to effectively use one. We'll get more variety to the game. Lower level snipers that do include zeroing will be more attractive. The M24 and CZ 550 might even end up being tools of choice for the discerning bandit. Chernarus will feel more like an actual Warsaw pact country. Seriously, why do we have so many western weapons? Bring on the Kalashkinovs and Bizons. Bring on the SVDs. People who get oneshotted from a kilometer away will have less room to complain. If you can master the harder to use russian weapon, you deserve that kill. I'm sure some people will complain about this being a carebear post, but I'm not suggesting that the rifles get removed, or the game made any easier. I'm just suggesting that if you want to use a one shot kill rifle, you should need the skills to pay the bills. Knowing that you got your kill the old fashioned way? That should make it even sweeter.

Humanity 4960. I'd like to think I'm a decent guy to hang around. The rifles only come out if you shoot at me.

Learning to deal with death is an important part of growth in DayZ. Most of us can put together a new kit in under an hour these days. Those guns aren't as rare as you think. Now an AS-50 and an L85, that I might be afraid to die with, but if you aren't going to use the guns, why bother getting them?

You want a sniper? Give me your first born child and I'll give you a CZ 550. I ran into four of them yesterday and just shoved em all in a tent.

I've managed to get myself some great gear. AS-50, DMR, M4A1 CCO SD, M107, ecetera, but I still like to shove it all in the tent and just go roll along the coast with a Winchester and a Revolver like John Marston.

Rocket has said that if you find a hacked in weapon, you can use it. Spawning the weapons will get you banned, using them will not. It's permitted. If you don't want to use them, don't.

Most of the complaints I see about sniper rifles is that they're too easy to use. You zero in for a distance and then just lead the target a little bit. The other complaint I've seen is that they have no use outside of PVP. So why not convert existing anti materiel rifles over to the KSVK? It's certainly got the kick to kill someone in one shot and operate at the absurd ranges that anti materiel rifles are loved for, but it trades the ability to zero the weapon for the SVD scope's built in rangefinder. If you've ever used it in Arma 2, you know it's a rather difficult weapon to master, but can theoretically out perform the M107 in experienced hands. What's that mean for DayZ? Oneshot kill weapons will be rarer, since they'll be harder to use. Only the snipers that have a good grasp of their craft will be able to effectively use one. We'll get more variety to the game. Lower level snipers that do include zeroing will be more attractive. The M24 and CZ 550 might even end up being tools of choice for the discerning bandit. Chernarus will feel more like an actual Warsaw pact country. Seriously, why do we have so many western weapons? Bring on the Kalashkinovs and Bizons. Bring on the SVDs. People who get oneshotted from a kilometer away will have less room to complain. If you can master the harder to use russian weapon, you deserve that kill. I'm sure some people will complain about this being a carebear post, but I'm not suggesting that the rifles get removed, or the game made any easier. I'm just suggesting that if you want to use a one shot kill rifle, you should need the skills to pay the bills. Knowing that you got your kill the old fashioned way? That should make it even sweeter.

Zombies chase you. They charge you. They bite you. That's why we call them zombies, instead of gremlins or something stupid like that.

This is why you should use DayZ commander. :P

Just a short story today. Found a bandit tent while I was finding Sidon to help him gear up. AS-50, DMR, FAL. Great stuff. One problem though. I already had an M4A1 CCO SD and an M4A3 CCO in my inventory. I looked at the tent. Looked in my inventory. Looked at the tent again. I can find M4s all day. AS-50s...not so much. CCO-SDs. I don't see those often, but DMRs are just as rare, and if the server doesn't munch em, I'll still have one in my tent up at the airfield. Good day for me.

My friend pointed out to me that I'm a lunatic in game. One tent isn't enough. Two isn't enough. I have almost a dozen tents full to the brim with every gun, piece of food, or tool that I can find. My pack fills up the second I hit a decent loot spawn. I could be walking around with an Mk. 48 and an AS-50, and I'd still stop to shove a makarov in my backpack. I have so much baked beans, cooked meat, and pasta that I could just sit in game and decline to loot for days, maybe even weeks. How bad do you have it?

I'd be happy to let you join in. Helping people to get a feel for the game is good for player retention, and fairly fun. :)

Perhaps he wants to be a bush with a rifle. That's his decision, and though I'm not happy about it, it's up to him. You're better off with camo clothing and one of the camo paint skins though. Similarly hard to see when just hanging about, but stealthier on the move, and less likely to get Shot on Sight.

I found three, right next to each other once. All of them were looted out, sadly, but I did pick up some NVGs off of a pilot Z.

I'd be willing to lend a hand and help you learn the ropes, but I can't get on until a bit later tonight. If you're willing to wait until around 10ish and play on one of my home servers, I'll happily make my way down to the coast and link up with you.

I can see the Sniper Hill now. Full of foxholes. More empty space than hill. Play Whackamole with the BWAR

As a solo player, you shouldn't expect to get a helicopter. A Motorcycle? Maybe a car? Sure. A Helicopter? That's a bit much.

Weeks of searching to find one. Three days with a tent to have a dozen, sadly.

yeah.avi Though the G17 and M9 still have their uses. A full mag from one of them will kill a player.

I've been having the opposite happen to me. I walk into the barracks and I can't even see the floor under all the loot. I find four rifles, twenty magazines, a dozen chemlights. It's insane. I head down into a supermarket and the floor is carpeted with frank and beans. It's absurd.

Pretty simple, right now in DayZ, we have the M line of assault rifles, and the AK line.Both spawn in the same loot spots, both have the same effective range, ammo capacity, and noise level. The problem is, right now the AK line is almost wholly inferior to the M line. There's less variety, they have lower damage. They have no silenced options, and higher recoil. Other than the AKM, a rather unique weapon, there's not a whole lot of reason to use one. This is easily rectified. The AK-107 features a nice high rate of fire and relatively low recoil, which compensates for the lower damage of the weapon. Adding the AK-107 would also add some level of parity to the available variants of each weapon, given how much more common the M variants are. Adding the AKS-74UN would give the AK variants access to SD ammo and improve their usefulness in populated areas. AK-74u, AK-74, AK-74 Kobra, AK-107, AK-107 GL, AK-107 PSO, AK107 GL PSO, AKS-74UN: 3 weapons now, 8 weapons projected M4A1, M4A1 CCO, M4A1 CCO SD, M1A3 CCO, M4A1 Holo, M16A2, M16M203, M16A4: 8 weapons now. Best of all, it's an easy change. All of the files are already in the game. All it takes is a little modification on the loot tables.

AS-50, Bizon, FAL...and revolver. A revolver? You mean to tell me these guys had helicopter crash grade weapons and they couldn't spring for a G17?

It's the PDW for me. I prefer to use a sidearm for clearing out Zs, but I also like to keep out a powerful weapon for dealing with enemy players. The PDW strikes a respectable balance between the two in the form of the best SMG in the game. One that fits in the sidearm slot.

Honestly, I think vehicle spawns should be heavily increased, but vehicle repair item spawns should be heavily decreased. Finding a new motorcycle, or car to repair should be child's play, Chernarus is full of developed areas. The hard part should be finding an unrusted engine block to drop into that thing.