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It's about a trillion times easier to say that than actually do it and not screw it all up.

First off, CoD and Battlefield are for casual gamers. I think the people that get dizzy in CoD and BF are called "facebook gamers" or something worse. There are enough first person shooters on the market and even if the view was why they were popular, which is not the case in my opinion, it wouldn't matter because the scale of this game is much larger than the garden variety pew pew arena respawn deathmatch garbage found cluttering the market. And it's kind of late in the game to chance one of the most recognizable features of dayz, in my opinion. I guess Third Person is the new whipping boy now that a lot of the hacking has been reduced thanks to whitelisted servers. So now everyone wants to blame their deaths on the "exploitation" of the third person camera and not on their poor tactics or their poor choice of routes into locations. TP takes some getting used to and since there really isn't a campaign for DayZ, I strongly recommend everyone fire up Arma2 and play some missions or even the campaign until third person becomes second nature. Once you learn to use it effectively you can imagine how others are using it. It's more than just peaking around corners or going prone on top of some sniper nest in Cherno. You have to anticipate where players are likely to hide to get the best view of wherever you're trying to move to. Then you have to find a route to your destination while minimizing your exposure. That's harder than strafing side to side in first person or sprinting past a doorway with ALT held down until you think the coast is clear. I honestly don't see why you guys think the game is any easier when an opponent can spot you from just about anywhere. It's easier for them to spot you if you run around without thinking but not easier for them to approach you. If you're taking your time and not just running through Elektro trying to gear up as fast as you can then you'll likely have plenty of opportunities to spot any player trying to get the drop on you, short of sniper hill. Knowing other players are using third person also adds more tension as you never do know if you're being watched. Yes. Adapt. Forcing everyone into first person will make the game easier for the third person haters, and they know it. Reasons why FP view is awful: Framerates - if you're pushing 20 fps, cities and forests look like ass in FP. Third Person mitigates the noticeable stuttering and the game becomes playable. Arma/DayZ eats computers for lunch so only the best rigs, or random freaks of nature, are pulling smooth framerates in the cities and forests. Field of View - it's boinked. Sure, this could be improved quite a bit but I don't think the devs are too focused on this though. The design of some interiors - It's hard enough to squeeze through some doors in TP and I've been playing for months. I can't imagine there was a lot of reason to run around inside some of the buildings in Arma as much as we do in DayZ. They don't seem to be designed for the kind of use they're seeing. It won't solve the "cheap" deaths people experience - It'll make it worse as more people will find its easier to doorway camp. Vehicles - Some do not appear to be designed with FP view in mind. Try driving that V3S in FP or ride in the back of any of the cars. Not being able to see out the window I'm sitting next to is immersion breaking for me. Climbing ladders - This made me want to puke at 50 fps Reasons why FP view is awesome: Immersion - Despite it's flaws, it really does beef up the immersion and makes looting and navigating harder. Driving - It's fun to be the driver, even if you can't see. Zombies become a threat again (this one could easily be overcome with experience) Plays differently across the board.

Oh great. Way to leave us who prefer D out. >:( Umm.. why? Might as well remove it if it doesn't actually serve a purpose. Look guys. If you don't like 3d person, find a first person only server. There are some great ones out there as it turns out.

Yes. I shoot ghillies on sight and expect to be shot on sight when in a ghillie. If I have one, I don't always wear it. I can always manage to have one extra slot for civy clothes.

Hi there. *wink* I own a plane.

Anyone want to add to it? :) http://i.imgur.com/R04YrE7.jpg

You're not blind. I just did a really good job shopping Matt into that picture. He's so dreamy!

If you thought the text chat was bad, imagine any TS channel if the addy was public. :D :D He hopped into ShannonZKiller's TS. http://www.twitch.tv/shannonzkiller Good catch on Balota.

Dear diary, I found a super awesome camp site at [coordinates]. I put all my great stuff there. If you find this, do not take my stuff! On a side note, I really hate hiding in bushes so I decided to never do it.

Beans but I think we should be able to butt zombies or players even if we have ammo. I know you're talking about swinging the weapon like a bat/hatchet but butting would make more sense. A slight suggestion, knock outs only happen if you nail your target in the head, otherwise they just get knocked down. I think only stock/weapon breakage would make your idea any better. :)

A post by Smash inspired this insanity.

I noticed the playwithsix site is a landmine for ads. Luckily a friendly guy recommended I install the Adblock plus addon for firefox. Get it. Anyway, manual install files which you shouldn't jack with unless you know what you're doing: http://uk1.dayz.nu/latest/ and PlaywithSix download: http://play.withsix.com/download and DayZCommander download: http://dayzcommander...r.Installer.msi All of which came directly from http://dayzmod.com/?Download Pretty straightforward but I don't blame you for having trouble. I almost downloaded some crap from the ads after my recent reinstall.

I for one am appalled by the wanton destruction of that fine blue hippie van.

Do you give out free starter matches?

How about a completely separate hive because playing with easy mode pansies that geared up in super friendly huggies land is not even remotely interesting.

In that case, I'll call you!

I just want a banana.

How about this? Crosshairs visible while in first person but no crosshairs while in third person.

Bah. Just give us a folder under profile and let us reskin the cans ourselves. Might make the game world a little more interesting or fill the game with Penis brand sodas. Could be cool either way.

Back in my day we had to pretend the squares on the screen were whatever the text said they were.

Fair enough but this thread needs more orangutans.

Only cost me a buck!

Yup. Sort of the wrong section but you got the best answer possible. :)

I don't want to sound rude but... did you honestly think this one through before deciding to post it?