Pringle (DayZ)

I know this has been vaguely suggested before, but I wanted to go against the odds and suggest it again. I believe the current "hatchet" should either become an Axe, a slower, bigger variant of the hatchet, a handheld weapon that goes where you would keep your pistol. Right now, sidearms are poopy in damage. Hatchets are the best thing for killing Zeds a freshly spawned player has easy access to. Even as a moderately geared player, I still use my hatchet when going to helicopter crash sites because my M14 is very loud. That's why I propose for an actual hatchet, as in held in a single hand, to be added to the game either alongside the current "hatchet" which becomes an axe, or completely replace the hatchet. The complete replacement seems only necessary if the current under-powered damage rates for the sidearms to stay, because currently the hatchet dwarfs the other sidearms when it comes to damage. The new hatchet would do half the damage of the current one, 2250, down from 4500. The new hatchet would fit in the tool belt, and the axe would only be able to fit in your primary slot. Both items would be able to chop wood. I believe this is a very thought out suggestion and would like your feedback on possible problems/oversights.

I don't think that is the case, i believe it has to do with the corpses you can find laying around.

You either don't have a gun, or cycled through weapons using F. and third person is server-regulated, it may be on or off depending on the server.

We already have this, just not as extended. A headshot will kill. A body shot will hurt. A leg shot will cripple.

A greater variety of melee weapons seems like an ok idea, but let's not turn this game into left for dead. Maybe other tools could be used as a melee weapon such as the hunting knife. Another thought that struck me was that the hatchet could do half damage, but headshots kill instantly. Seems logical, going on everyday zombie lore.

Flambo, if the new hatchet didn't do half damage, there would be no reason to use the axe other than not having a hatchet. It needs to have some kind of downside in order to co-exist in the game with the axe if that happens. It could do the normal damage if the hatchet was totally replaced with my new suggestion. And to Gyro, it sounds like you aren't updated to the latest version of the arma 2 beta patch.

Hello everyone, I can play DayZ just fine, its just that my server list is somehow "different" from everyone else I know's. They'll tell me the server they are on, I find it in the server browser, and once I connect, they aren't online. They'll give me the IP of the server they are on, and it redirects me to the server that has the different bunch of people online. It's like there are two of the same servers with identical names but I can only get onto the opposite one. I haven't been able to find anyone else that has this problem, so sorry if this issue is common and the fix is known.

That's what I thought, too. It had something to do with ports. But then the IP the gave me was the same port as the one i was directed to.

I'm not using any filters, and I do type dayz into my box. The servers show up, its just that they are almost different but parallel versions of the server.

It sounds like you didn't equip them. If I remember correctly, I had trouble using them when I got them because my NVGs would get slotted out instead of the binoculars, and I couldn't use them. Or something like that. When you open your inventory, make sure that you have the rangefinders equipped in the top right/left.