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How should I know? Rocket said something like that in an interview. They have a special body for Zeds which are by far less detailed compared to survivor bodies. That's because of performance issues.

The main reason why this will not be implemented is, that this would afford to have to many different Zed-Skeletons...or something like that. This would create massive performance issues server side. Rocket stated this in an interview.

I have only a few hours a week to spend on gaming. I do not want to waste those fighting infections! I'd rather have fun. Fun is the challenge of a firefight. Running around in the woods finding nothing ain't. I'm seriously considering ditching DayZ for good and find something with a little more condensed fun. I just don't have time for this shit. Everything wouldn't be that much of a problem if the controls of this game wouldn't be that shitty. If you could switch to melee with the push of a single button without losing your primary weapon everything would be less of a hassle. Next thing would be if Zeds would move realistically instead of spastic and unpredictable and melee combat overall would be anything near good.

I'm playing this patch now for maybe 2 hours. One Zed ran up to me and hit me uncounscious for a couple of seconds. Gotta love that one hit knockouts... Woke up. Zed's gone. Not complaining about the latter but it's still weird. Catching Zed aggro seems weird too. I mean weirder than it already was. Can't remember anytime it could be called sensible, plausible or even "realistic". Picked up a machete. Ate my Winchester. Awesome! Can't put it in my toolbelt. Even more awesome. Because it just pissed me off once again: Switching weapons with that stupid mousewheel menu thingy just sucks! Can't really say I had much fun with that version of DayZ.

The Zed's have been shit in this game since it's begining. In Every patch they try to make them different. No one was capable of making Zeds not shit. Probably because the root of the problem, which is, that Zeds are shit, can't be fixed that easily. Zeds are shit, because they don't behave like Zombies. The move weirdly and spastic. They hit you, when they shouldn't. They knock you down, when they shouldn't. They don't see shit. Then they spot you from half a mile away and won't let off your trail, no matter what. As a novelty they now knock you down almost all the time and as a plus give you infection. Awesome. Above that loot is less. More awesome. Now you waste double the time for half the shit and 4 times more deaths to the stupidest AI ever programmed. Pure awesomeness. They should change the leaderboard, so that the one with the most infections is on top so you can boast to your friends of how much antibiotics you can swallow. That makes awesome stories. I hate this fucking zeds! I wish there were none. From all video games mobs DayZ zeds are the most annoying to me. There should be a Battle Royale mod with no annoying zeds, just pure loot'n'kill. That would be a decent challenge. (I know about Wasteland. It's not the same!) Then there should be a mod with loads of normal moving zeds, you can slaughter with your friends. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but that would make much more sense. Coop-Fun against hordes of stupid zombies or gunfights against human opponents. Both together could be cool too, but not with a game running shitty like DayZ.

I bought a Track IR 5 right after I found out it exists and it is supported in DayZ. Never regretted that decision. I can't play without it because looking around via moving your head is not second but first nature. My TrackClip Pro has broken too. They're really fragile at the lower joint. The german supplier sent me a new one for the promo price of €25,- which I think was a fair gesture. However I was able to fix the old one with duct tape and am still using it.

It won't let you open any disks? What disks?

Don't move your head then while in combat.

Why is that?

You didn't get the reference.

You could have used the Alt-Key like normal people.

Firstly, it enhances your head movement. To look over your shoulder to the back you need to turn your actual head maybe 30°. So you can still see your screen easily. Wouldn't make sense otherwise. I use the default settings which are just fine. It does not exhaust my neck muscles. In real life you move your head much more. It feels totally natural to use that thing. In fact, I can't play without it anymore. It's that awesome. The only negative things I have to report is, that the TrackClipPro, the borg like thingy you clip to your head set, is relatively fragile. I broke mine but was able to fix it with tape. The german reseller though seems to be an nice guy and gave me a new one for the promo price of just €25,-. That brings me to the second negative point: it is expensive. Awesome, but expensive.

Gonna check it out.

Not everybody wearing a bandit skin is evil. You get one easily by just defending yourself. KoS'ing just because of that stupid game mechanic is about as a'hole as beeing a noobhunter.

Solution: Always have 10 Slots free in your backpack.

I want cuban cigars or a Gandalf's pipe! I'd kill for it. And a nice single malt along with it. Vodka would do as well. It's not survival without a little vice.

Melee does well without crosshairs. You get a feeling for the point of impact with some practice. You also will be close range anyway. I like more realism and difficulty through it. But I want the bullet going exactly where the barrel is pointing! In real life you can aim pretty well from the hip with some practice. Good enough at least to be serious threat to everything in close range.

It contains instant powder for coffee, tea and some soda. You need to use those in clean/boiled water. Not relevant for a game like DayZ hence the water does the job without any additives.

You attach the saw to the pump handle and will be an close range killing machine! Unless zu lose your fingers first of course.

I don't care about the new food items either wey but a better way of honoring the dev team would be to put some graffiti on some walls in Cherno or something. Maybe painted with the blood of innocent survivors.

I have the problem. Everytime I try to eat or drink something (anything) I get kicked by Battleye for restriction #20. Everything is up to date. Beta-exe and BE-Client.

If just switching to the flashlight wouldn't be such a hassle...

The difficulty settings system should be further enhanced so there are hardcore servers strictly without 3rd person where certain high value loot will spawn exclusively. And maybe characters will have to stay within their difficulty.

I'd support that motion. Most FPS-Games do well without 3rd person and it does bad things to competitiveness.

The engine is of "Take On Helicopters", which is basically an enhanced Arma 2 engine, but heavy changes are beeing made to it.