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The problem i see with this, is that while yes, a lot of these came from duping... I fear even more came from spawning these items in. I have seen multple cases, where a person (same one) is sniping from the roof of electro, he gets killed (his body had an extra ghillie suit+coyote 24pack+AS50+NVG+rangefinder+GPS+DMR) and i am not kidding, less than 7 minutes goes by, he's already in the exactly same spot, with EXACTLY same loadout. And not like he alt+F4'd out of dying and his body was duped, no, he received a .50cal bullet to the head... With people teleporting others/spawning in weapons/vehicles (always nice to see an APC rolling down Electro) there is no point of that reset, just yet.. All reset will accomplish is give you 99,000 pissed people, 40,000 of whom will find all needed for survival in first 30 minutes anyways, and 1,000 pricks who'll spawn that crap in and drive off in a spawned vehicle

Come on, man, you didnt really search, did you? Look at the post tags, 'weapon maintenance' and 'gun maintenance', or just 'maintenance', lol http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/23253-different-spin-on-weapon-maintenance/ As someone above mentioned, yes, rocket already said he's curious exploring this soon

Just because i feel this really needs more attention, I'd like to bring it back from the abyss of the forums :)

^^^ Exactly, a jam could really ruin your day :) I agree, also about the gear needing some sort of batteries and such to reduce the overuse of them. Lord knows, after half of year of using my red-dot on one of the guns i have, the battery ran out... Thus the reason for me to keep few more around :) On another note, i updated my OP, to include the few recent similar topics.. Trying to keep it all in one :)

As the person above me mentioned, there are indeed a lot of these posts already (i've also started one a while back) This is mine, and it references to few similar posts http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/23253-different-spin-on-weapon-maintenance/ On another note, Rocket, in the FPSGuru interview, did mention he is curious exploring this in future

^^^ That's the exact reason i've decided to take a break from DayZ for a little bit. After being alive, harrassing people with AS50 for 16 days, yesterday i magically get teleported to middle of some industrial roof, littered with dead bodies and two guys having a pistol duel ... Not the way i imagined to go out... (i always thought i'll die only to bugs :)) At the current state of exploitation, and constant hacking, the whole concept of 'survivability' that Rocket wants to achieve, goes out of the window. Like you said, what is the point of spending hours upon hours, searching for something, maybe even finding a vehicle, searching for parts, getting them to vehicle, and getting killed by a hacker, or getting teleported to be killed by one I agree, with OP, with my limited knowledge of computer languages, it sure seems to be a simple 'if player requests spawn item = player gets kicked'. But working in technology field, i fear its not that simple :(

^^ That was my fate... Asked the character to crouch, instead he ran off the roof... I still have screenshot somewhere of the murdering spree (67-3).. I did make a rule about not shooting unarmed/melee guys at that point (unless melee is climbing up my roof)... Great sadness is still upon me about that run, that was sad sad end of era, i feel your pain

I want to say in http://t.co/THONrylu at around 50:50, buddy ol'' pal

So after having done some due diligence, and making sure as far as i could tell this hasnt been brought up yet, here i go. As it stands right now, 'Heatpack' is a magical item that brings your body temperature to the 42C from any temperature under a second. What i wanted to suggest, is rename the item, and change the properties. Have the item be called "Emergency Survival/Heat Blanket" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_blanket ). And instead of immediate result, have it take a second per every degree of temperature restored. I would even say it should gimp your movement, not make you completely immobile, but say running cancels it, so does aiming a gun. In full on rain - temperature doesnt go up, nor does it go down. The reason i'm suggesting this, is because as it stands right now, survivors really have no need to sit around camp fire or anywhere really. They can and are, constantly on the move. Any thoughts?

I'm not entirely sure you're correct, sir. Enfield (in game) does more damage than .308, but it isnt one shot kill (unless its a solo encounter). Body shot will incapitate, break bones and cause loss of consciousness, loss of about 8k health, but not kill. Now if the person isnt bandaged... they're screwed, but as it stands, they will lay there for few minutes bleeding out I dont think that is corrent info, I believe JFK was shot with Italian Carcano rifle. At any rate, owning this rifle IRL, i can assure you it's a kicker. Yes, as someone above mentioned, the sway of the weapon should be greater, but i wouldnt touch the damage on it. Final verdict: Need greater sway when crouching/standing Reduce spawn (not to the CZ extend thoguh, you can find 10 DMR's before you find one CZ)

As much as i dislike the idea of starting this conversation... You should consider the round size of these weapons: M16 is 5.56 1911 is a 45 Makarov is 9mmx18 Lee is .303 AS50 is .50 If you're talking about headshots, just about all of them will be one headshot kills. Body shots are different. You can take down a person with .50 by tagging them in their legs. Lee, if done a body shot, will knock you out, and leave you bleeding with something like 5k blood i believe. M16 is a MUCH smaller round.. Come on, get real, maybe lower spawn, but leave weapon as is.. With M16 you have a firing rate thats SIGNIFICANTLY higher than Lee

Few problems: 1. Legality issues, you cannot use someone elses product for your own unless you enjoy legal battles 2. In dayz they're not 'zombies' they are 'infected'. Thats why they move faster, and dont act like your regular type of zombies 3. Games use different game engines, so you cannot reproduce the same effect :) 4. You should check out what one person from community already did with the skins: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/21465-new-zombie-textures/

I agree, i think you should change the name of the thread

Reason i would say have it reflective, because there still should be some sort of penalty for getting the temperature up fast. It's still faster/safer than your regular fireplace, but is somewhat unsafe.

Thanks, i really hope developers can maybe implement even a part of this :)

From personal experience, and experience of those close to me who served in US military (be it Marines or Army Rangers), M16 platform has still major drawbacks, as i mentioned above. The tightly fit small components cause issues when exposed to external elements such as small grained sand (not applicable in Chernarus, i know) and require good amount of lubing. As a good buddy of mine called it out, i feel very appropriately "AK is your 'biker chick', and M16 is the 'prom queen'". Yes, M16's are far from what they used to be in Vietnam era, where it was constant failure, they have been improved greatly. However, their drawback is their bonus, unsurpassed accuracy and recoil, at a price of potential jam due to tightly jammed together small components

I say just remove the damn thing altogether :D

This is somethign that absolutely drives me up the wall lately. We went from having servers follow the timezone guidelines, to "This server restarts every 4 hours for ultimate performance" which can be translated into "This server is always running daytime" I am tired of sun, and tired of never playing nights/evenings anymore. Only time you can do that, if you go to one two absolutely dead servers. Rocket originally mentioned that it's 'impossible' to speed up the game due to engine limitations, however maybe its now its no longer the case. I would love to have servers running at 2x the time, so we could enjoy all aspects of the game. Though i fear it will still result in servers clearing out :(

The barrel may take 5000 rounds (i would imagine maybe even more) but it's the other parts that are breaking/malfunctioning way before that with M16 family. AK's are built with less parts, and bigger parts, therefore when you put the rifle to use it's crude (compared to m16), but also has less potential to malfunction. M16 is more accurate, and when is functioning it's absolute pleasure to shoot, and works like clockwork (a lot of small parts, tightly fit, opposed to AK style of large parts having lots of space around) I agree that it would be great to have conditions in the rifles, say if the server has rain on it, you get that rifle wet and condition is ugly, if its sun shining the rifle is good, if fog its bad. (according to your condition meter :))

I'm not sure of exact mechanics of DayZ/Arma engines. But i would imagine that it should'nt be too much of overhead. You're tracking not the bullets, but rather the bullet count. If you think about it, the 'persistency' of weapons isnt that big. A lot of weapons get 'traded up', a lot of loot disappears into abyss when player bodies disappear quickly, now-a-days. It doesnt create extra traffic, it shouldnt at least, when the player info is saved you just add two/three more numbers in there, for the % of the weapons degradation. Its not like you're overflooding it with info :)

May i present you: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/23253-different-spin-on-weapon-maintenance/ :)

It seems to be getting worse with every patch. Generally it now takes at least 5mins to sit on "loading" screen. You can save the upgrade pc comments, of is beast. This is really discouraging... :(

Thus the need to replace/repair so many parts. Come on, you find a car, you need engine, fuel tank, four wheels, and fix the hull fully... That's not a simple feat Now here is something interesting , I actually wouldn't mind having to go through the house, into a garage to check if something was there ;) To OP: problem isn't lack of vehicles, they're there, problem is few people hoarding them off the map, so you cannot get those vehicles

I hope devs at least notice this ;) this is awesome work!

^^^ I never said its not going to kill solo, just that it's not one shot kill for body shot. Yes, solo player will bleed out from it. It's only one shot kill if headshot Wait a second I'm all for having mosin, but I'd still keep lee. All in all, mosin also has stripper clips (as a proud owner of both M44 and 91/30 I can assure you of that fact) Keep Lee as is I say.