walrus2517

I'm sorry a few of you old school Arma players find us newbies so insufferable. This game has gotten a lot of attention on a lot of gaming sites and attracted so many people to the franchise that Arma 2 is a top seller on Steam. A lot of us are still trying to figure out the controls and gameplay. I've only played a few hours but have found the experience fantastic. Plenty of Arma vets seem willing to help us out and so far every noob I've come across has been willing to work together. If anything I've seen a few noobs complaining that the Arma vets are picking on us. That being said, this mod is designed for the exact type of gameplay you are complaining about, so you should probably go back to your standard Arma mods. This is made for folks to choose between working together or going it alone. To choose between fighting zombies or picking off survivors. The one thing I can guarantee you is there is no global conspiracy amongst us newbies to drive all you Arma vets away and destroy this franchise. Most will play this for a few weeks then move on to something else. Take a deep breath, try to find a server for Arma vets, and have a little patience with us noobs. Thanks.

Nice to see a familiar face here JCDenton. :) I have to say I agree with your idea. While the recoverable bolts are nice they take up too much inventory space and are a bit of a hassle.

Heh, funny to read this story after teaming up with you for a bit last night against the wishes of a few of the other folks I was with. While I know the odds are slim we'll end up on the same server again if it happens I'll vouch for you. ;) Good luck getting back to survivor.

As a noob to the Arma franchise I don't like the inventory system either and still haven't really figured it out. I've been through a few tutorials but it certainly is not intuitive. However, I do like the pitch black nights even if it took me a bit of getting used to. It can be frustrating but I think it really adds to the suspense of this particular mod. As for your feature requests, keep in mind this is Alpha, as in not even to Beta yet, so obviously it is not going to have all the features of a fully developed game. This was just a proof of concept that took off. Have some patience and let's see what the mod becomes. EDIT: I'll add that my experience, roughly two hours of gameplay so far, has been 100% different than yours. I didn't last 15 minutes my first two games. Last night I finally survived more than an hour by hooking up with some other noobs and we wandered the night a bit before getting taken out by a zombie horde. I even had one game where I ran for a good 30 minutes without seeing anything, human or zombie, so I just respawned.

Try the Arma II demo and see how it runs on your system: http://www.arma2.com/demo/

Many thanks Legacy! I guess it was safe to say I had no idea how to use anything in my inventory. :)

I'm sorry for this noob question but how do I use a bandage? I've gone through the Gear tutorials and tried several things in the game but I just can't figure it out. Thanks.