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It doesnt work. Bandits place gear in a tent, repeat respawn until they are near the tent then start again with a new life and all the old gear.

I think this type of feeling is exactly what Rocket was going for.

So I get my face blown off by a guy that thinks its fun to toss a flare, say hes friendly and then shoot. I was in Zelenogorsk and spawned due South. "Screw it, im going back" I say to myself and begin running for my corpse. Of course a hoarde of Zeds are coming with me and luckily I manage to run through a barn. I figure I'd get 2 or 3 from the other side of the barn but amazingly I was alone when I sprinted down the hill into Zelenogorsk. I figure I'd go to the supermarket and was surprised when I ran inside that no Zeds were around, of course the bloodbath inside told me why. Several Zeds and 4 dead survivors lay in the store. The air was buzzing with flies and then I heard a can open. "Friendly?" I ask... another can opens... "Friendly?"... so I look around the corner and the lone survivor is wearing my backpack! I run up, grab a Kobra off a dead guy drop a flare... and blow his face off.

Reminds me of playing Star Wars Galaxies years ago. Some kid didnt know about the autorun key and would say shit like: "Im gonna go get a samich but dont worry I got a dime in it" Took me forever to figure out what the hell he was talking about.

Ghillie Suits option 2 (so you dont need luck) Find a hunting knife (luck) Have an option to cut certain plants. After 30 are cut have an option to "Braid cuttings" into a grid. Cut an additional 30 plants and have option to "Stuff net gridding" this pushes plants into the handmade netting to form a ghillie suit. Or just find one and not cry so much.

made me smile :) yes nothing more immersive than a camera floating above your shoulder :) Ill just hide behind this rock and use my magic camera to look over it :) I do only play on Expert settings severs btw. I just like reading all the lame excuses people who want 3rd on try to use to justify it :) Immersive and realistic are two different things. Its not realistic to have a camera over your shoulder but for some its more immersive because immersion is unique to each person. If Im in a field in real life and grass is in front of me I can push it off to the side with my hand. I do not have to stand up. Peripheral awareness on a flat monitor has to be simulated to some extent and for some 3rd person does that. For others it ruins it.

Well having "NPC" rescue missions and such will remove part of the "sandbox" element. NPC objectives however do not remove the sandbox concept unless they are Required. If quests remain optional we can still keep the sandbox but I'm not sure how they would be implemented. The real concept is that you find a friend and have her be the farmers daughter and you play the farmer and ask another player to help you find/rescue her. Thats real sandbox implementation.

Items like blood, epi-pens and antibiotics I always take. If I dont need them I drop them where tey cant befound just to keep a bandit from getting them for a few minutes.

We had super zeds and people went through the roof. I do however think some more variety in zed types and zed density could be more engaging. In an old OFP user mission there was a script that forced the player prone and dragged him along the ground a few feet. It was supposed to be a ghost doing it, but on here couldnt a zed do that by scripting? Im not sure how/if it pulls too much resource but I imagine its doable to a degree.

Until the Zed visibility upgrade and them hanging out in houses I never used cans. Now that I need to use them to get Zeds to come out of buildings I just cant get enough of the trapping a defensless respawner in a house. Just keep cans on you and when a guy enters a house just toss cans at the door. Zeds come a knockin' Of course the victim just disconnects but its still fun.

After getting shot in the back 4 times in a row I gave up on helping "new" players.

I agree that no side chat hinders communication in a way that especially assists new players. I would like to see an alternative brought in soon. Radios or whatever.

On the server I was on everyone just dropped and died.

I'm in Balota at night and see an orange glow on the horizon. I keep searching the houses deciding to skip the airfield when I see the orange glow is closer. Some guy is tossing it in front of himself for light over and over. Finally the flare dies and he busts out a chemlight and I decide to follow him for a while. After creeping behind him for a while dodging Zeds the small blue chemlight all the sudden flies in the air and lands near me. BOOM! A shot whizzes past my ear as I drop and roll into the bushes. I dont think he knew I was behind him, I think he tossed the chemlight and I just happened to be there but he shot on sight thats for sure. We both layed there motionless for a while amazed that no Zeds came after him. He must have thought I disconnected becaue I see him crawl up to the light to recover it. BOOM! I take him down with my Mak.

I thought this was common knowledge. I guess there are a ton of new people around eh?

BI built 3rd person originally because of the vehicle usage, primarilty aircraft because there was no real feasible way to "simulate" global awareness of your vehicle. That in turn translates to global awareness of your person. Mil-sim doesnt mean restricted views, it means realistic interpretation of applied skill sets.

Well I know the OP said not to bring up the toolbox thing but really when I respawn I consider a toolbox a priority. Not just because of the D-bag fencing loot farmers but because if this were "real" I would want tools. My "Oh Shit" bag has tools in it along with food/water compass etc. because a phillips head screwdriver is a lifesaver in an oh shit situation. Snag that toolbox man and do your server a favor.

I dont know if someone suggested this already but I assume a balance could be made for prone/crouch visibility and audio. For instance prone crawling makes more noise than crouched walking realistically. Maybe prone crawl is one bar of hearing detection and zero of visual. Crouched walk is zero bars hearing but one of visual. Not exact math but you get the idea.

Would it be possible to have a "Zone" around structures and towns that people will not load into? For instance if I logout in the Elektro church I would then login along the coast 300m from the outskirt town structures.

I know this has been discussed, and that some have said it is going away but nobody has provided a source. Are there upcoming patch notes or something from Rocket, or is this all speculation?

So how far can they see? I know its 60 degrees from body center but is there a specific on sight distance on a clear sunny day? Or at night?

Im not sure many people that actually play Day Z are going to say that you shouldnt.

Its been my experience that no side chat does hinder community interaction. It of course has downsides like bandit interception and using it to camp. A recurring request in the forums is more reasons to "team up" with survivors and having a side chat option is a decent way to do it right now. Future additions may change that but Right Now they do not exist unless you find a way to get into a teamspeak clan or whatever. I say make it Optional.

So I am ok with playing at night, especially going into a higher risk bandit area for supplies but my chemlights wont illuminate enough to see Zeds before they attack anymore. So with the increased Zed senses I can no longer travel at night without having a hoarde come after me. Are there any suggestions besides "get nvg"? I use to use flares but now they aggro to that as I throw it and still get swarmed. I really dont want to server hop to daytime only servers.