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Does M9SD ammo spawn? Ever? I've picked up an M9SD a while back and have found 1 mag for it in all of my NWAF/Stary/Convenience Store looting. I usually just drop it for a G17.

I think the problem with it would be balancing. Obviously you would be able to do damage but how much? A Zed is going to do more melee damage than a player if you wanted to stick to realism for one fact - they're mindless and don't care if their bodies are injured, so are more likely to use full force. You also could go the route of having melee more likely to stun, break bones, knock out, or disorient targets but I think this would also effect the balance of PvP. Although, I would love to double ear clap a sniper and dance around him as he's 'disoriented' and unable to act. :P

There are many helpful youtube videos out there which will get you started. When I first started DayZ I made the mistake of crawling as well. Now when I die, I'll find a low pop server and run through Cherno or Elektro. Currently Zeds cannot run inside buildings and are pretty easy to lose inside of them as well. I've found its a lot easier to run from Zeds than to attempt to sneak past them. To: and This is the new player discussion area and your input is obviously not needed as it doesn't help in any way. Although I don't agree that you need to start with a gun, its better to help people figure out how to gear up than to just attack them and call them lazy.

I believe those are just an old version of the legitimate animation files - so no I don't think BattleEye's 'ban sense' will tingle at you if thats what youre asking. You may have a difficult time getting into games running the 1.7.1.4 version though. I know I am running the 1.7.1.4 and have issues getting into games running 1.7.1.3. Edit: On a side note, I usually keep a Temp folder with previous versions of the mod saved in it. This way if I have issues with a new release, I can revert to an older release and still play - pending that the servers are compatible. This may only be capable through manual install though. I don't use either of the launchers.

Although I'm not sure what to think about the M4 'appearing' on someone, I doubt him receiving it is going to 'ruin the game'. I mean come on, if anything the massive amounts of dups and AS50's hacked into the game ruin the game, this dude has an M4 and some mags. Might give him a sliver of advantage, but nothing compared to what others are doing.

Only if we get power levels and eventually can shoot Kamehamehas at snipers on hill sides.

How is this robbing them of the DayZ experience? DayZ shouldn't be all about death and respawns. Medics and friendly clans who are willing to share their knowledge, morphine, blood bags and whatever else are also part of the DayZ experience as a whole. Despite popular belief DayZ is NOT just a Death Match where you kill or be killed - thats just how the majority of people have decided to play it. On a side note, the last Elektro hospital I went into had roughly 7 boxes, all filled with med supplies - 5 blood bags, 10 bandages, 5 epi, 5 morph. As I had yet to find a larger bag I grabbed what I could but man did it make me want to become a medic. I did kick myself - MAJORLY - for not looking for antibiotics. They're just so rare and seldom used. I just can't help but think that there may have been some in one of those boxes. haha

I thought most of the military rifles came from the fact that Chernarus was a warzone right before the outbreak - relief forces from other countries brought and lost/left those weapons. So I find no fault with the way the weapons are now. It's completely believable. It would personally effect my game play if you removed either the M4 or M16 variants as these are my weapons of choice and no AK can compare imho. Edit: Coalition forces don't go to war with 1 varient of M4 and one variant of MP5. If anything US troops would be carrying a variety of M4/M16 rifles. British forces would use the SA80 (LA85A2)

Possibly loaded into the server before your client actually loaded you into the server and a bandit killed you?

I solo heli crash sites all the time. If you sneak in and have the ZEDs spawn and then sneak back, you can usually wait for them to path off, kill one or two to create a corridor and then /loot. On a side note, if you can time a well placed frag or m203 shot right at the heli when they're all spawning, you can pretty much negate all of the zombies in one fel swoop. :P

You can use tents to store stuff, but that tent and the contents inside will only be on the server you used the tent on. So if you change to another server, your tent wont be there. Also you can find a tool kit and cut the wiring down. One of my favorite things to do actually, destroy wiring and sand bags. :P

I don't think Zeds are meant to be "cleared" they're meant to be "avoided".

You mean it isn't? get sniper rifle > sit on hill > kill new spawns > have lolz > ?? > easy PvP.

He's not saying where he's dropping it off at... Maybe he's dropping all the loot into the ocean? :x

They should just make bodies killed by 50cal's, frag grenades, SAWs, satchel charges, and the RPG disappear immidiately. This would make sense to me, as their really wouldn't be anything of much use on the body after taking a hit or two from any of these weapons. Or give the gear a % chance based on weapon used to kill the player to turn into "useless scrap" making the looting of bodies less fruitful and riding the game of high end gear. Obviously the more powerful the gun the higher the % chance is to break/destroy items in the targets inventory.

You do realize that most people drop from taking one round from an AK/M16 right? So really every gun in this game should be one shot one kill, or at least one shot and you're knocked out. Edit: I'm actually 95% sure everyone playing this game would drop from taking one round from any of the guns. Infact, a well placed burst from an M16 is going to drop you like a rotten potatoe sack and kill you just as well as that 50cal. Unfortunately thats really not the case in DayZ.

The answer to the sniper problem is in ArmA 2 - it just needs added to DayZ http://www.arma2.com/arma-2-oa-weaponry/a-2-oa-artillery_en.html :D I would totally Zero in on Sniper Hill outside of Elektro..... and turn it into a raging HE firestorm!

I'm not sure I would classify this as an MMO but thats just my opinion. In its current state the game is more like a FPS with some interesting game play mechanics thrown in. Just because you character is 'persistent' across servers doesn't make the game an MMO. My BF3 character is persistent across servers as well and I play that game with just as many people. If anything this game in its current state is a Death Match with PvE elements. Fixed it for you.

*in the best Don LaFontaine voice he can manage* "In a world where humanity is crumbling and anyone might just kill you for your beans..."

So you admit to breaking the ToS of hosting a DayZ server connected to the hive? I'm pretty sure #1 on that list is "The server must never be locked." Obviously you feel you're special and can break these rules and obviously, as of August 4th 2012 the Dev team has yet to black list you for breaking the first rule on their list. Really if the Dev team is going to have server rules they need to enforce them. There have been plenty of other servers attacked by hackers who have not broke the rules and locked their servers so that they can just continue: So why are you special? I hope they blacklist you.

I'd like to see that too actually. hahaha Talk about not having any modesty. When caught streaming hacks he gets all pissy and starts bad mouthing the game. How dense do you have to be to stream hacks in the first place? Especially with the amount of hatred the players have for hackers in this mod...

I went there but the stream was down. They're probably disconnected so that they don't get shut down also. Nope found it - http://www.twitch.tv/nyxis123/b/327333130

Yeah I saw you talking in chat. His friends stream channel is still up though. Nyxis123 and Exo. Personally, I think they should have their channels shut down as well for being party to it.

Yeah - I watched him a bit last night, and he wasn't doing so well. I guess he got irritated that he couldn't actually be successful at the game and so he decided he would just hack. Before his stream went offline he was badmouthing the dev team and Rocket, but he kept switching between calling DayZ a "Mod" and a "Game".

And... channel was closed. hahahaha