hello there ladies and gents. i heard about day z some time ago and only recently just picked it up, and overall... i am injoying the experince alot. the learning curve for this game is very steep, but once your over it its actualy quite fun. i look forward to playing this as it progressing from alpha, to beta, to bla bla bla. XD but now, i do have to say something. most of the posts i find on here (the forums) talking to the new people are.. less then polite to say the least. *go back to MW3* *if you suck dont play* yada yada yada. as well as more merciless hostile quotes from in game, such as saying *killing you would be to easy* and similar threats... now unfortunatly, this is the problem with day z. tell me, how many of you have taken a human life? do you think you would feel, joy from there death? would you feel, nothing from watching them slowly bleed out infront of you? would you feel nothing for a man crying out for help as a horde of animals chase behind him, and you are armed... you can save the person, or watch him get torn to bits.. and assist in the animals hunt. the point i am trying to make, as realistic as this game trys to be, it will NEVER, EVER resemble takeing a actual human life. after all, its just a game. but that leads to alot of problems, when actualy playing this game. lots of new players are getting ahold of weapons and just randomly killing who ever they see. they see it as takeing human life? noo its just a odd bit of fun. no harm done to anyone. all true. but this makes other players feel defenceless, angry that they can do nothing, when another player jumps round the corner and unloads a full ak on them. when they are new, trying to get a grips with the game. and this can be very stressfull. am i saying get rid of PVP? far from it. it makes the game intreasting. what i am saying is that you need to make the game have more of a group survival aspect. players will only band together if its necisary. and in this, you just need one partner and your set. you need to make the zombies more of a bigger threat... i am not sure how, but you need to make them something to respect and be weary of, rather then a obsticle in the path of your PVP Sniper. perhaps... randomly occouring aggravation spikes, where small hordes of zombies randomly spawn, even in the woods on groups of players, perhaps signaled by the gunfire of a firefight. there are many things wrong with day z, but there is so much it is doing right. so long as it keeps going up, i will look forward to keep playing. thank you who ever read's this, and please try to keep it civil guys? i know its the internet but use some of the old noggin. XD