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another common misconception that female players are always going to be more friendly or socaiable, etc. seriosuly mate, gender has nothing to do with how that individual is going to behave in-game. a few of the ladies i knwo from SA take great delight in forcefeeding rotten fruit to annoying whiney kids, other prefer a more noble path. its really just a matter of that individual. same as it is with male players, some good- Some Evil, Some react on a case by case basis

First of guys, the OP never said there should be NO nato weapons in chern. just that it would make more sence (story wise) if there was a slant towars eastern-block weapons. In case you haven't noticed most of these games involve a midlle east or eastern block faction. Thses are also military themed FPS were one would expect som bad guy in downtown baghdad or some far flung eastern european country (real or fictional) to have an AK-varient weapon. its just like the early CoD games set in WW2. the German weapons made sence not because of where the game was made but because of the in-Game setting. i just shot 5 SS troops off the top of a panzer. would thier MP40s really just vaporize when the die or something? edit: i cant stop the typos today

the only way squads are going to stop targetting eachother is with private hives that forbid OOC/Non-RP killing. No matter how much some would like to avoid it clans will always do what clans do- look out for thier own and mow down those in thier way. Giving people more options will neither increase nor decrease KOS but it will atleast draw the clans/PvP squads into isolated conflicts at these remote locations.

As others have said theres plenty. Most do not use voice comms in game or come to the forums for all the obvious reasons. Too many immature peoples have to make a big deal of thier gender. I have played with atleast a dozen since the SA was released, My wife even owns a copy :) Also remember the forums are a very small cross-section of the total playerbase.

Also, afterthought i just had after a few beers; Perhaps the craft-able options could come in 2 or 3 sizes with larger containers requiring more materials?

sadly i feel more and more with every tidbit i learn that modders are the only hope for the game i invisioned when i bought SA on release day :( (cleaned up version of vanilla mod) I have pretty much zero faith in rocket's direction at this point. im far to colored by the experience the mod offered which was more of a balance between of PvP, Looting, and Zombies. The SA seems to want to go down the road of becoming extremely annoying. remember that one mod that wa son namalsk where you were likely to die of starvation stuff was so rare? yeah that really stayed popular for long xD

Perhaps even prototype "teargas" style grenades that would allow you to use the gas elsewhere to keep zombies and ill-equipped randoms away while looting? Aside from being poison to inhale it couls also be corosive or caustic which sould esplain its effect on zombies as well? exploing these extreme pimp gear areas would basily required weeks or months of searching out uber-rare chmical protection gear?

I would like the return of the random chopper crashes from the mod in the country side offering up loots you cant get elsewhere! It gives players a reason to traverese "dead zones" and rewards them for hours of hiking about the map in hopes of stumblin' upon one.

as cool as that would be, i dont see parkour working with the clunky ARMA engine, let alone the fact that were simulating displaced civillians who will be in various states of fitness. i know if i tred to run up a wall and hang on a ledge id fall flat on my ass IRL.

Yeah i would like to see more of the stuff in the environment be useful. the stuff considered "garbage loot" too Like the example i gave with the empty cans? i know ive been cut a few times when they dont open properly the lids can end up very sharp (or jagged if using some primitive implement to bust them open) in a true apocalypse i would expect those who can find ways to capitalize on things typically considered junk would have an advantage in surviving long-term.

1. No tents or storage beside what you can carry as of yet 2. No playable vehicles of any kind are in at the moment however they are confirmed for in the future. 3. Less from what ive seen, but you cant simply run them off and they can do this "lunge" attack that will some times knock you out especially if low healt to begin with due to shock mechanic. 4. FPS is very subjective due to amount of variations in rigs. I get over all more FPS then the mod but more frequent stutters and frame drops (and occasional momentary freeze-frames/hangs when zombies are spawning.

Really like it. So many possibilities to make more primitive weapons and gear; - Improvised Rope/Cord *Could be made from simply twisting live/supple vines or gathered "branches" together- or ripped off of defunct appliances/vehicles in the form of wiring? - Spears of various type *Everything fomr a simple sharpened stick to ones with peices of scrap metal or household knives attached to the end. - Improvised "Blades" *Even the steel food cans can be broken down and a peice of the metal sharpened against the pavement or a rock somewhere to make a blade for an improvise knive, weapon, or hunting implement. - Improvised "cammo" *Sticking or attaching branches from your surrpoindings to your clothes will make you harder to spon in the wilderness but stand out in the city

agree with OP- and also while were on the subject perhaps some of the civillian clothing could do with a Buff in storage area? many of the more easily obtained clothing is relegated to becoming rags or being discarded due to its woefully inadequate storage.

This when "Inside" the bush its almost transperent. some of them you have to move around abit but you can see through it, where as the person looking at you sees a "solid" bush. its actually quite common.

I think hes more referring to the advanced optics and (in many cases) more accurate modern varients. this would make it easier to track/spot/hit the target. A certain caliber round traveling a similar speeds will do similar damage on impact regardless of what era the gun it came from was made in.

I think to some extent alot are co-mingling memories from modifed servers with the idea that "the mod was better". the mod had more content, sure- BUT in the official hives i seen rampent server hopping to Ghost behind players, KoSing, destroying tents for the "lulz" etc. Troll behavior exitsed even with the content in place. The main difference with the mod was the proliferation of Private hives meant that server hosts could start kicking and banning people they deemed disruptive- use 3rd party anti cheat tools and the lack of being linked to multiple other servers means that someone couldnt abuse the "hive" to server hop for either loot farming or ghosting in PvP.

Well put. One common thread i see in perpetual world games or games that have evolved over years or even decades thru continued expansion (most notable in subscription titles like Everquest and Eve Online) is that as you see a shift towards accessibility and new players start coming in theres this sort of devide. As an eve player i can say that for the longest time we praised our virtual world for its sheer mond-numbing complexity and unforgiving nature of it's community. It's been sort of labeled by its "bitter old vets" as the definitive hardcore game for hardcore gamers. unfortunately, even today after the past serveral years have seen alot of work on UI and makeing it a bit more intuitive you still see a shap divide in the community between those who think "Casual players have no place to be here and are just for us to torture till they leave or grow had and bitter like us" and on the flip side, those who just want to enjoy the game for what it is and not be sucked down the rabbit hole of Ego-centric player politics and backstabbing and bitter blood feuds

im not sure but i think to some extent they may have been compressed or used a lower quality format to optimize file size or perfomance? im not an audio expert so i really cant speak to the science or meathodology of why you use a certain recording setup or file format over another. what i DO know is that the stock sounds seem rather "flat".. almost as if fired further then arms length away in a pervectly flat enfironment with no reverb. the JSRS sounds are much "meatier" and more like the gun sounds you'd expect from a high budget action movie.

I really wish BIS would hire the guy who did JSRS. the stock sounds they use are really weak for all the arma gans and SA too for that matter. with JSRS the volume levels of weapons in relation to the environment is much louder, has more "depth", and each weapon is more distinct. Also if you ever been whot AT while using this mod the bullet cracks are terrifying lol

QFT. Private hives didnt kill the mod, a series of bad choices by the devs + influx of hackers did. A lot could have been done to to make vanilla more enjoyable starting with alolowing hosts to install and use 3rd party logging/monitoring scripts (see: gotcha, BEC, etc) as well as directly ban/Kick on the spot people suspected or seen hacking/glitching/etc. Instead, oficial remanined heavily restricted and rather then a focus on creating an enjoyable environment they ket re-balancing zombies, infection and med loot (often Un balancing it imho. for some time it was better to jump off a roof then try to cure infection). The very best gameplay i ever had in dayZ was during the days when you spawned with mackerovs when my clan made a base a devils castle in official. The more they added and re-balanced from that point onward it really felt as tho it just got increasingly less fun and more of a chore.

Way to ignore context of what i quoted "Clans are a god way to block strangers out of your gameplay" What im saying is the idea that clan are devisive or explude individuals the deem don't "fit In" is normal. its akin to "realism" that everyone uses to explain everything. people divide along those sorts of lines into gorups that share a commonality IRL as they do in a game. Players are interacing and cooperating. just not in a way that some would like.

Wer're still taking more.

thats quite "realistic". everyone keeps saying realism this and realism that. im sorry adversity IRL isnt going to make all living humans gather and sing kumbaya. people divide along various lines, such as race, religion, national heritage, etc. Thats what happens when law and order are suddenly removed by social collapse. thats what will happen in an apocalypse. people group together along things that bind them together- a commonality that defines the group. In games this takes the form of guilds/clans. the fact that people come here and find clans in the recruitment section and team up, that is A FORM OF INTERACTION. People are interacting They just aren't accepting every random they cross paths with, with open arms.

all will die. gear is gear, and gear means more to me then a random guy.

people already team up. thier called clans. find one that suits your type of play. why is the meta ignored completely?