So as i noticed you can see Zombies through thermal vision. This should be removed, they are dead so they are not really as warm as a human. So may be they would be just very slightly visible or so.

NO. They are Zombies! For me they are Zombies! xD No seriously.

Its getting scary. Everytime I think about one thing, have an idea, the next day there is a post about EXACTLY that issue. Happened to me the last 5 times or so. I think i am god. But seriously, I like that idea. I am one of those DayZers who REALLY loves realism, everything. Furthermore, I really wanna reduce the attitude of running across the map, straight through towns without watching your ass. I want the game to be hard and scary, terrifying and intense.

Simple idea. Take out the kill messages so if youre havin a standoff/fight with someone and you hit him from a distance, you cant be sure whether he is dead or not. Then you would have to approach him and see if hes dead. But you could also trick people and pretend your dead (dont shoot for a while). This would make fights, especially over long distances behind cover, much more intense.

Disable that too.

Haha yeah it was a bit Off-Topic at first, we had to take a little detour ;) Agree with your Ideas.

Hi there, First of all: I live in Berlin, Germany. This is very important for understanding my concerns. When I see games like this and Zombie Movies, I always think: "Where do all those guns come from?" Not the whole world is like Nebraska. A Zombie Movie that takes place in Germany would be like a medieval battle. Finding a gun here, and I think in many other parts of the World is not like going into a fire station and you find a M4. Seriously, wtf. Why would there be military stuff in a Firestation? Finding a Gun and Ammo would be like christmas, birthday, Easter and E3 all in one. The only Place where you can find such Guns are Military Bases, Police Stations and maybe firing ranges. But the guns are always locked in a safe. Sure some would lie around because people try to defend but not in that extend. Oh and Automatic Weapons in Germany are like Non-Bandits in DayZ, there are almost none. I dont know the lore and background of Chernarus but I think that doesnt matter, it could be called everything. Noone cares for the background of it. So I think the game would be much more intensive with less guns, I mean really LESS guns. Maybe some pistols and old hunting rifles. Second, less ammo. Sure the guns would lie around because, lets say, a policeman tried to defend himself, got overrun, dropped the gun. But there would be only one magazin in it. I think you get my point. It would reduce banditry because people would really be carefull with their ammo and not everyone would have a gun, almost no one would have one. A bit more like "I am alive" the game. Guns and ammo were really rare there. It would also help having respect of zombies because by now they are no danger, just run into a house. But when you just have a hatchet or a Baseballbat you would watch your ass and it would be harder to kill another player because you have to sneak up to him and crack his bones. Long story short: Less guns and ammo, please. Make it more like survival and not like Holidays in Texas.

Actually i didn't wanna go into a discussion about Anarchy, I rather wanted to focus on that psychological aspect with Anarchy and Anomy. But if you wanna see examples of life and succeedings of anarchy i highly recommend researching catalonia in the spanish civil war 1936 or the Machnowschtschina(Revolutionary INsurrectionary Army of Ukraine). But that was not my point. I just wanted to consider the difference between Anarchy, which is by far no chaos but a political theory about peace and freedom without any form of reign or hierarchy AND anomy which is the official term for that what is called "Anarchy" in the modern press and by most people. Anomy is Chaos, no moral etc. Anarchy is the opposite. I am just saying how it is and thats how it is known among experts. But as i said, I just wanted to say that i'd hate seeing such structures as government etc. being brought in because it takes away the freedom of choice of us the players to build whatever society(or else) we want.

You really want me to give you examples? Anarchy. Derived from ancient greece "Anarchia" (means no reign). Thats as simple as it is. Life in DayZ right now is total Anomy, which is, other than Anarchy, a life without rules, order and hierarchy BUT also without moral and common sense, by which I mean knowing whats objectively right or wrong. But we still play and exist, so life can exist without that, but it would be much cooler if everyone would use some of it. The struggle between Anomy and Anarchy is the central point in every post-apocalyptic scenario. We shall not just cut that off by installing some things like votes, parties, representatives because thats a very interesting process to observate. It tells us much about us and our, humanitys, behaviour. Dont take away the exciting question: How will we, without additions from rocket, organize our selves?

Actually there can be life without rules, orders and hierarchies. Life based on Moral and common sense. Yes, in some way those are "orders" but not as strict. How it works just depends on the people.

I expected the Walking dead. I got Olympics 2012.

You are right there. But Ammo would be MUCH rarer. And the Weapons wouldnt magically respawn. I'd love to see a set number of guns.

As i said. The USA arent the whole world.

There we come to another Idea of mine. I thought about consistent servers. Servers where Zombies dont respawn, though there should be more of'em and Weapons dont respawn. So youd actually have to kill somebody with a gun if you cant find one. They should start at a certain time, so everybody knows "Ok the Server starts today at 4 p.m." then the players could join it and when its started you cant enter it anymore, if you werent in it from the beginning on. On the other hand things like Matches, Lighters, Maps etc should be REALLY common. I mean every household has lighters, a map, a knife and so on. so that all should be really easy to acquire.

Can somebody please ship a brain over to america? I heard theyre rare among marines.

But it doesnt have to be Chernarus. This is DayZ, not Arma2. And for a Survival game its just more fun to have less guns.

As I said. It doesnt matter if its Chernarus or Tazmania or the freaking moon. Its about a game and the experience of playing it. No one cares for the background of Chernarus.

Please dont fulfill every clichee you americans have here in germany. And besides: this is not a thread about Hitler, Gun Law or something. Its about DayZ.

Godwyns Law: Check. Seriously dude: Shut up, go to school and start being productive. Edit: And just so you know. Back in WWII almost everyone had a weapon because nearly everyone was in the Wehrmacht.

Had the same thing just yesterday. Snuck up to a crash site, noticed the Zeds and took them out. All 15 of them, carefully "sniping" with my M4A3 CCO. Used up half my ammo, then as I approach the helo they all spawn right at it...just sucks. Really. It's not realistic. My Suggestion: Disable Zombie respawn for as long as a player is in the area. And if its just at crash sites.