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...Shot in the dark here, but I think he might be talking about Shrub Rocketeer™, the player.

"I put bandage for you Pig <3" -Shrub Rocketeer™ I consider this a famous quote, and so should every Forumite!

That's right, food found! I'm seeing something like 8 Metal Wires there, that's an average of 32 rabbit legs assuming 4 attempts per wire, and 50% success rate.

I seem to remember in the Mod this could happen if you got hurt - you needed painkillers to soothe the shakes. Maybe try that? Other than that, no ideas.

Zombies I find all over, each time the server resets so do they. However, useful items are completely non-existent almost everywhere by now. I'm sure there are the usual loot pile-ups somewhere remote, but I spent 1 hour checking Stary and Novy Sobor today and there was not a single piece of food to be found, no weapons save the usual hoes/hammers/cattle prods, and no useful sundries (matches, knives, rope, etc). Any fresh-spawn coming to locations like this are going to be totally out of luck. So I went back to the southerly woods to hunt some more game, I have a backpack full of steaks and I hope to donate some to any poor unfortunate I might come across. Still, chances are they'll try and punch me for my gear..

Katyusha truck. Pretty please? B)

I don't really feel my contribution to the poll is a good representation of the average player - I go fully self sufficient ASAP and live the quiet life in the woods from there on in. My player interaction count is very, very low but when I die it's always to other players. Have never once starved to death, and zombies are nowhere to be found in the woods (usually), so... yeah. Last death was several months ago on Experimental.

I don't agree with this any more than I agree with the speed at which a player can completely strip and swap clothes with a dead character, which takes about six sweeps of the mouse and <10s. No to insta-changing backpack inventories. It should take time.

Happy to help. And don't mind Rags, he's usually like that.

I can confirm that the Leather Sewing Kit will repair the vest up to Worn status.

I kill Zeds with my fishing pole, any weapon you can find - even a hammer or wrench - can kill Zeds with a little practice. Hit for the head = dead Zed.

Punji pits, with the sharpened stakes smeared with pig or human excrement, were well known for their effects in Vietnam. Even if you survived the physical wounds inflicted, you'd be almost guaranteed to get a nasty infection and thus removed from the war effort - at great logistical cost as you'd need 2+ people to move you effectively, plus vehicle support, doctors, and eventually being flown home. Getting a horribly infected wound in DayZ would be a serious trial. You could achieve similar effects with bear traps smeared with excrement. Incidentally, bear traps were a firm favourite of mine in the DayZ Mod.

You'd use the embers to light the Tinder => Kindling => Wood => Bigger/more wood => etc. Edit: This idea gets a thumbs-up. I enjoy the survivalist aspect of the game. I bet Whyherro123 has some input on this subject.

Pleased to find I can now stack my worms in groups of 10. :thumbsup:

All credibility gone.

Utter nonsense. We aren't the person eating fresh human meat, our "toon" is. Just like when our "toon" get shot, it's him that dies and the person playing isn't left with a gaping chest wound IRL. Please think.

Absolutely not. This topic is being beaten to death with a stick at the moment, and I'm in the "More drawbacks please" camp. What you are asking for is, in my opinion, extremely self centered and ultimately toxic for the game. And please don't dare complain about "your playstyle being punished". It isn't a playstyle, it is barbarism and "free" food in the form of even more dead bambis - like we need more.

I understand, my partner prefers to play 1pp/3pp for those reasons and so when we journey together it is on those terms. When playing solo, I play exclusively 1pp. I'm going to ask her this evening if she's interested.

Welcome. As I'm an avid roleplayer I looked up the server, but was disappointed to see it's 1pp/3pp, I had hoped for a 1pp experience.

And that's how it starts.

...until that press ended up in front of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and then in front of your country's governing body, and then banned for going that little bit too far. Will this happen with DayZ? Who knows. There are plenty of countries that are willing to censor and restrict materials based on initial press. I believe Manhunt and Carmageddon have already seen multiple mentions today throughout various conversations. So no, I wouldn't say "we all know this." Some "bad press" is already circulating.

Yes, but only for raw human meat.

..and here's why some are opposed to cannibalism in DayZ. There's already far too much griefing going on "for t3h l0lz", forcing a player to eat their friend (who could be a friend or partner IRL) just for amusement is rather sick in my opinion. Yes, cannibalism to stay alive in desperate, desperate times (Siege of Leningrad, anyone?) happens. Doing it for schadenfreude is wrong, which is exactly why people are going to do it. 'Cos they want to be edgy and "fun". TwitchTV will no doubt be seeing plenty of cannibalism force-feeding.

In the retail industry as a whole, parents will very frequently try to proxy purchase age restricted titles for their children, heedless of the law. I co-manage a multimillion pound retail outlet in sleepy Cambridgeshire, and many parents here give zero cares when it comes to buying an 18 title for little 12yr old Jimmy. It is easy to purchase age restricted online content, and I guarantee you plenty of DayZ players are well under the age of 18.