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You kill everyone you see there is no need to pretend to be self righteous. What you presume to be a bandit or a kos player is probably just another player trying to survive .

Absolutely. Balance is such a stupid concept in dayz. Stick to realism , stick to making the game ultra realistic especially when it concerns damage and weapons. Balance the game then by adjusting the loot chances.

The crossbow is not weak in fact its op at the moment it should not kill with one hit instantly under any circumstances unless its a head shot. They will be nerfing the damage because they are adding a new bleed mechanic for the bolts and arrows. You will in the future need to remove the arrow to stop the bleeding something that could become a huge problem when in the middle of a fight with a person. And no not even the lowest powered high powered rifle round will do soo much more damage than a crossbow . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYPxiRldaE

Without this engine you wouldn't get 3000m view distances you would not get players rendering at 1400m. You would not get a huge map space. The engine was absolutely critical for a milsim / survival zombie game. The engine is completely wrong for a simple crappy arcade zombie game though.

Now that you mention it a cool immersion element could be if they animated different style of grips. Weaver, the in game saucer grip, the corny tucked head turtle grip then when you spawn you are assigned a random one with each life. Same could apply to rifles. This way when you see other players it adds a bit of randomness not everyone has the exact same grip and poses. This would ofcourse not affect the shooting in any way.

Yea I am hoping they just go through all of the shooting mechanics and give it a taste of realism. Fix the dispersion so weapons mimic their real life counter parts. After that they can adjust damage. The only balancing I want to see is that which is done by adjust the loot tables.

REALISM!!!! Man I was playing some arma 3 earlier with a tiny bit of free aim + weapon resting mod + uSMC mod + insurgents mod. The shooting was surreal it was soooo satisfying especially when compared to the absolutely atrocious shooting in dayz. Note I said satisfying and not easy. With iron sights and an m4 was struggling to hit things at 300m due to the nice sway but at the same time any time I missed was not because of a stupid dispersion mechanic but because I was not aiming right.

I would settle for a more robust bleeding mechanic that is complex it does not need to overly complicated. Each weapon depending on the caliber causes a different gravity of bleeding. Rifle rounds cause severe bleeding along with good damage. Shots to the neck and heart cause massive bleeding, Shots to the chest cause huge bleeding Shots the pelvis cause normal bleeding shots to the extremities cause little bleeding. In order to stop bleeding you need to apply multiple rags. A single rag cannot stop most injuries except for minor melee ones.

You might not be immediately incapacitated but within a few minutes you will be on the ground. I cannot imagine any situation where someone shoots me directly in the chest and I am still standing a few minutes later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYPxiRldaE I cant picture myself taking one of those to the chest , perhaps my gut but noway in my chest.

As a game mechanic what do you think would be a good alternative to the single rag you are no longer shot mechanic that is in game ?

Not only is it super inaccurate when you actually connect with a person it does minimal baby damage. A 223 to the chest will incapacitate a person regardless of soft body armor or not. A single m4 shot to the chest should knock a player out.

Planet side 2 is making buku money man. Their f2p model is quite profitable. It is anything but a failure.

The zeds are completely retarded now. They add absolutely nothing to the game. Hope someone copies dayz and makes a survival simulator with mil sim aspects but no zombies. Focus on survival would be awesome.

That is going to be added one of the devs said this on reddit. It makes far more sense than an arrow killing in one shot like its so mega powerful knockdown power weapon. Heavy bleeding that requires you to remove the arrow to finally bandage works . This is the same reason why the damage on the crossbow is set to be nerfed.

You cant consistently kill anything with a bow or a crossbow. If you want to do the job quickly and efficiently you use a rifle. I know people use bows to hunt because it "levels" the playing field but I just see it as an inhumane way to hunt since the animal has to suffer since the weapon is so weak.

Crossbow no illegal to hunt with them in my state. Compound bow yes, shot a deer when my friend took me hunting at really close range. Arrow went right through him we spent 2 hours following the blood to finally find the deer on the ground. He was still alive so my friend had to sever its throat so it can die.

The majority of the weapons in the game are rendered useless because of one simple misshap. They do not spawn with magazines or do not have a magazine in them. This small problem has lead to the prefered weapons in the game being weapons with either A no magazines or B internal magazines. weapons like the sporter 22, semi automatic pistols and others are rendered pretty useless . This makes no sense on multiple levels primarily because it makes no sense to find a weapon when looting and not finding ammo or magazines for the weapon nearby since these tend to be stored together. Until the game starts spawning magazines next to or in the same loot spawn as the weapon they will be rendered pretty useless.

Of course anything can be deadly I can throw a rock at your head and kill you, you can fall and trip and could die. Point i was making against an armed player a crossbow and bow should and probably will be pretty useless unless you get the drop on them and even then a miss means you are dead.

I think you are overestimating the importance or role bows will play in the game. They will more than likely be pretty useless just like the crossbow in the mod. Though it does look cool I might buy one if the price is right.

Of course its a very situational weapon. Great for silently dispatching zombies and hunting. Absolute crap for pvp and against players that know your location.

Bicycle sooner than later. Actual cars and trucks = much later.

Good news it looks like dayz will get a little more intutitive and less clunky. Loose ammo in your inventory will be used to reload weapons so simply pressing r will put a new round in your gun even if you do not have a stripper clip. The current method is uber clunky but was obviously a wip.

They can create an interesting reloading mechanic where pressing r loads a new round, reloading a revolver requires 6 presses. You can use this ssame mechanic to top off a mosin and add manual bolting while they are at it.

Dev. Yea but speed loaders are really not needed in alot of firearms all they do is increase the speed in which you can load. speedloading a revolver takes 1 or 2 seconds. Manually ejecting should take closer to 3 or 4.

As long as the crossbow is never ever ever preferable or advantageous compared to a gun I am all for this. A crossbow is a terrible weapon that has little to no power it has no advantage over firearms and that should reflect in game.