Thasik

The best protection against cheaters is a sensible, wise admin that has the tools and support they need. Nothing beats that, no matter how much developers try to fool themselves. True many admins aren't fit for the job but then again if players flocked to the good servers with good admins there wouldn't be noticeable admin abuse.

My favorite gun is the anti-spam gun because it gets rid of spammed threads. Seriously though one topic is enough.

Was there a fix for losing your backpack/downgrading to patrol pack after switching between skins or putting on clothing?

@BazBake I thought blood was intentionally based around the amount of pints in the average adult males body, around 12 pints (1000 per pint). It doesn't make sense I know but I didn't design the mechanic. Your math looks good on paper. What must be considered is hunger and thirst is a different design entirely when compared to health, especially when food and water are relatively plentiful compared to the intrinsic value of blood points. And yes it is somewhat irrelevant if health accounts for total blood or not, I was simply making a point against the realism defenders.

The guy started a topic of conversation. I responded with what my views on the matter were. I said that realism needs to be tossed out the window sometimes, even in simulation scenarios, so that argument is invalid. I also can't press a single button on a scope to zero it. I can't run kilometers with pounds of gear on my back without stopping. I can't jump in a helicopter, press one button, and start flying it around. And no game can never be perfect. There is always room for improvement. And how is anything I said an arcade? If you don't want to hear other peoples opinions and suggestions then GTFO the forums. That's what they're there for.

In reality if you lose a drastic amount of blood, you are not going to regenerate it, you are going to die. If 2000 blood related to 1/6 of your total blood in your body, you are not surviving that. In fact any blood levels below 60% would require intense medical care in order to survive. Realism =/= current system or any system that keeps you alive at those levels. Of course that wouldn't be fun so throw realism out the window. OH BUT I CAN EAT MEAT LOL THANKS JESUS MEAT. I would like to see blood transfusions not used solely as the miracle cure for health, but instead as a emergency tool for extremely low blood levels (6000 or lower, perhaps). The lower your blood is, the more blood a blood transfusion would restore and vice versa. That being said, regeneration should start at 6000 and increase in speed as you increase blood and stay above a certain hunger and thirst. For example, going from 6000 to 7000 would take much longer than going from 11000 to 12000. Water and food should also heal some instantly but their main purpose should be to keep conditions nominal for blood regeneration.

If it makes everyone feel better sure. In reality it won't do a damn thing unless the problem is solved. Treat the disease, not the symptoms.

You can't choose one or the other. There will always be minor offenses that deserve temp bans and more severe offenses that deserve perma bans. When it comes to hackers, permaban the bitches. There is no "omg I didn't know I'm soooo0o0o0o sorry" when it comes to cheating.

If I could have my way, I'd get rid of them entirely. People are too obsessed with storing whole armories of weapons and supplies and it ruins the whole "survivor" experience for everyone. Same thing with vehicle storage. Of course this will more than likely never happen. Realistically, I would like only supplies/non-weapon storage in tents. IE, make it so you can only have a max of 2 primaries, carried on your person. Ammunition, clothing, food and drink would all be able to store in tents. Not sure about them being destroyed when you die. I wouldn't want them to go away entirely because people should be free to loot stuff you have stored, no matter when they get there (your responsibility to hide it well, of course).

If you want to do the "fuck everything" routine, head for the nearest big city and stock up as fast as possible on starter supplies, THEN head north. If you want to start a serious character that you hope will stay alive for a while, it is best to head straight to the north, checking deerstands and barns along the way for supplies.

Wow DayZ forums are full of immature morons. Since half the people here are obviously new to this whole "forum" thing, I'll tell you how it works: Once in a common while, a person will post a topic that usually involves a point of discussion, inquiry, or similar veins of conversation. The community is responsible for answering said inquiry with the most appropriate and accurate response. If you have an opinion, share it in a mature and sophisticated manner. If the post in question is an obvious troll (not this guy), have at it. If the post is a factual/technical question, like this one, opinion or not on the matter, it is best to answer as honest as possible. So what did we learn children? Are we gonna do the bestest westest we can? Good!

I just want to have a good time. All this sounds a little ridiculous.

Hm sorry I can't vote for DayZ as it is a MOD not a GAME, at least not yet. /bs In all seriousness, to be worthy of an award is to have a product that is perfect and persistent in not just idea and gameplay, but also support and execution. DayZ has a great idea, it has great gameplay. What it doesn't have, at least not anymore, is communication and technical support. Give me bullshit on how scripts can't be fixed when you can't even give admins the ban button. Give me bullshit on how DayZ is an "anti-game" and how this is all an experiment. These terms mean nothing to me anymore, coming from someone who wants to have a good time but can't. I'll vote when I see a good product, not the vague illusion and poor implementation of one.

Hm someone is doing something that I'm not doing..hmm OMG FUCKING LOSERS LOLOLOLO OMG FUKING PATHUTIC ROFL UR SO RETARDED OMG IM BETTER THAN U ROFL

K.

Very informative but this: Was quite uncalled for. But I suppose it's "cool" to bash America nowadays so yeah...those dang Americans with their NASCAR and their apple pie and their inability to convert units of measurement. Am I cool now? Hip enough for the kids? Love me, internet?

If I make a thread about pointless bullshit will I get attention too?

Better stop playing now. Can't live with myself anymore.

Title says it. Whenever I begin playing DayZ my ping, no matter the server, will progressively get worse and worse. It gets to the point where I can no longer join my favorite servers, most of them have ping kick enabled. It does not matter though, as ping gets to the point where decent gameplay is near impossible even on servers with ping kick disabled. I will start at about 30-70, and a hour or two later I am in the high 200s, low 300s. I have done all basic measurements (turn off programs that use the internet, etc) to ensure a quality connection. I am running a wireless connection, but it is still fast enough to handle online gaming. DayZ is the only game that does this. I know Arma and especially DayZ don't exactly have the best netcode on the planet but any help on the matter would be appreciated.

Remove backpacks entirely without implementing any viable alternative? I'd quit. Remove tents on the other hand....

Funny thing is the first private hive I went onto was the one with the most hackers I have ever seen.

^ Not really.

Not really, at least not to my knowledge. Feel free to correct me but I thought it was this: Humanity is taken away from you depending on the amount of rounds hit your target and possibly how much damage they do each. For example, a couple DMR shots more than likely will not drop your humanity as much as soaking someone with an AKM. This is added onto the total amount your target had in humanity, and subtracted from your current humanity. Example, you kill a target with 2000 humanity. You LOSE 2000 humanity plus the amount taken away from bullets that hit your target.

$30 bucks for full, $20 bucks for early release model. $0 if they don't get their shit together. I don't care how busy they are with standalone, the mod in it's current state is plagued with the worst hacking I have seen. Not really that good of a first impression to newcomers or to anyone interested in purchasing the final product. Being free I still don't want to play it. Maybe if THEY payed ME I would get back on.

From a balancing standpoint I find this unacceptable. No I'm not a raging bandit and don't care if it stays but it is enough of a disadvantage (or advantage) of having your gamestyle exposed to everyone who sees you. I bet the logic behind this was all the bandits would rage and try to be super-nice to get the extra speed. Artificially changing players behavior will not be of any benefit in the long run. The skins, in my opinion, were the max that kind of logic could go without being unbalanced.