Pale_Rider

I would love to see a very general, broad-scoped sort of "quest" for each character upon logging in. Something positive to help foster a little community and get you in the mindset of a survivor. If you succeed, you gain some Humanity. Here's some ideas: - Repair a vehicle to operating condition - Find a hospital - Lead a group of at least 3 survivors (including you) - Kill a bandit - Find a church and pray at the altar - Build 3 barricades - Kill 20 zeds in a 5 minute period What are you ideas?

I think there's 2 big things that would address this which, used concurrently, would add a real depth of strategy to the game it's currently missing: Second-Tier Metagame Challenges Character Motivations Click each link to find out more.

Got your NATO weapon? Stocked up on blood and bandages? Got a full pack of ammo? Know your way around the map with your handy compass and map? Got a few friends together? Well it's time to get yourself a tank. Or a plane. Or a boat with a mortar. But you'll need all that stuff I listed above because the place is infested with a hoard of the dead. They just keep coming! I propose a few areas of the map where there's a lot of undead in one place with a quick respawn. Somewhere in the midst of them is a powerful vehicle, gun, even a special defensible location. It takes a coordinated team of well-armed survivors to reach it. There can only be one on the map at any given time and one it breaks or runs out of fuel, it resets. Coupled with my character motivations idea, I think this would really motivate people to leave those starting cities and explore the map and work together.

Thanks! And I agree with you SgtSnug, maybe not endlessly spawning zombies but they come back quickly and en masse so you need to do what you came to do and get out. It keeps people from camping there since ammo is in short supply. And like I said, couple with humanity rewards for accomplishing character motivations, I think it has potential to increase the inherent depth of the game without resorting to punishing players. It's all about incentivising good play with layers of immersive concepts.

Wow between this and the idea of using the entrenching tool to make barricades, I feel like I"m just scratching the surface of what's possible in this game so far. I got my first vehicle yesterday. Found my first NVG's today and got to play with some of the NATO weapons. I really wanna get up in the chopper...

- How to get vehicles up and running (what the drive-able vehicles look like, what they need, what those parts look like) - How to cook meat (what the animals look like, the tools you need) - What certain landmark buildings look like (hospitals, general stores) Those are things I would have liked to know first starting out or just something handy to have somewhere.

Love the idea of the mountain bikes! +1

I was originally against the idea of scrapping them but now that I've turned into one for protecting myself from one, I am FOR scrapping the bandit models until a more robust system is created. I'm all for being able to identify people but until you have time to rework the humanity system to distinguish between defense and deathmatch, let's put it aside and focus on other things.

Yes the Czech Chest Pack holds fewer and when I tried it, I couldn't keep it and my Coyote so I don't see the point.

I like the blood gain from food (especially food you hunt and cook!) but I do agree that the starvation mechanism can be slower than thirst.

I agree that DC is pretty important. I don't know what the limitations of the engine are but Jacobite is on the right track.

I get a permissions error when I try to vote. My vote is No. Currently that's the only indication/implication to being a mass murderer of noobs. If something else were to take the place of de-incentivizing killing newbs in the starter areas, then by all means take away the models.

The servers are constantly full. It may be time for an upgrade/expansion of hardware.

Ideally I hope to see a change in the zombie running animations which will make them much more realistic. Like pulse said, I don't have a problem with their speed, I have a problem with their juking. Totally breaks immersion right now. That and the fact that they're all marathon sprinters. One of us should have to give out after awhile.

That's a good problem to have!

2 of the servers are running the beta patch and are never even close to full. I think they could easily switch one of them to running the current version.

I'd love to support this mod and its makers somehow. I recognize that there's some hardware issues and lack of servers and I'm sure the devs would love a little thanks for all their hard work. :)

Totally agree! So maybe all of them are given to you and you can choose to do them or not do them. They're tied to your character, not that particular life, just like your Humanity. Here's an idea: what if you found the "missions" in journals scattered around? You find a piece of paper on a zed's corpse which details his wish to have his soul prayed for in a church? You come across a journal in a house with some instructions on how to put a car back together from parts? I have no idea what this means. I'm not talking about making it an MMO where there's characters you go get quests from so you can get your +398734 Sword of WtFGanking. I'm just saying it's a helpful way to tell people a.) what's possible to do and b.) give them ideas about to do in a particular session without breaking their immersion. Immersion is the name of the game. If a character has a journal with some things listed out (ie, those ideas I have above there but in a story form), I think it would really add to the game.

I think the crossbow should take the place of your handgun slot and leave you with a rifle. Also, stackable bolts for sure! +1 to you.

Great idea. The game needs a few more things motivating people and guiding them one way or another.

Good idea!

I'm fine with it. Part of the beating for me is hauling my arse inland after spawning all over again. Plus, given limited bag space, they wouldn't take everything you had. Just what they need. Ii like the idea.

In case anyone else seems to get this problem, I think I found something that worked. Download Six Updater and run the mod download from that. When I say I think it works, I mean that I can now get into servers but it seems to hang in the "requesting character data" part and then I load up in a debug room unable to move or do anything but chat. This seems to be an issue many others are having but is apparently related to the latest patch and not anything I can do client-side. TL;DR The resolution to my issue seemed to be to not use the downloads from this site but rather use Six Uploader. Nearly 12 hours after buying ARMA2 on steam just to play this mod, I have yet to be able to actually play it. This is very frustrating.

I'll be Faceplant in-game. If I ever make it in game. The few active servers I've found are always full. :( :( :(

I am having the same issue. - Installed DayZ software from the download section (today) in both the ARMA2 and OA addons folders. - Ran Steam as Admin - Ran Arma 2 first - Added mod tag to launch options for OA - Ran OA as Combined Operations - Check the Expansions button and see dayz at the bottom of the list. Creepy zombie music is playing. - Joined a DayZ serve and immediately kicked with the "downloadable content that has been deleted. dayz_code, dayz_weapons, dayz_equip, dayz_vehicles" error. Help is greatly appreciated. Looks like a great game. I bought Arma II specifically for this mod. :/