~Ren~

Thanks for the hotfix.

Can this be used with Steam? I've never used it before, hence the question.

What was his motive and why did he target the artist? I presume he knew he could gain easy access to his PC so I hope the security has been increased to stop this happening again. Edit: Typo.

I've been playing yesterday and today and one of the most asked questions I've seen so far on any server is what server am I on? I presume people want to invite their friends to the game but didn't note the name of the server before they joined.

Thanks for the update, the heat packs is a nice addition, be interesting to see how they work.

Notice I used the words if the damage taken is not severe, your blood does stop running out if the damage is only slight, if you are bleeding heavily and don't bandage you will die. What blood you lose you eat to replace as much as you can and if you can't find food you'll die. How would it make it harder? It's easier if anything, you add regenerating health, I get shot, I don't need a bandage as it's only a flesh wound (let's say a poor shot) I disappear into the woods to heal and come back fighting fit. Without regenerating health, I get shot, again it's only a slight wound but I do need a bandage, I haven't got one so I have to go and look for one, I get a bandage and patch myself up but now I need food to replace the blood I've lost so I have to search again for food I've just used. All this without taking into account the dangers around me, temperature drops, zombies, other survivors and bandits.

No' date=' games are too easy nowadays and this is one reason why. [/quote'] As long as your hunger and thirst levels are good, no major wounds, no sicknesses, etc. It would be more realistic to slowly heal up a bit. He's not asking to crouch behind a rock for 15 seconds and be good to go. Get attacked by a bandit/zombie horde? Spend 3 hours getting some strength back. (That would be for a light injury of course) That's what bandages are for, you get shot you bandage yourself, no bandages then you need a transfusion, can't get one, then you die, that's how it should be in my opinion.

You say you wouldn't play if PvP wasn't in the game yet you also say it's how the game is being played, that makes no sense. Your post comes across to me as I want the game easier so people aren't shooting me all the time, please correct me if I'm wrong but that's how it comes across.

No, games are too easy nowadays and this is one reason why.

Assumptions again, I play lone wolf and I've yet to fire a shot on another player, survivor or bandit.

Why should he? He obviously enjoys that style of play. If he wants to die every 5 minutes then that's his choice. He must know people are there, did they fire at him? Did they give their location away in chat? Did they light a flare or use a chemstick? I watched a guy the other day during a game and he was being chased by about 15 zombies, I knew he had little chance to survive so I had a choice, open fire and help or run the risk of him running straight towards me and we both die, I did nothing, I don't know if he survived or not but that was my choice. The game is based on survival, if I'm opening fire every 5 minutes or running everywhere like an idiot I'd expect to get shot (exclude the spawn campers as that happens in every game) but I fail to see any solution to people being shot in X location and they respawn and go straight back to that location. They want their loot and will probably be shot again. I've been alive for almost 3 days, I have enough water/food/ammunition to keep me going, I've been into and out of areas where bandits are and other survivors, I've never pulled the trigger yet on a survivor and I've never even seen a bandit yet according to some they are running amok everywhere and every survivor will shoot on sight.

I think the majority of these battles are around the coast, I don't know, I don't stay there, I've been alive for almost 3 days now and seen only 1 survivor so far.

The length of time I've played has nothing to do with it, if I get too close to a zed or misjudge the distance I can alert one or more, I then have to use a weapon as running around at night in pitch black is almost impossible without running into something or alerting more zeds/survivors/bandits. I take aim and can't see a thing because the iron sights are not visible against the background so I either have to light a flare or go prone and aim upwards, the latter is not so easy if I happen to have 4-5 chasing me. I play the way I want and that's the beauty of this game, I don't need a flashy weapon to survive against another player, a simple pistol will kill in the right hands, granted, damage is limited over range but I've not had to pull the trigger once when facing another survivor and I've yet to meet even 1 bandit.

I don't play at night time anymore and I don't join daylight servers as they are just too busy to get into, I go and play something else. @ Bellisarius The problem with nights and this game is not being able to see the iron sights on a weapon, how am I supposed to survive against a sudden rush of zeds and take them down if I can't see the end of my weapon against the background, yes I could throw a flare in that position but that attracts bandits/survivors to my location so my only alternative is to open fire and use the muzzle flash and hope I hit them or light a flare and risk being shot when I've killed them. It is too dark when you can't even see the iron sights on your weapon.

Definitely the last Matt, honest ;)

I don't play during the night, it's too dark and I won't increase my settings, I stick to the day time for now.