JeSuisUneSurvivante

What I've played of the new version so far hasn't been promising. Been murdered on the spot by every survivor I've come across.

Oh, the irony of people citing "real life" and "realism" as a good reason to remove the bandit system... while not batting an eyelid at coordinating respawns and tactics over . The only way I'll accept a "real life" argument for this is if the person making it is hardcore enough to permanently stop playing if he or she dies in game.

*sigh* I really liked the fact that if I had an hour or so off, I could just log into Day Z by myself and have a great gaming experience with surprisingly deep interactions with any survivors I met: the initial suspicion and mistrust when meeting someone, the relief, betrayal or gratitude afterwards. Teaming up with complete strangers. Every act of cooperation or betrayal (and mostly, it's been cooperation!) undertaken within the game itself. The way I see this change going is making this just... yet another clanfest. With the only disadvantage to killing everyone you meet on sight gone (but with the advantages to doing it still remaining), the only way you're ever going to able to team up with another survivor is if you're already cooperating with them outside the game. So much less interesting. So much more of a hassle.