Powell (DayZ)

You know it; can't wait!

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I do agree. Sights are fine; adds to the difficulty of the weapon

THIS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED! WOOHOO ----------------------------------------- This is a kinda a spur-of-the-moment thread. But I was watching some old DayZ videos from last summer and wow, the night life was much better. Flares once lit the sky all along the coast as survivors struggled in the dark, blinded, confused, and most often alone. Flares were your life line. but they were often your demise as well. It gave away your location to any bandits who saw it. It made using flares a risk, a toss-up. Flares were also your signal fire; it was how you showed your position to your friends trying to meet you along the coast as you all spawned, disoriented. Flares were your cocoon of comfort as your ran through the woods, the only world existing within the flare's minimal radius. Otherwise, you were left in a sea of darkness. Flares guided you as the horde hit, allowing you to shoot the onslaught with your makarov within the red haze that was provided. Flares became the center for conflict. When was the last time you saw a lone survivor use a flare to loot? For me, months ago; and I play almost daily. This would bring a purpose to the flashlight spawn again; flares are finite, a flashlight is not. Bring back flares. Bring back the grouping that came along with survivors fighting in the night, and better yet bring back the stalking the occurred just outside the bright radius. It would bring a sense of nostalgia and action to the veterans and bring a sense of adventure to the newbies (or bambis, as many call them now) It would encourage more players to play during night, something DayZ has SEVERELY lacked recently. Flashlights do not contribute the atmosphere that is DayZ. If you agree, please show your support. We can make a difference -- A quote from the great youtuber PsiSyndicate 10 months ago: (Pic related: what night looked like before the flashlight)

Everyone hold their shit and stop jumping to conclusions about start gear Keep an open mind and have some adventure for experimentation. Remember, if we don't experiment, we can't progress. And we all want progress to make the best game possible. However, remember the point of this topic. Remember the point of DayZ

there are potential plans for zeds reacting to light within the mod

a good alternative as well. Not sure if the flashlight can be tweaked much though, given how light works in the Arma2 engine

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I have searched for quite a while for a vanilla server except running the 2nd-old starter gear (makarov w/ 6 mags + 2 bandages. 2 morphine, 2 cans of beans, 1 bundle of flares, 1 painkiller, 1 full water bottle, and patrol pack.) No toolbelt items - original started with a revolver There is not a single one existing to my knowledge. Why is is that some server owners give ridiculous starter but not the simple old school gear? Everything is "24/7 THIS" or "spawn with map!" or even "we have AI bandits!" and all this other crap. Where's the normal? I miss the bean wars. If anyone knows a server like this or can create one, pm me or simply reply. Otherwise, let this thread die Because people haven't gotten the memo, here is a lazy screencap of the old loadout:

I don't think you guys are getting my post Is this just a pipe dream? Not a single server runs this set up anymore

I never said remove flashlights. The entirety of the post is to enhance the fresh spawn experience at night.

updated with another nice screenshot Also try not to turn this into a starter-gear general thread, mostly focusing on the night time element ;) But honestly I don't really care, just saying

yeah that doesn't really work. The server I'm looking for has the starter gear I listed and nothing else really modified. No "full moon nights/all day" or "extra loot spawns", not saying your server does that or anything

I personally think, in hind-sight, the bandit skin was pretty effective. I wish it was back

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I don't kill people unless I have to. So I don't feel anything in self-defense However, I went through a phase a long time ago where I just had this short-lived bloodlust. Slaughtered two innocent people who never even knew I was there. God I regret that

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Locked, wrong forum. and its been answered

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I learned the best way to not get shot is to give them obvious reasons not to. You got to gamble your life, but it's the only way. I always roll a non-military gun, keep it lowered, never wear a ghillie, try to communicate as quickly as I can, and if all else fails, run away.

How about...*shifty eyes* We just.. Wait?

this would have an interesting impact on crossbow bolts, I hope. Those things are heavily affected by wind

everything looks too clean

allofmyyes.jpg this would really add to the night atmosphere Is is a person sneaking up on you? A zombie wandering the trees? or just the wind?