ONE MAJOR COMPLAINT : With as realistic and unforgiving as the game is, it is absolutely ridiculous to prevent players from defending themselves using everyday objects, or even via means of basic primitive instincts (fists and feet). This game is practically a survival horror simulator - very realistic, very diffcult, VERY unforgiving - and your ONLY means of defense (as far as I know of) are firearms and a variety of grenades......and that's it! If realism is what DayZ is going for, they hit the nail on the head on everything except the weapons system because I can tell you right now, if zombies were to ever one day overrun the world, I'd be using anything and EVERYTHING as a weapon just as anyone else would be that was fighting to stay alive. Adding more weapons into the game would not only give people more of a chance to defend themselves (and actually live longer), but would also keep with the realism of the game and even enhance the experience. Some suggestions for weapons: - bricks, stones, etc.. (which can be used to deliver blows or can even be thrown) - sharp objects (knives, broken bottles, glass shards, etc...) - wood (plywood, 2x4's, planks, baseball bats, bed posts, large broken tree branches, etc...) - tools (large wrenches, tire-iron, hammers, crowbars, nail gun, power-drill, scythe etc...) - kitchenware (pots, pans, forks, etc...) - your own hands (punch, shove, strangle, break necks, bones) and feet (kick, stomp, etc...) <--- I was REALLY surprised to learn that you couldn't defend yourself even by these means! - household items (candle sticks, fire pokers, folding chair, electric guitars, etc...) Now, this list could go on and on and on, but you get the point. The best thing of all, however, is that NONE of these items would detract from the realism of the game, nor would it take the game in any different direction. These weapons would merely enhance the experience. Imagine you've caught the attention of a zombie, and you frantically run unarmed toward a deserted house looking for a place to hide when all of a sudden you spot a brick. You pick it up, hurl it at the zombie's head as hard as you can, and BAM!! The brick smashes into the zombie's face, it falls over (still alive, and trying to stand back up), and you quickly run over and stomp the crap out of the zombie's head to finish the job. Now THAT is realistic, and super intense! Again: With as realistic and unforgiving as the game is, it is absolutely ridiculous to prevent players from defending themselves using everyday objects, or even via means of basic primitive instincts (fists and feet). In short, I want to see a MUCH more broad array of weaponry, and NOT just firearms or grenades. Thoughts?
