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There are good reasons not to have the side and global chat. But will miss the who is Cherno text popping up every few minutes lol Also on a psychological state the player who has not talked to someone for ever might decide to chat with someone in Direct chat. This emulates if you were in this zombie apocalypse and had no contact with people for days /in game its hours/ you would act different then maybe you would if you had constant chat with anyone on the map. The reason not to leave it up to the Server admin is because the removal needs to be tested. If there is an issue with it then items like radios can be placed in the game where you can get channels or ways of contact. Just remember in the show The Walking Dead- how they were constantly trying to get people on radios and when they did it felt like we are not alone,..but still can they be trusted....but without human contact..will you take a chance.

Maybe we all should collect the names of players who are killing unarmed players and place them on a bounty board. With a list of these names then players can shoot the scum on site. Shooting unarmed players tells you so much about the actual player's mind.

If Alt+f4 was disabled then players would need to do click abort which then can put you in the DC cooldown /hourglass event for # of seconds. At the end it would actually disconnect you when it's complete.

if alt+f4 is your in-built reaction to being shot or in danger its pretty easy to hit. Why is Alt+f4 present? Could it be disabled?

Maybe make hatchet = handgun spot Crow bar = rifle spot Make hatchet's reach half of what crow bar is? I do think a weapon melee should take one of the gun locations. Melee = choice of player play style. If melee is being seen as ammo maybe the ammo value for crow bar and hatchet weapons could represent uses? Ie after a crowbar is used say 5-10 times it breaks. By using ammo value as use/ durability then this will keep the melee weapon from being OP. Melee is basically a silent weapon but there is cost to it like having it break. This would mean you would need to have a smaller hatchet for wood collection or when you find it you cane choose for to be weapon or tool? If you keep hatchet as weapon and plus a get wood tool, solution for those who don't want to lose a gun weapon slot for hatchet- At the locations where you see an Axe in tree stomp- player can scroll wheel over it and select chop wood. This would be like going to a water hole/well. I am unsure how many of these axe in tree stop locations they are so this might make it to easy to gather wood?

Hiding bodies a good way to greif a bandit who shoots at two survivors. Survivors ate hit and know they are about to die or one is. Place all items with the dead and hide body to limit the loot they can get from the kills or ... Read this in a forum- lol eat and drink ie use all possible items so they get nothing from your dead body.

I wish there was a way to code a state in the Character's Code or Server to just not allow players to DC if they Aggro something or if there has been shooting in 40m of the player. You could also make it so you can't DC is your still bleeding. There might be a system needed just to create rules/ checks for the server to do before players are allowed to click the DC button. Or like someone said have an hour glass pause while the system is getting ready to Save your character/location but won't happen till Hour glass is empty or any icon or state you want to use. I have confidence this will be resolved but it might take some time to see what will work best and the code might be involved or complicated for checks on many different factors.

What if we start making DCing = a percentage of Food/and or water is removed from your Food/Water value. You DC then you see a penalty where you log back in-- now you lost half or portion of the water/food value on the character. Now the player who does large amount of server hopping or DCing will see themselves start to starve. EX. (numbers are just for example use) Water/Food Value = 100 (You just eat and had a drink) Player is in danger (player/or Zed) and decides to DC out of the situation. Normally when you are offline for a day or more you come back with low Food and water/ lets say that value is 20- The icons are starting to blink or are red. With the player who DC'ed they go from 100 value to a (- 40 or -60) to their value. This means when a player DC'ed they are going to need to find food/water very soon = using up more supplies. If a player DC or server hops to often they will suddenly see their water/food icons blinking and scrambling for water/food. This should help with DCing/server hoping/ and Ghosting. This is not a cure but it limits or should in theory curb this type of behavior.

Don't worry you will get use to no starter weapon. Trust me.

I love the no weapon start. You truly feel defenseless. I believe it will take players some getting use to this but once you just embrace the rollercoaster - it's more fun.

I had thus happen where I was in done open grass land. I simply re spawned. It killed my character but I can play the game now :)

Had just a great moment. Bump into a player who was armed , I wasn't. He killed a few Zeds in the area and I asked if he needed anything. He was low on food. I gave 2 of my 3 cans of food. Turns out he needed a blood transfusion- using his blood pack. He asked if I needed anything. I told him I was good. Then I sign out since I had to do so things around the house. We parted on our ways. Finding more players willing to talk verse shoot first. Loving the patch with new or lack of starting gear!

I like the starting equipment is basically nothing. Just sets the tone of the game. You appreciate the items and gear you get a lot more. And dieing now gives a true penalty.

I can see the night time getting tweaked a tad. Mainly add more starts or always have the moon present in some form. So there would be a tad more light but the over all night time is dark and your never going to be able to see great. That's why night game can be so intense- which is great. Day and night have their own personality and pro and cons with playing them which is good so players can get a little different flavor in atmosphere =)

I love the new patch! It's hardcore and when you die- you start with basically nothing. Death means something and there is little chance of you getting back to your old body. Everyone knows about the Spawn clock with the Zeds and they and the attack through walls will get hot fixed- from what I'm hearing but the ability to aggro a Zed and then hide and break aggro is amazing.

Over the Team speak.. Player sees Zed. Zed says "Friendly"? Wait ! they talk? Zed "No I'm a Zed is disguise." Wow thats cool! (BAM!) -player with Zed disguise falls dead Another player comes running out from the tree line to the original player- I just saved your life from that Zed. That was a close one. Zed disguise protects you from Zeds but you get shot by your own team in confusion when someone Aggro some Zeds. Doh!

This patch might make it where players might want to group up since lone wolf a town is more dangerous. I went into a town and got spotted ran -hid but they were lurking close and it was soon they would find me but I did lose them for a moment,lol I then ran out of town and luckily only had 3 Zeds following me. Shot them in the woods. Survived the event and it was thrilling. Now Zeds are a larger danger, good. This game is brutal, but you will adapt.

I say it will drop to 28-26 mins

Thank you! Updating now =)

I bought Arma 2 for DayZ but I have started to play the single player story and I like the game and looking at getting Arma3 just because its a fun game.