DemonGroover

RIP Hampeleet

I didn't use a map when i first started and sure i got lost plenty of times. As for missing loot - when you don't know where the loot is you explore and check out everything. And the thrill of discovery is that much better, especially when you find your first map in game. The number of times i crawled into a town only to find the buildings unenterable was unreal, but i just loved that feeling of not knowing and exploring. You soon learn what buildings spawn what kind of loot. Just my advice that's all.

My advice - don't use an online map with loot spawns on them - it really does spoil it. Just Explore!

Follow the coast east for a while (keep sea on your right) and you are sure to come across people and towns.

Talk to wife again............hey where'd she go??

I am not too sure, and please correct me if i am wrong, but if you use DayZ Commander for example, you can filter out Unofficial servers, leaving only the public ones behind.

If it were me i'd keep the Kobra and the M14 (since ammo isn't too hard to find). I'd say the AS-50 but it looks like you wouldn't really need it unless you were planning on sniping 5 people. Now get out there on a highly populated server and strut your stuff. Oh, and welcome! :D

Yeah, i'll be selling Rocket Juice

{Rubs eyes} Huh, what?

Funny how some people think Kamenka is a bad spawn. If you wish the quiet life it is one of the best. Easy jaunt up to Zeleno, passing numerous deerstands, before a decision to head NW or to Stary. As for an option to choose your spawns point - no way. DayZ should get more disorienting and harder, not easier. I would even go so far as to say you could spawn anywhere on the coast and to get rid of the message when you start telling you where you are.

And what about these two hackers, do you know if they were banned?

That is exactly what i thought when i read the title.

I wish bandits would be a bit more imaginative. I've got no problem getting killed if it is done in an original way. Snipers - nothing but pussies. Come at me with a hatchet, toe to toe.

Look behind you next time

The first time i played DayZ was at night (in game and out) and the music scared the living shite out of me, especially when is goes all 28 Days later as if someone is chasing you. Ah, the good old days.

I think the aim of this closed test is to essentially try and break the game and find any big issues that must be fixed before a general release. So, yes the testing will be taken seriously. I want a great game just as much as the next person.

Do you have a vehicle? If you do then i suggest you put everything (apart from a hatchet, drink bottle, morphine, bandage, beans and painkillers) in the vehicle. Drive to the coast and find a noob. Give them the vehicle, watch them drive off with a story they wont easily forget. Go to Cherno/Elektro and have fun. Or climb to the top of the Elektro Power station tower and see how many people you can shoot before you get killed.

We all started as DayZ Noobs and we all learned via trial and error what you could and shouldn't do in game. To be honest the best times i have ever had in a video game were those first few spawns in DayZ. The first thing you'll realise is don't go to these highly concentrated areas unless you are well equipped, or like me, you just don't care anymore if you get gunned down or not. Creep up to some deerstands to get a nice weapon and grab yourself a hatchet - then hit the streets of Cherno. Good times.

Zombies will be faster and run indoors. Ha ha, that'll spice things up!

So you are the Douche, ahh, i see!

Nice one!

Sometimes it does - you just ran into what is commonly known as a Douche.

I suspect these Youtubers haven't yet seen or signed anything and are probably beating up their channels. Some might get a shock once they sign an NDA. My creed, from the great Ricky Roma (Glengarry Glen Ross - great fucking film): "You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is." Pity i don't follow it too well myself.

1. You can already throw cans, bottles, flares and smoke grenades - though i admit it probably needs a bit of fine tuning 2. Hopefully weapon durability isn't far off in the SA 3. I think the blood bag option needs a revamp, but am not too sure what the solution could be. 4. Only problem with digging a hole would be the vast number of buried weapons after a few months! Wait for bases. 5. I agree with making military bases more difficult - adding more zombies, a few scattered land mines around the perimeter would work wonders. 6. Ragdoll is something that will have to wait i think, but yes, we all want this. I would love to see a zombie fly backward as i unleashed a shotgun shell at close range. What i really hope for is some kind of character model customisation (only what you look like - no perks, no skills). Give me an option to play as an 80 year old geriatric, a midget or a 6 foot 5 Usain Bolt.

I never leave the coast. You can pretty much get everything you need apart from the real high end gear. But one hatchet to the head of a sniper who never looks behind him can bring much glorious loot.