DemonGroover

Maybe Rocket is having too much fun hacking Zeds apart with a hatchet. But my guess.....when he's ready.

Rocket' date=' i am having a horrible bug where i cant eat, drink water, drink coke, use bandages or anything. i cant use any item. [/quote'] Check that you might be dead.

Does Rocket ever sleep? I think he may be Infected.

What do think of the option of having certain phrases as hot keys, for example F1, F2 etc F1 - "Friendly, don't shoot!" F2 - "Surrender or Die!" F3 - "Drop your beans!" F4 - "Who's shooting in Cherno?" F5 - "How do i eat beans?" Am sick of having to stop and type things when in all likelihood you would shout these out instinctively. I am a slow typist, by the time i have stopped, written "Frien...." i have been shot in the head. So now i just shoot first.

But all you have to do is hit a key and a message is broadcast - you shouldnt have to stop anything else you are doing. A one key message is much better than typing - for me anyway. Of course a bandit would use it to say friendly and shoot right after - no problem with that. I am more thinking about survivors (like me) without a mike and are slow typers who bump into each other. A quick hitting of a key could alleviate some tension (or not!) instead of a stand off where you empty a mag because you dont have any communication with the guy. I tried saluting but it ends up being the last thing you do before execution half the time! Just a thought, since the F keys seem to have similar purpose in the Arma game itself.

Fun? Since when was it this games intention to be fun? This is survival. I dont think you'd be having too much fun escaping zombies and bandits. Whenever this "game" becomes "fun" you can translate this into it being too easy and thus another round of updates is required. The whole point of this exercise is to create an intense, new environment, the like of which we have never seen before. An environment where finding a tin of beans brings forth unadulterated joy. Sure it is hard, but this game is much more rewarding because of that fact. Never before has a game brought such highs and lows. You are always on the edge of your seat because of its unpredictable nature, one sniper round away from respawning again. Remember it is in an Alpha state - it is our job to report back on bugs, gameplay problems and the like. Bugs will be fixed and more new content added - hell they just added melee weapons! Enjoy Day Z for what it is because you wont find another game out there like it. Just try going back and playing L4D after playing Day Z - it is just utter bollocks!

Here's a tip - when you spawn go prone, check your surroundings and then work from there. Spawning and then immediately running up the beach is a recipe for having your arse handed to you. This is the Zombie Apocalypse - act like you are in it. Of course you could just high tail it to the nearest enterable building in the hope that there is a weapon inside. You are a survivor, the aim is to live, pure and simple. Having no equipment means that moment you find your first weapon is pure joy, instead of the usual "Shit! Its only a frigging Makarov!" response. Enjoy

Holy shit, Rocket! WOW! And here i was thinking that melee wepaons couldn't be introduced due to the Arma engine. Bring it on Zeds!!

This really irritates me - the fact you can respawn (maybe not so much anymore with the latest update) and then head off and loot your own body. Surely there is a paradox here - wouldnt the universe spontaneously explode if you saw your own body? Anyhow, i think that you should not be able to loot your own body. I know there are loopholes ie: get teammates to grab your gear, but i think this needs to be addressed. In some cases Death isnt death it is just a pause as you leg it to your own body and get your stuff back. I know this isnt always the case as your body may have been looted by someone else. I am not sure of the fix to be honest - maybe the equipment is flagged so that you arent physically able to use or equip any of it when you respawn. I just find the whole idea terribly unrealistic....like a zombie apocalypse i suppose.

The idea of not being allowed back on that particular server seems a bit harsh but i can see the positives. The whole friends guarding the body or picking up equipment and giving it back to you seems to be the main problem. If you were solo there could just be a timer applied that makes all equipment disappear. This would simulate the dead body being already looted when you get back to it (unless you were very close of course). With friends though there are many loopholes whereby teamates can grab stuff and drop it on the floor for your return etc thus nullifying the timer. Maybe an option is to have a % chance that equipment degrades or even be damaged as to be useless after death (i know Rocket is looking into these kinds of mechanics) - perhaps the gun jams alot, the beans are spoiled, the grenade has a chance of exploding, the pepsi is spilt, the backpack is torn...

[NEW] Able to create Molotov cocktails [NEW] Firing a noisy gun in the Woods has a % chance to spawn Zeds nearby [NEW] Male/Female, old/young zombie skins [NEW] Start with Nothing apart from a watch [FIXED] Bitching about how hard the game is

I see your points. I also understand that friends would loot and pass equipment back to you. It just irks me that your new character can just armour up in half an hour or so without having to go back to basic survival mode and find stuff for himself again. Not that i play that way...i have no friends.

I really am loving all the pussies who are constantly moaning about how hard it has gotten. The game had reached a plateau whereby a lot of people thought they had the gamed licked (especially those in groups). Now that the dear old Zeds are actually a threat and not an outdoor decoration, watching all these "uber-players" getting brutalised is comical. You can almost see them stamping their little feet screaming "Its not fair!"

You know, we really need to change the graphic under the username on these forums. Instead of Survivor i think some need it to be changed to PUSSY.

So let me see if i can follow your problem - you want to hang with your homies collecting all the good shit and when you die you want to quickly run back to your mates and get all your gear back. You are scared of the dark and you want blind zombies who are there just for decoration because you are only interested in PvP. Is that correct? Hear this - this is the Zombie Apocalypse not some camping trip with Gramps and Uncle Joe. Zombies are now a real threat, it is realistic you dont have a gun at spawn and newsflash - it would be pitch black in an environment with no power and no full moon. These are realistic changes made to this "game" and once the bugs are ironed out it will be awesome. Now get to bed, its dark.

Since when can women run faster than men??

Its an alpha! The purpose is to try things. If they dont work or need fixing it will be rectified. I am very certain that the finished product will be a lot different to what we see today. So you just give up on the game because you keep getting your arse handed to you? C'mon man dig deep and have a go!! As has been said many a time - grow some BALLS.

The military are the police in a lot of countries. However, if possible, i agree - a police station would be cool.

A watch could definitely be one piece of equipment that is a realistic addition to a spawn. And a DMR with 5 mags...

Defintely! And with all the vodka swilling locals now turned into Zombies they should light up like a firecracker.

Zombie Apocalypse = Total shitstorm. Why should we get any help?

A sore arse and your pants round your ankles.. Seriously - nothing at all.

Unfortunately previous versions of Day Z turned the game into a loot/avoid bandits experience. The Zeds were merely an annoyance. Now that the Zeds are rightfully dangerous people are whining because getting good gear and equipment is substantially harder. I think the majority of these whingers need to select the female gender upon respawn because they obviously have no BALLS!

NO Acquire BALLS!

Why not give everyone a DMR, NVG's, a map, GPS and body armour at spawn? That way we can all stroll up to the NW airfield and have a massive deathmatch session while Zeds massage our shoulders. Or we could pretend it is the Zombie Apocalypse and realise we would probably have jackshit in terms of equipment and do what we can to survive. Just some thoughts.