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DayZ Europa server wipe 30/9 - No base building Hello. We just wiped DayZ Europa and this time we will be running the server without base building as this has been asked for by many of you over the years. We're excited to see the server fill up with players looking forward to play DayZ Mod as it was prior to the base building feature was introduced. No more vehicles locked in to bases, no more barns locked up with gates and no more players sitting in their bases shooting at other players running by. Also we have some exciting changes planned for the future that can be read in our discord. Join the DayZ Europa discord: https://discord.gg/7GRXY8c DayZ Europa is funded by its players and has been online since 2014. If you want to help us in running the server for many more years to come, join our discord to become a DayZ Europa supporter, thank you!

We want to introduce our new Arma 2 OverPoch NAPF Server! The server is running on a high end dedicated box with 1Gbit/s connection in germany for low pings. All new players will receive a - free - Starterkit with a Plotpole, Lockbox and some parts for your first base! We're running over 40 scripts, most of them with custom fixes and improvements. Furthermore we're having our own and exclusive LevelSystem which allows you to earn XP and use those for skill improvements! There are already about 15 active players on this server after only a few days and we would be happy to see you soon on our server! IP: 85.14.243.24:2614 These scripts are currently running on our server: Level-System - earn XP for each class and learn new skills or improve themCargoDrop - drop cargo from your helosvirtual Garage - Custom Change: Share your vehicles with friends added to the PlotPoleEnvironment Scan - scan your environment for AI/Players, Vehicles and Zeds (range of 1500m) every 5 minutesMining - get stones to craft them into cinderblocksSingle Currency - without global bankSuperhero & Superbandit TraderCraft in ShedClass System & Spawnsystem with lots of spawnpointsWeapon AttachmentsAdvanced Tradingnon-AI Missions (IKEA, Treasure,...)SuicideBuild VectorsSnap Build ProVehicle Service PointsPlotPole ManagementDoor Management (EyeScan)Claim VehiclesWicked AISafeZonesAlchemical Crafting - craft custom buildings like the virtual Garaga, Barracks or other thingsVehicle Painting - with custom fixesCrash LootChangeable ViewdistanceGroup ManagementDrink WaterFast Tradinglots of moreWe also made a significant change of the trader design on our map! General Traders: Pistols, Shotguns, old Rifles, Ammunition, Foods, Drinks, Backpacks, neutral Skins, Medical Supplies Building & Vehicle Trader @ Ruemlingen: Building Materials, Wholesale, Bikes&ATVs, Tractors, OverWatch Vehicles Building & Vehicle Trader @ Oberdorf: Building Materials, Wholesale, used Cars, Pickups, Offroader Building & Vehicle Trader @ Brienz: Building Materials, Wholesale, SUVs, civilian Trucks, Vans Juris Military Equipment: All Types of military weapons, unarmed military vehicles Hero Trader: High Power Weapons, Wheeled Tanks, armed helicopters & vehicles Bandit Trader: High Power Weapons, Wheeled Tanks, armed helicopters & vehicles Aircraft Dealer: unarmed military helicopters & aircrafts, civilian helicopters & aircrafts We're looking forward to see you soon!

I know exactly where kingfisher is coming from. Just recently, I was after taking a large amount of loot from someone who then moaned to the admins on a community server to get his base deleted before we could take anything after his guys shot one of ours. Now all of a sudden, we are having a fresh wipe which would make him get his wish. It's almost like we are all being punished for being surviving and being good at the game. I think DayZ is becoming a waste of money and patience. The game needs to be developed in a way to prevent any update from requiring a wipe, or it will just discourage players. DayZ already has a significant problem with lag, desync and the hopium to fix, vehicles. The community feels ignored and lied to quite frequently about why things aren't allowed to happen and receiving 2 very different responses (especially in regard to modding on xbox) and none of the community's ideas are ever listened to. Instead, you're adding things nobody asked for like a broom torch and an eye patch???? Not saying these are bad additions but would be nice if community ideas and needs were prioritised. I think the first priorities with all hands-on deck, is fixing desync, lag and vehicles, before adding anything to the game. How on earth can you build on a broken game? Makes zero to little if any sense.

I consider violent thunderstorm as a good opportunity for attacking, or moving in dangerous areas. A simple detail that would only improve immersion and gameplay would be to make the dust clouds smaller (or shut them off completely) during rain.

PC only Rizen [Fresh Wipe 9/9/2022] Custom Arsenal| PVP| 10 max| Player Bounties| Warzone| Safe Haven| Custom PVP Map Edits| Airdrops| Discord: https://discord.gg/v2fpVyYEZy R I Z E N |War Zone PVP Trader| Custom Coin and Gold Bar Currency| Custom Creatures| Challenging Gauntlets “The Labs”| Safe Haven Settlement| Sleeping Bag Base Spawn| Air Drops| KOTH| Keycards| Mystery Box| Cannabis and Cocaine| Breach Charge Door Raid Only| Custom Map Locations both Military and Non-Military| Custom Armor and Weapons| Tactical Flava and SNAFU| Armored Vehicles and Sports Cars| 1PP w/ Vehicle 3PP| Wide Selection of Helicopters| BBP Building Mod T1/2/3| Starting Money| Our server breathes life into both PVP and PVE. Face off other players in bounties and open world PVP collecting dog tags and grinding coin. Trade your tags and coins in to the warzone exchange for gold bars. Transport your gold bars to the warzone vendor for our top tier guns and armor. For new players and solo, find your place in the "Safe Haven Settlement." A home specially designed for players like you to learn and grow in DayZ. While exploring enjoy our many new customized areas on the map and get your hands on uniquely customized selection of weapons and armor. More of a pve'r, great!, we have custom gauntlet styled LABS were you will face the servers fiercest AI. Fight your way through to unlock crate rooms packed with prizes. What are you waiting for! Join today and explore Chernarus like you've never seen it before!

I have put alot of hard work into this server, it has been up for over a year now and we have had over 8000 users come through, we are looking for new people to keep it going, right now were starting school so it will be 20 slots until we get some more people, expect it to be busy in the afternoon EST. We would love for you to come check it out! most of our loot custom spawns and vehicles are in Vybor. My Admin base is in Vybor. come see for yourself! Server Name: Techs Modded Server 3 Platform: Xbox Mouse and Keyboard: disabled Password/Whitelist: None Player Slots: 20 Map: Chernarus+ 1st Person | 3rd Person: both Server Wipes: We Do Not Wipe Unless Bohemia Forces Us Spawns: Cherno,Nwaf,Vybor,Elektro,Zeleno,Berezino,Severograd,Novo,Novoya,Svetlojarsk 1.18 Update! -Zombies - Bears - Wolves (AND LOOT, wow) -Supermarket, 3 Armouries, NWAF populated --Celebrating 1 year of service in July 2022 -- (WE DO NOT HAVE 15 CLOCKTOWERS or BRIDGE LAG or 50,000 STATIC BULLS*** ITEMS) - We have everything you are looking for in a server, we don't need to give you the "list" because we have it all. Discord: https://discord.gg/ZEbvJa7PpS thanks again see you in Vybor!

Hello. I don't know if you still need it, but I answered a similar problem some time ago in this same forum. Read this (h t t p s ://forums.dayz.com/topic/252172-dedicated-server-hosting-requirements/?do=findComment&comment=2478554) In case my personal suggestion is: Fewer cores but more GFlops possible (because not always the only frequency is synonymous with a powerful processor). You have to look for the highest computing capacity per single core and it will surely be the best processor ... then, maybe, it also goes to luck, because I've also heard people who DayZ works on multiple cores ... maybe it's one of the many bugs of the game, but from what I've more read and tried, it seems to work mainly on a single core, and the more "powerful" it is the better for the fluidity of the game and the vehicles mainly. 😉 P.S. No problem for language, I also don't know English and must to use Google...😁 PP.S. Read also this: h t t p s ://forums.dayz.com/topic/252722-server-performance-and-tick-rate/

https://discord.gg/lostdaysboosted Come join us on an adventure on this awesome discord & server! We are catered to survival of the fittest featuring more aggressive zombies! We offer the following perks: - 1st person only - 50 slots - Boosted food - Boosted and Tier based loot - Complete weapons with attachments - Complete vehicles - Boosted trucks - Active & friendly Staff - Active Traders at Kopa Prison - Factions - Weekend raid (Fri 3pm-Sun 3pm MST time) - Base damage off during the week - Events with prizes - Unlimited stamina - 5k discord cash for new members - Premium Jeabers Killfeed & Heat map - Premium Bots - Unique bases - Mouse & keyboard enabled - Long days & short nights - Rain off - PVP

NostalgZ is a carefully put together server with consideration towards performance and players in mind. We have active staff and are still in development so feedback is greatly appreciated! If players have concerns to report we are always here to listen to make our server fun and comfortable to play on for everyone! Our developers are a group of close friends and we aim to create a community together! We look forward to having all of you on our server, we hope you love it as much as we do! Max Players: 100 IP: 145.239.205.192:2302 Restarts: every 4 hours Mods - TraderPlus, Advanced Banking, groups, Territories, Virtual Garage, DNA Keycards, No damage to gloves, shoes, cars etc., Spawn select with sleeping bag options, better care packages. Zombies on spawn of events rather than high pop density. Custom clothing options for groups, better base building, cars etc, Playstyle - PVP + PVE focused 1pp but 3pp for vehicles. Discord : https://discord.gg/4NZGmfeVkb We look forward to meeting all of you! Love Jacket + Nym

Looking for a server to call home? The E.V.A Project is a semi-survival based server with PvE, RP and PvP without all of the boosted loot to ruin your experience! We welcome all types of players, no group is too small or large to play! Explore our underground bunkers and modded areas while you experience random events and more! 🟢 32 slots (will increase as necessary) with notified 4 hour restarts. 🟢 Earnable income for games, gambling and in-game purchases 🟢 Community Service Center to turn in mission rewards. ( Ban on Kill and Build ) 🟢 Skalisty Safe Zone where interactions are encouraged, events are held and stories are shared. 🟢 Interactive, self selecting roles where you can earn rewards! 🟢 Vehicles spawn completed and wiped monthly. 🟢 Above and below ground modded areas.

Have vehicles been implemented in SA yet?

IP: 95.175.99.206:2402 Like the name tells, this DayZ server has been fully created for DayZ Players. Who want to be part of a community. For those who don't like overmilitarized bulls*** For those who want their ideas to be heard. For those who want friendly, understanding, mature and above all, fair, Admins. For those who want a social DayZ community. (Clans or players who kill players without any motives or reasons don't belong here. Don't be that guy. [Even pretending to be the servers most notorious psycho is reason for you to be a fair killer. Want to be like that?]) Heres an example: For those who want fair rules for everyone. Features: -Custom Missions -Custom Map -Deploy Bicycle (Repacking allowed) -Hemp Farms (WIP) -Custom Loot Table -Take Clothes -Auto Refuel -Custom Traders -Tow and Lift -Indestructible Cinder. -Custom AI (Vehicle patrols and so on.) -300 Spawned Vehicles. -Experienced, friendly and Mature Admins. -New updates added daily. -Group Management (Access thru Radio) -Custom Graphics (Color correction and post process effects[Forget Arma 2's default gray tint!]) We are hoping to see you on our server :)

How Can I add random spawn vehicles? I had server of Epoch and It was soo easy :). best regards, Morfa

Hi DayZ players, I would like to advertise a new high performance 120-slot DayZ standalone server I have just launched. I am an old school ArmA2 DayZ player, inf vet, and realism modder and I have certain preferences that I'm sure some of you may share. I am also looking for 10-20 administrators. RebsOldSkool IP: 104:243:38:74 PORT: 2032 Discord: https://discord.gg/wkxE9ejwK5 The server is modded so I recommend that you connect through the launcher to auto-download the mods. Type the IP into the server search bar and refresh. If the server doesn't show, contact me via discord, it probably is in maintenance. The server has a 20-minute automatic maintenance every day at 6 AM. Server Features: - 120 player cap. - DayZ Expansion bundle. - 500+ random lootable AI bandits. - Realistic ballistic overhaul (see below) - Selectable spawn points by coast so that you can play with friends. - 3 hour days, dark nights. You spawn with flashlight and Makarov. Flashlights, flares and batteries are common loot. NOD's are rare. - Network range set to 1500m for longer range firefights and sniping. - 4 hour server restarts. - 24 hour server steam update. - Flare fix, flares last for 4 minutes and fall slowly. Flares are the bread and butter in night combat and are common loot. - More randomized weather and colder environment to better fit an autumn Chernarus. Temperatures range from -11 C (11 F) to 20 C (68 F). You can actually die from bad exposure now. - First-person only, no combat camera gypping like in Sniper Elite. - 3-hour survivor corpse time. - Harder but more dispersed zombies, zombie sound revamp. Zombie speed, attack, perception, health vary based on zombie type. Zombies are easier to stealth through, especially at night. - Higher animal pop cap and profitable hunting. - Realistic stamina, don't lug the Barret around for a loot run. - Completely revamped loot spawns, no more clothes clutter everywhere. - Trader system with revamped economy and mod items. - MVS reworked gear & Snafu weapons. Modded gear appear on AI and in market. - Bullet cracks. - Inventory sound and animations - More ghillie suit variety. - Mrt's MRE's spawn at military bases. - 2 minute logout time to prevent combat logging. - Decluttered UI, no crosshair, player or group location indicator on map. You will have to use real target identification, rangefinding, and land navigation. - Notification/killfeed system for non-firearm kills. Snipers may have to confirm their kills. This also prevents players from knowing whether or not they are fighting a human or AI. - Vehicles and containers last 1 month, traps and mines last 6 hours. - Players start with full energy and hydration to balance them against the living, more kitted, and more desperate for food players. - Cheap and common explosives, but base assets are fairly cheap too. I want to push players to use stashes or hide bases rather than build massive immersion-destroying forts. - The only rules are no cheating and no gear swiping at traders. You can do whatever you want. The economy is how I control gameplay. - Active admins to ban cheaters, no admin abuse. - Wrecks and garbage clutter added to cities, more to come. Ballistics: - Every bullet is modelled off of their common military ball/civilian FMJ equivalent - i.e., M80, M855, 57-N-323S, etc. Around 50 new ammo types from 12g birdshot to .30-06 M2 AP have been added. - All bullet mass has been increased to enable realistic material penetration and have been made consistent to one another. It is now possible to double wallbang with full rifle cartridges such as .308 and 7.62x54mm. - Bullet damage changed, calculated using a modified formula of the Taylor knockout factor. I felt this was appropriate since the game uses the exact same variables as the formula and bases damage on velocity. The formula is not necessarily perfect in real life because it does not account for bullet construction, but neither does damage in real life have as much to do with velocity as in the game. Pistols for example have much greater damage but lose it faster than rifles over distance. - Bullet material accounted for, steel core bullets have 20% more penetration but 20% less damage vs. a lead bullet of their same mass and velocity. - Bullets that are capable of penetrating NIJ level IIIA armor in real life all have varying degrees of armor penetration, not just 9x39 AP. .308 (M80) will penetrate armor better than the subsonic 9x39 AP (SP-6) as an example. - Tracer rounds are ballistically the same but slightly less accurate compared to their ball equivalents, as in real life. - Shotgun buck and other small projectiles can now ricochet as well. - Buckshot modelled off of 00 buck, pellet count increased from 8 to 9. - Shotgun slugs do serious damage due to their size, and will likely be a 1-hit kill at most ranges. - Bullets retain velocity/damage longer since average weight is increased. - Rifle bullets have flatter trajectories overall, however, it did not break zeroing as far as I could tell. I think there is a game algorithm governing zeroing to the bullet attributes. - Firearm recoil modified by a calculation based on cartridge size, gun weight and bullet velocity. Pistols have noticeably higher recoil. - Gun accuracy corrected based on real life minute-of-angle and cartridge type, a 5.56x45mm M4 is now more accurate than an 7.62x39mm AKM for instance. - Gun sway made relative to weapon weight. The heavier the weapon, the more sway. - Snafu weapons incorporated with the above changes. Bandit AI: Bandit AI can spawn and move anywhere, and fight each other. Bandit AI can spawn with any weapon or piece of gear. Some bandit AI are heavily kitted with armor, grenades, and machineguns while others have whatever can be had. Others wear ghillie suits, employ suppressed carbines and sniper rifles and stay in the woods. AI can come in varying group sizes. AI cultist and military zones are also incorporated. AI accuracy is tuned not to be impossible but pretty difficult, like fighting a veteran DayZ player. Modded items aree fully integrated in AI spawn lists. Loot: Loot is fairly common, with ammunition spawns increased over vanilla to better support the new weapons. Loot has a much quicker lifetime time (i.e., 1 hour) than vanilla settings (2-8 hours). Loot that is in player caches and on their person does not limit the loot spawn rate. Food is less common but can still be had. I see food as the reason to keep players moving. Modded items are fully integrated in loot lists. Traders: DayZ expansion traders sell modded items and have limited stock. Items are sold with currency in the form of dollars, silver and gold. Trader prices vary based on trader location and prices vary on stock. Price elasticity on all items is very high, so you can make good money by trading between traders if you know what to buy and sell. Radios now have some use as you may need to use them to contact other players for trader prices. Vehicles can be bought and sold at traders and doing vehicle recovery can turn a serious profit. Modded items are fully integrated in market lists. Events: Currently I am putting together the player team to host events, which will consist of armored convoys or helicopter raids w/ QRF. Player events will be announced in discord. Community: Alot of ex and current military guys who are looking for mature players. We have a freedom of speech but respect others policy in the discord. We don't roleplay ourselves but we do like to employ real life infantry and vehicle tactics into the games we play.

We Are New Server / Company That Puts It’s Focus On The Players Experience Overall. We are working tirelessly to bring a new experience to the scene, unlike most servers out there we only care for the players. We mainly focus on pve but there is a lot of pvp zones, but focus on your survival. Avalanche is a every growing community of gamers who just want to build a place called home. This frozen wasteland has many things to offer for its visitors and residents, new and thriving places to see, handful of vehicles and helicopters and even monsters of strange accord. The wasteland is always trying to kill you around every corner, so we must work together to survive this nuclear winter. As the owner of avalanche I can’t wait to see you in the wasteland and call this place your home, stay safe out there wasteland. AVALANCHE DISCORD : https://discord.gg/pn4j28N8 — JOHNNY MUSTANG

Just started playing again. NA servers EST. Would like crew to cruise map in vehicles, build base, pvp and looting with.

The Community is growing! Come check out the updates and meet some players! Updated MOD List: AdvancedGroups | GameLabs | DayZ-Expansion-Market | ToxicZone | The Republic KeyCardRooms | RedFalcon Flight System Heliz | King of The Hill | CarePackages Helicopter Licensed | BaseBuildingPlus | Breachingcharge | Hacking Mod | Code Lock | DrugsPLUS | CannabisPlus | Collectable Items | MMG - Mightys Military Gear | SQUAD MSF-C | Modular Vest System | Car Bomb | SNAFU Weapons | RevGuns | Advanced Weapon Scopes | Care Packages V3 | PsychoGaming Vehicles | Armored Vehicle Pack | IRP-Land-Rover-Defender-110 | CarsForAll | CS Weapon Bag | MuchCarKey | FlipTransport | COCAs_NoVehicleDamageMOD | Humvee (HMMWV) M1151 | GAZ 66 SHISHIGA | GAZ TIGR | CarVanillaPlus | VanillaRoadPartsPack | No Shoe Damage | Disable Broken Legs | Summer_Chernarus | InventoryPlus | Inventory Blur Removal | BetterStash | BulletStacksPlusPlusEnhanced | AdvancedGroups Plotpole DLC New | SpawnsystemLiteServer | Real Metabolism | Enhanced Banking | CJ187-MoreMoney | shd_Ghillie | Unknown Ghillie Mod | Saline Bag+ | BBPItemPack | Base Fortifications | DayZ-Expansion-Core | DayZ-Expansion-Name-Tags | BetterVendingMachines_Expansion | CJ187-LootChest | MuchStuffPack | HeliWreckNoLoot | Helicopter landing pad | ReducedFireWeaponDamage | NoMuffle | CF | Dabs Framework | DayZ Editor Loader | BuilderItems | dbo_surfaces | VPPAdminTools | The Republic Modpack | Flying Birds! | MODs constantly updating and changing to enhance your gaming experience!!

Join us at Legendary Dayz. We have lots of features and custom stuff on our server. - Safezone/Traders - Airdrops and CarePackages - Tons of Helicopters and Vehicles - PVE and PVP Zones - Great for beginners or experienced players. - Custom caves and islands - King of the HIll - DNA Keycard Rooms and buildings - So Much More! https://discord.gg/zpBueD3kUc

Presentation of the EXTERMINATION server: EXTERMINATION is a server which takes place on the small map of Utes which was present on Arma 2. We are a pvp based server with a maximum group size of 5 players in 1PP. EXTERMINATION is a server hosted in EU on the PC platform What we currently offer on the server: - Two pvp events: Airdrop every 30 minutes KOTH every 15 minutes - A trader system: Expansion trader with Backmarket and Safezone A system of personal and clan bank accounts - A customized loot system: Sniper and Armor can be looted only in the events The loot in the buildings and grounds is based on the items that can be bought in safezone - A limited group system: The groups are currently blocked to 5 players maximum and we will make sure that this is respected. - A list of custom weapons and armors: APES Weapons Revgun CPBWeapons Arma Weapon Pack Equipment System - A dogtag system: When you kill someone you can take their dogtag and sell it for a high price on the black market. Other basic features: 1PP. No Stamina. Spawn Selection Leaning on sprint. The bases are currently disabled. Custom Player Loadouts. Custom mapping Custom loot cycle WIPE EVERY 2 MONTHS Other cool things are planned for the server like: Add oilrig because the map utes offers a large ocean Add vehicles (Helicopter, boat, cars) Add new weapons in the store because not all of them are available at the moment. Adding a base system under ground And more .. but for that we expect a minimum of players on the server. How join server ? Name: <JUST WIPE> EXTERMINATION - Utes | 5 Max | FPS + battlemetrics: battlemetrics.com/EXTERMINATION Discord (in development): discord.gg/CtgNrmj7D7 We look forward to your visit !

Hello there! This is a new list of QoL suggestions for DayZ Standalone. I have created several of these posts in the past, which I invite you to visit in the links below, and the intention was always to come up with achievable and “easy to implement” suggestions within the general framework of the game. Nothing too crazy, no completely new features or things that would not be in line with the overall concept of DayZ. Were these ideas deeply thought through and evaluated? To some extent, and that’s why I probably underestimate the complexity of actually adding any of this to the game. Only the Devs (and probably some experienced members of the community) can get a real idea of what adding them would actually entail in light of the current structure and content. So keep this in mind when assessing them because nothing is actually “simple”, even when it appears to be. Having said that, I hope you find them useful and least serve to awaken other tweaks, ideas or improvements, either from the official development or through community mods. OTHER SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONS PART 1: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/247601-50-qol-suggestions-dayz-future-updates/ SUGGESTIONS PART 2: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/250890-55-qol-suggestions-dayz-112/ SUGGESTIONS PART 3: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/251715-45-qol-suggestions-dayz-115/ SUGGESTIONS PART 4: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/252772-dayz-50-qol-suggestions-part-4/ SUGGESTIONS PART 5: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/254494-dayz-50-qol-suggestions-part-5/ SUGGESTIONS PART 6: https://forums.dayz.com/topic/259915-dayz-30-qol-suggestions-part-6/ HERE ARE MY +50 QOL SUGGESTIONS 1) Soviet Plash Palatka | Tarp/fabric poncho. It would be very interesting and useful to have a craftable "plash palatka" that goes in our backpack slot offering high insulation value and waterproof protection. What is a plash Palatka in the first place? This is just an improvised poncho made of fabric, very popular among soviet troops and many other armies. This piece of gear could be crafted from a piece of Tarp/Fabric (2) combined with a Sewing Kit (75%) or Leather Sewing kit (50%). It would not only provide with another relevance and use for the Tarp/Fabric (item that its currently almost unused because players always craft the Improvised Shelters over any other alternative), but would also provide an extraordinary survival feeling with the proper balance between protection and size (no inventory slots). As I said, this item also has a real context with soviet clothing and the DayZ lore. 2) Precise positioning | Transparency when trying to place big items There is a general issue when we want to place large items (such as a barrel, a power generator and such…) when using the blue print system (or precise positioning). The item completely obstructs our vision (1PP) and we have to play with the free cam to be able to guess where is going to be placed. Although this could be fixed with some modifications to the holding animation of these items, their models or maybe by extending their positioning range (to be able to position it from further distances), when thinking about modding and possible big custom items, a definitive solution could be to add some kind of transparency to those items when the precise positioning is activated (LMB Click). By this, you would be able to see through them. 3) Flare guns | Higher altitude + longer duration (Credit to Kafeina) Currently, the flares shot from a flare gun last just a few seconds in the air and then they start falling at a very high speed, making them quite useless for their intended purpose (signaling, illuminating, attracting other survivors). The idea is to simply increase their height (shooting speed/distance) and reduce their descent time so that they can last at least 30 seconds in the air and then, another a little more when falling. Kaffeina (modder) has already implemented this with his "Aerial-Flares mod", but I think an intermediate version would be an excellent tweak for the vanilla version of DayZ. 4) Flags | Craft armbands and courier bags from them Flags are a rare item and the only real use for them right now is to add them to a flagpole. Since some updates ago, you can now obtain rags out of them. However, this item could be much more interesting (and also used by any player, even with non-base building intentions) by being able to create improvised backpacks and armbands from them (like you do with a burlap sack or boar pelt). This would not only offer a new element of customization (which is always welcome) but also a new and interesting use for an item that it tends to be exclusively associated with base building. 5) Sawed-off weapons | Less weight + random spawn in the world There are 4 weapons that can be sawed off right now, but the Mosin is the only one that actually lose some weight (4kg to 3kg) in the process. It would be convenient and consistent that all the weapons lose at last 1kg of their total weight when you do so. The LE-MAS (FAMAS) perhaps could be the only exception to this rule because of the type of modification it undergoes. In addition, as previously suggested in another thread, it would be interesting if these sawed-off weapons could also spawn into the world instead of being an only crafted item. Always thinking about diversifying and expanding the content with a large amount of non-op civilian weapons for tier 1 and tier 2 zones and also, since these are not very popular, it would give new players the knowledge that they actually exist. 6) Player animations | External clue when managing your inventory (Credit to Wardog) This suggestion clearly came from Wardog's tweet (@thewrdg) where he showed us some of the game's “hidden” animations, among them, one that simulates the player checking his pockets. For anyone who hasn't seen it, he linked that animation (checking your pockets) to the action of opening/managing your inventory, so that there is a visual clue to other players of what you are actually doing (instead of displaying a completely static player). I think that having this feature would be excellent to achieve a better realism by filling that lack of immobility when a player is still but checking his inventory and also, it would provide a visual cue of a possible risk, danger or appearance as part of a player during an encounter. An initial 3-4 seconds delay would be very necessary to avoid forcing the animation with each opening of the inventory. 7) Pieces of guts | Alternative fishing bait The idea is quite simple: Instead of having as our only option the earthworms as bait for the fishing hooks, make it possible to cut small “pieces of guts” out of animal/human guts to also use them as bait. It would provide us a better use of this item while being able to combine even more hunting and fishing in an organic way. Not to mention that it's something quite common IRL when improvising a bait. (Thanks Project Lemons) 8 ) Tripwire | Attach a loaded flare gun Another idea that I believe would add to the general gameplay is the possibility of attaching flare guns to the tripwire. This way, when its activated, the flare is fired and the presence of a player in the area is warned. We all know that this can be already done with other lighting items, but of course a huge flare in the air would provide with a much more interesting and noticeable indication of a player presence. This would also serve to play with the players' minds in anticipation of a possible air attack (dynamic toxic gas), forcing them to move from their positions. Eventually, this could even be extended to other types of weapons and ammunition, not for the purpose of damage or incapacitation (which I understand would be quite complex to materialize and neither is the idea to make this kind of traps as it happens in games like Rust), but for the weapon to be fired to the air, providing a long range audible alert. 9) Items Sterilization | Boiling items to sterilize them (Credit to Mikhail) Non-sterile bandages and rags, plus any other items that can provoke a wound infection in the future, can only be cleaned/sterilize with disinfectants. It would be a good and also a realistic idea to allow to get the “disinfected status” by boiling the rags/bandages in water. Attention should be paid to the time in which bandages and rags become ruined for this to even be possible. This idea is not new, and there is already a community mod that allows this by DZR|Mikhail. 10) Bayonet | Multiple cuts inflicted While bayonets have gotten a bit more attention recently by increasing their overall damage (being more effective against infected) I think there is still room for improvement in close combat to give a new relevance to this quite unpopular item. In what way? By providing a 100% cut chance and even, by allowing each hit to generate two wounds or bleeds on the affected player instead of just one. A hit with a bayonet against another player should represent a game changing scenario during a pvp, where the affected player should seriously consider his blood loss as a conditioning after having received a “lunge”. 11) Shelters | Differences and advantages between them Since its implementation, the craftable shelters and their three variants - improvised, tarp and leather - there was never really a differentiation between them besides the required crafting items. They all have the same storage, persistence and durability, even when the time and difficulty invested into crafting them is different. This is why the vast majority of players simply choose the “Improvised Shelter” as their main option, not only because it’s the most accessible to craft but it’s also because it offers the best camouflage. This kind of kills any incentive of crafting the other two shelters and prevents us from giving more use to the whole feature. The proposal is then simple: provide with more differentiations between them, offering more/less slots, more/less resistance, more/less persistence, more/less waterproof to the items inside, etc. The leather shelters should definitely be the best of all tree, followed by fabric shelters and finally, the improvised shelters should be just that, improvised, lasting no more than two or three nights, with slots limited to a single survivor storage. 12) Attachments | Better management/replacement (Credit to Akula) This suggestion and the next one are 100% from the user akula692008 from the DayZ forums, so I thought it was a good opportunity to make them more visible for everyone since I completely agree with both. In few worlds, the game should allow us to replace any weapon attachment (optic, buttstock, handguard, etc.) by the same way it does with magazines, this is, by dragging the item to the “combine” section of your hands instead of forcing us to drag it over the particular attachment. This would be not only more practical but also consistent and particularly useful for console users. 13) Attachments | Inventory battery representation (Credit to Akula) Right now, if we carry a rifle with a battery for your optic plus a universal light for example, we would see two batteries, one under the other (left side picture), and it is not quite intuitive for telling which device they belong to. The idea then is to reposition the elements as shown in the image above. This small change would solve this lack of clarity providing with a cleaner and clearer view. 14) Raincoats | Add the hood to them I understand that this is definitely not a simple thing to do and that there are many, many things to consider in what would appear to be a small cosmetic change. Nevertheless, I always wondered why those hooded pieces of gear like the Gorka Jacket, Raincoats or Hoodies did not allow us to equip ourselves to cover our head, protecting this part of the body from the rain and adding to the heat retention (or protection against frostbite in Namalsk). I think it would be a good feature (or future change) to consider either models with the hood already deployed (where it blocks the head slot because it is already taken by it, avoiding clipping problems) or, something more elaborate, like the possibility of folding/unfolding the hood. There is also a “banal” argument linked to a post-apocalyptic aesthetics where hoods and ponchos are a fundamental element. 15) Repeater | Sawed-Off version Simple idea that would add to the diversity of the civilian’s low tier weapons without really implying new content is the possibility of sawing-off the Repeater as it currently happens with the Mosin and other weapons. Of course, it should suffer the corresponding nerf to the distance, accuracy and weight, but the basic concept would be the same to all the sawed-off weapons in the game. Not to mention that it is something that actually exists. 16) Bone Knives | Attachable to the improvised rope belt Maybe this will be changed in the near future because this item is in the game very recently, but I suggest to add the possibility of carrying the improvised knife on the rope belt. I think it is logical and a way to make this a "first step" in the survival crafting progression for any player. I honestly didn´t find many arguments against this like I did find with the stone knife because of its shape and model for example. 17) Feet Wrapping | Increased crafting cost + less durability We are all aware that an improvised item, easy to craft and offering a great advantage when approaching enemy with total stealth could be somehow abused. Unfortunately, many players have been using it as a “pvp meta” lately. In an attempt to avoid this, the proposal is to increase their crafting requirements (actually, I would personally increase it for all the wrapped crafting recipes in general) and reduce their overall durability (or at least prevent them from being repaired or their requirements - rags - from being significant), so that they only serve as a transitory solution in those cases where your footwear get ruined and you must look for another one, avoiding bleeding feet or frustrating scenarios. 18) Radios as an attachment | Slot for vests and belts I have already suggested the possibility of having custom key binds for the use of radios so that we do not have to resort all the time to put them in our hand to interact with them in the first place. I believe that for items that are not so popular but at the same time can represent an extraordinary element for gameplay and immersion, making them as practical and accessible as possible is definitely the way to go. In this occasion, the suggestion is related to the possibility of attaching the radios to our vest and belt. This would also allow us to have more than one active radio simultaneously, on different frequencies. 19) Clear indication for front / back fences (precise positioning) Even when you can always use the knots on the poles and the initial position when deployed to know the direction of the fence (front/back), it is often quite unintuitive (its direction) when you have to rotate or place them in a very specific position. The suggestion is then to add some sort of “direction indicator” in the ghost model itself, or slightly modify the model (the bottom portion that would be buried for example) so that it clearly indicates which is the front and which is the back in a more intuitive way, even after having placing it. 20) Torches | Fuel should fully charge the torch Maybe the current limitation to this is somehow related to a balance and performance idea due the duration of the torches in general (avoiding that someone can leave for a long time multiple torches lit in a very easy way), but I think it would be a more functional that, when adding gasoline to the torches, they charge at least 50% of the total and not just 5-10%, forcing us to soak them in gasoline like 6-7 times. Using gasoline to fuel torches is already a difficult method to use and it should then have its reward which would have to be a hell of a lot better than simply adding rags. 21) Holding breath | Stance impact on the stamina depletion speed (Credit to Simonvic) It seems to me that it would be not only realistic but very beneficial for the gameplay in general to be able to differentiate the speed at which stamina is consumed when holding breath, not only depending on the weight (which determines the total stamina and therefore, how long we can hold our breath) but also by the stance of our character (standing, crouching or prone). Thus, for example, if we have 30% of our maximum stamina due our gears weight, when we hold our breath while standing, it will empty completely in 5 seconds. If we are crouching, it will do it in 8 seconds and if we are on the ground, it will do it in 15 seconds. It doesn't make much sense that someone lying completely flat on the ground, in a resting state, even with a lot of equipment on him, can only hold his breath for less than 1 second when he wants to land a shot. 22) Automatically stack items in your inventory (Credit to InclementDab) Right now, if we have for example a stock of 10 .308 bullets in our inventory, and we grab 5 more from the ground/world, these new 5 bullets will take a different slot in our inventory instead of just stocking on top of the existing 10 bullets. It seems to me that it would be more than practical to expect the game to put identical/stackable items together directly in our inventory, or at least to do so once our inventory is 100% full (no slots available). This can be limited to certain items categories if there is any case where it would not be convenient to stack. The same should apply for meds or other stackable items. Example. 23) Tearing up chickens using only your hands or boulders With 1.17, and improvised bone knife has been added. However, to get those bones in the first place, one already has to have a knife to dismember the animal that provides it. This doesn't make too much sense considering the progressiveness of a survival crafting line. I think the ideal case would be to allow players to dismembering small animals (Chickens and rabbits) either by using their own hands or using the rocks in our environment. As a result, we should only get bones out of them. 24) Open cans by hitting them with a rock With a very similar criterion of the previous suggestion, and taking into account that since version 1.17 we can now “combine” certain items with boulders from the environment for our crafting, it would be excellent to use this feature to open food cans, obtaining a substantial reduction in their total amount. 25) Mask attachment slot for backpacks and belts Keeping the idea of gas masks having multiple uses and not being limited to static/dynamic toxic zones, it would be quite necessary to be able to add attachment slots for them on both belts and backpacks. 26) Lock picking | Reduced effectiveness (Eventually tied to passive skills) While this idea relates to a broader concept like passive skills evolution and such, I believe that lock picking should not have to be 100% effective (opening or locking the doors on the first attempt) but rather have a percentage of effectiveness where it is possible to fail to do so and have to repeat the action. As I said, thinking about an eventual development of passive skills, this percentage of effectiveness could be linked - or even conditioned - to the skill developed by the player (or survival time). But an initial approach would be that lock picks do not always open the door but that there is a chance of failure followed by an audio clue that it has failed. 27) Grenades | Automatically attached to grenades slot 4 Quality of life modification, the suggestion is to automatically assign the slot of the vests grenades when we pick them up from world since, right now, we must manually take them to our vest. 28) Epinephrine abuse | Negative effects and overdose Epinephrine has gone from being a medical item to a military tool, where players stockpile large amounts of them to use one after another, perpetuating their stamina in an unrealistic way during combat. The concept behind my suggestion is precisely to try to avoid this abuse by generating some kind of punishment. This could be with an overdose effect (shock damage, reducing the duration/boost with the second application or permanent stock max at 50% for 10 minutes making it easier to go unconscious after being hit) or by adding a general stamina reduction after the epi effect (for a period of 2-5 minutes) if you applied more than one epinephrine within 10 minutes. Again, the main idea is to find a way to counteract its abuse by relating it to an effect it would produce in reality. 29) M7A3 grenade | Tear gas grenade (Credit to DUG) I believe that tear gas grenades would be an excellent addition to complement the use of masks in situations other than airstrikes or toxic zones. They should cause coughing, stamina reduction and eventually sock damage (unconsciousness without a default recovery until the gas wears off) if the players are exposed for too long. Of course, this could be repelled by using a gas mask with full filter, completely avoiding its effects. Particular attention should be paid to the area of action to avoid possible exploits where the smoke goes through walls, generating undesired scenarios. 30) Wash hands under the rain Being able to wash your hands when it rains (complementary to the idea of bringing back the “catch rain” feature, especially for maps like Livonia) would definitely be a QoL addition to the game. It wouldn't be invasive either (for the HUD) since you would only get that pump-up option if you have bloody hands and you are in the outside. They could even make it automatic without the need for animation. Bloody hands are probably the biggest enemy for new players, and if we add the rain, that first game may be impossible for them. Fighting each other may be a great option to leave only one active threat. 31) Rusted and static fire barrels around the map One of the simplest and most efficient attractions in maps like Namalsk is the presence of static fire barrels spread around the map where players can get together, warm up or cook. While this concept already exists with the indoor fireplaces around Chernarus and Livonia, the fire barrels provide a much clearer guideline and are generally found in large places, industrial areas and barns where you (and your group) can take a minute of rest, away from the urban areas. The suggestion is then to add those rusty, static fire barrels scattered around Chernarus and Livonia. 32) Bandaging | Continuous cycle when you have multiple wounds Right now, when we have more than one cut/wounds and perform the bandaging action, we have to complete a full cycle, finish the animation and then click again to start the bandaging animation again for treating the next wound. Although there are some “exploits” to speed this the “finish/start”, the ideal in my eyes would be that - as with other actions such as cutting down a tree, drinking water or getting planks from a plank pile - we could simply hold the LMB and the cycling would be continuous according to the amount of cuts/wounds that we have. I understand arguments like that there are multiple wounds and not always in the same place, however the animation is always the same, so it would not be something that could break any kind of immersion either. In other words, if you have 2 cuts, you just put a bandage in your hands, hold LMB and your character would perform two full cycles. If you interrupt the second cycle, you have only been bandaged once. 33) Logging in | Anti-ghosting + anti-glitching + anti-combat log I think it has happened to many of us that, being in a closed place, a player logs behind and kills us. In the same way, it is also frequent to chase a player into a building, waiting for the moment to rush their position and when we finally do it, they have disconnected without any actual indication to us. Although this suggestion would not be a definitive solution, I think it could help to prevent these situations and avoid the huge disadvantage it generates. What would this consist of? Adding a dark layout/vignette (as happens when we are regaining consciousness) that covers our screen and gradually expands until disappear along with a yawning sound (or any audio clue) would be an indication that someone has connected in the vicinity. On the other hand, the dark vignette / layout covering most of his (connecting player) screen for the first seconds after joining the server, would obstruct the ability to see through walls with the slow loading textures glitch that most of the low ends PC´s and consoles usually have. Clearly, it would not be a perfect system, but it would make ghosting, combat log and exploits associated with connections/disconnections less frequent. 34) Wooden Crates | Another general nerf suggestion This is a suggestion that I've been holding onto continuously by trying different approaches, because I really think that the wooden crates are very OP in a game like DayZ. I still believe we need a general nerf for wooden crates, therefore, after proposing a general reduction of its size and persistence time, the suggestion is now to increase the requirements for its construction, raising the number of nails needed from 16 to 32. 35) Actions over other players | Directional conditioning Actions involving interaction with other players should only be possible if you are face to face with them. We should not be able to feed players from behind, give them medicine or similar actions. Of course, there could be exceptions to this rule, such as tying another player or applying a bandage to him. 36) Improvised clock bomb | Crafting recipe Add the possibility of creating an improvised explosive device from a gas canister, tape, a grenade, metal wire and a kitchen timer. How could it work? First you should combine the duct tape with the gas canister, creating a new item called “Improvised explosive device” with tree attachment slots: 1) Explosive slot (grenade, flashbang, smoke grenade, etc.) 2) Metal wire 3) Timer. You can then add the required items, set the kitchen timer from 1 to 45 minutes and then attach it to the device so that, when that amounts of minutes have passed, it releases the spoon from the grenade and after a few seconds explodes. Because of its complexity and because it has a gas canister in addition to the grenade, its damage and explosion range should be higher. 37) Tents | Allow tents to be carried in player’s back I am sorry to be repetitive with this idea but I firmly believe that one of the main reasons why we do not find isolated bases scattered around the map (as historically happened in DayZ) as opposed to massive basebuilding structures, is because of the impossibility of transporting the tents in a simple way that does not necessarily require a vehicle. Both the military tents, the car tents and the canopy ones should be transported in our back taking the backpack slot. 38) Throwing items | Low throw alternative I know that this is definitely not a simple suggestion to implement, but I don't see it as impossible either. The concept is simple: once we enter the throwing stance after pressing G (PC), by moving the mouse wheel (as we do to change between optics) we can toggle between a normal – high – throwing stance and a low throwing stance from the waist. This could be particularly useful for throwing grenades at short distances, underneath structures or even to be able to throw random items at other players safely and without having items flying through the air. 39) Weapons attachments variation | Add the painted variation to weapons While I imagine there are already plans to add back the spray-paint that allow us to customize the weapons/attachments, it would not be a bad idea to have the color attachments already included in the random preset of some weapons as an alternative. This would add to the diversity and content without necessarily affecting the CLE. These attachments can either spawn in the world or for now only in the preset of the selected weapons. Many community servers (PC/Consoles) already have them added and they seem to work just fine. The only problems are usually with the colored mags. 40) Dynamic events | Abandoned night camps with fireplaces This suggestion is part of a larger thread that analyzes different alternatives to generate a reward for players who stay on the servers at night instead of just logging out, waiting for the day. Basically the idea is to take advantage of light sources during the night and link them with dynamic events. In this sense, it would be interesting that the “helicrashes” have a light source that makes them more "visible" during the night (like a beacon light that could also work with a radio signal) and, at the same time, the possibility of having other dynamic events such as “abandoned camps” with an active campfire where high value items can be found. I think it would add a lot of depth and ambiance to the game while providing access to the rewards of a dynamic event to players who choose to play even with the disadvantage of the night. 41) Snare traps against players | No damage + reduced mobility for 1 min The idea is to use this feature not only to hunt small animals (rabbits) but also as a trap against other players. How would it work? Of course some kind of animation/model would have to be added to the activated snare trap, but when a player step over it, it would attach to his leg (like a splint does) forcing the wounded walking animation for a whole minute. The affected player would then be unable to run full sprint and would be partially defenseless, even without having suffered any damage. 42) Vehicles water indication | More intuitive symbols While many of us have become used to being guided by the white smoke to determine whether a vehicle radiator has or needs water, it is quite common for new players to be confused by the unintuitive nature of the indicators. More precisely because while the fuel gauge shows a full tank on the right side, the water gauge seems to be the other way around. The suggestion is then to unify this representation of both gauges with the same criterion and maybe even add a red color to the indicators to make them much clearer. 43) Plate Carriers | Color variations I know it would be an absolutely secondary addition but very much appreciated for diversity, customization and content, the possibility of having different variants (textures) of Plate Carriers I think would be a nice addition to the game. It would not escape from the colors that usually wear these vests IRL (black, dark green, etc.) and it would not mean a huge work behind this item (it would be a simple retexture). 44) “Chemicrash” | Contaminated dynamic events Another feasible alternative for random dynamic events could be some kind of "chemical crashes" or "chemicrash". These could well be models of wrecked trucks that were transporting toxic waste in barrels from the toxic areas and were ambushed or crashed on the road. Naturally, this event should be followed by its respective toxic zone (with a rather limited radius), being only accessible to players with NBC equipment (or at least with an PO-X Antidote if you have a bit of skill), infected with NBC suits and loot rewards similar to helicrashes. The idea is to give more diversity to the use of NBCs and masks without this objective being limited merely to the toxic zones. 45) “Cooking” canned food | Water bath + increase its nutritional value The suggestion is based on the possibility of "cooking", or rather heating, canned food to increase its nutritional values based on the idea of comfort. The cooking method, to be consistent with what would happen in reality, would require a cooking pot filled with water, thus avoiding burning the can. They could only obtain the "cooked/hot" status by offering extra energy and/or hydration. It would be a good way to encourage the use of cooking methods and give more depth to this item. 46) Multivitamins Pills | Less quantmax While this has been changing over the course of the updates and vitamins are not as OP as they were before, I still feel that the minimum amount of pills is high enough that it is not valued correctly and ends up being overabundant. Currently, vitamins have a chance of spawning up to 10 pills, they are not very rare to find and can be stacked. The suggestion is simply to set a quantmax of 10% for this item, making it scarcer and therefore more valuable. 47) Long-Mid range Optics | Add a dark vignette Definitely not a new suggestion and I had already proposed it a few years ago, although not with this format. Basically what it aims to do is to add, in addition to the blur effect that ADS has with an optic, a dark vignette to provides with a more realistic and at the same time immersive approach. As you will notice in a suggestion below, I am not in favor of absolute darkness (as happens with the Hunting Scope for example), because it also ends up being quite unrealistic and immersion killing, so a simple darkness that forces us to focus on our target without obtaining much external information (although realistically one shoots with both eyes open) would not only be a welcome aesthetic and immersive change, but would give another spice to the pvp with ranged weapons. 48) Hunting Scope | Non-Full screen alternative view Following the same reasoning of the previous suggestion, and as I had already mentioned, we know that most (if not almost all) optics do not appeal to a "full screen" design where everything is black except for the reticle. On the contrary, the whole screen is zoomed to the optics, but what is outside it (sides) is blurred. It would be interesting and would look 10 times better if this would also happen with the Hunting Scope (see suggestion image), adding also the already suggested vignette. The effect and immersion achieved I assure you is gratifying. 49) Improvised metal sheets from vehicle parts Questionable suggestion but a suggestion nonetheless, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring back the old concept of “scrap metal” to be part of some crafting recipes in DayZ Standalone. Of course not to the levels of DayZ Mod or games like Rust with extravagant crafting recipes, but something much more basic and limited. For example, with the possibility of turning car parts that we find in the world into improvised metal sheets to be used in our basebuilding constructions. Each car part (door, hood, trunk, etc.) would offer us 1 “sheet metal” that would be nothing more than the current sheet metal with a rusty texture. I understand that even if it sounds simple it is definitely not, but a similar concept that allows us to take advantage of the items along with a more apocalyptic atmosphere to the constructions (basebuilding) would be welcome. 50) Cutting trees | Two-step process (Credit to Derleth) In a nutshell, the idea is that when a tree is cut down, it will fall to the ground as it normally does, but without dropping the "reward" items yet (wooden logs, firewood). In order to obtain those, we must cut the tree again on the ground and it will then disappear, leaving only the wooden logs, firewood, long sticks and such. This would help to avoid unwanted clipping/collisions situations with trees and would also provide with a more realistic approach to the mechanics itself. 51) Shove away player/infected | No damage, 1 sec cold down, no stamina requirement (Not QoL) There are many things that could be improved in the melee system in DayZ, but where I notice a gap to be filled is when you end up cornered. In short, it is quite common to see players "stuck" without the possibility of changing weapons or resorting to attacks that slightly push the infected away to be able to survive that situation. Of course anyone could say that a good player would not have put himself in that position in the first place, but the game has to be difficult, not frustrating. For that, it would be interesting to consider the possibility of pushing away infected and even players, which would be the "default attack" when our stamina does not allow us to hit with our weapon or make a strong fist attack. This “push”, which should have a cold down of at least two seconds to avoid any abuse, should not generate any damage or take any of the stamina recovered away, could fill the gap that exists between unrealistically holding indefinitely a guard up against a wall until a friend comes to save us or die cornered against a wall without any resource at all. 52) Nerf to NVG's vision | Vignette intensity It is not the first time I suggest it and I am compelled to do so because I know that the game will at some point go in that direction. NVG's are too OP an element for a game like DayZ that aims for a balanced day/night gameplay. Not only because it discourages any player from playing at night in the presence of this item because also because the clarity of vision when using them and the lack of "blindness" from light sources. That is why one of the things that could be easily and quickly modified is its range of vision or vignette, to slightly punish the huge advantage obtained. 53) Encouraging nighttime play | Night wild life Once again, keeping the idea of encouraging night gameplay through “advantages” for the players, it would not be a bad option to consider increasing nocturnal wildlife in areas where they are not frequent during the day. That way, coyotes (alternative to wolves), white-tailed deers, foxes and other animals that IRL usually have a nocturnal activity, can be seen and found close to cities (even spawn cities). This would not only give an incredible complement of ambience (not to mention if you consider the population of glowing eyes in some of them), but it would translate into a much easier access to food sources for players who decide to stay playing during the night. 54) Better small containers | Add attachments slots (Credit to Florian) In all honesty, with over 10k hours in the game, I have never used a container to protect my items from external damage and I think very few players actually do it. Containers nowadays are more storage methods (buried) or inventory organizers rather than a protective piece of equipment. In this sense, the idea is to at least provide with a better utility in relation to their capacity and size. Right now, they can hold as many slots as they take, killing somewhat from any kind of benefit in carrying them (even more the ones that offers almost none protection). The proposal is simply: add more slots to the interior in relation to its size and/or add attachment slots to some of these containers to be able to carry more than their total slots, offering a real advantage when using them. 55) Gasoline | Used as kindling to start or keep a fireplace Gasoline should definitely be an item that allows you to light a fire without resorting to other types of fuel kindling’s. And even after the fireplace is on, you should be able to continue feeding it from "loads" of gasoline as it happens with the torches. This would re signify the use of bottles with gasoline or jerry cans for a survival purpose and not only related to vehicles. 56) Basebuilding | An electrical protective system (Not QoL) I'm not a big fan of basebuilding because I think it's a feature that consumed a lot of work from the development team and, in practice, it was never really one of the main attractions of the DayZ experience (not talking about Exile or the last part of the DayZ Mod). However, there it is and while it's a decent concept, it clearly has a lot of room for improvement. One of the things I have always proposed are the electrical protection systems to provide with a more balance experience with this feature. In other words, the possibility of electrifying the barbed wires once placed to make it difficult to even destroy them through regular melee methods. How could it work? Simply the same way Xmas lights work, one connects the barbed wires (disassembled) to a generator or battery and then attaches them to the fence/gate. This would generate an electric current to the touch, preventing their destruction through melee strikes. It would be a good element for base protection against offline raids and would also be within the real possibilities of the game with the current content. How could it be countered? An electrified barbed wire could not be disarmed with regular pliers and the player who touches it would receive health damage, shock damage and probably a cut. He should then either destroy the power source (generator or battery) or use rubber gloves (NBC Gloves) along with the regular pliers to dismantle them (giving a new use to this piece of clothing). I would have a lot more to elaborate on this topic, but as I said, I don't want to stray too far from quality of life suggestions. 57) Better skybox | Higher cloud intensity (Not QoL) I know this is a highly sought after idea and that there is probably some discomfort in comparing the game to previous versions in just one aspect, when in 99.9% of things it has improved tremendously. However, aside from any nostalgia or the idea that “all past times were better”, there is a reality and that is that the sky in DayZ has lost some of its appeal, probably founded on valid performance and synchronization reasons. It is also true that suggesting something without offering an applicable alternative is too easy for us (the community) but I think we all trust in the ability of the devs to find out a new approach to this and achieve more immersion with the skybox without the need of volumetric clouds. 58) Combined actions for Structures (Credit to Skigoggles) (Not QoL) Regardless of all the technical complexity of such an idea, the concept is still very interesting. The suggestion basically implies that certain actions (complex, big ones and generally associated with basebuilding but extendable to many others), can only be completed by two or more players working together. In this way, one player could initiate the action until 50% of it is completed and then, holding the click, another player should "help us" and complete the remaining 50%. Then the crafting/action will be successfully completed. The possibilities and alternatives are endless for this but, I repeat, what is important here is the concept behind it to force collaboration in complex actions and at the same time encourage interaction. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND SORRY FOR ANY GRAMATICAL ERROR OR POOR CHOCIE OF WORDS ENGLISH IS NOT MY NAVITE LENGUAGE

Hello, forum. I understand there is quite the stigma against "western" items, but, I firmly believe modern euro/American vehicles have a place here. We know that DayZ is set in a time after 1999, as signs in game have proved this. Seeing as this after the fall of the Soviet Union most of us believe that Chernarus was a part of, wouldn't that mean western vehicles have been trickling in from western markets? For example, brands like Opel, Vauxhall, Ford, Chevrolet, and many others do have a place here, look at countries similar to Chernarus, such as Ukraine or Czech Republic. There are more than just Ladas and GAZ's and VAZ's and so on. Of course, it is obvious that Chernarus is a poor country. If it becomes possible to enlarge the map and add in large urban areas, These vehicles should definitely become considered. Thank you for taking the time to read this wall of text, and feel free to discuss below!

We all know that running speed has been boosted and that it's due to be reduced at some point when it's felt vehicles are satisfactorily in place. Whenever the switch is flipped it's going to feel like running through molasses to everyone who has acclimatised to the current running speed over the past year. I was thinking it'd be a good idea, now that vehicles are on the horizon, if running speed could be incrementally reduced towards the target speed with each patch. Hopefully that way it will be less jarring when it's returned to normal.

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So with vehicles on experimental, and only a matter of time before they hit stable I personally think it's a good time to reduce player run speed back down. It was increased early on and I believe it was Chris Torchia who said it was done by the devs as a favor to the playerbase due to the lack of vehicles (I'm sure some one can dig up the tweet, but this was definitely said). Personally, I feel it was a bit of a mistake, that players would get too accustomed to it and when it is reduced there will be quite a bit of complaints. However, here we are and I think it's time. The run speed is too fast in general, vehicles or not, and is an issue in pvp as well as the flow of the game in other regards. You can run from some spawns to the nwaf in 15 minutes or less, making it trivial to traverse the map. I went back to the mod recently and really the transition back down to a slower speed wasn't so bad. I do think people are going to cry at first, but I think after a week or so everyone will be used to it again and things will feel better overall. Any ways, thoughts? *edit* Here's the relevant tweets:

I hate to linkception, but since I cant copy paste without the text looking all "my eyes are bleeding" horrible, Ill just do the damned link-ception and send you to my OP on reddit.. if someone can tell me how to copy paste into dayz forums without those white bars of eye strain hell, Id love you for at least 3-4 minutes straight. Anyhow, on topic. Read the link, come back here to comment. Id love to hear what people think of a non-persistent vehicle world within dayz vs. the persistent one that is coming inevitably. I will also fix the dang link thing if someone can hook me up with a good copy/paste from reddit to here :) http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/2pwqyn/once_vehicles_become_persistent_a_discussion/