Dear Rocket, This is a GAME

[Creep- 569]

Perhaps faeces could mask the human scent a little? Slight zed deterrent even?

[KillSkuli 3]

I had the same response when "pooping" was first proposed.

But the more I looked at it, and the more some other elements started to develop, the more it became an interesting concept.

Fear is an unusual thing, and many games go for the obvious scary things. Some people have said DayZ is very scary indeed, yet it contains very little gore or obvious scare factors. Movies about viruses like influenza are rarely very scary because it is all happening to other people. In DayZ, when you start getting sick - it could be a very scary situation. You worry what you have, you worry what other party members will do to you, and you worry what random people you meet will do to you. It also presents a very real problem when looting a body, adding a new risk/reward dynamic to everything.

It is still a *very* junior concept. Pooping allows contamination to be controlled, to an extent, by the player. We could probably do contamination on the basis of time spent in an area, which would really just be an aggregation of the effect of manual defecation area selection. But make no mistake, going to the toilet is a serious combat issue. When I did my time in the jungle, Baby Wipes was probably one of the most coveted items we had, because of its use wiping your backside. You don't quite appreciate the difficulty in staying alive beyond a couple of days until you realize everyone is shitting everywhere and disease/contamination of waterways is becoming a very real issue.

So it is going to be in game?

[dekartz 315]

Hopefully yes. As the disease idea seems pretty damn awesome

[KillSkuli 3]

Hopefully yes. As the disease idea seems pretty damn awesome

im not talking about disease im talking about pooping!

[timboski 618]

When I did my time in the jungle, Baby Wipes was probably one of the most coveted items we had, because of its use wiping your backside. You don't quite appreciate the difficulty in staying alive beyond a couple of days until you realize everyone is shitting everywhere and disease/contamination of waterways is becoming a very real issue.

I go to http://www.tinthepark.co.uk most years, which is nearly as bad.

Edited November 22, 2012 by Timboski

[the LawsOfFire 20]

as rocket has stated many times. this is an ANTI-game.

because it breaks all the laws of gaming (you losing everything. and no balancing at all is 2 of the anti gaming things)

[badbenson (DayZ) 38]

i just remembered that any sound you make already attracts zombies (eating, drinking etc). would be funny to have pooping like a mini game where you have to let it out quietly like you would if you are on a huge public toilet (of course you often fail which in dayZ could mean your death). :D

i'm kidding of course...