dayz standalone item suggestions

[crusey10 0]

ok so everyone here knows the benefit of loot and more importantly higher grade loot in dayz, sniper rifles give you range and safety, automatic's give you more impact with a higher rate of fire. I was thinking, with the new standalone release, why limit this to just weapons? why can't there be items, like clothing for instance, that give you status effects, like in other mmo's? No i'm not talking about wearing pants that give you +15% damage, i'm talking about real world items, that give you real world benefits, the two that i have in mind( if you can think of others feel free to add)

Ski mask/ hankerchief/ middle eastern scarf thingy already used as bandit skin - this protects your identity when equipped much like how criminals use them to keep their faces concealed, and while faces are the main way of recognizing someone in the real world, what do we have on the internet? player names or handles, so if you find of these items and equip it and go rob some people, your player tag shows up as "????" or something of that nature, this protects your identity so people can't put a bounty on "crusey" or go hunt "crusey" for robbing them, etc. in exchange for this, just the very fact that you're wearing this shady mask, labels you suspect to players, and also a loss of humanity over time when equipped could also be put into affect

Bulletproof vests - another real world item, that could give real world benefits - im not talking just "reducing 30% of all incoming damage" but at close ranges, it could limit the amount of small arms fire you take from say, the makarov. Damage from ak's and m4's could drop as the range increases and just like in real life, the velocity of the bullet decreases.

With the right amount of tinkering, balance, and drop rate i think that these items could provide an extra depth and immersion into the game, these are real world items that people have and are more common than say,a 50 cal sniper rifle or fully automatic guns. From a realism standpoint i see no reason why this couldn't be implented, i'm not sure mechanically as i have no idea how to code or make a game, etc. So what do you guys think? Any other items that could give real world benefits like this? Is this a good idea?

Edited January 3, 2013 by crusey10

[sharx69@gmail.com 10]

First, check this thread out http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/38742-suggestions-for-the-dayz-standalone-thinking-outside-of-the-limitations-of-an-arma-2-mod/, and post in it instead of making a new thread :)

As for the reduction in damage as the range increases, this is not the case for most modern firearms. As the velocity drops and the projectile hits flesh, the bullet begins to tumble, rather than passing through the flesh as it would at higher velocity. At range the precision of the weapon decreases, not the physical trauma caused.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Sharx

[crusey10 0]

ah thanks for the link, was looking for sometihng like that and couldn't find it, and in regards to the damage reduc, i was still talking about when wearing a bulletproof vest :D