Base Construction

[Thre3zekiel 1]

I was playing DayZ with my brother for a few days and the only thing I feel this is missing is base construction. Nothing too elaborate, simple tents would do, but a place you can set up with a group of people to have more safety and LOS blocking etc. It would be awesome if we could set up hard structures in the game but that would be a little elaborate and involved. Basically it would be nice to have something like a "base of operations" that you can go to, set up some caches and mark them for your group. Something that would give you and your friends a little bit of an edge.

[beastoverlord 574]

You can use good terrain contours to hide tents quite well.

[Saliviril 6]

Hide a your tent in a tree.

[burritoman259 593]

Trust me I played dayz plus this morning had a great session when I was finishing up in the last hour and a half I figured out you can build bases with materials such as

Wire fenceing cat 1&2 you can move them around however you wish,

Sandbags can be constructed into rounded bag fences,

Camo netting is in game well, you need three netting materials and a pile of wood,

There are other recipes I do not know about.

Edited January 7, 2013 by burritoman259

[Thre3zekiel 1]

Oooo! Interesting! I also think there should be a small neutral zone about the size of like 3 - 5 buildings where players can go to exchange goods. This way you can get what you need and have more player exchange. Granted just outside that spot for miles would be heavily watched by bandits, but it would be worth it to have an in-game economy of sorts.

[Saliviril 6]

Oooo! Interesting! I also think there should be a small neutral zone about the size of like 3 - 5 buildings where players can go to exchange goods. This way you can get what you need and have more player exchange. Granted just outside that spot for miles would be heavily watched by bandits, but it would be worth it to have an in-game economy of sorts.

No, because people could just run in there and hide. Plus, the idea of the game is that you are never 'safe'.

[Thre3zekiel 1]

No, because people could just run in there and hide. Plus, the idea of the game is that you are never 'safe'.

True but it could be a really small area. Not to mention that if it is really just a town in the middle with walls to keep out the undead, whoever held control of it could run it, and thus trade, however they wanted. Also, you don't have to make it invincibility inside the fort, just a place that is a little safer than the other surrounding areas.