Phone app suggestion

[NonovUrbizniz (DayZ) 137]

So I've thought about this a little bit and figured I'd throw it out there... not really a super well developed idea but an idea non the less...

Phone app where you can work on your equipment, base, vehicles etc...

So... you don't have time to play the game or aren't at home w'ever... You open your dayz app and you can:

Workshop:

- Sharpen your knife or axe (this is in reference to the announcement that weapons will degrade hastens breakdown but increases/maintains original damage impact of the weapon)

- Service your gun (guns that are cleaned regularly last longer)

- Fix up your ghillie suit or other clothes, with paint or even foliage from/for different environments on the map (based again on having collected the spray paints or foliage)

- Charge Batteries - They've mentioned batteries, so why not be able to find a hand crank recharger that you can then use in the app to recharge your batteries while offline

- IF there are secured storage of vehicles or keys you could work on your car (find paint cans and paint your hilux to camo it better use parts you've found online to fix it offline)

- Ammo reloading - Find powder/lead/brass out in the field and use matches/wood to melt the lead, require a toolbox to assemble the bits

Weapon Mods - Swap scopes, barrels, grips etc whatever they make available

Character mods:

This could be far reaching too, if there is any skill leveling system built into the SA then you could practice those skills

- Target Practice so you have a steadier scope and quicker return to steady sites after running and lower recoil not NO recoil but much quicker return to target and less recoil, a trained AND regular shooter has BOATLOADS more control over the sighting of his weapon than a trained shooter who hasn't shot in a while... muscle memory/strength goes a LONG way)

- Exercise so you can run longer (maybe require in game more cans of food to get the food to stop blinking but have it last longer? make soda worse than water for hydration IF you're an exerciser o/wise leave it standard)

- Meditate to build focus and decrease chances of getting spooked by zombies or high stress situations (less painkillers)

- Kung fu to strengthen bones for less breaks and stronger melee abilities (less morphine)

- Scouts Survival skills like fire starting (no matches needed once mastered), trap building (build them out of game place them in game and then make the traps spawn animals as a character would IF correct sized animal walks by they get trapped if not the trap stays set), water collection, wilderness medicine (learn how to and make remedies for some of the sickness they're including in SA)

I think this would create classes w/o a true class system, certain people will just gravitate to certain skills and others won't bother with any of them and the game will be just fine for them and better for those who've invested extra time/effort without making it drastically unfair for non-leveling players.

It adds a layer of depth for those who wish to dig deeper without requiring it of those who just want to casual game...

Edited January 13, 2013 by NonovUrbizniz

[guisho 258]

I would be into this if suddenly the devs change their minds about metagaming but they were pretty much rough about this specific topic. They don't want anything out the game that relates to it, so they want to avoid any wikis or table charts that could make the game easier to play or interact with.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Guisho

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

I saw a interview where rocket talked about adding cellphones to the game, and maybe a source of email.

This had got me thinking, maybe you could have an app, that has a list of official servers. Those servers keep track of the condition of the radio towers and communicate it to the app.

If the radio tower is up and working, then you can 'text' players(who have working phones) in game from your app.

Implementing cellphones would have to be as big as implementing a power grid that I suggested, Rebuild the radio towers, phones require batteries, towers requires power. etc. etc.

I do think being able to communicate to players ingame, from IRL phones would be really cool

[Dayz Steve 26]

should have these features in game.

[Grubula 0]

EAT YOUR BEANS :beans: :beans: :beans:

[NonovUrbizniz (DayZ) 137]

should have these features in game.

See that's kind of my point, I don't want that IN the game, neither do LOTS of people, and we could play the game as it is without any of those "perks" and not really care... I mean the decorating yourself or vehicles or cloths should be in...

But I'll be dead pissed if I have to stop and oil my gun in the middle of a firefight.

It will allow for the added layer of depth hardcore gamers want without it making it drastically advantageous for them and not forcing casual gamers to do all this extra stuff...

I don't want to spend 30-40minutes in game shooting at tree stumps to improve my accuracy, or sharpening my tools, or oiling my guns... but I sure as hell would on a break from work on my cell, or whenever...

For me at least this is the first even approaching "simulation" game and Arma 2 is an AMAZING simulator, but DayZ has turned into something else, and I don't think all the extra stuff like I've mentioned will benefit IN GAME game play it will drag it down with all sorts of chores which you already have enough of between keeping a supply of food drink, medical, ammo, and weapons...

You have to realize there are TONS of people who have never even left the coast, NEVER been in a car. They're not going to want to do all this ULTRA REAL stuff... With the phone app as the outlet for hardcore gamer needs but not a requirement to play the game I think it adds a dimension of depth that otherwise would cloud the gameplay that most people are looking for.

[HugoDayZ (DayZ) 7]

Sorry but imo this is a zombie apocalype simulator, not a phone zombie apocalypse workshop

[harley001 315]

I want dayz to be dayz I don't want to have to worry abouts apps and shizz. Just one game plz.

Edited January 13, 2013 by harley001

[GoverningNick 12]

Do you know how long it would take to make an app like that, how easy it would be to abuse? If it is what I think you are talking about, in the working on base section it would have something like google earth. It would be so easy to find bases like that.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

I think it is taking things too far, Let DayZ just be a great game without cross technology gadgetry.

If your playing the game as a character then if you want to build and do allsorts out of game, your character should be available to kill 24/7. No logging out and your character dissapears, it should stay where you logged out and be a target if players come across it.

[NonovUrbizniz (DayZ) 137]

What I think a lot of the last comments I think are missing is that you won't NEED to do this... it will be VERY minor skill improvments. And you could have options to do all the same stuff in game...

Working on a gun or tool or cloths or whatever out of game (so long as the components have been gathered IN GAME) doesn't really affect anything... does it matter if you click "combine for M1014" while you're hiding in a bush ready about to log out, or if you do it out of game?...

The fact that your character logs out makes it "unrealistic" lol. Your character should have to sleep somewhere and if someone finds you they can kill you lol... good luck with that... or the game forcing you to sleep for 6-8hrs... SURE lol..

This would be little stuff that wouldn't affect your in game process, you can't go find new bases or parts or weapons, you can only work with what you've found to date...

I have NO clue where the Google Maps and discovering other bases crap came from??? WHAT?

YOU have access to YOUR stuff if there is a private inventory system (keys for cars or locked/sealed bases)... if there isn't for vehicles or bases then it sticks to stuff that's in your inventory or backback... TOTALLY fair IMO.... Log off oil your gun, sharpen your axe, practice some shooting w/ever.

People can't stumble across the items you have in your backpack or inventory while you're logged out now so there is no real difference... It will give people who are more into the game another outlet to tinker and a SLIGHT advantage but again nothing huge, 5 second recovery after running isn't a huge difference from 7 or 10, 4-5 bounces per second of the scope isn't THAT much better than 6-8... a good player will adapt to whatever the mechanics are...

I can shoot a moving target while I need painkillers and have just stopped running... not EVERY time... but with reasonable accuracy... Whether or not it's in game, experience and practice make you better anyway.

Anyway just an idea, I think it would add a cool layer of depth for super dorks and not create an unfair advantage at the same time.

[enforcer1975 1111]

It does matter, when you have to do the stuff on the server you can be found....unlike with a phone app which will probably not work anyway because BIS is already is working to their limits to keep ArmA playable with all the bugs they introduce in every update.

Edited January 15, 2013 by Enforcer

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

So your saying when your logged out of playing the game you should still have access to your inventory and other details?

What I suggested was when your doing these activities, Your character should be available as a target, as your using it in order to carry out "activities" you should be at risk (Unless your in your underground "hole"

Phone / Game tie ins are years away and lets face it, It will be a sad day when players cannot pull themselves away from a Game to such an extent they resort to using mobile phones to look after their characters. tamagochi anyone?

[Snilex 40]

Add facebook into DayZ. "Hold on man, I'm facebooking, dude!" - "BUT I'M DYING!!!!!!"

[NonovUrbizniz (DayZ) 137]

It would be pointless to have an app that forced you to expose your character that had no means of defending himself... that's why I said the character shouldn't be available.

IF the SA has keys or other security for bases and cars then it's no different. Locked in your base working on your stuff...

I don't really think it's some far off dream, nor that it would cause some huge problem for servers.. I can see why lots of people might think it's lame or not want to use it at all... but again that's my whole point... don't. It's not required it's just a bonus for those who WANT to spend extra time on it.

Everyone keeps trying to make it into PLAYING the game, it's not , it would be an EXTENSION of the game.... honing your skills or working on gear.... you shouldn't be exposed and it won't give you some crazy advantage.

[colekern 1364]

This might work, but nothing that would really give you an in-game advantage.

[jayman9696 14]

A phone App with your player and global stats would be cool. A phone app can't run your dayz Game play though