Whats the fun in this?

[Jamz 253]

I find night time play to be.. dull.. now, there is no fear left in the game after you have played it for some time. I find deserted towns much more eerie in the daylight, with more associated risk.

[Skadefr0en 61]

Craux, what do you want to say with your topic? First you tell everybody you are new to the game, then you're saying you want to stalk bandits in the woods at nighttime - it makes no sense, 100% chance of bullet in the head.

Where are you going with this? What do you want?

[p4triot 207]

I like to play at nights, but for this purpose this game needs one thing desperately.

I always feel like my character is an idiot who can't hold a makarov and a flashlight at the same time xD

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

There would need to be more options to make nighttime viable. The majority of players with NVG´s are Bandits who just killed people untill they got some (and therefor a skilled shooters, since theyre still alive), or they found some in duped/scripted tents. Meaning the people with the only low light vision equipment are most likely going to blow your brain out. Using Flares to see is worthless, and a 90% death sentence unless the server is virtually empty, and chemlights light up a tiny area. The flashlight is much more usefull, but switching from that to a Enfield or CZ550 rifle takes so long that the target you found with the light already hid. The workaround for this is having either a Remington 870, a M4A3 or a Glock. They arent super rare, but theyre rare enough that there is a much higher chance of you getting murdered. The FN FAL AN/PVS-4 NV Scopes rifle is also a workaround, but that confines you to nighttime raids only. So because of all these having disadvantages, many people will just adjust their graphical settings to see during the night. And if you do that whats the point. Giving us the option to carry the flashlight in one hand, while holding a sidearm in the other, and a loss of accuracy would be a big improovement. In either case this has gone of course.

Look at the servers name, it will often include a timestamp, of which timezone the server runs after. Use that to find nighttime servers.

The only thing I use for night is flares. And I don't think I've ever gotten shot at night whilst running around with them. And I play on a full server. Plus, flares are what make this game great.

[smore98 225]

Even with night-time servers, individuals will eventually get sick of the night and either leave for a daytime server or boost their gamma up.

I don't mind night too much to the point where I will ultimately refuse to join any server with night time. It aggravates me yes, but I still find it to be a challenge. Just hope you have the moon guiding your path.