Ghillie Suit removes backpack

[Xianyu 820]

Didn't see a suggestion for this.

A 'balance' for the ghillie suit.

We've all seen one. Hell, a lot of us have HAD one. Ghillie suits are awesome. They're camouflaged. You're pretty much invisible at close range. Come the standalone, with new ideas for grass obfuscation at distances, and ghillie suits will reign supreme. They're gonna be scary.

So what I'm suggesting is that, in keeping with the profile of the ghillie suit, you can't use a backpack while wearing it. You're limited to only the chest-and-back piece that lies flush your character's form. I forget what it's called.

That way, if you want to remain unseen by everyone around you, you have to sacrifice the ability to carry huge loads. You get one primary weapon (most likely an AS50. Don't even pretend like that isn't standing attire for a ghillie suit) and your sidearm. No more keeping a M4SD sitting in your backpack for dealing with the zombies. If you're wearing a ghillie suit, you're generally not hunting zombies.

This would push the ghillie suit into a more team-oriented tool. Have a guy with a ghillie suit sniping for you, from the hillside. Rather than four guys in ghillie suits looting everything in sight.

And if people want to argue 'realism', and 'waaaah, just because I'm wearing a ghillie suit doesn't mean I can't use a czech backpack!' I present thee with evidence.

Do you see a backpack?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

*edit* seeing as people are already QQing about the idea, a caveat is that you can equip a backpack, but the chest-and-back backpack is the only one that goes UNDER the ghillie suit. So you can wear a czech, but it'll be this big giant lumpy thing on the wookies back.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Xianyu

[rustledmyjimmies 361]

Yeah, that's because they aren't in a zombie apocalypse. Just because someone is wearing a ghillie suit that does not mean they don't want to wear a backpack even if it does slightly increase their visibility.

[thesodesa 99]

Balancing for the sake of balancing isn't a good thing, since it carries the possibility of making the game mechanics unauthentic.

Why wouldn't you be able to carry a backpack while in a ghillie?

Sure, it would completely destroy your camouflage, but it's not like you couldn't fit backpacks or rucksacks on your back.

Therefore I'm against this.

[Food 309]

I actually kind of like this idea, and I usually wear a ghillie. It adds a little balance to it, plus it's true. You can't really wear a giant backpack with one on unless you put it over it which kind of defeats the purpose of the ghillie suit.

[Xianyu 820]

Okay, so if it's 'unrealistic', then fine. Have a backpack.

On the outside of the suit.

[chakijz 174]

I've never really thought about that, but it's a great idea. Have my beans.

[thesodesa 99]

Okay, so if it's 'unrealistic', then fine. Have a backpack.

On the outside of the suit.

Trust me, I will and I don't care. I just want to look like a wookie with a backpack.

[Leto (DayZ) 72]

I just think the bakcpack should show over the ghillie suit. If the person wearing it needs to go "full camouflage", they can drop the backpack in bush and get it back once they are done hiding.

[taco241 393]

Who here hunts wild turkey? Those sumbitches are notorious for spotting people. That's why many of us wear ghillie-style outfits when hunting them from the ground. I usually also carry a backpack at the same time. A regular camo one blends in surprinsingly well.

In game, let's leave the option up to the player. Why not be able to carry a pack over your ghillie. If you stand out, it's your problem. And maybe you can find a camo pack that blends in a bit better with the suit.

[ButtHat 96]

Trust me, I will and I don't care. I just want to look like a wookie with a backpack.

What he said.

[Shiki Nanaya 9]

If they did take this suggestion, and I would be okay if they did, then that would probably open up possibility for more camouflaged gear.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Shiki Nanaya

[Rekli 995]

yes you can see the back pack easily...unless its a CAMOFLAGED bag?

[Sutinen 635]

If I don't have a base and want a ghillie suit, why in the fuck would I drop my backpack to make it slightly harder for everyone to notice me?

[Xianyu 820]

If I don't have a base and want a ghillie suit, why in the fuck would I drop my backpack to make it slightly harder for everyone to notice me?

I dunno? Maaaaaaybe because of the fact that it's obviously a pre-made ghillie suit and wouldn't fit a czech backpack underneath it? Or have you failed to notice your backpack disappearing into the ether somehow when you equip a suit?

[Sutinen 635]

I dunno? Maaaaaaybe because of the fact that it's obviously a pre-made ghillie suit and wouldn't fit a czech backpack underneath it? Or have you failed to notice your backpack disappearing into the ether somehow when you equip a suit?

No, you can wear it over your ghillie suit.. That will be fixed in the Standalone.

[thesodesa 99]

I just think the bakcpack should show over the ghillie suit. If the person wearing it needs to go "full camouflage", they can drop the backpack in bush and get it back once they are done hiding.

The fact that the backpack doesn't show when you are wearing a ghillie suit or a bandit skin is obviously a semantic bug. It's not like the devs want it to be that way. It'll be fixed in the SA like the above poster said.

[leviski 2152]

Omnomnoms are what i wish for

However No ghillie suits are so rare that they shouldn't be penalised

[Death_Dealer 3155]

Or you could just put camo netting and shrubbery over the backpack?

[Max Planck 7174]

Will ghillie suits even be in the standalone? I don't know, you don't know, we don't know.

Nobody knows.

EDIT: I kind of hope they won't.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Max Planck

[ibux (DayZ) 22]

EDIT: I kind of hope they won't.

i hope they won`t also

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

Add a ghillied backpack version for every pack. When you put on a ghille you still have a big bulging pack, but it matches your suit. If you want a smaller profile, drop the pack.