No gun, so give us a knife upon spawn?

[Arkham 0]

So we are supposed to be fishermen who wash up on shore with only the most bare of equipment, right?

They took away our guns upon spawn, reducing the bean wars and making life much harder. Now we are utterly defenseless.

So why not let us spawn with a melee weapon? I dont know if hunting knives are melee yet (have not tried latest patch) but giving us one of those might be a good idea. Most fishermen usually keep a knife on them for cutting nets and whatnot. Will allow us to kill zeds if they get too close before we find a firearm, but not make it so there are noobwars at the spawnpoints.

Thoughts?

[PieceOfDust 11]

Guns were taken away specifically to make it more difficult.

While I acknowledge that this will make me sound like a Rocket Drone, I would like to say the following:

I for one welcome the increased difficulty; zombies were a bit too easy to deal with before.

[Arkham 0]

Yes, and I welcome the difficulty. However making it TOO hard will scare away new players. A gun made it too easy for people to run rampant at spawn. A knife or other melee item would at least give us that much more of a fighting chance. I'm likely to pop a few zeds in the head if they get too close, i would only start swinging at a zed with a knife only if i had no other choice.

[Dingus (DayZ) 429]

I always kind of hoped players would spawn inside a house that already has random loot piles in it. Then take whatever you have available in your house before leaving the house. The only set back is people suiciding to find a house with the desired set of randomized items.

[NedEleven 1]

No offense OP, but it sounds like you're just lazy. No, really.

Take a look at this link:

http://picacid.com/arma2/loot_en.html

As you can see, the Hatchet has a spawn chance of 10.78% in industrial structures and 6.12% in farming structures, making it an incredibly common item.

Now, check out this fucking awesome map.

Every single yellow and green dot is an area where the hatchet can spawn.

Honestly, if you haven't found a hatchet within 20 minutes of spawning on the beach, you're doing something wrong.