DadisAjax 1 Posted June 20, 2012 Ok... the axe should certainly be able to be held in a tool slot instead of being a massive 10-slot burden, that or separate "axe" (melee) and "hatchet" (firewood tool) into two separate items. BUT...(now that the "suggestion" part of this thread is done.)OMG! I had the most amazingly tense, scary, and satisfying player interaction last night because of it!!!At dusk with light low, I'm running from 2 or 3 Zs with just an axe and a starter backpack and ~7k blood. I've long since used my only bandage and painkiller, and threw that useless flashlight away. As I enter an industrial barn (the one with stairs leading up to cat walk) to make my last stand, I'm startled when I notice not only a Z standing near the bottom of the stairs inside, but 2 more up on the cat walk above me on the right, and one of them is holding an AXE!!! HOLY CRAP! Zs can USE an axe now?!?!?On second glance I realize that the 2nd Z is actually a player, and he's swinging at the other Z on the catwalk. At first I'm scared, players are by far the most dangerous thing in the game! But then I realize that he is wearing a starter backpack too and probably doesn't have a gun either. Also, he's up on the catwalk where he can't reach me with the axe, so I guess he isn't a threat?... What a wierd feeling. Never been there before in my DayZ life.There's no going back now, because my chasers will be entering soon, so I go over and start hacking at the Z near the stairs and he turns his attention to me. I knock him down and turn to meet those entering the door now. I string them out across the barn to try to engage them one at a time. As I do, the player finishes off the Z above and comes down the stairs, flanking the Zs who are intent on me. We catch them between the two of us and fell about 4 or 5 like a pair of lumberjacks. I take a couple blows, and am down to ~5k blood but not bleeding (did it stop on its own?)."Whew!" I say in Direct channel "That was close."The other player turns to the side and I see blood spurting out of his arm."Hey, you're bleeding." I add.He kneels down to start bandaging himself and I move over to check some of the Zs for anything they may have been carrying. I need a bandage BAD and would have been racing to find one to save my life if I was bleeding out from the fight. I hide the body as I finish so I can tell which I've searched and which are left to be checked, and as I move to check the second corpse the player moves along side, facing me.OH NO YOU DON'T!!! I immediately move away from him in anticipation of him swinging his axe at my head, like every almost every other player that I didn't personally know has done ever since the Bandit Skin went away (which I like btw, but needs "something"). But, he didn't swing, he was looting too. So I check another corpse, but keep maneuvering to keep my unlikely partner ahead of me, in sight, and more than an axe handle distance away from me.When our search was done, the player turned without a word and headed out the opposite door that I entered and I never saw him again.What an AMAZING fight and interaction with another player! All without him having to say a single word. I LOVE IT!!! How do we get more of this in the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oliva 2 Posted June 20, 2012 I won't be that friendly next time.Take this as an advice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
