Spawning Without A Weapon

[CerberusZ 0]

With the patch not too long ago that made us no longer spawn with a Makarov, I'm honestly enjoying the game much more now. Before the patch all I ever did was wait for a select few of my friends to log on and we would venture together and shoot anybody on sight because the risk of us being betrayed and losing our stuff, or them being hostile (For which they probably had the exact same previous reason).

Now that we start out with nothing, I've met multiple other people that had just respawned and we've grouped up, helped each other and other people we've come across that didn't open fire on any of us, and have a lot more friends on steam that I can play with.

I know this kind of thread has been made a million times, but how do you feel?

[Turin (DayZ) 3]

Good to see that not everyone is negative and whiney about the change.

Personally, I love it.

[nick56x 0]

I personally haven't experienced without a weapon yet, reason being, I was lucky enough to have a character before that update. Nonetheless, it will make the game much more fun, and more challenging :D

[BurnToast 0]

well i have just been playing for the past 2 hours, sneaking and going into houses and buildings and such. and it was quite fun for a bit. now im just to the point where i want a damn weapon. ive picked up so much useless stuff, i just want something to defend myself with. im tired of if a zombie sees me, all i have is to run. yeah ik its realistic, but im probably just bitter because i keep dying because i bleed out after getting hit and running.

[dcskill 117]

Although it does make the game harder for new players, I like how it is easier to get small groups now. No need to worry about being back stabbed instantly. :)

[Orclev 0]

I personally haven't experienced without a weapon yet' date=' reason being, I was lucky enough to have a character before that update. Nonetheless, it will make the game much more fun, and more challenging :D

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Consider yourself lucky. I understand the "fear factor" of not having a weapon to start with, and overall it does seem like a positive change, but how many hours should a person have to search through the map before they find a broken lamp or half a brick to defend themselves. I'm not saying I want to find an ak-47 behind every blade of grass, or fly through the air with an arm-mounted Browning 50 caliber machine gun like a god after 3 minutes of gameplay. I would probably be a bit happier if I at least had a broom handle to poke zombies in the face with as they glitch through closed doors and crab slide through wire fences to stomp my face in, even if the effort was completely futile.

Sorry just played for long time today and found a total of 0 useful items. I have to admit it is rather fun but running through the world like a helpless behbeh with a pile of cans waiting to get strafed from the air by 5 week old characters in attack choppers gets dry after hour 4.

Please just tell me I'm doing it wrong.