How is Dean going draw more players to the north?

[iAwesome 128]

Right now I feel like the majority of the players are heading for balota. Me and some friends was playing on a full server for several hours running from Komarovo - > Zelenogorsk - > Green Mountain - > Pustoshka - > Stary Sobor - > NWA Gorka etc etc. without encountering any other players. :/ 

[SneezeJunky 12]

I'm always running north. But I guess most doesn't bother running so far, which I completely get.

 

But i'm surprised you haven't met anyone up north

 

 

 

EDIT: As soon as they add some sort of transportation and basebuilding / something to set up a camp with. Then people will start going north. Trust me

Edited December 21, 2013 by SneezeJunky

[Fortune_Finder 33]

There's probably still a lot of fresh spawns running around the coast. If you go to the far north you will notice a lot of new small towns have been added.

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

The plebs can stay south and beat each other to death with shovels at Balota, more stuff for me where the loot actually is.

[Aussie Bogan 350]

I think over time when the Bambi's learn the map,

 

Curiosity will push them north...

 

Although other people may think it's pointless running hours north for not much action in return.

 

Currently the shore line appears to be where the action is at and that is where the majority will stay for the time being.

[Diggydug (DayZ) 331]

If the server hopping is fixed people won't have much of a choice.

[AP_Norris 1018]

I usually hide from people up North, whenever somebody with a gun has seen me they tend to shoot.

I ran around with three people that didn't have guns.

The only one that tried to kill me was an Asian newspawn after I dropped him a pistol and a can of tuna.

The pistol was empty though, so he tried punching me, I had to shoot him in the leg to get him to stop chasing me.

[daank89 1]

Make more spawn places there?

[CornProducts 315]

Give the newcomers a chance, it's been out less than a week. I couldn't get any farther than Mogilevka for my first 2 tries. There are plenty of reasons to leave the coast if you enjoy exploring the new locations and additions. Plus there's that loot filled tent city on the north end of the runwa... I've said too much.

[YZ250 248]

And you just needed to post this, ohh dear . FORUM becomes TWITTER

[iAwesome 128]

And you just needed to post this, ohh dear . FORUM becomes TWITTER

I didn't need to, but I felt like it. I was just wondering whether or not he had any plans for this yet. But as some people mention, transportation and being able to store your gear in camps will eventually draw more players north. 

 

Edit: And maybe just nuke Balota. Too much military loot there and server hoppers. 

Edited December 21, 2013 by iAwesome

[Korsbaek 1778]

 server hoppers. 

 

Server hopping, anti-hack and combat logging are all high priority right now.

 

Stay calm young grasshopper.

 

I just love that expression.

[gaznox 7]

 

 

EDIT: As soon as they add some sort of transportation and basebuilding / something to set up a camp with. Then people will start going north. Trust me

 

Agreed. More transportation leads to more exploration. Basebuilding/item storage leads to deep exploration.

[gregor (DayZ) 95]

Why you needs there more players? More stuff for you...Also, maybe Dean will later add several passes through "north Mountains" to Russia? Where would be more new stuff and another area to play..? :)

Edited December 21, 2013 by gregor

[Honoba 0]

We're far north, i think the issue for us is, we've smashed out this map so many times in the mod, that nothing looks any different. we've not stayed silent nor have we sat in one place just roaming from town to town. all up between the four of us we've run into 3 people.

at the moment chances are one of us will be killed by a rand zed glitching through a floor, rather then anything else.

 

i think once we're able to store items and setup some form of home base everything will change and it will be on like donkey kong. 

[louis25 1]

south west i believe according to my compass theres where all the pvp happens amirite?

 

the map is huge ive explored a lot but no pvp at all, seems like pvp happens at one millitary base and im missing out

 

a map to find would be handy...or more map spawns since i never ever found one?

 

could anyone tell me which direction to go for the military base? i has compass :D

[victusmortuus 1074]

I honestly only see the solution being coastal bombing runs. Or perhaps the chance of getting sick is increased on the coast, near major cities. Perhaps needing a Gasmask/Respirator to head to the major parts of Chernarus.

 

I also made this type of thread with a poll and most forumers don't care about coast monkeys. :(

[Sickerthansars 53]

Well if you look at the map, or if youre like me and you have explored the far north already you would see there are a lot of empty "parking" lot type areas where buildings etc could go, People in the mod originally went north particularly northeast because back in the old days you could drink from the ocean and setting up camp in the northeast provided you access to water, military loot NEAF and a hospital Berzino right now after you get a mosin/m4 with so few zombies its easy to stock up on food, water, medical supplies you might as well go back south and pvp.

 

Once more things are added to the game you will see more and more people venturing out I would like to point out the map on dayzdb is completely wrong, some goof labeled a barn and a train station as a hospital, there are no hospitals in the far north

[Sickerthansars 53]

sorry for the double post

Edited December 21, 2013 by Sickerthansars

[ImageCtrl 719]

No cars, tents atm and thousends of new players. This is not a map design problem. Wait two months and the players use the whole map. I don´t see a "problem".