Starting items

[billyangstadt 272]

I would really like to see the knife and matches as starting items. I have recently come across some and they're life savers.

The fact that I can hunt animals, cook, and harvest them is amazing.

I won't have to venture into towns in search of supplies as often. Awesome addition.

[Leechman 8]

Disagree.

[griffinz 2816]

Disagree.

[beeman 1]

Giving more as starting items is silly. Especially when you consider how difficult it's supposed to be to survive out there in a desolated country filled with zombies and CoD-lovin' bandits.

I don't hate banditry, but I do like making fun of CoD >_>

[gloopy 6]

I disagree with OP.

You should have to find everything. I wouldn't even be against starting without a weapon but it would cause absolute havoc for people camping the shores and PKing. At least if you have a makarov you have some chance to defend yourself.

[hexik 1]

I wish we didnt even spawn with water or food tbh.

[dreadstorm 3]

I wish we spawned naked.

On a more serious note I think the less the better.

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

I would really like to see the knife and matches as starting items. I have recently come across some and they're life savers.

The fact that I can hunt animals' date=' cook, and harvest them is amazing.

I won't have to venture into towns in search of supplies as often. Awesome addition.

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But that's the point, why would you spawn with the tools that make survival a lesser problem from the start?

[Alex (DayZ) 8]

Disagree; find your kits people!

[Zarathustra (DayZ) 87]

I would be in favor of reducing starting weapons and medical equipment (remove two clips of Makarov ammo, one morphine syringe, one bandage and one box of pain killers) and in return increasing the survival kit to include matches and knife.

It seems more in keeping with what you would really take with you if you found yourself in such a situation: few people would have access to proper medical supplies, but most would bring along a knife and fire-starting equipment.

[dallas 5195]

The items you currectly spawn with wont last for long, forcing you to begin playing the game as intended.

[lighthaze 0]

tbh, I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Yes, this is a survival game, but especially simple items are really common. Hell, I've got about a five knives within 5 meters of me. But no gun. What about giving the player a choice:

Upon respawning you can chose from:

- Food and Water

- a compass

- a knife and matches, but no gun.

Give us choice. Balance out all choices so that starting never is easy.

[billyangstadt 272]

After reading your points, I agree. Less is better.

[Land Squid 22]

I'd say something a little more random.

0-3 random food items.

0-2 random medical items

0-1 random field gear (map, compass, watch, knife, matches)

random pistol (Mak, M1911, M9, revolver) with 2-4 magazines/clips

ETA: Also this might keep people from spawn-surfing till they get the starting location they want, for instance if they manage to spawn with a map + 1911 w/ 4 mags.

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

Yeah now they would be gear surfing til they get a map and/or compass.

[Land Squid 22]

Or you could just stack the deck. Die for the first time after playing the same character for 10 hours? Good chance at getting the field gear and better pistols. The more respawns you have inside of an hour the less and less likely you'll get get the field gear and better pistols (leave food and medical supply chance the same for all respawns).

[ippikiki 13]

I wish we didnt even spawn with water or food tbh.

DONT YOU DARE STOP THE BEAN WARS

on-topic: starting items we spawn with are more than enough, and giving people a knife and some matches will just make it way too easy. fuckin casuals.

[Banano (DayZ) 0]

Should start out with nothing but the clothes on your back, and the hair on your chest.

[guran 1]

I would be in favor of reducing starting weapons and medical equipment (remove two clips of Makarov ammo' date=' one morphine syringe, one bandage and one box of pain killers) and in return increasing the survival kit to include matches and knife.

It seems more in keeping with what you would really take with you if you found yourself in such a situation: few people would have access to proper medical supplies, but most would bring along a knife and fire-starting equipment.

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Is there any kind story in DayZ anyway? It might as well be that you're just washed up on the shore one day.. If it's the case you wouldn't have any time to plan for what gear you should take with you.

In my opinion you should start with even less gear then you start with now, it's way to generous as it's. Surviving should be hard and you should have to work for it.

[fox808 40]

I disagree with OP. In fact I wish we spawned with LESS items than currently.