The future importance of hunting, cooking, the northlands and rare items (with pics!)

[JESUSARIUS REX (DayZ) 163]

i think food spawns should be greatly reduced, and animals given realistic habits so you HAVE to hunt to survive, and also LEARN how to hunt semirealistically

[UbuntuFoo 40]

The argument that cold canned food isn't as filling is pretty bunk. The cooking process softens foods and weakens their molecules making it easier to digest. Think raw pasta vs. overcooked pasta; raw digests slower. Satisfaction is a different story of course.

I love the idea of unique rewards in the northern POI. And eliminating static military loot spawns. Maybe randomizing their spawn location between 2x as many spots as their are currently so hoppers don't camp the same buildings all day

Edited December 28, 2013 by UbuntuFoo

[Shaun of the Dead 36]

Why wouldn't the person go north, gear up then go back to the coast for the beans and the bambis? 

[serenityrick 218]

Why wouldn't the person go north, gear up then go back to the coast for the beans and the bambis? 

 

Some would.. but it would be a lot more inconvenient than it is now for them to do so

[James MacDonald 14]

The problem here is that once they finish the map and have the new villages and cities etc etc fully complete, most of the northern area you've marked as 'Extremely rare' will be in the middle of it.

[serenityrick 218]

The problem here is that once they finish the map and have the new villages and cities etc etc fully complete, most of the northern area you've marked as 'Extremely rare' will be in the middle of it.

 

And?

 

The idea is that the buildings in those areas would hardly ever spawn prepared/canned food

[Morrighan 15]

I thought this thread said (and pies!) There should be pies. I am formally requesting pies right now.

[James MacDonald 14]

And?

 

The idea is that the buildings in those areas would hardly ever spawn prepared/canned food

So the cities such as Cherno, Elektro, Berezino and all the minor settlements on the coast has food and the minor, medium and large villages/cities up north has none? 

Thats just dumb. Sure, the small towns far away from any life can have low food, but following the new highway up north should still have food.

[Novalis 17]

The decision between city and countryside should be made with the same background as in popular zombie apocalypse scenarios.

You rather avoid cities because they are full of zombies yet also offer resources and If you chose the countryside you may face less zombies yet you face probably starvation.

 

And yes, the half finished city of Guba at the coast and the totally unfinished (really big) city north of the eastern airfield should offer the same resources like any other city, I think. 

[Leto (DayZ) 72]

The rarity seems great, As it currently stands, the east coast is completely abandoned, and anyone I know that spawns over there just dies until they get close to churno or west of it.

 

That's because they expanded the military area at Balota, added a military base north of Kamenka and removed the military tents at Berezino. Quite a mistake IMHO.