Apart from basic human needs, what would you want in an apacalypse?

[Cydone 41]

(EDIT: DAMN I spelled apocalypse wrong, maybe I should add 9. Dictionary)

 

Anyone who has been in the wild for more than a few days, has a pretty good idea of what he/she would want to have access to, come an apocalypse.

 

Basic human needs are obvious: Food, Water & Shelter (and a gun)

 

Food and water is there ingame, but the shelter thing not really yet. Maybe when they implement being warm, cold, wet etc we will get the shelter part.

 

But the more interesting part I think is the longer survival conditions that you would need to have/get to survive, not just physically but also mentally.

What would those be for you? A light beer and blue jeans?

 

Having been in the army and on several survival trips into the wild I'm pretty sure of what I would want!

 

1. A hot meal

I know this will be implemented soon, so that we can get those nice hot meals, even if its just rice!

 

2. A hot shower

Probably a wierd thing to implement, but if they want realism, this is one of the most precious dreams you have when you are in the wild, that nice hot bath! People say you get used to your own bad smell, and you do. But the smell of smoke from the fires you make every night, gets to you over time. Everything will end up smelling of smoke. In the stone age people died at 30, not just because of saber tigers, but indeed because of an extremely unhealthy closeness to fire and smoke. I.e. take your grill indoor (don't), and you will either die or get ill.

 

3. Clean water to drink

Drinking water from ponds and streams, would make you ill pretty soon in an apocalypse, unless you are way off into the wild. Unless the apocalypse did nothing to the natural world, which I'd very much doubt. Water cooked over fire has a very bad taste of smoke, which for a day or two will be alright, but after a while start to get to you. Mentally this could be one of the things to bring you down given enough time. Clean water is a blessing, and is somewhat in game.

 

4. A warm bed

Nothing beats a good night sleep. I guess they can fit this into the game by sleeping in your tent or something, making you fully rested in the morning.

 

5. A sense of safety

Hard to get in this game. That would probably come only by joining a clan. Right now people are desperate and turn to battle logging, low pop servers, server hopping for loot etc. But hen all that is gone, what will they do?

 

6. Other people

Again, its fun to be in the wild for a while, but then you start to miss people, and so the next big thing would be to establish some kind of community, i'e clans.

 

7. Sex

If you are 12 years old, you might survive without this. But the older dudes won't and would look out for female (or same sex) fun. And the bad ones, the bandits :), would start raping everyone out there. Hard to add to the game, and would probably need an extreme rating. But if you want realism...

 

8. A plan/mission/goal/job

This is an easier one to implement. After a while roaming about and having survived the worst of it, you would want some kind of stability in your life.. again solved by grouping and clans.

 

More?

Edited January 6, 2014 by Cydone

[sai (DayZ) 137]

A twinkie.

[[email protected] 228]

A more in-depth medical system.

Bullets stick into wounds and must be removed.

Untreated wounds get iinfectd, causing fever and all the nice stuff.

[Ozar 108]

I totaly agree with point 6.

 

could be a way to getting people together in the game, rather then KOS.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Ozar

[Korsbaek 1778]

Nutella.. God I can't live without it.

[[email protected] 228]

Nutella.. God I can't live without it.

I approve of this.

[terminal_boy 860]

Poontang.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

I'd take a reinforced, electrically charged, mine surrounded, state of the art, nuclear bunker, with 8 feet thick titanium walls and enough food to feed 100 people for 100 years.

And a milkshake.

[quobble 175]

fishing while on a boat or on land

[Khad (DayZ) 293]

Regarding to the medical-system:

 

What if, you would need to sedite one in order to pull the bullets out of him.

If you don't, he can become unconscious or even die by reflex. 

 

You would have to sedite him with morphine. Or if you got none, you have to use alcohol. I would suggest, that you become unconscious by alcohol but can't die due the operation. 

[Lord peppercorn 0]

To be squadded up with ray mears & dean hall

[[email protected] 228]

You wear out while running. But you can find energy drinks to help yourself out.

[rooniedoo 68]

Nutella.. God I can't live without it.

What is life without Nutella?

 

 

 

3. Clean water to drink

Drinking water from ponds and streams, would make you ill pretty soon in an apocalypse, unless you are way off into the wild. Unless the apocalypse did nothing to the natural world, which I'd very much doubt. Water cooked over fire has a very bad taste of smoke, which for a day or two will be alright, but after a while start to get to you. Mentally this could be one of the things to bring you down given enough time. Clean water is a blessing, and is somewhat in game.

The mod did something where you have to like filter the water on a fireplace which would be cool in SA.

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

Clean shave and a cold beer.

[teufel937 49]

Booze and Tobacco.

[ZlobaRUS54 441]

wi-fi

[Korsbaek 1778]

I'd take a reinforced, electrically charged, mine surrounded, state of the art, nuclear bunker, with 8 feet thick titanium walls and enough food to feed 100 people for 100 years.

And a milkshake.

 

Why only 100 people? Go big or go home, right? :D

[TheWeedMan 132]

Awsome chart topping Russian music...Trololololol

[raynor009 204]

If you want sex you gonna need condoms. Cause unlike porn real pussy can kill you.

 

Oh and +1 for twinkies!

 

Edited January 6, 2014 by raynor009

[Commanderfluffy 20]

Clean water for sure, them water purifier tablets make the water taste like ass in real life. Other than that, some safe keeping and order. And my trusty K-9 dog.

[[email protected] 93]

 

screw the other 7

[TheWeedMan 132]

Bog roll....only so many times a man can wipe his ass with grass and leafs before the ring sting sets in.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

Why only 100 people? Go big or go home, right? :D

Tryin to keep it realistic, ya know?

[Nienko 41]

Porn..

Because pussy can kill you.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Nienko

[axtranti 23]

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