Death Counter in main menu

[Greaves 131]

Oh hi there,

 

I searched for about 20 seconds (cause i'm lazy like that) and couldn't find a similar topic, so here goes.

 

 

A lot of people don't really value their lives in DayZ. Sure, if they're geared up, they care. But if you were to rob them, most don't care if you shoot them afterwards.

 

The thing is, DayZ is a survival game. Which means: if you die, you failed at the game. Luckely, you get another chance.

 

So i say, let's have a Death Counter in the main menu. Hell, make it visible on Steam, for all i care. So that if you kill yourself to get a better spawn, or carelessly shoot everybody you see and die cause you attracted folks with gunfire, people can see how much you suck at the game.

 

Fewest deaths & longest playtime = most skilled DayZ player.

Maybe add an average deaths number to that, so you can get an even bigger e-dick. I'm all for it.

Please do not be shy. Bestow upon me your opinions.

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[Liege 70]

a much better idea is the average time alive scenario... in another thread, i'll see if i can find it.

 

3 times recorded on our main screen..

 

this life

your average life

and your longest survival time

[Canned Muffins 82]

Sure some sort of tracker system whether it be deaths,zombies killed,players helped,ect would be nice to see every now and again.

[Greaves 131]

Hmmm.. (average) time alive might be better indeed, although the difference isn't that big. The only difference i see is that instead of people fearing to get to the average death number, they're gonna try to make it to (and over) the average time alive number. Which is slightly more positive, i guess. 

[Liege 70]

Greaves, thats pretty much right, the thread (which i cant find atm) also states that an "average" alive time might stop people from spawn suiciding as it will lower the average time significantly.... the important word there is "might"

[Greaves 131]

Greaves, thats pretty much right, the thread (which i cant find atm) also states that an "average" alive time might stop people from spawn suiciding as it will lower the average time significantly.... the important word there is "might"

 

Thats one of the things that should be prevented more with both these options. I'm pretty sure it will stop quite a percentage of players who do this. And the rest, well, they'll still suck at the game, and we'll have numbers to back that up ^^.

 

This means some sort of DayZ profile should be created though. So other people can see your stats.

(Or maybe just display it in the playerlist when you press ''P'')

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[Liege 70]

found it.. the first 3 or 4 posts pretty much sum it up..

 

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/163066-name-of-the-game-survival/#entry1644334

 

@OP: I would have no problems with a death counter (private) just for the info. but definately no kill counter.

[Greaves 131]

found it.. the first 3 or 4 posts pretty much sum it up..

 

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/163066-name-of-the-game-survival/#entry1644334

 

@OP: I would have no problems with a death counter (private) just for the info. but definately no kill counter.

 

Thanks.

 

Yes, i wasn't going to suggest a kill counter. It's DayZ, not Unreal Tournament.

 

 

(LOL i actually replied to that thread. Completely forgotten it. Shame on me.)

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[hells high 676]

Never was one for stats. Kills, deaths, times, bleh. My character has been alive for so long I'm kind of scared to actually see it in text though.

[Greaves 131]

Never was one for stats. Kills, deaths, times, bleh. My character has been alive for so long I'm kind of scared to actually see it in text though.

 

But wouldn't you like to see others strife for longevity as well?

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

Oh hi there,

Fewest deaths & longest playtime = most skilled DayZ player.

Maybe add an average deaths number to that, so you can get an even bigger e-dick. I'm all for it.

Please do not be shy. Bestow upon me your opinions.

 

Oh please, "surviving" in this game is so incredibly easy, just go through a small town and stock up on food and water and you can sit out in the woods for as long as you want.

Kill/death counter I could agree on, but putting up a death counter adds nothing when the spawn system is shit and there are so many bugs in this game.

[Greaves 131]

Oh please, "surviving" in this game is so incredibly easy, just go through a small town and stock up on food and water and you can sit out in the woods for as long as you want.

 

Do you know anyone who does this? Probably not, cause it would be fucking boring.

 

And a kill counter would only encourage KoS.

 

I do agree that a Death Counter should be put in AFTER game-breaking glitches are fixed, but the spawn points are fine.

People are just mad they don't get geared up in 5 minutes, cause then they can't KoS 15 people a day.

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[BL1P 252]

I would like to see others strive to survive more and just deal with the spawns they are given.

One of the worst examples i know of is what a young guy who comes in our TS said... and I quote.

 

"omg thats like the 10th time I spawned in the same town after I suicided".

 

Something the Devs could do is if you die within 30mins of being a fresh spawn then you spawn back in the same town again.

Although I would like a full stats system as well.

Edited January 16, 2014 by BL1P

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

Do you know anyone who does this? Probably not, cause it would be fucking boring.

 

And a kill counter would only encourage KoS.

 

Judging from all the anti-KoS thread, yeah, there seems to be a shitload of people doing just this. Spending their time in villages no one ever goes to.

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

I would like to see others strive to survive more and just deal with the spawns they are given.

One of the worst examples i know of is what a young guy who comes in our TS said... and I quote.

 

"omg thats like the 10th time I spawned in the same town after I suicided".

 

Something the Devs could do is if you die within 30mins of being a fresh spawn then you spawn back in the same town again.

Although I would like a full stats system as well.

 

Devs could fix the broken spawn system that spawns you on the east coast 90% of the time instead of breaking the game even more.

[Greaves 131]

Judging from all the anti-KoS thread, yeah, there seems to be a shitload of people doing just this. Spending their time in villages no one ever goes to.

 

I highly doubt that actully happens. People will get bored after 5 minutes. You might as well log out if you're just gonna camp there, and are scared of everyone.

 

People either KoS, or hunt the ones who do. Not much else to do at the moment, exept for some specific roleplaying (which is awesome)

[Greaves 131]

Devs could fix the broken spawn system that spawns you on the east coast 90% of the time instead of breaking the game even more.

 

Why is it broken though. Just make sure you don't die. People who complain about spawns should have other things to worry about, like dying less.

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[Element47 2481]

Devs could fix the broken spawn system that spawns you on the east coast 90% of the time instead of breaking the game even more.

 

the spawn system is not broken, its not finished, and limited for testing purposes. you must be new here, welcome to the alpha.

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

the spawn system is not broken, its not finished, and limited for testing purposes. you must be new here, welcome to the alpha.

 

I say it is broken because it worked fine, then a patch came out that broke it. I'm guessing you never played the mod where the spawnsystem worked like that, welcome to the alpha.

[soulfirez 901]

Im certainly not against the idea infact i kinda like it lol ....

 

But id hold off on any idea like this until well the games is out i have spent alot of time trying to find bugs trying to figure in what situation they happen the most .

 

So my death count to ladders is pretty high (lol last time i checked i found my biggest chance of being thrown off the ladder came from crrouching weapon in hand while triggering the ladder may have changed i havent tried since last patch actually but then they never listed it was fixed so my assumption is it still apllies lol.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Oh please, "surviving" in this game is so incredibly easy, just go through a small town and stock up on food and water and you can sit out in the woods for as long as you want.

Kill/death counter I could agree on, but putting up a death counter adds nothing when the spawn system is shit and there are so many bugs in this game.

Of course it's easy.  It's for testing purposes.  Testing for bugs wouldn't be that good if people were dying from hunger all the time.  Oh just in case you missed it when loading up the game

 

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

Of course it's easy.  It's for testing purposes.  Testing for bugs wouldn't be that good if people were dying from hunger all the time.  Oh just in case you missed it when loading up the game

 

 

How about you actually read the post I was commenting on before trying to look smart.

He was talking about how your survival length is based on skill when it's very much not.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

How about you actually read the post I was commenting on before trying to look smart.

He was talking about how your survival length is based on skill when it's very much not.

And read your post that I quoted.  I was commenting on why it was easy.

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

And read your post that I quoted.  I was commenting on why it was easy.

 

Well thank you captain obvious for not providing any feedback to the thread, as I was not complaining about the difficulty.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Oh please, "surviving" in this game is so incredibly easy, just go through a small town and stock up on food and water and you can sit out in the woods for as long as you want.

Kill/death counter I could agree on, but putting up a death counter adds nothing when the spawn system is shit and there are so many bugs in this game.

 

 

Judging from all the anti-KoS thread, yeah, there seems to be a shitload of people doing just this. Spending their time in villages no one ever goes to.

 

 

Devs could fix the broken spawn system that spawns you on the east coast 90% of the time instead of breaking the game even more.

 

 

I say it is broken because it worked fine, then a patch came out that broke it. I'm guessing you never played the mod where the spawnsystem worked like that, welcome to the alpha.

 

 

Well thank you captain obvious for not providing any feedback to the thread, as I was not complaining about the difficulty.

The bolded part is the only contribution you made to the topic at hand.  The rest was you complaining about spawns and KoS