So is this game just about Griefing?

[vTACv 25]

Hello all,

 

I've seen a ton of gameplay footage and have now read quite a few posts on the forums.  I've come to the conclusion that this game is a total grief fest and even the server rules promote griefing (ex - no kicking players for being bandits).

 

Before I decide to pay for this I would like to know, is this game a grief fest?

 

(I've played GTA:O and it's pretty much a grief fest KOS, I'm not about to pay money for another game like that)

hahaha You sir had just made my day!!!

[madhojo 1]

Thank you all for your answers.

 

I think that I'll pry hold off on this until either private servers become available or there are more tasks to do.  I think I will get this for Arma2 however, as I truly like the concept of Dayz.

[apollovulcan 93]

Right now, yes.

 

Until they add some sort of leveling system, or any resemblance of MMO features, trading, skills, abilities, etc; there is absolutely no point to allow another player to live.  All you're doing is giving them a chance to come back, find you, and kill you for your kindness.  If you keep them alive and bring them with you, you run the previous risk, and now they're using your resources up.

 

There's absolutely nothing else to the game right now besides moving from town to town for supplies, and finding other players to kill.  Running around looting and not ever going where you can assume players are, and avoiding combat at all costs, gets to be very boring.  You either go around killing players, or it's Hiking Simulator 2014.

[apollovulcan 93]

Thank you all for your answers.

 

I think that I'll pry hold off on this until either private servers become available or there are more tasks to do.  I think I will get this for Arma2 however, as I truly like the concept of Dayz.

 

I took a break from the DayZ mod for a few months, probably didn't play after 1.7.6 or .7.7, anyway, the mod has changed a lot, for the worse.  The Zombie AI is absolutely shit, the animations are absolutely shit, and now that I've played on Standalone, the graphics too :P

 

But seriously, whatever you do, don't let that give you an impression of what DayZ is supposed to be, or what standalone is going to be like.  The zombies in standalone are vastly improved.  You go into Elektro or Cherno right now, on an updated mod server, and there are 500 zombies everywhere you look.  That wouldn't be such a problem if they weren't all on meth and cracked out of their mind.  They all run at full speed, and eventually, they swarm you and get into a broken loop, where they keep alerting other zombies that you're there.  If you take refuge in a building, you better have a melee weapon to sit there for the next 20 minutes mindlessly hitting left click to kill the endless train that keeps rolling into your building.  Getting ready to swing?  Better wait for the zombie to warp around you 210 degrees and start swinging at you, to then end up where you were looking in the first place, and finally hit you.

 

The amount of zombies in the mod wouldn't be such a horribly implemented job, if the AI of them wasn't so horribly broken on the mod.

Edited January 17, 2014 by McG2

[gannon46 788]

Hello all,

 

I've seen a ton of gameplay footage and have now read quite a few posts on the forums.  I've come to the conclusion that this game is a total grief fest and even the server rules promote griefing (ex - no kicking players for being bandits).

 

Before I decide to pay for this I would like to know, is this game a grief fest?

 

(I've played GTA:O and it's pretty much a grief fest KOS, I'm not about to pay money for another game like that)

sorry you fell that way you can't judge this game by youtube videos, though it seems most people who record footage are usually D-bags. yes there is griefing, yes there are trolls, yes there are sickos, but there are also some cool ass randoms you can run into. its all about how you play and what you want to do. some folks just choose to do the bandit thing,and others do choose to do positive things. i think some of the griefing etc comes from boredom as they say or experimentation to see what effect different things have on the character. i've also played a lot of GTA5 and its nothing like that at all. make your own opinion about the game if it seems like your cup of tea then add some some sugar and drink that shit. hope to see you in game and if you need help getting started hit me up i'd me more than happy to join up and show you the ropes.

[madhojo 1]

I'll be in on Dayz Standalone for sure once more gets added.  I love the core concept but I'd just rather worry about zombies and not other humans (if I want PVP I play Battlefield3 (4 once it gets fixed...)).

 

Though if my buddy jumps on, I'll pry be on regardless haha.  (Can't let him go in alone)