Maybe nerf the healing a little?

[Karmaterror 982]

Ok so im finding that the healing status is waaaay too effective. From the vids explaining the system I gather it regens at 1hp or blood per second. Id say reduce that to at the most 0.5, personally id like it around 0.10-0.25 per sec, but I think that may be a little extreme for some tastes. 

 

That plus reducing food a little more in the next patch, and survival might feel like a challenge again :D

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From what I've experienced in game, food spawn is reduced as of last patch.

[beani5003 28]

your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

[Franchi (DayZ) 146]

your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

Eat and drink everything you find, fill up at pumps and ponds, keep your charecter stuffed, and you will get healing then healthy, if you only eat when the game nags you you never will

[gibonez 3633]

Regen is fine, when it actually works :/

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your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

 

No insult, but you're not doing it the right way then. Eat and drink until you're full.

[Karmaterror 982]

your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

 

Have you watched the vids explaining food and drink....I couldnt get it either, but after watching those vids i had it within 10 mins, and i havent lost it yet. The healing its self is too quick for me. Like i take a bit of a beating from a couple of zeds, dispatch them and check inv....it says healing, but by the time i reach the treeline its back to healthy. 

 

I suppose cranking the zombie damage could have the same effect :)

[faramon 66]

I used to be one of those "I am never healthy" Guys .... but I figure the 100% way to get there is this:

 

1 Bag of rice

5 cans of food

Water pump til full.

 

And then to keep it there just eat everything you find in between.

 

I normally have like 2 cans of food on me just in case I find myself wandering but that's it. With this method I am like 90% healthy short of being shot or zombie'd.

 

As for OP ... maybe on hardcore? 0.35 on hardcore, 1 on regular ... so us softer gamers can enjoy the game but still gives option of hardcore folk to extra hardcore it up ;P

[Irenicus (DayZ) 289]

your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

Then you're doing it wrong. I get healthy on every character within the first hour.

[Jack Dant 158]

The whole blood and health mechanic feels wrong to me, for this kind of game. I'd rather keep it regen the way it is, or maybe easier, but add more meaningful wounds. Our characters shrug off gunshots like they are nothing. Get shot by a 30 cal? Just bandage, maybe pop some painkillers and good to go. This is stupid. Wounds should take a while to heal and require attention in the meantime.

 

Regarding the healthy status, has anyone gained it since the patch? My usual method of rice and water has failed me since the last update and the "rebalancing" of stomach capacity.

[xoligy 8]

My character before patch = Always healthy
My "new" character after patch = Is it disabled? lol

So far i have been fully fed drank enough eaten cereal a whole box! And the only message ive had is the normal im stuffed, ive over eaten and "Stuffed" in the inventory tab.

[Karmaterror 982]

What got me thinking about this was hunting on the mod. With the zeds doing so much damage per hit now hunting is a real nesesity for solo play. But this whole healing thing just seems like it would remove the need to hunt.  If food gets more rare as loot, then it could be better (and yep....i mean even more rare than now :P), because i can still leave a town with 3+ cans of food. If they made real food super rare we would have to lean towards berry picking or hunting more to survive :)

 

 

The whole blood and health mechanic feels wrong to me, for this kind of game. I'd rather keep it regen the way it is, or maybe easier, but add more meaningful wounds. Our characters shrug off gunshots like they are nothing. Get shot by a 30 cal? Just bandage, maybe pop some painkillers and good to go. This is stupid. Wounds should take a while to heal and require attention in the meantime.

 

Regarding the healthy status, has anyone gained it since the patch? My usual method of rice and water has failed me since the last update and the "rebalancing" of stomach capacity.

 

This sort of came from how easy it is to heal atm. If regen took a lot longer id imagine people would try to avoid getting into situations that cost them valuable blood :)

[Karmaterror 982]

I used to be one of those "I am never healthy" Guys .... but I figure the 100% way to get there is this:

 

1 Bag of rice

5 cans of food

Water pump til full.

 

And then to keep it there just eat everything you find in between.

 

I normally have like 2 cans of food on me just in case I find myself wandering but that's it. With this method I am like 90% healthy short of being shot or zombie'd.

 

As for OP ... maybe on hardcore? 0.35 on hardcore, 1 on regular ... so us softer gamers can enjoy the game but still gives option of hardcore folk to extra hardcore it up ;P

 

See this is something that bothers me, i really really like the sound of a "hardcore" mode, where loot is super rare. But i feel if they did do this then they need to do it for both hives. I dont want to play in 1st all the time on hardcore hives, but i would still relish the extra challenge from some gameplay tweaks. Maybe if they did a "survival" mode, that could be run on both the 1st only, and 3rd enabled hives then it would be good :)

[xoligy 8]

What you have to remember is the following:

There are not much zeds in the game at the moment and they still need work *stupid zed in floor*

Player cap will most probably rise (which will mean less loot anyhow and more danger)

Now, as a solo player myself i need the healthy status to heal because quite simply i dont want to get too close to someone just so they kill me and take my tin opener -.- lol if you can think of other methods including saline bagging you're self then im open to suggestions of other ways a solo player can heal themself's. I would write more but my head isnt't with it today.

[Irenicus (DayZ) 289]

My character before patch = Always healthy

My "new" character after patch = Is it disabled? lol

So far i have been fully fed drank enough eaten cereal a whole box! And the only message ive had is the normal im stuffed, ive over eaten and "Stuffed" in the inventory tab.

Takes a while. It did take me over an hour on my newest character since the patch. But well within 1h30min I was at healthy status.

[- Karma - 75]

I've found a couple times that no matter how much I ate or drank and no matter how much I conserved energy the Healthy status would not come up.  I hopped to another server those few times and the healthy status was immediately there or there soonish (it takes time for the body to absorb that energy).  I think it may just be an occasional bug, and it doesn't seem server related in the sense that it always happened on the same server.

[xoligy 8]

Yeh ive never had it take so long, i have been hit a few times by zombies so thats why i need it. Oddly i dont have a grey screen or anything, so i dont know is its working and the marker just hasn't appeared or not or ive been lucky with the zombie hits.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

My character before patch = Always healthy

My "new" character after patch = Is it disabled? lol

So far i have been fully fed drank enough eaten cereal a whole box! And the only message ive had is the normal im stuffed, ive over eaten and "Stuffed" in the inventory tab.

 

Cereal is hopeless, it hardly provides any energy. I think you will need to go through at least 10 boxes or so to get the healthy status from that.

[DayzForumer 284]

Ok so im finding that the healing status is waaaay too effective. From the vids explaining the system I gather it regens at 1hp or blood per second. Id say reduce that to at the most 0.5, personally id like it around 0.10-0.25 per sec, but I think that may be a little extreme for some tastes. 

 

That plus reducing food a little more in the next patch, and survival might feel like a challenge again :D

Seriously? You have to wait 5000 seconds to fully heal anyways, why should it be 10000?

[fitzee 248]

Hi.

 

When playing as a lone wolf, I don't think healing through regeneration needs a nerf. At least not while groups can heal squad members before a firefight is even finished.

 

Regards.

[soulfirez 901]

I've found a couple times that no matter how much I ate or drank and no matter how much I conserved energy the Healthy status would not come up.  I hopped to another server those few times and the healthy status was immediately there or there soonish (it takes time for the body to absorb that energy).  I think it may just be an occasional bug, and it doesn't seem server related in the sense that it always happened on the same server.

had this happen to me before ( before this patch ) i could eat and drink till i was stuffed but never got the healing/healthy status, decided to check another server bang i was healthy...

[xoligy 8]

Cereal is hopeless, it hardly provides any energy. I think you will need to go through at least 10 boxes or so to get the healthy status from that.

Yes you're right i was thinking the numbers were higher, i feel dumb carrying that second box for so long now haha.

[Dr. Goner 661]

your kidding right? I've never once had a 'healthy' or 'healing', so no it doesn't need to be nerfed, it needs to be easier to get

 

Ugh, have you watched the videos he's talking about because it is extremely easy to get. All you do is eat seven or eight cans of food and fill up at a well. Allow five to ten minutes in between for digestion and boom, healthy status.

 

I'm really surprised that people are still having trouble with this but it makes them easier to kill so it's fine by me.