The reduction of loot in militarised zones

[jpenk1990@msn.com 4]

What's with the 100% reduction of loot in Militarised tents? This means, that you can only loot attachments in Airfields including barracks and rarely in houses, seems a bit illogic that tents spawn nothing now.

 

 I understand the need for a reduction in loot but why increase the spawn of:

 

- Ballistic Helmets everywhere

- Hunting Backpacks everywhere

- Ammo seemed to increase?

-Fireaxes everywhere

 

 

Without the militarized tents we have a 95% nerf of:

 

- Attachments almost but gone from the game entirely

 

Just seems a bit dumb that guns are more commonly found in:

 

-Barns

- Orange Brick houses

- Offices top floor? :S (realistic?)

- Hospitals 2nd 3rd floor

 

and that in the most contested parts of militarized zones there's nothing left because of the amount of people per server. I understand the reduction of m4a1 etc but no need for the vast wipe of tents, this what made the game enjoyable for people to loot, wouldn't even be that bad if there was a limited amount of loot.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Lanfear

[africanhungergames 192]

Yeah so now if you actually want a well attached gun you would HAVE TO server hop on an airfield or something. Even if you were the first to a base there is such a low chance you could get a decent weapon from it in one. Also this is not taking into account the fact that there are going to be other players there and if they beat you to it they will take everything that is useful. Its a complete smack in the face to those who don't like server hoppers and an added bonus for those exploiting it as they now have massive advantages over you equipment wise.

 

My two cents.

[blacklabel79 949]

i love those Topics where People whine about their stupid M4´s and that those are so hard to find now.

 

OFC there will be People hopping Servers to get "teh endgame gear" ...let them be. There is so many Military zones ingame that you really dont need to serverhop on the airfields.

Edited January 24, 2014 by {Core}BlackLabel

[Deathlove 2286]

Yeah so now if you actually want a well attached gun you would HAVE TO server hop on an airfield or something. Even if you were the first to a base there is such a low chance you could get a decent weapon from it in one. Also this is not taking into account the fact that there are going to be other players there and if they beat you to it they will take everything that is useful. Its a complete smack in the face to those who don't like server hoppers and an added bonus for those exploiting it as they now have massive advantages over you equipment wise.

 

My two cents.

Military vest, ballistic jackets and helmets are even more rare now to if you need them.

[jpenk1990@msn.com 4]

Military vest, ballistic jackets and helmets are even more rare now to if you need them.

That's entirely wrong, it's been confirmed that Airfields with barracks have a much higher drop chance from fresh servers onwards.

[Deathlove 2286]

i love those Topics where People whine about their stupid M4´s and that those are SOOOOOOO rare...buahahahha...love it.

I like them being a little harder to find in fact ranged weapons spawn more steadily at schools, fire departments, and 2 story complexes with the piano now. Its just specific military grade items at military points that are a pain to get but its no biggy. It just means ppl have to be more careful with there M4 load outs now. Im enjoying the shotgun more anyways its a nice powerhouse weapon and easy to maintain.

[Deathlove 2286]

That's entirely wrong, it's been confirmed that Airfields with barracks have a much higher drop chance from fresh servers onwards.

Well idk id find them allot more before the new patch but its no biggy its just stuff i noticed.

[DropBearChick 1217]

Also why add the military zombies but i only find them in towns not military bases

[Deathlove 2286]

Also why add the military zombies but i only find them in towns not military bases

You know i DID notice this lol. But if you think about it maybe some were sent to towns to quarantine off areas before everything went to shit.

[Knallscharsche 4]

Well its spawning on other places now at the military camps, thats my self found out conclusion on that.

 

Last night on Big AF Military Base:

 

Buttstock; 12x Scope; PU Scope

 

At AF itself:

 

Supressor for .45cal; M4 Ammo en Mass; M4 gear in bad states...

 

so for me it was a good scavenge.... and im the second one who scavenged that sites...

 

Lets sum Up.

 

its maybe a bit to less loot now... but before the amounts of gear in those tents where ridiculos high.

Thats all ionly my opinion and find outs from last nights raid.

[Deathlove 2286]

Well its spawning on other places now at the military camps, thats my self found out conclusion on that.

 

Last night on Big AF Military Base:

 

Buttstock; 12x Scope; PU Scope

 

At AF itself:

 

Supressor for .45cal; M4 Ammo en Mass; M4 gear in bad states...

 

so for me it was a good scavenge.... and im the second one who scavenged that sites...

 

Lets sum Up.

 

its maybe a bit to less loot now... but before the amounts of gear in those tents where ridiculos high.

Thats all ionly my opinion and find outs from last nights raid.

You cherish those pristine weapon mods and scopes when you can find them to. Dont let zombies hit you if they get a chance to degrade your gear they can screw some of the gear inside of it that your carrying to. Iv found this out the hard way before patch.

[blacklabel79 949]

Indeed. I yet have to come across a mosin, despite we where traveling Inland parralel to the coast to visit the new town.

[Deathlove 2286]

Indeed. I yet have to come across a mosin, despite we where traveling Inland parralel to the coast to visit the new town.

The new town has quite a few locations weapons and ammo can spawn the only place that DOSNT atm but i know will is the new police building they added in. Im sure that place will be ideal once they add more weapons.

 

Also out of ALL the ammo i noticed Mosin ammo is becoming the most scarce to find now.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Deathlove

[blacklabel79 949]

yeah we just went there for sightseen. ( and it bas beatyfull since we started in daylight and when we reached the town it was night. My friend was like "m8..the sun goes down we Need to hurry :D " )

Edited January 24, 2014 by {Core}BlackLabel

[Jack Dant 158]

The funny thing is M4's are not rare now. Since the patch, with no server hopping (but some server restarts, and some time on a night server), my group has seen 3 M4's, 1 mosin (well, 2 if you count the one that vanished as I painted it), and exactly zero shotguns. One of the M4s was at the berezino school and other at the boat, so it's not like we are hitting military buildings only.

[Deathlove 2286]

The funny thing is M4's are not rare now. Since the patch, with no server hopping (but some server restarts, and some time on a night server), my group has seen 3 M4's, 1 mosin (well, 2 if you count the one that vanished as I painted it), and exactly zero shotguns. One of the M4s was at the berezino school and other at the boat, so it's not like we are hitting military buildings only.

That was the complete opposite for me on mine. More shotguns than M4s but again i think the loadouts for it are much rarer if you want pristine ones that is. Again makes it kind of nice for end game hunting.

[Jonah_Hobbes 171]

Not managed to play much so the new town is up an running? Is that the one near the shipwreck?

[DropBearChick 1217]

The new town has quite a few locations weapons and ammo can spawn the only place that DOSNT atm but i know will is the new police building they added in. Im sure that place will be ideal once they add more weapons.

 

Also out of ALL the ammo i noticed Mosin ammo is becoming the most scarce to find now.

and the pharmacy

[Irenicus (DayZ) 289]

What's with the 100% reduction of loot in Militarised tents? This means, that you can only loot attachments in Airfields including barracks and rarely in houses, seems a bit illogic that tents spawn nothing now.

 

 I understand the need for a reduction in loot but why increase the spawn of:

 

- Ballistic Helmets everywhere

- Hunting Backpacks everywhere

- Ammo seemed to increase?

-Fireaxes everywhere

 

 

Without the militarized tents we have a 95% nerf of:

 

- Attachments almost but gone from the game entirely

 

Just seems a bit dumb that guns are more commonly found in:

 

-Barns

- Orange Brick houses

- Offices top floor? :S (realistic?)

- Hospitals 2nd 3rd floor

 

and that in the most contested parts of militarized zones there's nothing left because of the amount of people per server. I understand the reduction of m4a1 etc but no need for the vast wipe of tents, this what made the game enjoyable for people to loot, wouldn't even be that bad if there was a limited amount of loot.

attachements are not gone and are still fairly common

 

But all this is moot since right now you can't play due to the hive being down.

[Deathlove 2286]

Not managed to play much so the new town is up an running? Is that the one near the shipwreck?

Yep its up past that. So going to the ship than town gives you quite a few opportunities to get things you need. The town is REALLY big to.

[Jonah_Hobbes 171]

Thanks mate.

[Element47 2481]

if you can find a weapon gun within a single average play session (~4 hours), its still far too common.

 

also, be aware that loot balancing is not a priority right now, nor should it be. it can only begin once ALL items are finished and introduced, and item degradation/maintenance is finalised, so dont expect it to be prior to beta. until then, its throwing items at the testers so they have something to use.

Edited January 24, 2014 by e47

[DropBearChick 1217]

If you look on the north map you can see all these crazy roads which looks like future town locations/ other stuff like the prison

[Jezza93 44]

Thankfully I have nothing to fear, didn't play for about 2 weeks before the patch so I quite happily have my M4 with Acog,Buis sight,some other close range scope,a bayonet,silencer,flashlight,MAGPUL buttstock and grip,the multi item grip and almost 500 rounds of ammo across several 60 round mags. 

[Jonah_Hobbes 171]

@e47

"4 hours still too common?"

It depends on where we are at with the outbreak.

If I landed on the beach of my home town with no idea where I was I'd start looting the shops then head to the 2-3 farms visible from the road of which at least one if not all would have rifles or shotguns.

That would take an hour.

I'd then head to the nearest city, 2 hours walking and loot the police station, if I accidently went the back way I'd encounter another 3-4 farms.

If 3/4 of the population became infected then you are going to have people who were ovrcome before they could reach their weapons.

Unlike KOS current DayZ I think fellow survivors would initally be pretty happy to see another non-zombie face. So you might encounter armed survivors. I think the KOS mentality would only later kick in when people realize there is going to be no rescue, resources are scarcier and basically people can now make their own laws.

Currently I think the start of the outbreak has been over for a couple of weeks - hence some fruit still being edible. I think most of the population has been killed off - Therefore logically I think you could find a gun within 4 hours.

Remember in DayZ you can run across the entire country in an hour or so.