New Spawn Gear Suggestion

[Thalium 0]

Hi all Im a casual gamer and very new to Dayz like played a couple of hours new, I bought the alpha because I like the idea of the game and what it can be in time especially the idea of being a good guy and helping each other. Now i understand its an alpha and that its a survival game but i would like to see that when I spawn in new I have more than a torch.

 

I mean if there was a zombie outbreak as one of the people who has lasted this long i think I would have more than a torch. I would like to think I would probably have a basic weapon (axe, baseball bat, lump of wood) to get me this far maybe at random you have a backpack not a big one maybe just 4 slots.

 

I would also like to see i had maybe 1 can of food and 1 bottle of water when i start.

 

This could even be an option between servers maybe, I feel being able to at least kill a zombie and stay alive when I spawn would be realistic if the situation was real.

 

Im not suggesting game changing items to start no guns or anything just a help along for the casual gamer so he doesnt have to know every aspect of finding water as soon as he spawns and while stumbling around like an idiot attracting zombies he doesnt get killed straight away but it teaches him to be stealthy to not attract them later on.

 

To accommodate both styles maybe this function could be toggled in the character defaults or by the servers

 

any how Dayz community what do you think

 

Cheers for reading

 

Thalium

 

 

Edited January 27, 2014 by Thalium

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

Has been mucked around with over the course of the mod. Used to have revolver, then makarov then no weapon. In my view less is more - happy to spawn with next to nothing.

[enforcer1975 1111]

I like to see it this way because you always start at the coast. You just stranded you should be happy to have some clothes on. Imo you should really start in a bad condition and have to work on getting healthy again. The first thought should be "i need to get my health back" instead of "i need to get a gun". Maybe this way KoSers will find it more "entertaining" and rewarding to help fresh spawns instead of shooting them.

Edited January 27, 2014 by Enforcer

[Mos1ey 6301]

If I had things my way you wouldn't even have that flashlight. xD

[dulix11 731]

If I had things my way you wouldn't even have that flashlight. xD

 

I wouldn't mind spawning without a flashlightl, so long as night times intensely poor visibility is fixed.

Edited January 27, 2014 by dulix11

[Mos1ey 6301]

I wouldn't mind spawning without a flashlightl, so long as night times intensely poor visibility is fixed.

 

I don't really find night time to be that bad TBH. I wouldn't be opposed to a bit more of an ArmA 3-esque night time though. I can leave my brightness and gamma set to 1.0 and feel that I'm in no way at a disadvantage to people with both maxed in A3.

[enforcer1975 1111]

Stop whining about poor visibility either with or without the moon always yada yada momi papi i'm afraid. It's not like the flashlight is the only light source in the game. Grow some balls and use them too.

Expect it to be dark after sunset <--- it's a pun for those who feel offended. :rolleyes:

[o5pr3y (DayZ) 77]

I think it would be nice if you're new.

Maybe if the game could register how long you've been a player.

 

I played the mod for a little and bought the expansion last week and pumped 12 hours into it already. I'm not quite a newb, but I'm by no means a veteran, and until you get the basics down, it can be very challenging to fresh players, (this coming from someone who only plays STALKER on master lol).

 

I think most of the players who are saying they think even less now is better are more veteran and are now finding it easier to start from a fresh spawn.

[King of kong 1117]

Goddamit, no. It's already too easy to get geared out

[jasher11 67]

I think maybe you spawn with random gear, sometimes nothing but jeans no tshirt or flashlight and other you spawn with cargo pants and a half full can of beans as like the best spawn gear,I think it would make it more interesting s

Rather than all spawns in jeans and a tshirt with a flashlight

[Crainey 2]

It is so easy to dodge and kill zombies with fists, or at least knock them out and run away that I don't mind not having a weapon. It is also very easy to find weapons and avoid zombie encounters all together, so again I don't see a reason. Perhaps with more experience you too will find zombies aren't really a threat. 

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

I'm not sure why people find the "start at rock bottom with fuck all" aspect of the game so hard to grasp. You start the game with basically nothing and it's supposed to be an uphill struggle from there. It's intentional, deal with it.

Imo you should really start in a bad condition and have to work on getting healthy again.

This already happens. You start only just above the "I need a drink" threshold and not much more above that for food. If you don't find a water pump and some food in short order, your life will be short.

[BMCT_H3RO 1]

i think at the moment it's way too easy to get fully equiped so i would not support this suggestion. i think spawning even with a flashlight is unrealistic. maybe a piece of wood to "fight" againt annoying zombies but more is too much in my opinion

[Hakiki 10]

I would like to think I would probably have a basic weapon to get me this far maybe at random you have a backpack not a big one maybe just 4 slots.

 

I would also like to see i had maybe 1 can of food and 1 bottle of water when i start.

 

... just a help along for the casual gamer so he doesnt have to know every aspect of finding water as soon as he spawns and while stumbling around like an idiot attracting zombies he doesnt get killed straight away but it teaches him to be stealthy to not attract them later on.

 

Basic weapons are already too easy to find.  Even with no weapons you can still fairly easily kill most zombies with your fists, it just takes a bit of time.  And if that's too hard, you can outsprint them.  Extra storage (backpack, sweater, pants, etc) is also too easy to find already, even in basic village/housing areas.

 

Food and water is too easy to find as well, no thank you.

 

No gamer (casual or hardcore) needs to know every aspect of anything. Water may not be too easy to find the first few times, but then you will survive on cans of soda and canned food, until you learn where good water sources are.  The newbies will stumble around like idiots in search of whatever it is they are looking for anyway, doesn't matter what gear you give them upon spawn.

 

You learn as you play, you get better after a few times and you learn some more so you can survive longer.  And then you learn some more, survive longer, and learn even more.  

 

Good choices come from experience, experience comes from bad choices, and that won't change no matter what basic gear people spawn with.  And on that note I will leave you with the unofficial slogan of Dwarf Fortress; Dying Is Fun!

Edited January 27, 2014 by Hakiki

[crimsonbzd 247]

Hi all Im a casual gamer and very new to Dayz like played a couple of hours new, I bought the alpha because I like the idea of the game and what it can be in time especially the idea of being a good guy and helping each other. Now i understand its an alpha and that its a survival game but i would like to see that when I spawn in new I have more than a torch.

 

I mean if there was a zombie outbreak as one of the people who has lasted this long i think I would have more than a torch. I would like to think I would probably have a basic weapon (axe, baseball bat, lump of wood) to get me this far maybe at random you have a backpack not a big one maybe just 4 slots.

 

I would also like to see i had maybe 1 can of food and 1 bottle of water when i start.

 

This could even be an option between servers maybe, I feel being able to at least kill a zombie and stay alive when I spawn would be realistic if the situation was real.

 

Im not suggesting game changing items to start no guns or anything just a help along for the casual gamer so he doesnt have to know every aspect of finding water as soon as he spawns and while stumbling around like an idiot attracting zombies he doesnt get killed straight away but it teaches him to be stealthy to not attract them later on.

 

To accommodate both styles maybe this function could be toggled in the character defaults or by the servers

 

any how Dayz community what do you think

 

Cheers for reading

 

Thalium

 

Maybe on private hives, way in the future.

The issue here is that if you spawn with any sort of weapon, some players may take that as an invitation to open PvP.

The worst thing I can image in this game is being a fully geared player, and get killed by a newspawn with his starting weapon, but then he just runs off not caring one bit about his gear.

He's not playing DayZ, he's playing CoD, and that's a problem for the whole community.

[drgreenz420 1]

i love how everyone says its so "easy" to find weapons... im 70 hours in and i still havent found a damn shotgun or a mosin.. yet everyone else i see is either shooting me with them or holding me up for the ammo i found.. for some im sure it is easy.. but i have yet to see a mosin or shotgun spawn.. ive been up and down the southern coast MULTIPLE times checking the airfield, fire stations, almost every house/building in between..

ive watched countless youtube videos of spawns.. no luck.. came to the forums countless times, see plenty of screenshots.. yet still no luck.. i for one think they need to spread out spawns, make it equal for everyone not just the server hoppers, id like to try to play this game from the bare bones, authentic survival outlook.. but its impossible if you cant even defend yourself from fully geared teams of 5-10 people that kill you just to get a couple bullets or pipsi's.. cant wait until this game has a decent friendly server..  thats the only way some will even be able to get off of the damn beach...

[YeBittenDog 106]

Starting with nothing is a big part of the game. Simple as that. 

[ninjacalypse 551]

Hi all Im a casual gamer and very new to Dayz like played a couple of hours new, I bought the alpha because I like the idea of the game and what it can be in time especially the idea of being a good guy and helping each other. Now i understand its an alpha and that its a survival game but i would like to see that when I spawn in new I have more than a torch.

 

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any how Dayz community what do you think

 

Here's my suggestion for what you should start with when you spawn in DayZ:

 

[Ratter (DayZ) 11]

I think it would be nice to start with just a map especially for the new players and if you know your way round just drop it

[daisho 74]

i love how everyone says its so "easy" to find weapons... im 70 hours in and i still havent found a damn shotgun or a mosin.. yet everyone else i see is either shooting me with them or holding me up for the ammo i found..

 

The problem is the people not playing the game.

 

I'm still fairly new, but am alive on my character for quite some time now. It took me like 10-15hrs on my current character to get an M4 and I only did get it because the server was restarting while I was on a military base and everything I needed was like served on a silver plate.

Normally, even when the server just got restarted 30-60 min ago I find just already looted barracks and such whenever I go to a military base or airfield.

That's why I'm saying since quite some time: totally randomize the spawn-points of loot, make military gear to be found everywhere as well as any other stuff (not increasing the ammount of available weapons, just scatter them all over the place.

Server-hopping is not only super annoying because people just go the easy way when hopping servers to gear up it makes it for the ones who actually are playing the game even more frustrating.

 

Back to topic: just no. This game is a bout surviving in a post-apocalyptic environment not about running around the coast playing DM.

[liquidcactus 719]

With time Thalium you will see and understand why you dont need more than a torch when you start..

 

As hard as the game seems its really not that difficult if you are patient and careful with your actions to acquiring what you need ! .. especially being VERY patient and cautious when moving.. 

[doublebrain 255]

i love how everyone says its so "easy" to find weapons... im 70 hours in and i still havent found a damn shotgun or a mosin.. yet everyone else i see is either shooting me with them or holding me up for the ammo i found.. for some im sure it is easy.. but i have yet to see a mosin or shotgun spawn.. ive been up and down the southern coast MULTIPLE times checking the airfield, fire stations, almost every house/building in between..

ive watched countless youtube videos of spawns.. no luck.. came to the forums countless times, see plenty of screenshots.. yet still no luck.. i for one think they need to spread out spawns, make it equal for everyone not just the server hoppers, id like to try to play this game from the bare bones, authentic survival outlook.. but its impossible if you cant even defend yourself from fully geared teams of 5-10 people that kill you just to get a couple bullets or pipsi's.. cant wait until this game has a decent friendly server..  thats the only way some will even be able to get off of the damn beach...

 

Get off the south coast then. DayZ is not just Balota to Cherno to Elektro. You dont need a gun to go north. There are much more bandits on the coast than in the north.

[TEST_SUBJECT_83 465]

The flashlight and battery are DayZ's crafting tutorial, lol!

[KarmaCoin 72]

If I had things my way you wouldn't even have that flashlight. xD

 

First thing I do is throw the flashlight and battery on the ground.

 

I'm all for spawning with nothing. Those first moments of a new spawn's life are the most fun.

Edited March 10, 2014 by KarmaCoin

[darksteeljorge 96]

Well you have fists and four slots jeans and 2 rags i dont care