DayZ Gameplay and other Suggestions

[xx407demonxx 0]

Hey Dev Team. I've been reading a lot of comments and suggestions of things to add to the game. While it would be cool to see things like skateboards and fully modded weapons, I feel it takes away from the gritty realism and genuine fear of the survival horror genre. I do have some suggestions however. I am new to this game, but love it already. I would like to see game pad support. I know you have support already but I would like to see a default control scheme when I plug in the controller. I know that you would need a huge controller to support everything, but just the basics like movement and looking/aiming and interactions. I have mine set up so my Xbox 360 controllers left stick moves, right stick aims/looks, (Y) brings up inventory, (A) interacts, and the d-pad crouches/prones, and stands. I need to assign more buttons but you get the gist of it.

Also, I think that the day and night shouldn't be real time. I work in the day and would like to go online and play in the day and night.

I also believe that weapons should be scarce and hard to find, but maybe a more varied melee weapons. Like buildings having pipes to break off and 2x4's or prices of wood laying around a worksite or broken down building would be cool.

I haven't played too much, but I've been reading a lot. I hope that maybe some ideas here would be considered, and maybe even applied. I'm sure I'll have a few more as the time passes. Great game idea and gameplay is alright, but hey, it can only go up from here :D

[RazRaz 34]

I'm just curious. How do you aim and shoot accurately with a pad? I mean without autoaim or aim assist. Please don't fell offended. Just a question from master race to peasant.

[Munchermanjz 36]

Eh, after the last patch, I think weapons (guns) are fine in scarcity, its the ammp that isn't. Currently Cmads and STANAGs are everywhere where M4s spawn, which not only makes sense, but is completely fine. The issue is just that the mags are always full when they spawn, ALWAYS. which means that a player who server hops can have more ammo than he will ever likely use after looting about 10-15 military type buildings. The mags should rarely have ammo and players should more readily have to rely on bullets being found in other areas either nearby or in cardboard ammo boxes everywhere.

(On a random note, unless you need them immediately or need the more efficient use of inventory, I recommend keeping bullets in the box they come in rather than loose. Solo players need not worry about this, but even a ruined box of ammo yields pristine rounds. It just protects that ammo in case you die so that your buddy can still recover them.)