Career Clothing

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

What about spawning with Career Clothing on?

Picture that guy in the target shirt (as in Target store shirt) complete with name tag and all?

Or what about a crossing guard? How about CEO dressed in that $2,000 Armani suit? 

Police uniform with badge? Bum? I like having everyone spawn with a wallet and id.

That way I can run around with everyone's id that I have disagreements with.

 

What other career clothing can your guys think of?

 

firefighter

doctor with stethoscope

surgeon

nurse  

airplane stewardess

hot dog cart seller

candy stripper's (No not stripper :) Google it!) here I goggled it for you I know you wernt gonna.

"A hospital volunteer is sometimes nicknamed a candy striper." 

Here is a link for a sexy candy striper. (no nudity)

http://static.fastcommerce.com/content/ff808081163c05b00116b08122197439/Costumes/mainimages/83046%20candy%20striper.jpg

How would yoAny others?u liek to see her run around.

Theses would be bambi clothing I mean we dont want DayZ looking like Saints Row the third do we?

You would wear till you find better protection.

 

 

[BuddyRP 41]

if im roaming the city streets of cherno i damn well better find me some hookers if youd add that one on there!

 

not really,, but very unique concept i like it

 

beans~

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

if im roaming the city streets of cherno i damn well better find me some hookers if youd add that one on there!

 

not really,, but very unique concept i like it

 

beans~

Yeah short skirt and fishnets kinda thing. I get that :)

[YeBittenDog 106]

I like this idea. It would not give anyone an unfair advantage and could add some cool role-playing and story elements when interacting with other players.

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

I like this idea. It would not give anyone an unfair advantage and could add some cool role-playing and story elements when interacting with other players.

Yeah roll playing not for everyone but it would be funny to see

some guy from S-Mart running around with a BOOM STICK!

[oLoki182o 3]

A soldier is a profession, does he come into the came in full combat gear? Or at the very least camouflage?

 

Sounds like that would be OP to me.

[Pandema 352]

Sounds interesting

[sdry 2]

not happening. check project zomboid for that shit

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

A soldier is a profession, does he come into the came in full combat gear? Or at the very least camouflage?

 

Sounds like that would be OP to me.

No its just clothing to let you know what you did in the past and gives you

a chance to role play if you like. Career Clothing is only visual.

Also makes DayZ seem more realistic.

[Leviath4n 1]

Not a bad idea. I think these could be nice optional clothing items in the Character tab in the menu, as long as they aren't very good camouflage and have the same number of inventory slots.

[Old_Crow_Whiskey 119]

It would be great to see career specific clothing provide unique benefits with trade offs. For instance your bright white doctors coat can hold two first aid kits and nothing else. Your bright blue mechanic overalls gives you 8 slots that can only be filled with tools. The bright yellow firefighter's coat allows you to carry 3 fire axes and no gun. If they implement a mechanic like this it could really make for some exciting and variable player interactions.

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

It would be great to see career specific clothing provide unique benefits with trade offs. For instance your bright white doctors coat can hold two first aid kits and nothing else. Your bright blue mechanic overalls gives you 8 slots that can only be filled with tools. The bright yellow firefighter's coat allows you to carry 3 fire axes and no gun. If they implement a mechanic like this it could really make for some exciting and variable player interactions.

Nah man. Clothes should just be clothes. And why would a firefighter carry three axes?

[fundan@gmx.de 82]

Maybe the Zeds - sorry the infected people could wear stuff like that and even drop loot related to their "career"?

[merlointhesky 20]

rather than random, could this be something that you earn through playing the game?

like... unlockable extra clothing on the character editing screen. It has to be only something related to how a player look, not providing any type of bonus, imho.

 

This way they could introduce seasonal clothing too, as achievement... like a santa hat... for killing a deer... on xmas?

 

And a special DayZ "I was here on Day Z" t-shirt for all the alpha testers :P

Edited January 29, 2014 by merlointhesky

[Hethwill_Khan 233]

Sterile idea in my opinion.

 

Personal choice of clothing, whatever RP trade you want, must not be conditioned by some artificial mechanism.

 

You have tons of raincoats and other garments to fill in your need for role play. Just do it and make a thread about it.

 

As an example, myself on the HC hive, decided to go kind of a missionary, carrying bibles and other humanitarian books and fully bagged with helpful kits. I intend on be seen, that is the entire purpose of it, so I chose Yellow.

 

Does Yellow makes an avatar what he is ? No, it is the player choice to do so. Not some embedded mechanic.

 

Why I like the game ? Freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom of objectives to accomplish. Ultimate goal, to survive the longest while trying to interact with other survivors.

Edited January 29, 2014 by Hethwill_Khan

[YeBittenDog 106]

A soldier is a profession, does he come into the came in full combat gear? Or at the very least camouflage?

 

Sounds like that would be OP to me.

 

No. Just visual. Like a soldier would spawn in military fatigues.

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

It would be great to see career specific clothing provide unique benefits with trade offs. For instance your bright white doctors coat can hold two first aid kits and nothing else. Your bright blue mechanic overalls gives you 8 slots that can only be filled with tools. The bright yellow firefighter's coat allows you to carry 3 fire axes and no gun. If they implement a mechanic like this it could really make for some exciting and variable player interactions.

3 fire axes!  0.o

You only have two hands!

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

Sterile idea in my opinion.

 

Personal choice of clothing, whatever RP trade you want, must not be conditioned by some artificial mechanism.

 

You have tons of raincoats and other garments to fill in your need for role play. Just do it and make a thread about it.

 

As an example, myself on the HC hive, decided to go kind of a missionary, carrying bibles and other humanitarian books and fully bagged with helpful kits. I intend on be seen, that is the entire purpose of it, so I chose Yellow.

 

Does Yellow makes an avatar what he is ? No, it is the player choice to do so. Not some embedded mechanic.

 

Why I like the game ? Freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom of objectives to accomplish. Ultimate goal, to survive the longest while trying to interact with other survivors.

By added mechanics are you referencing different sets of clothing that spawn

with new char spawns? Theses are just clothing that would spawn as the clothes do now.

Just made to look like a profession was involved before the fall of mankind.

I fail to see how that is added mechanic's. Keeping in mind

that there are already clothing in the game so no new mechanic's.  

This is just another aspect of DayZ that makes it fun to play and more realistic.

You can stick to your missionary carrying bibles if that is enough for you.

Others have responded with positive feedback so I think I am not the only one.

"Why I like the game ? Freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom of objectives to accomplish. Ultimate goal, to survive the longest while trying to interact with other survivors."  Freedom of choice? 

I am not asking people to do anything they don't want.

If you spawned in a firefighters uni I am not asking you to run around

and fight fires I am also not asking for theses clothes to be "Special" clothes.

they are just like your bambi clothes.

Edited January 30, 2014 by RAGEnCHAOS

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

rather than random, could this be something that you earn through playing the game?

like... unlockable extra clothing on the character editing screen. It has to be only something related to how a player look, not providing any type of bonus, imho.

 

This way they could introduce seasonal clothing too, as achievement... like a santa hat... for killing a deer... on xmas?

 

And a special DayZ "I was here on Day Z" t-shirt for all the alpha testers :P

Sounds like you want Saints Row The Third?

They have lots of crazy stuff like that. It's good

for a laugh.  Maybe after release some modder

could make wally world location where if you 

Played during Christmas you can find a Santa hat.

[RAGEnCHAOS 16]

Nah man. Clothes should just be clothes. And why would a firefighter carry three axes?

They are just clothes!

Its not like I said spawning with police uniform

you get to keep your gun belt and pepper spray.

Picture a uniformed police officer running around

with black pants black shirt badge maybe even the police belt

with no weapons or gear. Just the clothes. Not special clothing.

Nothing that would help you... Just to give you an idea this toon

had a life before the world ended. How about that firefighter

running around in bright yellow pants with red suspenders and

white t-shirt? Once again they only special meaning to them would

be role-playing to those of us that wish to role play. you can just dump them

after you find a gillie suit :)

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

They are just clothes!

Its not like I said spawning with police uniform

you get to keep your gun belt and pepper spray.

Picture a uniformed police officer running around

with black pants black shirt badge maybe even the police belt

with no weapons or gear. Just the clothes. Not special clothing.

Nothing that would help you... Just to give you an idea this toon

had a life before the world ended. How about that firefighter

running around in bright yellow pants with red suspenders and

white t-shirt? Once again they only special meaning to them would

be role-playing to those of us that wish to role play. you can just dump them

after you find a gillie suit :)

Yeah if you look you'll see I was replying to old crow whiskey - there is no good reason for a doctor's coat only being able to carry medical supplies etc.

Regarding the OP I think that could be quite cool if done properly. Would like to spawn in a business suit etc

Edited January 30, 2014 by Roshi

[RabbitZ 38]

not happening. check project zomboid for that shit

what about dead frontier?

Is Project Zomboid copying them for this idea?

[RabbitZ 38]

And a special DayZ "I was here on Day Z" t-shirt for all the alpha testers :P

It should say "I bought DayZ Alpha and all I got was this lousy shirt" :P

[merlointhesky 20]

Sounds like you want Saints Row The Third?

They have lots of crazy stuff like that. It's good

for a laugh.  Maybe after release some modder

could make wally world location where if you 

Played during Christmas you can find a Santa hat.

 

Never played Saints Row, so no :) But I played many other games. Introducing something like you are suggesting would mean introducing classes, which has been a "no no" on other topics, even if you say they are just clothes. As soon as clothes give a benefit and you can choose them from character creation like you suggest, they become "class clothes".

 

Unlockable clothes to personalize your character on login instead wouldn't provide any benefit, just increased personalisation when you are reborn.

But I hope that once the developers get to that aspect of the game, they will add more than just clothes selection.

[Combine (DayZ) 247]

This does not sound bad.

 

Let me elaborate:

 

How: You can incorporate this into character creation / selection

 

What: You'd be limited to certain basic profession clothing. Let's take a soldier as good example: No rare military gear you'd find. Camo pants or an army (CDF / Russian / etc) shirt, perhaps simple boots. That's it. You still have to gear up normally, but your starter gear basically looks different without any benefits to keep it fair. Simple, but good enough to customize characters without real gameplay benefits.

 

What do you think about this?