Hollow.

[Nebulae3 422]

The map feels kind of empty with our maximum of 40 - so pls. double the amount of players 80/80 or 100/100.

 

[LaughingJack (DayZ) 767]

1) the world SHOULD feel empty - after all DayZ is not an FPS as you know.

 

2) If it would be that easy (regarding performance) there would already be servers to that cap for

 

3) I always see one locked testserver with 64 slots (and never any player on it^^), and have heard rumors of the goal goin up to 150 players. Well, rumors. But it will be possible in the future...at least more than 40 slots. And if not on the main hive, I'm sure somebody will go for the max on a privat server.

[skyline-gtr 130]

Good suggestion, which I think may happen at some point in time, but there is probably a good reason as to why its currently limited to 40.

[Nebulae3 422]

1) the world SHOULD feel empty - after all DayZ is not an FPS as you know.

 

2) If it would be that easy (regarding performance) there would already be servers to that cap for

 

3) I always see one locked testserver with 64 slots (and never any player on it^^), and have heard rumors of the goal goin up to 150 players. Well, rumors. But it will be possible in the future...at least more than 40 slots. And if not on the main hive, I'm sure somebody will go for the max on a privat server.

 

Yes, I am aware of that, and I'm pleased if they're aiming to increase the total amount of players.

There're some popular youtubers who have similar feelings about it. ))

[skyline-gtr 130]

How many subscribers is popular ?

[DMentMan 707]

that would just make another call of duty.

its a apocalypse, player encounters should be fairly rare.

[Nebulae3 422]

I only subscribe to FrankieonPc on my list: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbivvwPkudpfWrLQHGHQyw

He have over 1.3 mil sub. - so I guess he is popular.

[skyline-gtr 130]

You may be right but...

 

More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month.

Millions of subscriptions happen each day. The number of people subscribing daily is up more than 3x since last year, and the number of daily subscriptions is up more than 4x since last year.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html

[Nebulae3 422]

that would just make another call of duty.

its a apocalypse, player encounters should be fairly rare.

 

It won't be a deathmatch (DM mode) on this map scale, so you don't need to worry, m8.  

Besides, when we can build bases in the end game - people will be located

all over the map.

Edited February 3, 2014 by Ori42

[DMentMan 707]

 

It won't be a deathmatch on this map scale, so you don't need to worry, m8.  

Besides, when we can build bases in the end game - people will be located

all over the map.

 

base building will be added in like 2 years

and i meet players a lot with 40 players, 100 would make a fistfight game for the newspawned 

Edited February 3, 2014 by DMentMan

[SFRGaming 718]

base building will be added in like 2 years

and i meet players a lot with 40 players, 100 would make a fistfight game for the newspawned 

I wouldn't say 2 years. I can see a basic form of experimental base building being added at the end of 2014, right before the Beta.

[overdosed (DayZ) 77]

The world feels empty, eh? Having more than I dont know maybe 60 players max at any time on the current map will make it into a huge clusterfuck. You wont be able to find any loot and you will get shot absolutely anywhere you go. Having too many people might just turn the map into a huge battlefield. 40 is just fine, and if you ask me 30 is the perfect number of players, considering that dayz is a zombie survival game and the map is not as big as some people think.

[LaughingJack (DayZ) 767]

Depends. Running on the coast to Balota or staying at NWAF - Map feels small. Running through the north or not on the streets  somewhere inland - map feels huge.

And compared to any other game, it's already real big...

 

hm...there, found it:

 

DayZ vs Arma III Map size:

 

 

And Arma III vs some other games:

 

 

 

 

So the map IS pretty big, but there are hotspots (and there will always be hotspots, even if lootspawn, playerspawn etc. is changed. And that's good. Yeah, you should feel alone .- but you should never have the feeling that you really ARE alone. ;)

 

 

And maybe the last word of the map(s ?) -size isn't spoken yet...

[Trigger Hippy 176]

Has anything been mooted about having the lot run on one big persistent hive?

[TEST_SUBJECT_83 465]

The only way I would agree with doubling the player count is if the devs filled out the North end of the map with another big city and a few more good size towns,

then add 3 or 4 spawn points up there, and I feel that would give the north end some life and spread out the population, so the middle would still feel "empty" because there will be more cities up north with spawn points, so people would hang around there just like they do at the cost for PvP and to be fresh spawns that wish they were Rocky Balboa.