Speed should be adjusted to amount of gear

[Uutgrunnen 96]

Newly spawns with no gear and (much) clothing should be able to run much faster than someone who is fully geared.

The more gear you carry the slower you should be.

 

I recently spawned and saw some blood hungry fully geared dudes coming towards me.

I kept running and running but simply couldn't outrun them and ended dead on the beach because I had no more blood.

 

When speed is adjusted based upon one's gear you have to think twice about the amount of gear you will carry.

 

For example, I now sometimes have so much (redundant) ammo and food I could survive for months in the woods.

When you only carry al little gear you have to enter urban areas to get new supplies.

 

Of course one could choose to be stacked with gear but I beleive this should come with a (minor) speed or stamina penalty.

 

Probably mentioned before but this would be a good feature in my humble opinion.

[LaughingJack (DayZ) 767]

There is a magical place for Suggestions, far away from the overloaded "General discussion": http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/128-suggestions/

 

And yup, mentionend there before.

[franciscojose 7]

A agree with OP as long as it is a minor penalty.

[paulusrojo 25]

I think they should implement vehicles first, then take a look at the running aspect of the game.

 

You should obviously not be able to sprint for an infinite amount of time.

 

Also it should be a penalty to both speed and distance when you're fully geared.