a_ruttle 199 Posted February 8, 2014 Here's idea I've had brewing about in my head for a while. Given that when you spawn you come to on a beach, no idea where you are, you fit the build the of a shipwreck survivor as opposed to say, a random local who went on a weekend bender and woke up to zombie apocalypse, after all an Asian woman or a black man hardly fit the build of a Chernorussian native.I think this is a good opportunity to fiddle about with the idea of survivor classes, selected int he 'default character' menu. The idea is that if you are a shipwreck victim you could have come from a multitude of ship and maritime professions such as; a fisherman, a merchant seaman or officer, a naval seaman etc. So my idea is that firstly, your starting clothing reflects that of a shipwreck victim i.e. survival suit, navy uniform, old crusty fisherman clothing and so on. The second idea is that as opposed to spawning with a miraculously working flash light and battery, you spawn with 1 or 2 items that fit the build of who you [survivor] were, so for example a fisherman might spawn with a utility knife or a cigarette lighter or a ships officer might spawn with a compass, nothing over the top like a pistol or anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solartrix 6 Posted February 13, 2014 I like it... You could go another step and get a tiny little bonus based on your background. Like +5% run speed for an athlete or +10% max health for a soldier, or start full and not starving (aka slightly overweight) as a gamer guy... :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaginun 87 Posted February 13, 2014 See my sig. I don't see the problem with letting the user create their own RP character. Seriously, it's not hard, and it doesn't include these artificial bonuses as well. If you want some more char customisation, suggest something where you can choose the language your character talks in when he's hurt, I would give that my beans. But yeah. No RPG systems. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a_ruttle 199 Posted February 14, 2014 See my sig. I don't see the problem with letting the user create their own RP character. Seriously, it's not hard, and it doesn't include these artificial bonuses as well. If you want some more char customisation, suggest something where you can choose the language your character talks in when he's hurt, I would give that my beans. But yeah. No RPG systems.I did search, I didn't however find this particular idea, most of the stuff was like "hur dur my survivor can be a US Marine and spawn with an M16 pls?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chekovp 89 Posted February 14, 2014 I did search, I didn't however find this particular idea, most of the stuff was like "hur dur my survivor can be a US Marine and spawn with an M16 pls?" CLASSES and SPECIALIZATIONShttp://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/167340-classes-and-specializations/?hl=specialization Character Specializationshttp://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/171505-character-specializations/?hl=specialization Search harder... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
