Broken legs, a temporary 'fix'.

[avdutch 4]

Hey guys,

 

So they recently made it so that you can no longer just log out and in and thereby fix your broken legs. This of course is fine, but it has caused an... uncomfortable issue.

The problem here is that walls and the like are still so glitchy that it is very easy to break your legs because of glitches. For instance yesterday I broke my legs 3 times, all three times were because of a glitch and not once was it because of a legitimate fall. Now I know many of you have a 'harden up this is a realistic game dont be a crybaby blablabla' elitist attitude, but the fact of the matter is this is an unintended consequence of glitches because the game is still in alpha.

 

So my suggestion is as follows: make it so that broken legs heal if you log out and in again until they have adressed the glitch issues properly. I think it would add a lot to our gameplay enjoyment and furthermore, it would make testing a whole lot easier (since you can bypass this glitch and thereby you have a larger range of gameplay available should you glitch through something) which is the purpose of alpha after all.

[novogeek 253]

But maybe they want to test the repairing broken legs game-mechanics and crawling game-mechanics. *shrug*

 

I guess the Devs can't always please everyone and it can be a thankless job. I do tend to agree that glitching walls and stuff like that should be fixed first before they implement the mechanics around repairing legs and stuff.

 

But I guess we just have to suffer the Alpha status and forge ahead regardless.

[Malibuz0r 14]

Where in the world do you go to glitch and break your legs? I've been alive for almost 5 days with the same character, looting town by town, city by city, forest to forest and have never ever broken my legs.

[Hethwill_Khan 233]

No.1 rule of DayZ - Stick with your buddy(ies).

 

Make sure you guys have 1 dedicated "helper" - the Doc - the Mule.

 

We had a session with 3 legs broken because of ladders and walls. Gladly our Doc had two splints and morphine for all.

 

Teamwork wins over bugs until they are solved.

 

Going alone I rather not take the risks. Greed shalt never triumph.

[Gugolas 228]

Where in the world do you go to glitch and break your legs? I've been alive for almost 5 days with the same character, looting town by town, city by city, forest to forest and have never ever broken my legs.

Almost every building can break your leg if your game lags while you are on the stairs. Clearly if this doesn't happen to you, your chanches to glitch are fewer, but still present. Paying attention anyway can help a bit.

Alphers gonna alph.

[Lupine 14]

Yeah, i learned that one the hard way, Keep a couple of Morph's or sticks and bandages in my pack. had the game freeze up on me the other day and fell about half a meter off some stairs (second time in that farmers barn with the two double stairs and lofts on both sides, that damn building has it out for me). A good trick is to press X and sneak so you dont take to big of "steps" and hence over step and fall.. or the game lags a little and pushes you off lofts or building scaffold, edges of roofs. I did get trapped in the area under the stairs one time (after falling through) the fall didnt kill me, but i couldnt get out , until i exited the server, then restarted the game and entered another server.. just swopping servers left me trapped under the stairs.. enough to make someone seem like harry potter... B)

[doublebrain 255]

Just dont run inside of houses. Walk like everyone would walk in a house. Slowly. If you run though every house you enter you will faceplant at one point and maybe break your leg.

Realism punishment!

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Ya the fact of the matter is dude , if you've broken your legs 3 times in such a short time , you're probably running too fast inside or your trying to take advantage of looking through walls ? Either way stop it haha ... But seriously carry sticks and bandages to make splints , or morphine which I always find in the second floor of the hospital .

[StekWAR 4]

Personally, it is quite difficult to break legs. Once that happens, however, the game becomes very difficult due to the difficulty to climb ramps or stairs.

I think to implement in the game being able to use as a "stick" hatchets, Pipe Wrench or baseball bat making it possible to walk staying up would already be a great thing.