The kneecapping pandemic

[NanoAnarchy 12]

We had a dude that read poetry like a pro reader. He sung a song IIRC as well. Was a good moment. Crew let him go unmolested, just a few wrist marks from the handcuffs and we still remember his name, or at least the name we gave him...

 

Other times we just hunt dudes that have firearms... you know, the ones who really have lethal power to interfere with the normal state of affairs.

 

Not everyday is the same and there's a fine line between being a hero or being a murderer. Anyone carrying guns deserves to be hunted. There's always good fun in a firefight.

So if I ever run into you guys I may have a chance =P I do find that in situations where I am powerless, becoming the fool is the best option lol. Though only if the fool is eager enough to please that when you let him go he runs for the hills ( so to speak)

 

private hives will spell the absolute death of half of this game, as if they are granted to the ability to do whatever they want, they will potentially be able to ban and kick for legitimate game play such as banditry. (I will gladly accept info of the contrary)

 

idk about you, but the idea of a "omg no bandits/kos/GIVE EVERYONE SALINE AND HUGS AND BANDAGES!" is about as exciting as watching "The last airbender" movie

 

I agree on this completely. The only time KoS pisses me off is when I have gone out of my way to make it clear I'm not a threat. That or when someone kills me for the fun of it, seeing I have nothing worth taking. After all, there's being a bandit, and being an arsehole stopping new spawns enjoying the game.

 

But don't get me wrong, the fact I could die at any moment is something I love about this game.

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

So ya if you get shot you go cripple, so gee big surprise thats what geared people are doing now just capping bambis SUPER HAPPY FUN TIME YAAAY

 

I could go around doing the same thing, but unfortunately doing it once or twice actually makes me feel like a bag of dicks so it gets boring fast and since everyone else does it, its not even worth playing the game if you aren't interested in being a griefing jack off, hopefully they allow us to respawn if cripple (LIKE IN THE MOD), but until then playing is just boring, as it becomes more and more of a grief sim than walking sim and survival sim combined.

 

Im pretty sure thats why people like dayz in the first place, so they can shaft people and laugh at their victims to get off, but for people like me who come in hoping for a survival sim not...whatever it is currently IDK just messed up, they should at least advertise the game as what it is and will most likely stay and not BS people by calling it a survival sim.

 

Walking sim- makes sense its what you do 70-90% of the time

Open world shooter- sure since thats what it is

Large area deathmatch- same as above

YOLO sim- yep people say FUKITOL and run around without a care

Camping sim- sure why not the game encourages that people stay at one spot for 30 minutes to an hour in order to get a kill

 

Survival sim- No, nothing at all in this game encourages you to survive its an open world deathmatch game, so hopefully the people making the game cater to that crowd or they make it clear they are not in that crowd cause right now it looks like they are trying to call dayz a survival game like the mod did, and the mod never really changed from a open world death match so I don't see why they dont just label the game OPEN WORLD DEATHMATCH.

So in essence you don't want the world you try to survive from to fight back?

[Hethwill_Khan 233]

NanoAnarchy, yeah sort of that.

 

Been it the situation a lot of times and tried different approaches, from being an upstart to the point were I go along with the flow. Chances to walk away are slim but you can read their intentions.

 

One tip is, if they are very short on conversation, all code word bullshit it will end badly, damn dirty mercenary scoundrels.

 

If they chat a lot, chances rise a lot, albeit they are not safe.

 

Impersonate your character and hope for the best. You'll be surprised.

[dvsilverwing 241]

But since the patch where items reduce damage from bullets, this is my surest way of locking my prey down to nullify any chance of escape.

After which i line in my 2 mosin headshots that it will take to kill said target, even if he is only wearing a beetlewing for headgear.

Besides, watching them squirm from 600+ meters = best comedy ever.

 

If you have a scope and it takes you more than one hit of 7.62x54r to get the kill you're doing it wrong.

 

 

That being said, buckshot should not break knees with a single pellet hit, that's just a nuisance.

Edited February 17, 2014 by dvsilverwing

[Demoth 366]

But since the patch where items reduce damage from bullets, this is my surest way of locking my prey down to nullify any chance of escape.

After which i line in my 2 mosin headshots that it will take to kill said target, even if he is only wearing a beetlewing for headgear.

Besides, watching them squirm from 600+ meters = best comedy ever.

 

You beat me to it.

 

If you're Mosin sniping, headshots are now worthless unless they have nothing. The surest way to secure the kill is to aim for the legs to cripple someone.

[ninjaontour 123]

I get incredibly lonely on full servers when I head north.

 

Me too, yet every time one of these threads pops up it seems everyone and their granny claims to spend all their time up North.

 

There are a lot of pre-teen story tellers around this forum, methinks.

[Wheunis 228]

Me too, yet every time one of these threads pops up it seems everyone and their granny claims to spend all their time up North.

 

There are a lot of pre-teen story tellers around this forum, methinks.

 

I make my living North.

I live to protect any chosen piece of turf on a given day.

 

Laying in hills and shit, sniping for (sometimes 2-3 server restarts).

 

I can verify that even on a REALLY good day, at best I will have 7 other players in my scope.

Average days... 2-3.

[Demoth 366]

I make my living North.

I live to protect any chosen piece of turf on a given day.

 

Laying in hills and shit, sniping for (sometimes 2-3 server restarts).

 

I can verify that even on a REALLY good day, at best I will have 7 other players in my scope.

Average days... 2-3.

 

That's why i hang in Balota with friends. We basically get into wild firefights there, though lately, I'm getting really suspicious about some of the people we encounter, as sometimes there will be 3 of us and the enemy will constantly know where we are and b-line it towards our positions, despite not being in the obvious sniper hill or bush locations. We all got flanked by an unarmed guy we decided not to shoot, and yet he pinpointed all 3 of our positions. He b-lined it from the Eastern jail right to the house and right to my friend, knocked him out then took his rifle and shot me almost immediately, and then ran to my 3rd friend hiding in a barn. We were all a good 800 meters apart and incredibly well hidden, and we had not been in a firefight earlier so it's not like he was running back to get revenge.

 

I digress. Lately, because of spawn changes, your best bets to get into firefights is in Berenzino or the NE Airfield, or there arounds.

[Wheunis 228]

I digress. Lately, because of spawn changes, your best bets to get into firefights is in Berenzino or the NE Airfield, or there arounds.

 

Berezino is carnage central for sure.

Don't readily dismiss the new town, Svetlo, as a warground though...

[Etherimp 1323]

You sound like someone who gets shot in the knees a lot.

 

and an option to respawn when crippled? that's so freaking lame and weak. If you're gonna off yourself when you're crippled at least make the effort to find a way to kill yourself, you big lazy. Some of us want this game to be a challenge

 

I'm sure if they wanted you to respawn whenever it was inconvenient for you to do otherwise, they would have implemented it by now. 

 

 

Except currently there's no way to kill yourself when crippled other than starving to death. Way to think your posts through.

[Wheunis 228]

Except currently there's no way to kill yourself when crippled other than starving to death. Way to think your posts through.

 

accept your suffering.

You messed up and got your character all sorts of screwed up in the process.

 

Nobody to blame but yourself.

[Etherimp 1323]

accept your suffering.

You messed up and got your character all sorts of screwed up in the process.

 

Nobody to blame but yourself.

 

 

Yeah, that would almost make sense, except tonight my legs got broken on a hardcore server for what seemed like no apparent reason at all. I went inside of a building, looted a can of beans, and heard "UGGGH!" and my characters legs were broken randomly. I assume there was some desync as I was going up the stairs, but that wasn't really my fault was it?

 

So, there goes your stupid argument.

[Wheunis 228]

Yeah, that would almost make sense, except tonight my legs got broken on a hardcore server for what seemed like no apparent reason at all. I went inside of a building, looted a can of beans, and heard "UGGGH!" and my characters legs were broken randomly. I assume there was some desync as I was going up the stairs, but that wasn't really my fault was it?

 

So, there goes your stupid argument.

 

Learn your lesson; Stay away from stairs.

[Etherimp 1323]

Learn your lesson; Stay away from stairs.

 

You're an idiot.

 

 

I bet you're one of those kids who screams "ALPHA" anytime there's a legit bug/glitch being reported by people?

Edited February 17, 2014 by Etherimp

[DeatHTaX 1217]

Yeah, that would almost make sense, except tonight my legs got broken on a hardcore server for what seemed like no apparent reason at all. I went inside of a building, looted a can of beans, and heard "UGGGH!" and my characters legs were broken randomly. I assume there was some desync as I was going up the stairs, but that wasn't really my fault was it?

 

So, there goes your stupid argument.

 

maybe in game where these kinds of things are common you should carry around morphine or sticks more often and be prepared for these sorts of things :)

 

quit asking for an easy button :P take your broken limbs like a man

[wartzilla 182]

So ya if you get shot you go cripple, so gee big surprise thats what geared people are doing now just capping bambis SUPER HAPPY FUN TIME YAAAY

 

I could go around doing the same thing, but unfortunately doing it once or twice actually makes me feel like a bag of dicks so it gets boring fast and since everyone else does it, its not even worth playing the game if you aren't interested in being a griefing jack off, hopefully they allow us to respawn if cripple (LIKE IN THE MOD), but until then playing is just boring, as it becomes more and more of a grief sim than walking sim and survival sim combined.

 

Im pretty sure thats why people like dayz in the first place, so they can shaft people and laugh at their victims to get off, but for people like me who come in hoping for a survival sim not...whatever it is currently IDK just messed up, they should at least advertise the game as what it is and will most likely stay and not BS people by calling it a survival sim.

 

Walking sim- makes sense its what you do 70-90% of the time

Open world shooter- sure since thats what it is

Large area deathmatch- same as above

YOLO sim- yep people say FUKITOL and run around without a care

Camping sim- sure why not the game encourages that people stay at one spot for 30 minutes to an hour in order to get a kill

 

Survival sim- No, nothing at all in this game encourages you to survive its an open world deathmatch game, so hopefully the people making the game cater to that crowd or they make it clear they are not in that crowd cause right now it looks like they are trying to call dayz a survival game like the mod did, and the mod never really changed from a open world death match so I don't see why they dont just label the game OPEN WORLD DEATHMATCH.

It is a survival sim, it just sounds like you're really shitty at surviving.

[Etherimp 1323]

maybe in game where these kinds of things are common you should carry around morphine or sticks more often and be prepared for these sorts of things :)

 

quit asking for an easy button :P take your broken limbs like a man

A little difficult to carry around morphine or sticks when you spawned within an hour of having your legs broken, and the town you're in was mostly looted because it's 3 hours into a populated server.

 

Of course, I bet this is somehow my fault too, that I joined a server with people on it and went to an area that people have already been.... because there's SO many options when you spawn in the same 4 places all in the same area of the map.

 

I am the last person asking for a fucking easy button and I am so incredibly tired of people making exceptions and excuses for when the game plays like shit.

 

Sorry, but crawling around for 2 hours looking for a stick or a morphine injector is NOT riveting game play. 

 

On my normal server character I've been alive for almost 2 weeks and have everything I possibly need, including 2 morphine.. But you can't expect every fresh spawn to immediately come across all the medical supplies they need in their first hour of game play.

 

I am ALL FOR a DIFFICULT but FAIR game.. In it's current state, DayZ isn't even difficult, it's just UNFAIR. In fact, as evidenced by my previous statement of being alive for 2 weeks on my main character, it's EASY AS SHIT to stay alive.. And the longer you're alive the easier it gets. All the difficulty comes within the first 2 hours, and whether you're successful or not OFTEN has nothing to do with your actions.

[Judopunch 523]

You're an idiot.

 

 

I bet you're one of those kids who screams "ALPHA" anytime there's a legit bug/glitch being reported by people?

Your post is unfortunatly less constructive than his.

 

 

 

I am ALL FOR a DIFFICULT but FAIR game.. In it's current state, DayZ isn't even difficult, it's just UNFAIR. In fact, as evidenced by my previous statement of being alive for 2 weeks on my main character, it's EASY AS SHIT to stay alive.. And the longer you're alive the easier it gets. All the difficulty comes within the first 2 hours, and whether you're successful or not OFTEN has nothing to do with your actions.

This will change as the game gets more finished. Of course established survivors will always have the upper-hand, its easier to start a fire with matches than sticks, but it wont be as easy.

[Etherimp 1323]

Your post is unfortunatly less constructive than his.

 

This will change as the game gets more finished. Of course established survivors will always have the upper-hand, its easier to start a fire with matches than sticks, but it wont be as easy.

 

I'm sure it will, and I'm hanging in there for that time. Just sick and tired of the peanut gallery flinging meaningless non-sense every time someone brings up a legit issue.

[Judopunch 523]

I'm sure it will, and I'm hanging in there for that time. Just sick and tired of the peanut gallery flinging meaningless non-sense every time someone brings up a legit issue.

Here is the problem. The OP did not post a constructive thread.

 

He posted a bitchfest.

 

The OP is the other side of the problem. Had he posted, "Lets discuss broken legs as it effects gameplay right now. Hi guys what are your suggestions for dealing with the current situation involving broken legs. It seems to be becoming part of a troll move for bandets. Without the ability to respawn I can only try to crawl looking for sticks for an hour waiting to die or for help. Do you all think this is ok?"

 

There would probably have been better discussion.

 

However, do you truly think your remark is any better than the person you called out?

[DeatHTaX 1217]

 

Of course, I bet this is somehow my fault too, that I joined a server with people on it and went to an area that people have already been.... because there's SO many options when you spawn in the same 4 places all in the same area of the map.

 

 

 

...well yeah it kind of is. And yes there are plenty of lootable places to reach within your hunger-time from spawn. here's a few. 

 

Svetlojarsk

Staroye

Stary Sobor

Novy Sobor

Kamarovo

Dubky

Novoselky

SE Elektro (very commonly passed over on low - mid pop servers)

Msta

Polana

Upper Berezino (Also commonly passed over on low - mid pop servers)

 

The spawn location excuse is weak. There are plenty of places to go. Most of you that complain about lack of loot on populated servers either...

 

A: join mid - high pop servers in late server times expecting there to be loot 6 hours after a restart

or

B: Go to the same 3 damn locations every time, locations that are hot spots for looting, and complain when "OMG THurR IS NEVR ANY LEWTz HERE!"

 

and sometimes both. It's really not hard to find loot.

 

And sorry about your legs, but in the future, don't sprint up/down stairs and it more than likely won't happen. 

 

and I say this only because In all my hours of gameplay I have only had stair-related injuries when i've been sprinting at them. So in the future, slow down, and just be more careful :D

[libertine 351]

The problem with the knee capping as i see it is that if you are a solo-only player who is not familiar with the forum's "medic" section, and your far away from anything. Your completely fucked. If you play with friends or a clan they will just come and get you.

 

You KOSers that rail against people that don't KOS are not really that unintelligent are you? Your essentially playing a high stakes game of Monopoly where everyone is playing monopoly but some people are anonymously pressing a button to reset your game and take away all your money, while the other players never will (without bandit identification) because it doesn't fit with they way they approach playing games. Your really expecting these people to enjoy that experience as much as you? REALLY???

 

Please think before you post.

[DeatHTaX 1217]

 

You KOSers that rail against people that don't KOS are not really that unintelligent are you? Your essentially playing a high stakes game of Monopoly where everyone is playing monopoly but some people are anonymously pressing a button to reset your game and take away all your money

 

yeah...life sure is tough...man when my IMAGINARY loot and my IMAGINARY GAME LIFE get taken, it sure is horrible.

 

sorry but if someone can't handle the idea they at any moment they can lose their gear and their character's life to anything from the elements, to someone killing them, that's not my problem.

 

I die a lot too, often to KoSing and banditry, sometimes just a damn firefight thats a big Cluster. don't see me getting my panties all in a wad about it.

 

more senseless demonizing of people playing a game a different way than you play it. Don't like it? sucks. but I'm gonna keep doing what i'm doing regardless of how much you like your monopoly money. Call me a dick, douche or asshole.

 

I'm just playing my role in the game is all :)

[libertine 351]

accept your suffering.

You messed up and got your character all sorts of screwed up in the process.

 

Nobody to blame but yourself.

That is the logic applied from your, YOUR, dumbfuck idea of what the DayZ world is all about, where everyone has gone completely insane and is out to kill each other as quickly as possible. Other people want a bitchin zombie apocalypse with REALISTIC PVP.

[Martmital 436]

wah

 

wah

 

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

 

Big map bro, plenty of places to see, plenty of things to do.  Life expectancy at the coast is short...