A Point against the 10 Minute Body Despawn that ISN'T about running back to get your own gear

[hannibaldaplaya 1095]

Now that the thread by the fellow who wanted the 10 minute despawn of bodies to only be removed so he can just run back to his body, I want to make one with a point for it that isn't silly.

 

The reason I want bodies to not despawn after 10 minutes is so that if someone dies, and someone later stumbles upon their body, they can loot that body. In real life, if a man falls off a roof and dies, his body will not disappear in 10 minutes. It will stay there, slowly decaying. For a few days anyone could stumble upon the corpse and take everything off of it.

 

Sure, not having bodies despawn after 10 minutes will promote rushing back to your dead body to grab your stuff, but this can be prevented.

 

Simply make it so that you can not loot your own corpse. This way, others can come upon your 2-hour dead corpse, loot it, but you can not.

 

I really don't see a reason for bodies to stay til restart if the above feature is implemented. It would add some immersion to players, as they walk past dozens of corpses. You would know that a massacre took place here, or even a mass suicide.

 

Right now, 10 minutes is also not a lot of time for looting corpses in HUGE FIREFIGHTS. If you are sniping, and shoot someone, killing them, you have 10 minutes to get to their position and loot their corpse. Now, if they have a friend, he can simply stake out at his chump's corpse for you. You either have to risk your life to get the loot, or hope that the guy leaves in 10 minutes.

 

Having a more realistic despawn time and the inability to loot your own corpses would allow players to take their time with looting bodies. The 10 minute timer makes you sort of rush to do so, especially in areas like Elektro where you don't want to risk being shot. It would give players time to secure the perimeter, and would also allow new players to pick ruined gear off of long dead corpses.

 

Plus, seeing a ton of corpses in the street just adds to the apocalyptic feel.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

It's been pointed out that the servers cannot handle the load right now.  Perhaps further down the road, like when the game is closer to full release, it's a possibility.  

Edited April 5, 2014 by Caboose187

[kichilron 8550]

Simply make it so that you can not loot your own corpse. This way, others can come upon your 2-hour dead corpse, loot it, but you can not.

 

The main point is not that you shouldn't be able to loot your own body, it's due to serverperformance - same reason dead Zombies despawn almost immediately.

[hannibaldaplaya 1095]

It's been pointed out that the servers cannot handle the load right now.  Perhaps further down the road, like when the game is closer to full release, it's a possibility.  Redundant thread is redundant

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I was going to give you beans, then you called this thread "Redundant."

 

Thank you for informing me its due to server performance, but can you refrain from insulting my thread?

The main point is not that you shouldn't be able to loot your own body, it's due to serverperformance - same reason dead Zombies despawn almost immediately.

Thank you, I appreciate your reply.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

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I was going to give you beans, then you called this thread "Redundant."

 

Thank you for informing me its due to server performance, but can you refrain from insulting my thread?

Thank you, I appreciate your reply.

I actually edited it already.

[hannibaldaplaya 1095]

I actually edited it already.

Alright, thank you, but when I viewed the post it was still there.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Alright, thank you, but when I viewed the post it was still there.

Lol, I had edited it before you quoted me.  Must have been in the middle of your quote when I did :p

Edited April 5, 2014 by Caboose187

[comikz 218]

Server performance and Not being able to get back and loot your gear, are the main reasons for the 10 minute body-despawn timer.

 

I agree that having dead bodies littering the map would give it a more Apocalypse feel, but until they finish optimizing the servers and such, I don't see it happening.

[AryanBoogeyman 185]

As far as the final product is concerned I totally agree OP.

 

 

Nothing made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up in the mod like seeing a pile of fresh players corpses and hearing the obnoxious flies buzzing about.

 

The problem with disallowing you to re-loot your own corpse is that it is still possible - as you pointed out - to do it with friends so that issue is still to be solved IMO. As far as I'm concerned perma-death will be gimped once persistent storage is added anyway so I have no issues with allowing anyone to loot dead bodies for an extended period of time.

 

Some of the most fun firefights I have ever been in involved repeatedly returning to the scene of an ongoing shootout and fighting guys over the remains of my last character. Just my 2 cents.

[rydekk 250]

Lol, who cares if you loot your own dead body? People seem to forget that most of it will be ruined in gunfights anyway...

[flygamer1 176]

Let your friends pick the loot from you and drop it to you

[Buffaloe 87]

Longer lasting corpses would be great. It would definately increase the immersion to see the remains of the less fortunate survivors and it would also make looting player corpses less suicidal.

 

Sure, there will be exploits like flygamer pointed out, but I think it's worth it nonetheless.