im not sure upcoming features are "positive" to the game

[gibonez 3633]

He looks like he got kicked in the nuts!

 

It sort of does.

 

Gives me hope for different animations for different injuries.

[zbubbler 0]

I understand that people like guns and eastern european countries are loaded with those (seriously why would anyone living in a crappy wooden shed spend their money on guns is beyond me though) but let's just assume everyone and most of their guns took of to safer places and those washing up ashore just need to make due with what's left.

why would anyone living in a crappy vinyl shed spend their money on guns? 'murica

[GodOfGrain 191]

   Oh dear lord *sigh*. Chernarus isn't even real..... Just sayin' look at the architecture in the area. No water towers, no luxury shops, no water towers, no restaurants, and the grocer is tiny! People get their water from freaking water pumps! Russia is also a 2nd world country. Don't say "Oh, they're first world!" Because a first world country is one that's already developed and have a strong industry base. The US, most of western Europe, Japan, and China fir this criteria. I'm just saying that Russia is not a "well off" country for the most part. It used to be, and some parts of it, such as Moscow, still are. I'm just saying that MANY parts of Russia are very poor and abandoned.

 

Sorry, but that isn't quite true; well at least one minor aspect: First, second and third world are - rather historical - geopolitical terms for the western allies and associated states (first world), the Sowjet Union and associated states (second world) and non-associated states (third world). So it has nothing to do with the respective economic development.

Edited April 11, 2014 by GodOfGrain

[Mr Sinister 167]

Yes I'm sure you know what's going on financially. It's all those chemtrails affecting the sheep right that's the problem here? It's called society, people were just as much a sheep to it as they were when we were cavemen, just like every social animal in the world is. IS it perfect? Not by a longshot.

Ha, chem trails, well, i leave out the things i cannot prove and have my own opinions about a great many things but, i leave it to this fact about where our money comes from, then leave people to their own devices, since it makes national debt fraud and shows there is an easy solution so, why are all nations drowning in debt? and being destroyed by them. After proving that, i leave people to make up their own minds by researching the rest, should they wish. Many quite simply dont care anyways. But, across the newspaper forums all over the world, people are screaming about the bankers, so lets see what fate decides. 

[weedmasta 784]

i feel like the more they release about dayz

 

its slowly turning from a modern zombie survival game to a caveman zombie survival game

 

well bows? there will be technical bows and crossbows so lets call it ok

 

i agree with the idea that gathering rocks and woods (sound familiar?) is an important aspect of surviving

 

but i just cant stop thinking about it 

 

dayz is loosing its modern-ness and morphing into a caveman game..

 

Caveman see, caveman do. 

Edited April 11, 2014 by weedmasta

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Caveman see, caveman do. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XorRadiYSk

[Martmital 436]

Ha, chem trails, well, i leave out the things i cannot prove and have my own opinions about a great many things but, i leave it to this fact about where our money comes from, then leave people to their own devices, since it makes national debt fraud and shows there is an easy solution so, why are all nations drowning in debt? and being destroyed by them. After proving that, i leave people to make up their own minds by researching the rest, should they wish. Many quite simply dont care anyways. But, across the newspaper forums all over the world, people are screaming about the bankers, so lets see what fate decides. 

 

[KingOfTime 267]

Not that difficult I made both crossbow and bow myself many years ago, and those worked pretty well. Eventually my parents took away most of it when we started making pointy arrows but it's really not -that- hard.

edit: the bow was based of an SAS survival guide, the crossbow was made using a cycling flag pole (flexible plastic stick) cut in three and taped together and a wooden base.

 

I understand that people like guns and eastern european countries are loaded with those (seriously why would anyone living in a crappy wooden shed spend their money on guns is beyond me though) but let's just assume everyone and most of their guns took of to safer places and those washing up ashore just need to make due with what's left.

 

I'd love to see more decay on weapons though.

A lot of people are now building their own bows out of pvc pipe too....something that should be way more common than any ready-to-go weapon you could find.

[nimmerzz 17]

i feel like the more they release about dayz

 

its slowly turning from a modern zombie survival game to a caveman zombie survival game

 

well bows? there will be technical bows and crossbows so lets call it ok

 

i agree with the idea that gathering rocks and woods (sound familiar?) is an important aspect of surviving

 

but i just cant stop thinking about it 

 

dayz is loosing its modern-ness and morphing into a caveman game..

You can always go play BF4 or COD.... Dont know what you expected by posting this...

[louist 163]

Eh, your opinion. While you were inventing your zipper and zamboni, we were busy making blockbuster movies, winning wars, and going to the moon. Sorry buddy.

Which wars, again? Are you considering Vietnam a victory? Iraq?

Or do American's still believe they won in 1812?

[Deathlove 2286]

Which wars, again? Are you considering Vietnam a victory? Iraq?

Or do American's still believe they won in 1812?

 

We kicked Britains ass out of America during that war of 1812. You dont see ppl going around saying "God save the queen" Do you? No

 

Doesn't matter if you burned the capital down we still slayed every single one we saw till they were out of the country.

[weedmasta 784]

   Eh, your opinion. While you were inventing your zipper and zamboni, we were busy making blockbuster movies, winning wars, and going to the moon.

 

[weedmasta 784]

We kicked Britains ass out of America during that war of 1812. You dont see ppl going around saying "God save the queen" Do you? No

 

Doesn't matter if you burned the capital down we still slayed every single one we saw till they were out of the country.

 

Which you would have lost if the French hadn't helped you, whom you now label as cowards odd enough. It was the French who saved your asses.

Edited April 11, 2014 by weedmasta

[Deathlove 2286]

Which you would have lost if the French hadn't helped you, whom you now label as cowards odd enough. It was the French who saved your asses.

I don't label them as cowards. You cant speak for everyone.

[louist 163]

We kicked Britains ass out of America during that war of 1812. You dont see ppl going around saying "God save the queen" Do you? No

Doesn't matter if you burned the capital down we still slayed every single one we saw till they were out of the country.

Some clarifying points are in order: America declared war on Britain, declaring the annexation of much of Canada "a mere matter of marching." It didn't quite turn out that way. What is taught in school isn't reflective of the realities of the war. There has been a lot of informative scholarship done on the war by Americans, Brits, and Canadians. You should read up. I don't mean that as an attack on your intelligence or education; once you get past the abridged version taught to children on both sides of the boarder, you'll find it may be one of the most hilarious and entertaining wars in known history.

Neither side wanted to go to war. Britain was fighting Napolean at the time, a much larger concern, and one that monopolized their attention and manpower. A small majority of American hawks (largely hailing from the south) pushed it through on the pretext of British reclamation/repatriation of deserters serving on American ships was infringing on American soveriegnty. The joke, here, is that the British, in response to American complaints, repealed the practice. But the American envoy, carrying news home, was still at sea when war was declared. He arrived just a little too late.

And the laughs continue. Do you know who supplied the food, naval supplies, clothes and boots that got the Canadian militia through the first years of the war? Americans. The New England merchants largely ignored the war and continued trading with Canada.

America, despite declaring war, hadn't raised any troops before doing so, and failed to inform a number of it's forts along the boarder. The result? A large number of the American forces were volunteers raised in the south (the war was unpopular in New England, and militia forces refused to cross the boarder), who-convinced that the war would be quick and easy-marched without any winter clothes, proper boots, or enough of basic field gear, such as tents. More men, on both sides, died as a result of exposure or disease than any other causes.

Likewise, despite America declaring war, the first move was made by a small force of British (mostly fur traders and allied First Nations) who captured Fort Mackinac, which hadn't even been informed of the war.

On the whole, though, the entire war was marked by a general sense of incompetence on both sides. The American army was staffed by officers far past their prime, veterans of the War of Independance. The British, meanwhile, left the defense of Canada in the hands of men either too old or Incompetant to fight in the Napoleonic War, or men who had bought their way into their military commissions. Yes, both sides had their share of distinguished and worthy commanders, but they were in the minority.

I refer to British North America as Canada, simply beacuse it's easier, and I'm lazy.

So, back to your point: there were no winners in the war, only losers: mainly North American Aboriginals.

[Katana67 2907]

What in the actual fuck are you all talking about?

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

What in the actual fuck are you all talking about?

 

As far as I can make out it is pimply boys comparing the length of the genitals of their great great great grandpas. 

[Deathlove 2286]

What in the actual fuck are you all talking about?

lmao XD

[Inception. 9443]

You guys amaze me sometimes. 

I couldn't care less about where you are from or what things your country has done. That discussion ends now; stay on-topic. 

 

Besides, we all know Australia is the superior country.

That was a joke.

[Deathlove 2286]

You guys amaze me sometimes. 

I couldn't care less about where you are from or what things your country has done. That discussion ends now; stay on-topic. 

 

Besides, we all know Australia is the superior country.

That was a joke.

lol you and your boomerang throwing kangaroo kung foo action....... XD

[louist 163]

You guys amaze me sometimes.

I couldn't care less about where you are from or what things your country has done. That discussion ends now; stay on-topic.

Besides, we all know Australia is the superior country.

That was a joke.

National honor is serious business, but I acquiesce :p

Back on topic:

Creating a bow, without modern machinery, is undeniably easier than creating a modern firearm. And by-and-large, most people likely understand the basic mechanics of each. That said, is crafting a easy? Is it easy enough for the average person to make by hand? Would that bow make an effective and reliable weapon? And would the average person be able to effectively use it if it were?

To each of those questions I am inclined to say no. The annecdotal evidence supplied earlier put aside, I'm doubtful any average person is going to pull it off. There's simply a lot of knowledge that goes into creating a working bow and the arrows it fires. What types of wood should you use? How do you select the proper length and width? What shape should it be? How do you treat the wood? What sort of "string" should you use, and how do you treat that? How long are the arrows? How wide? What sort of feathers, or other materials, should you use to stabilize them? What makes a good arrow head? What shape should it be?

And if you plan on making a laminate bow, you run into further complications. What materials are you using? What sort of adhesive, and where can you find it or how can you make it?

There would simply be so much trial and error involved that I wouldn't call the process an easy one, and I wouldn't consider a crafting system where you take wood and some string, mix them together, and end up with a deadly weapon a particularly realistic one, if we want to bring realism into the debate.

[weedmasta 784]

National honor is serious business, but I acquiesce :P

Back on topic:

Creating a bow, without modern machinery, is undeniably easier than creating a modern firearm. And by-and-large, most people likely understand the basic mechanics of each. That said, is crafting a easy? Is it easy enough for the average person to make by hand? Would that bow make an effective and reliable weapon? And would the average person be able to effectively use it if it were?

To each of those questions I am inclined to say no. The annecdotal evidence supplied earlier put aside, I'm doubtful any average person is going to pull it off. There's simply a lot of knowledge that goes into creating a working bow and the arrows it fires. What types of wood should you use? How do you select the proper length and width? What shape should it be? How do you treat the wood? What sort of "string" should you use, and how do you treat that? How long are the arrows? How wide? What sort of feathers, or other materials, should you use to stabilize them? What makes a good arrow head? What shape should it be?

And if you plan on making a laminate bow, you run into further complications. What materials are you using? What sort of adhesive, and where can you find it or how can you make it?

There would simply be so much trial and error involved that I wouldn't call the process an easy one, and I wouldn't consider a crafting system where you take wood and some string, mix them together, and end up with a deadly weapon a particularly realistic one, if we want to bring realism into the debate.

 

It isn't hard to make a bow and arrow as long as you have the resources. Sure it isn't going to be as effective as a manufactured one but...

Edited April 12, 2014 by weedmasta

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

It isn't hard to make a bow and arrow as long as you have the resources. Sure it isn't going to be as effective as a manufactured one but...

I would not want the crafting of one to be as lame as Rust.

[gibonez 3633]

I would not want the crafting of one to be as lame as Rust.

You bonkers rust has a deep and amazing crafting system.

[IamDinner 28]

You guys amaze me sometimes. 

I couldn't care less about where you are from or what things your country has done. That discussion ends now; stay on-topic. 

 

Besides, we all know Australia is the superior country.

That was a joke.

 

Yeah pretty much this.

 

fences and lines in the sand mean nothing. I know where they are all from... Earth, and they are all my brothers and sisters.