Protest against the new update for night/day being added

[BeefBacon 1185]

I think you completely glazed over the rest of my post where i agreed that what needs to happen is for night time to have atleast reasonable lighting levels based on weather- not be a perpetual black hole as it currently is. I think thats a reasonable solution. I'd rather just play 24/7 day then have accelerated tho.

 

No, I read it. The point I was trying to make is that I don't want to play in darkness for my entire session. I want to play at night, but I don't want to play at night for hours and hours. 30 minutes I'd be happy with, provided at least some visibility is granted.

[Roger Moore 11]

They should make so you can see silhouettes atleast, right now it's unplayable if you don't have a flashlight, and that's bad. What if you log on a server, it's pitch black and then you leave for another server and you have to wait 600 seconds. That's not fun in any way.

[Octavian (DayZ) 18]

If the game has crafting, it would make sense to gather resources during day, shelter and craft at night.

 

Although in reality they should have a realistic day night cycle.

 

2 hours day, 30 minutes night, since most people sleep at night, and that is not modeled

 

 

this is true. As a simulation dayz should acknowledge sleeping time at night as a fact. During a real apocalyse most people would just sleep at night, so nighttime is de facto shorter than daytime 

Edited April 25, 2014 by Octavian

[chow 55]

Played a full night cycle last nite and had a blast. Running thru Cherno with Zombies attacking was awesome. Get a lamp flashlights suck.

 

[ld-airgrafix 403]

Keep the night, but it seems like devs have never been out at night. Even without a light sourest night is not pitch black, stars are more than enough, even on a cloudy night it's still brighter than dayz. Infestation got this right, there you go, ISS has something better than dayz ha ha

[shuriken39@hotmail.com 8]

I thought that having a nighttime in the game is a bad idea. Many of my friends are complaining about it too and stopped playing DayZ because of it. The problem with having night time is that most people threw away their flashlights and so people will start resulting to killing new players for the flashlights since its easier to do so then look for one. The kill rate will most likely go up for a fact. Flashlights are not even that helpful (or the flashlight attachments for helmets or whatever). They are basically just bringing you to your death if you use one. They light up your area and people are going to most likely kill whoever has their flashlight on. Which makes having flashlights useless. I recently died so I am using a flashlight but it just makes everything harder at night because new people wont be able to find houses/factories like they could do easily during the day. On top of new people dying from being shot for their flashlights they wont even be able to have good chance of surviving since they barely even know the map well. They don't know what to look for when they are running around with their flashlights out. Another problem is that you run slower when you have your flashlight out -__-    Either you have a flashlight out and see where you are going or you don't have it out and run faster. You cant even outrun zombies too with the flashlight out. I just keep mine away and follow the coast while everything is dark now. The new update ruins experiences basically. Please take away nighttime and continue working on more important things like the hunting update. Many people are waiting for that update and are very excited for it. I don't really care much about hunting but Id rather hunt then walk/run in darkness barely being able to tell where I am.

 

You lost me after "I thought that having a nighttime in the game is a bad idea. Many of my friends are complaining about it too and stopped playing DayZ because of it."  Sorry pal I can't say I agree with you because you can't handle the night cycle.  If you can't handle the game it probably isn't for you.  Either way the game is in Alpha so MANY features if not MOST are still missing from it.  NVG goggles should fix the issue, as for the flashlight giving you away to everyone else, really?  Color me surprised <rolls eyes>.  So I say again either deal with it and wait for more of the game to come out or find a game that's easier for you.

 

 

Day/night cycles will probably be a lot faster in the future. Currently they're real time. Eventually I expect to see day/night cycles that are just a couple of hours long.

 

Also I imagine that night will eventually be made brighter.

 

I hope the whole day/night cycles being faster will NEVER come to pass, or at least not on hardcore.  Like some people suggested, play on servers that have day time.

 

 

Most people - myself included - are unwilling to play at night. Faster day/night cycles may look 'goofy' but they'll encourage players to actually play at night. I could manage night if it only lasted 30 minutes - I'm not willing to play in near pitch-blackness or even just low light for a full 2 hours.

 

That's because most people are pansies who can't handle this game.  People need to realize that this is not Call of Duty or Battlefield, it's more of a simuiator as opposed to FPS.  Quite frankly it's based off ArmA II, which is far from being something like CoD/BF.  You either handle it or move on because the game is not for you.

[audax 207]

.  You either handle it or move on because the game is not for you.

[BeefBacon 1185]

 

That's because most people are pansies who can't handle this game.  People need to realize that this is not Call of Duty or Battlefield, it's more of a simuiator as opposed to FPS.

 

You need to realise that this is still a game that should appeal to a player-base that doesn't consist of half a dozen elitists. If you want your 24-hour cycles then you can join a server that has 24-hour cycles. If I want 4-hour cycles then I should be able to join a server that caters to my playstyle.

[gopepsi 3]

Night time is really cool if you have glowtubes and red smoke but I'll never use a flashlight.

So yea, night time is part of the game and we have to do with it, but the lack of good equipments yet is not a good move from the last patch.

[dannsair2 (DayZ) 16]

hell no

[gannon46 788]

_{I was on an experimental last week and there was a server that went through the whole day/night cycle in an hour honestly didn't think i would dig it but it was awesome you could run to an area to loot during the day and when you got there it would get dark and you could get your solid snake on.}

[gannon46 788]

You need to realise that this is still a game that should appeal to a player-base that doesn't consist of half a dozen elitists. If you want your 24-hour cycles then you can join a server that has 24-hour cycles. If I want 4-hour cycles then I should be able to join a server that caters to my playstyle.

i agree with you sir i think that there should be server able to cater to anyones needs like you said be it day/night cycle time and (i know I'm gonna get shredded)PVE well for this maybe when mods are out and AI bandits etc hey not my thing but some like it and they should get it. point being there are so many ways this game can be played enjoyed setup that i think of vanilla SA as the base to the cake and the private server/mods will add a lot more flavor to cater to anyones vision of the apocalypse it will just take a lot of patience from us and of course that dreaded word time.

[shuriken39@hotmail.com 8]

You need to realise that this is still a game that should appeal to a player-base that doesn't consist of half a dozen elitists. If you want your 24-hour cycles then you can join a server that has 24-hour cycles. If I want 4-hour cycles then I should be able to join a server that caters to my playstyle.

 

Now that is an answer I am more willing to accept.  Saying there should be servers that have different types of cycles is better than outright asking for them to shorten the day/night cycle in general.  Aside from that saying that this is just a game doesn't mean it should automatically be dumbed down for people who don't like the realism aspect of it.  I've said it before, this game is not for everyone.  Just as it is with Call of Duty, Barbie Horse Adventures, Grand Theft Auto, Dark Souls, Assassin's Creed, Counterstrike. StarCraft, Elder Scrolls, WarZ and etc.. DayZ is catered for a specific target audience.  There is no reason why the Devs should deveate from their vision of a game because a casual gamer finds it too hard and unenjoyable.  You either like the game and play or you hate it and move on.

Though I do hope that they at least come out with servers for those who can't play by hardcore rules so threads like this one cease to exist.

[The_Monk 320]

I love the darkness. The best times I've ever had in mod/standalone have been at night.

 

People get reckless because they think nobody can see them. It is when you need to be the most alert.

 

[yorkmorgan 191]

just up your gamma guy

NOOOOOOOOOO. You see that flashlight in your pocket... Turn it on!!

[a_ruttle 199]

get rid of gamma exploitation, make all nights moonlit, problem solved