Weather Sync, & Using it's Advantages

[blunce 991]

Hello to the DayZ community,

Yesterday during my play session, I was on a rainy server, & I quickly became captivated by the rain, lighting, & thunder that surrounded me when it occurred to me that the weather such as that thunder storm could be used as an advantage rather than be taken as a disadvantage.

One example I can think of, is using the sound of thunder to mask your shots. This would be especially effective when using a weapon such as a Mosin from a distance & you've yet to be detected.

That being said, I know that the finished game will have synchronized weather conditions across the servers, but will it be as precise as all players being able to hear the crack of thunder at the same moment? If not, this would basically make my strategy useless.

So if anyone has any information on how the devs plan to synchronize weather for all players, please let me know, it would be much appreciated.

I'd also like to hear some opinions from the community about how important weather synchronization is, how accurate it will be, & other ways you could use weather conditions to your advantage.

-blunce

[tinroofer 23]

I think they would need to make the noise of the storm much "sharper" or "closer" sounding to be able to mask the sound of a shot from a long gun, but its a cool idea certainly :)

[blunce 991]

I think they would need to make the noise of the storm much "sharper" or "closer" sounding to be able to mask the sound of a shot from a long gun, but its a cool idea certainly :)

Playing yesterday I heard a couple HUGE booms of thunder .. Sounded like the storm was right overhead :D

[tinroofer 23]

Playing yesterday I heard a couple HUGE booms of thunder .. Sounded like the storm was right overhead :D

 

Oh yeah? Hmm... next time I hear a storm I'm heading to a hot spot with the moisin :D

Edited April 29, 2014 by tinroofer