Berries-toxicity

[Whyherro123 2283]

Why oh why did the devs make the berries in-game the exact opposite of their real-life counterparts?

Granted, in a real life survival situation, I would avoid berries almost entirely, because most berries as whole act as a diuretic when eaten in large quantities, however, there are some general rules concerning berry edibility that are clearly not followed.

 

1) Do not eat berry unless it is positively identified. (This stands for every source of plant food)

2) Avoid red, white, yellow or green berries, unless positively identified

3) When examining blue berries, look for "crown" on base (These "King Berries" tend to be edible)

4) Do not eat large amounts of berries in one sitting, as even edible ones either act as a diuretic (due to the body rejecting the unaccustomed, if perfectly safe, food) or will make you shit your brains out anyways due to the high water content.

 

 

Now, the blue berries in-game are toxic, and will make you sick. Why, then, did the devs give them the model of a berry that is almost universally edible, tasty, and common (Hint, its a Blueberry)? And why are the edible red berries FUCKING HOLLY BERRIES?! If you eat holly berries IRL, you will be vomiting, shitting everywhere, and stumbling around for hours on end, due to adverse reactions.

Now, I could see if the red berries were something like a Raspberry or a Cranberry, but obviously, my real-world survival knowledge is apparently useless. I skipped over the red berries and ate up a shit-ton of the blue ones, and died as a result.

 

Stupid. Ask someone with some actual woods-lore knowledge next time.

 

[guppy22143 1081]

I did the exact same thing.

When a non survivalist dev makes a game about... well, er, SURVIVAL

These things tend to happen.

 

"Hm, these berries look safe!" *dead*

"Maybe I should avoid this unclean water." *dead*

"Let's just walk all the way to NEAF, to conserve energy." Energy wasted, because it is counter productive to walk.

 

Surivalists4DayZDevelopment2014

[odin_lowe 3686]

There's only two types of berries in game, I saw that as an Easter egg to The Matrix. Blue pill? Or red pill? B)

 

(It would be more authentic to have real life references for these types of features, but sadly they seem to have other priorities. Although, this might also be only place-holders and might change in the future. At least I know that when we'll get mods, we'll see everything we can imagine... As real, or fantastic it can be.)

Edited June 21, 2014 by Odin Lowe