Add a Rare Drop Multi Tool or Swiss Army Knife and a "E-Tool"

[CJFlint 357]

Hi,

 

Yesterday I was wondering around in the forests over on the east coast and decided to try hunting out. I waited in the woods for around to 10 minutes and saw nothing, then went over a hill and scanned with my Mosin. at the bottom of the hill about 300 meters out I saw a buck! I sighted in and fired 1 shot and down he went. I then using caution walked up to him, to skin this fine animal. I then noticed, "oh crap" all I have is an axe. No dice. I had everything I needed to cook the meat, stove matches, gas canister ect. But to my dismay I had forgot to to loot some sort of knife. I then looked at my inventory, and noticed I had pretty much everything I need to survive, can opener, compass, food water guns, ammo box filled to the gills ect. That's when it poped into my mind. For those of use who prefer not carry a giant mountain back pack and prefer say a hunter or improvised setup. We may not be able to carry every thing we need to survive, but just enough, unless we can find more several protective cases to maximize space.

 

That's when I thought, wow wouldn't a multi tool be cool to have or a swiss army knife. You can open cans, cut meat, use at as a screw driver, a file, fight if you have too with it and the list goes one. When I was in the service I had a really good Leatherman multi tool, and never went anywhere in the field with out it. But this item should be a rare drop. Also I would like multi roles hunting knife.   

 

Also another item we used a in the service that would be a great add is the "E-tool". Its a small folding shovel used that was multi roled. It could be used as a hammer, a dull cutting tool, a shovel, brush clearing "maybe in dayz cutting down small bushes" and it was a great hand to hand weapon if needed proven in combat, I'm sure the Russians have a version as well. This would be great to see in game as well.

 

In the .45 patch, there of course hunting and fishing added, and a way for player now to choose if they prefer to survive off the grid, and avoid towns to just survive in the woods. Or continue to venture into towns, if you prefer it. There are more options and this is cool! With this though I'm seeing the need for more survival tools. Keep in mind I want to see these as rarer drops, something you have to hunt around the map for and not just get in one of the coastal spawn towns.

 

I also would love to see more improvised items, but that is a another thread.

 

Thanks for reading! 

Edited June 29, 2014 by CJFlint

[artrath96 22]

I agree. But it should be very difficult to find. I don't think most civilians had an e-tool, or did they? I don't know much about them.

[CJFlint 357]

I agree. But it should be very difficult to find. I don't think most civilians had an e-tool, or did they? I don't know much about them.

E-Tools can more then likely be bought at a surplus store but are ment for infantry or ground combat units, and a multi tool any sporting goods store really But do to there multiple uses and small size, I do think they should be rare. Maybe only spawn in high value areas like barracks maybe. Due to the maps size and amount of players on server it should rare, or a harder to find item. Other wise it would defeat the perpose of some of the other tools.

 

E-Tools really are vary common issue items in military units. But I really never see them in any military sim, or game in general. More then likely there really is no need for a tool like that in a CPU game, other then to just dig in or hand to hand, which in military SOP is a last resort. But do to DayZ SAs nature of running on military engine, yet being a survival game. Were in the future from all looks of it will be a way more crafting, hunting and improvising. It would have a real place. Same goes for a multi tool or Swiss Army Knife.

 

After the 4.5 patch, I have to say if it keeps going this way. DayZ will be one hell of a survival simulator. 

Edited June 30, 2014 by CJFlint

[UltimateGentleman 355]

I think we should get one of these for sure it's annoying needing so many items that break extremely quickly for tasks that are far from heavy duty.

 

A swiss army knife with scissors could be used to cut rags better which would be awesome, maybe the standard hand ripped rags shouldn't be as good as ones made with a knife.

You get ones with magnifying glasses too so that would be another way we can start a fire without magical wind blowing it out.

 

They could even be used as a fishing hook, very awesome item to have.

 

Course some would moan that it's "overpowered" but so what, it's a real thing it's not like it's some made up wonder tool it just simplifies tasks that the game makes harder than real life.

I've never seen a hardware store that doesn't have like 20 of them, it's fair that there'd be a good few in Chernaus.