i dont even have day-z yet :0 i still have questions...alot

[hellrazer21 0]

so im the noob of all noobs i dont even have the game yet lol

 

i'll cut to the chase i been wanting to play this game forever but wanted to see how it was going to turn out so i decided to wait and its been a while now since i heard day z was coming out anyway

 

i have a few questions before i actually buy the game 

 

1.)i noticed people advertise their servers and theres in game items what happens if i go into a different server do i stilll get to keep my stuff? is it like bf4 n cod where u keep all your personal stuff whne u server jump? unless your playing on a hacked private server then i guess things would be different for sure 

 

2.) i used to think this was more mmo style with everyone on the same map but now with the servers im guessing its only a limited number of people on every map is that right? maybe 30-40 per map player?

 

3.) one of the main reasons i never bought the game was cuz my friends dont play pc games (xbox fan boys -_-) after watching tons of videos on dayz it seems the game is more fun when u play with a group of people is this true? or can i roam around on my own and still find something fun to do?

 

4.) when someone gets killed in the game they lose all their stuff? so everything gets dropped (possibly stolen by the bandit) but if its not stolen how long does it remain in that spot? does it eventually disappear or does it stay there indefinably for me to pick it up if i make way back to that area (idk how respawning works so please elaborate)

 

5.) crafting is there a written guide somewhere with all the stuff that can be made?

 

6.) base crafting if i build a base is it still there when i log back on ... i havent even bought the game yet idk how the servers are setup so please explain that if u can i'd really appreciate it

 

7.)arma/dayz vs dayz sa  whats the difference hows the servers set up how many people on each game 

[Sleeves 98]

This is a helpful link. http://dayz.gamepedia.com/DayZ_Standalone_Wiki

1. You do keep your items if you hop servers. Be warned some servers are bugged, like, very few, and will wipe your character.

2. You are right, around 30 players a server. Developers are working on higher population servers.

3. Playing with friends is the funnest. You can play alone but expect to just kill people a lot. Should you have no one to play the game with, try just talking to someone and stick with them, should you not be killed by them.

4. When you die, your body ragdolls and is lootable. The last update had bodies only stick around for like, 15 minutes. It is longer now but both time and server restarts will remove the corpse.

5. Search crafting on the wiki. Dragging and dropping items on one another is how it normally works though. (Drag a spray can on an axe = Black/Green axe)

6. Base crafting only goes as far as setting a tent up in the woods. Plans are to allow building barricades but that is as far as it goes.

7. DayZ Mod has more versions of the game that people made and tends to have a decent community gathering. The most notable feature is vehicles and how less buggy it is. DayZ SA also has a good player base but lacks vehicles and is very much more buggy. This will change in due time of course.

[Khanarac 252]

2.  Imo unhelpul answer. The current max of people on a server is 40.

 

3. Note that the game has no goals. You have to make your own goals

 

4. When you die your body dissapears after 10 minutes, unless there is a player nearby. It will remain there then until the player moves away if it's already beyond the 10min timer. However, an allied player can strip your corpse and lay the items somewhere you can grab them. This way you can evade the 10min timer. It is planned that dropped items decay over time aswell but not ingame yet. Also it's save to say that the itemdecay will at any rate be more than 10minutes.

 

5. There is not much to craft to begin with and only a few items are actually worth your time, like an improves backpack. Rope+Burlapsack. A stick is optional and makes the bag bigger.

 

7. On the submod of dayz mod that I play, there are currently max 65 people on a server, working vehicles and storage but no bases. I strongly recommend the mod instead of standalone at this point.

[friendlypilot 37]

i give a quick run down sorry if people have posted before

 

theres a big list of servers on the standalone server list , tabs at the top filter friends playing , internet (public server list) . IP (if you know the ip of the server , ect it also sorts max players ping that sort of thing if you wish by a click of a tab

 

filters can filter how many people playing ect battleeye yes or no , and that kinda stuff and a word search

 

when you first spawn in a server it is random , after that you re join where ever you left off (brilliant huh)

 

you can join a different server and have the same stuff and be where you was when you logged off

 

dayz mod has hackers , dayz standalone they get banned and have to rebuy the game thats the difference

 

 

be carefull logging of it make you stay on server for 30 secs make sure you safe (no combat logging)

 

players

it max 40 a map but increasing i think to 100 soon i think i heard

 

when you first play if you havnt played any dayz mod before is you going to die again and again and again and lose your stuff again and again and again , unless you have someone whos watching your stuff and your near ,. also no vehicles or anything as of yet but they being added , my advice , buy the standalone it worth the 19.99 for sure you get a massively multiplayer survival horror , SA will have mods soon too so you wont miss out on Atlis life and epouh servers either

 

if you trust the devs they changing the engine soon something arma 3 cannot do , standalone on arma will look like a bad GTA dayz mod in comparison to the unique engine thats going to be put in place (we hope)

 

im suprised the devs havn't put the price up on the standalone yet :D

Edited September 21, 2014 by friendlypilot