Thermos/Hot water bottle

[UltimateGentleman 355]

So it's a pain in the ass not having warm clothes, not being able to find any and having to make a fire every two seconds just to survive.

 

What about adding a thermos or hot water bottle for us to fill with hot water(duh) and stuff in our freezing cold jacket or whatever we're wearing?

 

If any of you have played the indie game Don't Starve you know that it has a viable option for heat on the move...DayZ certainly should have one if a tiny indie does :|

 

 

Not only does it burn through resources making fires all the time is just inconvenient and until there's proper base building sticking to one area isn't really an option unless it somehow has a continuous food supply.

 

But who wants to play the game when you have to sit around a fire 50% of the time?

 

Obviously how heat works will be tweaked but why not have options for us to stay warm on the move without having to wear rare gear?

It's not going to be the ultimate saving grace but it should keep you survivably warm if you have a stove to top it up every so often.

 

The two items I mention aren't all I mean but not sure what else would be viable, thermos is the best option I can think of.

[svisketyggeren 662]

So it's a pain in the ass not having warm clothes, not being able to find any and having to make a fire every two seconds just to survive.

 

 

Im playing experimental so this might not be relevant if u play stable and its bugged there. But I never have a problem staying warm as long as im healthy. If im healthy, have decent clothes..not damaged or wet, I never have to put up a fire to stay warm.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

A thermos would not make you warmer, it insulates the heat to either keep it in or out.  A hot-water bottle or even a water bottle that's hot would however.

[boneboys 7988]

Heatpack

 

 

It's a thing...

[UltimateGentleman 355]

 

Heatpack

 

 

It's a thing...

 

It'd be great if that wasn't the only option though I'm sure they'll be rare.

 

Im playing experimental so this might not be relevant if u play stable and its bugged there. But I never have a problem staying warm as long as im healthy. If im healthy, have decent clothes..not damaged or wet, I never have to put up a fire to stay warm.

The problem is getting healthy to survive like that though, unless you get lucky and find what you need early on the cold is harder than starvation to survive.

[svisketyggeren 662]

 

The problem is getting healthy to survive like that though, unless you get lucky and find what you need early on the cold is harder than starvation to survive.

 

I agree that there is a critical timeperiod just when u start a new character. Hard to quantify how hard that period should be...shouldnt be a big challenge for a veteran player. A new player should be challenged, get a little cold and hungry etc...just enough to realize that Dayz is no carebear game.

 

But when I say the beginning shouldnt be a big challenge for a vet player, its not what I personally would want...me personally would like it to be harder. Id welcome a 50% chance of dying from hunger or cold when u start a new char. But I dont think thats what the majority of players want.

Edited November 2, 2014 by svisketyggeren

[UltimateGentleman 355]

But when I say the beginning shouldnt be a big challenge for a vet player, its not what I personally would want...me personally would like it to be harder. Id welcome a 50% chance of dying from hunger or cold when u start a new char. But I dont think thats what the majority of players want.

I wouldn't like that because unless on a low pop server there's also like a 75% chance you'll encounter someone who aims to kill you and you can't really waste time looking at every inch of an area from a distance when you have thirty minutes or so to eat before you die.

 

I think it should be a lot easier to just barely survive, to get enough food to stay in green hunger status like by being able to smash open cans of food at the lost of at least 70% of the food, it's still going to be a struggle until you find an axe or the god tier item that is the can opener.

[Draco122 412]

I could see a Thermos added in being a great way to store hot foods when cooking is properly implemented. I could see cooking a can of soup and storing it inside a thermos for an instant warm beverage, hopefully they add Tea and Coffee too that we could make

[UltimateGentleman 355]

I could see a Thermos added in being a great way to store hot foods when cooking is properly implemented. I could see cooking a can of soup and storing it inside a thermos for an instant warm beverage, hopefully they add Tea and Coffee too that we could make

Yeah brainfart on the thermos being warm but they could be useful for that too, even just some boiled water(obviously not straight from boiling point) perhaps you could pour it over yourself or drink it to warm yourself up for a while.

 

In the military when they're all freezing when someone does a shit they wrap it up in a bag and pass it round, just to get a little warmth from the fresh poop so I don't think it's too ridiculous to have a hot water bottle.