Food spawn rates too high as of recent?

[sgtflex 13]

I think what some people neglect here: If the solution to enforce hunting is to just reduce canned food spawns drastically, people will just starve directly. In my opinion, hunting is too difficult at the beginning of the game, even though several people here want it to be more difficult.

 

Sure, with a fully equipped character it is easy to hunt, thing is: It is most important to get food at the beginning when you spawn in hungry. So in my opinion, it should be much easier to aquire and axe, matches and a kitchen knife if the food spaws are reduced. Like right now you would just spawn, look for these items and starve. Sometimes it can really take aged to find an axe or matches!

I would love if everyone would be forced to hunt instead of just finding food, but just reducing the food spawn would be a bad way to do that.

 

And, for example, if you find an unlooted house, normally you should expect to find something like matches in almost every house. Same with kitchen knifes, how realistic is it that I walk through a medium sized city without a knife? Sure, other people could have been there before, but then again I would not die of starvation in 5 hours.

 

 

Like the system is now: When you really need hunting you cant do it, if you can, you dont need it. I like the mechanics themselves, but they are poorly implemented into the game concept in my eyes, and i really hope the developers have a plan for this, though i doubt it.

 

 

p.s.: Im sure many people will disagree with me, but then please: next time you spawn fresh, only live from meat you hunted and dont touch any of the food you may find, then you will see what i mean i think.

Thing is, im not talking about hunting only. We have several other options to survive on food right now, such as apple trees and berries and such. Even with those 2 alone, that should be long enough to hold you off until you find a hatchet of some sort. You can start with hunting right off the bat by making an improvised knife, which will allow you to at least gather some food (Via Rabbit traps or other means). Once you find a hatchet or a splitting axe, you can cook whatever you have on you once you make a fire.

 

 

Hunting isn't the only option. There's fishing, gathering, farming, etc.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Food spawn too high, running speed to fast, gear too easy to acquire..... It'll be like this probably all they way to beta.  Remember kids, it's all for testing purposes to see how loot spawns are working and testing the items/weapons.  Better get used to it because once things start getting toned down all the ragers will ensue and the forums will most likely explode.