Heli Crash Site Alternative

[Mitchrea1993 21]

I love the idea of the heli crash site. A rare place that drops very rare loot, and it has become somewhat my mission in the game to go and find all this rare gear.

That being said, i think this idea can be improved. I was thinking a sort of hunger games style system.

The system would work as so, every few hours in the game, a helicopter would fly overhead, and drop a big care package somewhere on the map, and the location would be random. The location of the site is not put on the map, but simply the players have to try and find it based on where the heli dropped it. The care package would have both guns and medical supplies, much like the armory crates in the regular multiplayer.

Not only do i think this would be fun, as it would create a massive hotspot and standoff, with people eyeing the crates in the middle of a field, waiting to see who bites on them, but this would be a realistic. It is not uncommon for armed forces to airdrop supplies to areas of the world that need them, for both food and defense. Also the possibility for airdropping other things, like some sort of car, bike or anything else you guys can think of.

My idea is open to changes, just thought it would be something i would like doing and would enjoy as part of playing such a great game.

[Raven7212 0]

This is an excellent idea, and if helicopters do this in the actual game ( im an arma noob so i wouldnt know) then much of the code needed would be in place, only suggestions I have are to have a smoke grenade go off at the drop location to make it more visible and that the time of day it drops should be randomized too, only one drop a day as well

[KnT47r 51]

Random scripted events = 100% on board

Dont think we need another military weapons drop though. Medical supplies, yep. Food/water drop, yep. But deerstands, barracks, firehouses, heli crash sites AND weapon drops would put too many milgrade weapons on the board IMO

[Raven7212 0]

Random scripted events = 100% on board

Dont think we need another military weapons drop though. Fedical supplies, yep. Food/water drop, yep. But deerstands, barracks, firehouses, heli crash sites AND weapon drops would put too many milgrade weapons on the board IMO

I agree with the concern about the amount of military grade weapons, and in reality would the government drop military grade weapons to a population in chaos? Or would there even be a government at all? Anyway perhaps the crates could hold makarovs if there would be any weapons at all

[DemonGroover 8836]

More random occurances gets my vote

[Raven7212 0]

Just to make things more exciting, there's a time lock on the box for 20 min after it drops and campers get to kill each other for those 10-20 min :D

[Raven7212 0]

Also, lol just to make things more exciting the box could be time locked just for everyone's enjoyment, but then the life expectancy of a ton might drop to about 10 min xD

[uberwolfe 25]

I am totally for this idea

[Mitchrea1993 21]

Random scripted events = 100% on board

Dont think we need another military weapons drop though. Fedical supplies' date=' yep. Food/water drop, yep. But deerstands, barracks, firehouses, heli crash sites AND weapon drops would put too many milgrade weapons on the board IMO

I agree with the concern about the amount of military grade weapons, and in reality would the government drop military grade weapons to a population in chaos? Or would there even be a government at all? Anyway perhaps the crates could hold makarovs if there would be any weapons at all

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Well there is no reason not to have both, i mean perhaps just have the really rare drops at the heli crash sight, and mainly just ammo in the crates?

There are lots of possibilities, you could even have separate drops for ammo, medical and food/ water drop, all with different color flares respectively. I just think there is a lot of already scripted events, that are in the game, that wouldn't be to hard to put into the DayZ mod

[Da_Reapa1 4]

I am on board with this 100%

[Dreganius (DayZ) 55]

I'd prefer to wait until the official story comes to light before I support this idea, but it sounds decent.

[kieran.thorpe88@gmail.com 12]

got my vote good idea! think there should be more events. maybe even the odd soldier patrol?