General feedback thread?

[M00nfly 30]

The issue I have at the moment is this is the most expensive pre-release cost of a game I can recall, and there is little point in playing it at the moment even if you can get on, except to loot a bit. Theres only really basic features implemented and theyre pretty much all broke. 

A bit of general feedback -

• In most games the thirst and hunger meters seem to drop way too fast (occasionally they seem to degrade at a rate thats more expected), like you look in a few buildings and your de-hydrated again, which is a bit OTT, I feel these need balancing out better. 
• Ive been unable to use almost every weapon Ive found for one reason or another, they even seem to degrade just from re-loading them, often into an unusable state, and Ive not had a single weapon that can be reused after emptying a single mag, which again either needs fixings or re-balancing out as its a bit ridiculous. 
• The micro manage feature needs sorting ASAP as well, having to drop items all the time just to swap to a bottle of water is silly, quick swap needs to work even if inventory is full (which it isnt but its a known bug anyway I think).
• The UI is possibly the least intuitive and most clunky Ive seen since gaming in the 80's and 90's, this needs a good look at.
• How you approach death needs to be a bit more obvious, not just die. A heartbeat and red mist on the edge of the screen that warns you how close to death you actually are would be good.
• Looking down a scope in any position other than standing or kneeling on flat terrain seemingly breaks your characters weapon alignment, prone on a flat surface seems to be 50/50 on whether or not it will break. Again this is making weapons useless almost all the time so really needs sorting ASAP. You have to log off to fix it which puts you back in the server joining PITA debarkle.
• Zombies will quite often glitch, theyll get stuck running on the spot only to jump to being right next to you when they go agro. Damage is avoidable if you keep moving, but his happens a lot and is bad news if there are more than one zombie about.
• Given the cost of this title (basically the cost of a full priced game up until prices went up this gen), and the cost being considerably more than a PC game, users expect a bit more, even for a pre-release. The game is very bare bones at the minute and the basics that are here are almost all broken, giving the game no purpose other than to loot in preparation for the game being improved, though the looting is also somwhat broken as well. Console gamers are not as used to extreme bugginess at the best of times, and I suspect the amount of people playing this game will diminish very quickly if these early bugs arent addressed. Basics  like just being able to get into a game, and being able to fire a weapon really should be there from release.

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

4 hours ago, M00nfly said:

Console gamers are not as used to extreme bugginess at the best of times

Thank you for the well thought out feedback.

I've been testing builds for 4.5 years and have dealt with a massive amount of bugs to even get to the point at which you are now able to play on Xbox at all.

Testing is the most important thing we can do.

If the pace of development or current issues with game play make you unhappy and unwilling to test, please take a break from DayZ and come back after successive patches. You can read up on what has happened with patches through the forum and join again when things sound like they will appeal to you.

Cheers.

 

Edited September 3, 2018 by ☣BioHaze☣

[M00nfly 30]

On 03/09/2018 at 4:50 PM, ☣BioHaze☣ said:

Thank you for the well thought out feedback.

I've been testing builds for 4.5 years and have dealt with a massive amount of bugs to even get to the point at which you are now able to play on Xbox at all.

Testing is the most important thing we can do.

If the pace of development or current issues with game play make you unhappy and unwilling to test, please take a break from DayZ and come back after successive patches. You can read up on what has happened with patches through the forum and join again when things sound like they will appeal to you.

Cheers.

 

Well todays patch has broken my game entirely, it wont even load the title screen now, even after 3 console resets. Hope my £40 is being put to good use.

[Powell x91 96]

13 hours ago, M00nfly said:

Well todays patch has broken my game entirely, it wont even load the title screen now, even after 3 console resets. Hope my £40 is being put to good use.

Its back online. Just needed a hot fix for the fact people were getting reset. Rather them take them down for a few hours than lose all my gear. 

 

Maybe you should follow what they are actually doing to fix issues rather than moan about it. You knew full well what the GP programme entailed.

[M00nfly 30]

11 hours ago, Powell x91 said:

Its back online. Just needed a hot fix for the fact people were getting reset. Rather them take them down for a few hours than lose all my gear. 

 

Maybe you should follow what they are actually doing to fix issues rather than moan about it. You knew full well what the GP programme entailed.

Right, you guys really arent getting what Im saying here. Since the update, my game is totally bricked. Its still bricked right now. Ive restarted my console 3 times, Ive uninstalled the game and reinstalled it twice, and it takes me 6 hours to download it. When I click on DayZ on my dashboard, i get an error message saying the game has failed to launch ( error code 0x87e1000c), and that if the error persists to uninstall and reinstall, which I have now done twice and the game is still completely bricked.

Since the update, I cant access the game at all, cant boot up, cant get to the title screen, cant access server list, the game just DOES NOT WORK FULL STOP. I do know full well what a GP entails, what it does not entail is handing money over, and not getting any game at all, which is where Im currently at.

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by M00nfly

[Powell x91 96]

5 hours ago, M00nfly said:

Right, you guys really arent getting what Im saying here. Since the update, my game is totally bricked. Its still bricked right now. Ive restarted my console 3 times, Ive uninstalled the game and reinstalled it twice, and it takes me 6 hours to download it. When I click on DayZ on my dashboard, i get an error message saying the game has failed to launch ( error code 0x87e1000c), and that if the error persists to uninstall and reinstall, which I have now done twice and the game is still completely bricked.

Since the update, I cant access the game at all, cant boot up, cant get to the title screen, cant access server list, the game just DOES NOT WORK FULL STOP. I do know full well what a GP entails, what it does not entail is handing money over, and not getting any game at all, which is where Im currently at.

 

Actually, If you read carefully...there's a disclaimer saying this product may not work at all. 

 

The game isnt broken, bugged and glitched; yes...broken? No.

[M00nfly 30]

Your second paragraph doesnt even make sense 

In any case, my 3rd download completed last night so Ill try it again this evening, fingers crossed it works.

Edited September 7, 2018 by M00nfly