Spawning in groups

[NoobCanoe 0]

I have been trying to play together with a friend for a while now and it just isnt possible. We spawn in completely different locations and have no chance of finding eachother.

My suggestion is either a) The option to spawn together somehow

or b) to get a map or heck, just even a compass at spawning so that you can eventually find one another.

I was literally sitting in a skype conversation with a friend who wanted to play with me and we spent 2 hours trying to at least find a way to determine our location and find a way to even find eachother. We had no idea how to do it.

Because the game (I think) is way more fun if you play in a group.

[Claytonaj 12]

Learn the terrain! Have a permanent map and compass in your head. You spawn on the coast, there are always landmarks to navigate by. If its evening you can use the stars. Start thinking like a survivor.

If you can't do these things (or much worse: you don't want to) then you will die alone, lost, shivering and hungry.

[Igor (DayZ) 96]

Learn the terrain! Have a permanent map and compass in your head. You spawn on the coast' date=' there are always landmarks to navigate by. If its evening you can use the stars. Start thinking like a survivor.

If you can't do these things (or much worse: you don't want to) then you will die alone, lost, shivering and hungry.

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Good pep talk..

[Tyrog 10]

Learn some navigation skills, it helps a lot!

[wolfleader01 3]

i actualy agree with the group spawning option, i think it could be a fun idea :), this is a game at the end of the day and should encourage team work with a sqaud spawn option or so...

[NoobCanoe 0]

i actualy agree with the group spawning option' date=' i think it could be a fun idea :), this is a game at the end of the day and should encourage team work with a sqaud spawn option or so...

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EXACTLY! It's just more fun walking around in a group.

And honestly, I dont wanna spend 100 hours in a game getting slaughtered all the time before I can actually enjoy it.

[wolfleader01 3]

yer i travel with a group of 4, most of the time is spent hoooking up with people other than playing the actual game, i think for this game to get more popular a group spawn option must be introduced, and mabye on hardcore servers it can be turned off?

[herd 69]

this game is not for you, try another one.

[Claytonaj 12]

I know it's different for everyone, and beautiful for that, but to me DayZ is not about instant gratification. You get out what you put in, although you really can't count on anything to work out right in the end. You often have to endure a lot that doesn't seem 'fun' (the word makes me cringe), but because the lows are low, the highs are so much higher. Those 2 hours you spent trying to find your friend to no avail are now in the bank, and the next time you find him in 10 minutes flat it'll be all the sweeter. :D

[uglyboy 1]

Managing to find someone in the game is probably one of the biggest achievement and fun moment in the whole game right now, especially if you don't know the map. Why would you want to take away one of the biggest features of the mod?

[aposky 20]

(We) have no chance of finding eachother.(...)

Not true.

You can find each other easily. Learn about terrain association, map reading, landmarks and navigation. You already know where you spawned, so it makes very easy. Also map is quite small, running speed is not realistic and you don't have fatigue (you can run forever, which I hope will be fixed like in ACE mod) = you can run from one end of map to another in less than 30 minutes, it is not much.

If you want to spawn next to each other chose different zombie game. Navigation, finding each other, etc are part of the DayZ.

[leo235 2]

So... you guys really see not beeing able to spawn together as a feature?

I mean that pretty much excludes gaming together when you dont have at least x full hours of time or are willing to respawn and even with 3 h it might be a damn anticlimactic evening. (There is a possibilty to spawn on different ends of the map and you cant very well plan to game together with a friend when there is a chance that you wont actually game together)

I mean its not authentic or realistic that I spawn away from people I know is it?

Either way get rid of compromises. If theres no groupspawn coming then take respawning for better positions out of the game.

[wolfleader01 3]

i think this feature needs to be added, i see all your points, i actualy enjoy looking for people, so saying the game isnt for me is just wrong all together, but if im on only for 2 hours i would like the option to join a server and spawn in a group for some fun!

and if its an option on a server that means all the people that want to spend hours looking for one another, me included can join the server with it switched off. At the end of the day what we all want is for this mod to be popular, thats what will bring people in

having the options

[butter_milch 66]

You'll always know where you spawned by looking at certain land marks and in combination with one of the many maps you can find online.

I actually found north today by simply looking up at the stars and finding Ursa Major and then Polaris the North Star.

It's really not that hard :)

And yes: Not being able to spawn together IS a feature. Being able to do so would break the game mechanics just like being able to simply respawn after death.

[wolfleader01 3]

You'll always know where you spawned by looking at certain land marks and in combination with one of the many maps you can find online.

I actually found north today by simply looking up at the stars and finding Ursa Major and then Polaris the North Star.

It's really not that hard :)

its not about finding places thats pretty easy really, its about making it easyer for people that have less time, or at least having the option too via server settings, like they do for other diffiuclty features and such,

It just means that if someone wants to play for an hour or 2 they can jump in the game with there group and mess around, not having to use up that hour finding someone and then leaving 2 mins later, i personaly dont care if this gets implemented or not, i have 2 days off a week and am quiet happy to spend my day messing around on it, would be nice for an option like this for a weeknight however when i dont have much time to devote....

[leo235 2]

And yes: Not being able to spawn together IS a feature. Being able to do so would break the game mechanics just like being able to simply respawn after death.

Why?

How?

keep in mind that I know my friends. IN REAL LIFE I live right next to them. I spend a lot of time with them and getting to them would probably be amongst my priorities in case of apocalypse

Also have this preemptive anal no:

If something is wilfully introduced into the game mechanics then it cant really break them. Why you mean has to do with the spirit of the game or whatever and that point doesnt go very well with alpha.