Regarding bases and building (dev's read)

[bent.toe 529]

Why complicate it?

I doubt bases or let alone building forts will be a thing on console. Instead of simplify it...you make it stupid and tedious together with stutter and slow fps.

Here is a tip:

Go look at The Forest and it's base building. They made it simple yet complex..and above all, fun.

You guys on the other hand, you made it insanely complicated. First you need nails, hammer, axe just to start building. Buuuuut.. before that you need rope, sticks and fence.

When you got all that (could take hours or even days trying to find everything..UNLESS you server hopp) you can start chopping trees, but no more than five before your axe breaks down. Each tree gives you one or two (maybe) logs so you need around 6-7 axes to get some materials.

But the trees are not for walls or anything...no no, it's for the foundation. NOW you need planks to start adding walls.

On top of all this, you need to walk with materials maybe between two or three cities..or a few miles.

On top of that you got zombies, other players, weapon jamming, hunger, thirst, cold, deceases.

Assembly an entire car? And can you transport planks and other material in it? Same thing there...i found tires, hood, windshield, battery, door....and each part weights a ton and you walk super slow. Imagine assembly an entire car...on a huge map where you can only walk.

Tents is probably what most of us will take to. And even tents are a hassle, the fps drops below 15 when you try to move things between backpack and tent, even worse when you reach 400 used slots. Unplayable.

And don't get me started on trying to set up a fireplace and cookingpot inside the tent (because the rain is pouring down), if you dont place the tent 100% horizontal (easy in a forest area), things will clip in the ground and dissapear.

Nah...it's too much, too tedious and annoying. No fun.

Building a base in The Forest is hard work but fun, building a base in fortnite (save the world) is hard but fun. Building a base in DayZ......not gonna happen.

Tents, server hopping and KOS is where it will be.

[RuddyTom 10]

DayZ is supposed to be a hardcore survival game. Do you think making a fort in real life during a zombie apocalypse would be easy? No it wouldn't. You'd have to go to multiple if not dozens of towns to find the exact equipment necessary to do it. Don't get it twisted, this is the way it's meant to be, a hardcore survival game. If you don't like it? Go play The Forest. Because people support this game for what it is, and what is has always been advertised as.

[bent.toe 529]

3 minutes ago, RuddyTom said:

DayZ is supposed to be a hardcore survival game. Do you think making a fort in real life during a zombie apocalypse would be easy? No it wouldn't. You'd have to go to multiple if not dozens of towns to find the exact equipment necessary to do it. Don't get it twisted, this is the way it's meant to be, a hardcore survival game. If you don't like it? Go play The Forest. Because people support this game for what it is, and what is has always been advertised as.

It's a game, stop comparing it with real life.

If you want to compared it ,then you could never play it again if you died. 

Video game...see? G A M E

[RuddyTom 10]

Just now, bent.toe said:

It's a game, stop comparing it with real life.

If you want to compared it ,then you could never play it again if you died. 

Video game...see? G A M E

Like I said, go play another game then. It's been the same on PC, and just because its hit console doesn't mean it should change. The game was tailored for a specific audience of people, rather than the majority. It has and always will be a HARDCORE survival game, it's supposed to take a while to do things. Comparing it to things such as the fortnite save the world edition is ludicrous, this is not a kids game, this is a game for people who want that feeling of accomplishment when they finally get something done. And if you don't like it? Why buy it in the first place? The game was advertised as a hardcore, free-roaming survival game where you need to SURVIVE. Get used to it.

[bent.toe 529]

13 minutes ago, RuddyTom said:

 And if you don't like it? Why buy it in the first place? The game was advertised as a hardcore, free-roaming survival game where you need to SURVIVE. Get used to it.

Who said i dident like it? 

Lol.

Never mind, your ignored.

 

Edited November 25, 2018 by bent.toe

[pilgrim* 3514]

23 minutes ago, bent.toe said:

Here is a tip:

(bent.toe read)

How LONG do YOU EXPECT building a Base to TAKE ?? .. please give an answer in hours/minutes of Game-Time - this is a serious question. Thanx.

Start with a tent, dummy. 

Start with EVEN two tents in different places - in case one is found. Will take you a WHILE to set that up.. but it PAYS OFF  (brain beats muscle, right? ).

Tents are easy to HIDE and you can keep all kinds of stuff in them as you collect gear.

- Things you might need to repair CARS

- Things you might need to help out YOUR FRIENDS or THROW PARTIES

- Things you might need to build a BASE

- Things you might need to SURVIVE

- Things you might need to RE-EQUIP if you get KILLED

Tents and barrels are great for storing stuff if you want to IMPLEMENT any long term plan  (e.g. like farming or building a base) . Even the boot of a car is a useful stash if you can hide the car in a good place.

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Building a base is NOT THE  START of the game..  You ain't supposed to go from scratch to finish in a few HOURS. 

In fact do WHAT the HELL you like, it's your game-play..

but

DayZ is NOT a BASE-BUILDING Game.   

xxP

 

[Matt20714 26]

It adds to all that much more caution.  Make it easier, make it like the mainstream.  Don’t float the mainstream.  

[pilgrim* 3514]

2 hours ago, Matt20714 said:

It adds to all that much more caution.  Make it easier, make it like the mainstream.  Don’t float the mainstream.  

Right  - mainstream  is  for  the  WEAK 

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by pilgrim*
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[MarczXD320 171]

I think bases are like that because it fits with the hardcore survival aspect of the game.

Yes, it's a game, but i'm sorry, this argument don't work here because since the MOD back in 2012 the concept was aways to be a realistic/harsh survival experience.

So yeah, we can use real life examples here, since the game tries to work like that.

My only complaint though is that the car spawns are completely bugged and since the launch of the update 3 days ago not a single person managed to get one yet.

[Matt20714 26]

Yup, the depth and difficulty is what draws me to this joker.  Reap what you sow.  

[bent.toe 529]

4 hours ago, MarczXD320 said:

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My only complaint though is that the car spawns are completely bugged and since the launch of the update 3 days ago not a single person managed to get one yet.

What do you mean? The parts?