CrookedTube 27 Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Just back from my most recent and year-long break from DayZ. I have 400 hours in DayZ have been playing since 2015, and in my opinion it has gotten so much better since the Devs released the server files and I can finally play… alone. I turned an old gaming PC into a dedicated server with vanilla settings, FPP only, and 4X time acceleration. I do not use any mods or admin commands; no cheating in other words. Finally, I can find most of the weapon systems and car parts, tents, etc. I have a base at the airfield and am slowly building a perimeter of the new fences and use a car to go scavenge for nails and other necessary items. I still manage to die about once every 8-10 play hours and consider the 90-120 minute run back to the base (and loss of gear) as a good time to reflect on my errors and refine my strategy. Everything on my person is lost when I die so I try to offload often and never carry more than I want to lose but, as mentioned, after a while I find myself getting too focused on finding certain items and underestimating the zeds and paying the ultimate price. My long-term goal is to have a healthy routine like Will Smith in I Am Legend. I stockpile some medical supplies even though the infection mechanic is not in use right now; I hope that will get fixed soon. I make it a point to try and kill a few dozen zeds per game day as part of my civic duty, another reason I die every now and then. Duct tape, nails, and mobile lights are like bars of gold. Having a working car is… BALLER. I drive it like it is the last one on earth. No hot-dogging and only one damaging crash so far when I was driving in fog. It took me eight game hours to get it running once I found it and it has taken me four more to fix it since the crash but I got careless when scavenging for motor oil for the rebuilt engine and am currently doing another corpse run from the beach. I guess I’ll never learn... Before I played solo the last few weeks, I had 350 hours on official servers over the past four years. Some of you will no doubt not be able to imagine how I might like solo play. However, I was always the hermit type on official servers. For me, this is THE WAY to play. A couple years ago I was able to get a VSS running on an official server and after days of careful planning I started it up and drove it to a gas station where I was promptly sniped as I was refueling it. I had to take a break for a few weeks after that. As a side note, I also have 1,100 hours in 7 Days to Die and hope that the complexity of DayZ will some day approach 7DTD for food, farming, vehicles. To the Devs, I appreciate your commitment to getting the game nearer an end state. I don’t consider the current build a full release with most of the weapons and health mechanics missing but I can see considerable progress on the stability, connectivity, and graphics issues. Keep it up. To the playas, I still play a bit on official servers and if you see me trying to assemble a camp or a vehicle and bushwack me, I won’t take it personal. That’s why I have my own server. Signing off the net CrookedTube: Devout Hermit Edited March 19, 2019 by CrookedTube 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bostonfan0118 2 Posted March 19, 2019 Love to see someone with a similar play style! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eno 1049 Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, CrookedTube said: To the playas, I still play a bit on official servers and if you see me trying to assemble a camp or a vehicle and bushwack me, I won’t take it personal. That’s why I have my own server. Signing off the net CrookedTube: Devout Hermit If you're working around our area in Svet on the official public side then let us (the helpy helpers) know and we'll provide some support for your endgame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skazzi 1 Posted March 24, 2019 i play like this aswell. with some tweaks on zombie count and so on. In an perfect world dayz and 7dtd would have a baby 😛 the grafics, gunhandling and atmosphere from dayz and the survival and zombie part from 7dtd. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrookedTube 27 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Just a quick update; I just shot my car 😣 I had it parked in the line of fire while I was sniping zeds. I have been saving spare parts but I'll be lugging tires all over the map after I can find a new ride.... [edit] This is why they say two is one and one is none... Edited March 24, 2019 by CrookedTube Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
