Hashisx 52 Posted July 21, 2012 I dont understand why people have made these maps.Frankly this game would benefit more without them.I feel this is a major crutch to the immersion. I hope maybe in the stand alone they are more random spawns, not as predictable as these. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tfortacos (DayZ) 41 Posted July 21, 2012 When I first started playing I didn't use them, and now that I'm more experienced I don't need them.I do use Vehicle maps, not sure if you consider them the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChinWooMan 34 Posted July 21, 2012 I wish loot spawned randomly through the map not just in a place. This would destroy the ServerHoppingLooters mostly.And loots have a bigger chance to spawn in towns/cities and lower chance to spawn anywhere in the map. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tfortacos (DayZ) 41 Posted July 21, 2012 Well if the loot distributed randomly through the entire map it wouldn't be to realistic, you know find an AS50 in a barn.and if it ever is hope rocket makes loot/items/resources four times as rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red_Sky 140 Posted July 21, 2012 Despite my memory of the map, I really should not have a set routine of where I'm going to go.Or at the least, to plan one shouldn't be so easy; I'm just going from one deer stand to barn to deer stand and looting any helicopter I can find.I wish I was as lost as I was the first time I started playing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SystemiK 366 Posted July 21, 2012 It's completely out of your control. Either use them or don't use them. Worrying that they exist has no chance of changing the situation in any way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
premiumkrap 41 Posted July 21, 2012 randomized loot spawn is the way to go. if they got rid of the high end military loot...especially nvg and thermal crap....i think immersion would be better.long live the days of the chem light and the flare....forever rest in peace. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Man 393 Posted July 21, 2012 What is a loot map? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red_Sky 140 Posted July 21, 2012 It's completely out of your control. Either use them or don't use them. Worrying that they exist has no chance of changing the situation in any way.The choice of it being there is enough, dude.I should not even have the idea that there is something to fall back on should my character fall through hard times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bribase 251 Posted July 21, 2012 I'm pretty sure that loot will disperse much more erratically as development progresses. I think there will still be high spawn/high PvP areas but I think the game will have military loot spawned by wrecked hummers, jeeps and checkpoints at some point. That is, if we stick with Chernarus as the game's sole map.It means actually investigating places that might spawn loot as opposed to places that you're bound to walk away from with something useful.I am speculating completely though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Food 309 Posted July 21, 2012 HURRR DERRRR It's a zombie apocalypse and I need a good gun. I wonder where the army keeps military weapons?!?!?! Can't be at the airfields or the military barracks!?!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yankee_1776@live.com 20 Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Sadly thats just the way some people role. They look for every advantage they could possibly get, from disconnecting and maneuvering to another sever before coming back to the original, to mining loot. If it didn't also effect me I wouldn't care, but the fact is people who use programs such as loot finders and cheating do effect me, so I do care. Edited July 21, 2012 by Cheeseburger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SystemiK 366 Posted July 21, 2012 The choice of it being there is enough, dude.I should not even have the idea that there is something to fall back on should my character fall through hard times.Hey I don't know what to tell you, maybe contact the internet police and see if this in their jurisdiction... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
REVOLT (DayZ) 12 Posted July 21, 2012 Yea, they are lame but you cant do much about them.Hopefully in time all buildings will have interiors and then some can have loot, some can be full of cans and trash. That will make it more hit and miss and not a promised piece of lot in the same places every time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hashisx 52 Posted July 21, 2012 I should of added more anyway what I am trying to say is.I am trying to show support for anti-loot map by making loots spawns more random and unpredictable in the stand alone game. Because frankly...i dont see it being done in this mod.To the guy who said soemthing about the as50.... Heli Crash Sites are fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrismgtis 55 Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) No matter how a game is designed, things like loot maps come out and are eventually used. Get over it or stop playing games.In the words of Jack Black, "It's fuckin' simple".That said, it would be nice if things were more random, but in game design, nothing is random. Nothing. Not even random number generators are technically random. I would love to see heli crash sites be a progressive thing where the chopper itself physically is seen coming in, burning, and hitting the ground somewhere. But yea right. Edited July 21, 2012 by marik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bofadeez 2 Posted July 21, 2012 It's 2012. This is how games are now. There is a wiki for every game as soon as any significant number of people start playing it.The problem is not the existence of loot maps, but rather the fact that the game is designed such that an external loot map is useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hashisx 52 Posted July 21, 2012 No matter how a game is designed, things like loot maps come out and are eventually used. Get over it or stop playing games.In the words of Jack Black, "It's fuckin' simple".God forbid someone make a good suggestion........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hashisx 52 Posted July 21, 2012 It's 2012. This is how games are now. There is a wiki for every game as soon as any significant number of people start playing it.The problem is not the existence of loot maps, but rather the fact that the game is designed such that an external loot map is useful.I am pretty sure its possible to make it less useful. With technology these days and all.. Arma is pretty old so I expected it there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hashisx 52 Posted July 21, 2012 Yea, they are lame but you cant do much about them.Hopefully in time all buildings will have interiors and then some can have loot, some can be full of cans and trash. That will make it more hit and miss and not a promised piece of lot in the same places every time.you stole the idea right out of my head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertRose 8 Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Sadly the way the game is built, zombies and loot are tied to buildings, make a map of the buildings and you indirectly know the locations of the loot spawns.There is nothing wrong with information as 80% of the time it is useless what with all the random loot that spawns at said locations. Edited July 21, 2012 by DesertRose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gizm0 96 Posted July 21, 2012 If I may ask isn't sharing knowledge of where loot spawns pretty similar to loot maps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
