Obvious friendlies

[GexAlmighty 54]

There is a huge issue with how you can find out whether or not someone is a bandit or a friendly in DayZ and its partly because there are no physical ways to show it as well as the lack of ability to communicate through chat (i dont know the exact specifics of it, but im pretty sure that the direct chat is the only "open" way to communicate and is pretty unsuccessful in getting replies) and i think there are two EXTREMELY easy ways to fix this problem.

The first is the ability to walk around with one hand raised into the air, so that when people see you in game it is clear that you are not intending to enter combat with them. Yes, i know this will be abused by bandits, but it is simply an addition that will cause a higher rate of success when people who like to shoot due to lack of trust see each other. they may still shoot eachother simply because they think one another as a bandit, but it sure as hell beats that awkward moment when two random people collide and stare each other down with their weapons drawn, not sure if the other is calling for peace or is unaware if they have been seen.

The second approach is a shouting system. since the chat system is barely helpful for randoms, especially on servers with many players, i think there could be a command that causes your player to shout (seen in chatbox AND heard audibly) simple things like "hello", "friendly", "let's team up" or "Is anyone there?". the shout would be detected across whatever city or town the player was in, and without the hustle of traffic it does not take away any realism for the voice to be heard, though it would be quieter at a distance, meaning that not reading the chat to see what was being said is simply user error.

Before anyone says anything about bandits abusing, yes they will, but whats important is that it would vastly increase the chances of genuine friendlies finding eachother.

any other simple gestures that can be thrown in or any of these two that can be modified, be sure to say something.

Kthx

Gex

[xTLRxPrototype (DayZ) 15]

I like the idea of a shout chat. But the animations of showing you are friendly are all around the forum.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Yup, sorry both have been talked about many times before. Try Again.

[Senrain 148]

There are plenty of physical ways. Doing the safety dance, saluting, lowering your weapon, aiming away from them are all ways you can show you're friendly.

[jarrodchambo 8]

maybe if you havnt killed a player this option can be available which stops bandits from doing it to trick you, but i dont see this happening tho, nice idea tho :)