Hours of work down the drain, yet another glitch FML story and suggestions

[AdamSievers 0]

Ok so my brother talked me into buying arma 2 just for the DayZ mod, we both played it for a while and after hours we finally found each other and all was good, until an invisible zombie one hit me for roughly 4000 blood and broke my leg.... my brother ran to Cherno got to a hospital and as soon as he was picking up meds a camping bandit shot him in the back of the head... go figure. So I eventually passed out and died in the woods yay ( this was our 3rd play through, and he has not played the game since )

So now knowing that no matter what server you get into, every fucking hospital is going to have a little bandit bitch camping it, If I was a nutless fairy I would do the same thing.

So my next play through I decided to just head into the northern parts of the map, No hospitals = No Bandits a theory im sure is not right 100% of the time but still it seems right for me 100% of the time so far.

I was in heaven, well zombie hell game heaven, I spent time crawling and sneaking and running from zombies from town to town, slowly stockpiling the essential tools and supplies one needs for the zombie apocalypse, got a rifle, and swiftly and silently moved from town to town gathering ammo and supplies. And thank the Zombie apocalypse gods for supermarkets!!!!

After I had found all of the essential tools, I started searching fields and I was playing the funnest god damn zombie / animal hunter game I had ever played...well the only one I know of....but I was having a blast, My blood meter was a little low due to some unfavorable ecounters, and even though I needed pain meds to steady my aim, I spent hours hunting game, cooking food, and eating enough steak to refill my blood meter to over 10k, as there were no hospitals around and blood bags require a team mate it seemed the logical route to take.

All was well and I was having a blast blasting zombie scum in the face with my lee enfield and surplus of ammunition, I finally found a church that had a box of pain meds in it, yet again the Gods of DayZ answered my prayers!!!! HALLELUJEAH!! <--- (not sure how to spell that havent been to church since i was 5 lmao.)

Got on today and logged into my game of DayZ..... I logged out in a tree stand previously..... crawled out of my tree stand and OMFG!!!!!!! WHY THE HELL IS THERE A BUS IN THESE WOODS!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! surely it was out of gas! jumped in it...FULL TANK HELL YES!!!!!!!!! eventually I made my way to the airport/military base in the top left corner of the map, found an AK, but I had almost 100 rounds for my lee enfield..... so screw it why not... bang bang bang zombie bitches!!!! I was sniping Zeds like it was going out of style, found an MP5 and gathered a buttload of ammo for it, and thats when I decided, I ran back grabbed the AK and emptied it out on every zombie in sight..... and right when I was walking back to pick up my MP5 and oodles of ammo, the server crashed.....FML......got back in.... still had my bus thank god.... but my mp5 and surplus of ammo was ghandi 5000.... no existo..........bad karma for stealing someones bus I presume.

So even though I was a little angered, I pressed on, luckily found some AK ammo and the AK Kobra with the green dot, and once again I bowed my head and thanked DayZ Jesus ( DayZ Jesus is the coolest internet cat you could possibly imagine by the way)

Got in my trusty crusty bus, and started gas hunting, I drove that thing everywhere, and had a freaking blast........I FREAKING LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........

so I take the gravel roads around the woods and come upon a tree stand to the north west of the airbase, just along the left of the road.....got out of the bus to go check the tree stand for supplies...and BOOM.......as I climb the ladder a zombie spawns inside the bottom of the tree stand and one hit breaks my leg.............breaks my damn leg..............I am now in the farthest location from a hospital......with a FU#$&%^ BROKEN LEG BECAUSE OF A MAGIC FU(*&^% ZOMBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU GOD D$%^ KIDDING ME!?!?!?!??!............................FML

So I crawl back to the bus and hop in.....no way I'll ever make it belly crawling to a hospital.......3/4 tank of gas......not sure if I can make it to Electro.......gotta try.....too much time invested in this play through..........how the hell am I ever going to get to a hospital, get a morphine injector, fix my leg, and get out without getting shot by a Bandit???? I dunno.....gotta try....shit just got real.

So I got to thinking.... wait.... I found painkillers at a church......possible to find a morphine injector I suppose.

Heres the plan...... I drive the bus straight south, checking every town I pass for a church and try to get in undetected, if I get spotted I had an AK, but damn I don't forsee that turning out well considering I can't run......passed 3 churches on my bus expedition. one looked like one you could go in......but couldn't and the other were the Mexico looking red brick churches than never have anything in my experience.........fml

Just north of Electro.....gas gauge flashing.........damn......this is gonna be hard to pull off, I know theres a gas station right north of Electro, I've got a Jerry can in my inventory......... I better gas up the bus.... I know flying into town in a bus is gonna draw alot of attention but if I do it right I can use the bus to block the supplies while I fix my broke leg, protect me from snipers, or hell, even occupy them with trying to steal the bus while I fix my leg and run like hell.....screw the bus..... it is now just a tool to get to what I need........

just north of the gas station...check my map.........OH NO BLUE DOT!!! (rifleman). I can see the rifleman on top of the hill, I know im already in his cross hairs do I try to get out of the bus or try to bribe him with supplies... I can see him pointing his gun right at me.... so I hit the chat button and said ,"hey man don't shoot you can have the bus!!!" I was obviously desperate.......I freaking loved that bus.........pew...pew...pew......YOU ARE DEAD!....................................................and thats when I jumped out the window and commited suicide..

... not really but it crossed my mind.

Ok heres the big issue I have with this game, I know its a mod/game in the works and glitches are to be expected....that really freaking sucks......but it is what it is.

So the big Issue is.....you should still be able to get medical supplies in places other than Cherno and Electro.... I've gotten lucky and found a downed Heli before, but come one thats just too random and depending on the server there isn't always one on the map.........

FIrst of all, there should be a no Bandit mode... im sorry but their should be... I have zero fun with this game with bandits running around, I know it makes it more realistic, but come one most online games have seperate PVP games you can enter if you want that kind of gameplay. as of this point I have absolutely zero ambition to even start a new game of DayZ. the thought just makes my stomach turn. I HAD OVER 20 hours invested in that one guy!!! I Had Almost 300 zombie kills!!!!!! I HAD A GOD DAMN BUS MAN!!!!! A BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and literaly enough gear to "survive the zombie apocalypse" I had like 6 water bottles, the ALICE pack, and enough canned food and steak to feed the Ethiopian army.... AND I AM NOT DOING IT AGAIN SO SOME DOUCHE BAG BANDIT CAN TAKE MY SHIT WITH ONLY HAVING INVESTED 1 HOUR IN HIS PLAY THROUGH..... NO IM NOT DOING IT!!!!!!!!!! NOT FUN.

Another thing I would like changed........You do know the military had medics right......would it be so much to ask to at least spawn medical supplies in the military bunkers or towers??? I mean come on..... why should there only be two spots on the map you can reliably get this stuff? you also think people that live 50 miles from a hospital aren't going to have medical supplies for crying out loud? Small towns don't have Vetrenarians? Make some alternate options to the pain meds you find at the hospitals..

. maybe at the stable type barns you could find Horse tranquilizers instead of pain pills take them to do the same thing as pain pills but you have to spent a couple min in game knocked out lol.

Instead of the morphine injector you could find a leg tourniquet in towns..... works like the morphine injector, except you have to wait 10 min real time before you have the ability to run again.

I know when you give blood they make you eat afterwards so your body can get to producing more blood.... would it make sense to have your blood meter slowly recharge, but only when its in the green.

For infections, you should be able to find antibiotics on any farm - livestock become sick with infection all of the time. IVE EVEN TAKEN AMOXACILLIN ANTIBIOTIC FOR HOGS YEARS AGO!!!!!!!! TO GET RID OF A RESPIRATORY INFECTION! my boss is a farmer.... he gave it to me and told me how much to take lmao. I didn't have insurance at the time.

NO MORE POWERHOUSE GUNS IN THE TOWN THAT DO HAVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES!!!!...higher percent of.hand guns over other weapons in the big towns...and higher chance of shotguns and rifles over other guns on farms. seriously what farmer doesn't own a long rifle and shotgun? and then your big boy guns military bases only. make it so the bandits only have access to the makaarov if they want to camp like the little weiners they are.

enjoy your macaroni bitches!!!

I will now post a picture link.....in loving memory of by big grey bus....R.I.P.

http://i1252.photobu...vers/RIPbus.jpg

[Priceless 154]

That was a wall of tears and im sure Rocket loved drinking them

[AdamSievers 0]

I meant to say when your food meter is in the green your blood should slowly recharge. just to clear the confusion.

[AdamSievers 0]

Who the F is Rocket?

[lubbersdennis 32]

http://i1252.photobu...vers/RIPbus.jpg

I think this is why I play the game. I hate bandits....and I don't like it when everything is lost...... It's a love hate thing.....

[Deathcall 101]

Sounds like you had a pretty good run to me.

Dunno why you are complaining, you got further than most while traveling solo. Seems to me you could have fixed your entire problem by telling your brother to log in and hook you up with some morphine... which, btw, also spawn in the military barracks at the Northern Airfield (just a bit rare).

What you have yet to understand about Day Z (in my opinion) is that every adventure ends in death, from bandits, glitches or zombies. It doesn't really matter. You WILL die, just try to enjoy the ride until you do.

PD: I'm not sure this post should be in suggestions...

[DryGulch 32]

[Junos 57]

Who is Rocket?

Oblivious survivor is oblivious.

I don't know why you're complaining. Sounds like you had a blast. How many other games can you have an adventure like that in?

You can't have an adventure if you don't take risks. And aside from glitches, zombies aren't much of a risk.

Without bandits, or just potentially threatening fellow survivors, this game would be L4D on a giant map. If you want to compete against bots alone, go play that.

On the other hand, if you want to have a grand, memorable adventure, triumphing over the unknown, and sometimes being triumphed over, play DayZ.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Junos

[slimlacy 19]

All I see is someone who made a whole pool out of tears... wow

[God_his_self 7]

dead and diced is the way of all players, nothing on your characteris yours its just someone else's who kills you, your just minding it

Edited July 25, 2012 by God_his_self

[Quaby 93]

You cannot fully enjoy thing game until you stop caring about dying. I had a blast in cherno inside a building with five dead bodies in it. A few minutes later I joined them. I didn't go to the forums and cry, I said, "WOW! THAT WAS CRAZY AWESOME!" You are going to die very often in this game, so get used to it ;)

[AdamSievers 0]

I know its to be expected and im not by any means crying about it, yeah I know this was a long rant but It is just so damn impossible to get proper medical supplies anywhere but one spot on an entire map was my point. I was just a little pissed last night when I posted this, and yes I had a blast while it lasted......UGHHHH I just don't want to do all of that work again.....You ever seen the movie zombieland? I have caught myself making rules for zombie survival like they did in that movie lmao.... I dunno im sorry for trying to drown everyone "in my bucket of tears"......time to put on my big boy pants and try again I suppose.......I just need to practice my survivor vs. bandit combat skills.......I just wish there was a better way to tell the difference between bandits and survivors.....

they at least should incorporate a white flag system...... If you have your white flag up other survivors can shoot you all they want if they have their white flag up and you wont be damaged.....but even if you're in white flag mode you can shoot people that have theirs down (AKA bandits) and people with the white flag down should show up on the map radar as bandits, and when you put your crosshairs on them there name should be red or something. You would not simply be able to take your white flag on and off as you pleased there would be a 10 min waiting period or something so you couldnt just split second become a bandit and shoot a follower in the back, and once you have one murder the white flag cannot be used any more.....and killing someone with white flag down would not be counted as a murder.

Im sure people will disagree but i think it makes sense.

[McQueen (DayZ) 1]

Hehe, but why would a bandit want to have his flag down? You have just made white flaggers invincible!

Great write up buddy I enjoyed reading about your beloved bus. How many other games have moved you to write so much?

Death to me is the ultimate lesson. If you're observant you will see the error you made and adjust your approach accordingly. Even if it is a prickly pear to swallow at the time.

[zeos 3]

I meant to say when your food meter is in the green your blood should slowly recharge. just to clear the confusion.

all that tl;dr to say you want blood to regenerate? well played.

[AdamSievers 0]

no i was just correcting one of the errors that i noticed after i posted, and the white flag system would not make you invincible, bandits could still shoot you and kill you, It would just be a method to let other survivors know that they don't need to shoot you to be safe, sometimes I wonder if the times I get shot are by bandits or other people that shoot everyone on sight becaue they have been screwed over too many times that they dont want to risk it. i dunno, dumb ass idea i suppose i'll just suck it up and try to find another bus.....god i fucking love that bus lmao

"if you having leg problems I feel bad for you son, I killed 299 zombies then a glitch broke one."

[AdamSievers 0]

And I know it isn't proper to post long stories like this in the suggestions, I was just trying to make people understand why I thought the changes I recommended make sense to me... and I was pissed off. lol

[Blakorr 77]

LOL you have players show up on your map? damn dude, get the sand out of your vagina

[Shadoww 5]

Cool story bro

[Klu 20]

TL;DR

I'm gonna take a quick stab at your problem being thinking of this as "work"

HOURS of WORK! I realized a while ago that when I'm thinking of what I'm doing in a game (and this is not a game) as WORK, then I'm no longer having FUN.

Get over it.

[spamjabber 12]

Into the wild.. DayZ style

[AdamSievers 0]

How about you guys read my last posts. the sand is out of my vagina... jesus you illiterate bastards, and yes if you have ever noticed when you have a map it does work as a short range radar as well. First you will have orange dots, if you put your cursor over it it will say man - this can either be a zombie or a survivor, sometimes if the survivor is out in the open it will become a blue dot and read survivor. FYI

[Populus 0]

I liked the story, but fuck no. No way we can let DayZ turn into the trammel/carebear/WoW cunt shit game. The freedom in this game makes this game so insanely much better.

So take your whining some fucking elsewhere. You knew there was going to be bandits, it's thanks to fuckheads like you UO (T2A) was ruined. uosecondage.com

I hope the DayZ developers will keep in mind that what they have is special, this much freedom haven't existed in 10+ years.

This freedom - I've been longing for it for so many years. That's why I made an account here, just to say FUCK YOU, don't ruin this for me and the people who want freedom in games.

[duddbudda 33]

'invisible zombie hit me for 4000 blood'

nope

you got shot

Edited July 27, 2012 by Sandy

[duddbudda 33]

the sand is out of my vagina... you illiterate bastards

smooth moves

Edited July 27, 2012 by Sandy

[Brusann 67]

There are so many more places than two to find medical supplies... "Your tears, they are delicious!"

TL;DR - Less QQ, more pew pew.