Minor grievances (aka little things)

[tobiassolem 173]

Here is a list of things that I would consider grievances, or things that in some manner or other bug me, and a suggestion on how to solve it:

1. Inconsistent (very unrealistic) damage, examples:

- three shots close range from a makarov only lost me 1500 blood and I could bandage it easily.

- crawling up some stairs made me bleed (because I was rotating)

- walking over a stone/fence should not make you break your leg

- I took a shotgun round at closerange and lived, bandage made me stop at around 5000 blood

- I had to chop an opponent several times to get him to stop shooting (he died) (he fired three shots with his makarov while I was chopping him)

Fixes:

- There should be immediate trauma if you get shot, even if you perhaps do not die getting shot should make you unable to act for some time

- You should not be able to heal gunshot wounds without some kind of surgery/stitching/removal of bullets (FMJ ammo and high powered rifles exempt)

- You should not take damage at all crawling up stairs, perhaps if you are "speeding" up them

- You should not take damage at all walking over a stone or a fence, perhaps if you are running across them

- Albeit I am not a weapons expert, but surely no one survives a shotgun at close range - or at most they should not be conscious while doing so (see first fix suggestion)

- Again, getting hit full force with an axe should cause severe trauma, you shouldn't be able to keep moving and firing your weapon - srsly - have you seen an axe?

2. Not enough survival features (and please make it more realistic)

- There is an ocean and there are lakes in Chernarus, yet we cannot fish them.

- Matches and firewood do not necessarily make fire, and definitely not in rain

- Most cans of food contain a lot of water, yet fluids are not replenished

- If one leg is broken, we should still be able to walk (albeit slowly) at least with a splint

- I cannot drink in lakes!?!?

- Matches are not the only way to make a fire, killing animals is not only doable with a gun or an axe

- Rain can kill you, not enough effects from rain

- Big bulky men running across terrain don't leave any traces in this game!?!?

- 42 degrees Celsius is severe fever (you could die from it)

- Sprinting in the forest SHOULD make you fall and hurt yourself

Fixes:

- Make a fishing rod, and make us able to fish

- Starting a fire takes a lot of time, especially for someone without practice, starting a fire in the rain is next to impossible. Add timers to reflect this

- Cans of food should replace fluids, and the hunger/thirst-system is working way too fast, also; water should help more with thirst than sodapop.

- Wood + bandages should work as a makeshift splint, and you should at least be able to walk with one broken leg, if both legs are broken tho... :S

- Seriously, this is just annoying. Make us able to drink lake water. Possibly add water purifier tablets to the game that work in conjunction with the water bottle and make drinking water from a lake possibly give you a disease.

- Binoculars and sights should be makeshift fire-makers, traps should be possible to make with string and a knife

- Wet clothing seriously drops your body temperature...

- Some form of tracking system should be in the game, also it should be possible to make it harder to track if you use certain apparel, walking speeds

- 37 degrees is the optimal body temperature, around 40 degrees you begin to slip in a coma, 42 degrees should be death - make things reflect this

- Small stumps, roots, uneven terrain, holes etc. should make it very difficult to SPRINT through forests, add more risk to stumble and hurt yourself if you sprint through certain terrain, this would also make zombies more powerful

[Snipes12 (DayZ) 3]

This is Alpha...

Half the stuff you mentioned are features that I am sure rocket has thought about.

An other parts (like the stairs breaking your legs) is an ARMA problem that I am sure will be addressed at some point.

[tobiassolem 173]

  On 7/25/2012 at 10:38 AM, Snipes12 said:

This is Alpha...

Half the stuff you mentioned are features that I am sure rocket has thought about.

An other parts (like the stairs breaking your legs) is an ARMA problem that I am sure will be addressed at some point.

This is suggestions...

I am not a mind reader, nor is there a list of all the things that rocket have thought about to check off.

The leg breaking mechanic is not inherent to ARMA, it is something created by the mod.

[lukeyu2005 19]

Think rocket needs to make a list of ideas he's thinking about.

[Quaby 93]

..............

READ THE "BEFORE YOU POST".

It explicitly says not to do this(making a huge list), and making it too realistic would just make it way too complicated. Its a goddamn zombie apocalypse, realism kinda went out the window.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Quaby