Items we can hold by a large amount.

[bahhh 83]

I'd like to see "items that we can carry alot" in DayZ

The ultimate goal is player creating a trading environment.

It could be simple as bottlecaps(like in fallout) or mail stamp, anything small you can imagine.

Of course it shouldn't be just 1 type, it would be too obvious.

But rather several types of items with different rarity.

*How do we carry it?

Like ammo.

Rocket attempted at bullet tracking system(where server saves how many bullets you have left).

Maybe you can carry a little box that can hold up to 20 items?

Like a coin purse.

*How do we loot it?

Sometimes zombies would carry a few.

Sometimes you would see a box from the loots that hold few small items.(like ammo box)

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A Player-to-Player trading mechanic is going to work well with this system.

I didn't play such games that had such mechanic except for maplestory.

I think Maplestory one could work with this.

Other than that, No information given.

It is up to players to decide what to do with it.

Maybe add several purposes(decorations maybe?) for the small items so it could have some more variety in use.

Ultimately, i hope it could evolve into a more fluent trading system.

[derkb 8]

This is kind of a money/gold system, sorry dude but that is the last i would take on a trip in such a broken world.

Trade goods?

Food, Water, Ammo or Guns, etc. that is all what counts and if you trade you do it with such things.

I never would give you a damn shit for a worthless coin or what ever, you can have a bullet from my gun, comes free of charge and is fast at your location.

So i do not see the need for a special trading item, trade with what you have, you can do it without adding something to the game.

[RunningScared 4]

I wonder why so many people want currency when it is not even required to obtain anything, from anyone.

[bahhh 83]

I'm not asking for a currency-only item.

I'm asking for small items that could be used as a currency.

It's main use could be for other things.(decorations,electronics,crafting)

Current items have fixed value and it's hard to carry.

It's hard to actually trade a gun with food(Yeah let's say you can. You're going to carry like 10 foods just to trade for that?)

I'm suggesting this in hope for fluency in trading.

Edited July 27, 2012 by bahhh

[Flambo (DayZ) 50]

For trading to be a significant part of DayZ, you don't need currency. You need a reason to trade. As it stands, most things are very easy to get, from food and water to basic guns. People won't trade rarer items for basic things like this, because by the time they can get the rare stuff, they have more of the common stuff than they know what to do with.

If you do manage to find something rare enough that another person would care about it, great! You can trade... all you need then is some clever plan to keep your trade partner from shooting you in the face.

[Ribano 46]

in all fairness to the OP even in a zombie infested world currency would eventually come to exist. otherwise you can only trade for things that you want for things that they want. where as with something that holds a monetary value you gain the ability to extend that trade to a third person ( the money being the middle man) and so on and so forth.