Getting 10-20 players together

[cyles99 5]

I always have fun in a group of 3, 4, 5 people. But then i thought how much fun it would be to go bigger. Thats why im posting this to see if i can get a group of 10-20 people together for just a couple days. We will hold a skype conference call while we play. If you are interested please add me on skype at cyles99. Also reply please.:)

[kirai 18]

Sounds interesting but I also know its hard to even get 5 people to work in a group especially if they don't know eachother that well. Everyone have their own needs and playstyle so I don't think it will work, I wish it would though and I wish you the best of luck.

[SteppyZz 45]

gl gettin backstabbed.

[cyles99 5]

Thx for the support Secutor :)

[DesertRose 8]

Once went around with 13 of us in a group for night op....

It was a complete nightmare trying to co ordinate ANYTHING...

Edited July 30, 2012 by DesertRose

[2str0ng4u 2]

im interested >.<

[kirai 18]

Thx for the support Secutor :)

Np :). One more thing. I think 10 people is enough unless you have your own server otherwise all of you might have a hard time getting in. With more then 3 people you usually need a leader high on morale and that knows a bit of strategy and Chernus ( don't know if I spelled that right). I'm all for democracy but in this case you both both.

This is just my thoughts and own experience. Haha I usually ends up with hardcoregamers (I'm not). I never get to say something and that pisses me off cause Inside I'm a leader but if I take command now and then most people who think they are better get pissed so I usually call myself a backpack ;)

[eden.eustice@gmail.com 46]

I'm up for that.

If you need a server I'm happy to host this on DE 188, we have regular reboots to keep things running smooth and as long as we have a few hours notice I can update the MOTD and Schedule to a set time, that should let a good size group on.

Yeah I expect any forum organised group to end up with trolls in the group but I'm more than up for trying, should be a laugh.

[EvilFurryOne (DayZ) 2]

Heya, we advertised the mod on our local computer forum and many people bought the game. Looking at the statistics ca 83 members have been on the server we call home. And at rare peak times there can be up to 15-20 guys on line. But even if our voice coms holds 20, it means ca 10 might be playing together as a group, with few others roaming nearby.

Few members are lone wolf types who enjoy finding camps and vehicles for the rest of us, few are out to pvp and many just love to do something in the game as a group

Now let's say you have 10 people in a group and you are closing in on electro to loot it out. How do you stay alive? You need to communicate constantly where you are and what are you doing without it becoming voice spam. You can be sure you either get shot at right away or they run away. Sadly I really don't see much co-existence with other players if you roaming with a group. Someone in your team can always shoot even an unarmed survivor.

Easiest way for someone to die in our group? Approach the area from distance, get noticed and not speak on comms. Big group means less people with real combat discipline and let's face it, no one likes to die and run back to his gear. So if a question "who's walking to the powerstation firehouse over the field?!" does not get a reply in 5 seconds the person usually gets shot. Sometimes it's a new member who didn't bother to read forums to find out he also needs a mic. Sometimes it's a old timer who accidentally muted his speakers/headphones. Also you need to keep everyone informed if you are separated and approaching certaing areas. "Okey, going into Polana now", "Ah cool I just logged on near there, i'll join you". No comms might actually mean one of the shoots the other by accident

Overwatch or two should be setup wherever you go and stay for longer than 10 minutes. Use tags to identify yourself. On a regular server everyone can get the other persons name and distance by mouse scrolling over them. (need to have primary and secondary weapon slots filled).

On hardcore server it's going to be a lot harder to identify a team member in a city where there are 3-4 extra players looting. Suggestions: get a unique face from profile. Zombie or that blue face, maybe certain shades as well to make you even more identifiable. Knowing whole squad by their guns is hard.. and then there's the camo as well to consider.

"Are we bandits or friendlies?". You pretty fast devolve into shooting first as it becomes annoying to get other gear and hold it until they get back to you.

Also having goals on what to do is important. We started with just looting elektro and cherno for a bit and running between those until people wanted more, we went inland. Tent camps were setup, found the first vehicles and lost some as well.

Combat is tricky when a decent sniper starts to take you out one by one. Will happen from time to time. Or when combat lines get blurry with enemies amongst your ranks. I have shot a friend just cause I didnt notice him doing the chicken dance. That was after we spotted a player near us in forest and had a firefight in which he managet to get away, so he could have been anywhere, even amongst us.

Get a decent voicecom with overlay. We use Mumble and took a few tries to get the sound quality okey. Otherwise you dont know who is talking to you.

To get the best gaming experience, have a squad of like 3-5 friends who you know. Big groups can get tiresome.

But... yesterday we found 2 helis, sadly we lost the first one just at the same time we found the second. Group effort helped alot to get all the necessary gear to fix it and later refuel at a gas station.

Pros and cons to everything eh.

So, lot of banter about life in a big group, you decide if it's worth the effort.