Mitigating the deathmatch

[svenbreakfast 231]

Hey. First post so I want to say thank you for spending the time and creative energy necessary to make this game. I've seriously been waiting for this for 20+ years.

I just have a couple of comments regarding the persistent deathmatch environment. I generally like it, as it adds a menacing ambience to the world that AI can just never replicate. The cool thing about this game is that it is actually scary, and a big part of that is those douchebags out there hunting people.

That said, I really wish I could recognize my fellow friendlies so that I can avoid shooting them in a fit of paranoia or a misread (and vice versa).

I know bandit uniforms have been nixed, and don't really understand how the models/skins are set up. I was thinking that maybe after a certain threshold of murder maybe bandits could get a special hat, or maybe have no hat. Like shirts and skins.

Also. The act of hunting zombies is a pretty lame. The way they glitch and blink and sprint, means that either you get a headshot off right away or they are in your face like a monster from Eye of The Beholder (as in 2 frame animation).

If it were more fun to kill zombies maybe more people would spend time doing it. Perhaps you could add spawn nodes with massive herds so that people with the best gear could find a challenge worthy of their advanced weaponry.

I like zeds being hard to hit in motion (at least they are by my standards of marksmanship). I just feel like there's a layer of tactical complexity lacking from the experience of shooting them. Maybe something like shooting them in the chest makes them pause a second, or like in L4D2 you can shove them back with your weapon.

Pardon me if my comments are redundant, but I'm at work and can't spend time scouring the forums.

[ThatGuyCalledReptile 314]

I agree that zeds should be harder.

But I personally don't kill cause I'm bored. I kill for fun, and sport.

Zeds aren't a challange only players who can fight back is.

[kentk94 194]

I agree with you, I think there should be a way to shove in this game. Granted right now, the way the infected do a Benny Hill style super speed run towards you, it wouldn't be useful. If that's ever fixed, then it might come in handy. of course, then I'd like to see shit loads more of the infected in some areas.

[hoorah (DayZ) 36]

shold of murder maybe bandits could get a special hat, or maybe have no hat. Like shirts and skins.

The problem with this is that the number of murders required to be a bandit is zero.

Just because someone is a fresh spawn doesn't make them friendly. If I am all geared up, get my ass handed to me by someone faster than me on the trigger and have to respawn, I'm going to be looking to get back into the game and go get revenge.

So here I go into the first house I see and find a makarov. Now John Q. Survivor comes along and has an enfield or an m4, a bunch of gear, some food, and some makarov mags. All it takes is a bullet to the head, I take all his gear, and now I'm back in the game going toe-to-toe with other bandits. All of this is done before I would ever be switched to a bandit skin.