Game changer...more realism.

[gozzgug 17]

I am a huge fan of this mod. From what I've read rocket wants the realism to be intense and be an integral part of the game. IMO however sitting on a hill sniping people has no intensity at all. For that matter finding these fancy sniper rifles in a real world would be extremely rare and not really usefull. How does sniping someone from a distance get you food or increase your survival chances. I think all sniper rifles should be removed and there should only be the typical civilian guns available in game. By doing this you would force people into the towns and play face to face thus increasing the realism and intensity of the game. I think it would make the game more active and playable and increase the excitement. It would also remove the need for everyone to just concentrate on getting an as50 and put the concentration on getting food and surviving which is the basis of the game.

[thehumandove 344]

Sniper rifles would be useful. It puts distance between you and possible hostiles. Once the dust settles, one could check the bodies for supplies. If nothing else, it's a good tool for intimidation

[Hawk24 94]

there should only be the typical civilian guns available in game

all sniper rifles should be removed

The majority of civilian rifles are in fact hunting rifles, which are basically sniper rifles without tacticool equipment used for large game hunting....

By doing this you would force people into the towns

Like we didn't have enough PvP in Cherno/Elektro/Stary already....you just want to force even more dudes into them

Fucking brilliant idea, Einstein

I think it would make the game more active and playable

Made me chuckle

Edited August 2, 2012 by Hawk24

[- Valkyrie - 89]

It is a mod based on ArmA 2 if you didn't know, a war game. It is on a map full of military compounds if you didn't know, so yeah most likely you will find sniper rifles, a lot of them. Snipers can be easily avoided and flanked. Learn to conceal yourself. Getting food and surviving is easy as shit, its a walk in the park once you played for a month or so. If you wan't it to be a 100% realistic game then whoopie-di-doooo lets remove the infected as well, they aren't realistic too, right?

When will people stop with the "not realistic" shit, its a fucking game. NO, its a fucking MOD of a GAME.

[Buffjesus 357]

+1 more dead guy that QQs and leaves the server = higher survival chance

opens up the area so all the food can be mine = higher survival chance

np

Edited August 2, 2012 by Buffjesus

[01da 218]

Edited August 2, 2012 by Aras

[rangerbe 5]

Why is sniping people not realistic?, I'm pretty sure living with zombies fucks with your mind

Edited August 2, 2012 by RangerBe

[gozzgug 17]

Wrong.. Sniper rifles are just a pvp aspect and that's it. If you want to make a pvp game then sniper rifles make sense. In a survival game they don't. For example you snipe someone from a distance. By the time you get down to the body to get stuff it's probably already been looted. Snipers rarely loot anyways. The just sit, snipe and chuckle.... What kind of survival game is that? And dayz isnt a war game.its a survival game. If you want a. War game play arma 2

Edited August 2, 2012 by gozzgug

[Core (DayZ) 3]

There can't be just one type of gameplay, some people like to be in the cities, but other people like sitting around sniping. I agree it can be annoying but thats what makes the game unique, everyone plays differently

[Hawk24 94]

or example you snipe someone from a distance. By the time you get down to the body to get stuff it's probably already been looted. Snipers rarely loot anyways.

You never heard of "friends" walking to the corpse in order to loot them, did you?

Sniper rifles are just a pvp aspect and that's it.

But "FORCING PEOPLE INTO TOWNS" will lower the amount of PvP....right?

Edited August 2, 2012 by Hawk24

[tehobvious 0]

The majority of civilian rifles are in fact hunting rifles, which are basically sniper rifles without tacticool equipment used for large game hunting....

Like we didn't have enough PvP in Cherno/Elektro/Stary already....you just want to force even more dudes into them

Fucking brilliant idea, Einstein

Made me chuckle

I don't know what game you are playing but there are more than 3 towns and most of them are empty.

Snipers don't belong into dayz. There should be some of them, special weapons everybody wants and is willing to kill for. But right now everybody can be a sniper and everywhere you can be killed by someone you can't see or avoid. I don't like this. Sniper rifles should be scarce.

[Hetstaine 10852]

I haven't even killed anyone with my dmr , i just use it to check shit out..military bases/tents = military hardware. I dont waste my time desperately craving an as50..but i would like to see one just once...not just hear the crack of a shot from 500 metres away into my eye socket.

Thankfully the map is not American based..imagine the hardware then..we would be whining about the lack of food and why does every house have an assortment of 30 rifles and 50 handguns but no fukn beanz ! ;)

[mac 80]

I agree they should be rare

[Hawk24 94]

But right now everybody can be a sniper and everywhere you can be killed by someone you can't see or avoid. I don't like this

So you want to remove sniper rifles because you're too incompetent to counter-snipe....ok

Edited August 2, 2012 by Hawk24

[tehobvious 0]

So you want to remove sniper rifles because you're too incompetent to counter-snipe....ok

I got no problem getting killed, dmr is fine, but a rifle doing 130k damage at a 1km range? Weapons like this are super special military shit, please explain why they should be in this game.

[csharp 47]

I could write the same rant i just wrote to another thread, but i'll just write it short;

This game would be fucking boring without pvp. Zeds are way too easy to handle, you will find a decent surviving gear in 15mins etc. Just deal with snipers, they add something to this game, dunno what, but they do. Would be boring without the constant feeling of .50 watching you :P

edit; Maybe they could remove the .50cal and add couple of lower dmg rifles :P

Edited August 2, 2012 by csharp

[Hawk24 94]

Weapons like this are super special military shit

And where does this super special military shit spawn?

Lemme take a quick look

1. Super special military barracks(2 in the whole map, in the most deadliest area of DayZ)

2. Super special rare helicopter crash sites

We need to remove sniper rifles ASAP!!!!!!1

dmr is fine, but a rifle doing 130k damage at a 1km range?

This is the most useless argument I've heard against sniper rifles so far

1. The 130.000 damage is irrelevant, you're dead on 12.000 anyway

2. Getting sniped from 1km means that you suck at basic movement through unknown territory - you were about to die, no matter what weapon was used against you

Edited August 2, 2012 by Hawk24

[tehobvious 0]

And where does this super special military shit spawn?

Lemme take a quick look

1. Super special military barracks(2 in the whole map, in the most deadliest area of DayZ)

2. Super special rare helicopter crash sites

We need to remove sniper rifles ASAP!!!!!!1

This is the most useless argument I've heard against sniper rifles so far

1. The 130.000 damage is irrelevant, you're dead on 12.000 anyway

2. Getting sniped from 1km means that you suck at basic movement through unknown territory - you were dead anyway, no matter what weapon was used against you

Hmmm found more than 20 crash sites, on one of them 2 as50 at the same time. Got every in game sniper rifle at least 2 times in my tents. They are not rare they are common. In real life it would be easier to find a Ferrari than a anti material sniper rifle. In dayz a Fucking bicycle is much harder to find

[Hawk24 94]

Hmmm found more than 20 crash sites, on one of them 2 as50 at the same time

Remind me please, how does personal luck prove that a rifle with 0.87% spawn chance in 3 random locations on the map can be classified as "common"?

[Afgoo 114]

Hmmm found more than 20 crash sites, on one of them 2 as50 at the same time. Got every in game sniper rifle at least 2 times in my tents. They are not rare they are common. In real life it would be easier to find a Ferrari than a anti material sniper rifle. In dayz a Fucking bicycle is much harder to find

I think the solution to all of our problems is to add more bicycles.

[zq7 67]

Hmmm found more than 20 crash sites, on one of them 2 as50 at the same time. Got every in game sniper rifle at least 2 times in my tents. They are not rare they are common. In real life it would be easier to find a Ferrari than a anti material sniper rifle. In dayz a Fucking bicycle is much harder to find

Depends on how you define 'real life'.

Sure, it would be rather hard to find a anti material sniper rifle today but you must realize that once all hell breaks loose and infected people are everywhere the first thing that happens is the military takes over. That means there are AS50's everywhere, so to speak, on every corner, intersection, major and minor city, airport, train station and all over the place there are heavily equipped soldiers with big boi guns.

[JamesR 74]

in real life it would be easier to find a Ferrari than a anti material sniper rifle. In dayz a Fucking bicycle is much harder to find

Because there aren't 50 cals in half the gun shops around here.

[tehobvious 0]

I think the solution to all of our problems is to add more bicycles.

Good point

[neo2157 21]

Remind me please, how does personal luck prove that a rifle with 0.87% spawn chance in 3 random locations on the map can be classified as "common"?

Because when people find one they dupe the hell out of it, all it takes is to find one and then a group dupes it in there tent, then one of the group gets killed and the ones who killed and looted him begin dupeing, etc. basically comes down to players in this game all being exploiters.

Edited August 2, 2012 by neo2157

[JamesR 74]

How about they just add weight to weapons. Carry an m4 and no real change. Carry an m107 and you're slower than zombies.