You know, in a real zombie apocalypse

[fluffyg 6]

How do you know what would happen in a real zombie apocalypse? Even a small city would have a population of 50,000+, so you could be that there'd be survivors hanging around the outskirts of a city. A long rifle isn't exactly an uncommon weapon to come across either, so it is entirely possible people would be sitting in hills watching over the entryways to a city looking for people.

On a good sized server (50 players) there's going to be probably 5 to 10, maybe more, snipers total. That's about 1/10 to 1/5 people having military grade sniper rifles. I just don't see that as feasible, let alone the fact that they watch over a city/airfield constantly. You'd think they'd have something better to do. And I DID say, "I think," in the op, no trying to say I know better than anyone else.

Ya know a real zombie apocalypse ya know ! like those kind in those movies and stuff and those books and games those kind of REAL zombie apocalypses IMAGINE :o

If we're going to go at the, "nobody knows what would happen in a zombie situation," then why doesn't Rocket add dinosaurs as well???? That would be exciting!

[Viles (DayZ) 93]

THATS SO CUTE.

A Real Zombie Apocalypse

what a sweet kid

[Tiger Uppercut 0]

In a real zombie apocalypse I wouldn't spawn on the coast with a flashlight.

Lol classic!!

[NFK 102]

In a real zombie apocalypse, I'd go looking for the goddamned virologist who thought it was a good idea to start a real zombie apocalypse.

[Cysquatch 5]

On a good sized server (50 players) there's going to be probably 5 to 10, maybe more, snipers total. That's about 1/10 to 1/5 people having military grade sniper rifles. I just don't see that as feasible, let alone the fact that they watch over a city/airfield constantly. You'd think they'd have something better to do. And I DID say, "I think," in the op, no trying to say I know better than anyone else.

But they don't have anything better to do because the mod doesn't yet facilitate a deep "end game", if you will. Thus you have bored maxed out players with little else to do but kill for fun. The only real solution here is to actually give them something better to do and I'm willing to bet that when this mod becomes a fully featured game you will see this kind of behavior diminish.

[AllDayZSimon 75]

You sir are incorrect.

Time to brush up on some post apocalytic movies. People would kill for food and water and anything else they can

get their hands on.

"I know how the world is going to go down because the entertainment industry told me!"

[CLewis 31]

You sir are incorrect.

Time to brush up on some post apocalytic movies. People would kill for food and water and anything else they can

get their hands on. They dont write these movies because, they want you to believe. They write them because, this is what would happen. You have friends and as things start to get harder and harder to find and you can no longer take care of yourself you would prey on the weaker and guns would tip that balance everytime.

Wooow! I'm sorry, but that is the worst argument ever... Your saying that fictional movies are a guideline to what would happen? Is this only regarding apocalypses, or is that for fictional moviesgeneral?

[Inception. 9443]

In a real zombie Apocalypse.

Wait, there's no such thing.

It's in hypothetical terms.

[Inception. 9443]

You fucking morons, the "real zombie apocalypse" scenario has been in hypothetical terms.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Inception.

[denkart 198]

You know, even with all the laws we have in place to prevent mindless killing in society today, there's still a lot of mindless killing. Just look at the batman shooting from a couple of weeks ago or the DC sniper from a few years ago. There are people like that in real life in our society TODAY and these things still happen despite all of our laws. So in a "real zombie apocalypse" where there are no such laws, I'm pretty sure there'd still be lots of mindless killing. Try using common sense OP.

[fluffyg 6]

You know, even with all the laws we have in place to prevent mindless killing in society today, there's still a lot of mindless killing. Just look at the batman shooting from a couple of weeks ago or the DC sniper from a few years ago. There are people like that in real life in our society TODAY and these things still happen despite all of our laws. So in a "real zombie apocalypse" where there are no such laws, I'm pretty sure there'd still be lots of mindless killing. Try using common sense OP.

For the last time, this isn't about the mindless pvp. It's about the amount of snipers. Try using some reading comprehension denkart

[denkart 198]

For the last time, this isn't about the mindless pvp. It's about the amount of snipers. Try using some reading comprehension denkart

I will if you try using some common sense. Rifles aren't nearly as rare in real life as you seem to think they are. And for the record, they're not very common ingame. The M24 has a .19% spawn rate. Any lower than that, and you'd almost never see them. The reason you see so many sniper rifles is because people dupe their equipment. Try doing a little research before you start asking to have drop rates nerfed.

P.S. The fault isn't in my reading comprehension. No where in your post did you clearly state that you were talking about sniper rifles being to common. You said they should be rarer at the end, but your thread topic and most of your post made it seem like you were talking about mindless killing. Be more clear next time. When there are this many people misinterpreting your point, then obviously something was wrong with the way your message was worded.

Edited August 3, 2012 by denkart

[fluffyg 6]

I will if you try using some common sense. Rifles aren't nearly as rare in real life as you seem to think they are. And for the record, they're not very common ingame. The M24 has a .19% spawn rate. Any lower than that, and you'd almost never see them. The reason you see so many sniper rifles is because people dupe their equipment. Try doing a little research before you start asking to have drop rates nerfed.

I'm not going to do research for a VIDEO GAME. All I know is that there are snipers a LOT more than there should be. And military grade sniper rifles are EXTREMELY rare. And lol at telling me to use common sense, and then to do research. Make up your mind.

[denkart 198]

I'm not going to do research for a VIDEO GAME. All I know is that there are snipers a LOT more than there should be. And military grade sniper rifles are EXTREMELY rare. And lol at telling me to use common sense, and then to do research. Make up your mind.

If you're not going to do research, then you have no business saying that sniper rifles are too common when you obviously don't know that. If you had taken 10 seconds to look into the spawn rates, you would see that sniper rifles are very rare. Another 10 seconds, and you would've found out that people exploit the shit out of this game by duping their equipment, which accounts for why there are so many sniper rifles presently. Also, common sense would dictate that you should know what the fuck you're talking about (a.k.a. do a little research) before you make a post whining about it.

[S3V3N 1402]

In a real zombie apocalypse, snipers would be dual wielding, slow-mo jumping and picking up Mountain Dew on a drive-by shooting

And denkart, I don't want to see your avatar. It freaks me out so much :) I know how you did it (thanks for your info) and I'm not amused. Three kittens had to die, just so you could have a face implanted on the back of your head ^^

That is so boss!

[fluffyg 6]

If you're not going to do research, then you have no business saying that sniper rifles are too common when you obviously don't know that. If you had taken 10 seconds to look into the spawn rates, you would see that sniper rifles are very rare. Another 10 seconds, and you would've found out that people exploit the shit out of this game by duping their equipment, which accounts for why there are so many sniper rifles presently. Also, common sense would dictate that you should know what the fuck you're talking about (a.k.a. do a little research) before you make a post whining about it.

I said SNIPERS are too common. And they are. So obviously I do know what I'm talking about. I don't care why they're here, but they are and it is one of the biggest problems in the game imo. But whatever, I'm done talking to a troll

Edited August 3, 2012 by FluffyGMbizzle

[denkart 198]

I said SNIPERS are too common. And they are. So obviously I do know what I'm talking about. I don't care why they're here, but they are and it is one of the biggest problems in the game imo. But whatever, I'm done talking to a troll

The rifles ARE NOT common, as I've already told you. Sadly, duping is what is common. You should make a thread about exploiters, at least then you'd be whining about the right thing. I'm not trolling just because I'm telling the truth.

[fluffyg 6]

The rifles ARE NOT common, as I've already told you. Sadly, duping is what is common. You should make a thread about exploiters, at least then you'd be whining about the right thing. I'm not trolling just because I'm telling the truth.

Well, I don't think I ever specifically said the rifle. I always meant the person. And I didn't know duping was that common, my bad. I guess that would explain a lot of this.

[s.taylor.75@gmail.com 23]

A real apocalypse would be far worse than anything in this game. Serial killers would no longer need to worry about getting caught. Gangs would take over their little neighborhoods. With no law and order people would revert back to what we've always done, kill each other.

[jonahcutter 51]

I don't think there would be a sniper watching over every city just looking for thrills.

I mean I thought Rocket was going for authenticity, Seems to me that wouldn't be possible. Sniper rifles should be much more rare, imo

You're almost there, but not quite, in your thinking.

Let me help...

DayZ isn't about surviving a zombie apocalypse. Both the "survival" and zombie aspects quickly become easy to the point of being a simple hoop to jump through. A nuisance at best.

DayZ is actually a sorta-persistent-world, watered-down ArmA where the main thrust of the game is to gather the best weapons, and to gather materials to assemble vehicles. And to raid each others' camps for those weapons and vehicles. That is the design path it currently is following.

That gameplay can be fun in itself. But it is not zombie-survival in the slightest.

"Zombie-survival" is the hook. It's window dressing that draws players in. Once you spend a week or so learning to play, the zombie-survival mechanics are barely a factor. You have to willfully play poorly, or refuse to learn, to continue to be at risk of hunger, thirst, disease or exposure, much less the zombies themselves.

There has been much philosophizing about DayZ. It is mostly hogwash.

It's a mod that is about trying to get the most powerful weapons and mounts. You can not do these things, and deliberately play as a weaker character, and be farmed (for gear or kicks) by those who min/max, if you wish. But that is not unique to DayZ. You can do that in just about any online, competitive game. You may find worth in that, but make no doubt, you are deliberately limiting yourself so as to provide targets for players who are not limiting themselves whatsoever.

The thing that really makes DayZ special, those first few desperate hours/days when you are fighting for immediate survival against zombies and other men, scrambling for a simple can of beans or a soda, and the holy grail of a pistol with ammo, quickly falls apart after a few play-throughs.

That game could be magical, if it was sustained. But currently it is not. It starts out strong, and rapidly falls apart.

[Virfortis 111]

In an authentic zombie apocalypse, there would be too many variables to say what really would happen, and it would all be based on the culture of the area. Areas like England? Probably not so many shooters. Chernarus? It's an area of mostly small communities with a few fairly small cities. All very close knit I imagine, and very paranoid.

[gator (DayZ) 22]

my sources tell me that zombies are dead people risen from the dead.

infected would mean that they just got infected with a disease bacteria causing aggresive behaviour and other zombie like shizzles ;)

zombies =/= infected

You should go educate Rocket then, cause he said they are not dead several times.