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A Survivor's Support for the Realistic Existence of Bandits

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In response to the many, many complaints about bandits, or the removal of bandit skins: I hear what you're saying, and I used to agree with it, but the problem is that isn't how it works in the real world. The reality is that you can't tell on sight the type of person someone is, their crimes, or their nature. You can tell little things about them, and over time probably pick up on some of those things, but it's certainly not going to happen from seeing them cross a road a hundred yards in front of you.

What I would like to see, instead, is real world communications based on players' actions. For example, last night I was part of a bandit group (but wasn't a bandit myself, and still haven't killed anyone) who took out two guys at the Balota airstrip. As we moved away, we saw people communicating through chat that a bandit group was around the airfield, to be careful; some even resolved to come hunting us.

It was very thrilling, and felt very organic.

So maybe there should be some method for people to leave information throughout the game. Like a note pasted outside a town, or on the ground, or paintings in blood on the side of barns naming known bandits, or something similar to those things. It would still be realistic, still be organic, and not compromise the gameplay.

If anything, I think it would add to it.

Criticism: "You guys just want to be able to do whatever you want and not have to pay for it."

Absolutely not true. I have NEVER murdered someone in the game, and don't plan to ever start. I play a true survivalist, and I my mantra is that it's okay to shoot in defense, but better never to have to shoot at all.

But if bandits were nerfed in an unrealistic manner, it would remove a huge element of danger and realism from the game, and make my experience as a survivor LESS fun.

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Criticism: You didn't site my name as the source when you mentioned the blood on the side of the barn, naming and shaming the killer.

Hurm.

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Criticism: You didn't site my name as the source when you mentioned the blood on the side of the barn' date=' naming and shaming the killer.

Hurm.

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Great minds must think alike, my good man. :)

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