Does Difficulty matter?

[buzzcut13 0]

on sixlauncher, where it says difficulty, what's the difference between recruit, to veteran? Do the zombies do more damage? Do players bullets do more damage? Harder to find loot? What is the difference between 'em?

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

If you switch to DayZ Commander, which is a far superior server browser in my opinion, it shows you what those difficulties mean. There is a difficulty setting for certain combinations of the following server options:

• Third person.
  
• Tracer rounds.
  
• Nameplates.
  
• Crosshairs.
  
• DeathMessages.
  

As far as I'm aware damage done to and by players or zombies is completely unaffected.

Edit: I'd almost forgotten about things like map markers, thanks leeds2007.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn

[Swineflew 480]

If you play veteran you're allowed to brag on the forums about how elite you are to people who play other difficulties.

That's the biggest importance.

[leeds2007 22]

on sixlauncher, where it says difficulty, what's the difference between recruit, to veteran? Do the zombies do more damage? Do players bullets do more damage? Harder to find loot? What is the difference between 'em?

markers on maps don't show. cross-hairs don't show nor do distances mostly stuff like this.

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

If you play veteran you're allowed to brag on the forums about how elite you are to people who play other difficulties.

That's the biggest importance.

That's funny considering how many "l33t PK sniping camper" videos I see are by people on servers with crosshairs and nametags on, to make player killing easier. I simply prefer to know that anyone who kills me can actually be aware of their surroundings and shoot properly.

[Disgraced 1123]

If you play veteran you're allowed to brag on the forums about how elite you are to people who play other difficulties.

That's the biggest importance.

That and things like...

If name tags and range on, you can be spotted 400m away, by name, through the forest, for instance.

Recruit servers just make it easier to find and shoot other players.

Third person lets pele look around corners without exposing their character.

Crosshairs... Well, I just find them annoying.

These things remove a lot of tactical necessities from the players skill set, and hence "recruit" vs "veteran".

In my opinion, of course.

[Swineflew 480]

I simply prefer to know that anyone who kills me can actually be aware of their surroundings and shoot properly.

That's the mentality I was talking about.

I appreciate you posting to prove my point.

[TyRobot 100]

If you play veteran you're allowed to brag on the forums about how elite you are to people who play other difficulties.

That's the biggest importance.

Awww, someone is #butthurt because there is an actual difference in server difficulty. You quote a guy who makes a legitimate point, and pretend that it validates the bullshit that you typed on these forums? The only thing you are proving is how much of a dumbass you are, sir. :facepalm:

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

That's the mentality I was talking about.

I appreciate you posting to prove my point.

No, it's not, but frankly you sound bitter. Very bitter. Deleting the context of the statement makes it most apparent.

I was not saying "I want to play on servers with people of my skill level", I am not even that good at the game, go ahead and quote it if that's what I said.

What I was saying is that when some one does kill me I don't want it to be because they saw my name in the forest 200m away and decided to run up to me blasting in third-person mode without even looking down their sights. I want it to be because they spotted me by being vigilant of their surroundings, stayed calm, and decided to pursue me until they could take a good shot.

You have all of my empty tin cans. :emptycan:

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn

[Swineflew 480]

Awww, someone is #butthurt because there is an actual difference in server difficulty. You quote a guy who makes a legitimate point, and pretend that it validates the bullshit that you typed on these forums? The only thing you are proving is how much of a dumbass you are, sir. :facepalm:

What's the legit point exactly? That people who play on veteran servers have a false sense of superiority?

The actual differences have already been stated, so I let him know the cultural differences also. If he plays on a recruit server he'll be shunned by the "elitist" crowd.

I've played with the firing range, learned how to estimate distance using mildots and the SVD scope, and yet I don't feel the need to put down players who don't play with name tags off.

If that makes me a dumbass, that's fine.

Edit: you can keep your beans, I have enough of my own.

My point is that your putting down people who play with those enabled.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Swineflew

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

What's the legit point exactly? That people who play on veteran servers have a false sense of superiority?

The actual differences have already been stated, so I let him know the cultural differences also. If he plays on a recruit server he'll be shunned by the "elitist" crowd.

I've played with the firing range, learned how to estimate distance using mildots and the SVD scope, and yet I don't feel the need to put down players who don't play with name tags off.

If that makes me a dumbass, that's fine.

Except that I am not part of this "culture" you are describing, nor do I put anybody down. You're free to quote me doing so.

Each post you make sounds more personal and bitter.

Edit: you can keep your beans, I have enough of my own.

My point is that your putting down people who play with those enabled.

Quote me instead of making bitter ad hominem attacks.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn

[Swineflew 480]

It's not personal at all. You can even check my VODs if they're still up. I don't play with name tags or map markers, so there's nothing personal about it.

You imply that if someone kills you using name tags, then they killed you because of the name tags, not because they got the drop on you even though you would have the same name tags they do.

[TyRobot 100]

Except that I am not part of this "culture" you are describing, nor do I put anybody down. You're free to quote me doing so.

Each post you make sounds more personal and bitter.

Quote me instead of making bitter ad hominem attacks.

Dude, you tried to be decent and orderly on the Internet, and I honestly applaud you for it. Don't waste anymore of your time responding to that moron. The rest of us understood exactly what you meant when you said it...

Edited August 10, 2012 by TyRobot

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

It's not personal at all. You can even check my VODs if they're still up. I don't play with name tags or map markers, so there's nothing personal about it.

You imply that if someone kills you using name tags, then they killed you because of the name tags, not because they got the drop on you even though you would have the same name tags they do.

You might think I'm implying that, but I am not. I just prefer not to play on servers that make that possible, so that I know somebody did not kill me via those means. This is exactly what I said and it's exactly what I meant, for some reason you're getting bent out of shape just because you interpreted what I said a certain way. Your interpretation comes from your presumption of people who play on certain kinds of server, isn't this what you accused others of doing in your original contribution to this thread?

You should probably take five minutes away from the computer to relax if people are coming across as being so arrogant and/or hostile to you when they have no intention of doing so. I'm not being facetious here, take a break.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn

[Swineflew 480]

Dude, you tried to be decent and orderly on the Internet, and I honestly applaud you for it. Don't waste anymore of your time responding to that moron. The rest of us understood exactly what you meant when you said it...

Bullshit.

The first sentence was calling out people making videos using name tags and range on them.

[Bianca 92]

Any difference between Veteran and Hardcore then?

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

Bullshit.

The first sentence was calling out people making videos using name tags and range on them.

No it was pointing out that I found your accusations ironic considering most people with the elitist attitudes you're talking about, in my experience of viewing their videos, tend to play on servers with nametags and crosshairs on to make it easier to kill other players.

You've misinterpreted every post I've made in this thread due to your own preconceptions of "elitist players on hard servers", and I wish you'd see the irony in that because it's pretty strong.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn

[TyRobot 100]

Any difference between Veteran and Hardcore then?

Yes, although not technically a true difficulty, hardcore usually implies that everything is turned off. This includes third person and death messages, thus adding even more realism (...since you don't know when anyone dies for sure). ^_^

[Swineflew 480]

No it was pointing out that I found your accusations ironic considering most people with the elitist attitudes you're talking about, in my experience of viewing their videos, tend to play on servers with nametags and crosshairs on to make it easier to kill other players.

You've misinterpreted every post I've made in this thread due to your own preconceptions of "elitist players on hard servers", and I wish you'd see the irony in that because it's pretty strong.

I've never seen someone playing on a recruit server talking about how a player is a joke of they play on veteran servers.

However you can see the exact opposite, any time someone is found to be playing on a recruit server people jump all over them.

I've seen it tons of times, and I always give the person props for the kill. You can search my post history if you care enough.

You say it's irony that the opposite happens, but I say it's not irony because it doesn't happen nearly as often as you seem to think it does.

Edit: either way this is stupid, I'll admit that I misunderstood your intent, as long as you admit that you don't look down on people playing recruit servers.

My edit was too slow. I'll drop it, but I still think you're wrong about the recruit players looking down on veteran servers.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Swineflew

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

I've never seen someone playing on a recruit server talking about how a player is a joke of they play on veteran servers.

However you can see the exact opposite, any time someone is found to be playing on a recruit server people jump all over them.

I've seen it tons of times, and I always give the person props for the kill. You can search my post history if you care enough.

You say it's irony that the opposite happens, but I say it's not irony because it doesn't happen nearly as often as you seem to think it does.

I don't know why you're still getting your knickers in a twist over this. I explained what I meant when I said it's ironic, and I explained how I wasn't putting any players down when I told you why I prefer to play on servers without those settings.

But now we've gone from me pointing out some irony to you going "people are still dicks on harder servers too, so no u!!"?

Seriously, take a break.

My edit was too slow. I'll drop it, but I still think you're wrong about the recruit players looking down on veteran servers.

I never said they do, what are you talking about? I said you have preconceptions about people who play on veteran servers. Just you.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Ulfhedjinn