>Player Name< was killed by a...

[Starkey 5]

Would be kind of nice to be wandering through DayZ and be informed of how players were getting killed, instead of the fact that someone had just died.

Player was mauled to death by Jamie Hyneman

Player was hit in the head from 600m

Player was crushed below a bus

... would be more entertaining than ...

Player was killed

Player was killed

Player was killed

Thoughts?

[aeterna 39]

You've missed achievements!

Player1 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

Player2 was hit in the head from 600m by PWNZxSNIPER

DOUBLE KILL!!

Player3 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

MULTIKILL!!!11

PWNZxSNIPER is on KILLING SPREE

Player4 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

RRAMPAGEEE!!!11

[umandez 139]

M-M-MONSTER KILL KILL kill...

[Starkey 5]

You've missed achievements!

Player1 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

Player2 was hit in the head from 600m by PWNZxSNIPER

DOUBLE KILL!!

Player3 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

MULTIKILL!!!11

PWNZxSNIPER is on KILLING SPREE

Player4 was killed by PWNZxSNIPER

RRAMPAGEEE!!!11

You've missed the point! \0/

I wasn't going for a Halo/CoD thing, but hell if mr zombie can rack up a killing spree, fair play to the fella.

My angle was that if we are to be bugged with the constant reminders that players are dying, i'd rather get a cheap laugh out of it than just feeling pestered.

Notice i also didn't suggest that the killer was to be identified. This keeps in line with the current mechanics of the kill reporting.

[hatfieldcw 184]

+1 for DayZ announcer.

Death messages should not give intel. Their very existence is a little offensive to me, but very few servers turn them off. You find out that somebody is dead by finding their body. If you want to know how they died, you should examine the corpse, although that doesn't currently work. I personally would like a whole forensic report in there. "This is Beez. He has been dead for about 12 hours. His body shows scratches and bite marks. His leg is broken. He apparently died of blood loss." Or, "This is Beez. He has been dead less than a minute. His head bears a large bullet hole. He was obviously killed by a gunshot to the head. You should not be kneeling right here."

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

Yeah personally i was for removing them entirely, keeps you guessing if the guy you shot is really dead or just laying still.