Flare Guns

[Starkey 5]

Allows players to light up a larger area than road flares, not quite as common as road flares though. A larger area lit up would draw less attention to the specific area the player may be searching.

Would be a useful tool for snipers. Could be used by survivors to indicate they need help, though more likely bandits/campers could use it to draw peoples attention to their area.

It would also free up people's hands as they wouldnt need to carry their torch once the flare is up.

[reaper8141 7]

Yes.

[hatfieldcw 184]

I kind of like it. I love the M203 flares, but a gun with a grenade launcher on it is so rare, I never get to use them in DayZ.

I'm linking of two or three ways for this to work.

One, it could be a single-use flare, like an emergency flare on a boat. Pop it open, pull the string, it shoots up in the air and illuminates briefly.

Alternately, you could make it a12ga flare and allow it to be shot out of either a shotgun or a new "Flare Gun" sidearm that cannot load normal shotshells.

Finally, perhaps the easiest way to do it would be to add in a flare gun sidearm that accepts 40mm flares and smoke, but not HE grenades. The notion is a little absurd, but it wouldn't require anything added except the item itself, since the M203 ammo already occurs in-game.

[Starkey 5]

I do like the notion of a flare gun side arm, though possibly have it function similar to the hatchet. Put it in your toolbelt with the ability to swap it to your sidearm slot upon use, with flares taking up the sidearm ammunition slots