Add more objectives

[SteamTrout 18]

Disclaimer: I am obviously exaggerating in this post. However not by much.

And I don't mean a point on the map telling you to go there, God no.

Right now your average DayZ life consist of getting gear and then being bored to death.

You don't need to worry about survival because food/water are so common you need to be very VERY unlucky to starve to death.

You need to worry about medical supplies only if you have something other than ALICE backpack.

You need to worry about having bad guns for about 1 hour. That's how long it takes you from spawn until you're sporting at least an AK. Most of that is just running in the forest looking at the scenery.

Then there's nothing to do. You can't build camps because most suitable location for the tent is an airfield (empty even ground, yay!). Vehicles are temporary gone and if they're not, what do you use them for? Get more loot? Again, what for?

Basically there's no long term goal you can work for. Technically helicopter could've been such a goal (build it, escape from the country in hopes somewhere other than here is better). But there just needs to be more. Because right now, after you get the gear, you will probably start deathmatching out of boredom.

I think if you give people something to strive for, something to actively put effort in there will be less shooting because of boredom. Making survival hard would also help.

Let's take rebuilding a power grid as an example. It could require an effort of more than a small group. It could require vehicles to transport parts. It will benefit everybody on the server. It will add more life. People will have a purpose, people will have a reason not to shoot on sight.

Being able to create camps (like actual camps, maybe even with fortifications of sorts) will provide the same goal for a smaller group of people. Bringing back vehicles is also essential for that same reason.

TL;DR Give people something to work towards which will require cooperation (like rebuilding a city power grid). Make survival actually hard by making food more scarce.

[bellicosity 0]

There should be extremely large projects available in the game. Some that dwarf repairing the helicopter.

[LastShenanigan 8]

Problem being what happens when they finish those objectives... oh right... they get bored and start death matching.

[bellicosity 0]

Problem being what happens when they finish those objectives... oh right... they get bored and start death matching.

So they beat the game? I mean, I dont know what you expect from an open ended survival game.

[SteamTrout 18]

Problem being what happens when they finish those objectives... oh right... they get bored and start death matching.

Yeah but at least it'll delay that. I mean I am on the verge of going to Cherno and just shooting everything that moves because' date=' well, there's nothing else to do. And when I die I'll spend an hour getting back my stuff and do the same thing.

So they beat the game? I mean, I dont know what you expect from an open ended survival game.

More survival? The only time when you feel like you're really surviving is when you meet other players. Otherwise it's a stroll in a zombie theme park while noming on beans just because you can, not because you're hungry.