Amazing suggestions to make the game awesome!

[Phineas 56]

1) Jump. I really hate it when I cannot jump in an FPS. To me, spacebar == jump. If WASD is cannon, then spacebar is jump. What if David Lee Roth starts urging me? Get it and crouch! Crouch! I understand some of the larger backpacks make jumping difficult, and this is a realistic sim, but... jump.

2) Bust a move. I've seen the dancing dying death animations as done by the elusive but everywhere hackers. Yet saluting seems more silly than illustrating your friendliness than busting a move in the apocalypse. Young MC would be proud.

3) More vehicles! Scarcity encourages hoarding IRL, hacking (nee duping) in 'replicators exist' land. More vehicles == less shenanigans. If I have to learn another 20 keyboard commands to drive, let me drive.

4) Ride them horses. Satisfies not only more vehicles, but presents a unique vehicle that is refuled with water bottles and wood piles and has blood. Can killfor meat. Consider the dynamic.

5) Fix the girls. No camo/ghillie? Are you nuts?

6) Opt to spawn next to someone. If they kill you fine, but you could start with a partner too.

I only brought it to awesome. I'm sure forum members will make it atomic.

Edited August 16, 2012 by Phineas

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

#3 is just stupid, there are plenty enough vehicles in the game as is, we don't need more.

[jasonsdragon77 8]

#3 is just stupid, there are plenty enough vehicles in the game as is, we don't need more.

I totally disagree if there was plenty of vehicles in the game and hording of them was not a problem there wouldn't be hundreds of posts about why cant i find any vehicles?? The only players that have them are hackers and admins/clans for the most part and the average player will never experience that part of the game...I'm not talking about not knowing where they are heck I've looked up where they spawn myself been all over the map looking for even one of em so i can experience that part of the game... and i play a lot... on various servers even and the only ones I have found are a bike the 3rd life in when i first started and about a week later a van i researched on other sites and finally stumbled onto but i guess i did something wrong and it bugged so i couldn't finish it...

That's not realistic at all to have all these blown up wrecks everywhere, its just zombies not like a nuke dropped... sure some would be wrecked but most would be left where the owner left em be they along the roads by there house ect. ect. so they shouldn't even be rare... I'm not saying that they wont need some kind of work or you should find one everywhere but one things certain you should be able to find one and be able to put in the work to get it running so you can drive if you want They should be like any other loot spawn and be able to spawn in whether someone has gotten that locations spawn or not, or better yet be like the downed choppers and be a random spawn along the roads and such. You should also be able to take one with you when you change servers as well. This is a much needed change to the game that i gather from reading the forums on the topic that the majority of the player base would like to see implemented. Not only for the above reasons but to stop the abuse that's going on with them currently... For instance just today i read a post where a guy recorded an admin rolling back his server several times to stop a player hijacking some of there "personal stash"... just to get them back...

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

I totally disagree if there was plenty of vehicles in the game and hording of them was not a problem there wouldn't be hundreds of posts about why cant i find any vehicles?? The only players that have them are hackers and admins/clans for the most part and the average player will never experience that part of the game...I'm not talking about not knowing where they are heck I've looked up where they spawn myself been all over the map looking for even one of em so i can experience that part of the game... and i play a lot... on various servers even and the only ones I have found are a bike the 3rd life in when i first started and about a week later a van i researched on other sites and finally stumbled onto but i guess i did something wrong and it bugged so i couldn't finish it...

That's not realistic at all to have all these blown up wrecks everywhere, its just zombies not like a nuke dropped... sure some would be wrecked but most would be left where the owner left em be they along the roads by there house ect. ect. so they shouldn't even be rare... I'm not saying that they wont need some kind of work or you should find one everywhere but one things certain you should be able to find one and be able to put in the work to get it running so you can drive if you want They should be like any other loot spawn and be able to spawn in whether someone has gotten that locations spawn or not, or better yet be like the downed choppers and be a random spawn along the roads and such. You should also be able to take one with you when you change servers as well. This is a much needed change to the game that i gather from reading the forums on the topic that the majority of the player base would like to see implemented. Not only for the above reasons but to stop the abuse that's going on with them currently... For instance just today i read a post where a guy recorded an admin rolling back his server several times to stop a player hijacking some of there "personal stash"... just to get them back...

You have to know how to find vehicles... There is a potential for 49 total vehicles to be found in every server; 33 without bicycles. Not every person is going to be able to have a vehicle because they are supposed to be difficult to have and keep. At one point, I had 2 bicycles, 2 tractors, 1 bus, 1 hippie van, 2 offroad pickup trucks, 1 motorcycle, 1 ATV, 1 hatchback, 1 UAZs, 2 Fishing Boats, 1 PBX, 1 GAZ, 1 ural, 1 V3S, AND a chopper. It really is not that hard to find vehicles, the hard part is to keep them and hide them from other people.

[Phineas 56]

I still have not found a vehicle and I've stomped through several towns. I would be happy with a bike :D

This morning I couldn't stand it and logged in before work. I met my 1st semi-friendly survivor, very suddenly, as we were both running from zombies. Since I had recently died, I only had an AK with 2 mags, pain pills, and an ax. We tried to lose the zombies by running through some trees but that didn't work, so I started shooting, ran out of ammo, and got eaten trying to switch to my ax for some good skull lovin'. The other survivor offered to heal me with a blood pack but it was too late for me. But it was thrilling none the less and I tend to wear a faint smile long after I've stopped playing. :P

[venthos 605]

1) No. It's not needed in DayZ, neither do we need people bunny hopping around the game like a twitch-shooter

2) What? Why? What does this add of value? Spend dev/graphic artist time elsewhere. No.

3) *insert size 100 pt font "NO" here* Vehicles need to be rare in this game. We don't need 3-4 cars all at once playing mario kart in cherno. It means a lot to have a car, and even more to crash/lose it. Everyone doesn't need to be homogenized into an MMORPG style sameness. Get some buddies, find a vehicle, enjoy.

4) No for the same reasonings as #3. We don't need more modes of transportation. I'm waiting for someone to ask for "Quick Travel" at the rate people are whining about vehicles :P

5) Agreed. This is valid and a good idea.

6) And we're back to terrible ideas again. No. It doesn't take long to pick the mid-point between you and a friend(s) and meet up. Heck, if you've been lucky enough to snag a car it's even easier to rejoin your friends. Travel means something in this game, and it needs to stay that way. Even from spawn.

I thought you said these were amazing suggestions? :P

[jasonsdragon77 8]

You have to know how to find vehicles... There is a potential for 49 total vehicles to be found in every server; 33 without bicycles. Not every person is going to be able to have a vehicle because they are supposed to be difficult to have and keep. At one point, I had 2 bicycles, 2 tractors, 1 bus, 1 hippie van, 2 offroad pickup trucks, 1 motorcycle, 1 ATV, 1 hatchback, 1 UAZs, 2 Fishing Boats, 1 PBX, 1 GAZ, 1 ural, 1 V3S, AND a chopper. It really is not that hard to find vehicles, the hard part is to keep them and hide them from other people.

This here is whats wrong with the vehicle situation in the game... and as i assume you already read in my previous post i do know how to find vehicles... i know where most everyone of them spawn its not too hard to figure that out just google dayzdb and blam there they are... but as i understand they don't spawn if the admin locked his server at start and had his buddies scoop them all up before letting anyone on the server...which is pretty much one of the only ways possible to have that many vehicles at one time... why the hell would anyone want to have that many at once is beyond me.. Yes in addition i could go walking off the "map" or near in the deep woods and look for a camp to raid for them as well but I and many others want to put the the hard work in and put the thing together for themselves... and experience (THAT PART OF THE GAME) as well.

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3) *insert size 100 pt font "NO" here* Vehicles need to be rare in this game. We don't need 3-4 cars all at once playing mario kart in cherno. It means a lot to have a car, and even more to crash/lose it. Everyone doesn't need to be homogenized into an MMORPG style sameness. Get some buddies, find a vehicle, enjoy.

LOL ya I've been to youtube and seen them video's already bro... (to the cherno mario kart situation) The part: it means a lot to have a car, and even more to crash/lose it, which what i have and will state wont change that fact. No, vehicles are not rare... people want and what I've gathered from the game creators that I've been reading/watching is that this game is being geared to be a "realistic zombie survival simulation" then if so they wouldn't and shouldn't be rare in this game either... At least not in or around city's, you cant tell me you can look out your front door and say there isn't a car there.... be it down the street or at least one of them in your very own drive... even in the country in the middle of nowhere there would be one or more at a farm and such... what good old boy doesn't have himself a pickup truck with a gun rack in the back and a farmer has himself a tractor to harvest his crops with... a semi to hall his grain... I live in the US and that's the way things are I know because I have lived in both types of places and in different states as well. Even in Russia or wherever this game takes place there would be the same thing maybe not as much but modern life would not exist without them...

Now that i have stated the facts of things in a realistic simulation and or (the real world) I will explain further of why this part of the game is broken and needs to be fixed. Yes not all cars should be able to be fixed, things would have happened to them like they were set on fire during the zombie panic for whatever reason like riots or any other reason like car crashes or any other thing that would possibly happen to them in the aftermath. But some would be fixable like a bad engine, no gas, flat tire or any other many things that happens to a normal car in real life and as such in a good realistic zombie simulator like dayz. Would make better since that parts for cars would be the "rare" part about vehicles wouldn't it?? The right Parts aren't found everywhere in real life there concentrated in certain area's like parts stores, junk yards other cars of the same make right? Just to give a few examples. So I am not saying make it easier to have a car I am saying that currently cars are "broken" and the game mechanic behind them needs to be tweaked to make this game as realistic as possible. Having the parts being the more rare part of owning one would make owning one just as rare if not even more so and much more rewarding when you attain one. Would also make it mean even more to you when you crash/lose it, cause as it is now they are super easy to fix back up you find more parts for them then you do any other item in the game besides trash...

One possible way to fix this part of the mod would be a simple one, have them spawn along the road just like the downed choppers do in fields a very rare spawn that happens at random and instead of having loot like the chopper have it have different % on how fixed it is if it has gas how many tires are blown or even maybe the previous owner blew the engine running in panic from a zombie hoard or a combination of all and yes on that very very rare instance its perfectly fine. They can keep the game pretty much like it is and not have to change too much about it turn down loot % on parts slightly and change how cars spawn as stated and the problem would be solved. Not only would this solve not being able to find one if you put in the time to look for them (yet your not guaranteed to find one or know exactly where they are...). This would solve most of the current issues and abuse associated with them. Would also make this game far better then it is by adding situations and interactions like more players stealing them, getting noticed more easily, getting stumbled upon while trying to put one together by another player who found the same one and had the same idea? Think of that a bit, that player might help you and you share it and it might encourage more team work cause its harder to gather and find the parts by having them spawn this way where they could spawn further from where the parts spawns would make it more of a challenge. Who's to say that same player doesn't shoot you in the back after its built? Maybe that player instead sat with a sniper on a hill or roof top somewhere near watching you finish his car for him?? Sooooo many different events like this could happen which would only make this game more player interactive and more fun for all. Don't forget theirs zombies out there while you do this and near your car your working on that you have to clear to be able to get to work on them. TOOLBOX!!! you should NEED this item to be able to fix a car...

The stand alone: could work this in a different way by having them spawn on roads and parking lots ect. like they would if it was real life. You could scavenge parts only from the same types of car and model so they wouldn't have to make too many different car types and still make it harder to find parts. if your lucky to find another one like it near you take a look and see if its got a good part that you could use if not or its a different model you don't have that part you need and have to look elsewhere maybe in a parts store, junk yard, some dudes garage, mechanics shop? Maybe make a few car dealerships somewhere that most likely haven't been touched and all they need is some gas, would make them hot spots for pvp so don't think it would be easy. A lot of cars you might not even be able to use cause it got wrecked and the frames bent, blew up, set on fire or whatever but at least you can possibly find the part you need or just a spare part on some of the unuseable ones. Seems like this would be the logical way to go about this and have it be realistic.