What do you want to NOT be realistic?

[phillyjoker 10]

Just wondering what sort of things in the standalone or further versions of the mod do you not want to be turned "realistic" or "harder?"

For me, I would prefer them NOT to go over the top on endurance.

Don't get me wrong. I would very much like to see a slightly more realistic ability in terms of how much you can carry and how it slows you down. But i think it should effect the sprint aspect much more than the jog/run aspect. At this point and time it just takes forever to get somewhere, even with the ability to run forever, so changing this would not be a good idea until more buildings get opened and finding or repairing vehicles becomes slightly more intuitive and less buggy.

However, in contrast i'd very much like food and water to be made more realistic so that i don't have to drink or eat every ten minutes.

Also, i'd love it if weapons were kept extremely realistic regarding ammo types, effectiveness, ranges, sounds, etc.

So, any thoughts?

[wrobel 40]

Larger variety of weapons. When i say this, i mean more variety among the lower tier weapons. They should have more variety, like 22.'s, and more ammo variety.

[Man vs Wild 313]

Not having to make 90% of my backpack food or water if I want to walk some where for 30 min

[phillyjoker 10]

Totally could get behind that. Especially more lighter caliber weapons, but i also do not want them to get rid of or extremely limit military weapons.

That would make this game more boring.

[v1ktor 59]

Son.... you can run from cherno to NWAF in 28 minutes flat and math proves it (done it before to prove a point, get a gps and do your own calculations [or google]) 30min is a more realistic number though

So don't complain how it takes forever to get around

[Yomi 1]

What I want:

Dead players' bodies turn into Zambies

Zombies to have different Models/Textures(With their animations polished, it gets hard to tell if it's a person running or a zombie)

Reprecussions for being a Bandit/Hero(More than just a skin that'll make people more/less inclined to shoot you on sight)

You can't log out while in shock

Your screen to shake constantly when in shock

A way to hide tents better

The ability to perform a drive-by(So it'll be a fair fight instead of just sitting in the car like sitting ducks waiting for people to kill you before you get away)

What I don't want:

Rocket's going to make zombies be able to run indoors

(That's really it)

Edited August 17, 2012 by Yomi

[phillyjoker 10]

30 minutes is quite a lot of actual time. Especially to spend holding the W key, and what if they made it worse? That's all i'm saying.

Not complaining about how it is currently, just saying what i'd rather it not become.

I think some people missed what this thread is about... I guess negatives are confusing, lol

[sostronk 334]

Sounds like yall want easy mode Cherno deathmatch.

[thievery 7]

Couldn't agree more about endurance and food and water. Going by a DayZ eating and drinking schedule I'd be pissing every five minutes and I'd weigh 600lbs. It makes even less sense you have to eat and drink that much when the lengths of days in DayZ are the same length as days in real life. By the same token I wouldn't mind if food and water were more rare. It would make planning ahead as far as food and water much more important. As it stands now I can be in the middle of nowhere without any food or water with both meters turning red and still find a way to survive.

[phillyjoker 10]

Sounds like yall want easy mode Cherno deathmatch.

No, not really. This game is FUN the way it is, but there are certain changes that just would not make it fun, in my opinion.

Making it "harder" does not have to equate to making it less fun. Likewise making it more fun, does not have to make it "easier" either.

[chris p. bacon 182]

I'd like to see this changed.

[Yomi 1]

@tocsik

What purpose does an Entrenchment Tool serve right now, anyway? I can't really think of it serving any other purposes than to be incredibly annoying.

[chris p. bacon 182]

The entrenching tool has saved my life a lot

[KarlMonster 3]

I would like garments to count against allowable weight - within reason. [A heavy jacket could keep you warm in rain, but not underwater.] The weight of a jacket would count against you, but a load-bearing vest might give additional slots, and maybe a small bonus to ammunition weight that can be carried.

Weaponry should definitely be real weight and bulk. Ammunition is amazingly heavy because its mostly lead and copper. Carrying two primaries without cramming one in your pack should be possible, so that you no longer risk losing/destroying one - but one of them should occupy most of your large item slots.

Car parts should take more space and be appreciably heavy. If you need to go scavenge engine parts, you should be forced to travel light to be able to carry them at all. So no carrying 4 tires when you only have a coyote pack. I would accept a relatively light "tool roll" even though we're talking about tools for engine work, sheetmetal work, tire repair, electrical systems, etc.

Oh, and the hunting knife should not be required. You should be able to use the hatchet, but at about 50% efficiency. So it would be useful on a cow, but useless on a rabbit. And how can matches be this rare? On your chart of time to find items, matches are found out at around hour 5+. Every single kitchen or restaurant should have matches.

Um... what else do I have to bitch about?

I do want a red lens flashlight, but that would be hard to implement, and I'd probably be just as visible with a red chemlight.

Oh, and epi-pens and auto-injectors shouldn't take a full inventory slot. They should take up the same slot as painkillers and/or matches since that's the kind of gear you keep dry in a protective container.

The crossbow is neat, but pathetic. Each bolt that you find is only one shot, and you can't recover them from the dead Zed. Each bolt unit should be five shots or more, and you should be able to recover some from bodies.

Oh, and drinking Diet Pepsi should make you vomit.

OK, just kidding.

(Sorta.)

Edited August 17, 2012 by KarlMonster

[sostronk 334]

I'd like to see this changed.

Hahaha. Nice graph. +1

[aHzdaNny 49]

I do want a red lens flashlight, but that would be hard to implement, and I'd probably be just as visible with a red chemlight.

Doesn't it already work like that with the military flashlight? Or am I misunderstanding your point?

Edited August 17, 2012 by aHzdaNny

[Wargunner 55]

I think infected animals should be added to the forests. Not many, just enough to keep you on your toes when running through a forest late at night.

Dark night in the forest should be scary, not a walk in the park (literally).

Imo.

[RudestBuddhist 76]

I think infected animals should be added to the forests. Not many, just enough to keep you on your toes when running through a forest late at night.

Dark night in the forest should be scary, not a walk in the park (literally).

Imo.

Spawn campers beware... Zombie Moles!!

[Aremnant 3]

What should not be kept realistic: unorthodox tactics. I want the ability to tie rope to the top of a building and climb down the side one balcony at a time (actually, this is very possible and only seems impossible). I want the ability to tie a rope ladder to helicopters, and shoot your normal weapons from all vehicles (heli's included). As far as I'm concerned, the zombies need a major revamp, but that's for another thread.

[Puffy 64]

I want the endurance, and larger maps! Make me walk forever, make this game dangerous! Zombie hordes in wooded areas, and very rare military loot!

I say this game needs to be AS REAL AS IT CAN GET.

[Jakub-SK 15]

I want to get an option of combining magazines . When you got 2x 15round stanag . You could combine it to 1 . Take bullets from other and put it in one .

[mick17 93]

What should not be kept realistic: unorthodox tactics. I want the ability to tie rope to the top of a building and climb down the side one balcony at a time (actually, this is very possible and only seems impossible). I want the ability to tie a rope ladder to helicopters, and shoot your normal weapons from all vehicles (heli's included). As far as I'm concerned, the zombies need a major revamp, but that's for another thread.

Actually everything you just mentioned is all very real and possible. Rappelling down the side of a building, and you can take that rope on the helecopter to the point where about 8 total people can attach and be extracted and be hanging under the helicopter as it flies. It's a pretty sweet extraction technique. Also shooti g out vehicles haha

But what I want to be unrealistic...? I can't really think of anything. If they make the weight carrying system and stamina system realistic in tandem with food and drink it would add a whole lot off planning. Instead of just running everywhere, you would have to plan routes and stuff and it would gwtting where you want that much more awesome. And if you wanted to go somewhere fast you rake an extremely light load with little food or water. It would be very interesting!

[OrLoK 16185]

The Hatchet the worst/least value weapon? How wrong is that graph.

I want non realistic foodstuff labels....

*hides*

L

[Talibambi 119]

Yeah. I want stuff like Orlok Lemonade.

[Imafighter 236]

I want blood bags to not give infections.

But thats about it.