How about a starting weapon?

[Primeval (DayZ) 18]

How about hand combat? I've always wanted to kick a zombie's face in and uppercut them. ;p

Edited August 19, 2012 by BanditMaster

[Frozen (DayZ) 144]

As many posts as you have and THAT is the most constructive thing you can come up with? LAME.

why lame? you want a starting weapon? you get it. 2 meters long dildo is a deadly thing: you can beat someone to death with it or fuck to death.

looks like a decent weapon to me.

[The_Dude (DayZ) 27]

How about fists and legs? I've always wanted to kick a zombie's face in and uppercut their chin off.

Yeah I thought it odd that fists arent even an option...

[The_Dude (DayZ) 27]

why lame? you want a starting weapon? you get it. 2 meters long dildo is a deadly thing: you can beat someone to death with it or fuck to death.

looks like a decent weapon to me.

While I agree with you on part one of your statement, I dont think a 2 meter long dildo is somehing easily obtained. Maybe its just your neighborhood, I dunno...

[Frozen (DayZ) 144]

While I agree with you on part one of your statement, I dont think a 2 meter long dildo is somehing easily obtained. Maybe its just your neighborhood, I dunno...

well since survivors in this game are completely retarded hand made 2 meters long pink dildo would fit the picture just fine.

[Survivor Tyler 77]

Many threads are repeated. How in gods name does it make a difference to you? I mean, do you sit there in your underwear with an empty twelve pack of Mountain Dew looking for posts to troll into and attack? Find something better to do, please.

No we don't drink Mountain Dew. Its a rare drop.

[The_Dude (DayZ) 27]

No we don't drink Mountain Dew. Its a rare drop.

I weep for your generation.

[Grodenn 53]

Id rather some kind of primitive starting weapon thanks. WAY more fun.

Finding a hatchet should take no more than 5 minutes, there is like 4-5 of them in every barn lol and they spawn pretty much everywhere. You must be running around in some forest if you are unable to find any type of weapons.

[Survivor Tyler 77]

Finding a hatchet should take no more than 5 minutes, there is like 4-5 of them in every barn lol and they spawn pretty much everywhere. You must be running around in some forest if you are unable to find any type of weapons.

He's running around with his head stuck up his ass.

[Grodenn 53]

He's running around with his head stuck up his ass.

Yeah obviously ^^

[Mos1ey 6301]

You really don't need a starter weapon...

Use your ears and Alt to look around. If you aggro a zombie start running and lose it. You shouldn't be taking damage by zombie unless you find yourself on the wrong side of a bug and get stuck in a doorway or something, lol.

IMO starting without a weapon demonstrates to a new player that this isn't a run 'n' gun game. Also, you feel like a badass having gone from having nothing to having everything available in the game when you finally get there.

You can easily find a decent weapon in a deer stand or military building. Balota airstrip is good for both if you spawned on the south coast. I've found M16s with grenade launchers, M4 CCOs, AK74S Kobras... All within 5 minutes of spawning in.

OP - maybe what you need is someone to show you the ropes, not spawning with a weapon. xD

[Ipurgepeople 106]

No we don't drink Mountain Dew. Its a rare drop.

Nope, we let it sit in our inventories. :)

[Survivor Tyler 77]

Nope, we let it sit in our inventories. :)

I remember raiding a base with like 10 as50's and ghillies about every piece of gear.

The only thing i took... Was their Mountain Dew. I think i hit them where it really hurt... In the taste buds!

[Mos1ey 6301]

I remember raiding a base with like 10 as50's and ghillies about every piece of gear.

The only thing i took... Was their Mountain Dew. I think i hit them where it really hurt... In the taste buds!

Heartless bastard!

[Pypek 0]

I'm new to the game and I say that we don't need any sort of starter weapon.

Getting a hatchet is really easy, and it kills zombies in one hit.

If you're having trouble finding hatchets on your own, look up some youtube video about loot spawn locations near the coast.

And if you're having trouble getting to the locations on servers with lots of players on them, find a low population one.

[Survivor Tyler 77]

I'm new to the game and I say that we don't need any sort of starter weapon.

Getting a hatchet is really easy, and it kills zombies in one hit.

If you're having trouble finding hatchets on your own, look up some youtube video about loot spawn locations near the coast.

And if you're having trouble getting to the locations on servers with lots of players on them, find a low population one.

THANK YOU!

MUCHAS GRACIES!

Or whatever.

[Yatagan 62]

We had weapons at one stage for new starts, all the game turned into was run across the shoreline and scavenge more makarov ammo off of survivors you just killed.

That's because starting with a gun is a horrible idea. However starting with a weak melee weapon would be perfect. This should of course be offset by also not starting with painkillers or a backpack.

I think starting with a crowbar or some other kind of very weak weapon (baseball bat?) that's still SOMETHING to use on zombies is a must. There's making the game challenging, and then there's pointlessly designing it poorly.

[Mos1ey 6301]

Not having a starter weapon isn't bad game design when the zombies can't attack you either... People complain about how fast they move but YOU run faster. If you aggro a zombie hit C and start sprinting. They can't catch you...

[The_Dude (DayZ) 27]

That's because starting with a gun is a horrible idea. However starting with a weak melee weapon would be perfect. This should of course be offset by also not starting with painkillers or a backpack.

I think starting with a crowbar or some other kind of very weak weapon (baseball bat?) that's still SOMETHING to use on zombies is a must. There's making the game challenging, and then there's pointlessly designing it poorly.

Finally, someone with constructive input.

[The_Dude (DayZ) 27]

He's running around with his head stuck up his ass.

Okay kiddo, I scavenged through a housing development, a warehouse and a handful of other sundry buildings. No hatchet. Some ammo, a flare, and a water bottle.

All I can say is FUCK YOU and YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE.

[Mos1ey 6301]

You're looking in the wrong places. Look for barns and outhouses for starter weapons.

Unless you spawn by Balota, in which cause go to the airfield/deer stands for military weapons.

Or in Cherno/Elektro the fire station for military weapons.

Edited August 19, 2012 by mZLY

[pawlzz 18]

Everyone should be able to survive without a weapon in DayZ as being able to survive with a weapon.

To have both experiences in the game, we start without a weapon.

The first chapter in the game is to find a weapon, it's a part of the game. Don't make this game too easy.

[Johnny Rico 8]

It's no problem find a weapon. just run into the next village into every house. Okay you agro some zombies, but thats not a problem. Cause they are dumb.

It wont take 15 minutes till you get your weapon.

They should make it harder too loot like Usain Bolt, but implement also the ability to use various items which you can find everywhere and use as melee weapons.

Stick from a tree, your lether belt, swinging your backback with possibility to loose it, windschield wiper (of course when its raining you cant see sh*t when using he vehice), throwing your can of beans and loosing it or just pushing the zombie with your hands or kicking it every 5 secound, so you better aim.

[bazbake 456]

The mooks are gaslighting you, OP. Ignore the rabble. A Kamenka spawn is pretty much a guarantee of a mad, unarmed dash to Zelenegorsk unless you're looking for a .45 (which occasionally spawns in Kamenka). Loot is randomized. It's quite possible the OP is looking in all the right places and there is nothing there. I should know, I've played games where I've found alice packs before I've found my first weapon.

It's just how the game works. Saying, "Just FIND one" isn't really a response. It's a non-response. It shows a fundamental lack of understanding the reality of how loot spawns in this game. Of course, if you're exploiting with tents so that you don't actually experience permadeath, then of course you won't notice this sort of thing.

Personally, my longest time unarmed was three hours. At that point I had found an Alice Pack and three water bottles. And then I stumbled into a barn with more than half a dozen "common" rifles and double-barreled shotguns of various types that had spawned in it. OP is not necessarily stupid or a bad player. He may just be unlucky.

So I would say that there need to be higher spawn rates for lowest-level weaponry or a very weak starter weapon for players.

[J0hnm13 15]

As many posts as you have and THAT is the most constructive thing you can come up with? LAME.

:facepalm: He wasn't being constructive, he was pointing out the that this pointless thread had been brought up time and time again. And he made me chuckle.