Rarity of Alice Backpack?

[[email protected] 191]

I actually thought Coyote is the one you spawn with, but I must have mistaken the name completely?

The one you spawn with is 8 slot, there is a 24 slot one which is super rare drop at military instillations. Or super common on hackers...

[amaROenuZ 144]

I think backpacks need to be reworked. Maybe make it so you spawn with the Czech Vest Pouch, and make it so that the Assault Packs and Coyote Patrol Packs are common spawns, while the Czech pack is a rare spawn in residentials, and the coyote and Alice pack are only found at military instillation. Something to make the smaller packs (Assault, Coyote, Czechs) more than just wasted code.

[McLovinCR 29]

I actually thought Coyote is the one you spawn with, but I must have mistaken the name completely?

You spawn with the patrol pack (coyote) and the biggest is the coyote backpack. Move around some words, a world of difference between them.

[McLovinCR 29]

I have found one coyote pack (without killing anybody :rolleyes: ) in a deer stand near berezino.

I have to agree that Cezch, allice and coyote belongs to military loot spawns.

[morgan32 403]

I think backpacks need to be reworked. Maybe make it so you spawn with the Czech Vest Pouch, and make it so that the Assault Packs and Coyote Patrol Packs are common spawns, while the Czech pack is a rare spawn in residentials, and the coyote and Alice pack are only found at military instillation. Something to make the smaller packs (Assault, Coyote, Czechs) more than just wasted code.

That does make much more sense at the moment. It also make sit a bit harder to be able to have multiple primaries/secondaries in the bag.

You spawn with the patrol pack (coyote) and the biggest is the coyote backpack. Move around some words, a world of difference between them.

Thanks for clearing that out for me :)

[[email protected] 191]

I have found one coyote pack (without killing anybody :rolleyes: ) in a deer stand near berezino.

I have to agree that Cezch, allice and coyote belongs to military loot spawns.

Not really. The alice pack is over 30 years old and is the sort of thing that people bought en masse as "military surplus". Seeing czech and alice packs in residential areas is not odd.

[Dramatic Exit 62]

Last week ; 4 czech and one alice pack in the same store....

Really -__-

Normally when I walk into a store, this is exactly what I find... Then pretty much every other spawn is a watch.

[ptk (DayZ) 178]

in my last life, I did a electro/cherno run and hit up every good loot spot, and not one alice pack lol. I did find 19 makerovs though...

[PoisonedAl 128]

There does seem to be something off with the random number generator they use. You see it especially in grocery stores. What ever the primary weapon loot is...there's like 3 or 4 of them in a store. And if the generator pops a pack...it'll have 3 or 4 or even more of those in the store.

When it's a single or double spawn point you don't really see those numbers, but with the grocery stores having 23+ spots, you see a lot of the same item. 3 or 4 watches, binos, etc.

I think that for now it's not that big of a deal, but as they move through alpha during the stand alone, they'll have to work that out. As it stands, I agree that Alice packs are more common. But I guess that goes to intent. And the overall story line.

Out.

Computers of course cannot produce random numbers, so the trick most systems use is to look at an internal clock and use that number as a seed. Of course that's all well and good until you make several calls for a "random" number at the same time and you get the same result for each.

Edited August 22, 2012 by PoisonedAl

[Buick72 27]

Last time I walked into the market at Stary Sobor, I found 4 alice packs... and not one can of food... :(

[amaROenuZ 144]

Not really. The alice pack is over 30 years old and is the sort of thing that people bought en masse as "military surplus". Seeing czech and alice packs in residential areas is not odd.

It's less a matter of realism and more a gameplay consideration. When was the last time you ever used an Assault Pack? Or a Czech Vest Pouch? Czech packs only retain minor use for their camouflage, for the most part it's just Coyotes and Alices.

[morgan32 403]

I agree with above posts. To get more use of the vest pouches/packs, wouldn't it be a possibility to have one of those in addition to a backpack? It could, for example, expand the main inventory (where you keep your ammo/food most of the time).

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

They all should be as rare as the coyote.

[nathiesk 186]

I just found a Coyote Backpack (the first I've found) and a M14 AIM right next to eachother lol.

[morgan32 403]

I just found a Coyote Backpack (the first I've found) and a M14 AIM right next to eachother lol.

You, my friend, you're lucky..