Spawn anywhere

[midhaven 0]

Right now it's mayhem along the coast, everyone is killing everyone and there is almost constant fighting in Cherno and Electro.

Sure, don't go there unless you want to fight. Main problem is, there are barely any survivors anywhere else.

Today I had one of the most bizarre encounters yet. Started off with me hearing a gunfight, Player A was fighting player B. So I started running there. when I arrived I noticed player C in one of the bushes so i hid.

Player A killed player B, then player C killed player B as he revealed himself I killed player C. Wich of course revealed me to player D who shot me. Noone had even left the beach yet, so everyone was shooting with Makarovs.

What I mean by this is, we have a HUGE map. But almost half the server is along the coast.

Why not expand the spawnpoints, drop players in the woods somewhere and let them find out where they are on their own. This way we'll have more disoriented players trying to survive and less Makarov mayhem.

[Limeni 7]

Well don't kill each other when you respawn. You made this thread only because player D killed you, if you were the last man standing you'd be happy, right? :)

Right now Im lost somewhere in the north, way off the map, so it is possible to survive, go wherever you want, just be more careful and don't try to kill everyone.

[midhaven 0]

Don't focus on my story, focus on the problem.

And no, I wasn't pissed.. I had just spawned 5 minutes before it happned, had no gear, nor did they.

[rocket 16567]

There are technical and design reasons for the coastal spawn. The "spawn anywhere on map" presents some serious balancing and technical issues that have not been overcome.

My recommendation to new players, is to avoid Cherno and Electro. Which, I kind of think shows that the experience is authentic. In a major breakdown of society, you probably would want to avoid major settlements.

[BwickFS39 9]

My recommendation to new players' date=' is to avoid Cherno and Electro. Which, I kind of think shows that the experience is authentic. In a major breakdown of society, you probably would want to avoid major settlements.

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yeah going into cherno or electro is like going to Compton, Detroit or Cleveland.

But it is a problem that you can solve on your own if you spawn and hear gun fire don't run towards the fire go the other way.

[MechaGodzilla 5]

I've run into plenty of survivors inland...

[Hesher (DayZ) 2]

I think its good, its actually pretty amazing how well balanced the mod was released in this aspect. I dont know if most things were carefully thought out or devs just got lucky, but yea I thought about this many times and couldnt come up with a better way.

[Bernardusaurus 2]

This mod really shines when you're way inland in a small village and you hear someone say 'HEY! Are you friendly?!' and then just a single gunshot. You don't know what happened and you didn't expect to see anyone there. There are plenty of people away from the coast. And it's rather easy to get away from it.