New Character Ability Ideas

[IncrediBurch 22]

I'm not talking about adding Role-playing Game stat progression abilities or the like. I'm talking things we can do as players that we can do in real life and should be able to do in Day Z. Improving the simulation for the sake of fun gameplay. Feel free to comment on my ability suggestions and add your own.

-Drop throwable items or throw them behind you while running. In real life, if we had a smoke grenade or even a frag while we were being chased by zombies, we'd sure as hell chuck it behind us without breaking stride if it gave us hope of escape. Same with flares if it would perhaps give us the chance to distract the zombies. The commands would be on the scroll wheel.

-Hold the flashlight and a side arm at the same time. This is just common sense and the game makes it way to difficult to put a sidearm away to break out the flashlight. Balance it by giving the sidearms a greater recoil effect when held with one hand. The benefit of the guns with flashlights on them would still be good because they wouldn't suffer the recoil increase.

-A basic melee attack without a weapon in-hand. I'm sure this suggestion is already on the forum in triplicate, so count this as me voting for it. I vote a kick, because I would use a kick over a punch. The melee attack itself would be completely non-lethal, but it would allow for pushing back zombies and if they fell from a high enough place, then there would be a chance for lethality.

-Use primary weapon for blunt melee. Sometimes we run out of ammo for good guns, but that doesn't mean the weapon it self is useless. Some of the guns are quite long and could be swung in a baseball bat fashion to knock back zombies. I'd say they only have lethal potential with headshots.

-Auto-vault small fences and be able to climb over certain taller fence types. Just a general skill that would be useful and should be on the game. Same goes for climbing certain trees.

[DemonGroover 8836]

Yep, hopefully some of these are incorporated.

I would especially like to bludgeon someone with my AK

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

You should be able to shoot a one handed weapon while riding a bike, or a dirt bike. :lol:

Also passengers should be able to shoot out of vehicles.

[IncrediBurch 22]

-Players should be able to drink straight from water pumps, ponds, and wells, without a water bottle. It would be stupid to see a player die from thirst, standing in a pond because they didn't have a water bottle to drink the water from. The balancing factor is that fresh water sources are scarce and you can't more water with you without a bottle or bringing Soda cans.