Outside Contact, Consequences for action!, Zombie limbs , Makeshift weapons, etc .

[Lemonlyne 2]

Ok i have a few ideas that i think would be good to the game. They dont focus on anyone point but could be intresting additons, obviously if it interfers with what Devs want and what the majority want in the game..scarp it, Its your choice after all :P + sorry if i have bad english, dont slate me for it. L(

1. I think the idea of having some form of knowlege of what is happening with the rest of the world would grip people into the realism of the world of DayZ. When i say having knowlege of the world around you i mean very very vague glimps/clues of what is happening around the world in this crisis. like you could hear a very purposely buggy radio of someone telling acconts of what has happend where he/she is in the world. (Like in The Resistance games series) His/her accounts could include them witnessing or hearing roumors of mass extermnation of infected people in hospitals by military in Russia, America etc. Another radio broadcast could be of a young child asking for help with being traped by infected with faint sonds of zombie groans/banging agaisnt doors or walls in the background (now if that dosnt give you goosebumps....you have no heart...jk) Well if anyone replys to this, they could possibly add to a near endless list of what could be heard on this radio.

Carring on from having contact with the outside world, there could be evidence scattered around the Chenerus map of what has happend here, what goverment/civillans have done to contain the situation and hints at what this 'infection' is...if its even a virus, maybe developed as a Biological weapon or even a cure for a disease gone wrong...possibilities are endless!

2. A second idea i have is that Zombies/infected could have physical disfigurement that is if the game can handle it as it could possibly require many diffrent models for zombies. What i mean is that certain zombies could have limbs missing or have diffrent mangled parts of thier body which would make it appear that there has been previous conflict with the zombies .ie. The intial zombie takeover of chenerus where it would seem likly that people would of tried to fight agaisnt them.

3. Thirdly i reckon the idea of realistic makeshit weapons would be pretty neat, nothing overpowerd that would cause unbalence in the game, but weapons like a small grenade made out of nails, emptey can/tin and gunpowder (possibly accessed by sacraficing a few bullets to compile enough gunpowder for a expolsion?) Might be abit stupid but the idea of making a miniflamethrower from deotdrent + matchstick...thats the thinking behind making these makeshift weapons, contributions to more of these quirky weapons would be great. I think the idea of maybe having more of these than actual weapons would be more realistic as well, guns shouldnt be used to often...maybe clever tatics imvolving I.E.D's etc could make tatcical gameplay?

4. Zombies hey, they just love us living humans dont they?... well imagine if zombies ingame had some sort of system where they can smell/sense players (or anyliving thing like animals) around them so zombies could potentially track players? it could make people who tend to chill in the zombire free mountians more wary incase they could have zombies track them down with sent? The area in which they can 'sense' living things could be long/short, depends on how it would work best.

5. Consequences on a grand scale! By this i mean that say alot of people playing Dayz have a higher than ususal amount of food being eaten, it could cause a shotage in food, plus if there is many players killing animals....as a result animals could become more scarse? Gives us the changing enviroment where players as a whole could have a impact on others, which at times could pull people togther to help eachother with there being no food or might casue more chaos....

6. Easter eggs.... this is a random on the spot idea, people love 'em and may make hardcore gamers go around map hunting them :P

Obviously some of you guys may hate or like my ideas, please reply telling the world your opinion either it be "Take my money already" or "Go die in a pit you ugly motherf*****" but also tell me changes you'ld like to make etc, they would be welcomed warmly!

Thanks for reading :)

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

Well I'll trust Rocket and the team to know what's best for the game. So any suggestion can help them come up with a new idea, or just use it. We will have to wait n' see when the stand alone comes out!

[Skat3rat 1633]

Defiantly some cool ideas. You have my beans.

[Lemonlyne 2]

Yeah, can imagine they'll be alot of cool ideas in the final game espically with so many of actual gamers input, and cheers man ill keep these beans save ;)