Starter weapon

[merrfack 90]

Ok, by no means am I asking for a starter weapon. I am just curious as to what people would prefer as a starting weapon. Basic weapon wise... I know no one uses them anymore really because of the duping ect. But I am curious to what people would want to start with? Take into game play, difficulty, and your style of game play. Should be interesting.

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Update: Added axe/crowbar.... didn't think of it... so ... bump?

Edited September 8, 2012 by merrfack

[puppetworx 474]

No axe option?

[Zombie Jesus 723]

I picked the most ridiculous (how is an AKM a basic weapon with zeroing, full auto, and 8000 blood per hit damage), but starting with a weapon is such a low concern of mine regardless of the duping problem. We should only have this discussion if zombies are harder to deal with, otherwise the only people it helps are those brand new to the game.

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

Crowbar

[amaROenuZ 144]

I picked the most ridiculous (how is an AKM a basic weapon with zeroing, full auto, and 8000 blood per hit damage), but starting with a weapon is such a low concern of mine regardless of the duping problem. We should only have this discussion if zombies are harder to deal with, otherwise the only people it helps are those brand new to the game.

It's 4500 blood per hit, but the point is pretty solid.

And for my vote, no weapon. We don't need spawn weapons. Half the fun is ducking Zs rather than just walking into a warehouse and popping them as they file in, one at a time.

Edited September 7, 2012 by amaROenuZ

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

Fists.

[Argoz 4]

i found that the enfield is a great starter weapon, because it teaches you to respect the audible range. Decent for self defense, but you will think twice about using it on zeds.

[hawken 22]

lol, spawn with an akm would cause suchs a large firefight

[Zombie Jesus 723]

It's 4500 blood per hit, but the point is pretty solid.

And for my vote, no weapon. We don't need spawn weapons. Half the fun is ducking Zs rather than just walking into a warehouse and popping them as they file in, one at a time.

Damn you for quoting me, now I will have to leave that in and look like an idiot forever. I was right about the zeroing and full auto though. I looked on Dayz wiki and I had no idea how strong the Lee Enfield was since I hate that weapon.

[novac3721 15]

Crossbow, because I always pass it up when I get a rifle, so at start is the only time I would get to enjoy its awesomeness.

[- Valkyrie - 89]

You SERIOUSLY can FIND a weapon JUST 3 MINUTES into the game, after your spawn. EVEN LESS TIME.

Seriously noobs, go get better at the game instead of spamming the forum with we need: a starter weapon, blood regeneration, removing of the temperature bar, nerfing zombies, make this easy, make that easier..

Yeah sure! Why not start with an AS50 and an M4 CCO SD with a shit load of ammo. OH, and we give you a helicopter so you can spare your legs and fly around the maps.

THEN AFTER WE GOT EVERYTHING TO BE "KINDERGARTEN EASY" AND GEAR UP JUST 5MIN AFTER THE SPAWN, WE GONNA GO FOR PVP, KILLING OTHERS AND THEN WONDER THAT THIS GAME HAS NO ENDGAME AND JUST PVP. YEAH, LOGIC AT ITS FINEST!

And, yes. I yelled it out loud while I was typing it. Sorry but can't fucking get how people can be dumb beyond belief.

[Welch (DayZ) 756]

LOL @ AKM.

[Bizmal 19]

Ok, by no means am I asking for a starter weapon. I am just curious as to what people would prefer as a starting weapon. Basic weapon wise... I know no one uses them anymore really because of the duping ect. But I am curious to what people would want to start with? Take into game play, difficulty, and your style of game play. Should be interesting.

It should be a random melee weapon only

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

Ok, by no means am I asking for a starter weapon. I am just curious as to what people would prefer as a starting weapon. Basic weapon wise... I know no one uses them anymore really because of the duping ect. But I am curious to what people would want to start with? Take into game play, difficulty, and your style of game play. Should be interesting.

I am a bandit. But for the sake of this game I did not vote for a weapon. I am by no means nagging about your post. Its actually quite interesting. But I think if Rocket did do something where you start out with something like a AKM or Winchester the survival aspect of DayZ would be completely gone. Towns like Cherno and Elektro would become bigger orgies then they already are on high pop servers.

[gywidion@msn.com 80]

I think there is a plan to add unarmed in the standalone, at some point.

[SillySil 295]

Where's the option for as50+aws? Sike, it's already in the game.

[colekern 1364]

You SERIOUSLY can FIND a weapon JUST 3 MINUTES into the game, after your spawn. EVEN LESS TIME.

Seriously noobs, go get better at the game instead of spamming the forum with we need: a starter weapon, blood regeneration, removing of the temperature bar, nerfing zombies, make this easy, make that easier..

Yeah sure! Why not start with an AS50 and an M4 CCO SD with a @#!*% load of ammo. OH, and we give you a helicopter so you can spare your legs and fly around the maps.

THEN AFTER WE GOT EVERYTHING TO BE "KINDERGARTEN EASY" AND GEAR UP JUST 5MIN AFTER THE SPAWN, WE GONNA GO FOR PVP, KILLING OTHERS AND THEN WONDER THAT THIS GAME HAS NO ENDGAME AND JUST PVP. YEAH, LOGIC AT ITS FINEST!

And, yes. I yelled it out loud while I was typing it. Sorry but can't @#!*% get how people can be dumb beyond belief.

He wasn't suggesting there should be starter weapons, he was saying that if there were starter weapons, which would you want?

[v1ktor 59]

He wasn't suggesting there should be starter weapons, he was saying that if there were starter weapons, which would you want?

Then it makes this thread a worthless piece of shit

Btw, love it how you manually censored that guys post just because you're a little bitch

p.s. Welcome to DayZ forums! You are free to form a comment in any way you want; except racism is not allowed.

[belzibhaal 21]

Honestly, I think we should spawn with a water bottle. Other than that, the basic gear we have is fine.

[colekern 1364]

Then it makes this thread a worthless piece of @#!*%

Btw, love it how you manually censored that guys post just because you're a little @#!*%

p.s. Welcome to DayZ forums! You are free to form a comment in any way you want; except racism is not allowed.

I've been here a while dude. Also, this is general discussion. All of the threads are worthless. They add absolutely nothing to the game.

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

I think we should spawn in bad shape. Half blood or so, maybe a low chance of a broken leg, in shock, maybe with a knife sticking in your back or shoulder. There you go, starter knife, at a cost.

[merrfack 90]

Thanks for the votes and idea's. Yes, I was not asking to start with a weapon, just curious as to what people would want. If a weapon at all.

Edited September 8, 2012 by merrfack

[evilsandwich2 (DayZ) 46]

Need a weapon to kill zombies but does 0 damage to players. Perhaps the flashlight can be used to lose zombie aggro (blind them and make them run). There was a zombie movie that had this. This way, new players wouldn't fuck themselves by firing a weapon, also it could be used for stealth runs into a city

[DoomsdayClock 34]

I'm happy starting with nothing, it makes the first few minutes after spawning a bit more exciting and fun having to try and avoid bandits all the more until you can find a gun. On top of that it actually forces you to try and be stealthy around zombies rather than just walking through a town shooting every zombie straight away.

[PygmyJess 91]

I picked AKM just because it would be hilarious to start out with that, but I like spawning in with no weapon and working my way up. I will say though if I got spawn killed by someone running along the coast with a hatchet that said they were friendly (which has happened) I would love to come back into game with an AKM on full auto and shoot 'em in the dome.