Random Starting Gear Option

[IncrediBurch 22]

How about when starting a new character, you get the option to choose either starting with the standard supply set or pick "random starter gear" and run the chance of getting some better stuff.

Of course, balancing would be involved. First off, there would be no chance of military type gear being on the character (except Tools). Second, each item has a value, so getting a single better item means you get less extra.

I'd imagine most commonly a player could start with an extra set of bandages or pain killers, maybe an empty water bottle. Those with fair luck get a full water bottle or a can of food, but no pain killers or bandages. Those with great luck could get a morphine injector with a bandage and painkillers, but no flashlight.

Common weapons like the crossbow, crowbar, makarov, lee enfield, maybe even a bigger backpack could all be part of the random possibilities. Of course, if you start with a weapon, there's a good chance it'll have only one magazine with it while you get no extra gear, while you might get the weapon without a magazine and receive some starter gear. Those sorts of trade offs with the best scenarios being like 3 food cans, but nothing else, not even a backpack, maybe starting with an axe and basic supplies, but no backpack.

It's important that random provide players a chance to start with different gear on, to change up the lives a little, but not encourage players to want to have an "ideal start" loadout that they'll constantly keep trying to get. Just a thought to spice up the constant demise we all must face in Day Z.

[Noggy 20]

Cool idea, it's realistic. Because IRL not everyone would carry the same things when they "start" in an apocalypse.

[magebuss 14]

The demise is what making dayz dayz....

knowing you will respawn gearless is what making spotting players so adrenaline pumping in the game, cuz if you f*** up you might be killed instead.

other then that this prolly been posted in different topics aswell.

Kisses

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

There is another Arma II: Arrowhead mod like DayZ that is a zombie mod with the option when you start a character to choose a player such as, police officer, doctor, ect, ect. I haven't looked into it myself, but I did see a video that showed a bit of the game.

[sheriffhd 61]

Id hate to spawn with items, The first 2 hours of gameplay are the best/most intense, because you have nothing.