Hero skins should include kevlar vests and the extra protection it gives

[JimmyMeatsock 7]

If hero skins had a physical advantage, then a lot more people would want to become one.

Bandits and survivors would be without extra protection of course and it could not be taken off a hero corpse, as u cant loot clothes presently anyway.

[SmashT 10907]

It already does protect against small arms fire, so does camo and possibly ghillie. Hero also runs faster.

Edited September 11, 2012 by smasht_AU

[JimmyMeatsock 7]

holy crap it does too! i feel quite the fool. Its hard to find these things out unless u read the wiki cover to cover. Thats cool, an actual reason to be a hero.

[jagdkommando 1]

So if you turn in a bandit you will have less armor and less speed? I mean if the hero can run faster and has better armor then the bandits should be the opposite?

[Frozen (DayZ) 144]

if hero skin would have more protection from bullets from kevlar vest, i want then hero skin to be officially renamed to "pussy skin"

[00dlez 22]

if hero skin would have more protection from bullets from kevlar vest, i want then hero skin to be officially renamed to "pussy skin"

It's harder to become a hero than a bandit... KoS is the true coward's path IMO

[Outypoo 59]

So if you turn in a bandit you will have less armor and less speed? I mean if the hero can run faster and has better armor then the bandits should be the opposite?

No, that's why people get pissed off by the devs, it's a playstyle so why punish or give advantages?

[Outypoo 59]

How about no.

There's already a shit storm going on just about looks.

Giving heroes better abilities is just going to make this into WoW.

[JimmyMeatsock 7]

It's harder to become a hero than a bandit... KoS is the true coward's path IMO

I think the hero deserves a reward, in a situation like that fellow survivors would be grateful for someone who wants to help. (eg. old lady gives mad max shotty shells in mad max 2) and he would end up better equipped.

Bandits shouldnt be worried unless their trying to kill heroes with makarovs, bandits get their rewards all the time such as backpacks full of loot and the satisfaction they just shot an unarmed player who only had a tin can and a bandage.

and btw heroes already had better abilities so uve been dealing with it for ages.

P.s I was thinking bandits should subtle fly buzzing, bandits are always stinky. do they already? coz after my one murder (double satchel bombing) i swear i have the odd fly buzzing round me now

[Valderos 5]

No, that's why people get pissed off by the devs, it's a playstyle so why punish or give advantages?

It's not punishing a playstyle. There is no difference between the bandit playstyle and the survivor playstyle. It rewards the Hero playstyle, which is significantly more difficult than the KoS playstyle. Besides, the bandit playstyle has its own rewards - looting the bodies of your victims who didn't KoS you because they weren't murdereous a-holes. So, its balanced.

I swear. People want to be these hard-core murderous bandits, but they whine like little babies when a challenge is presented to them.

[starwarsfan@gmx.de 450]

Being the good guy should be reward enough and the hero shouldn't gain any advantages over other players for being the good guy. It's a choice you make and you should very well have to live with the consequences of it. To be a hero in a post apocalyptic world shouldn't be easy, it should be damn hard an only few should be willing to make those sacrafices required to be a ggod guy in a bad world.

[a_ruttle 199]

Arma 3 will have a proper armour system with customiseable gear i.e. load bearing vests and flak jackets id say they'll be lootable items when day Z ends up on Arma 3s engine