Capture points and squads.

[JuniorD 2]

This is just a very raw idea. I don't like things to be complex.

Lets start with squads.

You can join a squad by walking up to a person, scrolling, and clicking 'join squad'. The recipient of this must accept the squad offer. The person that first offers the squad is squad leader. If a squad mate dies, then they are no longer part of that squad. They have to hook up again.

Benefits of squads: close contact viewing of names (within 50 meters), being able to capture and hold areas, and entering locked areas. Possibly, with the addition of radios, squads could talk amongst each other in game.

Now onto capture points / bases.

A capture point would have to be a completely new place on the map (possibly random by server, like in Armex), or maybe some strategic position in a city or town. There shouldn't be too many of these, in order to keep up contention. Basically, it would be a semi-fortified position that has a few military loot spawns, and a lockable hangar/building with permanent storage on the inside. Any vehicle in the area is locked except to those who are in the squad that controls the area.

Squads, as mentioned, are the only things capable of capturing these areas. The only way you may capture an area is to stay on campus for ten minutes, with none of the previous owners there. After that, you gain access to the storage and any vehicles that may be there.

The loot spawns should be semi-lucrative, so as to discourage farming of the loot.

How would you find bases?

This is a very simple, and very revealing way of finding bases. They're marked on your map. Each capture point is revealed by the red AO circle. The circle can cover a wide radius, so as to have it slightly hidden.

So, basically the benefits of having a base are as followed: Locked gear / vehicles. Semi-lucrative military spawns. A somewhat defensible position. No to little zombies. Plus, it gives people with a lot of loot an end game goal.

The cons of a base are: It displays your location. If all members die, you lose all of your stuff, provided that another squad captures the place. Essentially, it becomes a crowded northwest airfield.

In short, I feel that everyone that wants to create their own government, this might be their cup of tea. It also displaces a lot of PVPers out into the middle of nowhere, out away from the coast. Not to mention that it adds in basic Arma 2 mechanics of tactics and strict teamwork, in relation to assaulting and defending positions.

Thoughts?

[witherfield 0]

Isn't this a bit much for the small scale communities on the ~50 player servers?

Don't get me wrong I kind of like the idea, but this seems more like something that would fit more into an mmo version of this game (which is being talked about).

[Stealth (DayZ) 3]

capture points..wtf.

This isn't call of duty.

[Wüstenfuchs (DayZ) 105]

Moved to suggestions.

[Huey (DayZ) 87]

Fixed bases, NO

Capture points, NO (are you kidding?)

Squads, NO

Display any type of location(s), NO (even to friends)

Locked gear, vehicles, NO (everybody should be able to steal anything from anyone, wherever, whenever!)

Heey, just my 2 cents :) (NOFI)

Lets keep it a zombie survival - end of the fekking world - game.

[Tyrog 10]

This ain't TF2 or every other FPS out there.

[xls.akm@gmail.com 0]

No offense but I think this is a terrible idea, sounds more like CoD or Battlefield then DayZ.

[v3c1c 86]

display names :) ... Dayz should be played only in HC mode.

but yeah there is dudes who wants to turn it in BF3 kind of game with triangles on heads, snipers with flashlights insted of scopes etc.

Dayz is close to rl - if you dont belive - go to shooting range and try to get 10/10 from 10m with makarov :)