Make all players start with more gear until Standalone

[Truth 0]

I think it would be fair to start everyone with a ghillie, coyote backback filled with food and meds, and an AS50 TWS. A good chunk of players carry these things and like to teleport around killing EVERYONE. Best part of dayz by far is trying to re-gear and die to another thermal sniper rifle. Starting everyone off with that gear would even the playing field and seems more reasonable than actually doing something about the autistic scripters.

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

Just make everyone spawn dead until standalone, cut out the middleman

[Hetstaine 10852]

[Maca (DayZ) 769]

What the "Hell are you Smokin".................... I'd recommend turning off your computer and suggest taking a few Dayz off from playing.

Edited October 3, 2012 by Maca

[mdmonnik@deakin.edu.au 139]

This is meant to be a real life simulation, and no, in real life not 1,220,000 people would start an apocalypse with an anti-tank rifle.

[hatfieldcw 184]

I guess it's my play style, but I stick to low-pop or private hive servers where this sort of thing is tightly controlled. Yeah, there's duping, but no scripted in weapons last past a server audit, and the offenders are banned promptly. I don't know how much advancement can be expected on the main hive, but we're probably about due for a hive wipe and some upgrades to server security. If a private hive owner can come up with an automated system that spots unsupported weapons and hammers their owner, then I think the main server release can likely mimic that.

I'd like to start with a map/compass/knife, though. I never feel like I'm ready to play the game until I have those.