Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

Do you start with weapons or do you need to "grind" or "farm" them?

I'v found usually your "first" character gets equipped with decent gear (Assault Rifle of some type, pistol and armoured clothing). Any time after that when you die you just spawn with a pistol.

As Majestic said, you usually find weapons in vehicles, buildings etc until you kill someone for a better one or buy one yourself or get one from a mission.

There are some boards players on gaellords but most of us who play together are from all over. Wasteland is good fun but we've played it so much that we are trying out other modes now but you are welcome to join us. We don't take it that seriously at all.

We've been trying BECTI over the last few nights. It took a while to learn the basics but if anyone wants to hop on our TS with us we'll pass on what we've learned so far.

If you want to play on your own versus other random players then I'd reccomend the Battleroyale mod for arma 3. The easiest way to get this is by using playwithsix. It's great if you have a half hour to spare and want a bit of escapism

Professional Griefer wrote: »

Can I unlock this on steam?

Not without using a russian VPN,not sure if you need to VPN to play after or just for unlocking on Steam.

Seems to be between €35-40 on most sites at the moment as well. Id wait for it to go on sale at some point

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I really want to try out wasteland. Is it same way like Altis life? Just connect to a server and it will download needed stuff? Or is it outside mod?

Yep it downloads all the files you need when you connect.

Wasteland isn't as RP orientated as Altis Life is, it's pretty much just pure PvP with the options of making your own bases, lots of vehicles, side missions etc

MadYaker wrote: »

Wasteland in Arma 3 is good. The only thing letting it down is the maps. Stratis is small and featureless and quite boring and Altis is just too big for wasteland. You start heading to a mission and by the time you get half way there someone else has got it, so head to another one and the process repeats itself and you end up just driving around. Because everyone is so spread out pitched battles between squads rarely happen.

Which is why I created a custom version called smALTIS which only uses the Western, more interesting half of Altis. Search for GAEL to find it:

So yeah, tried - Wasteland... Its bull**** and its coming from a person who played 200h of Rust.

Spawn and get instantly killed. Spawn raping at its best. Not killed by other Bambies ( though they all just go pew pew too as soon as they see your ass ), but by people with assault rifles. Its feels like they farming...
I spent a lot more time on "respawning" screen then actually game time.

I tried actually communicate a few seconds I was still alive, but it only gone well once, just because the person I was talking too ran out of bullets... :pac:


I LOVE Arma3 engine and how much superior ir is to arma2 and DayZ, I will try to give it a go on less populated server. Maybe I just joined some dick hole server where every single newby spawn area is a hunting ground for assholes.
So far it looks like a pure shoot em up by those who managed to get a bigger stick and a position outside of spawn towns.

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

I think you have the wrong idea of what Wasteland is...choose Blufor or Opfor to get started. You should be able to spawn in a town where team mates are. Arma is a game, as you know, where someone with a pistol can easily take out someone with an assault rifle under the right circumstances, so people will generally take out people even with just pistols.

If you choose Independent, expect to get shot at. Communication isn't going to help you. There is no trust involved like in DayZ etc. - it's not that type of game. It's a quick and easy, get up and get armed and go kill people version of DayZ.

I think you may have been unlucky with the spawns you got - that has never happened me that I'm instantly killed when I spawn. Like I said, if you should one of the teams as opposed to Independents, you can usually spawn in a town where there are team mates. That might be a good start.

Is there any way to see who is a team mate, and who is not? Every time I was killed it said friendly fire. Any general tips for the game? I really want to give it a go again, maybe on less populated server.
You are right too, I was expecting a bit Different gameplay here as some people were talking down Rust as a game, because wasteland just better version of it. Now I really know those two games are just different as hell.

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

Just to note I haven't played the Arma 3 version much so the above info applies to Arma 2, but I'd imagine most of it is the exact same.

It is.

There is no trust between enemies in this game. You start with $100, food, water and (on smAltis) a repair kit and the easiest way for me to get them from you is to shoot you.
If he doesn't have a square above his head, you fight or you flee.

Taylor365 wrote: »

xD

You don't play wasteland to make friends....


I always think of it like the world of Mad Max.

Kill or Die.

Independent is the only way for me :P

I played it that way for awhile too but i find it gets boring,i usually try jump on opfor or blufor now and get one or two people into a group and try for missions etc

Played a few rounds of king of the hill last night,was very enjoyable,was on a good server and our team co operated so we romped to victory 3 rounds in a row:)
Takes awhile for each round though,bout 3 hours i think for the 3 rounds!

AbusesToilets wrote: »

I've been trying to play MP for the last few days and keeps saying I have the wrong version. I have it up to date on Steam (ver 1.9) and all the servers seem to be on 1.6. Any ideas what the deal is there?

Have you opted into the Dev branch?

AbusesToilets wrote: »

It seems like I have, though I no memory of doing so. i don't think that I had originally. Is there a way to get back to the non-Dev version?

Uncheck the Beta option (right click on in steam and its in options) will download the 1.6 exe then.

Thanks for the replies, it was annoying me to no end

Cant speak for the SP as i havent played it yet bit im enjoying the MP immensely at the moment. There was a patch about a month ago iirc that really improved the performance of the game for me so decided to get into it a bit more. Having spent the last 6 months on dayz epoch i was ready for a change.

The gamemodes ive been playing are wasteland and king of the hill. You just have to find the right server as in good regulars on it amd preferably a low ping. Altis life is very popular at the moment also and usually dominates the server list but its not quite my cup of tea,tbf though i have not played much of it.

If you go to the server browser and hit filter and add one of the above to the mission type filter you should be able to find them easier.

King of the hill is fairly standard,3 teams trying to control one area. First to 100 wins. Control is established by having more players in the area. Unlocks and levelling is involved,with access to more weapons,vehicles the more points you get for kills or being in the capture area. Can easily be played lone wolf aswell.

Wasteland is again 3 teams fighting for control but this time its the whole map! Opfor,blufor and independent. As an independent you can shoot anyone even other independents, opfor and blufor obviously kill everyone except teammates. The bonds between teammates are usually quite thin though,so dont expect back up unless your on voip with someone. This game mode is best played with friends imo.

That leads me onto my last point,theres a few irish servers on there if you wanted to join up and talk to a few other boardsies to get you used to the game,check the forum for them. All skill levels accepted afaik and by all accounts a friendly community.Also learn the voice chat controls and how to set up groups,will make life a lot easier!! Hope some of that helps

Wasteland and king of the hill are both just custom mission files not mods,connect to one of the servers and it'll download a small file with all the relevent stuff,usually pretty small aswell.

The gaellords server supports the JSRS sound mod and sthud but these are not required to play

JSRS 2.1 is a huge improvement over the default sounds. You can use playwithsix to download it (needs CBA too) or if you're stuck we host it on our server through arma3sync, just look for me on our teamspeak server and I'll give you the details if you want. The mod creator is still improving it so I expect that there will be a version 2.2 soon

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I have the game a few weeks and haven't touched the campaign or multiplayer. Still concentrating on training and showcase.

Can easily see how that can happen,there is so much content in the game its staggering(im including mods,steam workshop etc). Also if you have a slower play style and like to take your time in missions they can go on for awhile.

EoinHef wrote: »

Can easily see how that can happen,there is so much content in the game its staggering(im including mods,steam workshop etc). Also if you have a slower play style and like to take your time in missions they can go on for awhile.

It's mainly down to learning the controls for everything and getting use to playing the game properly. I'm still not great with a m&k so this game is helping me out big time.

Being messing about a bit more tonight. Getting my graphics set up right was a biggy. Dipped in and out of a bit of MP and started the campain mode. Game looks brill. Will check out some Irish servers next..:)

Was on gaellords wasteland tonight for a bit,nice server. Was on a bit late so was not many people on,got some nice action straight away. Managed to clip a guy in passenger of heli just after i spawned,took his gear as his *friend* flew off. Then managed to kill the guy again and take his ifrit as he came back for his body,so after i asked him did he want it back in global he said he would join opfor from indy so we could team up,great!!

Or so i thought.....

Proceeded to pick him up,drive to store chatting for 20 mins,bought some stuff,grabbed a bit of base building stuff and headed off....little did i know he was biding his time:P

Noticed he had no ammo for the rifle he had so gave him some....bad move:o

He proceeded to turn around and teamkill me:(

Asked him why and he said he wanted HIS rifle and backpack back......my response was you could have just asked:pac:

Anyway,his name was wambo,so wambo if i catch you again you will be getting a bullet to the head regardless of teams,but at the same time i salute your underhandedness!

So ill be playing a bit more on gaellords over the next while,name is EL_Hefe,see me say hello:)

GG,wambo,G f***ing G

PS Who knew underhandedness was actually a word?!? I certainly did not:)