DayZ Standalone

_vti · 17-12-2013 10:14pm

I have a bit of time off over xmas to give this a good ol' go!

Grimebox · 17-12-2013 10:43pm

Can't say I'm enjoying this so far. I just wander aimlessly from house to house collecting whatever I can. Nothing but wrenches found. I saw one other person and they killed me instantly.

simon360 · 17-12-2013 11:00pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Can't say I'm enjoying this so far. I just wander aimlessly from house to house collecting whatever I can. Nothing but wrenches found. I saw one other person and they killed me instantly.

I've been just scrounging stuff around Zelenogorsk with my M4, I shoot only if I see people with an assault rifle, not with a Melee weapon as it gives the impression that they are just looking around and new. Went up to North West with a few mates but found nothing good really but bullets that some guy shot at us with. The notifications are getting on my nerves, I heard its bugged as you instantly get thirsty after quenching your thirst.. Anooying.

ktulu123 · 17-12-2013 11:08pm

Footage from our first night playing, we journey from Cherno to Zelenogorsk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjE-NMiV20

Damo 2k9 · 17-12-2013 11:55pm

Doing so well in this, got a lot of stuff from the tents at balota and then at the army base above kamenka. Had an m4 with CQB stock, 2 or 3 sights, 5 mags etc and I was eating and drinking the whole way up north, got to zelenogorsk and just as im about to log off im unconscious for good, apart from that I absolutely love it!

Korvanica · 18-12-2013 12:21am

I was just running around north of Komarovo in my underwear just there because i was almost dead. Just as I went unconscious I hear what I think is one of your voices. Telling the others (prob through TS, where you are).

dan_ep82 · 18-12-2013 12:43am

Grimebox wrote: »

The 24 hour day/night cycle is an insane decision.

It was that way when the mod first came out and eveyone found it annoying aswelll but then every server was in the day and no one played at night except a minority.

I still remember waiting 40 minutes easy to load in when it first came out.

Kiith · 18-12-2013 12:46am

Night time originally was absolute darkness, and there were only flares to guide you (iirc). I remember being stuck on top of the clock tower in Cherno with a few others, lobbing flares down at people we saw to try and get zombies to attack them. Good times.

If there are flashlights now, i'd say night time would be great fun.

dreamers75 · 18-12-2013 12:53am

Dean Hall ‏@rocket2guns 45m
Closed test of DayZ 113772 was successful, published to experimental branch for further testing.

......

DisasterIRL · 18-12-2013 1:57am

Anyone fancy going looting tomorrow? I have just spawned between Electro and Cherno. Spent twenty minutes in the dark and decided to leave it for tonight. Just getting to grips with SA so just a wander around see what we can find?

ktulu123 · 18-12-2013 2:31am

Korvanica wrote: »

I was just running around north of Komarovo in my underwear just there because i was almost dead. Just as I went unconscious I hear what I think is one of your voices. Telling the others (prob through TS, where you are).

haha that was me :P

Holsten · 18-12-2013 3:41am

Two hours of play time down the drain, found an army base and got loads of awesome stuff, then just killed while filling up my water bottle.

Love it!

dazftw · 18-12-2013 3:56am

Anyone want to play? deaf_vision is my steam name. I try to play friendly or take people hostage.

ktulu123 · 18-12-2013 10:19am

Guys feel free to use our Gaellords teamspeak if you want to team up together. You can create your own private channels too

TS: 78.46.47.195 or Gaellords.com

My goal for the day is to get myself a Mosin with a sniper scope

Korvanica · 18-12-2013 3:12pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

haha that was me :P

Knew I recognized the voice ! Pity you didn't see me, although i doubt there was much you could have done for me. May join the TS sometime.

DisasterIRL · 18-12-2013 4:16pm

People have been saying they haven't found many zombies, maybe I'm unlucky but I just got chased by a horde of about 20-30. Never even used a gun, attracted them by moving around

Cravez · 18-12-2013 4:19pm

I only played for about an hour but I'v only seen 4 zombies so far, in Cherno as well.

Squaredude · 18-12-2013 6:16pm

Decided to run from the coast to the north west airfield. Went a bit off course and ended up at green mountain. Found a dead body that had everything and got fully geared up. Zelenogorsk is massive now. I like the small military compound just south of the NWA, it will definitely be a hot spot once people manage to get north, same with the military base at the northern end of the airfield.

Grimebox · 18-12-2013 6:20pm

Do you respawn in the same place every time? I seem to be near the same small town and electric plant

Squaredude · 18-12-2013 6:32pm

My first spawn in the SA was in Novy. Usually spawn in Balota or Kamenka.

simon360 · 18-12-2013 6:52pm

My first spawn was the worst in the game; Krutoy Cap! Was hoping there'd be something new there but nope nothing at all. Spent my first 5 minutes running to Three Valleys and fist fought a guy as I posted a page or two back. The military base above Kamenka is going to be the new fresh spawn killing area like Sniper Tower in Cherno and Sniper Hill in Elektro. I hope they tweak the spawns because getting the best gear from looting a few barracks for 10 minutes after you spawned would not be fun, and I know there's only a few items to get but still.

Grimebox · 18-12-2013 7:14pm

Is there an in-game map?

Sorry I'm obviously a complete noob to arma and dayz

aN.Droid · 18-12-2013 7:22pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Is there an in-game map?

Sorry I'm obviously a complete noob to arma and dayz

Havent played the stand alone yet but in the mod you have to find a map.

VinLieger · 18-12-2013 7:23pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Is there an in-game map?

Sorry I'm obviously a complete noob to arma and dayz

Havent played standalone yet but if its anything like the mod you need to collect one. Although theres plenty of ones out there you can find online

Squaredude · 18-12-2013 7:24pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Is there an in-game map?

Sorry I'm obviously a complete noob to arma and dayz

You'll need to find maps in game. Or just go online for a map

http://dayzdb.com/map/chernarusplus#5.062.129

DeSelby83 · 18-12-2013 9:30pm

Anyone else get stuck on the 'wait for host' screen. Iv tried various servers now but getting the same every time. I can see the chat in the bottom left but that's it

dan_ep82 · 18-12-2013 9:31pm

Seen something on Reddit about Steam Authentication being down

SgtBob · 18-12-2013 9:33pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Anyone else get stuck on the 'wait for host' screen. Iv tried various servers now but getting the same every time. I can see the chat in the bottom left but that's it

Not just me so..

dreamers75 · 18-12-2013 11:55pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Anyone else get stuck on the 'wait for host' screen. Iv tried various servers now but getting the same every time. I can see the chat in the bottom left but that's it

May wanna follow these on twitter

@dayzdevteam

@rocket2guns Dean Hall

DisasterIRL · 19-12-2013 1:12am

Game is back up now. Anyone have any info on how to deal with getting sick, ate some rotten fruit and just seem to be getting worse.

Squaredude · 19-12-2013 1:16am

DisasterIRL wrote: »

Game is back up now. Anyone have any info on how to deal with getting sick, ate some rotten fruit and just seem to be getting worse.

Think you need charcoal tablets for food poisoning. Antibiotics might help too.
Edit: I wouldn't worry about it, all characters have been wiped from the database http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/155358-security-vulnerabilities-fixed-by-patch-2-and-character-wipe/

Fussgangerzone · 19-12-2013 2:32am

What a ridiculously adverse setup for a game. Just like I'd hoped!
Like what I see so far.

Kiith · 19-12-2013 3:16am

I'd absolutely love to be playing this, but will have to wait till around March till i have a pc again

Holsten · 19-12-2013 3:38am

What do you do when you're geared up to the teeth?

Kill people?

Canis Lupus · 19-12-2013 4:40am

Holsten wrote: »

What do you do when you're geared up to the teeth?

Kill people?

Yup.... then you go over and say something insulting to their corpse as you loot it. Some people seem to forget this is still a multiplayer deathmatch

DisasterIRL · 19-12-2013 6:34am

Holsten wrote: »

What do you do when you're geared up to the teeth?

Kill people?

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Yup.... then you go over and say something insulting to their corpse as you loot it. Some people seem to forget this is still a multiplayer deathmatch

Just finished four hour long session, ugh this game steals time like nothing else, still haven't even gotten an bullets :P So if you see me I would appreciate some empathy. Although that's a long shot in this :pac:

Canis Lupus · 19-12-2013 7:48am

DisasterIRL wrote: »

Just finished four hour long session, ugh this game steals time like nothing else, still haven't even gotten an bullets :P So if you see me I would appreciate some empathy. Although that's a long shot in this :pac:

My initial Dayz experience was something like...

Walking along, bang dead...

Walking along see someone ahead aiming a gun, bang dead.

Walking along, meet someone, he drops a gun, tells me it's for me. I pick it up and he starts screaming DON'T AIM THAT AT ME and then kills me with a hatchet after which he plays Seinfield tune over my body.....

In short, unless you're playing with mates shoot first, take all the nice lootz and apologise last

SgtBob · 19-12-2013 8:25am

Squaredude wrote: »

Think you need charcoal tablets for food poisoning. Antibiotics might help too.
Edit: I wouldn't worry about it, all characters have been wiped from the database http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/155358-security-vulnerabilities-fixed-by-patch-2-and-character-wipe/

..and I'd just found a can opener.

ktulu123 · 19-12-2013 10:03am

It's not shoot on sight any more lads, well if you plan on looting the dead guy it's not. If you shoot a guy you actually damage & ruin all of his gear making it unusable for you. You are now better off robbing people

simon360 · 19-12-2013 10:25am

You could kill people or do this:

Funniest video I've seen so far on Standalone.

Fussgangerzone · 19-12-2013 10:49am

Holsten wrote: »

What do you do when you're geared up to the teeth?

Kill people?

If you want a really tense game, you can go around killing people.

If you want a really, really, REALLY tense game, you can go around trusting people.

Friend Computer · 19-12-2013 11:23am

So, basically, it's still the KOS-fest the mod turned into? I was really hoping they'd do something to with the mechanics to give players reason not to turn it into a glorified deathmatch.

Fussgangerzone · 19-12-2013 11:26am

Well I've played for about an hour and a half, on a busy enough server. I didn't see anyone, but didn't get shot either.

I plan to give people the benefit of the doubt when I do see them. (Easy to say when you're armed with nothing but a roll of duct tape)

Dcully · 19-12-2013 11:34am

Watched some streams lastnight and it was very definitely kill on sight.

Fussgangerzone · 19-12-2013 11:58am

Dcully wrote: »

Watched some streams lastnight and it was very definitely kill on sight.

Were streamers killing on site or being killed on site?

That said, I wouldn't read too much into behaviour at this stage of the game. When there's a full complement of zombies, people may necessarily prefer teaming up.

ktulu123 · 19-12-2013 12:16pm

Friend Computer wrote: »

So, basically, it's still the KOS-fest the mod turned into? I was really hoping they'd do something to with the mechanics to give players reason not to turn it into a glorified deathmatch.

Read what I wrote above, if you kill on sight you will most likely damage of the gear on the player you killed. Rendering it useless. The sooner players realize this fact the sooner it will change from kill on sight.

That being said, the pvp element of DayZ is what made the game. No game gives a rush like DayZ does once you are in a firefight with someone. The fact that the last 3 hours could be lost in a second is awesome!

SgtBob · 19-12-2013 12:16pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

It's not shoot on sight any more lads, well if you plan on looting the dead guy it's not. If you shoot a guy you actually damage & ruin all of his gear making it unusable for you. You are now better off robbing people

Stay away from my can opener you!

Cravez · 19-12-2013 12:17pm

Friend Computer wrote: »

So, basically, it's still the KOS-fest the mod turned into? I was really hoping they'd do something to with the mechanics to give players reason not to turn it into a glorified deathmatch.

The KOS mentality has been deeply engraved in the community. However the dev's implemented features to try reduce it such as Ktulu mentioned earlier like shooting people will damage equipment on the person shot. Also I think they've made blood bagging alot harder and you require transfusions from other players.

Until the game heavily implements other features and can in some way make the PvE more plausible then people mainly resort to PvP.

Friend Computer · 19-12-2013 1:44pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

Read what I wrote above, if you kill on sight you will most likely damage of the gear on the player you killed. Rendering it useless. The sooner players realize this fact the sooner it will change from kill on sight.

I read that but will remain sceptical for now. Either they'll whine until Rocket changes it or, for the short term at least, they won't learn. In either case it's best to wait and see.

That being said, the pvp element of DayZ is what made the game. No game gives a rush like DayZ does once you are in a firefight with someone. The fact that the last 3 hours could be lost in a second is awesome!

Having played mostly at the start, I would say it was cooperation that made it or at least what made it among the folks who started playing it. If I want PvP I'll go buy CoD and play deathmatch or some other game mode; I play games like DayZ to work with other people against a common threat where there's novel mechanics to make surviving interesting.

At least I would hope that is what I might do. Taking five steps and being one-shotted by some unseen enemy is not my idea of fun.

Michael Cravez wrote: »

The KOS mentality has been deeply engraved in the community. However the dev's implemented features to try reduce it such as Ktulu mentioned earlier like shooting people will damage equipment on the person shot. Also I think they've made blood bagging alot harder and you require transfusions from other players.

Until the game heavily implements other features and can in some way make the PvE more plausible then people mainly resort to PvP.

Part of the reason the mod went downhill in the latter days. I'll keep an eye to it but for now I'm going to keep waiting for a coop focused survival game.

Canis Lupus · 19-12-2013 1:44pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

It's not shoot on sight any more lads, well if you plan on looting the dead guy it's not. If you shoot a guy you actually damage & ruin all of his gear making it unusable for you. You are now better off robbing people

Just in case I'm missing a joke, is this real?

DayZ Standalone

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