DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

plasticman3327 · 02-07-2012 05:29PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

Woah there a second, you are missing my point completely so try to refrain from the snotty remarks.

I have no problem in killing players for resources. It's exactly what would happen in real life and is exactly why the game is so brilliant.

In the game, can you find a laptop with skype on it and wifi so you can speak to other boarsies miles away from where you are in the game, and so you can post on a forum to say you'll be at a certain point in the game at a certain time? No? Thought not.

Someone made the point that as a game gets very popular, dickheads will find ways to abuse the system. It's sad but I do feel that what is happening to the game.

And by the way, I would much rather go it alone and live a miserable 2 hours being terrified of everything on the map than posting "hai can we be friends in the Zombie game because I want to make sure I can live longer" on some website 10 mins prior to playing.

I'd rather try to trust a random stranger and get killed for all my hard earned resourses rather than snuggle up to 7 other people I know from boards so we can gain a massive advantage over everyone else.

I'd rather set up traps to kill other players for their resources than attempt to rig everything in my favour before I start playing.

Forging clans on an unrelated website so you can make the game easier is taking away everything that is great and unique about the game.

All of the people I am playing with I happen to live with, if the zombie apocalypse came they would be the same dickheads i'd be hanging around with (this may not be a good thing should that happen given how often we die)

James74 · 02-07-2012 05:30PM

TheFairy wrote: »

...if you kill a player and yer humanity goes down you should have something like bloodlust that means you can aggo more zombies and from a further distance, the more murders the more you agro.

Fairy, this would be a great way of bringing humanity back into the game play. Maybe your visibility and sound gauges could gain an extra bar for each murder committed. Or as you murder more you start becoming a psycho, mumbling and muttering to yourself thus alerting zeds and peeps around you (bit like the current heartbeat, but more extreme), maybe start twitching like a lunatic and throwing off your aim. There could be a cool-down period after murdering somebody when the penalty eventually wears off so that the self-defence killings don't penalise you too much, but a murder multiplier so that regular serial killers really have to live with the consequences. Something like this might make folks think about shooting first.... "I really want that guys M4, but can I afford to make myself less stealthy".

Anyway, good idea Fairy.

FutureGuy · 02-07-2012 05:35PM

plasticman3327 wrote: »

Must be awful having no friends to play games with

Was that really called for?

tuxy · 02-07-2012 05:39PM

This thread was great craic and now it's just turned into childish bickering

FutureGuy · 02-07-2012 05:47PM

hawkeye_bmr wrote: »

is the server down?

was on it earlier, seen alot of people trying to connect with unsigned files, also a fair few getting kicked by battleeye....shortly after that I lost connection, tried to reconnect 5 mins later but couldnt get on, just had a look again and not in the list.

Word on twitter is that they might be in the middle of a DDoS attack.

Roorah · 02-07-2012 05:55PM

SgtBob wrote: »

Honestly, at the moment my only gripe is that I rarely see any medical supplies other than bandages and painkillers outside of the hospitals, which are prime sniper camping spots. It would be nice to come across a few more morphine elsewhere. There is nothing worse than a broken leg when you are halfway across the map from a hospital and have no morphine.

Morphine can be found in deer stands as well.

Lacoona · 02-07-2012 05:55PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

In all my years of gaming, I have never experienced a game that simulates a real life disaster as well as this. It's stunning. You and people like you are literally sucking the fun out of it for the people who want to enjoy it as is.

Someone call the wahhhhhmbulance!!!!!!

FutureGuy · 02-07-2012 06:11PM

Lacoona wrote: »

Someone call the wahhhhhmbulance!!!!!!

What a compelling counterargument! Well done.

SgtBob · 02-07-2012 06:19PM

Roorah wrote: »

Morphine can be found in deer stands as well.

I've heard that but never found any.

Korvanica · 02-07-2012 06:22PM

christ, i finally gewt 2 hours to play and i cant connect to any servers !... I love Alphas

SgtBob · 02-07-2012 06:27PM

Korvanica wrote: »

christ, i finally gewt 2 hours to play and i cant connect to any servers !... I love Alphas

Yeah, I was playing away and then I shot a Z, five times, lol. Didn't drop. But chased me anyway. So I said I'd try a different server and same. Then I just plain couldn't get into a server.

I'd say the theory of DDoS on the main server is probably correct.

Retr0gamer · 02-07-2012 06:31PM

Please try and keep it civil in this thread, don't want it to turn sour and have to ban people.

Villain · 02-07-2012 06:43PM

SgtBob wrote: »

Yeah, I was playing away and then I shot a Z, five times, lol. Didn't drop. But chased me anyway. So I said I'd try a different server and same. Then I just plain couldn't get into a server.

I'd say the theory of DDoS on the main server is probably correct.

It's not a theory Rocket has stated as much however he said it should be resolved now details on https://twitter.com/#!/dayzdevteam

I'm going to restart the boards server shortly though anyway.

dan_ep82 · 02-07-2012 06:48PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

Woah there a second, you are missing my point completely so try to refrain from the snotty remarks.

I have no problem in killing players for resources. It's exactly what would happen in real life and is exactly why the game is so brilliant.

In the game, can you find a laptop with skype on it and wifi so you can speak to other boarsies miles away from where you are in the game, and so you can post on a forum to say you'll be at a certain point in the game at a certain time? No? Thought not.

Someone made the point that as a game gets very popular, dickheads will find ways to abuse the system. While I'm not calling anyone here a dickhead, I do feel that the game is being ruined by the creation of such clans OUTSIDE the paramaters of the game.

And by the way, I would much rather go it alone and live a miserable 2 hours being terrified of everything on the map than posting "hai can we be friends in the Zombie game because I want to make sure I can live longer" on some website 10 mins prior to playing.

I'd rather try to trust a random stranger and get killed for all my hard earned resourses rather than snuggle up to 7 other people I know from boards so we can gain a massive advantage over everyone else.

I'd rather set up traps to kill other players for their resources than attempt to rig everything in my favour before I start playing.

Forging clans on an unrelated website so you can make the game easier is taking away everything that is great and unique about the game.

I think I understood your point completely,in an un-biased view aswell.
I just don't agree with it.

Do you use a secondary map you can alt tab out to?
Did you watch any videos for hints or tips,read up on hints or tips?
I did,they were on forums and other websites.
One of them being www.dayzmod.com.
Surely this is as bad as using a forum to find friends to team up with and play?

The biggest problem I have with your posts is the fact that you are trying to tell us that we are not playing the game as you see as "intended".
Because you clearly skip the parts of my posts where I mention Rocket's intentions,and how he see's the game.

Instead you list the faults you see with the game and label anyone in a group,whether they be friends or family,as ruining the immersion of the game,pretty much getting 90% of people who use this thread up in arms over your comments,then thank a moderator for asking people to calm down?
While rocket started this out as a social experiment or not,it is a game now. People will use every legit advantage they can while not breaking the rules.

*As for the snotty remark,don't believe I made one in the original post,left one above to see if you might notice the difference between it and a point of view.

Dan

jaggeh · 02-07-2012 07:17PM

Personally if the apocalypse ever came i would head straight to the shoot first ask questions later camp.

Many of the boards players were killing each other plenty before deciding to team up. Hell we still kill each other plenty (once again sorry Helmsman)

Yeah we like to get vehicles together and form a community. Then we like to protect that community from outsiders who seek to destroy it.

In game comms is on the way as was previously stated, lootable radios and other group mechanics are being worked on.

They are not here yet. so we use what we can.

Crow92 · 02-07-2012 07:29PM

Have people taken all the bicycles? I can't seem to find any at the spawn points.

Andrew76 · 02-07-2012 07:48PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

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Andrew76, you completely missed my point. Yes, playing in a team gives you a better chance to survive by strength in numbers/resource sharing buy by having a clan formed on a fcuking website, you are bypassing the hard work that needs to be done by meeting random people and getting to trust them. 7-8 boardies agreeing to meet at a particular time and not hurt each other is rediculous. No worries about dying and little worries about zombies.

Rule number one...Find boards server. Avoid it like the plague.

Your original point that I responded to was your accusation that the boards group was "bullying everyone else" which is incorrect.

You've since stated how you think the game should be played and anyone else deviating from that is sucking the fun out of the game. I disagree, I like playing while using external comms - the banter adds to the fun of the game for me.

Villain wrote: »

I think FutureGuy has an idea of what HE thinks should happen and just wants the game to be that way but as Dan_ep82 has pointed out thats not how Rocket has said he wants it played so it's free will at it's best.

dan_ep82 wrote: »

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The biggest problem I have with your posts is the fact that you are trying to tell us that we are not playing the game as you see as "intended".
Because you clearly skip the parts of my posts where I mention Rocket's intentions,and how he see's the game.

+1 to both of the above. That is how I read his posts too, dictating to everyone else how the game should be played.

ooPabsoo · 02-07-2012 08:12PM

Anyone else finding it near impossible to get in to game?..Stuck on the load screen on every server I try and join.

Ponster · 02-07-2012 08:19PM

ooPabsoo wrote: »

Anyone else finding it near impossible to get in to game?..Stuck on the load screen on every server I try and join.

DDOS attack all day

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=26199

karma_ · 02-07-2012 08:32PM

What with all the talk about group play, I just wanted to say that the boards server is as dangerous as F***! And that's great. There is at least 3 groups operating on the server, very likely to be a fourth and maybe one more besides that.

I'm nervous when I play on there, even when I have my bullet shields... I mean my comrades there!

Davabo · 02-07-2012 08:33PM

Ragin! dying to play the game!

TheFairy · 02-07-2012 09:11PM

Video to follow. Someone likes hoarding....

Villain · 02-07-2012 09:16PM

Jesus crap vehicles.

TheFairy · 02-07-2012 09:23PM

Well you would know wouldnt you......

Villain · 02-07-2012 09:25PM

Well you can run faster than those Vehicles, I love how having a few Vehicles parked in one location is "hoarding".

TheFairy · 02-07-2012 09:38PM

Four vehicles, plus the ones you lost before that. We had been watching the site for over a week.

Villain · 02-07-2012 09:40PM

Do you know how many vehicles are in the game?

Honestly you would swear we had more than 50% of the Vechicles or something.

Anyway the master Server DDOS have stopped and is back to normal, the Boards server has been renamed to IE1 to comply with new naming conventions and also has been imported into the new system by the DayZ admins.

Fussgangerzone · 02-07-2012 09:46PM

TheFairy wrote: »

Four vehicles, plus the ones you lost before that. We had been watching the site for over a week.

OMG it's like we were deliberately trying to hang on to our vehicles! Rather than, you know, driving them through Cherno with wedding ribbons on them while beeping the horns.

Lucutus · 02-07-2012 09:47PM

vehicles reset on boards server?

just logged in and my little 125cc scrambler I saved last night in the middle of nowhere is gone.

20 minute walk back to the main area now.

dazftw · 02-07-2012 09:50PM

Can admin's move me? I'm in the debug plains or something

Even its back to the coast around cherno I don't mind.

DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

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