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#3572473 - 05/14/12 05:37 AM
Re: DayZ
[Re: MaceUK33]
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I stumbled upon a guy in trouble last night. I rushed in and helped out by dropping a few of the zombies. The other guy had a long look at me and then set off running out of the vill along the tracks. I moved ahead into some of the houses now free of their undead inhabitants and found some crap. Thinking about my next move in a weedy backyard I suddenly get hit in the back. I turn around and see the guy I just helped coming out of the woods, gun in hand blasting away. I go prone and roll which causes the guy to lose sight of me. Obviously thinking he killed me, the guy runs up towards me at which point I drop him with a full mak clip. Now loosing blood quite quickly I bandage myself and hobble up to him. Looking at the guy lying there with blood spurting out of his chest I notice my humanity just dropped a lot. So right now I am inches away from becoming a bandit thanks to this guy being a turd. I finally ran out of ammo while stumbling around in blurry blood loss vision trying to find a blood bag ... the zombies took their sweet time killing me too.
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#3572500 - 05/14/12 07:35 AM
Re: DayZ
[Re: MaceUK33]
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It seems like the way to approach this game is just to shoot any other human player on sight. I've actually read some tips saying to do just that. From other forums around the web, I've seen a lot of player interest in just being bandits.
The more I read about this mod, the more it just sounds like a free-for-all PVP mod, where you also have to worry about food, water, and health items. Oh and apparently there's also zombies in it.
I tried to play it today, but it kept saying stuff about things in my PMC folder being unsigned or something. Ended up deleting everything ARMA and going to start fresh.
Not sure I'll like the mod, but I'm now kind of willing to try it out and see what the fuss is about.
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#3572520 - 05/14/12 08:12 AM
Re: DayZ
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It seems like the way to approach this game is just to shoot any other human player on sight. I've actually read some tips saying to do just that. From other forums around the web, I've seen a lot of player interest in just being bandits.
The more I read about this mod, the more it just sounds like a free-for-all PVP mod, where you also have to worry about food, water, and health items. Oh and apparently there's also zombies in it. <snip> You are definitely at risk hooking up with other "friendly" human players. If they have bad intentions, you aren't going to have much of a chance. I suppose that is part of what makes this mod so intriguing. The need to team up for mutual support, but not knowing who to trust. The solution is to join a server with your own team using voice comms, but that is easier said than done at the moment. The servers are slammed with players and it's not always easy to join one alone. A team of 4-6 would never get on a busy server together. Version 1.57 has upped the zombie count considerably. I think lone wolfs are going to have a tough go of it. Even some of the small villages are rumored to have 20+ zombies in them.
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#3572575 - 05/14/12 09:42 AM
Re: DayZ
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Anyone have experience running a DayZ server? We're checking into running it as a Friday evening event. That would be awesome! If you do get one what time do you play?
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#3572580 - 05/14/12 09:46 AM
Re: DayZ
[Re: MaceUK33]
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Looks promising, but quite clunky and unpolished. Though that might be partly arma's fault. Awkward movements, no melee combat (which is definitely needed if ammo is scarce)...but still quite cool.
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#3572588 - 05/14/12 09:57 AM
Re: DayZ
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I stumbled upon a guy in trouble last night. I rushed in and helped out by dropping a few of the zombies. The other guy had a long look at me and then set off running out of the vill along the tracks. I moved ahead into some of the houses now free of their undead inhabitants and found some crap. Thinking about my next move in a weedy backyard I suddenly get hit in the back. I turn around and see the guy I just helped coming out of the woods, gun in hand blasting away. I go prone and roll which causes the guy to lose sight of me. Obviously thinking he killed me, the guy runs up towards me at which point I drop him with a full mak clip. Now loosing blood quite quickly I bandage myself and hobble up to him. Looking at the guy lying there with blood spurting out of his chest I notice my humanity just dropped a lot. So right now I am inches away from becoming a bandit thanks to this guy being a turd. I finally ran out of ammo while stumbling around in blurry blood loss vision trying to find a blood bag ... the zombies took their sweet time killing me too.
-C- I swore I read that the game tracks when you are fired upon and gives you a two minute window for a self defense kill when fired upon. I haven't confirmed this though. As a general rule, I'd say not to engage survivors (unless attacked of course), but engage bandits on sight. I believe killing bandits raises your humanity. If you are a bandit and want to clean up your image, start hunting other bandits.
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#3572591 - 05/14/12 10:01 AM
Re: DayZ
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Anyone have experience running a DayZ server? We're checking into running it as a Friday evening event. Are they going to let you lock it or force you to run it a public server? I know the creators have concern about private servers being used to farm equipment for characters.
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#3572593 - 05/14/12 10:04 AM
Re: DayZ
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I finally got in and boy, I think this is worth the hype.
My first game, I wandered around a bit at the start until I spotted another survivor running alone in the woods. I stalked him for a bit until I asked him if we could travel together. "Where are you?" he asked. I told him to turn around - I had my Makarov at the base of his neck, LOL. I figure not killing him there earned me his trust, so we ran together for a little while <snip> Nice AAR fatty. I gave DayZ a try today after reading it and I think it's one ingenious mod! Who would’ve thought Chernarus would become the perfect testing ground for the human condition in a post apocalyptic, zombie ridden world? All I can think of now is the entire Bohemia Interactive staff spinning in their office chairs wondering what to make of this DayZ explosion  I'd say they should give it the full support of the development staff and/or support it officially. It's bringing in a legion of new players to arma who would have never considered touching it (for better or worse). The sandbox style, open-world model with huge islands that they've developed is useful for many ideas besides war simulation.
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#3572596 - 05/14/12 10:11 AM
Re: DayZ
[Re: MaceUK33]
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I would support a DayZ server!
I finally met up with someone last night and it makes a difference. It was nice having someone to watch my back, but at the same time I kept wondering if they were going to take the opportunity to pop me in the back. Though I do find that if you meet people on TS first, you get to know them better than just meeting people through chat.
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#3572604 - 05/14/12 10:22 AM
Re: DayZ
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meh
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Here is a link to the dev talking about hosting servers. http://www.dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1429I dont think he is too keen on private/clan servers. It would probably be best to just all join a specific server and group up at a specific location.
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