Diddums 4,346 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Played the mod for a while, watched a couple of Frankie's first vids. Apparently the loot table is quite small still and there are no vehicles. Do these still apply? Anything else you guys can tell me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 9,742 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 My thoughts on DayZ standalone currently. It’s still fairly basic and so: No vehicles yet Not place to store items/loot yet No hunting yet There aren’t a lot of zombies at the moment and once they die they do not seem to respawn until a server restart There’s a lot more attention to food and particularly water if you’re running a lot, which you will be As loot (like Zeds) only spawns once, scavenging is a lot more important The map has new features and building and most of the buildings are now enterable New features like handcuffing people, needing certain items to open cans of food Towerblocks are cool, as is the abandoned ship… J4MES OX4D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4MES OX4D 10,023 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Also I may add that loot only spawns after server restarts usually every 4 hours so you see quite a few people 'server hopping' whoring items. It's best to select a low populated servers and focus on niche areas to pick up decent items for your inventory. So many players find a good area, scavenge everything and then find a different server, spawn in at the same place and resupply the same items. They really need to address the loot spawns and a server-hopping prevention method. Some players get their character wiped through this but others can build a good amount of items from this exploit. Also a fair few people of the community are a bunch of fucking wankers - more immature than the COD lot phil bottle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 9,742 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Also I may add that loot only spawns after server restarts usually every 4 hours so you see quite a few people 'server hopping' whoring items. It's best to select a low populated servers and focus on niche areas to pick up decent items for your inventory. So many players find a good area, scavenge everything and then find a different server, spawn in at the same place and resupply the same items. They really need to address the loot spawns and a server-hopping prevention method. Some players get their character wiped through this but others can build a good amount of items from this exploit. Also a fair few people of the community are a bunch of fucking wankers - more immature than the COD lot Agreed wholeheartedly. The server hopping I had never really noticed in the Mod but it appears to be endemic in the SA right now. Don't trust anyone. I've only been KoS'd once in the SA but that was a server hopper while I wwas looting a barracks. J4MES OX4D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddums 4,346 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Wow, this is pretty damn good! Running with everything maxed out, it looks really sweet. I love that many buildings are enterable, and the atmosphere really takes the DayZ franchise to a whole new level. I find the scarcity of food and supplies a bit concerning, I'd say a priority for Rocket is to get resources to respawn without the need of a server restart. Some ambient sounds freaked me the fuck out at first. There's a sound which sounds like a rusty gate which had me cowering behind a bar for a few minutes until it repeated itself enough times for me to establish that it was in fact an ambient sound and not a player. Zombies are rarer than hen's teeth, yet to see one. I also miss the location announcement when I log in, so I literally have no clue where I am, and I can't find a sign to give me an indicator (it's also been a while since I've been in Chernarus so fuck knows). I'm currently sitting in a block of flats somewhere overlooking a small town, in the dark, dying of thirst and unable to find anything. I have a pink beanie and a working flashlight, that's it. Time will tell where this adventure takes me... phil bottle, J4MES OX4D and Harrison 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddums 4,346 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Mkay, server got dark and I got hungry so I left the game to chow. Killed myself 'cos I was nowhere useful and logged back in on a server which must've just restarted and it was daytime. I literally spawned in looking at a dude with a motorcycle helmet on and an M4 in his hands. I did the usual left-right sway to indicate friendly, he did the same, and buggered off. That's my first player encounter, and he didn't even try to kill me, despite having the means (unless he was ammoless, but I'm having faith). Went on my way, and later on bumped in to another two fresh spawns, who also seemed to want to do their thing without any bloodshed. Wthin 5 minutes I bumped into a chap named Ben from Denmark, nice enough fellow and we went hunting for an elusive drink. Seriously, how hard is it to find sustenance? Eventually I found a bottle of sterilizing fluid and drank it (I'd be fucking shit in a real zombie apocalypse, drinking stuff to ease boredom). Queezy, feeling shit, etc etc. I'm now hiding in a toilet shed and about to log in again. I might just kill myself and try again, I can't see myself getting fixed up any time soon, what with food and drink made of unicorn's horn dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie1892 681 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 The server hopping is going to be a lot less viable now. http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/01/30/dayz-patch-to-add-machetes-clapping-server-hopping-penalties/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie1892 681 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Also for Diddums If you find any second shirts or bandanas, right-click and turn them into rags, will be very useful and will be a lifeline if you start bleeding The best place to get water for me is usually one of the many lakes. A lot safer than raiding a city. People are dicks, don't necessarily trust them DON'T FALL OFF ANY FUCKING STAIRS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddums 4,346 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I was at a lake, I assume I need a canteen to drink the water? Couldn't figure out how to drink from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie1892 681 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I was at a lake, I assume I need a canteen to drink the water? Couldn't figure out how to drink from it. It can be a bit tricky but i just run in until I'm swimming and if you get the angle right you'll get the option to drink. Diddums 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddums 4,346 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Cheers Jordie, I'll give it a proper go next time I'm near a lake / pond. A few more observations: I was hungry and thirsty, and I found a can of "spite" (lulz). Cured my hunger, not my thirst. Dean could get rich off that. Zeds are a bastard to lose. I had a few tracking me for ages, lost them eventually but bloody hell, they're like sniffer dogs! The inventory system is very clever, and that alone is worth upgrading from the mod. I love that different garments have different amounts of pockets and whatnot, very good. The combat... oh dear. If you've ever fought a zed, you'll know exactly what I mean. The game at present feels like a case of wait for server restart, rush rush rush to get stuff, then... erm... nothing. no vehicles, no tents, nothing to try and achieve. Once you're all gunned up and have decent kit, the only form of entertainment I can think of is hunting players, which might explain some of the KOS mentality some of you guys are experiencing (and I'll no doubt experience at some point too). The game feels like the basis of something very good, something excellent, and a game which will probably suck me in for hours and hours on end, but as it is now, it's lacking content. I maintain my opinion that Dean needs to focus on getting stuff to respawn inbetween restarts. Once that's sorted I'd start looking in to storage, the lack of ability to hoard stuff is brilliant for a lone wolf like myself, but I still think it's an awesome goal to work towards. And vehicles. We need vehicles, badly. Excellent game, needs improvement. Yes, it's an Alpha, I know this, but I felt like blabbering so meh. jordie1892, phil bottle and J4MES OX4D 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4MES OX4D 10,023 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Avoid ladders when possible as many people have glitched and died randomly! Yeah the KOS mentality is pretty prominent at the minute to avoid turning DayZ into some sort of hiking/jogging simulator. Once more features are added along with the much-needed survival elements such as more frigging zombies; I think the community may mature and change the way they play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 9,742 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 One thing I've done is start to memorize the places I find water pumps, I then drink until it tells me I'm stuffed (lol). Seems to allow me to turbo sprint for ages before getting thirsty again. Also remember, eating food like rice, while curing your hunger, will actually dehydrate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosGladiator 811 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Does anyone still play this? I've wanted to get this game for a while now. Watched quite a few videos by Frankieonpc and theRadBrad (wow this guy is horrible) and I just really want to play this game. Don't know if my computer can run it, but I'm planning on figuring that out. Also heard you can change the ingame settings so you can run it on a decent and not just on a computer for 5000$... If this is true, please let me know, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Cal 461 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 theRadBrad (wow this guy is horrible) "I just wanna thank you guys for the support" Shut the fuck up Brad! I unsubscribed cause that sentence haunts my fucking nightmares now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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