It's completely immersive while being just as buggy.
Indeed! Hot damn, it's great Just played for a 3hr session as well. Great fun. Ambushed two bandits in a barn, was like the O-K Corral - BOOM BOOM BOOM - two of them, two of us, a hail of lead. We all died.
Its a load of fun, my 2nd day running I play on NY1,NY2 when I can 16ms woot! in-case anyone wants to team up one day, I don't trust anyone.
Bandit got me today they didn't take anything from me or I didn't die cause after a 2-4 minute wait I was back up, so did I die? I don't know.
Way better in the day time, in the night you can't see much, I ended up running with a flare in hand but that's just a red/moving target to bandits, also night seems to spawn double the zombies.lol.
Had an epic 3-4 hours session today. God that was awesome, I played at work and damn, the nighttime sure is pitchblack, I couldn't see a thing without flares or flashlights. Crazy! Too bad it gets pitchblack so early in the game. Around 19.00 or 20.00.
Its a load of fun, my 2nd day running I play on NY1,NY2 when I can 16ms woot! in-case anyone wants to team up one day, I don't trust anyone.
Bandit got me today they didn't take anything from me or I didn't die cause after a 2-4 minute wait I was back up, so did I die? I don't know.
Way better in the day time, in the night you can't see much, I ended up running with a flare in hand but that's just a red/moving target to bandits, also night seems to spawn double the zombies.lol.
You passed out! Happened to me this morning, got shot, got looted. And I woke up during. He ended up putting a couple of more rounds in me to finish me off xD
No game ever managed to scare the living shit out of me,just with some white car going into village I was exploring. Dude had a car > probably knows how to play > must have big guns on him > stay the fuck away !
i have no idea how the vehicle stuff works, but if you go thru all the trouble to repair, then log out, does your vehic stay where you left it or does it despawn after a time, i mean if i hide my vehicle good and no one findes it, will it be there a day or so later
grrrr justin an i stayed alive several hours despite him being attacked by a door, we found a neat castle and when up in it, we started lagging and logged out, when i logged back in i instantly fell to my death
Great time on one of the Legion servers tonight. That clan built a huge base at the AFB in the NW. I was escorted onto the AFB by 3 men with automatic weapons. I was placed in the middle of a circle of camp fires, where I had to state my intentions (trade) and what I wanted in return (a weapon). The entire time I was being watching like a hound by 4-5 guys, pointing M4's, Mossberg shotguns and sniper rifles at my head. In the dark, lit by only raging campfires, this was fucking SCARY.
I traded them 6 cans of food.
I was escorted far off the premises by those same 3 men with automatic weapons, making sure I wasn't going to sneak up and raid the base (there were at least 15 clan guys there). When players use freelook mode, you can see the player models move their heads. The entire time, their heads were focused on ME, regardless of where they were. Freaky. I ended up trading for an AK-M and 3 full clips.
Great time on one of the Legion servers tonight. That clan built a huge base at the AFB in the NW. I was escorted onto the AFB by 3 men with automatic weapons. I was placed in the middle of a circle of camp fires, where I had to state my intentions (trade) and what I wanted in return (a weapon). The entire time I was being watching like a hound by 4-5 guys, pointing M4's, Mossberg shotguns and sniper rifles at my head. In the dark, lit by only raging campfires, this was fucking SCARY.
I traded them 6 cans of food.
I was escorted far off the premises by those same 3 men with automatic weapons, making sure I wasn't going to sneak up and raid the base (there were at least 15 clan guys there). When players use freelook mode, you can see the player models move their heads. The entire time, their heads were focused on ME, regardless of where they were. Freaky. I ended up trading for an AK-M and 3 full clips.
grrrr justin an i stayed alive several hours despite him being attacked by a door, we found a neat castle and when up in it, we started lagging and logged out, when i logged back in i instantly fell to my death
lost a lot of good stuff
Dude tell them on the forums they said they can return your items just try to remember which server what time and I think they don't even need that but It can help.
A Castle freaking awesome!
The legion clan story sounds awesome too, yea I haven't found anything like that, might have to start playing on a different server to see some cool stuff.
Was kick'n ass solo when I couldn't see crap, then got queer'd by a bandit hiding miles away with sniper gun... I don't see how that's fun at all, an i was doing good for a blind half dead guy. The legion story was what I wanted but since no one can be trusted that will not happen. =/
Great time on one of the Legion servers tonight. That clan built a huge base at the AFB in the NW. I was escorted onto the AFB by 3 men with automatic weapons. I was placed in the middle of a circle of camp fires, where I had to state my intentions (trade) and what I wanted in return (a weapon). The entire time I was being watching like a hound by 4-5 guys, pointing M4's, Mossberg shotguns and sniper rifles at my head. In the dark, lit by only raging campfires, this was fucking SCARY.
I traded them 6 cans of food.
I was escorted far off the premises by those same 3 men with automatic weapons, making sure I wasn't going to sneak up and raid the base (there were at least 15 clan guys there). When players use freelook mode, you can see the player models move their heads. The entire time, their heads were focused on ME, regardless of where they were. Freaky. I ended up trading for an AK-M and 3 full clips.
FUCKING.AWESOME.
Were they using direct VOIP for that? I thought it was not working.
was that on some westcoast servers? I've seen a bunch of legion guys in the lobby tonight, haven't encountered them though, was engaging some bandits with my friends. Firefight at night - intense as shit.
Was kick'n ass solo when I couldn't see crap, then got queer'd by a bandit hiding miles away with sniper gun... I don't see how that's fun at all,
If you're alone, you have to be super paranoid, every time you're entering some town with good loot spots, consider yourself being watched by snipers at the nearby hills.
And yeah, sniper rifles are fun..as long as you're the guy with that rifle, hehe.
I haven't tried the mod yet, But I have to say, it looks freaking awesome! I have had Arma II since it came out, and I've had OA and the other DLC's for awhile, so I am well use to the clunkyness.
I suggest we organize a raid on this Legion base. We cause a distraction at the front gate by getting a horde of zombies and kitting them towards the legion base. While the legion guys are distracted, a second group could sneak in the back and steal the weapons and equipment from the cache. They might even have a get away vehicle.
The distraction team would need to be new characters with no special gear so if they get shot or eaten it doesn't really matter.
I think it would be hilarious if you could pull it off.
Maybe we should all aim to be on the same 2 EU and US servers if that's possible?
And maybe come up with some kind of a "Polycount friendly" signal/message?
It was Legion clan. For me, their servers (you can see "hosted by legion") have been the absolute best. Little to no downtime, no lag, fast login and the people are generally friendly. They also hate bandits and will hunt them down, which is awesome.
Were they using direct VOIP for that? I thought it was not working.
was that on some westcoast servers?
Direct VOIP is really buggy. We were just using side channel chat. You had to notify them you were nearing the AF, then pop a flare and carry it with you, so they could see you. Then you got the armed escort to the campfires. I believe the server last night was Dallas 2 or 3, but I could be wrong.
Amazing experience though. Haven't felt character attachment like that in yeaaars, haha. I think just knowing that all of those characters were REAL players, makes it scary as shit.
Dude tell them on the forums they said they can return your items just try to remember which server what time and I think they don't even need that but It can help.
A Castle freaking awesome!
The legion clan story sounds awesome too, yea I haven't found anything like that, might have to start playing on a different server to see some cool stuff.
Was kick'n ass solo when I couldn't see crap, then got queer'd by a bandit hiding miles away with sniper gun... I don't see how that's fun at all, an i was doing good for a blind half dead guy. The legion story was what I wanted but since no one can be trusted that will not happen. =/
Yea crossbow's good when you want to be quiet.
woah, tell them where? what are the offical forums, and any specific person i should report too, i didnt have great stuff, just a lee enfield, and ammo, some fence kits (which i still don know how to use or iff tehy are worth it) but i'l like that lee back, it really helped)
we had 2 good enoucnters with otehr plaers last nite, i think there was a language barrier, we kinda just circled each other unsure, then slowly backed away and went our own ways. pretty tense.
can they restore health from bugs also, justin nearly got killed from opening a door.
also last nite there was a lot of servers with no zombies or loot spawn. even one we were on said it had 100 zombies but after an hour, even goin in towns at dark we saw none, and found no loot.
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also last nite there was a lot of servers with no zombies or loot spawn. even one we were on said it had 100 zombies but after an hour, even goin in towns at dark we saw none, and found no loot.
Yeah, after the last update, the core servers seemed to glitch some. There was also a report from the dev that the core server got hacked. After the next update, I'll assume the master server will be reset again and we'll have normal loot/vehicle drops.
Maybe we should all aim to be on the same 2 EU and US servers if that's possible?
And maybe come up with some kind of a "Polycount friendly" signal/message?
"Greentooth"
I'll start playing on US6 around 12pm EST today. I'll call out
Check back here after if it hasn't happened for some reason (couldn't connect, etc.)
good , hope thats soon, boring not finding any loot. i'm really enjoying this game, i was a bit sad a dying due to lag. it seems a whole lot more serious in games like this. any news on a polycount server, with perhaps reserved slots?
we were having issues finding servers last nite.
this game with some base improvements could be so freaking awesome.
1. a more indepth char chreator, now everyone looks the same more or less, we came across 2 guys last nite and it was near imposible to tell the dif between the third person and the person in my group, if it came down to a fire fight it could be ugly.
2. melee, i ran out of ammo and had one zombie left chasing me i was bleeding and could not stop to bandage, i died from one zombie. i know arma has no reall melee system, but even a wep that looks like a bat with a swing anim, and just have it as if you are firing an invisible gun on swing or something, there has to be some way to melee
3. being able to barricade doors!
oh if you guys see a "Ed Friendly" on there its me, thats my Friendly name
Dunno if this is already posted but out of curiosity I looked up their twitter and someone asked if they could host their own roleplay server. They replied with "drop an email to dayzdevteam[at]gmail[dot]com and we can help you that way slightly limited by 140 characters"
If I read that right you can host a Polycount server?
nah, fuck melee, that'd ruin the deadliness of zombies, which is, like, the cornerstone of design here.
Be smart and stealthy, never run from zombies - stay calm and shoot them down in some doorway. Running doesn't really help.
Well, sometimes the zombies can magically spot you. I've been stationary, crouched in the dark and a zombie 50ft away saw me. Other times I can crouch-walk past them 10ft away or less. Sometimes there are quiet zombies hiding behind doors, too.
If you run out of ammo in a firefight like that though, you're toast, simple as that. A melee weapon would at least give you some kind of chance. It doesn't have to be uber. If you get rushed by a bunch of zombies you're still going to die anyways. But I've had cases where I ran out of ammo with 1 last zombie chasing me and I either had to run for a very real 30 minutes before another guy helped me, or I ended up dying from bleeding out. That's extremely frustrating (especially being as careful/stealthy as I am while playing). A small melee weapon would certainly be nice.
Instead of melee attacks, how about a shove move? either you kick or shove a zombie, they fall over which gives you time to make a run for it.
Been watching videos and trying to resist the urge to buy ARMA 2 just for this... can't really afford it but this is the kind of game I've been waiting for.... and even my fianc
Well, sometimes the zombies can magically spot you. I've been stationary, crouched in the dark and a zombie 50ft away saw me. Other times I can crouch-walk past them 10ft away or less. Sometimes there are quiet zombies hiding behind doors, too.
If you run out of ammo in a firefight like that though, you're toast, simple as that. A melee weapon would at least give you some kind of chance. It doesn't have to be uber. If you get rushed by a bunch of zombies you're still going to die anyways. But I've had cases where I ran out of ammo with 1 last zombie chasing me and I either had to run for a very real 30 minutes before another guy helped me, or I ended up dying from bleeding out. That's extremely frustrating (especially being as careful/stealthy as I am while playing). A small melee weapon would certainly be nice.
thats what heppened to me, i killed several, ran out of ammo with one zombie left, i was bleeding, i ran from him for 10 minutes bleeding out before finaly giving up and just letting him kill me. i dont expect a melee wep to allow you to beat thru a horde, but you should be abble to bash one lone zombie in the head
also you could use it to eliminate crawling zombies without wasting ammo
Damn it. I have been holding out and watching streams on this game on twitch... but I can't resist any longer and its my B-Day in a few so I am just gonna get it. I blame all of you... Can't wait to play with some polycounters. Is the safe word still Greentooth?
If melee combat was attached to your stamina, and your weapons would break after x uses then it would work well. Add in a stuck(as in has a chance to get stuck in the body) mechanic for blades and then they wouldn't be godly.
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Indeed! Hot damn, it's great
I played a little bit yesterday, I shot 2 zombies, almost bled to death, found nothing ran probably a couple of miles and I had a frickin blast.
Adding vehicles you can repair was a genius idea
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There goes the neighborhood!
Perhaps I will get it eventually, it looks pretty amazing.
Bandit got me today they didn't take anything from me or I didn't die cause after a 2-4 minute wait I was back up, so did I die? I don't know.
Way better in the day time, in the night you can't see much, I ended up running with a flare in hand but that's just a red/moving target to bandits, also night seems to spawn double the zombies.lol.
You passed out! Happened to me this morning, got shot, got looted. And I woke up during. He ended up putting a couple of more rounds in me to finish me off xD
and fuck its almost imposible to find a decent server with a spot open now.
I traded them 6 cans of food.
I was escorted far off the premises by those same 3 men with automatic weapons, making sure I wasn't going to sneak up and raid the base (there were at least 15 clan guys there). When players use freelook mode, you can see the player models move their heads. The entire time, their heads were focused on ME, regardless of where they were. Freaky. I ended up trading for an AK-M and 3 full clips.
FUCKING.AWESOME.
What clan was it? Awesome story.
Dude tell them on the forums they said they can return your items just try to remember which server what time and I think they don't even need that but It can help.
A Castle freaking awesome!
The legion clan story sounds awesome too, yea I haven't found anything like that, might have to start playing on a different server to see some cool stuff.
Was kick'n ass solo when I couldn't see crap, then got queer'd by a bandit hiding miles away with sniper gun... I don't see how that's fun at all, an i was doing good for a blind half dead guy. The legion story was what I wanted but since no one can be trusted that will not happen. =/
Yea crossbow's good when you want to be quiet.
Were they using direct VOIP for that? I thought it was not working.
was that on some westcoast servers? I've seen a bunch of legion guys in the lobby tonight, haven't encountered them though, was engaging some bandits with my friends. Firefight at night - intense as shit.
If you're alone, you have to be super paranoid, every time you're entering some town with good loot spots, consider yourself being watched by snipers at the nearby hills.
And yeah, sniper rifles are fun..as long as you're the guy with that rifle, hehe.
I suggest we organize a raid on this Legion base. We cause a distraction at the front gate by getting a horde of zombies and kitting them towards the legion base. While the legion guys are distracted, a second group could sneak in the back and steal the weapons and equipment from the cache. They might even have a get away vehicle.
The distraction team would need to be new characters with no special gear so if they get shot or eaten it doesn't really matter.
I think it would be hilarious if you could pull it off.
Maybe we should all aim to be on the same 2 EU and US servers if that's possible?
And maybe come up with some kind of a "Polycount friendly" signal/message?
It was Legion clan. For me, their servers (you can see "hosted by legion") have been the absolute best. Little to no downtime, no lag, fast login and the people are generally friendly. They also hate bandits and will hunt them down, which is awesome.
Direct VOIP is really buggy. We were just using side channel chat. You had to notify them you were nearing the AF, then pop a flare and carry it with you, so they could see you. Then you got the armed escort to the campfires. I believe the server last night was Dallas 2 or 3, but I could be wrong.
Amazing experience though. Haven't felt character attachment like that in yeaaars, haha. I think just knowing that all of those characters were REAL players, makes it scary as shit.
woah, tell them where? what are the offical forums, and any specific person i should report too, i didnt have great stuff, just a lee enfield, and ammo, some fence kits (which i still don know how to use or iff tehy are worth it) but i'l like that lee back, it really helped)
we had 2 good enoucnters with otehr plaers last nite, i think there was a language barrier, we kinda just circled each other unsure, then slowly backed away and went our own ways. pretty tense.
can they restore health from bugs also, justin nearly got killed from opening a door.
also last nite there was a lot of servers with no zombies or loot spawn. even one we were on said it had 100 zombies but after an hour, even goin in towns at dark we saw none, and found no loot.
Yeah, after the last update, the core servers seemed to glitch some. There was also a report from the dev that the core server got hacked. After the next update, I'll assume the master server will be reset again and we'll have normal loot/vehicle drops.
"Greentooth"
I'll start playing on US6 around 12pm EST today. I'll call out
Check back here after if it hasn't happened for some reason (couldn't connect, etc.)
we were having issues finding servers last nite.
this game with some base improvements could be so freaking awesome.
1. a more indepth char chreator, now everyone looks the same more or less, we came across 2 guys last nite and it was near imposible to tell the dif between the third person and the person in my group, if it came down to a fire fight it could be ugly.
2. melee, i ran out of ammo and had one zombie left chasing me i was bleeding and could not stop to bandage, i died from one zombie. i know arma has no reall melee system, but even a wep that looks like a bat with a swing anim, and just have it as if you are firing an invisible gun on swing or something, there has to be some way to melee
3. being able to barricade doors!
oh if you guys see a "Ed Friendly" on there its me, thats my Friendly name
Character creation could be more difficult, since ArmA doesn't even have that option (other than choosing a custom face texture).
If I read that right you can host a Polycount server?
Be smart and stealthy, never run from zombies - stay calm and shoot them down in some doorway. Running doesn't really help.
Well, sometimes the zombies can magically spot you. I've been stationary, crouched in the dark and a zombie 50ft away saw me. Other times I can crouch-walk past them 10ft away or less. Sometimes there are quiet zombies hiding behind doors, too.
If you run out of ammo in a firefight like that though, you're toast, simple as that. A melee weapon would at least give you some kind of chance. It doesn't have to be uber. If you get rushed by a bunch of zombies you're still going to die anyways. But I've had cases where I ran out of ammo with 1 last zombie chasing me and I either had to run for a very real 30 minutes before another guy helped me, or I ended up dying from bleeding out. That's extremely frustrating (especially being as careful/stealthy as I am while playing). A small melee weapon would certainly be nice.
Been watching videos and trying to resist the urge to buy ARMA 2 just for this... can't really afford it but this is the kind of game I've been waiting for.... and even my fianc
thats what heppened to me, i killed several, ran out of ammo with one zombie left, i was bleeding, i ran from him for 10 minutes bleeding out before finaly giving up and just letting him kill me. i dont expect a melee wep to allow you to beat thru a horde, but you should be abble to bash one lone zombie in the head
also you could use it to eliminate crawling zombies without wasting ammo
I believe the knife is used to prepare animals to eat - I've seen rabbits hopping around in game.
I really hope this mod gets incorporated into ArmA III