Originally posted by jdnyc
I would like a server that wasn't so hardcore.  Still make it punishing, but not as brutal.  I just think it would be neat to have a group maybe live a little longer to go exploring and do stuff.  Dying on average of an hour just seems so quick that I wonder if you can accomplish anything real in a game.

since the hacker problems, a lot of people have gone to private passworded/whitelisted servers.

the private servers have much more freedom to set there own rules, like PVE only servers, clan warefare server deathmatch server etc etc.

you just need to find one that has a rule set your happy with.

Originally posted by Dewm

@Wesjr

 

 

True story, I tried both DayZ and WarZ.. and the games are tons of fun, untill you've been playing for a few weeks, have sweet gear..and run into a hacker who kills you in a flash.. and all of that work is gone.

 

untill this is resolved the games are 3.0/10.0 (IMO)

 

in DayZmod we now have private password/whitelist protected servers.

on those type of servers hacking is pretty none existant.

Rocket has stated that there will be similar private servers for the standalone.

also in the standalone they will pretty much elimate the hacks like nuking the whole server or teleporting every to one spot etc by moving all computations for this serverside (like a normal MMO)

but the usual wall hacks aimbots etc will still exist as they do in most other FPS games. to avoid these find a good private server.

Originally posted by madmikethegm

I would be more into DayZ if it was really about surviving zombies.  I admit that I've never played it, but from everything I have seen and read regarding the game it has zero to do with surviving zombies and everything to do with surviving the other players.

Perhaps my assessment of this game is incorrect, but I've seen no evidence to contradict that.

 

 

Private servers my friend, Private servers.

for instance you can get survial only PVE servers. just a matter of shopping around til you find one you like.

Originally posted by wesjr
I just hope that the hacker problems are addressed better, hackers in perm death do not mix well.

MUCH agreed. If they can keep the majority of the hackers out, I wouldn't care if the zombies started taking shots at me with AS50's. Granted, ARMA II was created with running scripts, in mind, but it doesn't bode well for the average player. SA is supposed to be a HUGE departure from this setup, and I couldn't be happier.

Originally posted by Aralvar
. Though I do like it when there's some kind of penalty for dieing, I wish there were a middleman (like losing all your food and/or ammunition) rather than losing everything. So for me, I'm only in the mood to play it once in a while.

         Well one thing I'm looking forward to from WarZ if they ever get all their features implemented is the fact that you will still be able to build your character even if you die. It took me a while to get used to the fact that you'll lose all your loot, but since your character doesn't die permanently you will still have the character building RPG element to it. Being able to pick skills and advance yourself and then retain those skills after death will make it so that there are still huge consequences for dying (losing any loot on your toon) but time spent playing will still result in a forward progression of some sort.

Female characters that can wear clothing items would be nice.. it really sucks that I have to "cross dress" as a male character if I want to have the benefits of a ghilly suit.  (assuming I ever find one) but it's not just that, it any clothing at all.  If my character ever got hero or bandit status I probably wouldn't be able to play her anymore as that's considered a different outfit.

Other than that, being able to set up a base that's resonably safe would be nice.  Tents are the only option right now and they are terribly buggy.  Being able to set up a place to keep a stack that's fairly safe or completely safe would be nice and wouldn't detract much from the pain of deaths.  Your're still going to lose that great gun if you die while you're using it, and you'll still need to get back to your camp "naked" after respawn.  It would just add a bit more RPG to the game in my opinion.

Originally posted by madmikethegm

I would be more into DayZ if it was really about surviving zombies.  I admit that I've never played it, but from everything I have seen and read regarding the game it has zero to do with surviving zombies and everything to do with surviving the other players.

Perhaps my assessment of this game is incorrect, but I've seen no evidence to contradict that.

 

Your opinion is noted but not mine.

DayZ is all about surviving other players plus zombies i hope they keep it that way and some hardcore more i realy don't wanta ezmode game keep it HARDCORE.

And get ones and for all rid of cheaters HACKERS they ruined DayZ mod.

DayZ is by far BEST EVER zombie ralistic survival game.

Originally posted by znaiika

Originally posted by wesjr
I just hope that the hacker problems are addressed better, hackers in perm death do not mix well.

This ^^

And, this game is a mod, arma2 is required to play DayZ, I'd reather play it as single player, because of hacking.

No one would fix hacking, because of demand to buy a game after bans.

The current DayZ does require ARMA II + OA yes.. but DayZ standalone will not need ARMA II..

But yes I guess hacking is the main issue. A guy I game with has helped develop another mod called Wasteland and they have put in quite a few anti hack things into this mod but its still mainly things the mods have to manually do..