Re: (Project Horizons Comment Crew) Day Z

[Ketchup]

So... I never thought this would happen, but since I got teleported to the NW with no food, I'm now starving to death.

[Katarn]

I'm at NW with food. I'm just behind 2 hangars to the left. Tell me on steam when you'll be on-line and ready and I feed you ;D

[Ketchup]

Most rotten luck in DayZ recently.
Helicopter wouldn't fuel after fixing it.
Got teleported to the NW by a hacker.
I was helped by Katarn twice for food.
I fixed one of the ATVs on the mountain, and while I was 100 meters from somewhere I could find a fuel tank(It was red, rest was green), the fucking ATV exploded while I was descending a hill.
I'm still alive, blood flashing.
Grr. I spent a lot of time and lost my MP5 for that thing.
For some reason, I still want to try for another vehicle. But I need medical assistance(blood) at grid 114 075.
No rush. I'm starting to think this game has a sadistic approach to humor.

[Kippershy]

114 075 you say? I'll take a look and get over there, then.

[Ketchup]

I've hidden the other ATV in the woods far NW, past Skalka, after checking a few vehicle spawns.

[Ketchup]

Well, that went better than it could have.
I was shot at while passing through a town, Sosnovka. It was an M1014, fired three times I believe. Gabe was the only other person online.
I survived with a broken leg and flashing blood. The ATV was slightly damaged(Maybe in my frantic escape, in which I ran over a sign).
Going hunting. Animals spawn no matter what so it's pretty easy.

[Ketchup]

I flipped the ATV near Solnichniy. Sadness ensues.
I'd found an offroad pickup West of Zelenogorsk, got 5 kilometers out with all the parts and my bro when the server ceased functioning.

[Ketchup]

Truck is repaired and fueled.

[Ketchup]

Helicopter operational, needed glass.
Landed it in a clearing between a pine forest and one of those orange tree ones. The truck is down the mountain to it, so it would act as a decoy if someone is looking for stuff thereabouts.

[Ketchup]

The helicopter is still in our hands, surprisingly. So is the truck.

[Ketchup]

http://kotaku.com/5969784/the-war-z-mess-every-crazy-detail-we-know-so-far
The War Z seems to be falling apart. DayZ standalone will certainly be less corrupt, at least.

[Kippershy]

Kipper - 1.5
Bandits - 0


Had a fucking excellent gaming session earlier, here's how it went down.
Got on server, went to meet friends (main servers again.)
As I reach them, they've met someone new and made friends with him, after deciding not to shoot because they initially thought it was me.
New friend holds off a hacker, gives them a chance to escape.

-friend goes missing-

Playing on other servers, same area, guy approaches me as I'm doing overwatch. Mac is being noisy over chat but I get him to shut up so I can hear the guy whose pointing a mk48 mod 0 at me... turns out it's the friend from earlier!

We get a bus,. go to NE, get shot at by a FN FAL - kill the guy.
Find three ATV's, take two. Go down to the NWAF, find another player, kill him out of self defence. (not me these last two times, though. I was supporting, but fired no shots in the end for either.)

Go down starry, three out of us four have Coyote backpacks now, me being the odd one out. We all have mk48's or M249's and AS50 / DMR and we've all got custom skins on (Soldier outfit) by the time of leaving the NWAF and Starry.
Seconds after we leave, satchel charges go off at Starry, which would've killed the three other people I was playing with if it had been any sooner.

Driving along, see the sixth heli crash within just two hours at most. Decide against checking it out, but the new friend notices moment.
We stop, take up watch. Two guys.


I struggle to find them at first, but see one guy. No confirmation on what guns they have yet.. oh wait, I see him clearly, he's looking at friendlies with a fucking big sniper, couldn't be sure M107 or AS50.
Whip out my AS50, take the shot.
Headshot.

The bandit stood no chance. his friend logs out.
We drive over to his body, post two guys to watching fro the combat logger. He logs back in as I take the coyote backpack + ammo off from the bandits body, gets killed.
turns out they were the ones with satchel charges!


So basically, I prevented our group from getting fucked up by a AS50 bandit who had satchel charges.
Couldn't fucking believe it, but I'd done well.

Good times.

[Ketchup]

Sounds nice.
Since the helicopter and truck are both missing, finally, I'm motivated to play again and get vehicles and such.

[Kippershy]

Yeah, that's why I wasn't really motivated to play the main server any more. Having full gear (well, I have 100% full gear now...) and all that stuff was just like... what do?

But we had some fun completely risking our lives over and over, despite the fact we never came close to dying unless you count one guy driving an ATV across a bridge and almost killing the passenger.

Thankfully we had all the gear to save him, though.
So glad I got that one shot kill on that bastard though, hah. It was a sweet shot.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Well, it's nice to see that they're fixing up the game instead of releasing it too early, but that just delays the time until I actually get the game.
:-/
How many of us do y'think are going to play?

[Ketchup]

Kipper has a few friends who play, Katarn does, and I do.
So about 7.

[Kippershy]

Lost all my gear due to hacker last night, but not sad about it - or even annoyed. Just a god damn shame that people decide to be such fucking losers and do that shit, really. Trying to ruin the game for other people with no benefit for themselves.

[Katarn]

There is good thing about hackers, they have to pay monthly for their hacks :D

[Kippershy]

No they don't...

trust me.

[IncoherentOrange]

Ketchup and I haven't played with you guys in a while. We should.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Since I do not have the game, tell me, how is the development going in terms of user experience?

[Ketchup]

They don't release much of new development on the stand-alone, and the mod isn't worked on anymore I don't think.
I don't think I can really answer that question.

[Kippershy]

Yeah, definitely soon. I've been completely letting everyone down with Broken Bonds recently so I want to make a start on the next chapter before any more gaming, but as soon as I've made some progress, doesn't have to be a chapter but something, I'll play again.

Got a semi-decent video of what happened today (got our asses handed to us in a big battle thanks to my friend being a fucking jackass with shitty communication skills. Though when I say 'handed to us' I mean, I managed to take down a few guys... I think.)

but yeah, I'll show video / start chapter tomorrow, then gaming next week perhaps.

[Ketchup]

This thread hasn't been used in a long time.
So, first impressions on the Standalone alpha:
-Server/game load times are far superior.
-Most buildings are possible to enter, but not all doors work.
-Map is changed significantly. Haven't explored much, though.
-New clothing system. Of note are headlamps, of which I've found two.
-Improved UI. Better inventory(though smaller, but with larger backpacks and better pants for more storage), a 1-9 bar, a bit buggy.
-Loot is spread out more and is rare, but there are more spawns.
-Guns are very rare and don't appear to come with ammunition. I've found 3, and I ended up with a Mosin with 18 rounds, and a .45 caliber pistol with 37 that I could not load for whatever reason.
-Ammunition is found in stacks that can be merged, instead of magazines.
-Zombies are in much lower numbers, combat is much smoother, and there are far more melee weapons. This makes individual zombies hardly a threat, not that I've fought more than one at a time since sneaking around them isn't difficult.
-You need a can opener, which I haven't found, to eat beans and such. Fortunately, there is canned tuna and fruit that can be eaten without one.

Overall, it's fun so far, if easier. Had only one encounter with a survivor, scared him off with my axe.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Will get this, if others are willing to form a group and run around the wasteland Chernarus.
Kinda on the 'spensive side for bulk purchase though.

[Ketchup]

Like the DayZ mod, it seems like having friends to play with would make it that much better. Even more so than the mod with the new features and spread out loot spawns.
Hopefully more people hop in.

[Ketchup]

Had some rather amusing and somewhat frustrating events happen today.
I was trying to find a server with only a few people on it, and I eventually ended up on a server that reset my character. So I lost all my stuff.
I spawned near an airfield, Balota, and I looted it, finding plenty of weapon attachments, clothing, and ammo, but only a pistol with no magazines or ammo. I was climbing to the top of the control tower and, instead of going down a ladder like I told my character to, he sprinted off the roof.
And this is what 'alpha' means.

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