quality PVE?

[Chimp]

I love hardcore survival sims. And this aint it...

When I was first introduced to dayz it was with videos of moral dilemmas and people trying to decide if they can trust each other. Granted this was like .63 and older stuff, from way back in the day.

To put it bluntly there is no moral dilemma, that was just a guy trying to act it out because he knew he was better. All I have ever seen is just battle arena nonsense because that is really all we have to do here...

Im sick of spending hours roaming around looking for someone to kill who more often then not kills me before I can even see them.

What I really want is the long dark style hungry, cold, sick, weak, urgency to go to the next place to find precious resources to survive, while fending off threats. I am not opposed to PVP, im just tired of it being the only thing that you ever see, and the fact that you can just get one shot from 600m and its over I just find very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

I played the stalker server and that was fun until I actually had gear, then I was profoundly bored.

Some things I wish this game had was 'force of nature' type threats that you just cant deal with. imagine a wondering horde zone that spawns in like a thousand zombies in an area and they all wonder in a single direction, the walk dead style. and for each one you kill two more spawn and you can either run for your life or bleed ammo until you die. Maybe even the horde could pick a target and just follow someone across the map. Dynamic quests type ♥♥♥♥.

Im just bored with KOS and want there to be cause to trust other people, cause to try and work together. I could always play warzone for PVP, so what makes THIS game special?

[Strat Man]

Sniper rifles are very common in this game so many people just camp and wait for somebody to come into range and pop them. Nothing is going to change that and it's the major downside of this game. I've been killed many times without hearing a shot. Screen goes black and it says "you're dead". You don't know if you just killed by a sniper or a cheater. No information is given on who killed you or how. There is no report system. If you play solo you have to play like a rat. If you don't enjoy that you probably wont like the game. There is no perfect game. They all have flaws. DayZ in no exception. As far as trusting other players. Don't trust anyone. Anyone that acts friendly has the potential to screw you over.

[_KC76_]

I mean no offense when I say this, but it sounds like you have a lack of imagination and a lack of motivation.

It's super easy to set up a Local server and add mods for more environmental threats, it's pretty easy to adjust the loot table to make things harder, or more scarce. With a few simple edits, you can make every item in the game just about ruined, so your first objective when finding any gear is to repair it before you can use it.

With some imagination and motivation, you can make DayZ anything you want.
- If you don't feel like setting up a Local server is your thing, there are hundreds, if not thousands of PvE only servers with very difficult survival aspects, you just need to look for them.

[Idaho]

I run a survival+ PVE server. It has skill points even...

And dinosaurs, aliens, and infected that can break down doors and jump on cars.

Also helicopters, which I'm kinda against (I think flying ruins games unless space is involved), but it's a huge map, 50% larger than chernarus, so i guess helis are ok...

[Chimp]

Originally posted by _KC76_:

I mean no offense when I say this, but it sounds like you have a lack of imagination and a lack of motivation.

It's super easy to set up a Local server and add mods for more environmental threats, it's pretty easy to adjust the loot table to make things harder, or more scarce. With a few simple edits, you can make every item in the game just about ruined, so your first objective when finding any gear is to repair it before you can use it.

With some imagination and motivation, you can make DayZ anything you want.
- If you don't feel like setting up a Local server is your thing, there are hundreds, if not thousands of PvE only servers with very difficult survival aspects, you just need to look for them.

so a little imagination and motivation is going to get hundreds of other people personally motivated to play with me? because thats what hosting my own server necessitates. 'well why dont you just go and start your own cult following' i just want to play a video game dude...

[🆃 🆈 🅻 🅴 🆁]

I share similar thoughts. I keep going back to DayZ after so long but quickly get reminded why I stopped bothering with it. Community servers are full of cheats and campers. Private servers, while generally better, often have mods that take away from the experience. Unlimited stamina being one of them.

I often watch DayZ videos on YouTube and they can often look like a lot of fun. But then it dawns on me that the 30-40 minutes video was edited down from 7 or 8+ hours. I just don't have the time to or willpower to put anything like that amount into one session to really get something out of it.

[Strat Man]

Originally posted by 🆃 🆈 🅻 🅴 🆁:

I share similar thoughts. I keep going back to DayZ after so long but quickly get reminded why I stopped bothering with it. Community servers are full of cheats and campers. Private servers, while generally better, often have mods that take away from the experience. Unlimited stamina being one of them.

I often watch DayZ videos on YouTube and they can often look like a lot of fun. But then it dawns on me that the 30-40 minutes video was edited down from 7 or 8+ hours. I just don't have the time to or willpower to put anything like that amount into one session to really get something out of it.

Thats exactly how the Escape from Tarkov videos are. You watch and it's like wow this game looks awesome. Then you get suckered into buying the game and the game play is nothing like the videos you watched. Guys play like 12 hours of Tarkov to make a 20 minute video that makes it look cool.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by Chimp:

Originally posted by _KC76_:

I mean no offense when I say this, but it sounds like you have a lack of imagination and a lack of motivation.

It's super easy to set up a Local server and add mods for more environmental threats, it's pretty easy to adjust the loot table to make things harder, or more scarce. With a few simple edits, you can make every item in the game just about ruined, so your first objective when finding any gear is to repair it before you can use it.

With some imagination and motivation, you can make DayZ anything you want.
- If you don't feel like setting up a Local server is your thing, there are hundreds, if not thousands of PvE only servers with very difficult survival aspects, you just need to look for them.

so a little imagination and motivation is going to get hundreds of other people personally motivated to play with me? because thats what hosting my own server necessitates. 'well why dont you just go and start your own cult following' i just want to play a video game dude...

Originally posted by Chimp:

To put it bluntly there is no moral dilemma, that was just a guy trying to act it out because he knew he was better. All I have ever seen is just battle arena nonsense because that is really all we have to do here...

Im sick of spending hours roaming around looking for someone to kill who more often then not kills me before I can even see them.

I took from your original post, that you did not like the fact that other players were killing you so often .. I suggested you set up your own PRIVATE LAN server so you could play the PvE style that you seemed to indicate you wanted.
- In this scenario, NO you do not need to recruit anyone, let alone 100's of people, or form any kind of "cult" ..

I'm not sure if you are just being obtuse for the sake of being obtuse, or if you really are this lacking in Imagination and Motivation ... You don't HAVE to create your own LOCAL server, though, because AS I SAID in the post you quoted, there are LITERALLY HUNDREDS of those types of PvE Roleplay servers already out there. It takes a little EFFORT on YOUR PART to go find them though.

That said, I see now that you DO want to play with other people, you just want everyone to let you kill them first, because you're just bad at the game .. Sorry, I don't think anyone can help you with that.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by 🆃 🆈 🅻 🅴 🆁:

I share similar thoughts. I keep going back to DayZ after so long but quickly get reminded why I stopped bothering with it. Community servers are full of cheats and campers. Private servers, while generally better, often have mods that take away from the experience. Unlimited stamina being one of them.

I often watch DayZ videos on YouTube and they can often look like a lot of fun. But then it dawns on me that the 30-40 minutes video was edited down from 7 or 8+ hours. I just don't have the time to or willpower to put anything like that amount into one session to really get something out of it.

1. You're confusing Official servers with NO ADMINS, with Community servers, which are the "private servers" that have Admins and possibly mods (modifications from vanilla).

2. DayZ game-play videos are Produced for Entertainment .. they are scripted, and have a whole team of other players and background Admins/Server Partnerships that make all those exciting moments possible, for the sole purpose of generating Revenue for the Streamer .. Less than 5% of it is "real".

[Шульц]

Originally posted by Chimp:

I love hardcore survival sims. And this aint it...

When I was first introduced to dayz it was with videos of moral dilemmas and people trying to decide if they can trust each other. Granted this was like .63 and older stuff, from way back in the day.

To put it bluntly there is no moral dilemma, that was just a guy trying to act it out because he knew he was better. All I have ever seen is just battle arena nonsense because that is really all we have to do here...

Im sick of spending hours roaming around looking for someone to kill who more often then not kills me before I can even see them.

What I really want is the long dark style hungry, cold, sick, weak, urgency to go to the next place to find precious resources to survive, while fending off threats. I am not opposed to PVP, im just tired of it being the only thing that you ever see, and the fact that you can just get one shot from 600m and its over I just find very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

I played the stalker server and that was fun until I actually had gear, then I was profoundly bored.

Some things I wish this game had was 'force of nature' type threats that you just cant deal with. imagine a wondering horde zone that spawns in like a thousand zombies in an area and they all wonder in a single direction, the walk dead style. and for each one you kill two more spawn and you can either run for your life or bleed ammo until you die. Maybe even the horde could pick a target and just follow someone across the map. Dynamic quests type ♥♥♥♥.

Im just bored with KOS and want there to be cause to trust other people, cause to try and work together. I could always play warzone for PVP, so what makes THIS game special?

i imagine what youre looking for are hardcore namalsk servers. Now there IS definitely a big moral dilemma. Beacuse same guy you just killed could've helped you when you were pushed and cornerned in a building, same guy you just killed could of have found food for you when you were hiding in the house half dead and hear gunshots getting nearer and nearer. Namalsk is a very interesting map in aspect of gameplay

[Lastig]

Play modded DayZ.. There are several servers they rely on different aspect to survive and thrive instead of camping with a sniper.

I mean Namalsk is a map notorious for its survival aspects due to the sheer cold and frostbite being a part of the surival.

Like when you have to cross a shallow river.. you'd be better off putting your boots in your backpack and holding your jeans with items in them in your hands then cross the shallow water quickly witthout getting your clothes wet, then quickly equip them again cause its cold as hell.
getting clothes wet in Namalsk is a near guaranteed death sentence

Some places in Namalsk do offer shelter and a barrel to be used for a fire to warm up.
On PvP servers this is heavy camping spot. on PVE.. you can imagine. The closer you are to warm and comfort spots the further you are from food, water & medical supplies.

[717]

maybe youll like game called long dark, its not online and maybe less realistic in some aspects. If you do - dont bother with main story mode (its bad) and go in sandbox(survival) mode where you just have to survive as long as u can.

[Jethro]

I found a PVE server last night. I want to say 0 mods and on Livonia, except it’s very empty. Also found another one (sorry can’t remember the names atm) that was jam-packed full with a queue so it must be decent.

[Idaho]

I got rid of my helicopters. Pretty lame and feels like cheating bigtime.