ah i see now, in order to get my awesome real life zombie scenario that this game advertises, i would
1) ~~have to get rly good at being a bandit~~Kill a LOT of people and learn how to ~~survive such encounters.~~ be a boss.
2) be so super boss that ill live easily without killing people AND fend off bandits that come after me. Not to mention the zombies. Apparently the really overpowered glitchy as fuck zombies. Nice.
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too much effort; didnt play+ Show Spoiler [ps] +

omg hai chrispy? :OOO

TSBspartacus

England1046 Posts

June 03 2012 13:58 GMT

#682

It is in alpha, so it obviously is going to take a lot more work on it. Also you have to play the game before you can comment on it tbh, you get used to the zombies pretty quickly and after that its all about the PvP element which is fairly easy as long as you are careful and work as a team.

jtype

England2167 Posts

June 03 2012 14:11 GMT

#683

Yea personally, I much prefer the slow and patient approach to the game. I'm happy to spawn in and, as soon as I've picked up a compass or matches or whatever, I'll head out and avoid the south coast as much as possible.

I enjoy sneaking around the other cities like Stary Sobor and the NW Airfield, knowing that it's far more likely that other survivors out there will have decent gear and probably have a bit more to lose, just like me. It's a lot harder to outsmart players when they have nothing to lose and will do anything for whatever gear you have. A lot of it just comes down to luck at that point.

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 14:26 GMT

#684

the problem with the slow approach is that the game is so goddamn buggy that you can spend hours collecting gear etc + just get incapped instantly at like 10k health by some random zombie out in the middle of nowhere (or any of another 23462346 bugs) and lose everything

*edit: one bug that i experienced, i fell through the floor at the stairs at NW airfield control tower and fell 2 stories + basically got fucked (down to like 3k blood, incapped, bleeding, broken bones)

after the first 3 times that happened to me i stopped taking the slow approach

hagon

United Kingdom556 Posts

June 03 2012 14:37 GMT

#685

On June 03 2012 23:26 DURRHURRDERP wrote:
the problem with the slow approach is that the game is so goddamn buggy that you can spend hours collecting gear etc + just get incapped instantly at like 10k health by some random zombie out in the middle of nowhere (or any of another 23462346 bugs) and lose everything

*edit: one bug that i experienced, i fell through the floor at the stairs at NW airfield control tower and fell 2 stories + basically got fucked (down to like 3k blood, incapped, bleeding, broken bones)

after the first 3 times that happened to me i stopped taking the slow approach

so go play CoD

Karliath

United States2214 Posts

June 03 2012 15:03 GMT

#686

I'm wondering if I should just wait for Arma III to come out. Do you guys think the mod will eventually be supported by the new release?

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 15:20 GMT

#687

it will be supported by arma3 but they say it'll take maybe a year after release to set up the mod (for arma3)

also lol @ hagon comment

jtype

England2167 Posts

June 03 2012 15:52 GMT

#688

Tbh, if you don't enjoy all - if not, most - of the the basic mechanics of the game, ie. collecting loot, exploring the map, surviving, fighting other players, etc. enough to not mind too much when you have to respawn (for whatever reason) during it's ALPHA phase, then it does beg the question, what are you playing the game for?

I mean, yea, the game does support and, indeed, encourage a vast array of play styles and approaches. There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing anything ranging from camping Cherno for noob kills, to avoiding contact with other players completely.

However, if all you want to do is kill other players, but you STILL don't get enjoyment out of that, due to the buggy alpha, then it might be time to either readjust your play-style, or hop into a different game for a while.

tyr

France1686 Posts

June 03 2012 15:56 GMT

#689

I can't believe some people call the "slow" route the "lame route".
Yeah sure there are different playstyles but .. yeaah ...

imanoobcs

184 Posts

June 03 2012 16:17 GMT

#690

I will be on for an hour or 2 starting now. I will be camping the NW airfield from afar with my super ghillie suit and m24. I will be shooting people in the hangers and firestation. Anyone who wants to loot bodies for free gear should get on TL teamspeak and you can loot the bodies and get some sweet gear.

Trizz

Netherlands1318 Posts

June 03 2012 16:21 GMT

#691

Is this piratable?

jtype

England2167 Posts

June 03 2012 16:24 GMT

#692

On June 04 2012 01:21 Trizz wrote:
Is this piratable?

Nope.

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 16:47 GMT

#693

lol, do you really think i would be playing this game if i didnt enjoy it?

i said that: i personally dont have the patience for sneaking around in the wilderness right off the bat when i respawn (after having tried that style of play when i first started playing), especially since you can literally walk into cherno or electro for <30 minutes and come out loaded with a ton of sweet gear

more importantly, what does it matter if other people are playing the game their own way and not your way?

ToT)OjKa(

Korea (South)2437 Posts

June 03 2012 17:06 GMT

#694

On June 04 2012 01:24 jtype wrote:

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Nope.

actually it is, I've seen some "No CD-Key" servers. But there's only a few so

hagon

United Kingdom556 Posts

June 03 2012 17:09 GMT

#695

My point was, if you don't want to deal with the pain in the ass aspects of a alpha build (tbh, ArmA II is pretty buggy itself, dont imagine they will one day fix everything) that is not surprising. But if you want to play an instant gratification FPS, go play one that is actually good at that? Unless you feel your FPS skills are more attuned to a game where 1st shot wins, and chances are the dude you shoot wasn't looking for you and never saw you and wouldn't have shot you if he had, and you really feel bad about your e-ego. Don't get me wrong, I shoot anyone I come face to face with and sometimes snipe people who weren't really a threat, but playing Spawn>Go kill until get killed>Respawn...there are 425684 games that are better at that than this is or will ever be.

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 17:17 GMT

#696

On June 04 2012 02:09 hagon wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I shoot anyone I come face to face with and sometimes snipe people who weren't really a threat, but playing Spawn>Go kill until get killed>Respawn...there are 425684 games that are better at that than this is or will ever be.

so basically you play the game by going around and killing people, then eventually get killed, then respawn............

.........what?

i dont even

i dont think you understand why i play this game at all. it's not about the gear or kills at all; it's about the journey to get (and experiences getting) the gear/kills

some people enjoy a slow, low risk/low reward journey, and others enjoy a (slightly faster) higher risk/reward journey. it's personal preference and it seems stupid to me that people would get mad because you enjoy oranges more than apples.

hagon

United Kingdom556 Posts

June 03 2012 17:27 GMT

#697

I do not honestly believe you cannot see the difference between exploring, looting, experiementing, pvp, and spawn>go to cherno>spam LMB>die>respawn, because if you couldn't you would be stupid. Like really stupid.

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 17:31 GMT

#698

do you even read anything before you reply with a random insult?

DURRHURRDERP

Canada929 Posts

June 03 2012 17:37 GMT

#699

you: spawn -> exploring -> looting -> experimenting -> pvp -> spawn

me: spawn -> loot -> pvp -> loot --> explore -> experimenting -> pvp -> spawn

what's the difference, in the order of the steps? do you really think i just go around just to find a single person to kill and after killing them i respawn?

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

June 03 2012 17:37 GMT

#700

Hey guys stop shitting up this thread with flaming. If you want to discuss playstyles then do it without insulting the person who likes the playstyle you dont like.