Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned off

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Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned off

Unread postby SwiftVengeance » 13 Jun 12, 1:59 pm

currently, in game if you mouse over someone you get there name and distance.
however it breaks some mechanics of dayz i think.

if your hiding in a bush and they don't visually see you they can mouse over a bush and know your in it. i can scan the horizon slowly to find you( even though i would have had to use binoc's without tags). you can also get tags on people through walls if your in buildings and close enough.

makes getting the range finder pointless, except it has night vision. and sniping is easy mode when you know the distance and how scopes work.

i feel its more immersive and more scary with no tags. makes bandits job a little harder and allows more stealth without tags.

groups of players also have friendly fire issues making it harder for large groups( they have to know where there team mates are and coordinate more). giving solo players a little more of an edge in some situations.


Not sure how the rest of the community feels about it, whats your thoughts on name tags popping up .
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby TRB » 13 Jun 12, 2:04 pm

I agree, though if there was a way to show name-tags only to a certain range [50m? same as direct comms?] that would be awesome.

would be good to have 1 of the .on.net servers with names off if the range of display can't be adjusted.

I had a name pop-up 1.3km away the other day.


My choice would be ANZ7 for no-names.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby SkenZ » 13 Jun 12, 2:59 pm

how would people feel about crosshairs being turned off also?
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby mazmatt » 13 Jun 12, 3:19 pm

SkenZ wrote:how would people feel about crosshairs being turned off also?

God no!!, I can't aim for **** as it currently is with all the lag.

More servers would be good though.

ANZ8 seems the better of the 2, ANZ7 constantly gives me "Retrying to Authenticate"...eventually it lets me in but the lag seems very bad.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Freeborne » 13 Jun 12, 3:50 pm

I haven't checked in a while, but I'm pretty sure all the other hosts have cross-hairs off. NZ servers I think are all veteran, with no 3rd person either.

BTW, ANZ7 and 8 seem to accept the same keys as Warfare server. DayZ Devs have cut off other servers from Hive for doing this. The servers should only accept DayZ and BIS keys.

Is it likely GON will host more DayZ servers, and for the foreseeable future? The more servers you guys can host, the less reason we have to keep ours up with donations.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby TRB » 13 Jun 12, 4:28 pm

I'd be fine with no Xhairs on ANZ7.
have 1 server with, 1 without.

3rd person is pretty important though, hard to drive/fly even remotely safely without it due to hitting the smallest things bursting tires .etc.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby SkenZ » 13 Jun 12, 5:44 pm

Current thought is turn ANZ8 to Veteran, because it is the server at -9.5 GMT, ANZ 7 is running on -2 GMT so it would be the more casual/friendly server due to daytime in server co-enciding with nightime in real life.

I know AusArma server 1/3 both still have 3rd person, but no crosshair or names show up.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby TRB » 13 Jun 12, 6:37 pm

Thats a shame, since our vehicles are on anz7 ;)
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Ball0fire » 13 Jun 12, 7:09 pm

there changed #8 to vet mode but with 3rd person still on
also added vet tothe server name

see how that goes


*edit 1 minute after restarting*
already got whingers crying

*turnd Rcon off*
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Yurtles » 13 Jun 12, 7:14 pm

Hard to believe you might need to tell DayZ players to harden up, lol.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Ball0fire » 13 Jun 12, 7:25 pm

Yurtles wrote:Hard to believe you might need to tell DayZ players to harden up, lol.



not really , since most of the dayz players are css / bf/ cod players
i thought their action was aboot what i expected ;)
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby FryzieDelta » 13 Jun 12, 8:02 pm

Should add something in the start up messages advising taking a teaspoon of cement and a glass of water before playing.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Tallpoppy » 13 Jun 12, 8:25 pm

I think make both servers veteran.
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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby Vindi » 13 Jun 12, 8:30 pm

I agree, I think full veteran for both servers. Sadly I don't find night fun, but still hate the nametags. It completely ruins the game imo.

I care very strongly about nametags, but crosshairs don't bother me either way (prefer off), and I prefer 3rd person on (it's hard to play at all without 3rd person).

Please make 7 nametags off.

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Re: Request and Reason why i would like to see tags turned o

Unread postby TRB » 13 Jun 12, 11:57 pm

Tallpoppy wrote:I think make both servers veteran.



agree, though I don't care about anz8 since I don't play there :P

unfortunately, with tents and vehicles being server specific, changing once you have some [vehicles in particular] is not an easy option.
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