-
WIth the .50 patch you don't need an axe or" firewood" for a fire.
As long as you have matches and a rag, just search the forest floor for kindling, and you can use kindling to make the fireplace kit and as firewood itself.
All this stuff about the wipe is crazy! But I agree getting things back to normal will bring the game back to what it should be.
Vesalius-
That's a step in the right direction but I still long for the days of learning recipes (e.g. using up books to learn survival skills like making a fire saw or something).
I also daydreamed the other day about a game with real world physics - an actual sim variant of DayZ where there was some kind of free draw mode on a construction panel. For example you could carve a bit of wood in the shape you wanted and real life physics would dictate it behave in a certain way (an arrow or a spear properly formed would fly through the air whereas a wonky arrow would curve down like a shit boomerang) rather than just dropping one icon onto another, or making flint arrowheads etc. That's the real shit there.
CYOA
What is the loot spawning issue?
I finally found an axe, then couldn't stop finding them but drinks are pretty rare and I haven't worked out how to get firewood yet.