Mission Ideas

This is not a new mission type but a variation I would like to try. There are three movement speeds in DayZ: walking, jogging, and running. So far most of our squad movement during missions is at the jogging pace.

I would like to experiment with conducting patrol missions at the walking pace. The point of a patrol mission is to make contact with other survivors and offer support as necessary. The benefits of jogging during a patrol are:
– Squad members are more difficult targets because they are moving more quickly
The benefits of walking are:
– Squad members develop no fatigue while walking and have steadier aim after contact
– Squad members can identify threats more easily when moving at a slower pace (situational awareness)
– Squad exudes confidence and control

The drawbacks of jogging:
– Squad members quickly become fatigued and aim is compromised in a firefight
– Squad members cannot comprehensively scan sectors, especially buildings

The drawbacks of walking:
– Walking targets are easier to hit than jogging targets.

So walking patrols increase the chance of a squad member being killed on sight, but also increase the effectiveness of the squad at preventing or responding to such an incident. Therefore walking patrols may be preferred for large groups while jogging is preferred for small ones.

How about Guardian Angel, lock down a city with sniper spotter teams. Protect the bambis.

I like the Guardian Angel idea. Maybe a bit of a twist on the farming missions we do sometimes. If we only had snipers it would have to be in one of the larger cities.

The walking patrols make me very uneasy. Walking through large city like that is just asking to get shot. Though the initial reaction from other players may be, “WTF are these guys doing?”. The only way it might work is if we all have cowboy hats and somebody is playing the theme song from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.