It appears that one of the aims of the developers is to allow servers to take more than 100 players at a time. Currently they take in general 30 to 60 players. This dramatic increase will be due to an improved engine behind the game but will also be part of the hopes to allow servers to have more customisation features.



Original Intentions



The world of DayZ Standalone is vast. Currently players can spend hours running around without finding anybody. It is a survival game though and this wilderness, an abandoned atmosphere, is on some level integral to the game. There is no doubt that DayZ is not a Battle Field or Titanfall. It’s not about full on combat, especially seeing the developers are adding cooking, hunting and persistent objects. But there is little doubt that the map is easily large enough to accommodate more players. This was also seen on its forerunner the DayZ Mod and will at some point be inherited.



More Combat More Encounters



It would be obvious to say that there will be more combat situations when any player knows if they go on a busy server they are likely to engage. But we cannot necessarily take this for granted. There may well be a more evasive policy taken on by players who are more weary of the increased number of players. Further hotspots where players seek retreat, rather than the cities, may well develop. These could become hunting grounds for bandits.

Nomadic bands may well find themselves pushed to further reaches of the map as larger groups push out from already controlled city zones. The top weapons will have a higher demand, especially seeing it looks as if there will be no immediate increase in primary looting locations. Well equipped brotherhoods will swell their numbers and seek to muscle in on territory, and so enlisting will have more priority. When you consider that a three co-op group at the moment is 5% of a full server 5 would be 5% of a new 100 full people server, the average size of groups is likely to increase.We will see more action, areas developing stationed groups, increased caution, more demand for rarer weapons and great in game stories. There is a lot to look forward to.

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