H1Z1 - may be better than DayZ! from SOE - FTP

[BoberFett]

N/M

 

[Bubbleawsome]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gaming-sony-everquest-mmorpg-daybreak,28491.html

 

[ThinClient]

http://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/2uujyo/update_notes_25_7am_pst/

Big patch and wipe today!

 

[grandpaflo]

Update: H1Z1 Has Sold Over 1 Million Copies

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/25/lively-h1z1-has-sold-over-1-million-copies/

Disclaimer: I haven't played this game yet, but I loosely follow development as I intend to dip my toes in once F2P begins.

For those who are actively playing this:

1. How is the game so far?
2. Do you believe F2P will improve the current experience or lead it to go downhill with cheaters and trolls?
3. Any experience you fondly recall from playing this game?

 

[grandpaflo]

I've never played this game before but I felt it necessary to follow up on its..... progress.

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H1Z1 Becomes Two Games, Two Development Teams

https://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/44bzl6/h1z1_becomes_two_games_two_development_teams/

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H1Z1 Splits Into Separate Survival & Competitive Games

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/02/08/h1z1-just-survive-king-of-the-hill/

By Alice O'Connor on February 8th, 2016 at 10:01 am:

"Multiplayer open-world zombie sandbox crafting building survival etc. H1Z1 is splitting in half, like a zombie’s who got stuck in a door and its torso is crawling onwards ever hopeful while its legs wonder what they’re going to do with all these t-shirts. Look, it’s first thing on Monday morning, okay, so you’re not getting That Sparkling Alice O’Connor Wit yet. But from next week, H1Z1 will be two games. H1Z1: Just Survive will keep doing that sandbox survival stuff while H1Z1: King of the Kill will focus on man vs. man arena murdertimes, like its Battle Royale mode. While H1Z1 was planned to become free-to-play, neither of these will.

This’ll be handy for folks who fancy one but not the other, going by what developers Daybreak Game Company said in the announcement:

"Last year, we started to notice new player trends emerging – both the initial Survival game and Battle Royale game mode now have strong populations who almost exclusively play one or the other.

"The more we developed this game with you, our community, the more we realized that in order to fully support both aspects of H1Z1, and their respective players, we needed to make them their own stand-alone games supported by their own dedicated development teams."

Which, sure, sounds reasonable. Arena bangbangs and crafty survival are pretty different. At least it’ll be cheaper for folks who are only interested in one. Yes, these will both be paid games.

H1Z1 was originally due to become free to play, with Daybreak simply selling early access on Steam Early Access, but it turns out both of these will be two full-on paid games (still with microtransactions). Folks who’ve paid for H1Z1 in Early Access before the split on February 16th will receive both, but they’ll cost $19.99 each afterwards (still in Early Access). King of the Hill is due to properly launch this summer, while Just Survive is due later this year."

 

[Denithor]

Have not played this game, so not sure if this is a valid question or not. But it seems like you could just have two characters, one for survival and the other for PvP? I understand completely if the skill builds or equipment or whatever are different but it seems like it would be easily manageable by just having multiple toons.

 

[TeknoBug]

It has character selection when you join a server, Battle Royal is more poplar than survival but Daybreak is breaking up the game into two (and will sell separately, however you'll get both if you already own the game or purchase before Feb 16).

 

[slightlyhuman]

i enjoy BR. i've got 2nd place before and fuck it was intense. I've been playing 2 man team BR with a buddy lately. They have 5 man team BR too. I haven't touched the survival aspect of the game as I'm an avid DayZ played but BR is a blast and it's a really smooth alpha IMO.

 

[uallas5]

It's on sale on Steam for $14.99 (25% off), http://store.steampowered.com/app/295110/. In the description it says if you buy now, you'll get both games when it splits in half on 2/17.