So I reinstalled Arma III to check out the progress of Breaking Point which I haven't played since it was first released. Apparently there has been a TON of really cool stuff added so far that I want to check out. I would love to have a few of you to join me. Join A Squad The Buddy System let's you join a random squad on spawn in so you don't have to start your adventure alone. Squad mates positions are marked. The Squad System let's you team up with other players you meet and shows markers on their positions. Factions This faction system is similar to the humanity system of DayZ Origins but makes it a million times better. Choose your faction, help your faction, share a common enemy, be a traitor with a bounty on your head, or level up your character to gain respect and trust. Depending on which faction you are and which factions you interact with and specific acts you do towards them or objectives will determine your role. This just sounds so awesome. The factions system features five playable survivor groups (with an option to choose no allegiance). These groups include the Rangers, Outlaws, Nomads, Hunters, and the Survivalists. Each class has a leveling system that is progressed through completing tasks relevant to that faction (killing enemies, aiding allies). There are three "tiers" to each faction with levels two and three becoming unlocked when the player earns 2000 and 5000 points in that class, respectively. The player can also lose points through traitorous actions (aiding enemies, killing allies). This will eventually lead the player's point value for that faction to fall into the negatives, thus becoming a "traitor" or "degenerate" as well as receiving a point bounty on their head. How big the bounty is depends on who kills the "traitor" but the largest bounty is always awarded to the player killing a "traitor" from his own faction. Once a traitor you will lose the ability to speak in your faction's chat channel and your player's clothing will change to a dirtied/bloodied version of the level 1 clothing with the headgear removed. It is important to note that although the player can progress deeply into the negative point range, there is a cap on how far down the player can go which is currently set at -3,000. Aiding other factions members that are aligned with you is one of the primary ways to gain points. Aid consists of giving another player food, water, painkillers, bandages, field dressings, morphine, or field surgery. These actions are accessed via the contextual scroll wheel menu that appears on another player, automatically consume the item given and are only able to be performed on a need basis. This means that you can not give food or water to a player that is not hungry or thirsty and you can not "heal" a player that is not injured. There is currently a cool down period after giving medical aid to a player to prevents rapid exploitation via repeated intentional injury and this will be expanded to include longer times for more intensive medical aid. More Info On Factions Video On Factions Construction The beginnings of a base building system lets you better store your gear and hide your base. More Info On Construction System Maps Atlas Stratis Thirsk Summer Thirsk Winter Bystrica (Shrunk down Chernarus but different layout. Grid = Cherno to east coast, Stary to south coast - southern ocean is now a forested mountain range) Other reasons why it's better than DayZ Mod Epic Arma III stances Custom keybinds for actions - More info Several different types of injuries with varying degrees of severity that progress untreated Always running zombies - no more using aggro to spot people Anti-Combat Logging - results in insta-death Anti-Ghosting - have to wait 8 minutes to re-log to prevent server hopping Anti-Hack that actually works Download the launcher here Make sure you are not running the {PR} tags in your name. All symbol have been crashing their servers and they are handing out bans for anyone using them in their name. The only two allowed are ( and )
New map just released, called New Haven. It was designed entirely by the BP devs for the zombie apocalypse. It is still a bit bare since it is being built from the ground up, but it will be improved over time. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6LeUBbwsoU
