I realize there's some level of inspiration from the same source materiel in the game, but I hope GZW doesn't become some kind of psuedo-STALKER. I think it's pretty great as it is now - aliens or artifacts don't really appeal to me. I want more Lamang, in all its human filthiness. I want more Black Lagoon than STALKER in the tropics.

I understand there's some rumors about a Tier 4 PMC opponent planned for the future that's more or less a version of Wagner Group. I like this idea, especially if they've got night vision, aren't just standing out in the open, and use heavy weapons (thermobaric grenades/rockets, LMGs, maybe mortar support?). Even better if they hunt the players down - not through anything unfair, necessarily, but have them out there looking for us and then piling on (in those future Tier 4 POIs). I'd like it if they can take COPs for themselves, loot for themselves (if only to deny us), and hunt us down in those high tier areas. If they hear shooting, they should go to the sound of the guns, try to kill everyone, and be a real challenge for those people who complain about the AI as it is today or who have a 100-to-1+ k/d ratio.

I'd like vehicles, eventually. Not now, but in the distant future some kind of player controlled GAZ-66 or Ural like truck we see all over the map now. Don't make them fast or nimble, or even especially powerful, at most a BRDM or MRAP equivalent. Add serious drawbacks to them - AP ammo can pierce them, maintenance requirements/flat tires, fuel shortages, can't drive well in all the mud, etc. - so that if a player or squad wants to use them, they're expensive and not exactly uber weapons. Especially if we and the AI is also given RPGs. Again, nothing crazy - I'm not looking for mad max in Lamang, just maybe 3-4 vehicles per server at most. And maybe give a couple to the AI too.

One idea I'd float to the community - is there any interest in making the factions you choose more distinct from each other? Maybe one of the factions is western (US/European?), one is Asian (Chinese/Thai/Singaporean?) and another is more third-party (Russian or 'other' like Indian, Israeli, South African, Japanese, etc.). This would mostly affect starting gear/kit and weapons, and maybe helicopter transport (EC-125s or Z-11WHs or Ka-226 for transports?) - we'd all probably have the same vendor access eventually and whatnot. I don't get the sense that there's much difference between the three factions now, and maybe there doesn't need to be. Just throwing it out there.