Just did some reading, apparently there's a game that's releasing soon entitled "The War Z". Which has been under development for a while and has very much the same mechanics as Day Z. Hmmmm.

Does anyone have quite a bit of programming knowledge cause I think that this would be an awesome total conversion mod. DayZ: Skyrim Edition.

I really want to play DayZ but I know that a standalone game is in the works. What I want to know is, should I buy ArmA 2: Combined Operations and play the mod or wait for the game to release. What i'm worried is the the server populations will decrease as more players purchase the actual game.