So after watching countless videos of it in action, one day I decided to buy ARMA II Combined Ops for the purpose of getting into DayZ. After 30 mins of playing regular ARMA II to test out controls and tweak the graphics a bit, I just decided to drop it altogether (mainly due to the fact that I didn't feel like taking the time to become familiar with ARMA's ridiculously overly-complicated controls). Now, I'm planning on actually giving DayZ a try, but I have a few questions. Any advice on these would be much appreciated.

1) When downloading DayZ, what launcher would be best to use; the official Six Launcher, or this DayZCommander thing I've heard some good things about?

2) What would be the best settings when optimizing the graphics for a lower-end PC for best performance?

3) Would anyone be interested in grouping up? The more the merrier, they say.


Again; any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.