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Only arma 3 and standalone keys are linked, anyone saying they are banned on arma 2 AND dayz just got caught twice.

You only have yourself to blame if a you lost your key, its your responsibility and only you can download and run whatever program it was that took the key.

You did pick a bit of a bad time, after yesterdays update theres a few server issues, most seem to be stuck at gmt time so many players are struggling to find daytime servers when they play and theres some connection issues too between servers and the database, if you join a new server first thing you should do is relog, if it spawns you in a new area without you dying then that server is having issues so try another. As far a loot is concerned, currently loot only spawns at the server restart usually every 2-4 hours, so the east coast where everyone spawns gets cleaned out pretty quick, best best is to head west, but dont waste time searching towns if the doors are all open, keep moving till you find an untouched area, food is your priority, you can drink from any pond or waterpump so thats not an issue. And yeah, keep players at a safe distance, we're not all dicks but you never know. Also, when ripping a shirt up for rags make sure you have space in your inventory and the rags should go straight there. Welcome to DayZ

All of your suggestions are being held back largely due to server side performance issues, this is something that they are working on constantly in the background, Meanwhile other members of the team are working on things like models and fixing the smaller bugs.

They have loot now with the latest patch.

Which servers were you joining while testing this? Theres two hives now, so if you join a hardcore server you will start with a new character, but you should still have your old character if you join a regular server. There has been no mass character wipe. As Kichilron says, your character is bound to your cd key and that data is stored on the central server run by BI, theres nothing you can change that will effect your gear. All that swapping profiles around does is give you back your old settings such as graphics and controls.

Not implemented yet, you can use bayonets to open tin cans though.

You shouldn't be spawning at Kamenka, they removed those spawns, do you mean Kamyshovo?

Not sure which house you mean, but if you were above ground level there's a chance the backpack just fell through the floor, item condition doesn't make any difference.

You don't hang about do you.

You can just click on your name in the bottom right corner of the main menu and change it.

It can work, but it mostly doesn't. Its a known issue that they are working on, no work around other than exiting and rejoining the server.

Ha, you know a survival games still in alpha when people are struggling to die.

You must have steam set to automatically update to the experimental patch, there are some experimental servers but not enough to meet demand. To change back to the stable build so you can play on the majority of servers in steam right click dayz > properties > betas > non opt out of all beta programs then local files and verify integrity of game cache

I doubt we'll ever see multiple characters on one hive ( thankfully, too easy to exploit, and devalues the character) But there will be more than one hive, regular and hardcore. and also private hives will be implemented soon, so you shouldn't have a problem having more than one character.

Yeah, if just prone then 400m isnt too hard to hit, add the bipod and you can easily hit at 800m+

If you are prone and have a bipod deployed the mosin is very accurate, without either of those you need some luck to reliably hit at long range.

Only on servers that have the custom heli crash script, the vanilla mod just has heli crashes that spawn out of nowhere.

yup, there's a small chance of even finding M4's in pretty unexpected places.

There's more to dayz than just gear.

In steam right click DayZ > properties >betas> non opt out of all beta programs If it doesnt update automatically go to local files and verify integrity of game cache

From the changelog for the upcoming patch http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/165709-pending-changelog-experimental-branch-031114500/

Its a well known bug, avoid sprinting long distances.

You've learnt an important lesson today.

Persistent backpacks you say? nice