Spekter

Lots of admins insta ban to keep their server private for them and their buddies. They can't password them because it is against the rules so they bend the rules. However, no one seems to give a damn. I have seen no effort to reel in these morons and make them stop. Admins ban instantly for no reason, they kick players that kill them and restart servers over and over to spawn helis. But nothing is ever done. DayZ is pretty cool, but not cool enough for me to put up with admin abuse and the DayZ folks just ignore it.

I am curious about instant admin bans. It seems there are some admins that ban everyone that logs in so they can keep the server private without breaking any rules and passwording it. I have logged onto at least 4 servewrs and was insta banned by an admin for no reason. I know there was no reason because I had never been on the server before. I was trying a few servers to find one that had a decent ping and wasn't crap and gave my low FPS. I have 2 main servers I play on now because I'm scared of the dark, but when my servers are down or not updated yet, I have to find a server to play on. So I have to live in fear of spawning with no gear on the coast, dying upon server entry or insta admin ban. Server rules should be beefed up so admins cannot abuse players and essentially make a server private. As for the loss of gear and server deaths- the game is in alpha so I can wait for those, but admins that are jerks should be punished. I suggest tar and or feathers.

I was thinking that it would be cool for there to be survivor, and bandit too, compounds. Maybe 1 or 2 of each that are fortified with NPCs manning them. Say a camp where people could find help or directions. Of course they could be raided, but not easily. The camps could have medical people and vendors where you could barter weapons and what not for help and supplies. But on a very, very limited level. For instance, you could not go to the camp every time you needed food or ammo because they would not have very much or maybe you could only barter at the camp every 5 days. Put it on a cool down timer. Or perhaps the camps would only have items to barter once other players had bartered items. There would need to be a method the guards used to determine who was a bandit and who was not, but I have not put that much thought into it. As part of the game you could decide to become part of the compound and make supply runs into towns and such to get supplies for the camp/colony or just move through on your way to where ever you may be going. Edit* maybe separating bandits and survivors is a bad idea. Welcome everyone to the camps, but give the guards a "don't start any crap or we shoot" attitude. Still allow the camps to be raided though.

this is more of a bug than a suggestion - but sniping with my hachet is awesome

Don't touch my beans! I keeeel you!

I'm thinking .......... maybe ......... I dunno- I do like trophies.

Yes, but I find it hard to believe that zombies have taken over and there are no pockets of survivors banding together for mutual survival. Just seems like a logical progression to me if we are going on the premise that apocalypse has occurred.

I was stoned during the last zombie apocalypse and I lived.

or just start posting IPs of hackers - the problem will fix itself

Great idea, but what about say 15 or 20 in the horde and give them a chance to have rare loot on the bodies if you manage to kill them. Not like a heli crash but maybe they could spawn 2 or 3 hordes every 3 ish hours or at server restart at random places always out of towns. Then let then have a chance to drop NV goggles or some other rare item. NOT drop every time either. Make people work for their gear. Oh and make the horde all military zeds with flak jackets so they are hard to kill.

depending heavily on terrain. can't hear much of anything through a mountain. I live about 3 miles from my gun club's range and some of those guys have big guns. One guy has a small cannon, no really, that he hauls around in his truck. I rarely ever hear any gunfire and it's pretty flat around here. a lot of things break up sound waves that originate at ground level. The direction of the shot coupled with the terrain makes a huge difference on how far the shot can be heard. Also, a 50 cal round will hit you at 1000 meters and you will never hear the report. The guy next to you might 6 or 7 seconds later.

you sir are an artist! Seriously, better determination of where the damn bullets come from would be nice. I thought I was surrounded last night and it was just one guy.

Suppressors IRL do not require special ammo. However, there are certain ammo manufactures that make ammo that is better suited for those kinds of uses. The problem with making it more realistic, in my humble opinion, if that no matter what you do in real life- a suppressor will eventually stop working and simply become a barrel extension with no rifling. So in game suppressors would have to have so many uses then stop working. That would be the fair way to do it if you removed SD ammo. Otherwise, everybody and their cousin would be silent and next to impossible to hunt down. Making Cherno and Elektro caged deathmatch arenas.

get to da choppa!

No no, a reason to kill zeds is good. Make then drop something besides beans and empty cans!

I threw up a little. so yeah, good idea!

I agree with a lot of this but it's far too much to be specific. I will say that giving server admins more control than they have is a bad idea. I can think of at least ten servers that will restart over and over when certain people are online so they can farm heli crashes. Giving them control over loot spawning will end badly. While making sniping and shooting in general more realistic would be great; it leaves a wide gap in player survival against zombies. It also would turn most players away because they do not want to learn how mil dots work or how to determine range without a range finder. You're asking everyone to learn what marine snipers spend months training for in a few hours. Windage should be out. However, a sniper should have to compensate for a 1000m shot. After reading your post, I perched myself on a hill about a 1000 meters from a target of sorts in an open plain. I put the crosshairs of my as50 on the target and let loose a round. It hit at least 20 meters in front of the target. So I think some skill requirements are in place already. It is not all too easy to snipe a player from a 1000 meters. I suppose if you just fired all 20 rounds from a DMR at them it is easy but then everyone also knows where you are.

I think the HUD should be different depending on the server type. If it's a hardcore server then you get the very basics, but for servers that encourage new players to join and learn the ropes there should be a more helpful way to determine if you are knocking on death's door.

Whaaaaaaa? tf? Anyways, lots of server admins have no idea what they are doing. Beyond that, Battleye is such a piece of crap. Most of the time when you get to a screen and it just sits there it is because Battleye cannot connect or your ping is too high. The number of people on the server or in the lobby do not matter unless there is a way for admins to set their server that in which case they should be drawn and quartered. You just have to keep trying servers until one likes you.

My beans are yours sir.

good tut

Sorry, I need to plow my bean fields. You want to have a steady supply of beans right?

I never know where I will be when I log in or if the server will even let me live. I play on one server mostly, but have three total that seem to work good for me as far as ping and fps go. But it's a crap shoot either way with an alpha game like this. I have decided the zombies are due to an alien infection and when I get teleported or insta killed it must be the aliens. Only solution I have for you.

But the new maps do not share a hive correct? I mean gear and such will not be there if you play on one map a bit then swap to another. Correct me if I am wrong. It happens from time to time.

Bravo! Now hold still while I snipe you and take your gear.