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I completely agree. The linear progression of onwards and upwards in DayZ is a key element. Moving away from the coast should present more danger and risk, yet offer the promise of more rewards in the form of better weapons and gear. The mod nailed this with the military loot hot spots at Stary and NWAF. Venturing there was dangerous and risky, but often well worth it in the end. Death meant starting back at the beginning. When you die near the coast it's no big deal, but losing your treasured gear when you're a 20 min run away from the spawn points is a much bigger deal. Unfortunately SA has failed to create this environment. There's no incentive to go North/West.

3480 is definitely where it's at for vanilla fans. It's the only place I've found with population. My squad plays there almost daily. I *really* wish that vanilla DayZ would make a comeback but I think the damage that 1,000+ everything private hives did cannot be undone. The good thing is that SA players that are getting tired of the slow development are trying out the mod in droves. I've been linking mod newcomers on Reddit to 3480 and the server's been kicking lately.

Here's a link to 3480's info on gametracker: http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/173.234.233.178:2352/ My squad and I LOVE this server! The last true vanilla server left that has consistently high population. Great population of players here too.

With SA still far from being complete I've noticed a fair number of people purchasing Arma II to try out the mod or simply reinstalling it to try it out again. The problem is, a lot of people are having trouble sifting through all the various mods and private hives to find a place where they can play good old vanilla DayZ. My squad and I found US3480 around last November and we've found it to be the last bastion of the original vanilla DayZ experience. Come check it out if you want to play vanilla, and spread the word because I know there's still a number of people that want to try it out but don't know where to go to find it.

Hmmm, sorry, I'm afraid you're mistaken. I much prefer vanilla DayZ. Base building, NPCs, 1,000's of vehicles everywhere, hello kitty cars, easy to obtain weapons and gear are not my cup of tea. I don't want any Rust or GTA5 in my DayZ, I just want DayZ, thanks.

Absolutely! Let me know.

Hello. =)

Myself and the rest of the DayZ Knights regularly play vanilla DayZ on US3480. It's a very well run server and last of the public hive servers that has people playing on it regularly. However, we're looking for more of a challenge. There's a lot of good players on the server, but most of them are smaller groups or lone wolves. If you have a squad and you're looking to get into some good action up North, you'll find us on 3480! We're on almost every night. Here's a video with just a small sampling of the action we've gotten into:

Traffic has been picking back up on 3480 again! If you want to see what Vanilla DayZ is like or relive the experience get in there!

Yes it does! My squad and I have been playing here since sometime last November and we LOVE it! Population has been rising this week too. We played SA for two weeks and came back to the mod...no regrets. We jump on SA once a month or so to see the progress, but the mod is still 100 times more fun and stable. 3480 is definitely where it's at for the vanilla DayZ experience! As for OP's question, yes, I'll be checking out the next patch if/when it releases.

2016 seems to be an exaggeration, but other than that I completely agree. My squad is really bummed now because the population on US3480 is going down but SA just isn't fun yet for us. We fully appreciate and understand the *potential* of SA, but in it's current state it's just a zombieless sandbox game with people derping around making "funny" videos of taking their pants off, pointing at things, and handcuffing people. No motivation to go North, no real presence of squad play, and no populated night time servers. Couple that with the complete lack of vehicles (which tends to be a primary objective in DayZ) and you just have people wandering around coastal towns trying to take funny pictures and post them on Reddit. For us, the mod is still where it's at. We hope to see the update go live. =\

So many things wrong with your reply. Sadly, while private hives did save DayZ from the hacking problem, it later devolved into a really bad popularity contest of who has the most modified server settings, and IMO it did ultimately ruin DayZ. Mods are fine, though I think the Dev community should have put much more focus on making distinctions between DayZ, public vs private servers, and mods of DayZ. You may argue that you can filter with DayZ Commander, but it is incredibly confusing to new players. A large number of players that picked up the game mid 2013 had no idea they were playing heavily modified versions of the game. It's not as easy as "play where you find enjoyment" when server admins gone mad change the entire face of the game and vanilla servers fall victim to the out of control campaign promises of "COME PLAY HERE WITH TONZ OF GEARVEHICLESCHOPPERSWEAPONS!!!!!@#!#@#$" I run into a lot of people that want to just play plain old DayZ as Dean created it, and truth be told it is near impossible to find that game anymore. People interested in this experience have to either find US3480 on the mod, or sit and wait until the Standalone is further developed.

OP, we play on US3480. It's the only vanilla server running on the public hive that we know of that maintains consistent population. Very good mix of survivors, bandits, and heroes on this server. Quite a few new players to because of the Humble Bundle Arma 2 package that brought a lot of new people to the game. I recommend you go there for the original DayZ experience!

=( Yeah, we're dying for any info on if/when the game will be updated with the new patch. My squad all bought the SA and can appreciate the potential, but with practically no zombies and nothing up North the game is incredibly boring in it's current state. A couple of weeks after SA release we went back to playing the Mod and we're still having a blast! Is there any hope of further Mod development?

I'd suggest OP changes the title of this thread. "US 3480 Admin Abuse / Becoming Hostile" is pretty damning and I doubt many people will open up the thread and read through to see how it was resolved.

Our first video from US 3480! We've been really enjoying playing on one of the last remaining public hive servers. Enjoy!

Wow, it's sad to see how fast people jump to conclusions. Unfortunately it's fairly understandable considering how many poorly run DayZ servers are out there. I personally can say that US3480 is run by some of the best admins around. They are vigilant in keeping the server maintained, and are extremely fair in their approach to bans. I have *NEVER* seen any evidence of them abusing their power in game in any way. On top of that they are very good at listening and responding to comments and appeals here on the forums. There are very few official hive vanilla servers with consistent population these days, and 3480 is by far the best. OP, I hope you accept Jimmy's apology and come back to the server. He's a real standup guy and this is a great server to play on!

3480 has for a long time now been our favorite (and only) spot to play DayZ mod. We logged in last weekend and it was severely hacked with everyone spawning in debug and dead bodies everywhere. One of my friends got killed as soon as he logged in. Since then player count has been less than 10. Is TG letting it go to waste? Hope not!

Check out this video on our channel. It might help you out:

Hey! That was our group that met you at NWAF. =) We're generally a friendly squad, but we shoot bandits on sight and will kill survivors that either shoot at us or fail to respond to us or act douchey or sketchy. We like helping out people when we can. Sorry about leaving you, we had to move on. I remember we all reacted when we saw you die in the kill feed, we felt bad. Either way, glad you enjoyed the experience. US3480 is one of the few remaining places to get an authentic DayZmod experience.

Yup, 3480 was pegged at 60 players almost all weekend (except for early hours of the morning). Not only that, but the action this weekend was phenomenal! Couple of long lasting battles for the Huey in Berezino and Nizhnoye, lots of action at NWAF and even NEAF. Heck, we got into it with some people in Rogovo last night! Such a great mix of experienced players and people that are new to the mod because of the Humble Bundle sale going on now. I honestly can say I don't remember having this much fun on the mod since early last year. Good stuff!

This happened on US3480 at 9:20pm PST. We were in Gorka, two players rolled up on us on an ATV and started killing us. We got several shots on them without them dying. They then started launching us up in the air with explosions. I started recording after I died and respawned. They started messing with me at Orlovets/Polana factory. Video Proof:

Thanks guys!

^^Thanks TG! doesn't have a forum and sometimes admins aren't on Vent, so...I posted here. They still maintain their server and ban hackers when they need to.

Damn! He foiled our plot!!! ;) Thanks for listening. It's appreciated!