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This version of third person isn't final and Rocket is aware of the advantage it holds. Can someone answer me this; how do you beat third person WITH third person? Since it's apparent that it's a fair and level playing field with it enabled.

Never logged out right before a restart, never had my character wiped (100+ hours). Lucky? Maybe.. or there is something else to blame here apparently. The fact that this only happens to certain players narrows it down to something rather than "it's alpha". Verify your ports are open and your connection is strong to the servers. Try different, more popular servers.

While trying to figure out which function key (F1 - F12) to press to take a snapshot with steam, came across a sort of glitch. My character put his weapon away and holds the air as if he is holding a rifle. When trying to fire, he does an animation that is surely the animation for rifle melee attacks. Bayonet and buttstock. What do you think? I did some searching and didn't find anything on this topic, so be easy if this has been seen already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-TdYc3cKw

Every few hundred meters stop for about 3-5 seconds. works for me

The mod had it perfect. You spawned along the entire coast and the military gear was up North. You had to work your way to these areas and gain gear, just like on here now. I don't see the problem.

Probably not officially. There is an exploit(which I won't say here for obvious reasons), but will most likely be patched soon hopefully as it brings problems for the whole survival feeling.

This is DayZ. Don't expect to be spoonfed gear. Like in the mod(before the BS pick your spawn crap), you had few places that had military grade gear and usually you spawn half the map or farther away from those places. Now that Balota has barracks and military geared tents, I find it appropriate that it's farther IN the map and can't be a spawn point for obvious reasons. Seeing someone with an M4 should mean they worked for it.

I can't remember the last time my guy said he was hungry or thirsty. Just keep eating every hour

Quit embarrassing yourself man. Calling people "noobs" as if this is COD. The game is poorly optimized at this stage and people have to change various settings that can only be changed in cfg files to achieve the best quality and performance for their top tier graphics card and processor. Do you realize that people with outrageous PCs can only run this about an average of 30 FPS, mostly lower in Cherno? That isn't because they have crappy hardware.. Its because the rendering distances and crap like that have to be tweaked. Guides like this help the people with it. So quit being a "noob" and go read up.

You're what's wrong with the negative posts about the new patch. You can't expect to be spoon fed in a game like DayZ. Run a short distance to Berezino and grab some supplies, then run to NEAF or further in map. Don't just expect to spawn somewhere and be handed all your gear as if this game entitles a loadout or something.

Wrong.

1. Haven't had a problem with getting TP'd back yet. Found out pre-patch to just take a break(3-5 seconds every 500m) when long distance running. 2. Now we have a reason to look at the other 90% of the map? :D Bug? No. 3. Haven't see much, if any desync yet. 4. Hasn't changed for me.. Stuff that improved: Now, dead bodies don't disappear after player disconnects. New sidearms Better spawns away from m4 city. Before the patch it seemed like the majority of the players only cared about Balota and Cherno. Do you disagree? Now spawning in Elektro and even Berezino will help those folks expand and alpha test the rest of the map they had no use exploring in the first place.

Haha, nice. The reason I speculate it being a rifle melee is because he has the trigger finger.

This would encourage people to stay away from high populated servers if the objective is to minimize contact with other players, right?

Pre-patch there was also this duping "method". Seems to be a bug now that happens more often.

Has anyone tried a saline bag yet?

Bodies will stay on the server until either the player leaves the server OR the server restarts. I have on several occasions guarded my buddy's dead body while he made his way back from the coast.

As I said before those entities aren't hacked in. It's a glitch/dupe.

I'm assuming you didn't even read my post..

So he really said through hacks anything is possible? Because all those entities aren't from hacks.. He may have found a glitch spot to shoot at the door, who knows. But the bodies aren't hacks.

Why play on a first person only server when I can play third person on another server and have more security? That's why no one plays on first person only servers. The option is there, and ofcourse everyone is going to take the easier route. Its human nature really. No reward, no point.

Same way with zombies?

Exactly. Many big shooter titles out there are first person only and no one complains. It's just that by allowing only 1st or 3rd person servers, MOST people will join third person servers because of this crutch, even if they like first person. It's a way to view what's on the "other side" without being exposed. Why play in a first person server where everyone is equal when I can go on a third person server and see someone who can't see me(even if they're using third person as well)? As I mentioned before.. You cannot beat third person with third person. You can beat first person with first person. It's a level playing field. I guarantee that's why the first person only servers on the mod died out.

They have probably been killed. Zombies and loot do not respawn in the alpha YET.

I believe that 3rd person should remain, HOWEVER the view should be more over the should rather than so far back and above that you can view around and over obstacles like fences with ease. I play 90% of the time in first person(more immersion), and sometimes catch myself switching to 3rd for that advantage of being able to see around corners unrealistically because I have that option. My honest opinion is that DayZ shouldn't allow the current state of 3rd person as it allows an enormous advantage over another player. In MOST situations you cannot combat 3rd person with 3rd person.. Well known Arma player, Dslyecxi: