nerfed

SU re-installs @CBA if I remove it. Removed @CBA folder, same results (all red dots). Same error I got at first, except now it shifts the blame to @CBA_OA.

You spawn with a flashlight. Cry more.

Alternatively: Is it past 10 PM? Yes: You can now play because it's nighttime in most servers, so the master server isn't overloaded. No: Wait for 10 PM. I'm really growing tired of this. Oh also, I'm capped to 10 fps in about half the servers I try to join. I know this is a serverside issue.

Any one of these is perfectly reasonable in my opinion; 1: Pay once, get everything. 2: Free to play, pay to pretty. You can spend a small amount of money to permanently unlock minor cosmetic items, like the no longer existing bandit suit, and other shenanigans like an RGB slider for your flares. Studio developed, host polls for community feedback on upcoming and existing changes. Servers hosted by both. Kickstarter is nice.

90% of servers = infinite waiting for server response (eventually either session lost or debug forest, unable to do anything). The few servers I actually get in = locked to 10 fps.

Not quite. A lot of people would kill if they'd be able to just get away with it scot free, as is the case in Day Z. There's no reason not to kill; you get to loot the people you kill, and you get away with it as well (unless you take on multiple people). In real life, crime is penalized heavily, so the temptation of committing crime is far lower. Without laws and proper law enforcement, people all over the place would simply take what they want, when they want. Such is the case in Day Z.

I agree, I often wonder why I would even want better items. The Makarov kills zombies with a single headshot/3 bodyshots, and ammo is piss easy to find for it. It's also good enough for defending yourself against players. Coast nubs will be coast nubs, and bandits will be bandits. If you have gotten used to this game, you should be able to take on the coast nubs, and you don't stand much of a chance against the pro night vision DMR eleet skillz bandit, regardless of your gear. But here's the catch; everyone else just doesn't give a shit if all you have is a Makarov. On the other hand, if you have all dat eleet gear, people will often take the shot on you any chance they get. You have special shit from the NW airfield, they only have a revolver and lee enfield... Free stuff for them! So at the end of the day, somehow, the goal of this game is to resist the temptation of powerful weapons. Makarov is good enough for zombies and the coast roamers, so why would you even need anything better anyway?

Sent a mail as well.

I didn't get the option at all, stuck as male.