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  1. caik

    New respawn

    I’m not sure if this is as intended, but I’ve spawned near my base twice since the new respawn was implemented. Lucky I guess! We have had dayz of peace and quiet, then on New Year’s Eve the nearby town was alive with vicious new spawns and had to fend them off for hours. Good times!
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    What do you want to see in DayZ 2024?

    In my letter to Santa this year I’ve asked for: 1. Wooden fences being upgraded with metal sheets (and tinsel). Instead of having four gates with four combos you could have two reinforced gates with two combos with the same amount of protection and less fiddling with dials. 2. Id like the ability to craft a storage shelf from nails and planks that only allows for special keepsakes (severed heads of my prey) that will let those who raid me see their future or their ghost of Christmas past. 3. Peace on earth. Craig
  3. Greetings one and all. Time: 8.00pmGMT Location: Devils Castle Server: TBC (NL official) Attire: Smart casual with empty hands (weapons holstered). A small band of merry men would like to invite one and all to a gathering of like minded Chernarus survivors. We will be able to offer food, drink and meds, with a small fireworks display around 10pm. Please try to resist the urge to ruin our party and hopefully not too many sniper bandits from the busy server in attendance, but be warned we are a tight unit and if you bring chaos you will need a truckload! Hope to meet some new and old faces and wish you all a safe journey north! Craig p.s. Hoping for a surprise visitor with a sack load of goodies.
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    Christmas Eve party/massacre!

    NL 3664719. Be warned: Mushrooms are blooming all around, explosions booming in the surround, be calm and unassuming and you will be welcomed to our killing ground! We wish you a safe journey here and irl. Merry Christmas. Craig
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    Christmas Eve party/massacre!

    Greetings again to one and all! Tis the season for merriment and party festivities already and what an excellent year it’s been for dayz developemmet. After last years successful party/massacre my small band of survivors would like to invite fellow like minded bandits and hero’s to throw down the shackles of fear from the harsh world we try to tame and partake in our Xmas eve celebrations. Time: 8.00pm GMT Location: Zolotar castle Server: TBC (NL official) Attire: Smart casual with empty hands(weapons holstered). Depending on unforeseen circumstance (we’re suffering a wave of raids) we may be able to offer food, drinks and meds for weary travellers. And hopefully (Xmas update dependent) another spectacular fireworks display around 10pm. Again, be warned, my group thrive on chaos so if you bring some make sure it’s at least two truckloads! We look forward to welcoming new and old faces into our fortress for civil festivities and a change from the cycle of loot kill die and repeat! Craig P.S. Sorry for lack of goodies last year due to Santa stepping on a landmine 😉 P.P.S. Age related warning: Alcohol consumption and inappropriate language. P.P.P.S. Message here for possible transport to Zolotar castle.
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    Pepper spray

    How about adding a pepper spray? 5m range and temporarily staggers a player, dropping what’s in their hands and making them rub their face. After effects like blurry vision and moans with a remedy of water to wash face like with hands or wait a couple of minutes. Could be used as non lethal bear and wolf deterrent. I do quite like having some roaming defences at my base and would like another option to keep them nearby but be able to avoid them in a non lethal manner. Possibly using the anti bacterial spray when it’s empty and filling it with a homemade “pepper” soup cooked down in a pot. I do love a bit of crafting! Oh.. and whoever thinks they own my base the now would defo get a face full. Unless they have a gorka helmet with face shield.
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    Base Logging

    I’ve found that by only keeping junk in my base peeps raid me and leave with very little. No bullets or grenades to restock after they exhaust what they brought. Folk have no interest in tyre repair, leather sewing and electrical repair kits. If they log out in the hope of better loot later they’re in for a long wait. As I’ve said elsewhere interaction is the reason you build in the first place so do try and welcome weary travellers and nosy squads.
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    Back after a 5 year break...

    Sorry bout that. My last toon killed 5 (mainly cold blooded murder) and then got sniped while over watching sverograd. That was a personal attack! Raging…. I play on a medium to full pop server so avoiding hire tier areas is essential if you want survive for 3 days or so in game. I only just got my first LAR since the wipe from a crashed car near base. My pal that plays a bit can go from freshie to geared in no time at all. Yep, it’s hard to keep a close eye on randoms. I like to get them to carry my backpack to keep their hands busy. If they put it down then I put them down!
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    Back after a 5 year break...

    Welcome back @eno. You’ve not missed much except a few million psychopathic murders😂 and a handful of base raids. Your post reminds me of the hero and bandit skins of old. The devs definitely need to add a blue checked shirt for you and your squad (if you can build one) to role play the heroes of chernarus again. Maybe even the blue helmets and a white UN jeep👊. I helped out a sickly Hector from Turkey a while ago, got him well and fed then took him to my base only to find it had been raided (again). We cleared out the building and got to securing up again with him preparing the planks and me doing the building so I trusted him too much and gave him the “keys” to the castle. Guess who got locked out of their own base? Dont forget to play for adventure and interaction, not just random killing and hoarding. Good luck.
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    cant drop jammed weapons

    Al I can say is “weapon maintenance” and “careful bullet selection”. Every time you fire at someone expect the unexpected. Some folk just won’t die and some are lucky SOB’s.
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    yet again, for the sake of base building

    Sea chest and barrels are pretty handy. Tents as well, so a locker is not a necessity. Buried loot is the best way of hiding gear. I’ve previously suggested a 5 digit combo spawning in when completing a flag pole that is tied to the 60m radius, dropping out your hands when exiting. Higher base raid resistance with more visibility from the flagpole. Would also help with identifying perimeter for trap persistence by the flag. I’ve always wondered if the radius is a sphere or a column? Anyone sussed that out yet?
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    Wildlife camera.

    I c u… Probably not an original thought, but I would like a wildlife camera added to the game. Very rare spawn possibly at hunting camps or even just randomly on trees in the woods. Should easily attach to a tree or vertical post (like a street lamp or power pole possibly even a new purpose designed base structure) and can be stolen easily if spotted. Four slots and requiring a battery that drains when it’s activated by movement and sound within a twenty meter radius. Recording for 20 seconds at a time and capacity for storing 10 or so videos in a lower resolution than in game and also night vision. When in your hands it opens a menu similar to the map allowing a viewer option to see who’s been prowling my base with time stamps. Three raids now and I’ve missed them all. Would be handy to see whose been planting traps around my flagpole as well (it wasn’t me… or was it?). Is this possible?
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    Wildlife camera.

    Good point, but if the footage was time stamped, then if it was 10 hours ago or 20 minutes, then you could ignore or pursue or assume they may still be close by. Armbands for squads help identify groups and also good to know if someone snooping around is geared or not. You could also start to see a pattern of times that someone is about and attempt dialogue/murder. It is slightly pointless but so is the majority of the game that I play as much as possible. Looking to add immersion and would also allow interesting dayz videos with added wildlife camera footage. Catching a detonation of a trap would make me chuckle. Edit: I’ve been wearing the same clobber since the wipe for 37 hours in game. Easily recognisable by the two front and back mountain rucksacks.🤠
  14. Guessing this must be an official feature. A week in and we’ve still not found any wire for a gate. Only badly damaged barbed wire when crafted to wire degrades and is ruined. Also not seen any bases other than shelters and stashes. Anyone seen any bases up yet on official? Edit: just came across three wires…
  15. @Riddick_2K Too true, nobodies an expert at this game because it is so hard (compared to other titles). But… I’ve been alive since the wipe (26 hours on a busy official), built a three gate base, raided sympathetically twice and rebuilt. Can’t wait to fill up with dross loot again and maybe bump into a raider sooner or later. Seen one other pathetic base, nowhere near as expertly built as mine 🤠. @RenDark2000 Thankyou for the expert advice👍
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    Small change to base building

    I see base building as a point of interest for others. As @Riddick_2K suggest players will return frequently to nosy about or raid creating opportunities to interact with other players which when success is on your side is the most exhilarating part of dayz! Also I do like rebuilding as quickly as possible with stashed building supplies so other players know that this place is occupied and owned. Move along now…
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    Spark plugs

    Stop looking for them and you’ll find loads.
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    Combination lock 5 numbers

    You’re a genius @Misnomera I’d give you more beans if I could. I didn’t think anyone would be that slack. I just cracked a 4 combo in 81 numbers. Before work! Base back within reaching distance now, just need to deal with this uninvited guest. Attempt dialogue or cold blooded murder?
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    Combination lock 5 numbers

    How about a 5 digit lock spawns in when you complete a flagpole. Hard work for a proper reward. If the flagpole is destroyed so is the lock or the locks persistence drops to zero once outwith the 60m radius. Increase the visibility of your base with the payoff being improved security. Blast through just the same as before though! Or… the ability to attach two combos to a gate. Two red or a red and a blue, both needing cracked to open the gate. My base been raided five times in the last month😢
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    Christmas Eve party/massacre!

    NL 3664713 Official server. Be warned: Bears a roaming, bandits be foaming, wolves are howling and barb be cutting! For those that don’t survive the journey in time have a very merry Xmas. Craig
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    1.19 Stable Release / Wipe News

    Hi @Kingfisher5564u, would like to offer you an alternative to quitting. You and your clan could join mine on an official UK server after the restart. Race to heli crashes that will spawn LAR’s plus other goodies. Find a truck, fill it with junk and build a base. Relish in wiping out freshies and stopping them from getting a foothold on OUR server👊. Don’t miss out on these experiences due to frustration at being wiped. Once it’s happened a hundred times you’ll wonder why you used to get bothered. A fresh beginning could be the start of something wonderful or I might stab you in the back for a can of tactical bacon… Craig
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    Cooking recipes (again) !

    You should try Clamato juice irl😬. Canadian I believe. Lets face it we all love cooking and treating our toons to a quality meal. So how about adding a pickling mechanic, empty glass jars from jam or honey could be filled with vinegar and fish/veg/meat. Long life and no need for a fire to prepare. Mmmmh… rollmops! Edit. Gravalax! Salt, sugar, SALMON! See the salmon jumping at the rivers, whip out your rod, catch and prepare. Mmmmmh… yum.
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    1.16 Big Base =Big Tears

    I’m pretty sure it was a player that wiped us, but the effort made was extraordinary. I’m confident it wasn’t natural decay. Either way the tears have dried! I’m over it… obviously!
  24. So myself and a friend spent a fair bit of time hoarding 10 of everything at our two castle bases. On the announcement of the 1.17 wipe we decided to leave our good loot at base to try the permanent gas zone at riffy, which was quite a thrill and rewarding apart from one of us being overran by the infected. Once we returned to our castles the next day all was gone! When I say all I mean all. Walls and gates stripped, all loot vanished without a trace, barrels, tents and most strangely all the buried loot too. This is when the big tears kicked off😢. My LAR and silenced deagle gone! Both castle bases gone overnight without even a note to gloat. Couldn’t have been a server wipe because one of our other bases was still there, could somebody crack six pink combos? Or was our loot pile causing server issues and needed tidying up. A mystery…. If I wipe your base I will leave you a teddy to cuddle while you cry. Regards Craig
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    1.16 Big Base =Big Tears

    Sorry about that. Yes, the 1.17 update did not wipe the two bases. Version 1.16 - 2 Big bases with lots of loot, 1.17 update announced with two weeks notice of a full official server wipe, we play fast and loose for a night and return to a complete dissapearance of vast amounts of gear, tents, barrels, protector cases, wooden crates, gates, fences and most worryingly all the buried loot! Big tears😢. Two weeks later 1.17 update wipes everything else on the map including toons. A couple of weeks in and we have re-stashed a mega pile of loot (including welcome additions such as meat tenderiser and tomato cooking timer). Hope all is clear @DayzDayzFanboy, but what isn’t clear is how the two bases were completely wiped in such a short space of time. Kudos to the supreme wiper of Cherno.
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