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There's not.. I respect that. :)

I want to "like" this post, but I've reached my quota for the day. Remind me tomorrow.. ;) Also, to the people who are saying "the update was held back for 2 weeks and still sucks".. the majority of issues were caused by server overloads which wouldn't happen in closed testing. In case you haven't noticed, the issues are no longer issues, other than ghillie and various weapons disappearing. Chances are, most of the closed testing was with newly spawned characters, so that explains why both of the biggest issues of this release were missed. Finally, there's a 1.7.2.1 "experimental" hotfix available. Stop lurking this thread and find the newer one. ;)

Join the Ghost Response Team.. we're a group of mature players who work together and help new players. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/30633-ghost-response-team-taking-applications/ It will change your entire outlook on the game and make it more than just a lonely survival sim.. check it out! :)

I think this would be awesome! I've killed people and left loot on them, if it despawns, it's wasted but this would make it useful to some other player. Not to mention, imagine if you killed some dude and then died to his zombie a little while later.. it's like something out of Dawn of the Dead! +1 fo sho! :)

I bought Arma 2 just over a month ago to play DayZ and now I have 119 hours played. In my eyes, that's better than going to 2-3 movies which would only last ~4-5 hours.. On top of that, I would never have played the vanilla game, but now that I have it, I play it and it's great! I will definitely buy Arma 3, even more likely if DayZ does get ported over. And after that, if it goes to a standalone game, I'll buy it again! This is the first mod since Dystopia (hl2 mod) that I felt this attached to not only the game itself, but the community as well, and I'll damn well stick with it until it's final death rattle.. This mod could keep being ported to every new engine that comes out and I would continue to buy it over and over.. hell it's better than shelling out $50 every year for a new COD game.

I'm a member of this group.. joined when they first started and haven't regretted it for a second. :)

Find a barn in the outskirts of whatever town/ciity you spawn close to.. usually they will have a lee enfield or a shotty. At the very least, you can lose zombie agro by breaking line of sight.. I know it's hard, but it gets easier once you get used to sneaking around/running like hell is at your heels. ;) Once you have found a weapon things get easier.. just take your time and if you agro, try to get into a building or behind something where they can't see you.. it gets easier.. I promise. :)

Actually if you had a ghillie suit in 1.7.1.5 and you update, you will lose the ghillie. The way it happened to me was I spawned in the Supermarket I was in when I logged out, but I was swimming on the floor. Disconnected, logged back in and I was in the debug plains. I ran back to the play area and everything was fine, but it seems like everyone experiences something different.

It's the bandit fix. If you shoot someone, Marty Mcfly goes back in time and replaces them with you.. Woah.. this is heavy! ;)

Reaps posted this exploit and I added it to the bug tracker on his behalf. It will be fixed, once it is, it will be the "bad memory of 1.7.2" Grit your teeth and soldier on.. people who use this exploit are just making it more likely to be fixed sooner.

Yeah I highly doubt that was a sniper.. I agree with the hacker suggestion. That said, you will randomly get shot in the head by snipers.. my tip is to get yourself a few basic items like a hatchet and a sidearm, then make your way north towards less populated areas. Most of the time, pvp'ers and bandits will stick around Cherno and Elektro. Also avoid the NW airfield unless you're running with a pretty capable squad. It's shitty, but it's the way things are.

There are 1.7.2.1 servers up now.. any changelog for the new server update?

Fun forum fact #3 People will take a perfectly reasonable and well thought out post and turn it into a flame war for no good reason. Nice post and good points. I agree with the OP I believe the majority of this will be fixed in the long run. It's annoying right now, but these problems will be dealt with as the game is developed further.

How do I enter a password for the server? When I try to connect, it says it's locked, but it gives me no option to enter the password anywhere that I can see. Also, any chance we can get some 1.7.2.1 servers in US/Canada? I don't mind playing on Euro servers but my ping sucks and it's always night time. :P

I did notice that the vehicles etc were missplaced. Didn't realize it was changed until you mentioned it. But as for actually loading up and spawning the heli, it worked perfectly fine.

Not if you join a group and roll with them. I wouldn't go around thinking you're playing single player.. you'll run into some preeeeetty smart AI if that's the case.. You know, the kind that will hunt you across the map. Not to mention, the odd time you'll come across a friendly and team up for a bit.. just be vigilant because even seemingly friendly players will sometimes stab you in the back if you give them the chance. ;)

Yeah I almost always find boxes of matches in the Supermarkets. Find one of those and you should find matches. As for figuring out where you are, like mentioned above, find a roadsign pretty much anywhere and then find that place on the map. Once you have a general idea where you are, you can look for landmarks and buildings to get more specific. Good luck! :)

You blew it when you said you found the crossbow with 15 bolts.. Nice try though..

I'll check that right now and edit with an answer.. give me a few. edit: worked for me. I'm running Combined Ops on Steam and I was able to load up and spawn a uh-1h as normal. I'm running beta patch 94700 and DayZ 1.7.2.1

Yeah I kept all my gear as well. As I mentioned in the 1.7.2 thread, I spawned swimming on the floor in a supermarket because I was wearing a Ghilli suit. Disconnected and when I logged back in, I was in the debug plains with my gear. Made the trip back to the map and I was fine. Once I updated to 1.7.2.1, I was expecting to start back at the coast with nothing, but I was still in the place I had logged out at, with everything except my Ghilli. I wonder why some people are having different issues, while others are having none.

Ok, I posted it in the bug tracker and left a note about your issues with registering for the site. As I said, I hope you get that sorted because the tracker would benefit from the stuff you've been posting, and there's no fear of it getting lost in pages and pages of rants and complaints about lost gear because each issue gets assigned a specific incident number. :) (yours is #36636) I do understand your reasoning behind posting it publicly, but the best way to handle stuff like that in the future is to pm a dev instead of making the exploit common knowledge. I know for a fact that they appreciate the discretion. Griff thanked me for exactly that when I pm'd him about an ammo exploit a while back.

Then I would have to say it is already fixed in the next hot-fix.. It's not like they can go back and change what is in 1.7.2, they just need to mass release the hotfix and the problem is solved. Like I said in my edit to the post you replied to, The majority of your feedback is great, just try to use some discretion when reporting exploits.. do you really want to be the one to give griefers something like this to use on regular players? As for the issues you're having with the bug tracker, I recommend pm'ing someone about that.. with the amount of bug reports and useful stuff that you've been posting, you need to be able to get that working. I'll copy/paste the info you reported and give you credit for now. I'm not sure who the correct person to pm would be, but if you pm one of the mods, I'm sure they can point you in the right direction.

I was thinking the hunting knife could replace the crowbar, it would take the sidearm slot and could double as a melee weapon. That way, we would have 2 melee weapons and they would both have 2 uses.

That's why I posted it here. :) It's the Steam version too.. so it's not like there's any disadvantage to buying it through them. The map pack alone is worth $14.99 on the site.. I regret buying my copy through Steam, I hope others see this before they make the same mistake.

That's.. just silly. :P