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We let the dude go and loot another guys body too! So if you ever get held hostage, just start singing!

Last night I was playing DayZ with my group and I had died so i respawned to go retrieve my body. I spawned at Kamenka and started my run towards Balota, where my body was at. However, by about the time I had reached the town of balota, Komarovo industrial buildings, and 10 ft away from my body (this happened 3 seperated times, 1 per location just mentioned) my character teleported back to where I had spawned and was unable to take any actions at all. Couldn't run, couldn't access inventory and couldnt do anything but stand there and spin VERY slowly around in circles. (it was doing that on its own) Anyone else had this issue? (I may have part of a stream that shows me when i got teleported at one point. Ill see if I can find it). http://www.twitch.tv/thornde/c/3422126 Starting at 6:30 on that highlight you'll see me run up to the hostage and promptly disappear off the screen.

anyone else get this?

Blood types are confirmed and you can find blood type kits as well. Sounds like you just got lucky. Good for you though!

First off I want to say that I am thoroughly enjoying the Alpha. Yes, its had its bugs and some of them have been quite frustrating but overall i'm fairly happy with what is there (though there should be more considering 1 1/2 yrs of development.) However, I'm really hoping more types of loot is released into the game (clothing, weaponry, etc) is high value loot spawns. With weapons for example you have a pistol, and M4, and a rifle. Once you get a primary weapon (and possibly a secondary) and you have enough food to survive there is zero reason to be in the north of the map. This is me just making up numbers but I would say 80% of player interaction takes place near coastal cities, which is all fine and dandy except for the fact that it means there is no incentive to leave the coast. Once you're geared up (which you can get from coastal cities anyway) your goal(s) depending on how you want to play are to keep your food / drink stocks up, farm players for blood, continually loot medical supplies so you can blood farm, and help other players if you're the hero type. Because of the limited types of loot, lack of vehicles, lack of tents to set up camp and lack of variety that currently exists in the alpha, you can literally spend all your time on the coast and not miss out on anything in the game. I'm all for player interaction, but it needs to be spread across the map and balanced. The sooner patches come out that increase variety of loot ( with higher chances in the northern parts of the map) the sooner we will see players venture off to explore the map. My group and I have literally gone through a cycle of getting essentials, heading north, getting gear, then back south to blood farm to survive and interact, and its disappointing that there isnt more that calls you to the north yet. Now dont get me wrong, like I said im enjoying the alpha quite a bit, but I'm just hoping they plan on increasing loot variety in the near future. Just my thoughts, thanks for reading. -Tonyb3

Who said anything about killing them? We just take blood and let them go. No need to get hostile when you don't know the facts and make assumptions.

Thats a fair point, however variety is still makes doing whatever you choose to do more engaging.

I want my gear back! Sad day :(

I have a map and I can see that the north has a lot of potential. There just isnt any incentive yet and i'm hoping it comes soon.

Just as an update guys, giving someone a blood transfusion with an incompatible blood type can cause them to pass out (at the very least, not sure what else it can cause atm). We're currently on a mission to loot some blood from some bambi's and save our buddy. (hoping its the right type.)

You cannot collect blood from dead bodies. However with the new patch, this technique isnt necessary. All you need to do is force feed the knocked out party and once they get enough blood they should wake up.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154075-unconcious/page-4 This is the forum post with our original post but I will re-post this topic here as I believe it is something people want to know. Please refer to the following, I believe we have figured out a solution for the unconscious issue. http://www.twitch.tv/thornde/c/3406492 Essentially, what is happening is you are losing blood when you don't eat/drink enough. Once your blood gets to a certain point you knock out. At this point you will just continue to remain unconscious until you get a transfusion. This IS a survival game. You NEED to drink and eat to stay alive, also it would be smart to travel in a pack. I'm the guy doing all of the transfusion work in the stream. Items you need. -Blood Bag -IV Kit -Multiple blood test kits (not essential but ideal) Step by step, this is what you need to do: Have a "willing" person that you will recieve the blood from. Put the Blood Bag in task bar. Use it on the person TWICE to fill the blood bag. Combine blood bag with IV kit. Get Transfusion kit. Put the transfusion Kit back into your task bar. Use on desired target. (Note, I didnt seem to have an option to use on myself.) (Therefore this is no Self Blood Bag). If you're interested at all in our journey through the DayZ Standalone come watch the stream at http://www.twitch.tv/thornde.

Thats fine, just trying to spread information for those who seek it.

This was supposed to be a post about a solution to the current problem rather than a post about the bug itself.

I think thats because the current system is accelerating how fast the food and drink go down.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154075-unconcious/page-4 You can find all the info you need from Rambo and I on that post but I will copy paste it all again here for ease of access! Please refer to the following, I believe we have figured out a solution for the unconscious issue. http://www.twitch.tv/thornde/c/3406492 Essentially, what is happening is you are losing blood when you don't eat/drink enough. Once your blood gets to a certain point you knock out. At this point you will just continue to remain unconscious until you get a transfusion. This IS a survival game. You NEED to drink and eat to stay alive, also it would be smart to travel in a pack. I'm the guy doing all of the transfusion work in the stream. Items you need. -Blood Bag -IV Kit Step by step, this is what you need to do: Have a "willing" person that you will recieve the blood from. Put the Blood Bag in task bar. Use it on the person TWICE to fill the blood bag. Combine blood bag with IV kit. Get Transfusion kit. Put the transfusion Kit back into your task bar. Use on desired target. (Note, I didnt seem to have an option to use on myself.) (Therefore this is no Self Blood Bag). If you're interested at all in our journey through the DayZ Standalone come watch the stream at http://www.twitch.tv/thornde.

I'm the guy doing all of the transfusion work in the stream. Items you need. -Blood Bag -IV Kit Step by step, this is what you need to do: Have a "willing" person that you will recieve the blood from. Put the Blood Bag in task bar. Use it on the person TWICE to fill the blood bag. Combine blood bag with IV kit. Get Transfusion kit. Put the transfusion Kit back into your task bar. Use on desired target. (Note, I didnt seem to have an option to use on myself.) (Therefore this is no Self Blood Bag). If you're interested at all in our journey through the DayZ Standalone come watch the stream at http://www.twitch.tv/thornde.

I want that money!

As far as Epoch goes this is one of the best servers I have played on. The admin is actually helpful, and while he wont babysit you (which is a good thing), he is almost always available to assist players if they need it. Also the events that he hosts every now and then are definitely worth my time. I'll definitely be letting my buddies know about this one. Thanks Rambo, -Tonyb3

This server is super chill. Can't wait til you get the weekly events going. Im trying to win to get some new gear!