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Yes you are. The infection rate seems low right now. There are purification tabs, you can find them lying around or inside medkits. There is no boiling yet.

While it isn't true that soda or caffeine will dehydrate you it is true that it will slow rehydration down by diverting some of the body's fluids into processing the sugars and in pushing you to urinate without otherwise having to. So pound per pound, ounce for ounce, soda is less hydrating than water. The SA actually has Soda add both some hydration(not as much as pure water) and some calories so it counts as a good amount of fluid and some food. Some food adds in water. I kept alive when dying of thirst by constantly eating sardines and tuna as I think they both might have some "hydration" amount if not very much... I almost died but I didn't. :)

Damn it. Some little addict part of me went, "I could get back into Magic:The Gathering again! Maybe he has a few old school uncommons that most people overlook but I use well. Otherwise I could maybe pick up cards for the most recent block and then hit a booster draft night and..." then I smacked myself and read the thread and smacked myself again.

Actually, it does work, it just takes time and patience. Judging by your post you likely have neither and so wouldn't see it.

I have found in a supermarket... various food and drink, backpack, matches, sections of maps, and I want to say a gas cylinder for the stove/lamp.

I'm sorry, your second post and it isn't filled with rage and hate? Don't you know how to internet?!? Thanks for the positive post and welcome to the forums.

Don't tell EVERYONE? :) Dang it... there goes the next attempt to find military gear without someone popping up behind me.

If you want to be rude when he is attempting to help you maybe you should do your own research. I can confirm that loot spawn on server reset and at no other time from experience, dev posts, and comments in the streams they did prior to the Alpha release.

Dean had something similar in mind where he was stating they were thinking about adding a compounding 30 seconds on for each server switch. The issue with time based systems is that it is STILL easier and faster than running to another point of the map that spawns the same loot. The idea of "Private" servers not on the hive but still under BI's thumb so they don't end up with people spawning with a ported over DMR or something like that would be nice as well.

Because they CAN! MuahHAHAHAHA! I like that they added simple little touches like this.

It does work that way. As stated lower your weapon, "Space" is the default for raising and lowering the weapon/hands.

Please don't make me cry. My co-workers look at me funny.

So... Zero? Since it spawns at server start when no players are on? :) I know you mean in the future when they alter the system to not be server start, but I still felt the need to multiple something time nothing and get nothing. ;)

Seriously, you have to drink a LOT. You will get a message that says you are not thirsty, but that doesn't mean you are not still dehydrated. Drink MORE. Once it states you are feeling full then you can run for a long time just like SalamnderAnder just stated.

I can state it was very low. :D I even left some zombies alive outside the building at NEAF as an early warning system. He just had ballistic protection and I did not. I know he was bleeding. At Green Mountain I tagged the one guy with a Mosin twice before he combat logged and the other guy with a few of the ten bullets I had, as well as an axe. All the guys went away bleeding but the coast didn't care about that.

Except he isn't risking his life to gear up and he can pick and choose because he has a wider selection to choose from. For example: He spawns into server a that has 3 people on it and has likely just restarted. He grabs an M4 and a clip for it, and a Ballistic helmet. Next server he sees another M4 but doesn't care but grabs the clips around there and some military boots. Next server he grabs a CCO sight and yet another clip. So and so forth until he has exactly the loadout he wants and meanwhile he gets multiple shots at rarer spawns even if he isn't picking up the more common military ones. So there is still a great benefit to server hopping for loot. Right now. Consider it a warning when going near anyplace with military loot, people will likely spawn in one room over or on top of you and probably already have better gear from doing that. :)

I ran across a pile of bodies inside the firehall at Cherno. PILE! That is a high traffic area and you will NOT find a gun there unless the server just restarted and you get there first... without taking a shovel to the head as you bend over to pick it up.

This certainly isn't true. I find it incredibly easy to keep drink up, find a water pump and drink your fill and you won't be thirsty for a long time. Wait, do you sprint everywhere and not stop when your avatar starts gasping for air? Because that would do it.

Excellent to hear. I am a fan of the hive because I like the redundancy and I really hate when I play on a Private Server and get set up, maybe even know some of the regulars, and then the owner shuts it down with no warning. I would play on a private server as long as it was not allowed to mod the SA and the admin's powers were limited. I'm playing on a few private servers in the mod but again I like the redundancy of having other servers out there. How long does it take to run from any one military spawn point to another other than a firehouse? It takes a lot longer than 5 minutes. Siberian and I have some different ideas on other things but I have to agree with him on this one, the server start loot is not working since people watch for the server restarts and then log into that server right on top of the loot. That is probably why my last run through Cherno had me find 5 bodies in the firehall all with various damaged guns and other damaged decent gear but no ammo.

Blood will regenerate slowly if you are full of food and drink. For all those saying this doesn't work, you have to be FULL. When you start the game you are just about starving and almost dehydrated. You have to drink and eat a good deal to get tot he point where you are regenerating blood. So now my first priority is to eat at least 2 full cans of food and drink at a water pump until it states I am really full. Then I run for less traveled areas to find more food and drink so I can maintain the level constantly. Saline will bring your blood level up but not as effectively as an actual blood transfusion. That however requires a lot of gear. You need to either take some of your blood for later and let it regenerate while full or test someone else and yourself so you don't kill yourself by transfusing the wrong blood into you. This will give you the most blood but will subtract it from someone else so your best bet is to take blood while you have a lot of time and food/drink to regenerate and hold onto it for an emergency. Eating alone restores nothing, you have to be full and WAIT. ;)

Okay... Now that I have had about an hour's worth of sleep and am at work and more or less cognizant again it occurred to me the exact reason why people are logging out in the buildings then logging into other servers... It is the Loot Spawn system. See in the Mod if you are right there where the items might spawn and no one else has been to the area there is no loot. You have to hang out in the general area and not be standing on top of it to get loot. This means people might server hop by running away from the area then logging out and into another server and then running through all the buildings. Instead you hop onto a server and you don't have to worry about zombies unless they are practically standing against the building wall. You can also see at a glance if there is loot in that room and with a few short steps often check a second area as well. So places like Green Mountain where there are multiple good spawns on the second floor and few more below you log in and see if the loot looks undisturbed and if so you run through the building quick then log out. Next server, oh nothing in this room so probably empty, next server, Oh a few things, but there is a crappy backpack and a shovel so someone has taken some things, next server. No loot disturbed, loot this place quick, next server. This would be why I almost never ran into the issue of them logging in practically on top of me in the building on the Mod public hives but it happened to me 4 times last night in the SA.

Correct, no is forcing you to play DayZ either and it is rather silly to try and alter the game to get what ammounts to basically the same experience as BF/COD on a larger map. That is what starting loadouts and self blood bag basically are. You have your health packs and get guns and ammo just by respawning..... "YeeeeeeHaaaaaw! *bang* *bang*" That is not what DayZ is supposed to be. You are supposed to run around trying to find something to defend yourself with, avoid survivors and zombies, and see if you can get the tools to survive. Along the way you will have to worry about bandits shooting or robbing you or maybe have the opprotunity to become said bandit. Those servers already exist though, they are called Battlefield 4 and whatever the latest CoD is calling itself from this quarter's released rehash is. Comments in RED.

Yep, documented and happening to people. Not a hack. But you know, since we can google and a website comes up that SAYS it has a hack... we all know sites that state they have hacks for games are never lying, that they never take your money then turn around and give you nothing, that they don't post things like, "Sign up for an account and get the latest DayZ Standalone Hacks as we release them... just $20 a month." they deliver on their promise even if they never provide a DayZ SA hack. ;)

There are merits to both Hive and Private servers. Private Servers solve the server hopping issue, but they also shut down with no warning and typically turn into, "Hey I spawned a bunch of stuff for all my friends but I decided that wasn't fair. If you donate I can start you out with a gun too." There are exceptions, but the vast majority of private servers end up that way. If I wanted everyone spawning with guns and running to shoot the nearest person I'd go back to playing Battlefield/COD/Unreal/Quake.

No one is forcing you to drop in a game that doesn't give you a gun right away when literally every other FPS game out there does. Close server, problem solved. You are welcome.