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I used to play with my ex when we were together. I met her on a game called Grepolis which was an massive online game that was live 24/7, so even when you were sleeping you could get attacked. I was #3 in the world with regarding points, #1 in the world for attacking and #1 for defense. I basically conquered everything and several oceans surrounding my original base and I was unstoppable. The game became boring with 36 cities though, having to farm resources and all that. So she quit when I did. Then we got into some games on Steam together, I forget what the first one was called, but from there we went to BF3 & Dead Island the 2nd one, then between BF3 we played War Z before it was changed to Infestation, but the dev was a douche and lied about everything including what servers would be priced at. To top it off cheats ran wild unless you were in a private server. Just got tired of all the cheats/hacks lack of support and what not so we both quit playing. Then we went back to playing BF3 for awhile until she got busy with uni. Then we split up and I stopped playing BF3 because I reached colonel level 100 and it became boring, so I started playing Day Z only because of having a $1020 video card(GTX Titan Superclocked). I played on a private server which was fun because it wasn't much PvP at least none from when I was on unless some random person got on that wasn't on TS with the clan I was playing with. Then the owner of the server kept tampering with the AI and I was hiding behind the Armored SUV and got shot through it and lost all my stuff. So because of that glitch I stopped playing because he should of left the AI the way it was from get go. So I haven't been playing really anything, nor has she but we're still not together. I'm just waiting for Titanfall to come out so I can play that, and I'm waiting for the day z stand alone to be released mainly because I'm not interested in playing alpha or beta. I ran into several chicks I used to play BF3 with though, and at one point I played with one girl so much that my girl got pretty jealous and flipped out because of it. All in all though I don't treat the chick any different than I would a guy. I trash talk and t-bag when I killed somebody on BF3 whether it was a guy or a girl. I've actually had some of the girls come on to me and try to get my # and stuff because I ignored them and treated them just like another person. They don't really like to be hit on and annoyed when they're just trying to have fun like the rest of us. EDIT: When I actually met my girl on Grepolis, I was getting ready to conquer her city and instead decided to make her an ally to help me take out the ocean below me because I was still new to the game and I was taking on like 10 different people. What I normally did on that game I befriended the people I thought could hit me back due to their city size or how many cities they had and I would jot down when they were on, when they weren't on so that way I attacked while they weren't on to dodge my attack and all. Sneaky yes, but very strategic.

Yea, but I'd rather somebody that has done it before do it. Best way to avoid issues.

I'm going to be purchasing a server from dayz.st as soon as I can find somebody to help me set everything up from custom loadouts to changing the loot spawns and AI spawns and salvaging and stuff like that. I've got no problem donating to the person helping me as long as he will take the time to make sure everything is done right. You can post here or message me, whatever is easier for you. Thanks for your time. Also, this server is going to run Epoch.

Awesome, you basically just sold me on Epoch. While I don't mind doing PvP, when I'm playing with friends and my girlfriend(or ex, however it works out right now) I like to just do PvE. As far as the private server goes I mainly want it so setup everything with friends and to get a feel for the game, but at times I wouldn't mind opening it to PvP as well. I just prefer to be talking to the people you're playing the game with as I prefer the teamwork aspect versus being shot in the back. Call me old fashioned, but I'm just not into having being constantly shot at because while there will be some bad people if it were to ever happen in real life, 90% of the people aren't going to shoot you in the back. When we would play War Z, out of 10 of us, 2 of us would be the bandits and the rest were the good people. You never knew who was watching you and with everybody being in the same chat you didn't know who was lurking on where you were and what not. To me that just made it more fun which is what I'm hoping to do on DayZ. Thank you for all of your help.

Okay, I've seen vanilla mentioned but the hosting I was looking at doesn't say it supports it. It does list Chernarus. Also what make Chernarus and Vanilla better than the others? Also I mean this DayZ, not SA. I know like origins has lock code houses where as Epoch has trading posts and safes. I'm just trying to figure out what I like the most so I know what to go for when I buy the game(or Arma II) & Download DayZ.

So a little background on myself. I played War Z a few months back, probably like 6ish+. This was before it was hacked and then the name change and it went on steam. I liked it at first until you couldn't do anything because of the hackers and cheats. That made me stop playing it then it went through getting hacked(the website/forums), then it went on steam and now it's a different name or something(Survival Stories?). While I think the game had great potential the game just blew and the developer lied to everybody about server pricing and just non stop issues from the day I started playing it. So I haven't touched it since then. While I play BF3 mostly, I'm growing tired of it and I refuse to play BF4 because of DICE's history in never leaving the game alone, always tampering with it and jacking something up. This has made me start looking at DayZ. My plan is to rent a server and play private and maybe get some friends to play in it as well. I want to have a straight PvE server so I don't have to worry about being shot in the back and what not. My main question is all the mods, it's a little overwhelming because I've never played any before. So I will say what I'm looking for mainly: 1.) If you can build a location to keep friends in and zombies out that would be a perk, and in stead you just have to do runs for supplies and what not. 2.) I'm okay with vehicles and the fuel system, but how does it work and how long does gas last, how rare is it, etc...? 3.) I know Epoch has trading which is cool and that seems like a neat feature. 4.) How do the mods work, are they only 1 map per mod, or can a mod run all maps, if so which map is better? I mean just by doing quick browsing and watching some videos that I've seen most of them say Origins & Epoch are the best? I'm open to really anything but instead of just saying what you prefer, can you please give me a detailed reason why? What do you like about it and what don't you like? Also maybe list your top 3. I appreciate any help with this, so thank you.