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I like the idea of community based player-made events on DayZ Someone should organize a Chernarus charity marathon

I'm not sure what the settings are cause you've just put 'low' or whatever without saying what it is. Could you edit your post to include that info?

The problem is if you say freeze, that person knows where you are and can complicate the situation by running away, shooting you etc. It's much less complicated for a bandit to take the shot when they have it in their sights. Don't get me wrong, it frustrates me a bit when I get killed on sight, but I can understand it. Also I think you'll find it doesn't happen all the time, I've had way more non-hostile encounters.

You just have to use the same procedure when logging out as you do when you have a wee in the woods in real life.

Grats to Dean and co. Rust can suck my left one. Not that I care which is a top seller, but it can still suck my salty ball. EDIT: I do have two testicles, but I only let people suck the right one on special occaisions

Urm try not going to the same places that EVERYONE else goes?? Seriously all you have to do is go inland a bit and you'll find whole towns that nobody has looted

I'd prefer the timer to allow you to observe what is happening prior to your char logging off, i.e. the abort button is unclickable for 30 seconds. That way you still have to wait still to log out, but if someone comes at you in that time you stand a chance of getting away.

Maybe set vsync to off?

I play on hardcore, but I really think DayZ could benefit from the stance adjust system that is in Arma 3, as it allows for much more fluid movement and effective cover etc.

30 - 50 fps is playable for DayZ :) I wouldn't invest in anything expensive for an fps boost if you don't really think you need it. I get about the same framerate, but I don't feel the need to get an SSD, I'd rather save the money for other games (or rent lol). Does the frame rate actually cause problems for your experience playing? If it doesn't then you're probably just being hung up on a number that doesn't actually mean anything for you.

A fucking massive beard is all the reward I could ever want or need.

When the game is finished, I'm sure modders will be able to bring in existing maps quite easily Altis etc.

Well you can't get a refund through Steam. You can try, but you won't be that successful. Take a look at their refunds policy EDIT: Also you didn't just ask for a refund you were complaining that an unfinished game was, well unfinished, which in my opinion is absurd.

Dress your default char in green/brown/beige

Did you go anywhere different to where you were when you had 40 fps? Towns and other places can cause an fps drop. Did you change server? A laggy server might cause an fps drop. Did you have any other applications running that weren't running first time around? Did you change any of the video settings? Too many variable to give a decent answer as to why it happened at the moment,

Darwin's theory means fuck all in DayZ The unfit do not respawn in reality...

There are multiple warnings on the Steam page, this website and at the beginning of the game itself that make it clear these kind of errors will occur. Not meaning to be rude, but you should have read them and considered them before buying, as Steam does not give refunds. Whenever I buy a game I spend at least an hour or two looking into whether it is worth my money. If you're going to be impulsive with your purchases, you only have yourself to blame if they do not turn out to be something you're interested in. This isn't such a problem when you have a physical copy of a game, because you could always return it, but as Steam does not do refunds it is important to do quite a bit of research before committing to buy something on there. With the example of DayZ, it is quite clear to any prospective buyer willing to spend even a couple of minutes researching that the game is unfinished, lacks features and contains some game breaking bugs and issues. If you did not know this before you purchased the game that's your problem. The development team have been very transparent and do not dress DayZ up as a finished or even nearly finished game. You should have known this, instead of clicking 'buy now' because it was on the top sellers list. Furthermore, coming here to criticize the game, after apparently being unable to comprehend said warnings, demanding unobtainable refunds is only going to get yourself and many others riled up. It would be more worth your while if you just left us to enjoy the game :) rather than having a furiously heated argument with most of this forum's members.

Actually I can make a better guide in fewer words. Make a mistake, die, learn from said mistake, repeat. Do that enough and you'll be a pretty decent player.

Did you change to a different server when you logged back in? Regular and Hardcore servers are different hives, so there is a chance you switched between the two hence losing your stuff. Then again it could just be alpha whatnot...

My biggest concern is burning out before the game is finished. I try not to play it too much.

I agree, complaining about getting killed is stupid. I died at the NEAF yesterday. My immediate response was not to come on here and whine about it, I just shrugged and said to myself "I'll be more careful next time" and got on with it. Whining about getting killed is a waste of time and it achieves nothing.

Cause there is no good reason not to shoot you?

You can record a lot more than the last 20 mins of gameplay on Shadowplay if you set it to manual, then you just hit alt+f9 to start and stop recording

Also from my experience, the cross hair does not always correspond to where you will hit with a melee weapon.

Do you use space to raise the axe before attacking? I find it easier to not raise the axe.