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Actually, joining servers (sims in SL) just to harass people who want to be left alone is exactly like Second Life. :P I don't think anyone is violating any rules unless they're actually kicking people for KOSing. So it might say "No KOS" but I have yet to see a server that is moderated except for the ones where they don't want anyone else to play on their server so they just kick everyone.

C'mon guys! Go easy on him! Everyone knows there are only two places to go in this game, Elektro and Balota. Besides that, there is absolutely NOTHING else to do in DayZ. The rest of the 230 square kilometer map? It's wasted space. Lol. Zee_Panda: Just be patient. The game just came out this month and it's still in Alpha. Don't worry, I'm sure that sooner or later there will be private servers with 5000 vehicles, full milgear, a pile of weapons when you spawn and a working train that will take you straight to Elektro and Balota, so you don't have to do any of that pesky "playing the game" type stuff.

I just meant, restarting the game client.

Make sure you have the internet tab selected on the server menu and that your filters are set to default. Also, if you've just started give it a minute to start retrieving server information. If that doesn't work try restarting the client. Also, be aware that there may be intermittent issues with server listing from time to time during the Alpha.

So you're tired of hearing people say, "Its an alpha"? I'm tired of hearing people say that all there is to do in DayZ is spawn at Balota, server hop until they have full milgear and then pvp newspawns. You say there's no point moving up north? There's an airfield up north too. (two actually) I know a lot of people miss this but the point of the Alpha isn't just pvp'ing at Balota. Believe it or not, the developers are looking for constructive feedback and bug reports, not just complaints about Cherno/Balota. I can see your point of view though and how it's totally inconvenient for you that now you have to "run further to get guns like everybody else does." I mean, it's only a virtually 230 square kilometer game map. I agree that it's ridiculous that you have to walk for more than 15 minutes in game and don't just get a pile of gear and guns dumped in front of you when you spawn. I thought that's what DayZ was all about, right?

I've had that happen all the time with no character wipes. Wipes are usually due to server not updated to latest version, server desync with public hive or server not whitelisted by public hive. Find 5 or 10 good server where you have not experienced character wipes and favorite them. If you server hop excessively, your chances of being randomly wiped will be much greater. Don't get too attached to your gear. Character wipes regardless of a bug or not, are going to happen.

Tent storage hasn't been implemented yet.

This is a basic walkthrough on how to get started in DayZ SA for new survivors. There's a section on getting your bearing as well. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/156472-survivors-guide-to-dayz-sa/ There are a number of techniques to get your bearings. Clouds in-game travel from west to east. Also, try finding a town nearby. On the outskirts, you'll usually find roadsigns which will let you know what town you're in or near. There's also a game map here: http://www.dayzdb.com/map

They are not "faked game keys." They are real game keys. A game that costs 50 bucks in the U.S may only cost 7 bucks in a much poorer country. Players in the U.S. or another country can then use these keys from other countries, sometimes requiring a slight work-around, a proxy or nothing at all. Russian game keys are especially popular as they are often very cheap and many game hacking sites purchase these gamekeys wholesale. The game companies themselves allow this to happen. EA is even known to practically facilitate it. They don't care where the money comes from.

"One of the key things that I wanted to get is that I wanted the player to have that sense of desperation when they started out. I didn’t want any sense of balance at all. I wanted it to be an anti-game. I wanted the player to enter the world and say “Wow, everything is out to get me!” and to feel that tension the whole way through. But I also wanted them to feel a tension from the environment, from the weather, from the land." -Dean Hall DayZ is not about convenience. It's not about powdering your bottom and telling you that you're special. DayZ is meant to be frustrating and it's meant to be difficult. If players think that DayZ is difficult now, they have another thing coming because the aim of the game is not to be some easy, twitch shooter that caters to mainstream FPS players. People who are complaining about having to spend half an hour walking somewhere or not spawning near Balota/Cherno where they can get all their "endgame loot" because that's "the only thing to do" show an utter failure in understanding DayZ. It's not supposed to be easy. You're not supposed to spawn and have a bunch of milgear and weapons dumped in your lap. A lot of players with this "gimme now!" and instant gratification, twitch-shooter mindset purchased DayZ because of the hype surrounding it (well deserved though) without actually understanding what kind of game DayZ is. And then they come to the forums to literally complain about having to walk somewhere for half an hour or an hour in a game with a 230 SQM map.

Oh it will definitely become harder. Harder = Funner.

Which online games have eliminated cheating?

Server time is not dependent on the hive. Server time is dictated by the actual server. You may join one server where it's day and another where it's night. Server time is not uniform across the board and is not meant to be. As far as restarts, I don't see any problem with it. Currently, most server operators are using restarts every X hours due to the current bug with loot not respawning like it should be, so restarting the server is the only way to respawn loot on servers.

I take this as a positive sign that Rocket is doing something right. The spawning mechanic may still need to be tweaked slightly for a little more variety but for the most part, spot on. No constant spawning near Cherno/Balota is a great way to weed out the COD kiddies. There have already been numerous threads where they have claimed it's "inconvenient" and ridiculous that they have to spend time walking and running to get to Balota and the "endgame loot" which is the "only thing to do" in DayZ. Yesterday, some guy claimed he killed himself and respawned like 50 times trying to get a spawn near Cherno/Balota because it would have taken him like 30 minutes to run to Cherno. The inherent irony of spending likely a lot more than half an hour suiciding and trying to respawn near Cherno/Balota was completely lost on him.

Avoid excessive server hopping as it is more likely you'll get wiped this way. Wipes are usually due to server not updated to latest version, server desync with public hive or server not whitelisted by public hive. Find 5 or 10 good server where you have not experienced character wipes and favorite them. If you server hop excessively, your chances of being randomly wiped will be much greater.

The devs could also be collecting data on these hacks, which is not an uncommon practice in Alphas & Betas. And when the banhammer does eventually drop... Cue the hilarious forum posts filled with Delicious Tears.

Avoid excessive server hopping as it is more likely you'll get wiped this way. Wipes are usually due to server not updated to latest version, server desync with public hive or server not whitelisted by public hive. Find 5 or 10 good server where you have not experienced character wipes and favorite them. If you server hop excessively, your chances of being randomly wiped will be much greater.

First off, if that's how you play the game, that's how you play the game. There's no need for people to get hateful. That said, there is absolutely nothing original or even mildly entertaining, humorous or unique about this two minute long plus video where a group of guys in full milgear just kill a guy with barely anything by shooting him in the back. Also, Newspawns don't spawn at Balota/Cherno anymore, or at least have a massively rare chance to since the new update. So yeah, he was a freshie with a shovel. Killing him is not the "fastest way" to get to Cherno. Punchline falls flat.

The Steam store seems to be experiencing some intermittent network issues right now. It's not just DayZ. Try again later. Or just click on Add to Cart (ONCE!) and then wait patiently for a response.

There are item/player radar/ESP hacks, teleport hacks as well as aimbot hacks for the DayZ Standalone right now to answer your question. Were you killed by a h4xx0r? I don't know. The devs are working on addressing this and SA is VAC enabled. Given the alpha nature of the game and the way VAC bans work, you may not see these players banned immediately.

Sitting in the woods with a perfect vantage on the airfield/air control tower doesn't require hacks. Try logging on to a 0 pop server (you'll have to let the server list refresh for a while to get a good list of 0 pop servers that are actually working) then walk up to the air control tower. I think you'll find out that you're suddenly not dying. If you really think it's a bug though, try recording some in-game video of this bug in action more than once. Otherwise, we could argue all day about if it's a bug, player death or HAXXORS ZOMG!

Entire clans and groups of players would all be able to spawn at the same place at once and rush/kill anyone pretty much. DayZ isn't supposed to be a "rewarding" experience because it's easy or convenient...it's supposed to be rewarding because it's hard.

Yeah, such a feature might be friendly to new players but it would be massively abused.

I've written a Survivor's Guide here: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/156472-survivors-guide-to-dayz-sa/ That is specifically tailored to new players to the DayZ SA Alpha with a basic overall tutorial/walkthrough. You can find a lot of other useful information in the forums as well but a lot of it is bits and pieces scattered around. This will give you a good basis to understand what all those other bits and pieces mean. And welcome to DayZ!

You said: "There are exceptions but have you noticed how a good bunch of the "hero" types roll about in posses of 5 plus armed to the tits? Tell you what I will be a hero too with that backup! So sure bandits may piss you off but let them play, equally heroes well done for creating balance in the force. Even the little guy who is sequentially climbing the peaks in the game and logging the results - well done! (but you should get out more)." ...which kind of sounds like you were saying there were a disparate amount of hero groups compared to bandit groups. Why shouldn't they squad up? Bandits do too all the time. Also it's funny that you say, "So sure bandits may piss you off but let hem play" According to that logic, why not let the newspawns play, instead of robbing and killing them for nothing most of the time? What goes around comes around, whether you're a bandit or a hero.