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Uh no. In that video it is only somewhat accurate when he was using the bipod. Without the bipod he couldn't reliably hit a target even 200m away. The inaccuracy of the M4 is just ridiculous currently.

Sorry, I watched all those videos multiple times and none of them prove that the accuracy of the M4 is fine. All of them, except the end of the last video, were shot at moving targets or the target was so far away we couldn't see where the shots landed until the target dropped (first video). And except for the end of the last video you took multiple shots to drop/hit your target. Unfortunately due to the holiday, I don't have time to record video evidence of shooting at a static target at variable distances with the acog and various other attachments. I'll try to get one up once I get back from vacation. Until then I'll trust Gews findings as it was the closest we've had to actual scientific testing over some highlight videos with to many variables to control.

When Rockett did a hive wipe there were 5000 accounts that didnt get wiped. You were lucky as were 2 friends of mine.

Circle crosshair was removed for the dot. rocket is slowly weaning people off a crosshair.

Get off the coast. That is where the majority of the KOS'ers are currently.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/156129-confirmed-upcoming-features-for-dayz/ There rocket list upcoming development stuff. Hope it helps some of your curiosity :)

Nice fight! Beans for it! Amazed no one combat logged. It seems to be all I see when in a potential hostile situation is the other guys always log off :(

The part on the airstrip I thought you were two guys i ran into yesterday. Similar clothes and everything. But you're not. The situation didn't go so well for them :)

From Kamenka to the northernmost well above the NWAF it too me sprinting with a full hunter pack, full food/water/ healthy status, and pristine jungle boots around 45 minutes. And that's not even the northern edge of the map. And I was very hungry/thirsty by the time I got there. Yes the map is huge. If you are jogging it will take 2-3 times as long I imagine. From that same well out in the middle of an empty field northwest of the NWAF to Olsha roughly following the RR tracks it took me something like 2.5 hours switching between sprinting and jogging and stopping twice to loot a couple buildings along the way not to mention eat/drink. I wasn't even being careful either just flat out running in the open and stuff. Move the canteen to your hand then scrollwheel over a well. It should have the option to "Fill Canteen/bottle"

Battery licking to check and report the state of the battery should have been a simple code fix just asking the database for the info. Doing a revamp of the movement system and finalizing/correcting the zombie code/pathing is not as simple. Rocket and team seem to be concentrated on making sure the back-end server and database architecture are working good. And that's as they should be. The past week has put a HUGE strain on what they came up with. We are alpha testing the game for them remember that. This isn't some "open beta" release type bullshit.

Some evidence concerning cleaning wounds and game messages: Three time now I have gotten in fights with zombies, been hit 1-2 times, been bleeding, and bandaged my wounds with rags. All three times I would get to a safe place, eat till full, drink till full, take some vitamins. No healthy state appeared and I did not have the "Healing" message, remember though I had been hit so had some blood loss. All three times I had the "healthy" status prior to the fights, but not after. I cleaned my wounds with alcohol tincture and got the sick status, but I also received the "My wounds hurt less/ My wounds are healed" messages. After the "my wounds are healed" message popped up, the "healing" status showed up in my inventory and I started regening blood/health. When that stopped I got the "healthy" message. I never received any messages stating that my wounds hurt/itched/were infected.

As for axes swinging wierd, don't use the raise weapon animation with them (space bar default). That throws the swing in a wierd direction. Also going into 1st person and melee attacking is a lot easier to get head shots.

Also, the Stars on night servers are correct for the northern hemisphere and can be navigated by. Little dipper/big dipper/north star, seven sisters constellation, etc.

Its bloody freaking long thats why no replies :P Let me finish reading and I'll give some feedback. Ok decent tutorial for a very new player explaining the basics of how the game works. Might want to explain the healthy/sick/healing mechanics more as they are pretty important and fairly complicated. Actually here I'll just copy over something I post earlier. 1. Make sure to clean any wounds you may have gotten with alcohol tincture and/or use anitbiotics. Having infected wounds will NOT show up as being sick. Also, after using the alcohol Tincture it will show as you being "sick" for a bit, but you get the message that "Your wounds hurt less." Then you get "Your wounds are healed." and the sickness goes away. 1a. If you have the "sick" indicator in your inventory and you have not used the alcohol tincture then you most likely need antibiotics. If you get the message "My mouth feels numb/funny" Then try using charcoal tabs/epi-pen. DO NOT EAT ROTTEN FOOD! 2. It takes a lot more food that just a box of cereal and a couple cans to get full. On average going from first stage "hungry" to "stomach is full" takes me a dozen cans of food. That's right, 12 cans of food on average. 3. Drink at a well to get full on water AFTER you have eaten. Spam "F" key is the easiest as it takes quite a lot. 4. Make sure to take some vitamins if you got them. 5. Once healthy and full on food/water you will then start to regen health and the "Healing" message will appear in inventory. Doesn't matter if you move or stay still, health regens either way.

1. Make sure to clean any wounds you may have gotten with alcohol tincture and/or use anitbiotics. Having infected wounds will NOT show up as being sick. Also, after using the alcohol Tincture it will show as you being "sick" for a bit, but you get the message that "Your wounds hurt less." Then you get "Your wounds are healed." and the sickness goes away. 2. It takes a lot more food that just a box of cereal and a couple cans to get full. On average going from first stage "hungry" to "stomach is full" takes me a dozen cans of food. That's right, 12 cans of food on average. 3. Drink at a well to get full on water AFTER you have eaten. Spam "F" key is the easiest as it takes quite a lot. 4. Make sure to take some vitamins if you got them. 5. Once healthy and full on food/water you will then start to regen health and the "Healing" message will appear in inventory. Doesn't matter if you move or stay still, health regens either way.

I think the main problem OP is that you see the game as a FPS first and survival simulator second. When in truth it is the other way around. Given that it is a zombie apocalypse survival simulator first and fps second, quite a lot of the priorities make sense then. That and Rocket wants to make sure the back-end stuff is rock solid before messing with other things. The updates and recent changes we see are mostly easily fixed bugs or something really game breaking. Just give the game time and the combat will get ironed out. It is just that right now there are more important things to work on.

Private Hives do not fix this issue of combat logging. Sorry. It happened plenty in the mod even on private hive servers.

That's a problem between you and your friends and not a game issue. Separate servers is the way to go. WE get your point, its just that the point your are trying to make is an issue between you and your friends. It is NOT a game issue. Hence why no one cares about your suggestion.

Since you're new use the search function. Odds are the topic has been discussed before.

1. Get away from the coast. No, I'm really not trolling. Move inland/north and you'll find more gear. Simple as that. Even on servers that I know haven't rebooted in 4-5 hours I find plenty of gear/food by moving inland/north and checking towns there. Here is a map to help you out DayZ Map - DayZDB 2. The game is in Alpha stage. This isn't some "open beta" style release. It is alpha testing that we payed to do for them. Alpha means things are broke, the vast majority of features are not even coded yet, and there will be huge, game breaking bugs that occur. If you were expecting a more polished game then I suggest waiting a few months and checking back.

Separate hives for 1st and 3rd person servers. Make it an option that can be easily searched for in the server list. Personally I prefer first person, but as it stands now you are at a sever disadvantage if you do not use third person. Oh and third person gives the advantage to everyone yes, but it also removes a good chunk of the suspense and unknown from the game. You easily gain intelligence without having to risk something to gain it.

No, simple as that. Not at this time. I could see maybe a couple of years after Final Release them allowing modding, but not before. It isn't needed. Go mod Arma 2 if you want to mod something so bad.

Good tips all around. Also, not sure if it helpsas without some form of indicator it is anecdotal evidence, but taking vitamins seems to keep me healthy and regen blood faster. Like I said not sure if true or I'm just lucky.

For loot to respawn servers must reboot. Thus most servers are daytime all the time.

Another issue is since loot isn't respawning a lot of server admins have started rebooting the servers every couple hours. Thus there is never any sense of time passing by. If you do find a server that actually transitions from day to night the loot, even in small unmarked hamlets, will be gone. So no one plays on those.