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Yep, that can happen. Now channel that anger over to this post and follow its instructions to report that Arsehat so we can be rid of him forever: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/158966-dayz-standalone-server-hosting-rules-server-reporting/. See how that works. You get pissed off by a jerk admin, do what you should do about it, and get the last laugh as his server evaporates and he gets no refund! Revenge is soooo sweet!

Try everything the other posters have been suggesting, but TBH these two items are going to have the most impact on your experience in DayZ.

I'm all for anything that comes with a free girl.

No, timers are staying. Location not updating is a known issue as noted in the patch notes. You should read the patch notes. There are important things in there useful to people testing this game.

I see what you did there, lol. Seriously, no never had this happen. Have you changed your default FoV?

Quick Tip: When you hit respawn, and the dialog comes up, hit the 'No' button. I know, right, how the f#@k does that work out. But it does. (Told to me by a guy who swore me to secrecy, so if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me, okay?)

Last round on the Experimental servers I kept myself alive with berries and well water. Rate is low at ~1/10 times, but as long as you identify the right bushes (there are two different types) you should be fine.

I'm using a PU Scope on one in the Experimental servers. I think that was from a patch or two back so should work even on stable.

Actually, now that I'm about to logon I realise that I'm off in the Experimental branch so am playing on the US Experimental servers. Which brings up my next point: Why does Dean not love us Kiwis and Aussies? Why can't we have at least one or two Experimental servers? Where is his national pride? We'll see about that. TBH I think all the hardcore players are off on the Experimental servers. Nothing like Hardcore AND new toys to play with!

Just an observation, but if you want to meet truly friendly players, join a fully looted Experimental server some time. Nothing mush to do except talk and wait for the server to reset :)

Sorry, I was at work. All's good, I'm home now!

Fair enough. The main problem may be that currently DayZ is using 100~140 kb/s up/download. That's around 5MB/min, 300MB/hr *sustained* throughput. Doesn't seem a great deal but can be impacted by many things. Have you done a traceroute to any of the problem servers? Would be interesting to know ping, latency, packet loss data if you have. Does your ISP use load shaping. They may be inadvertently delaying critical packets.

Welcome to my world. I think it is a reflection of the type of players who like this style of play. When there is nothing to exploit to give one player an unfair advantage over another, you can afford to be quietly optimistic that an encounter will not end in bloodshed. Not that you can afford to become complacent, though!

Alt+F4 is treated exactly the same as any other method of disconnection from a server. There is a known issue ATM where charcters (and location) information is not being updated at logout. If you are able, wait an additional 30 s or so before logout as a temporary work around until they have a fix for this.

The login/out timers are one of the few things that the PvPers and us 'Carebears' agree on are a Good Thing. But that is immaterial to your OP. I'm going to say it upfront and get it out of the way.... ALPHA! Whether you can play WoW and GW2 is not actually relevant. Neither of those games are currently in alpha, and I'd doubt either is relying on third-party servers for their infrastructure. As to your main issue, I can only say that I'm having no issues with anything similar. If there was a systemic problem then I'm sure that being almost a hemisphere away from the nearest server locale would amplify any problem rather than mask it. As it is the only issue I'm having is that pings are routinely 250+, but the game is still robust enough for me to play longer than the average server reboot times. I don't think you can blame the Devs for the vaguaries of the internet that you are experiencing. There are too many factors that affect it that are completely beyond their control. You don't mention in your post any information on your router/modem/ISP setup or any steps you've tried to resolve any issues you may have, so I'm not even able to speculate on what may or may not be the cause of your problems. To steal a metaphor from the great philosopher, Rocket, all you have done in your OP is state 'My boat floats on water, but my car doesn't. Fix my car!'

Surviving is the reward for surviving. The rest you make up as you see fit as you go along. Interaction with other players and the enviroment is all there is.

Pick up the note and throw it into a pond or something if it bothers you. No one is going to look there.

I leave them around Novi and Stary Sobor. Inside the church entranceway and places with the weapon loot spawns, where I think any player is likely to head to first. Problem ATM is finding enough paper. Should be able to tear up a book or something.

The simple solutions are best. Beans at you!

Not sure where that comment is coming from WRT what I wrote. I contend it is a deterent, even if not a perfect one. It isn't going to deter the most persistent exploiters, but NOTHING is. Even your solution wouldn't have bought you much. 5 mins staring at a timer or 5 mins running back. Take your pick. TBH, a squad of four sitting in one place or close enough to it that they can be killed by ghosting IS doing something wrong. I'm sorry. You don't just sit there and let the enemy flank you. End of. Your comment there.

Overly complex. Simply reducing the spawn rate for military weapons and guns in general would 'gate' gearing up with a much simpler mechanic that is already in game. The Devs have already suggested that these spawn rates will be nerfed again once we have more crafted and civilian weapons in game.

The solution is already in with the last patch. It's working. Thanks for trying, Better luck next time! Or, using a fireaxe to open a can of beans...

Hmm... Interesting. What is the mean time to get geared with this method? Is it possible to get fully geared before passing out?

Unfortunately they don't.

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