Solopopo

This is Alpha. I feel obligated to exploit the game in whatever way possible, without cheating/hacking. That is our job as alpha testers: to make a problem prevalent until it recieves enough attention to be changed. And in the mean time I can benefit from that :D You don't have to, that's your choice, but maintaining some lofty notion of gaming honor just doesn't seem worthwile to me, especially in the unforgiving world of DayZ

I'm not mad, because I can still hop. I'm doing it right now. That's why I posted this. And also because I think the combat log out system doesn't always work, which bothers me. It works because players think it does, but about 1 out of every 4 times I try to do it I am successful in getting away. Now before anyone goes "OMG NO SENSE U COMBAT LOG!" There is only one way to find out if these things work correctly. I do what the game allows for, and I will always play that way, and if I see something that doesn't seem right I'm going to post about it. That is why we are all in this alpha to begin with, and also why I truly have become upset about some of the reactions I've gotten here.

I'm not reading this. I'm not reading anything else you write. Other people have actual input to contribute.

Yeah, what he said.

I certainly am. I'll put it in my sig if you'd like :D . But I don't like the idea because I server hop between high pop servers looking for action after I get full gear. But even if I didn't do that, I wouldn't like the idea. I love the way the public hive works. I love that I can switch between servers with all my stuff, even if I am just doing it from one play session to the next. It just makes it mean more somehow, that your gear isn't isolated on one little private server.

I stopped taking you seriously a long time ago (right about the time you spelled offence wrong). Forgive me for not crafting a well thought out response to your "arguments" when you are just going to shit all over it with insults and disagree for the sake of disagreeing. You are referring to yourself as if you represent everyone here. I have been discussing with people in this thread who are actually contributing. Please for the love of god leave. And I knew you didn't have a job you condescending, autistic failure. Also forgive me for being reduced to your level.

It sounds like a person is actually contributing to thread (thank you btw), instead of offering nothing but insults. Although I don't know if I agree with this idea. I think it defeats the purpose of a public hive to have some items transfer with you, but not others.

Dude......dude. What arguments?! There are no arguments in these posts! (although a few different suggestions have been proposed) You think "fuck you, bad idea" is an argument? And I actually did respond to your "argument," and you've done nothing since but throw mud.

It's one thing to say "I disagree" for one reason or another. It's something entirely different to say, "fuck you, you retard, bad idea." You're 40, and this is how you conduct yourself? Are you actually doing anything with that ancient engineering degree? I doubt you have a job you care about if you are this careless in your online conduct.

You say this, yet your're feeding the thread yourself. I'm really becoming disgusted with this community right now. This is what comprises the SA community? Children who can't spell or debate worth a damn? Really just sad. The majority of people who have posted in this thread are actually offended by server hopping, as if it were some mortal sin. I actually feel bad about myself for playing SA now.

You are a prime example of what a lack of education does to someone. You are vulgar, offensive, and nothing you have had to say has contributed to any civil discussion taking place here. It is okay that you disagree, but you're overly aggressive responses to simple suggestions are just ridiculous. One day you will grow up and read these posts you made and feel very silly.

What points are those? Please tell me. Give me bullet points please, because you have no points. All you are doing is saying, "that won't work" or "I disagree." Loot hot spots are dangerous. Are you telling me they are not? Because I know from experience that they are. By definition my logic is not "nonsensical," or "contradictory" or "flawed." In fact, none of those adjectives you just threw at me are applied correctly. You just disagree, and you're becoming offensive without reason, making me rethink your maturity after all. By all means claim yourself victorious, because that is what this was about right? Winning? This is really growing tiresome please do go to bed, unless you actually heed your own words and start backing up the things you say with reason, experience, or examples, like I have done in every one of my posts.

Okay, I'm going to try to take you seriously, although it is difficult. Firstly, the current system IS aimed at server hopping plain and simple. Secondly, if you canceled the log out timer you would still die. Do you think the person shooting at you is magically going to stop shooting you when you try to break your combat log timer to defend yourself? If I were you I would stop being so hostile and accusing me of making no sense, because in light of the things you write yourself .... you're just kind of embarrassing yourself.. Just saying. Don't mean any offense. That would stop hopping, but nobody wants the public hive shut down.

That is an interesting idea. I like the suggestion of decreasing the time if a server has a high population, but I'm not sure about making it that long for low population servers. It sure would encourage people to play on populated servers only though

What I am saying does make perfect sense. It might not be the best solution, but every last word I have said makes sense and is backed up by logic that is explained. You can refute that logic, but you can not deny that what I am saying makes sense, because it does. There seems to be a serious reading comprehension problem getting in the way here, so it's ironic that you suggest none of these posts are written by children (not you specifically). No your chances are not slim. As someone who hops a lot I know. It is very common to run into another hopper or another player in hot spots, even in low population servers. Just because a server says 2/40 players, doesn't mean it hasn't seen 15 players log in and out in the last 5 minutes. Hot spots are dangerous no matter what, and making yourself vulnerable in those places is never a good idea. Try for yourself. Make your way to a school and go afk. Wait and see how long until you are dead. Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean there aren't people all over the place.

I don't want to be able to so I don't? Can we argue with sentences that make sense please?

Of which you clearly have none. Firstly, I can hardly understand what you're writing. Secondly, ethics don't change facts. Think, ya know, with your brain, about whether the idea would work; not about whether I server hop, because it's irrelevant, regardless of whether it gets your tighties in a bunch or not. I want the game to be un-exploitable because it would make the game better.

Yes it IS less penalizing; to players who are not trying to abuse the system. Think about it. It would stop server hopping cold, and don't kid yourself, it hasn't been stopped. Now imagine for a moment that you are a server hopper under this rule. You run to a school, nothing there. You wait a minute in the game to log out, kind of risky but okay, you made it. You are on a new server. You find a Mosin, hallelujah! You crouch to log out. A player who knows a school is a hot spot is lurking. He comes up and kills you freely, because you can't respond immediately. Now suppose you ran away to a safe place to log out. It has to be far because the area will not be safe. Therefor you might as well just loot the legitimate way. The current system isn't working. We know it's not. Don't kid. So to say this one that would actually work is worse is nonsensical.

I server hop because I can. I don't want anyone to be able to. But I will if it's possible, and so will others. How does that discredit logic in any way?

I don't think you actually read my post. They do not have anything like this. That goal hasn't been met with the current timer. Players are still combat logging AND server hopping. I'm proposing a less bothersome method to accomplish BOTH those goals. Nowhere do the devs say their goal is to arbitrarily keep players stuck on one server. Their goal is to stop server hopping to swipe items and combat logging to survive an encounter that is about to go badly. Neither of these goals have been met. Currently, server hoppers, combat loggers, and legitimate players are equally encumbered by the timer. If players were required to render themselves vulnerable for a minute before logging out, people would not be combat logging, or server hopping.

I still do it. Sorry.

Yeah this doesn't happen. A server restart grants you one free hop. Who gave beans? I will admit, it can be frustrating getting a long timer when you truly aren't server hopping, which does happen sometimes, but the ends justify the means. Besides, you can still hop if you want to. You just can't do it repeatedly.

Playing on high settings actually. Crappy quality picture

It is amazing. I'm on a 100 pop now.

There is no software you can download that will make crappy hardware magically turn into good hardware. Your only option is to reduce the load on the computer. I wouldn't be surprised if you have 20 programs running in the background. Make sure every program is turned off. After that there are a few graphical tweaks you can make, but they will only help so much. You need to reduce your scene complexity to 150000. You also need to reduce view distance to 1000 and object distance to 800. Figure it out yourself. It will be good for you. Otherwise, have fun with your Facebook machine.