Zakificus

I had some difficulty getting meat from animals. But I just gave it a minute and aimed all over the corpse and then got the option. Had a few friends and we killed 8 animals over today playing on two different servers. We all got meat just fine, with the occasional hiccup that made it take a min or two.

Since I assume most choppers will be quickly repaired and claimed by admins/larger clans I want to put together a group to counter this. Generally I play solo, and that leads to much difficulty finding vehicles at all, much less the high value ones. Larger groups can hit more spawn points, carry more parts, and generally have an upper-hand at claiming the vehicles, and soon choppers. To counter this, I want to put together a group of maybe 3-5 people to combat choppers and cause general mischief. If I can organize a team of other players we can coordinate strikes on likely fuel points, spawn points, and likely travel routes for helicopters. I'd suggest we use mostly .50 Cals for their anti-material munitions as well as LMG's for good support fire and sustained damage to vehicles and teams. I think it'd be a pretty awesome experience to take down a few choppers and whatnot. I imagine there would be a few epic firefights somewhere along the way. My hope is to get lucky enough to spot one being repaired and/or landing long enough to take out the entire piloting group and claim it for ourselves. I've played enough ARMA2 that I can pilot one if the opportunity arises. Additionally there is always the good old trap of leaving it in a field in a high traffic area and sniping everyone that enters the drivers seat / searches it for gear. Anyone interested post here or pm me and we can arrange something. I can set up a teamspeak server if I get enough interest. TL;DR: Anyone want to help me destroy / capture some choppers when the patch is released and they're brought back?

I heard some rumors before, I forget where, that the wiki pages and everything aren't totally accurate. IIRC the page itself said that they are generated by using the results of what people have found. Using that logic, it is theoretically possible a gun could be so rare that nobody has found it (and reported it to be added to the list). Could someone confirm whether or not there are in fact weapons in game that exist that aren't on the wiki pages? Obviously some of the crazy stuff is hacked in, but is it possible that there are weapons that are there, just so rarely spawned that nobody has added them to a wiki database?

When I get outa work tonight I'll head over to check it out.... then proceed to destroy all the obviously duped gear since I found everything I'd need without having to break game mechanics haha.

I just like to imagine a team flying around being like "Ok so first we'll fly over Cherno shoot some noobs then up to NWAF to loot. Then we- WHAT THE FUCK?!" as the stats go to red and it starts spinning out of control, or just explodes. I don't know how effective it would be but it would be hilarious either way. Even better, it crash lands and they all get out confused as to what the hell just happened. Then picking them off as they stand around the crash site haha.

It always seems like one person skims the main post, misses the point, then immediately starts screaming in outrage. Then everyone just reads his post and ignores rockets main post. IMHO all you have to do is check to see if rocket's post has been updated, and like 80% (arbitrary majority) of the confusion is cleared up.

Am I the only person who finds it funny when people refer to PC hackers as modders? DayZ is a mod, and Rocket and the team are 'modders' haha. With consoles people have to 'mod' them to have hacks.

The question I'd have is if bullets persist that long. If you're firing the bullets at a long enough distance, do they persist until they hit something? For example if you had all those same guys firing bullets straight into the air, would they come down in the same general area or would something trigger them to despawn before they arrive at a target?

I still find mixed results with berenzio.for the longest time it was always empty. Now I occasionally bump into people. Though I haven't been back since a few days ago, was looting the tents on a night server and suddenly had all kinds of dmr roundshitting around me. Not one of them hit me before I found cover. I took it as a sign that the warzone was shifting up there from all the "check out berenzio" posts.

About 915M, at NEAF. Literally just at the edge of the visibility range for the server, could barely see him crouching in the hangar.

Can you do it prone? Might be worth a try. Keep primary equipped though so you don't stand then place it.

SD rounds in Non-SD gun cause all kinds of issues with accuracy and range. They work perfectly in SD weapons though.

Last night I was crawling around NWAF on a low population server. Tends to be higher traffic through there and usually decently geared people if you're looking for some new toys. After only 20 mins or so I see some zombies start to appear around the firestation and hangars. A few more minutes and I see a bunch of zombies take off running into one of the hangars, as a guy comes running out and sprints into the control tower. After taking out the zombies he runs over to the Firestation, pulling another trail of zombies. He runs back and forth a few times, clearing out the zombies before he finally heads into the control tower to loot. This time when he comes out he's going slowly, crouch walking towards the firestation. At this point I've surveyed the area and haven't seen any other survivors covering him. As I'm waiting for a decent shot I range him, and figure my best bet will be to hit him when he's coming back out of the firestation. As he walks out of the large double doors I aim, steady my scope, and count down to my shot. Right as I'm about to fire he moves suddenly and crouch runs to the hangar. At this point I'm going to just wait until he is at a loot pile, since I know where he's going. After a few more seconds he stops and I take aim. I hold my breath and count down once more. Just as I'm about to fire I hear a shot and see the dirt beneath his feet get hit. My target takes off running, meanwhile I turn to the treeline across the hangar and get the sound of the second and third shots centered through my speakers. I don't see anyone, but zombies come rushing into the area, so I scan up the metal tower to see someone prone at the top. One shot from the AS50 puts him down, then I turn my attention back towards the patrol tower where the other guy has taken refuge. He pokes his head up in the patrol tower window looking to see if his attacker is still there, one more shot and he's down. Not much good loot, but very exciting none-the-less. Moral of the story, take a few seconds/minutes to make sure you have a good shot. Not to mention the other benefits if someone more hasty is in the area. Patience turned one target into two.

Haha, the only reason I ever get good shots like that is because I usually spend about 10 minutes ranging key areas when I find a spot to stay. I have a little notepad next to my keyboard, so I'll range everything: distance to near and far sides of each hangar, control tower, firestation, barracks if the view distance lets me see them, key points on the tree line across from the hangars, etc. At that point it just is a quick "target is near wherever and the closest measurement makes that at however many meters. Zero to the closest setting, adjust for additional drop/movement and pew pew lol. Then making sure nobody heard / zombies aren't running at you. With the adrenaline of a successful kill, remaining calm and dealing with the next threat (usually zombies) as quickly as possible is the hardest part.

The only thing I have to say in favor of not wiping the characters, is that it makes testing across all stages of the game that much faster. When a new patch hits, you have the new players, the players just getting the hang of things, the guys with all the rare weapons and vehicles, and everyone in between. This means that as soon as a patch hits, we know what is wrong and right and where. Best example is this last patch. If we wiped everything every time, it could have been quite some time before people realized that the L85 was accidently removed, and that the Ghillie was bugged again. Would these things have been discovered eventually, yeah, but it was almost immediate by leaving people with what they have. That said, I definitely think major releases should have wipes. I would honestly be surprised if there weren't wipes when the mod is declared Beta and when it is released. But those are the obvious times. In between I could see a few big wipes whenever he makes a more substantial change. If like the OP suggested, we start really cranking the mechanics in different directions, a wipe becomes much more necessary to get pure testing results. Otherwise for the time being, not wiping I think, is a little more beneficial since the whole spectrum of players is hit at once.

I think it's good practice to ALWAYS update to the newest patch. In my experience it has never hurt anything. The beta patches don't ever seem to break anything so they aren't as risky as hopping into the next DayZ version the moment it appears.

Back tire clipped the object in the road, not random, just very sensitive. I agree they should be a little tougher for things like that, though full speed collisions... Yeah you deserved that haha. Not sure how easily fixable that is, but minor bumps shouldn't be a big damage dealer.

I don't have time to find and link it on here, using phone to post. But rocket confirmed item removal was an accidental side effect of harsher anti hacking measures. Should be hot fixed within the week. If you look through his posts you can find it.

Might also be waypoints. They are enabled now.

I've only ever seen one and I found it at a random chopper site in the middle of nowhere. I've been actively checking every site I see and haven't seen one since. That's 1 L85 in about 350 hours of play. I would say that's pretty uncommon.

IRL I am a software engineer. Usually I multitask, so adding 'watch for movement and scan the area' to the list is usually convenient for when I want to play but am not quite in the mood to do anything very engaging. I generally stick to sniping around fields between high traffic areas, which is pretty boring 90% of the time. I generally have DayZ running on one monitor, a movie or tv show on my second monitor, while doing something on my tablet - usually reading these forums.

Hey anyone out there that wants nvg or rangefinder, I have an extra pair of each I pulled off a body, I will trade them to the highest bidder. Other items i wil part with, depending on trade offer: M4A3 + 3 Mags M24 + 10 Mags (2x M24 Mags + 2x DMR Mags=>8x M24 Mags) Pm me on here or add me on steam my name Zjc12025

Eh I have a rangefinder already, and don't hoard stuff so no need for another. Besides bandits have me often enough, can always find more haha. Nvg still up for sale though.

Success with freeside trading. Traded my rangefinder for a Ghillie.

I have one has at 50kph do I have a Ural at 30kph ??