BCKane

Highly unlikely, i was in the middel of nowhere in a bush. It is what it is. Funny enough i just got a "you died" screen while just running up the coast with nothing around me at all. Guess this isn't my day.

I'm toast, 10 different servers and still a bambi. bleh.

This just happened to me. Logged out in the middle of nowhere, after sitting for 5 minutes to make sure i was safe. Logged back in 2 hours later and my character was fine, couldn't do anything (put anything in my hands and couldn't do anything with any of my inventory), then the server desynced. I tried to log back in to and i'm a bambi now. I know it is an alpha, but this is kinda happening to often now days.

:lol: Good lord man, soda is now coming out my nose ... and it burns like crazy. oooooowwwwww! >:(

This is the best way if you don't need to see all the slots. I have had the box fall through floors or the ground when i put it on the ground. On a side note, make sure you condense all the ammunition to the maximum stackable amount. If you are stacking 556, you can load the 60 round mags and unload them to create 60 round stacks instead of the normal 30. Takes up half the space and will help save space.

Maybe they should implement some type of "reward" for surviving for a period of time. Like old age where your character gets slower, vision is hindered, hearing goes, aim is shaky, etc. :D

I'm pretty sure that they poll is about the 300 second wait time when logging into a server if you haven't been playing on a previous server for more than 30 minutes. The 30 second timer is that time a ghost of your character stays in game after you logout. Are you suggesting that a ghost of your character should be in-game for 5 minutes?

Thanks man.

I lost connection twice last night and had the wait screen while logging back into the same server. Not a big deal, but I don't think it can detect a disconnect compared to an F4. Anyone else know the truth? On a side note, i legitimately logged off in a bush (after sitting for a while to make sure i'm safe), but when i logged back in later my character was not in the bush/tree but a significant distance from where i logged out. This happened to me three times, anyone else seeing this?

If combat logging is evidently the next world crisis, then why not just do away with logging out? Just require a person to have their character camp in the woods and be vulnerable for the entire time the player is AFK or only allow a person to enter into a protected sleep (after a 1 hour long vulnerable time period) for 8 hours and after that the character just sits vulnerable. Clearly combat logging is so irritating that it is on par with world hunger and ruins the game for everyone ... so the game should just ban all casuals and faux "real" players by making logging out impossible. Better yet, make death permanent for the entire account, if you die, you need to buy another account to respawn. That would make it a lot more realistic and make sure that people would only enter into combat on rare occasions when absolutely necessary or VERY sure they will win. I'm sure we can find even more extreme solutions to issues that "irritate" players. :ph34r:

Made me lol.

What is what?

Knowing someone is in a building and scratching my face while strafing around a corner ... then eating an M4. Stupidity kills.

Um ... the 30 second in-game logging system does very little to combat server hopping or ghosting. Those issues are addressed by the log-in wait timer when jumping from server to server. The 30 second in-game logging system is to combat ... combat loggers and is intended to create 100% vulnerability. Personally, i don't like the system, but it is what it is and we are all going to deal with it. It just takes me a bit longer to run further into the forest now and sit longer making sure i'm alone. Not ideal, but evidently punishing combat loggers is the most important thing in the game for Rocket, where as it just annoys me, but personally isn't some earth shattering element of the game. To each their own.

Didn't Rocket specifically state that no count down timer was planned because that defeated the whole reason behind the 30 second character vulnerability in game method ... which was his intended and preferred method? I don't have the link, but someone asked him specifically about a timer system opposed to the 30 second in game system and he said the timer system didn't fix any problems and was still considered combat logging (because you can initiate the timer and still protect yourself if someone rushes you). I could be wrong, so let me know.

You are doing it wrong! :D

Ain't this the truth! I had to run a PU for a week and a half because i couldn't find a LRS anywhere. Then suddenly i found 3 LRS in a day and a half (damaged, worn, and pristine) ... and like any good story in DayZ, i proceeded to die in a horribly frustrating and stupid way soon after. >:(

I understand why people don't like ghosting, i don't do it and never even think of doing it while playing ... but in true Dayz fashion ... isn't it the players fault if they get killed by a ghoster for staying in the same position for so long and camping that spot? I know i'm causing trouble, but after so many "deal with it" responses and the automatic assumption that anyone who doesn't like this change opposes it because they only log to ghost, then wouldn't it be reasonable to state that only people who are campers have trouble with ghosters? I personally move every time i fire my weapon so that people can't get a bead on where i'm at, am i doing it wrong? :D

I'm not a programer, but i don't see why both issues couldn't be solved with an ingame 30 second countdown timer that is canceled with any character movement. That would automatically keep an Alt+F4ers character there, imobile, if they try and combat log (they CHOOSE to leave their character unattended), but at the same time wouldn't leave everyone else completely vulnerable while normally logging off (if there is a threat you can at least try and do something ... which would cancel your logout timmer and keep you in game). I don't like combat loggers, but i don't see the reasoning behind making EVERYONE vulnerable for 30 seconds, with no ability to defend yourself, because people don't like combat loggers.

I believe the condition of the items pertains to their effectiveness (weapons are less deadly, clothes less damage reducing - if they actually reduce damage, etc.). Shovels kill zombies, it just take a long time. Pick up an ax. I think the new patch says that you can't use "ruined" items now. Not sure how far you have to be, but they stop chasing you when you are a fair distance from them. Don't think running makes it worse, but you need to bandage yourself. You can make bandages by tearing your shirt up.

No need, thanks man.

Any visual clues when people are doing this?

People are using a glitch where they are "under" the hangar (invisible), but are still able to shoot people through walls/floor.

Anyone know how this is working? When you log, is there a count down timer or somethhing scrolling while you can still move/interact with your character? I have no problem with that at all, BUT if on the other hand, logging blanks your screen and your character just sits there for 30 seconds, completely vulnerable, i think that would be a significant problem.

Tumble, :D . Just wondering if i'm "doing it wrong" ... well as much as you can do anything wrong in this game. Then again, i'm a timid little flower and tend not to run down the road or run through the middle of town during the day.