Elle

hrm makes me think flash-bangs or grenades should be allowed but extremely rare - that's how real tac units work right? lacking items to even the score however, maybe you could simply overwhelm them with numbers - go up 4 at time with 2 facing forward and 2 facing back while shooting the whole time and concentrate fire once your target is identified - you might loose 1 or 2 people but you should be able to clear the upper floor (unless you are just grossly outnumbered to begin with). the biggest problem is the stairs themselves, no way to actually run up them, speed would be critical. good luck and have fun.

the part that says we wash ashore as a castaway at sea. it was something mentioned by rocket but I'll see if I can dig up a link and post it. official lore would be awesome tho because its tiresome searchin the net for the reasons behind DayZ.

ok so when this proves to be a problem with servers, address it, until then don't waste time tinkering with the code to fix something that isn't broken. wilderness spawns go against lore. change the lore and I will change my opinion on spawn location.

too true on the gear-up at svetlo and it is such a pretty town.... my issue with it is really hardware related - I get driver crash and recovery (leaves my game with black screen with all the sounds but no picture) and the occasional BEX error that's apparently a DEP issue (we tinkered with settings for the BEX error this morning so I need to test that out) but other than that svetlo is awesome I just don't get to enjoy it much and spawning there is a gamble for my system.

wth for?? if I don't like my life in the game I end it. my choice and it hurts you not at all. actually kinda hoping you are being sarcastic cause that's effin draconian. apparently the game can handle some kid jumpin from a tower/building/cliff 30 times so whats it to you if the kid chooses to?

hehe me too - OP should be happy he ain't spawning at svetlo all the damn time like I do on experimental (man that annoys the **** outta me)

you said it all.

so I was on an 80/80 server this morning and it ran just fine if not better than the 40/40 servers from yesterday. the 100/100 servers run pings just a lil higher than I like so I skipped em in favor of the 80/80 with less than 100 ping.

I see a lot of servers that say "No KOS" I don't see any that say "PVE Only" (not that I really look that hard for em). I will say this however - I get a good chuckle from the "No KOS" servers cause its not like you're gonna get kicked or anything for it (as stated by the OP). I do have respect for the server admins that try to keep it friendly though and I think that being able to express that in the server name simply makes good sense. kudos OP for running a friendly "No KOS" server and good luck with the enforcement of that policy. oh I almost forgot - I agree with the OP on the definitions of "PVE only" and "No KOS"

sooo you got a little separated from your buddy when you come upon a mid sized squad so you take up positions behind two buildings separated by a gap thru which you are spotting the squad when you get spotted back. now gunfire erupts as you and your buddy attempt to secure a safe escape but suddenly things have gone quiet on your buddy's side and you glance over to discover he is out of ammo... your options are: attempt to cross the gap to provide ammo for your buddy or just toss the mag to him from your current position. good luck and have fun :)

hehe I know about that thing (ifn its the thing ima thinkin) - there is one inside the errr....thing.... at vybor too ;)

if you are on a server that shows its time as noon the sun should be due south (sunrise in the SE and sunset in the SW) so if you turn about 45 degrees to the right (while facing the sun) you should run right into NWAF. alternately you can run to grishino (if you can see that from the devils castle) and from the town center you can see the hangars of NWAF to the west across a long open field. the mil base south of there is in a little clump of trees at the base of a largish hill (kinda stands alone with a big rock on it), its kind of hard to see but once you are half-way there from NWAF you should be able to see the wall and the top of the camo building and get your bearings from that. as for the suppressor - its still non-functional so even if you use it, it will attract zeds and players. for zeds the fire axe is your best friend, for players its your choice (I have no preference as I don't shoot other players) but I tend to carry whatever firearm I manage to find as long as I can get ammo for it (except the SKS, too loud and too ugly). to find a compass search in the little super markets - that's where I seem to find em the most. a bit of loot advice... after you finish raiding the mil base south of NWAF head due west to pustoshka - there is a little super market and a few really good loot houses, some storage garages, plus 3 water pumps, the zeds are annoying but there are only like 5 maybe 6 that spawn there but they do respawn with pretty good view of the town so expect to use the fire axe a fair amount. I find it to be well worth the effort. oh and don't forget vybor is like an open treasure chest that seldom gets looted.

hahaha that's actually kind of awesome. I'd be worried about turning my back to that shadow ifn I was you.

what?!?! there used to be PvP in electro???

so that's pretty cool. would be funny to watch a buncha peeps in payday masks shooting it out over a minivan whose alarm is still goin crazy and draggin in zeds like ummm the apocalypse or something.

I've been pegged in the head on the tower of the ATC at NEAF, at least that's as far as I can tell. I was up there takin my time, poking thru all the fancy military stuffs when I spy this cutesy lil some something or other out on the walkway. being dumb as I am, I stepped out on to the lil walkway there and I was dead. no gun shot, no flash o black and white, just plain ole black screen "you are dead". I learnt right then and there I need a ballistic helmet ifn I'm gonna do stuff that silly. just remember there are snipers everywhere (I should know better cause I are one) and some of em are pretty darn good.

aliens.... no wait... alien zombies ;)

well seems to me that having everything in the hands of the players and having the players all over the map makes for some pretty good testing. bugs get reported all the time, just follow the bug tracker.

heh when the experimentals are running 40/40 for population all day everyday I assure you that all the gear is taken and all the locations are visited.

yeah would suggest to me that there were quite a few peeps up there at the same time doing this - as long as you were constantly spawning near the tower a small group could pull this off without too much time involved.

well it is a pretty common jumping off place so on a busy server I could see something like this happening - that said - it does all seem a bit staged cause that's a lot o stuff... I guess with a clan effort to dump and jump this could be done without too much trouble... I am so conflicted.

cool this saves me from strapping that target to my character for the sake of science.

you body will remain lootable for 10 mins if no one is around and 40 mins if someone is around (not sure how close they have to be) I have been able to find my body after an hour or so but it wasn't lootable at that point.

well they certainly lack originality but I guess there is no shortage of unimaginative idiots in the game. watched the full vid by the way.

I have tossed 3 of them in favor of the assault vest - the word PRESS in big white letters just screams "shoot me!" but if I find another one I may run with it for a while to see how damage goes.