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I was playing the experimental last week with no problems. Just switched to the stable servers, and I've tried 10 different servers and im sitting at the black screen saying "please wait" on all of them. I've restarted steam and verified the game cache. Not sure whats going on, hopefully someone can help me out, I'm sure its something simple I'm over looking.

Yeah its weird, every day i start steam i have to download an update. I asked my friends if they are experiencing the same thing, having to download an "update" every day and they don't, so idk.

If i uninstall and reinstall will it wipe all my characters?

same issue i had when playing with a friend of mine. Try dropping yellow cases and stacking them. Plus, go offline on steam when u guys are playing together, has helped me a bit. But, hope they figure it out.

U MONSTER!!

At the end of the day, it's who's got the guns and the beans. The rest matters little.

just gotta shake the can enough for teh explossssssion!! looool

Yeah, there needs to be a black backpack...and not to mention green gloves... Even though they're not in the game now, i don't see them staying out for long. We also need a balaclava... tired of seeing my face, and don't like the motorcycle helmet or gas mask..

Best luck i've had is in the hangers at North West Airfield

Since i started playing DayZ, one thing has been in the back of my head regarding blood and bleeding in this game. Quick story: Today, I was at the North West Airfield and got into a firefight with someone up in one of the camo buildings. I had a mosin, plus a bi-pod and a LRS. The person in the window stood still and i shot, it was about a 400m shot. I saw the person, then sit down and log out, but, I'm sure i hit them, not sure how i could miss. But I'm not positive. So, something I've always wanted was to be able to run over to that building and see a blood spot on the ground, letting me know that I hit the person, even if the person is no longer there. The blood spots can despawn after 10 minutes or whatever, so u don't see spots everywhere. This also brings up and interesting thought about tracking a bleeding person, like every couple steps if they don't bandage they drop a couple drops of blood or whatever, but that's something for another time. Would like to hear you thoughts on it. TL:DR - Would u like to see blood spots on the ground where u shot someone?

Yeah, i'm an avid hunter, so the whole tracking thing would be nice, and i think it could be implemented pretty seamlessly. Also, in past hunting games ive played, say you come across a blood puddle/spot, u could hit "F" to interact with it, and a little text would pop and say "Approximately 8 minutes old" Also the orientation of the blood, if its a circular puddle, you would know they stood there for a bit while bleeding, but if u see the blood starting to look more elongated u could get a bearing on the way they took off. I understand its Alpha, and there is a lot more pressing matters to take care of, but something for the future maybe.

No they are not currently in the game. Yes they will be at some point. We are not sure when that point is.

Yeah I'm getting it quite a bit. I carry a mosin always, and get it about 1 out of 5 logins on regular servers. On Hardcore i carry both a mosin and a magnum and have had it about 10 out of 15 logins. I hope they are aware of it, it scares the shit out of me when i forget to put my headphone down to almost mute. Is it a sound that everyone can hear or just you?

Never trust something that bleeds for 7 days and doesn't die my friend...

Since the patch it seems there is a little more sway and movement with the mosin, even when prone with a bipod holding your breath. The kick has also increased, but i think it needed to be. That being said, to see the impact of your rounds, I'm guessing your Field of View is all the way in so u can see as far as possible. If i remember right take your FoV to the middle or farther out, and the effect of the kick will be less. You can see where your rounds are impacting at least while u practice.

I've had one little thing that's been bugging me since i purchased DayZ, and i haven't seen any other posts on the subject. What's with the size of the pistol, both the .45 and the revolver? It looks WAY too small in your hands. The size of the rifles and shotgun are perfect. But if this hasn't come to your attention before, log in to DayZ, pull out your pistol and let me know what you think. IMO, it needs to be twice the size it is now. Curious to hear what you guys think about it.

Hahahaah Actually, no I have quite large hands irl, and i own a .45 and a .357 magnum. And the size of the in game models just seem off to me. But, maybe its just me O_O

So I have been mulling this idea over in my head for some time now, and I'm going to guess I'm not the only one. How about putting in a combat log, that tracks damage and death and other such information. So in the bottom left or right hand corner, after you die you can scroll through a log and see " Player was shot with Mosin from 400m for 90 damage" Or "Player takes 70 damage 2x hit m4" Obviously I'm just spewing ideas here, and the log can have more or less info, names, distance, location, whatever. I don't see this as a game breaking feature, or something that would hurt the game, in fact i think it would be well received by most. Love to here what you guys think, I'm sure there is already a thread out there on the subject, but every time i search "combat log" i get 500000 threads about people logging during combat.

No, not a real big fan of KoS, but your strongly making me reconsider. I was just pitching an idea, after reading numerous posts of people saying "i dont know how i was killed" " i didn't hear any shots" etc, i thought it would help some people out. But, after reading the peoples posts above i can see the reason why people would not want it in the game.

I love the idea of a journal or diary or log book. I think every fresh spawn should spawn with a flashlight, and a Journal and a pen. Would make looting people and reading they're entry's so interesting

Ok, right didn't quite think of that. So, leave out distance. I still see adding names and damage done a feature that would be nice.

gg....when i was reading it immediately made me think of V for Vendetta, when Evey gets the letter in the prison.

One thing that has been bothering me just a little bit while playing this game is the lack of facial cover. I know some people are fine with hats, berets, helmets etc, but i really like to have my face covered. I play as a sniper mostly, maybe that's why i want the face covered. But, until we (hopefully) get a ghillie suit, i would like to see maybe a beanie with holes cut out ( think IRA mask, or terrorist mask ) that way it would add a little more variety, and some better concealment. I understand its in Alpha and a ton of things are going to be added, by the time the game is polished. Just as i was about to hit post, I realize this "addition" i'm suggesting is actually pretty small and insignificant and probably doesn't warrant a post...but i already typed it out so i'm just gonna post, see what u all think.

Yeah anything like that to cover your face. As far as the ghillie goes, i do hope there is one in the game. But they need to make it so its not something everyone would want to use. Make it have a movement speed penalty, or no slots to put gear in or whatever. Something that would make it desirable for some, and undesirable for others. Making it "rare" is not good enough imo, and the whole crafting it idea scares me just because I'm afraid of everyone running around looking like little Christmas trees.