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I left a gun in a dry bag that I hid in a bush yesterday. It was still there when I was able to make it back to that spot this morning. There was probably at least 3 or 4 restarts between the time I dropped it and the time I came back. Seems to work.

It'a not a telport. Bullwon posted a video of how to get up there: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/200385-awesome-secret-sniping-spot-in-svetlojarsk/ From your video, it looks like it's not such an awesome spot after all. Nice shot!

Great vid. I laughed when your buddy came up behind the friendly guy at the begining. "Too be honest, my friend has his gun on you right now". That was awesome.

Funny vid. FYI, you need a knife to get meat off of animals you kill.

Awesome vid. Loved the teamwork.

Don't know if you meant to do that, but it's funny none the less. Totally agree on hacking vs exploiting.

You should check out these guides: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/159251-merinos-in-depth-video-guides-feb-11th-updated-to-034115106-new-status-indicators-rebalancing-of-hunger-thirst-stomach-blood-and-health-reg/ They provide good info on health and sickness. Bottom line is that it's possible to survive, but you have to know what you're doing.

Beans for a hardcore vid. Keep them coming.

Good overview. Thanks for the info on the combat knife/military boots. I hadn't figured out what knife fit there yet. Also, if you want to add some levity to your video, kill a zombie that's glitching through the floor of a police station with an axe. Right now, rag doll makes them fly out of the ground so they can properly land on the floor. It's really funny.

Thanks for the vid. You looked fairly close yourself. Did you see any effects when it went off?

Totally agree. It's my hope that the devs are paying attention to the movement of the "hotspot" every time they make a change and use that knowledge when they get to game balance. In the meantime, it's nice that the hot spot does move.

Good guide. I've been away for awhile and missed when they added hunting. Thanks for the info.

Been playing for about a week and having a blast. No game has ever got my heart racing like this one. I saw some reference to this in another thread and wanted to ask the specific question: Is there any etiquette for wearing helmets/masks in DayZ? It seems that a lot of people will KOS if you're wearing a mask and/or ballistic helmet because they assume you're a bandit. The fact that I'm running around with a gas mask and ballistic helmet right now may explain why people are avoiding me or just randomly shooting at me. I don't want to drop the helmet, as I know it has saved my skin several times from both zombies and other players but I'd gladly drop the gas mask if it offers no protective benefit. Is there any reason to wear the gas mask other than to say "I'm a bandit"?

It's not just you. They don't work in crouch and prone right now. Still pretty cool.

Only played the new build for a couple of hours, but maps do seem MUCH more common. Found two in one town. I'm n the northwest and found a south and a northeast map. Just my luck.

lol. I had the exact same thing happen to me. I now double check them to make sure they're down. There's nothing worse then a zed getting back up while you're in the middle of the bandaging animation :)

You need to stand when you use the binoculars right now. I see what you posted when I'm crouching. I can't even look through them when I'm prone. I'm sure it's a bug.

I think the zombies are much better now. They still glitch through floors in buildings that are slightly above ground level, but I'm not losing sleep over that. I do think the pendulum has swung too far the other way on the damage the fire axe does. Five or six hits to kill a zombie with an axe puts me in mind of the black knight in Monty Python and the quest for the holy grail: "'tis but a scratch" as arms and legs are getting chopped off. For what it's worth, I think that two or three hits with a fire axe is probably the right balance. Either that, or I need to get better at using it so I just hit them in the head ;)

Is this what you're seeing? They work fine standing, you can look through them, but clearly something is wrong when crouched (see below), and can't look through them at all when crouched. Standing: Crouch: Overall, I think they're awesome. They make scouting at a town much easier. They just need a little work.

Based on Barnabas' post I don't think it's only military, that's just where I happened to be when I found one. I assume we'll start seeing more of them as the dev's try and balance the crossbow out. I tried to stack them unsuccessfully as well. I'd like to think that we could at least stack 2 or 3 of them. Hopefully we're just doing it wrong or it hasn't been implemented yet. If not, inventory Tetris is going to become even more fun :)

Found this in a tent in the NWAF. Now I just need to find a crossbow to go with it to test it out.

If he spawned into the tower and went straight to guns when you tried to talk to him, he was most likely a server hopper. I wouldn't feel bad about it, as it was completely justified by his actions. Sounds like you are at the Krasnostav airfield, more commonly referred to as the Northeast Airfield (NEAF).

"I'll tell you what else is good, ..." - I lol'd. Awesome.

DayZ summed up in 7 minutes or less. Great vid! "You're the one carrying a pitch fork" - Classic.

Great pics. I've been spending some time doing the same thing and have finally spotted a few soccer fields. The other day I was running east just north of Berezino and told my buddy that I was right by the soccer field and his reaction was "there's a soccer field in Berezino?" It's easy to miss a lot of things if you're running all over the place.