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@Dale Gribble Okay, please keep in mind we are talking about a game here...not every aspect is, can and will be completely in line with reality. I also wonder if you understand what purification tablets do. Surely if these tablets are capable of purifying water from streams and lakes (in real life) they will be able to deal with some bacteria living on sugar. Also, after purifying the water you drink as is, no need to rinse the canteen out. All you have to deal with is a by-taste from the tablet. Also, I could care less if my soft drink goes flat in a sutvival situation, as long as it doesn't make me sick and hydrates me I'm good with it. If you go to (way up there) the north it can indeed be hard to find water but apart from that you may want to survive for a longer period of time without exposing yourself in the open, having a way to carry more fluids that take up less space (much like the ammo box and hard case) could be a benefit.

well cool, so we would have another need for water purification pills. Seems like an excellent requirement before you can use the canteen for soda's and later use it for water again!

If you have trouble finding food on servers that are looted empty try the apartment buildings. Most players seem to ignore them but I ALWAYS find lots of food there and basic gear like pants, shirts for rags, coats, hats and sometimes even a SKS and ammo for mosin/blaze and shotgun shells.

These buildings, they are full of civilian loot since at least 48, same now on 49.

lol, I am already having so much internal fun at those players that start out new when this game is finally released. Gonna be a steep learning curve for them ;) Especially for the generation that wants instant gratification and never make the effort to study the game a littlebit. I wouldn't be surprised BI doesn't make a dime any more after release and only us early adapters will continue to play the game.

Hmmm, kinky stuff, I like it. :thumbsup:

Well eventually you would probably get sick (assuming flu, diseases and infections will be implemented) and go to hospitals to find medicine.

So I stand corrected, the most recent patch apparently does make it possible for some loot to spawn on Skalisty.

If you would have used the search function you would have known no loot spawns on Kalisty island.

No character wipes on stable, yet, not in first nor third person.

What's wrong with dying a few times while learning the game? Part of the learning curve and even fun I'd say. Not that I'm against the idea, just don't really see the need for it. On a different note: as soon as I got into the game, like with all other games, I changed the control set up to my own basics I'm used to. After some playing I tweaked them a little further and can't remember I ever died because of my (basic) controls like running, sprinting, crouching, strafing, optics, firing, reloading and so on. Now getting into a panic, yes that did get me killed a few times but controls won't help you in that regard ;)

I would suggest Skalisty Island, not many players there...

I know this has been touched before but now that persistent items are being tested I think it's all the more important we can somehow see the server name we play on while being ON that server. Of course you could make a note before you join a server but, at least with me, it happens often that I forget. Even better would be a system with which I could make notes, attached to the server I play on, and a way to read these notes on the main login screen and a way to quick connect to the server the note was made on.

Indeed, or maybe at least in the in-game notification box, they seem to have server messages enabled too, like "this server will restart in 5 minutes".

In the login screen you see your name in the lower right hand corner, click on it and just type different name.

As rare as the magazines may be, the engraved 1911 is not as rare as it used to be any more :)

Oh noes, there goes my 6 months old character :( But I understand it will be necessary to make an even playing field again (and I kenw it would happen one day and probably happen a few times more until the final big wipe before official release.

Nice, I didn't know and indeed may help. Would be nice if it was an in-game feature though.

You will not be wiped if you change your name.

I am under the impression that sometimes the command doesn't get trough if you press the key very shortly. When I keep the key pressed a fraction of a second longer the action seems to respond better, but not always.

I his some weapons and ammo on different servers (experimental) and they were still there the next day. However, for some reason I did lose a sawed off Mosin from my bacpack

You made a typo in those parameters - splash so it should be "-high -cpuCount=8 -exThreads=7 -maxMem= 8192 -nosplash -malloc=system" BTW what does -high and -malloc=system do?

My 2 characters on stable have been around since march (3rd person) and april (1st person) up to today. My more risky behaviour is always on experimental since you will have a character wipe about every 2 weeks anyway. TBH most my gameplay is on exp so the majority of my 450+ hours is played on exp servers.

Had the same situation once but I just robbed the guy of what I wanted and left him alive. No need to kill him and if you stay behind him with a weapon ready you still have the option to shoot should he wake up. But I agree, it was a mistake off him to go afk in the open like that.