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They need to add other "goals" in this game before randomizing spawn locations to much. Atm with 40 players max pop on servers and nothing new to do or explore after 30 - 50 hours playtime it is a bad idea. The only thing that makes me log on from time to time is a bit of Berezino area DM.

What is GRILLL??

I'm curious about this discussion about "reality". Is there any official narrative about what actually happened in Chernarus? Do we even know where in Russia it is located? Close to Europe or far from it etc.

broken mod port going nowhere

Yes, no one seems to know anything. So your theory is as good as any I guess. Although I doubt "special HTML scripts" are needed to bend a mind in your case. ;)

So Day Z SA is like a side project that they don't really care about?

  Exactly my points. Isn't it strange that Dean Hall is working for Bohemia but Bohemia doesn't want to be affiliated with Day Z SA? So have they given up on the project or just give it minimal resources?The point of my post to hopefully get someone informed to lay down the facts. Not to attract pubescent kids that want to have an argument about truths and untruths.

  You do realise wikis for relativley unknown persons and profit-driven companies are usually made by the person/company in question? On Bohemias official website and their offical wiki there is no word of Day Z SA, the only place where Day Z is mentioned is under their licenses. On their official forum there is also no specific place reserved for Day Z.

Ok, so Bohemia is backing up Day Z SA. But they are working on other projects as well. Is Dean Hall a part of Bohemia or does he have his own team? My research was lacking but can anyone answer the other questions as well?

If anyone could explain some things for me it would be greatly appreciated. I just started playing Day Z SA last week and haven't played any Arma games before. I'm wondering how professional the Day Z SA team is and what the name of the company developing it is? When you start the game it says "Bohemia Interactive" but that is the company that develops the Arma series as far as I know. I checked a bit online and I can't find a link between Day Z and "Bohemia Interactive" except that Day Z Mod was originally created in the Arma 2 engine. That doesn't make "Bohemia Interactive" responsible for Day Z SA does it? To what extent are "Bohemia Interactive" and Day Z SA linked together? I'm guessing "Bohemia Interactive" is their publisher but nothing more. Lastly, how was Day Z SA financed to begin with? Today a lot of people have bought it through the early access but in the beginning where did they get or think they would get their money from?

So, bought Day Z recently and I really like it. Playing with some IRL friends which makes it a ton more fun. Everything about the game is acceptable atm taking into consideration that it is in "alpha" state and that the team working on it isn't completely professional. BUT, one huge problem exists. The character resets. Two times now have I been the vicitim of a server (I guess?) wiping my character. I know the difference between regular and hardcore and that some servers have different settings and aren't a part of the so called "hive" (Not sure what that means though). There are probably other factors to take into consideration which I am unaware of. I don't really want to play this game if switching servers is more dangerous than trying to loot Balota Airstrip on a high pop server. Does anyone have any pro tips on how to know which servers are safe to join and which aren't? Is there any way to know or does it come down to trial and error?

Are "campfires" the function which allows you to store gear?

That last tip sounds really good. Will have to try it some time.

Haha, I don't really see server hopping as something to be frowned upon. It's really hard to start from scratch on a high pop server and if I have to choose between a server with 5 - 10 players or one with 2 - 3 I might as well choose the one with the less amount. And that was the point of this thread, for you "experienced" people to give me pro tips on what servers to aviod. So far no one seems to know.

Is there any list available with servers that are "safe", a part of the "hive"? That would come in really handy in case what you say is true. But according to emigrates there are only two different types of servers and no resets should occur no matter what server you join.

Didn't know your character remained online for 30 seconds after you exit. My friends (that have been playing a bit longer than me) are trying to convince me that combat logging works and that your character dissapears almost instantly. I guess that must be the case then, I probably got killed. It's a bit of a relief since I was afraid of playing on any other server after the incident.

The problem that I have had is that I joined a server and got a fresh spawn even though I didn't die on the previous one. When I later rejoined "my" old server where I am playing most of the time I still had a fresh spawn with no gear etc. Does this have anything to do with how fast you switch servers? I was playing with a friend late at night and we were just switching servers with our characters being at the airfield/international airport. Does you character get reset if you switch servers to fast/often?