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I'm not going to try to make a long drawn out post about why I agree with Sol. All I can say is that I stopped playing DayZ about three weeks ago. Why? Because honestly I just don't have fun any more. I didn't get killed by a hacker, I didn't lose gear and I didn't get pissed off because I can't "do what I want to do." - I stopped playing because the sense of camaraderie isn't where I wished it could be. - I stopped playing because I was paying 40 bucks a month for a server that I couldn't even adjust the appropriate time zone to make it so my friends and I could enjoy ourselves. - I stopped playing because I wanted a game like DayZ that allowed me to on occasion just play with my buddies and enjoying killing zombies and scavenging while joking around in voice chat. Yeah, DayZ is an awesome game. And yes, it's in ALPHA. I get that. Alpha doesn't mean broken, alpha means in a testing phase to iron out the wrinkles. I sincerely believe people forget that. But Alpha doesn't mean I should have to deal with crap that could be avoided if we had access to private servers. When minecraft first came out, I bought a server and it was not advertised and just my friends and I played on it. I paid XX dollars a month to host it and my friends gladly donated to keep the server running. It's late, I'm tired...so I'll leave my reply with this, (and I doubt I'll reply that often seeing where the attitude of some players goes.) A private server won't remove the "stress and fear" that we feel when playing on a server. Wondering if we're going to get killed or gambling if that run to the NW airfield will yield results of certain death. There WILL be private servers that allow PVP and PKing. But SOME people want to play the game to immerse themselves in an experience with their friends in a zombie apocalypse. Not an experience with PKers sprinkled with zombies. I support you, Sol. But if I could be so bold to say to try not to let your emotions get in the way of proving a point. Your points have 100% validity behind them and I'd hate to have them go unread/considered because it can be seen as a flame war. Thumbs up to you, Sol. - Mr. McGeeGravyMaker

^This This needs to be a sticky lol. My hat goes off to you sir.

They never came back. Sorry for the delay. I was really asking if there were hacks/scripts out there that could spawn those vehicles. Before making assumptions. I made a judgement call for the security of my server that I pay for. I want it to be fun place for people to enjoy themselves on. As for my friend, no. He didn't want to take the vehicle because he figured if it were hacked it could some how bug his character. (stranger things have happened). Anyways, have a good night fellas.

I had a right to kick him. Not a right to ban him. I gave the reason. I didn't feel like dealing with my server being screwed up over some exploiter/hacker/script kiddies. Better safe than sorry. And I posted for opinions on if it's a possible exploit or hack or not. Not if I had justification. But I do understand where you're coming from.

Hey guys, I run a server and here is a run down of what happened: There were three of us in game. (all RL friends) We were the only ones in the server at the time. One of my friends was in Stary Sobor. He said a couple people had just logged on. I make the comical reference "I wonder where they are? I better get out of the NW airfield." When suddenly I hear... "Nope, they are in Stary Sobor. I'm dead." The two of us chuckle and the other friend respawns in Stolichny (or whatever it's called). Not even 3 minutes after his death(still us three and the other three logged in only). He sees the three mysterious players pass through Stolichny on 3 vehicles. (One Truck, one ATV and one Sedan.) These are players we've never seen before. There were no vehicles in Stary where my friend had fallen. Let alone 3 vehicles. So I kicked them with an explanation of suspicious activity. Now my friend who spawned in Stoli finds two of their vehicles. They had 11 wheels. 21 cooked steaks etc. etc. just way too much equipment imo. And to top it off, the vehicles were all green. Perfect condition. Could this be the activity of scripts/hacks? Thanks for reading! Just realized I posted this in the wrong section. Meant to put it in the cheater reporting. Sorry admins! PS: To clarify. No one benefited from those vehicles after said players were kicked. We went about our merry DayZ way and he made his way back to camp on foot.

I can understand wanting to have special ammo for silenced weapons. As for the MP5SD, one of the only reasons I use it is to take care of zombie mobs near downed helicopters/high yield loot sites. I rarely partake in PVP, (unless it's unavoidable). And for the sake of self defense I tend to keep a second primary (sniper) in my backpack to do a little recon when Binocs aren't giving me any confidence. Of course, there is a trade off. I sacrifice precious loot storage for a little added comfort knowing I could hold my own from a distance if needed. But it still is frustrating not having enough ammo for the Silenced weapon that was already rare to find. I found a silenced M9 (just the gun) and thought I was in heaven. Until I played for 12 hours off and on and never found an SD ammo clip for the pistol lol. I know some people have had better luck finding a bunch of great drops. But there are a lot of us who don't play non-stop and scout out all the loot locations we possibly can day in and day out. BTW, this isn't me complaining by any means. I was just curious if that was something Rocket was looking to work on or if there was a reason why it was the way it was.

My whole philosophy now is this: If I see you and you're heading in the opposite direction of me.... Carry on my wayward son. If you seem to be going in the direction I'm going.... There'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest. Don't you cry no more.

Well that's too bad. It seems kind of silly you can use SD ammo for the MP5 but you can't use regular ammo for the MP5SD. Perhaps a an upcoming fix!?! :P

Hey all, I have an MP5SD and I cannot load regular MP5 Ammo. Is there a reason for this? A glitch? I can use an MP5 with MP5SD ammo but not the other way around.

Hey all, I've read the "Want to Start a Server Thread" and glanced over the system specs of what the servers need to be. But my question is: How many DayZ servers could I run on one server with those specs and still retain stability? Thanks!

Bump. Maybe it's not possible, but it would be nice to have a secure hold on ensuring the fairness throughout the server.

I am not one to feed the troll... Well, I kind of am. I own trollinmylawn.com lol. ...but, just reading Finest's replies makes me laugh. I want this thread to keep going. Fortehlawls.

Hey all, I run a DayZ server and one of my players told me there were some guys in Elektro camping people with a silenced sniper rifle and apparently teleporting all over the place. They weren't able to give me the names and there were 20+ people in the server. Is there anyway to understand server logs to figure out who may have been there so I can keep an eye on that player to see if there is any validity behind the other player's suspicion? Thanks!

Just kidding. I love this game to death. But I made you read this post. Now, stop trying to read negative stuff and look for the posts that will generate good feedback to make the game even more rocksteady.