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And there are far, far fewer of them in this patch than in most of its predecessors. They used to be in almost every town, now they are only in a minority. They used to be able to spot you from (this is true) about a kilometre away. And there was at least one patch (0.56?) where they hit a lot harder. So I'd count your blessings if I were you. To anyone with even a little experience, they are nothing more than a nuisance.

Jings, that's nasty. How does it work - does your victim simply have to look inside?

Agree. Also, Myshkino's a deathtrap these days. My day was made by the very kind efforts of a different poster hereabouts who moved a big camp he'd found to the supermarket west of Kamenka. Taking the gamble, I did a big run all the way down from Stary Yar in the north. After about an hour of solid sprinting I joined the server to find one other player on. I was still pretty jumpy because of the odds that this person had exactly the same idea as me, so got my comms ready to do some negotiating. In the event he wasn't there (or was perhaps just observing me). I took a pristine M4, ACOG, a 60rnd mag and about 120 rounds of pristine .308 away, leaving much good stuff behind.

Thanks for your efforts. Much still there (drum mags, M4, etc), as of midday GMT.

Apologies, but most of this stuff was lost when my main stash was found/was reset...

Definitely barracks. I see them quite a lot. Sounds like you've just been unlucky.

My best and oldest stash was apparently found, up near Sinistok. :( That's two pristine M4s with all the trimmings, a very nice SVD, and an AKM I'm down, as well as a complete SMERSH, complete plate carrier, and thousands of rounds of 5.56 and other ammo types. Oh well - best get back to looting...

Lots of things don't seem to save very well or indeed at all at the moment. My video settings won't and my hotbar settings haven't for at least two patches now. May just be a case of 'Welcome to Alpha', etc.

All 3pp, public. Have: Multiple M4s with good attachments (P/W) Multiple ACOGs and other sights, including Reflex and BUIS (mainly P) Masses (probably thousands) of 5.56mm (all P) Full SMERSH set (W) Full plate carrier set (W) Very nice AKM with all the trimmings, including PSO, rail guard, bipod, and polymer stock (all P) Ghillie head and gun wraps (all P) Seeking: FAL mags and .308 (need to be P) SMERSH backpack (must be P) Thanks.

Great post penguin. The base (assuming you mean Tisy base) is well to the west of the quarry...

Yep, excellent trading with Red, as ever. Apologies for the quote Berrett - the forum apparently insists on it.

Pretty good (and still valid) explanation from Eugen of the CLE here: In general, a lot less stuff spawns at the coast....

I could swear I've seen a couple of Brazilian servers. In fact I think I've even been on them. The ping (I'm UK) is very high, but just about playable. Isn't this more a thing for server providers (GamingDeluxe, etc) rather than the devs?

I was surprisingly un-salty about it. I just kind of stared open-mouthed at the screen for a couple of minutes.

PM'd

The point that they see players and run away from them at quite a distance (especially deer) might be relevant here?

Interesting... I randomly sank into the map and died 24 hours ago, with very similar gear to what you describe - assault pack, hicap, M4 with bipod, ACOG, etc. But that happened way up near Tisy and was on a 3pp. Maybe the same thing happened to him.

I disagree. Surviving in Chernarus should involve having the wherewithal to get through a range of different weather conditions, and players should not be able to control that.

Would it be right to assume that the changes to the server browser (one of the worst things, among many good things, in 0.60) will just....make it faster? It would be a serious mistake to chuck more complexity at it, when the fundamental problem is that it's almost bizarrely slow compared to its predecessor.

Something's definitely up with painting things. If I paint an M4 part green, it will turn a kind of grey colout, then green, then back to black, over the course of around 20 relogs. I've stopped doing so now, for fear that it's going to corrupt something.

My encounters with cooking pots in 0.60 seem to indicate that they're pretty seriously buggy. Might just be incompetence on my part though.

Mmmm. Sounds like a helluva lot of options for clothing. I like the 'pour water on myself' (or 'take a cold shower..') idea though.

Are you by any chance running a pistol flashlight on that FNX? Because, if so, it just won't fit in the holster on the plate carrier. Also, hate to be that guy, but known issue since 0.57 or thereabouts.

Surprisingly, I survived a full coastal run, on hi-pop servers. I did get shot up a couple of times by saddos sniping from the hills overlooking the coast road, but I didn't manage to catch any of them.There were fewer encounters than I expected, or would have liked. Most freshies are really just people who have died at NWAF or elsewhere and are running back to their mates and gear. Nonetheless, I did manage to help a few people out. Someone who seemed friendly and genuinely new to the game got my fully kitted AKM, with mags and ammo (left 500m up the road as a precaution), while I made quite a few improvised backpacks for others. Predictably I also had people trying to punch me out/assault me with fire extinguishers/run me over, and sadly had to summarily execute one or two who really were beyond the pale. Shooting up vehicles with an ACOG/bipod M4 is great fun and quite cinematic. I carefully avoided the big coastal towns and spent most of my time around Kamyshovo, Nizhnoye, etc. If you're bored with looting it makes a refreshing change - just don't take your best gear.

I'm assuming it's fixed, but want to do some more playing around with it. Meanwhile, bipods are back in force - I found four in a single run to Tisy yesterday. What's the axe issue?