Mookie (original)

You can pretty much set your watch by these threads...

If the M110 is the AR-like one that fires .308 and takes a suppressor, then do it. I'm using one atm, and it's...very...very good. Takes a proper scope, and is also a semi-auto, which I prefer, with a 20rnd mag. While it's a great all-rounder, the SOCOM (at least on the servers I'm playing on) won't take anything better than an ACOG. M14 also good, but the sound it makes (a kind of roar) isn't for me tbh.

Agreed. I'd much prefer the team to fix/restore the content we already/used to have. Please...

Exactly. Vanilla is really, really boring. DZSA has been a revelation for me.

I have a pretty rigorous policy of just not getting into a vehicle unless my stuff is stashed and I'm wearing a dress. Saves many tears.

There is, and multiple camo options. If you play on modded servers...

Just do one, seriously.

Yep. Having been on modded servers with the regular mathematically-far-from-impregnable combo lock, something better was desperately needed. The last two locks I broke took about five minutes each. I appreciate the point that modded servers usually make life too easy for everyone, but the sheer speed that modders pick up and deal with weaknesses in the game is either depressing or great, depending on your pov. And in other news, the fact that long termers like Weyland (with who I've had arguments in the past), emu and others are seemingly so disillusioned seems instructive. The modders may yet save the game. Vanilla is so crap atm that I'm just checking in to sustain my stashes. Otherwise modded servers seem to be where it's at.

I suggest you try some modded servers. And/or if you want a mil simulator, try a different game. There is an obvious alternative...

Time was when I'd listen to the devs with interest. Those times have passed.

Time was when Frankie and others' YT videos got me into DayZ, and my 10,000 hours plus is testament to that. But my questions on YT about whether BI or other third parties pay for such videos go entirely unanswered by those who generate them. BI's "community", while laudable in many ways, could do with a little more transparency I suggest.

This is the sharp end of how BI has failed to invest enough in the game. It's just a joke that in 2019 you can't drive a car in a computer game. Beta my ass.

I just found some pouches at what I call a 'spa barracks' (the ones at the hunting camps). In this case the one just east of Tisy.

And the FAL has auto mode now. Although you'd have to have strong wrists to try it.

If "don't get attached to your gear" is the first rule of DayZ, the second is "only play this if you're a masochist."

Going afk in Berezino isn't the best plan tbh.

I know everyone bangs on about this, but if you use DZSA launcher, it tells you the time on the server. And I could swear we used to spawn with a flashlight, didn't we? Back when you didn't really need one...

I might be in that market John. PM me.

Use DZSA launcher. Miles better...

I suspect that was .55 (version one). The outcry was pretty big, so the spawn rates were revised, in a hurry. Funny thing was, it wasn't a wipe patch, so those with big stashes were just dandy, and I had five full mil tents near Myshkino….

I'm sure there's a much more comprehensive list, but: Persistence (largely) works now CR527 and SKS back Sedan, FAL and other things on Exp, so prob on Stable soonish.

OP there used to be a thing where you could drop barrels in water, which worked pretty well. Of course it's not secure, but it's a pretty good way to hide them, assuming you trust the game mechanics, and... Actually never mind.

It certainly used to, but what follows may (post 0.63, or post 1.0) be out of date: A ballistic helmet will protect from some measure of bullet damage, just as a motorcycle helmet will protect from melee hits to the head A plate vest will offer significant protection against ballistic damage, while stab and press vests will offer drastically less (something like 20% for the plate and 5% for the stab I think...) Different clothing types have different statistics for heat/cold (quilted jacket warmer than t-shirt etc), and some (raincoat, Gorka jackets) used to give some measure of water resistance. It certainly used to be the case that you could run around all day in the rain in a Gorka jacket, but in 1.0 I still get cold in the rain in one, at least on the modded servers I usually play on now. Where things get really esoteric is in the amount of protection (especially ballistic) offered by the number, types and locations of items inside your clothing. I'm pretty sure it used to be the case that if you had lots of stuff inside, they could offer greater protection. There was also a time where people claimed that hicap vests seemed to offer protection, but if that was every true I doubt it now. There will be other elements to this that I've forgotten, and hopefully someone can give you a more up to date version. We used to have a chap named Wobo who tested these things pretty rigorously, but I haven't seen his YT videos for ages.

No. The spawns are much more evenly distributed over the west of the map. So the old Green Mountain run or Lopatino loop don't really work I'm afraid.

And what's the max value for an epic thread necro? Two years? ...sorry.