Mookie (original)

And even if it is ruined, it will still open cans...

PM'd. Also just traded with Hugh Jass, aka Ben Dover. A thoroughly nice man.

Perhaps my eyes deceived me. Mind you, who knows what the hell the game is up to these days...

I'm not sure if people have clocked my point that you don't need an axe at all to make a fire... And why use it if it's going to damage the blade?

I pootled through Zeleno in my V3S the other day and the Xmas tree was definitely not there. This would have been on a non-p server, although not sure why that would have made a difference.

The search for kindling function can be frustrating, but keep going and you'll normally find it. It's usually three or four tries at most. Bear in mind, though, that if it's raining, you're not going to be able to light the fire, so you'll probably need to do it indoors - in a reasonably large shed or barn, etc. The alternative is Gorka clothing or raincoats. Players in Gorka kit can just run around all day/night in the rain.

You don't need to chop anything to start a fire. Go into the woods (under conifers is best) and hit F to 'search for kindling'. After a few tries you will 'find something'. Then just craft it with rags to make a fireplace. Then repeat the search for kindling and when you find another stick, put it into one of the fireplace slots as you would a log. (You may not even need to do this to start the fire - I can't remember) Ignite and you're good to go. If you want to immediately put the fire out, just remove the kindling from the slot and the fire will die immediately. No axe needed, and no wear to it necessary.

Can't you switch persistence off on your server? Crash sites do spawn on persistence:off servers. If the problem is unresolved in .53 experimental, that's a shame for people like me. The current situation is funnelling a lot of players (and a few hackers I suspect) into the crash runs on non-persistent servers. I think the devs are well aware of this and are working on it, but equally understand why it might not be top of the priority list...

Just to add my 2p (or c) to this, the best possible loot run is to...get a naked Vybor spawn. This is a glitch in the game where you spawn with full health at the bridge neat Vybor. It's not quite as easy as it used to be (as you will freeze pretty fast, and won't, er, have any shoes). But it does take the edge off that first desperate 15 minutes and gives you lots of prospects - NWAF, Vybor base, etc all accessible within minutes. Was surprised to get this spawn the other day, as thought the glitch had been dealt with.

Combat knife *cough*, ACOG *ahem*, etc, etc. <_< Can openers are actually bloody difficult to find...

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Traded with DJ18 this evening. All went well, smooth transaction, etc. A+++ Speaking of which: Have: M4 MP stock (P) M4 MP stock (W) M4 RIS handguard (D) Amphibia with two full mags (all P) Blackskull balaclava (P) SMERSH vest (W) Seeking: NATO suppressor (P) M4 MP handguard (P/W) Ammo box (P/W) FNX mags (pref x 2) Can opener (am srs) Thanks.

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I live in the UK. At a rough guess I'd estimate that on around a third of the servers I try to play on I will be kicked off by admin. I'd say that was a significant proportion, and on occasions it really is server, after server, after server.To be clear - this is not on log in, but between 10 seconds and five minutes thereafter, with an obvious "you were kicked from the server". Last night, to cite a different case, I was killed by a guy camping a heli crash site. I was then, rather pointlessly, immediately kicked from the server (presumably so I couldn't run back to my stuff or bring in support). These are all low pop Euro clan servers of one kind or another, and many of them ironically have lots of little notes about how, and how not to behave, etc. It seems utterly transparent that the admins are using them to gear up and just kicking anyone who comes on. If you doubt that this is happening...well so be it.

Because if it's happening on a significant proportion of servers (which in my part of the world it is), it seriously prevents you from being able to play the game. You get kicked by server, after server, after server.

I'm dead too. Assume the guys that killed me were camping the crash site. Just for a second I was happy cos I'd found an M4 for George :rolleyes: Thanks to Jezza for getting me going again.

Not being able to find loot, falling through floors, even being randomly reset are things that I can tolerate because I enjoy the game so much (for the most part). Spending 45 minutes to find a server that won't instakick me increasingly isn't. And I'm afraid to say my experience has been the opposite of BadAsh's. The problem seems to have become a lot worse since the introduction of private hives.

Very well Jeremy, I shall hang on to them for you :P

Updating, all third person, regular: Have: M4 Magpul stock (W) Eastern suppressor (P) AK101 mag (full, P) Want: Netting.

Pretty much yes. This is out of control atm.

I lost the spare M4 I was holding on to for George...It had my spare RV1 and a 60 rnd mag on it at the time :o . Was kicked from a server, then re-kicked when I chanced it again, then it restarted. George being George, though, he still gave me the pristine CQB stock he'd found :D . Can all our mutual friends please look out for an M4 for Mr Smiley please? We can't leave him wafting around with one of those horrendous AK-thingies. Thanks.

Phew. Yes please huf. And if I have anything you'd like, you can have it in return.

And sometimes those that list themselves as "P: ON" will spawn visible crash sites - either because the server has been changed from the default "on" status and its title not updated, or because (perhaps) there is some evidence that crashes do spawn visibly on persistent servers immediately following the Wednesday wipe. Either way, it's a tough and confusing time to be hunting crash sites.

Coupla things here: 1. Specifically to get "healing", you need the bright green "energised" and at least the darker green "hydrated". 2. If you want to get that status, do be careful about the relationship between fluids and nutrition. Fluids contribute to your "stuffed" status. If you eat something, it will also hydrate you to a greater or lesser extent - apart from things like rice or cereal. So you can find yourself with bright green hydration, darker green energised (so not healing), and stuffed - so that you can't eat any more without vomiting. 3. To avoid this, if you're starving or otherwise unhealthy, either eat the dry foods, or the sloppier ones (spaghetti, etc) only in moderation, and not with water at the same time. 4. If you get into this state, run around for half an hour (in a secluded location, obv....) so that you lose the hydration, retain the energised and can thereby rebalance. 5. Yeah, canned peaches or cooked deer steak are my favourite foods. Hope this makes sense...