Mookie (original)

You're thinking of sheep. I often think of sheep. Hang on, aren't there goats in DayZ?

I tend to run after deer because I find them sexually compelling. Not managed to hang on to one yet though. Easier just to shoot them and then have your wicked way IME.

Sorry to hear that Ryan - and replied.

There was an idea (which sort of goes back to ? 0.47) that the car and heli spawns ran together somehow, but there was no definitive verdict on that. The best things I've found at an Mi-8 spawn are a UK assault vest and a Blackskull balaclava. Perhaps others' experience varies, but from my POV they're simply not worth bothering with, and if I see one it's just a cause for depression, as it means my chances of finding a UH60 site have just been seriously reduced. By definition, you just won't find M4s or anything associated with them at an Mi-8 spawn. Personally, I'd much rather they either took the Mi-8s out altogether (as their theoretical loot mostly spawns in general military anyway), or at least buffed them a bit. The fact that they're half buried in the Chernarus tundra doesn't help matters much either.... If you are ruthlessly determined on your UH60 spawn run, you will find an M4. I've found three since 0.49.

They replaced the static Mi-8 sites with dynamic ones. Three crashes will spawn per restart and will be a random combination of Mi-8s (which don't smoke, and are therefore hard to see) and UH60s (which do, and which are.) I think the jury's out as to whether police car spawns are included in this. Either way, this has relegated crash site running (once a semi-respectable DayZ occupation) to the status of the almost unworkable, added to which the 'dynamic' Mi-8 loot spawns are next to useless.

The backpack is a relatively common barracks item.

Can openers (I've found one and only one in 0.49. It was badly damaged, but is still going strong thanks very much) Bipods (just never seen one in 0.49) AKs (despite a ton of barracks looting, I've seen neither variant). PU scopes (again, only seen one in 0.49) 300 round boxes (found one. lost it to a kiddie KoSer) Things I've seen but that other people apparently think are rare: Makarovs (my first sidearm in 0.49) FNX45 (currently have two, tossed Makarov for this) M4 (I briefly ran with two before a server restart robbed me of my spare) Combat knives (have seen several, kept the pristine one).

Sorry for necro'ing this, but it's happened a lot to me lately - six times in the past two days. On at least three of those instances, I was alone on the server. I thought it must be for the reason hotcakes identified. But it happened last night when I'd been alone on the server for a good twenty minutes. Unless the mechanic is that a gas station, if blown up once, will re-explode if someone joins the server when they're in a position to see it. Which seems a bit weird.

Updating: HAVE: M4 (P guard, W stock, D handrail optics) FNX (P) Blackskull balaclava (P) M4 CQB stock (P) M4 Magpul guard (W) M4 Magpul stock (W) 2 x M4 M68 optics (both P) M4 RiS guard (P) M4 RiS guard (W) M4 BUIS (P) M4 M9A1 bayonet (P) RDG5 grenade (W) WANT: ACOG (P) RV1 optics (P) Bipod (P) Edit: outcomes from a hard night's crash running, including a fresh M4. Let's trade before another bastard restart robs me of it.... Thanks.

Updating to reflect loss of spare (completely pristine!) M4 in server restart disaster :(. All stable, regular: HAVE: FNX (P), and loaded mag. Blackskull balaclava (P) RiS handguard (P) WANT: ACOG (P) Magpul M4 stock (P) I also have a pristine combat knife, which I might consider trading for both of the above.

I'm sorry you're not getting the massive props you were perhaps anticipating when you began the thread. I'm just pointing out, as an M4 nerd, that 'perfect' it ain't. Until yesterday, when a bastard server restart robbed me of my spare, I had two M4s, borne of determined crash site running, with some PvP against snipers who try to stop me doing so. That's hard work. What you did was shoot someone in the back, based on luck. Good for you, but I wouldn't show off about it if I were you.

That's a far-from-perfect M4. Why would you have a CQB stock with an ACOG? Also, regular handguard. Also, useless bayonet.

Agafor is a total star. And FWIW, in reply to his question at the end, no, I absolutely don't think it's fair that the game is slowly, inevitably killing you, and thereby punishing long life.

Log out of the arctic server you're on and onto a Vilayer one :P . It's like combat logging but less dodgy.

I simply haven't been soaked since I got full Gorka kit and a boonie. Can run around all day in the rain and nothing happens. The constant messages are irritating, but I did actually enjoy the experience of having to start my first fire the other day. It's also wholly server dependent, so you can always, er, warmth log...

Keep trying, you will find one eventually. I'm currently running around with two M4s, one of which is available for trade. Alternatively, give up trying, do something else, and then M4s will just fall out of the sky (er, literally...)

On third person regular. Have available for trade: M4A1. Regular parts (all P except stock which is W). M4 RIS handguard (P) Blackskull balaclava (P). Want: ACOG (P/W) FNX Magpul M4 stock (P/W) Will trade M4 for any two of the above. Will trade both M4 and Blackskull or RIS for all three. I'll trade all three for a pristine stock and a pristine ACOG.

There are two pretty obvious view points where you can see all the potential Green Mountain sites towards either end without having to actually run past them all, although this depends slightly on weather and visibility. This cuts the physical run by about 40%. I've wondered before if it's worth climbing the Green Mountain tower with binos to do this, but I'd probably fall off the ladder in the process... There are two other runs which aren't quite as good, one further north (towards the bus garage), and the other southern one from the spur of clear ground west of Zeleno towards the Pavlovo military base. Alternatively you can just hang about around the NWAF, but it's a risky business if you're solo.

I think all three spawn on restart. It is actually quite hard to tell what has been looted and what hasn't, because I strongly suspect the loot spawns have been adjusted downwards quite severely. While I have found two M4s, I've found only one pristine M4 part, and only two or three scopes (all damaged or worse) at the UH60 sites I've been able to find so far in 0.49. The mags still seem to be relatively plentiful though. With deliberate running I will find, on average, one UH60 site for five or six runs of about 20 potential sites. Meanwhile my expectations of what I will find at that site have fallen savagely. For me, the cost/benefit ratio of heli running in 0.49 is so different from 0.48 that it's pretty much not worth doing, or at least not doing in a determined or intentional way.

Well yeah, that's sort of what I meant (but obviously expressed badly). I mean I'll trade an M4 for the parts... PM me here.

Regular, standalone. HAVE: M4. regular handguard (P), carryhandle optics (P), OE stock (D). WOULD LIKE: FNX Atlas bipod ACOG (W/P) MagPul stock or guard (W/P) Thanks

OP,one of several things happening: 1.Many servers are not properly connected to the public hive, or to the item database. So you will spawn in as a noob. This is pretty common. Solution - immediately quit that server before it reaccesses the hive and overwrites your character. You just need to find a server that's properly connected that knows your character. 2. You were killed by a Z or players after you quit the server, but your character remained visible (for one minute? I forget...). Solution - it's usually a good idea to wait stationery in game for at least 30 secs (or more) before you quit, to see if anything has spotted you and is coming after you. 3. You're joining first person/experimental servers, where your character is separate. Solution - look at the server type before you log in.

OP, I know what you mean, it's tough at first. Frankly, a lot of just how tough it can be is determined by where you spawn, and determining the best place to run after that. So (and don't be a purist about it - everyone does it...), let a Z kill you and wait for a better spawn location. Speaking personally, I hate coastal spawns. If you're really lucky, you'll get the naked Vybor bridge spawn, which is within 3-5 minute running distance of all sorts of helpful locations.

I disagree. I'm pretty much always on servers with <50ms ping, and this has happened to me in ATC, in military jails, fire station towers, in construction sites and in red roof barns. I never get the leg broken message though - I just die immediately. The only building I'll go upstairs in now is the generic office building, which has yet to kill me (but it's probably only a matter of time).

This is profoundly broken. Not in the sense that it's either realistic or unrealistic, but in the sense that it kills you in a way that seems completely arbitrary. I'm currently freezing to death, in the sun, wearing full Gorka kit, gloves, boots, and beanie.