Mookie (original)

Look, I really don't want to be rude to you, but this game is more broken than it's ever been. Yes, it could be great, and perhaps for you it remains great. But for very large number of erstwhile players, it's almost completely pointless even bothering to play it. And we've paid for the privilege. To be entirely candid, Dean has taken $60m from the likes of you and I, and has managed to produce a game that is less playable than it was three months ago. And, frankly, that sucks.

It would be very, very helpful of someone (who actually knows) to tell us when the wipe is happening please.

It's not just the ATC tower. It's the second floors of barns, the fire station tower (where my beautifully kitted char died last night - really should have known better), the building site upper floors, and almost anywhere that involves being above ground. My past four deaths have happened this way. I don't think I'll bother with DayZ again until after the 0.49 wipe. :(

As mentioned, the issue is when they see you from one or two km away and then end up chasing you for 20 minutes. Or worse, you don't realise, alt-tab out and come back to a corpse :blush:. If you shoot, you just generate another one, and I'd much rather the mechanics of this worked by attracting all other Zs that were already in a given area, rather than causing new ones to spawn. If you try to circle-melee them, chances are it'll work in the end, but you could also end up with something ruined. However, it's still perfectly possible to stealth past Zs, and my preference is to avoid or evade them. Z's are seriously long-sighted in the direction they're facing. Look at what direction they're looking in and then sneak past them in crouch or prone. In prone, you can get to within metres of a Z if it's facing the other way.This works for me all the time at NWAF and Green Mountain (which is a bastard because there are no gaps in the fence other than the gate). It can be tricky at more complex sites like the southern eastern base, but for me the stealth part of the game works well and I enjoy it.

Love the idea of a sling to enable you to carry two rifles. It would have to be very rare though.

There are lots of 'true' M4s in the game btw.

Totally agree with the above points. I just won't go upstairs now unless there's might be something I really, really need up there (like a can opener - I mean, seriously, what has happened to all the can openers?). If I do, I make a point to keep moving, staying away from edges and walls as far as possible, and not doing anything while I'm up there that involves standing still (eg eating, bandaging, reloading, inventory tetris, etc).

I tried running with an assault vest inside my hicap vest a couple of characters ago. It was quite the pain in the ass though (a bit like running two rifles), so I stopped. You do get to a point with trying to maximise your inventory space where you should really just throw away those things that you're never really going to need, or have an opportunity to use before the game kills you in some random way. The fact that I'm capering about with over 500 rounds of 5.56mm being a case in point.

My M4 is legitimate, and so are the three or four nades I have. It took me a lot of effort in running crash sites to get them, so please don't assume that we're all dupers m'kay?

The PSO is. The 101 is. The stock is a worn AKM one , sprayed black. The grip is the badly damaged one it came with...

Third person stable. Looking for can opener (pref pristine) Offering AK101/mag/pristine PSO. Am serious. PM me here.

I find Mr Moon a little hysterical. As for that other bloke with the dodgy beard and the girlfriend (yeah, wait til she marries you and bans you from gaming...duuuude), I can't stand him. Frankie is the king in my eyes.

Good point about the money fox. But it wasn't a very good tank :)

Alternatively, assuming your bleeding was caused by a zed hit, that's what ruined your shirt. Are you certain it was 'worn' after you were hit? Or only before? If the former then pls ignore.

I remember when Wargaming reset everyone when World of Tanks came out of Beta. It was inevitable, but it also represented a massive waste of player hours in playing a very tier/tree oriented game. No one batted an eyelid, because we had a game that worked damn near perfectly.

Saw that a few days ago. Love how seriously the other guys are taking everything, plus the 'Yanks meet a Brit' stuff (we find it a bit odd being called 'sir' by someone, at least someone we've never met before). It's a shame Frankie doesn't really post any more DayZ vids. I think he's waiting to see what happens with the game and trying other things out.

Just as the consensus is that persistence is screwed/best wait for fix, I finally found a tent. In a feedshack, about as far west as you can get. I've put some low ball loot in it just to see...

Regular/babycore: seeking pristine M4 parts - MP stock and handguard, RIS handguard, RV1 sight (already have ACOG thanks). And/or FNX. Will trade for AK101, with pristine PSO and mag with rounds. Alternatively I might have a tent, if I can find the damn thing again. PM me here pls.

Found two protector cases at the NWAF fire station last night, and a 300 round box at a crash site at the same location in a single sweep. Why? Because I was actually looking for a can opener at the time...

Also, if you drop a rifle with attachments anywhere, it will lose those attachments (including grip and stock) within about 15 minutes....

It is genuinely hard to tell which loot trends are real, and which are just a consequence of confirmation bias in a large and random world. I do think though that there was a helluva lot of military loot immediately after the 0.48 patch last week (testing?) which has dwindled dramatically.

Those barns have killed me twice in the past 24 hours. Absolutely fatal. Not even a broken leg, just 'You are dead...'. I was crouched both times. The factory building sites are pretty dodgy too. I used to think it had something to do with running two rifles, but not so sure now. The first char was as well geared as I've ever been in about three months of playing the game - perfect M4, perfect kit, grenades, etc. No more going upstairs for me. The Alpha Gods have spoken.

I'm guessing quiver, for arrows, etc.

I have matching PautRev camo jacket and trousers. Just wish there was an assault/hicap vest and boonie to match. I'm just so uncoordinated without the right accessories. :blush:

Just some trends I've noticed over the past few days: 1. Shotguns and shotgun ammo are very common (but have been buffed so worth picking them up). 2. Pistols, pistol mags, and 45 rounds are scarce, other than the 1911. 3. In general, less loot at police stations. 4. Can openers seem much more scarce. 5. Mosins and LRSs also. And I've seen very little 7.62x51mm in the past week. 6. Ammo boxes, storage containers and first aid kits are pretty few and far between. 7. Compasses seem pretty common now.