Tashtego

"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." Dalai Lama

I stand corrected. Please accept my apology. As you could probably tell I have a certain disdain for a play style which wreaks havoc on other players for no reason at all. I spent many years in a game that, at the beginning, promised a sandbox with opportunity and achievement but it was literally destroyed with the rapid growth of such players. I see now that your play style is more in line with even that of my own, I commend you. I hope we can, someday, meet in game to join in an effort "make life hell" for those who deserve it...Tashtego p.s. A Barrett M98B would be nice...T

Your not a sniper or player. You just want to make life miserable for other players. Your a griefer.

From Wikipedia...Griefer "A griefer is a player in a multiplayer video game who deliberately irritates and harasses other players within the game, using aspects of the game in unintended ways. A griefer derives pleasure primarily or exclusively from the act of annoying other users, and as such is a particular nuisance in online gaming communities, since griefers often cannot be deterred by penalties related to in-game goals."

@ MaxRain...Can I have your stuff?

I'm experiencing great disappointment. I had been following this thread and was going to suggest that it be merged to a forum centered around some mindless first person, blood match, pew-pew, pvp, twitch shooter. The internet is full of them. It wouldn't be hard to find. But then out of a clear blue sky a member of BI staff chimes in with an opinion telling me that this type of gameplay is a part of what DayZ is all about. The stated premise was that it is a game about survival in a zombie apocalypse situation, not the first person shooter described above. If the developers have changed their minds please let me know. I would really rather spend my time contributing my time on an alpha of a game not be based on pvp player interaction.

Ah, cool...Tnx Lee

What time zone are these forums in?

@rjclock...How are official servers recognized?...Tash

Well It's been a month since the last post on this apparent hive business, still haven't seen any other workaround other than hopping around finding a server that is hive friendly. I started playing three days ago and have yet been able to return to the character I logged with. It's getting less frustrating and more aggravating as time goes on.

I think a middle ground approach would be in order. If a player dies, the tent containing all of his collected goods inside just dies with the player. So, what would be left is the goods scattered on the ground unprotected from the elements gathering natural degrading effects worsening as time passes. What is left there would be available to another player coming upon it. The goods left would be available to the re-incarnated player in a extremely degraded (weathered) state no matter how much or little time it was left unprotected.

Nay

Thanks for the replies. I've been on one server only. That could be it. I'll shop around till it works.

When I come back to the game, say, the next day. I'm spawning fresh w/o the loot I acquired in the previous session. Is that to be expected?