dashender7

I 100% agree with everything OP said here. I think the only thing I've seen that the devs have stated regarding this is that clothing like raincoats will protect players from wetness and something like hypothermia. But you've made several excellent points going deeper into what should be done regarding layering and clothing functionality.

Private shards are coming. Admins will have the ability to ban / whitelist and proscribe a play style creating communities focussed around a certain play style.

Nice job. I wish more people had the imagination and skill to bandit like this. Everyone who gets the drop on me just shoots me in the back.

I recently stopped wearing any and all military BDU's, camo, and the like, in the hopes that in addition to adding something colorful and different to the game and not looking like 98% of players I've encountered who want to be the murderous ex-super soldier who kills everyone they see, I might possibly not get murdered quite as often by those who are more neutral survivors and might possibly think before they shoot. I like a solid colored bonnie hat (stoked to be able to carry a fishing hook in it), wool coat or raincoat, and any non-camo cargo pants, with hiking or combat boots, and an improvised backpack. The kind of stuff I'd go for in a real wilderness survival situation minus anything too military for the above aforementioned reasons. Wish the hunting backpack didn't have combat implications. It's a hunting backpack after all. I've also begun to shun the more modern automatic military-style weapons in favor of a mosin, CZ 527, or Blaze, and a longhorn and / or magnum. Might even start to carry one of the .22's.

This is extremely encouraging in that it seems the devs haven't forgotten what could make this game great and what is currently ruining it.

Seems to be true.

Private "shard" servers are coming very soon. This means an end to server hopping into and out of those servers, control of players and play styles (including no KOS, etc). Think about the possibilities of creating or joining a community with it's own rules and culture for it's server. The rules for a particular server and it's whitelisted community could shape the play style. For example, a server could specify no KOS, but still allow banditry such as robbing others of their loot, or could allow players in the community to rotate role playing as bandits for slots of time so that there is a threat but it's at least not every freaking person you come across running around with a high capacity machine gun strategizing how to kill you instantly.

This is an excellent thread so far with a lot of good level-headed thoughts. What about private "shard" servers that are password protected with whitelisting that seems to be upcoming very soon? Don't you guys think that will pretty much be the end of this problem? I too, feel that server hopping KOS'ing, military loot hoarding, griefing clans and groups (even individuals) that live for PVP can often ruin the essence of what makes this game special and potentially different in a great way from the vast selection of mindless shooters. Seems that private servers with their own "hive" that are allowed to regulate play style and ban/ whitelist players will solve this, (as well as server hopping) and the PVP pre-adolescents can go get their fix while others of us do our thing focused more on player interaction and survival. Right?

I have seen the quote from Eugenharten and thank you for the reply. It just seems inconclusive and maybe kind of unlikely? I hope it's true that one could fill a backpack and stash it somewhere rather than use a stupid huge tent that is bound to be found quickly. I'm hoping that someone can actually confirm this at some point after having tried it.

Can anyone definitively say whether other containers besides tents (such as backpacks) can be used the same way as tents to store loot indefinitely? Might be a safer way for the less greedy to store away a stash of gear (easier to hide).

This is a bummer. Does anyone know if protector cases, backpacks, or any items besides tents are supposed to be able to store items with persistence the way tents are supposed to? Example: can you fill a backpack with loot and leave it somewhere and expect it to last and keep stored items the way the tents are supposed to?

Can someone please confirm whether or not any other items besides tents (protector cases, backpacks, ammo boxes, or other) can be used the same way tents can to store items indefinitely with persistence? Has anyone tried this?