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Heh, this is a temporary thing whilst they iron out the bugs in the new loot economy. Persistence is a key part of the game, so it will be back. It's better to read the developer notes than comments on these forums to get a better understanding of the reasons behind changes. I know this gets used a lot, but you have to remember that this game is still in development, it's at least 18 months away from release. They're making a lot of changes behind the scenes to how the game works, in terms of the engine, loot economy etc. Most of these changes will at first likely look like a step backwards in terms of performance and functionality, but they're essential to moving the game forward.

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I've noticed some players are able to get access to global voice as well. They've definitely not cracked the admin password, so I assume it's some kind of hack. Usually they just pretend to be an admin and tell people to log off, it's a little irritating. It'd be nice if there was a server option to disable global voice, or in-game option to mute it without muting local voice chat.

I play 3PP because I prefer it, and I think it makes a better and more immersive game, it's as simple as that. I've always preferred 3PP games over 1PP shooters, long before DayZ ever existed, and will continue to do so long after DayZ has ceased to exist. I don't remember playing WoW or Assassin's Creed because I liked an unfair advantage. What a naive comment to make. People enjoy different styles of play, it has nothing to do with what you perceive to be an unfair advantage. Your comment is as relevant as me saying you only like 1st person because you suck at 3rd person :P

If the vast majority of players are on 3PP servers and enjoying it, then maybe you're the one playing the wrong game? However right now you have the option to play on a 1st person server, and if that's what you enjoy, then great! Nobody is trying to take that away from you. Imagine how annoyed you'd get if people that very rarely play on 1st person servers, ranted about how they should be taken away because they personally don't like them :P I remember Brian Hicks once replied, "Stop trying to make forcing other people to play the way you want them to happen, its not going to happen." to a request on his twitter to make experimental 1st Person only. I therefore highly doubt we'll ever see a removal of 3PP. https://twitter.com/Hicks_206/status/570570126749278208

Well, they've not changed anything yet have they?

How rude. There are already 1st person only servers that you can play your style on all you want. What you're looking to do is change the way other people, who you never play with, enjoy this game. Forcing your opinions and playstyle on other people when it doesn't effect you makes you a huge gaming bigot.

I'm sorry for him. I've advised him to keep to this one topic. Some people need to be smacked over the side of the head.

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It's actually more like the last couple of months rather than couple weeks. See the stats below. I would say the brief addition of the central loot economy drove a lot of players away. However perhaps more significant was the release of GTA 5 on steam. Month Avg. Players Gain % Gain Peak Players Last 30 Days 6,965.0 -2,309.4 -24.90% 14,493 April 2015 9,274.4 -4,572.1 -33.02% 25,784 March 2015 13,846.5 -1,160.8 -7.73% 29,190 February 2015 15,007.2 +559.8 +3.87% 29,001 http://steamcharts.com/app/221100

Someone told me it was fun, and easy to get into as no XP/leveling/grind etc, just spawn, loot, kill, die, repeat in a large open world. Right now we're playing with the basic core features, and it's a fun game. The finished product has a lot of potential. I think a completely urban DayZ map would be an interesting post-release expansion, based on a real life city, like London (for the 28 days later fans!), or LA/New York (for the i am legend fans) . Don't get me wrong, I like the countryside in DayZ, but a huge decaying cityscape would have a real zombie apocalypse feel to it, particularly if they had a realistic depiction of the key sites and layout of a real life city.

For small sticks yeah, but not for ashwood sticks needed to make bows etc.

Hi, I don't think we need increased amounts of loot, just a more balanced and dynamic loot system (which as far as I'm aware is the aim of the central loot economy). I would like to see locked containers/safes added to the game which you can either open with brute force, but stand a good chance of ruining whatever is inside, or use a lockpick to open (with lockpicks being a little more rare), and these safes would contain rarer loot. I'd also say they should spawn the same way helicopters etc spawn, random 5 per server in a possible 100 locations. In regards to food, I hope to see more options to find food by either foraging, hunting, fishing using crafted tools that don't require finding certain items. It can be hard to find rope, a water bottle and axe to cut down the right tree for a stick. There should be suitable sticks for bows and spears found by searching the floor in forests, and options to craft rope from various materials. Cooking options available to make food more nutritious and filling without needing to find cookpots etc. More animals would be good too. There should be the option to spawn at the beach, make a stone knife, run to the nearest set of trees, find a stick and craft a makeshift spear, which you can then try throwing at a cow or pig. Use animal bones and guts to make improvised sewing kit and craft a jacket and backpack etc.

That would be a great addition!

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See, that's better! Although I've never heard of boiled haddock?

In DayZ Standalone they recently added a DayzAdmin log that includes connections and a kill log. IE 14:13:19 | Player "Gum Bear"(id=blah de blah) has been killed by player "iRosco"(id=blah de blah) Is there a way DarT can see these kill logs and display them in a separate tab for ease of viewing? Thanks

Any chance of adding a live display of the admin kill logs into dart?

I actually had to Google what a GED exam is. I'm not American I'm afraid, so the insult is a little lost on me. You might want to tailor your comebacks a little better to the nationality of the person you're insulting. I'm British, so might I suggest something related to bad teeth, tea drinking, terrible food etc.

After our little issue with having a little too much night time has been resolved, we're back in our rightful place of number 1 on gametracker!

I agree, those that play on public have to accept that server hoppers are there, and any system to punish them will end up punishing innocent parties as well. I've not played on a public hive since last year. I like having several different characters across different private hives that I can play with different people.

I love the server name! I wish I'd thought of that. I might change my private server name to "The Lemon Party"...

Nick, we already have a detailed thread that I setup for the server; http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/219265-ukeu-private-hive-50-slots-all-welcome-no-whitelist-hackers-banned/ I think the issue the moderators have is that you're creating multiple threads rather than just bumping the original, thus creating needless spam. Either way, it's perhaps best to stick to using the one I setup and ask this thread be removed completely. Also, please no more "text" speak in posts for the server!