Davidiusz

How does this conversation even make sense - Ok, there's people that like and dislike epoch, but in the end, its better to have all possible options, than too few. I'd rather want to be able to choose what i play if there's the possibility of choise, rather than be forced to one thing over and over until it just gets boring. What if they re-make epoch on the standalone? No one forces you to play it, you can still go and play on a vanilla server. And as far i remember not all servers were as described above - unblalanced (too easy to build bases, etc...) and "pay for gear". And there also was slightly modded vanilla servers where you could simply choose the gear you start with should you pay enough that weren't even close to epoch.

Was he having some kind of looped animation with his arms (glitch, the "victim" of the glitch isn't even aware of it happening), or just standing still and moving (might be a hacker then)?

Depends on the need of the moment, but in general i'm purely restricted to camo and utility value of backpacks, not caring much about it 'fitting' into my look. Also, i prefer big ones as i tend to be the hoarder kind (usually being also the team medic/ammo carrier). Generally i'll tend to go twards improvised backpack, unless a hunter one is available, both having great camo value, while having a very decent ammount of slots. Sometimes using mountain (preferably green) when need a few additional slots, or a taloon if its the first backpack i can get my hands on. Smersh backpack is nice, but just too small. I prefer the improvised backpack over the leather sac because the improv is just less 'noticeable'. General order of 'endgame' backpack prefence (from the least liked): Schoolcase > green schoolcase > smersh backpack (used as backpack, not part of the vest) > taloon > green taloon > leather sac > mountain backpack > green mountain backpack > improv backpack (any, but i like the look of the burlap one a little more) > hunter backpack.

Where do you spot the helis from? I usually just run all the way around green mountain trying to somewhat pass next to the crosses on the map. Wouldn't mind being able to make the run shorter.

Not, but according to the ammount of tries, there was a very low statistic probability for me to find nothing. Also, i didn't say it was bugged, i was asking about possible changes (that could be possible due to the restored southern spawn points).

Yeah... i was looking around that cluter of possible spawn points near zeleno/green moutain with no sucess sadly... and its not that i haven't found crashe blackhawks, i haven't found ANY crashsites. I'll keep lookin'

Is there anyway, to quickly identify non-persistent servers when they're not tagged

I'm trying to find a few crashsites to (hopefully) get my hands on an M4 for a change (haven't used one since the introduction of the AK), but apparently, i seem totally uable to find any crashsites since the 0.49. Ran the usual route around green mountain on multiple servers (yes, i know serverhoping is bad) to try to find some, with no luck. Did the locations change in 0.49? Is there any updated map with the locations? Is it somehow influenced by presistence? Its quite bugging me to be honest. A also a few other observations i made: Where are the bipods? Neither me or anyone i know have seen a bipod since the 0.49 (either found or on someone). On another hand: makarovs. Makarovs everywhere. I think i find those more often than boots now. Also, persistence also seem to cause some problems. Main one is being the general lack of pretty much anything to loot. Can barely find food now, as everything seems to stay looted thru restarts, so not even talking about other stuffs. Pretty much only things i find in military tents are water bottles. Lots of water bottles.

Also, there might be something off with the frequency of how often the messages pop/the status updates... Was on a sunny server yesterday, around 14. While running thru a field (all pristine TTsKO jacket and pants, jungle boots, balistic helmet and baklava) i was getting a 'getting colder' ('slowly' then 'promptly' then 'slowly' again... never 2 same messages in a row) message every 5 seconds (ended up using a timer to be sure...) Don't remember having this issue before the hotfix.

Never lsoe hope, friendly people exit too... Few last meetings from the top of my head (random order): 1. Found some random guy running around balota. Cornered him, while telling him to stay calm. Handcuffed him. Searched his backpack, took an AKM drum mag he had. Then gave him the mosin (with ammo - btw, he had a mosin loader, first one i ever seen) i was carrying as i had no ammo for the AK, a makarov with mags and food as 'payment'. Then uncuffed him and went my way. During the whole time he was asking why sohuld he stay calm and not move, as i'll kill him anyway. Ended up with a faint but relieved 'thanks for robbing me'. 2. Searching a barrack at zelenogorsk. Mosin shot from behind me. You are dead (was 2 days later, unrelated to the above). 3. Looting Pavlovo military base. I exit the last barrack only to see 2 guys up the road. According to the random pieces of cloths and random melee weapons semi fresh spawns. I run like hell to the forest only to notice i haven't been spotted. I wait a moment nearby thinking if i should engage them or not. end up thinking it would be a fair fight anyway and leave the area. 2 minutes later, just up the hill, while going to meet a friend at balota, i hear voice asking me "are you friendly?" after passing a little wall. I turn back without drawing my weapon to see 2 guys pointing AKs at me. After confirming that i am friendly and that i am not german ended up with a goodbye and everyone going his way. One of the weirdest encounters i had tbh. 4. Watching NWAF with a friend from afar with binoculars, laughing at some guy doing weird stuff on the top of the fire station. A while after, while still looking, hoping to get the occasion for a fun encounter, suddently i hear the whistle of a bullet, and my friend saying he's dead on TS a second later. ran away while trying to spot the shooter (friend suposedly heard a mosin shot, while i didn't when i was 5 meters from him). Never found the shooter. Server reset 5 minutes later. 5. Fresh spawn at elektro, i start gearing up and eventually reach cherno. Got myself a shotties with some rounds. While on the way to balota i notice 2 guys following me. One with an axe, the second with nothing. I class them as a low threat. When almost at the airrtip i suddently hear a gunshot and a bullet passing over my head. One of them was firing a magnum at me (they managed to get closer to me then before). Started sprinting towards the nearest building. After some running around i lost the magnum guy, only to be atacked by the second one... with a screwdriver. 2 shogun shells later he was calmed. I don't like it when people try to poke my eye out. I get hit in the arm by the magnum guy just after. I run to cover to bandage and reload, whiel looking back at where i was, i see magnum guy kneeling over his buddy. I sneek up behind him and unload 2 shells in his head... and those puffy hats seems to be quite resistan, as apparently not worries by my shots, he turns around and kill me with a magnum shot. TL;DR: All types of playstyles exist, you just have bad luck if you only find bandits. And also, should you ever cross my path, you most likely won't be shot on sight unless identified as a threat, and played a bit with at worse (if i have the upper hand ;).

So, there's a few questions bugging me lately... What is the 'my leg is in pain' message? It happened to me from time to time to have a reccurent instance of this message after getting hit by a zombie, also, it seemed that the symtoms of it were those of an infection (constant loss of blood and water)... but as far i know, neither painkillers or antibiotics are functional now, right? So... should i be carrying painkillers and antibiotics, or is it just a waste of space? How can i fix the 'leg in pain', should it appear again (a splint seemed to have worked once, but not always)? Also, on another note, where's the new military base thats replacing the balota tent town?

I though it was possible... after standing still for a minute and wathcing a town, i had a naked guy running behind me with handcuffs and a tactical vest. Only after getting rid of him i relized the vest was the same model missing from my inventory (together with a medkit and a drum mag). Was missing my handcuffs also. But might've been a hacker for all i know. He was doing micro teleports instead of running... 10 round of AKM in the belly didn't seem to bother him much. Spotted him still warping around but prone a bit later. Also, he was an awfull shot. He managed to miss me with his double rifle (i wonder where he found this one...) while i was still 10m from him.

On the mod... broke my legs when entering a building... had to crawl for 30 mins before finding a zombie to put me out of my misery. On standalone - first one i don't really count it - asked a passerby to kill me as a zombie hit made me bleed heavily and ruined my start shirt within 2 mins of spawning. Second death - some zombie ran thru a wall and single shot me while i was looting a barrack at balota.

Yeah, you most likely seen a deathmatch - there was a few servers offering them - or Epoch server (trader cities, base building, usually AI additional missions). I think (and hope) DZ:SA will be open for mods... so much great additional stuff. Also, if you're for looking combat simulation (PvP with most of DayZ mechanics) while waiting for mods and release, I highly recommend you try Arma 3 (with other players of course). According to what you said above, you might even enjoy it more than DayZ. The game itself is an awesome simulator, and there's alot of mods to it... from the top of my head - Altis Life, Battle Royale (this one you might like).

So... after taking some time to find each otehr at Czernaya Polana, me and 2 friends decided to go check Krasnostav to see if we could find some food, and maybe meet somone (with no upright bad intentions, but thats off-topic). Now, while ont he way we decided to stop in the forest west of the NE airstrip, on the hillside, to check for potential threats. Now the funny thing - we've stopped for about half a minute when one of my friends drop dead. Just like that. No fire sound, no flying bullet sound. Nothing. I drop dead a few seconds later while hidden from the only direction that would've allowed a shot distant enough for us not to hear the shot itself (still no bullet sound though). Only thing i heard was a blunt sound like someone hiting a zombie with an axe. No hurt message of any kind. Direct dead. Second friend was dead nearly instantly after. Still no shots nor bullets. He hears footsteps once he's dead though (5s after his death). I managed to respawn relatively close, and run towards the bodies. They were obviously searched, while looking thru them i get killed again, in the same spot (ye, might be obvious, but not like i had somethign to lose anyway), this time with clear nearly point blank mosin shot. Having respawned quite clsoe again, i try to make a run for it once more. I'm going back to the position, while caring to stay in forest at all times. While going around the hill with the forst i see a player, thats obviously starting at me from the somewhat area of the 'fight', but apparently not knowing i see him too. I ran around like if i was on another way and soon dispaeared behind the hill, he didn't move from his position nor tried to take a shot. Once out of his line of sight, i started climbing the mountain, hoping to flank him. Suddently while running at max speed beetwin pine trees, once more i hear the axe sound and my legs get broken, followed a split second later with another 'bump' and uncounsciousness. No bullet nor shot sounds. So, now, question... is that a big mix of unskillness, bad luck and glitches in the presence of a very good shooter; or is it just i found a hacker hoping for easy preys? Its quite bugging me tbh...