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Was that a Villayer server by any chance? I had the same issue- the server I was on was down for an entire 2 hour cycle. (this happened when both me and the guy I was helping were locked in place as mentioned in above story). It was easy to tell since the time didn't change- and in addition my game history showed that there were 8 people in there and the internet list said there were none- but they were both on the same time.

Hope this isn't considered off topic but my DayZ experience does move beyond the actual gaming environment doing research on crafting etc. Just stumbled into a fun fact that others may not know... Did you know that both piles of guts large and small can be used as a heatpack and recharged on a fire? I have several fish traps out and do eat a lot of fish throughout the day but have been scratching my head as to how to put those guts to use. Guess you can just leave them on the fire- as they get more and more read they apparently generate more heat for your character if guts are in the inventory items. I have been leaving the small pile of guts in the fish trap hoping that they might work as bait instead of worms- but sadly no... I do not believe this is the case. A couple other things I've learned recently is that a small stone can be used to take a dull edge off your badly damaged ax (so it's only damaged)... and that those taller chicken coup looking structures (those flat, 5 level tall ones that look like they're meant for chickens) don't provide feathers. Instead, you need to find the "dog house on stilts" with the ramp... you can still find feathers there. I also must admit I encountered a bit of a weird bug which has resulted in doubling of loot... My system crashed right when I heard the sound of a zed launch- By the time I rebooted the game and got back in I was being mauled by a zed. I killed him- but realized very quickly that he had actually already killed me. My body was laying on the ground right where I spawned in. With all loot attached! Some of it was ruined... and some of it on my ACTUAL character (that I spawned back in with after crash) was ruined... but I was able to swap out various bits and not only got all good equipment but was able to take my full dry bag. This has been a REAL gift since the bags help to preserve the things I'm storing. Pumpkins have also been a real gift- since I've never, ever run into pumpkin seeds in almost 200 hours. Or maybe I did but didn't see them since I'd always thought the pumpkins were "just for show." I think the existing piles in the pre-existing gardens are just for looks- but the fresh pumpkins are a huge meal and very filling. Also, I got 50 seeds out of "extracting seeds with knife" so seeds / pumpkins for everyone! On a side note, I laughed when I saw my last guy stuffing his face with pumpkin- it just looks funny to me. One slight annoyance is that my fertilized, prepared garden slots reset with the server... but I guess that's what prevents the whole map being turned into a pumpkin patch.

I realized my error with the burlap after scouring the web for answers. It was breaking the ghillie down back to netting and strips (half strips) that the guy had been able to do, not making them back into bags. The stock filter only allows pings under 100... May be the issue. It'd be pretty awesome to bump into guys from the forums but as has been mentioned it may not work since our server banks may be too far from one another.

Pm sent. No idea where the server is though- sorry B. Killed my first person today- was weird. Felt weird. I was running south along the highway just trying to find some freshmen to help when on the side of the road next to a tree I saw something that didn't belong. Not a person- but something. It was very obvious. As I approached I saw it was a log and some binoculars. Kind of a nice find since I'd been looking for a pair. Pristine at that... These things don't just appear from nowhere and my spidey senses kicked into high gear. While I'm standing there looking for room in my inventory I'm thinking someone is going to feed me a bullet via osmosis. "Hey- hello?" I barely heard him but I definitely heard someone and I look around quickly- not quite grabbing the repeater off my shoulder. Haven't got those reflexes yet. "Hello?" "Hey there." I see him come into the road. He's fresh. My next customer? "I'm the one who left the log and binoculars at the tree. You can have them. Can you kill me?" "Um can I kill you?" I said, now pulling the repeater off my shoulder. "Yeah. I can... I have the technology. But why?" Why does anyone want to be killed while fresh. Spawn point... Which means berezino isn't hot enough for him... Which means he's looking for stuff. Which means he's probably much more hardcore than I am. "This crappy spawn. This is berezino right?" "Yup." I'm very suspicious of a trap but his voice is non-threatening. He just wants to get on with it. "You realize you'll be the first person I've ever killed?" "That's crazy- so... Can you kill me?" I shouldered my repeater and aimed for his head and he put his hands up and started doing the greeting dance. You know the one... Hands up then side to side. Okay then... Centre of mass it is. Pulled the trigger and he drops. Zeds would follow shortly but I managed them with my ax- I don't want to count euthanizing as my first kill since it was a mission of mercy... Kind of a favour, right? Anyway... Still trying to figure out how to "rebuild" burlap strips so I can hand out backpack and pumpkins. I did figure out that the improvised knife can be used to extract seeds so that frees up some space. I've also got a few good weapons stashed for freshies- no guns but enough to get them on their way safely. Some pick axes and sledgehammers. I think I made it about 180 hours without killing anyone... And I have yet to do it in anger. One thing I now know for certain is the repeater will kill in one shot... But I suppose that works both ways.

Had another customer stop by Chez Eno today... A freshie with next to nothing- It was fun for me since he looked over when I called out to him and I could tell by the sound of his voice that he was thinking "Okay, just get it over with." Unfortunately I'd moved away from my area to go chop a tree down when he stumbled into me... "Eh there- I'm not going to hurt you but I will ask that you keep your distance. I'm a long way from trusting anyone in this game yet." "Yes, no problem... I thought you were going to kill me." "Nope- quite the opposite. I have a little setup there behind you on the other side of that fence with a well and tons of supplies. I just found some pumpkin seeds and those are great for getting you all fed." I realized as I told him to "come on with me" that he might think I was luring him into a trap but he probably figured he didn't have anything to lose at that point anyway. I asked him to stay back a bit and he respected this. "Go ahead and hit the well since I suspect you're thirsty. I can watch your back as you do this- but I haven't seen anyone around here today." He was a little newer to the game so I did help him craft an improvised knife. "I can give you one and feed you for a day- or I can teach you how to make one and feed you for the rest of the game..." (Sound familiar?) He started looking around for stones and I went to try and figure out a way to craft my burlap strips back together into bags and make him an improvised backpack. I didn't manage to do that- So perhaps someone can help? I'm just trying to take burlap strips and put them back together so they make a bag. I understand that they reduce by half once you've re-stitched them. Anyone? He crafted his knife and was just in time to stuff his face full of pumpkin. I also recently learned that you can use your knife to extract seeds from the fruit- so I will definitely be testing that out. I just remembered as I write this I had a sledgehammer spawn in one of the nearby sheds I could have given him- Unfortunately I tried stockpiling weapons I found but they just disappeared unless I put them in another bag. So now I have a bag just for weapons. It's not REALLY hording if you intend to give them away, right? "My friend told me that if I followed the train tracks that I would get to a shipwreck... so I'm just on my way there." "Okay- that's "riffy" on the map. I haven't been out there yet on this server so I'm not sure what's out there. I do have an office space near here that has had an abundance of loot spawn in it recently so maybe you want to stop there first?" I think the server crashed as we made our way into the office... he got locked in animation and according to him though I could still move on my screen he said I was just standing at the entrance. We could still talk- but couldn't pick up anything. We exchanged names and I wished him luck. "I've taken up a spot here on this server- so when you're done at Riffy please feel free to come on back and stock back up if needed. I'll figure out how to craft a backpack for when you return!"

Eh guys. I did go check it out but unfortunately my ping is 175... a bit on the high side unfortunately.

I concur with the shed described above. I have two in that location at the shed in the area I'm camped out... both spawned in there on top of one another.

Awesome story krazy... Since I've moved to a private shard my experience has been a lot more enjoyable. Still stressful but I don't feel like I've got a gun to my head the entire time I'm in the zone. I had my first customers at Chez Eno this evening... Fortunately I got a bit of a heads up on them before they knew I was there. I've tucked away most of my gear so I don't look all kitted out but I keep a few heavy hitters on me just in the event ish goes cray (as all the cool kids say.) Two guys, chugging down the tracks from Riffy... "Hello there! Can you hear me?" No response- but one guy stops. "Hello there- on the tracks. Can you hear me?" "Hello? Yes, we can hear you..." "Can I get anything for you gentlemen?" "We're not very well equipped- are you friendly?" Fortunately you guys all know the answer to that. As a quick note to those of you who are new- I don't recommend that you admit weakness in this environment. They started to pincer me a little and I didn't budge. I had a fire ax and a fully loaded repeater. If things headed south to the border, they were going to need a whole lotta bandages... and all mine are hidden. "I've just got a little setup here near the well. Loads of supplies, some food and water and I can help you craft up an improvised knife if you want." "Yeah, we're going to hit this well... but take it easy buddy... we're way beyond trusting anyone in here right now." "I get it boys, I read the forums... I'm trying to be one of the good ones." I moved over towards my fire. "Warm up here- if you want I have some fish traps out and a couple of fillets I can cook up in about 5 minutes. Loads of vegetables on the ground by the greenhouse... I mean tons." "We've got people over here- just looking over our shoulder..." (I can hear them laughing in the background when he talks) "They're saying you're going to shoot us in the back." I can tell he's taking his ease a little judging by his tone. "I get it... but I'm trying to help turn this thing around a little, one person at a time." They were taking FOREVER to get hydrated so I offered one a canteen. I'd found a second one and they seemed like they could use it. "I can help speed things up for you- dropping off a canteen. Also if you look to that stony terrain by the well you can find a stone and craft an improvised knife. You can open cans, make burlap sacs into strips... they're awesome!" They didn't take me up on that offer. I managed to tell them the story about the pair who lured ZH and I into the woods and murdered us. "You don't have any magazines for a (sporter?) do you?" "I've been working this area for a couple days in this server guys and I haven't seen a single magazine. For anything." "Well this is the first time we've ever come across anyone who was so helpful. Thank you!" Awwwww... felt pretty awesome. Chez Eno is a hit! "We're heading to Berezino further down the road if you care to join us?" "No thanks guys... I've got some fish to catch and a fire to tend. Safe travels!" And they carried on their way... I can't wait until ZH is around to help me mind the shop front!

Hmmmm. Very interesting! I'll keep my eye open. Perhaps some room for a Chez Eno here?

Okay! So as I mentioned in the post just above this one I did end up joining a medium size private shard and headed over to my public stomping ground around Berezino. No tech gear, just a few basics and some deep pockets for supplies. I don't have a lot of experiences to share so far. I knew of a well close to the beach and it just so happened it had a greenhouse right beside it as well so I figured that would be a great place to start. I know that you can dig a garden anywhere- but I also figured that people looking on a map for water would be drawn to my little outpost. I'm going to call it "Chez Eno." I do have some self defense weapons tucked away behind the "cash register," which won't ensure my safety but will give me a fighting chance against the miscreants. I found a hoe and dug up the ground in the greenhouse first, then went to look for other supplies. In particular I needed seeds and if I found some fertilizer / bag of lime then I'd use that. I was hoping to use the plant material to enrich the soil but that doesn't appear to be working yet. I managed to find some tomato seeds and some fertilizer bags which I carried over to my outpost. I also constructed a fish trap but didn't learn until after I stepped out that you need to put worms in it as bait. You can do this by turning over the ground with the hoe and searching for worms in that space. I'll reset it later. My hope is that I'll find a few bottles out there to convert to traps so I can just set them out and have plenty of fish to cook for anyone who stops in. I've also started collecting some basic weapons so if we get some freshies in I'll be able to get the kitted out to head into the world. I also went out to craft a bow and some arrows. I needed to cut down a tree and found the ashwood stick- then used my existing rope to craft the bow. For the arrows as you know you need to find a chicken coup and sharpen some sticks (using the improvised knife- that thing is a godsend!) Then you can load your arrows into the bow- they are loaded one at a time so don't worry about combining them! I went out for some meat and found a bunch of cattle SW of Berezino near the crane construction site. Took a few tries to figure out distances on the bow and arrow- and at some point in the transaction I dropped the bow (already had two weapons) and was forced to turn to the shotty. I forgot to grab the guts since they would have come in handy as rope substitute later- Ah well. I brought the meat back and was able to set up a fire... I cooked it up and as all have mentioned you don't have much of a window between cooked and burnt. The colour around the steak gets darker and darker red so you do have a good opportunity to be prepared to grab it when it's done. Plants also don't give you much of a window and do tend to spoil easily. Best to harvest and then leave them around. The plant material isn't really useful so far as I can tell. I put it in the fire but don't think that's even going to do much other than get rid of it. So I have an infinite supply of water to share with my guests and if they can wait 5 minutes I can grow them plenty of veggies for their travels. I'm also going to hope to have 4-5 fish traps set up so they can collect fish and cook them on the fire. I have some steak- and will keep my supply up since the hunting grounds are close by. I also have some tuna and other canned goods in the event folks need to hurry. Of course I also have a few spare improvised knives to hand out if necessary. The only thing I'm missing are bags- though I have collected some burlap sacs that can be crafted into sacs easily enough. Unfortunately I'd already cut them into strips to carry them so I'll only get half back if I recombine them. Then with sticks and some guts (lol) or tape (I think) I can craft some bags for folks if they need. I could probably grab a few sewing and leather repair kits- possibly some additional shirts for rags- If persistence is turned on, can I expect that this stuff will stay where I leave it? I placed a paint can down and later found that it had disappeared. Is there any way to store things so they last? If I put them in a sac perhaps and hide it? One cool thing did happen while I was going to check my fish trap- as I was on my way back to the house I heard this racket boil up from the south... I'd heard it once before and knew it was a V3S. I ducked down and was out of sight... It came up pretty quickly and I tried to call out to the driver but he probably couldn't hear me from the engine noise. He headed off out of sight to the north towards Riffy. So imagine- you're fresh and you've stumbled into Chez Eno... What other supplies would help get you on your way? (Edit: Well... the splitting axes have both disappeared and it's more difficult than I thought to figure out how to disperse my crops. I did manage to catch some sardines using worms I found with the hoe. I'm going to see if I can find a bag to put stuff in and then just hide it in the vicinity and see if that helps smaller items stick around.)

Hmm yes. Looks like I did skim that one too quickly. My bad.

Meh- Lose a character... start again. Alpha- right? Seriously? Nothing you can do. Start again and keep going like the rest of us.

There are areas under trees where you can't collect rain. Makes me wonder if those are areas you could light a fire while it's raining?

I hear ya... we have a couple members in a clan from another game over in south africa and the UK as well and you're right- it is tough to get it together unless someone's playing at weird hours. I suppose that was more just out in the open in hopes that a few other like-minded people from similar time zones might be able to make something work out for them. You know, I think it'd be fun to jump on a private shard and do this. Hunt some game or do some fishing and just set up camp near the coast (probably further north) and just hand out food...

I take most of that back since I was being a dick. I can't undo the fact I said it- but while I respect experience I've never been a fan of people throwing it out there like it adds value to their stance on a debate about killing on sight. I could say I'm a SEAL and then Don Shipley would be giving me a call... which I guess wouldn't be so bad since he's pretty awesome! Anyway- sorry for being like that... to both of you (assuming you're actually not stolen valour candidates.)

I am offering new players better by my objection. Obviously you've forgotten what it's like to be new.

This is either a troll or the worst new player thread I've ever even heard of. Why would anyone in their right mind move it here? Seriously? Like we don't have enough challenges as to deal with this ish? MASSIVE mod fail.

Awesome. Finally a visionary who isn't on the development team who can show us the way to their intentions! Lead on my liege.

He did it so I did it. Gee. You owned me. Darnit. Though to your credit I should have also rolled my eyes at the Ghan reference. Fricken tired of the unsubstantiated background stories.

Good grief. Like you need to bring up Iraq in this argument. Save it for the street corner.

I think some of us need to meet up and go about things rightly. Getting sick of watching hero stories on YouTube from 8 months ago... Got TS3 server if you guys run it. Maybe it's time to put something together.

That's definitely something we can agree on! I'll pass on my steam name to you and see where it goes from there. I have a clan associated with another game and we're expanding our gaming pursuits a bit to include other games and of course DayZ is one of them. Not sure if any will come over but a group is definitely more powerful than the sum of its members- that's for sure. ZH210 spawned in a bit after I did last night. He was still up in Black Mountain from the other night and I was still near Berezino from the night before. The zombies I'd had staked out around me acting as early warning devices were gone or moved or respawned elsewhere. This was a bit of a relief to me since I've been known to spawn in only to find that I'm being mauled already. This has evidently happened to a few of us... Not sure at what point your character is visible in game during the respawn process- whether it's when the "please wait" happens or the "respawning in 59 seconds." I was a little apprehensive about sending ZH210 off on his own to find his way down to Berezino especially with the current state of the compass. "Okay, use the compass and make it so it's pointing between the S and the E. But first- check which way the lower clouds are going and also the time of day. Imagine an upside down U in the sky (all things I recently learned from pilgrim!) and place the sun appropriately to the SE or SW as necessary given the time in the server... Now take a mental snapshot of where your shadow is on the ground in relation to you and keep it there as you..." No- not quite going to happen so there was a bit of trust and lots of communication. He did quite well actually and it's a good thing since getting lost and trying to have someone else figure out where you are is... erm... difficult. I had the map open on the ipad beside me so as he was moving he gave me a description of what he was seeing and I did my best to match that up with the map. We had our radar on for matches and though he found what sounded like enough burlap sacs to make another full ghillie suit he found no matches in his travels to the south. I met up with him south of Dubrovka and while near the road decided it might be a good time for us to look for stones. It didn't give us the option near the road so we gave up on that idea and went to loot a It's easier when I'm sitting beside him and can see his screen since I can recognize certain areas and if needed I can just step over to his setup and help him confirm his directions. I can also walk him through comparing what he's seeing with the map. I think he's getting the hang of it but he hasn't quite made the connection between the map and the game environment yet. There was a small house just down the road from us so we went there in search of matches. Nothing- but while we were there I saw some rocky ground and was able to search for stones. It took me 3 or 4 tries but I did find one and was then able to hit F to "craft improvised knife." Sweet! ZH did the same. I tested the knife on some canned food and it barely spilled anything- so it's at least as good as a screwdriver / knife. It really is an awesome tool since it gives you the ability to craft so many different items and only takes one slot. From there we made our way back up to Dubrovka since he bypassed most of it on his way down to me. I noticed I'd actually started to register "hot" in the inventory menu for the first time and had a lazy eye on that. I knew I was going to need to find a body of water soon since my gorka outfit wasn't allowing me to get soaked in the intermittent rain. On our way we saw a deer out in the field so I figured I'd take a shot at it and that turned into 4 shots. Some sniper eh? Without a rangefinder it was very difficult to get a decent shot without determining ranges on the map. ZH skinned / quartered it with the improvised knife and stashed the meat. It was funny to hear him rile at the discovery of "a pile of guts" and it took me a bit of time to explain how it could be used as a rope substitute. We moved from one side of town to the other and I told ZH to go search the buildings he was facing while I was going to go to the ones behind him. He agreed and we went about our business. He was calling out everything he saw which was good and gave me some confidence that he was starting to catch on to "hidden" or hard to see loot as well as the larger obvious things. I came out of one of the houses I was searching and immediately caught movement to my left. ZH was on my right working through houses down the hill a bit further. No zombie gurgles and this figure had a drybag on. It was the shortest glimpse- but it was a person and right now people are threats, not targets. "Standby standby! We have someone over here. Get some cover and hold." "Okay. Where are you?" "I just came out of a house by a bus stop shelter." "Are they friendly?" "I can't tell- I can't hail them (mic on laptop broken)... and you're too far away." I ducked down behind the bus shelter and tried to use 3PP to ID the player on the other side. I couldn't see him since apparently we'd seen each other and they'd sought some cover as well. I waited to be hailed over the direct chat in text or voice but nothing came. "I don't want to take my hands off my controls right now so I can't type. I'll cover you if you can get up here and try calling them on voice." "Okay- I'm going to the bus shelter." I scanned for movement as ZH made his way towards me. "Stop! This guy is moving towards me!" Yup. And this is how friendly fire happens. "Oh man! What are you doing up here!? I thought you were down there checking houses?" "I was but there was nothing down there so I came up here." "You have to tell me when you move like that." "Sorry." I'd almost shot him- AGAIN! Went through every building in Dubrovka and couldn't find matches... Kind of surprised you can't just rub sticks together to start a fire. Maybe it's coming? We only had an hour last night before "mum" was reminding him that he only had 5 more minutes so we completed in Dubrovka, killed a couple zeds and made our way to the woods. He told me he found a small pond so I went face down in that and disappeared under the water. "Can you see me right now?" He said he couldn't. Hmmm. What happens if you stay under water? I haven't had a chance to test it yet and I'm not going to with this character- but suffice to say my curiosity is aroused. Anyone?

Security and loot hording are probably two things that frustrate the games intentions moreso than any two other factors- People running the risk of putting time into the game just to get whacked by a hacker, or by a group of guys who rent their own server to gather their loot unmolested and take it to the beaches in other servers create a constant imbalance. I think the wipe and continued work on the persistence and overall "loot economy" will be a refreshing step in the right direction. Granted I stepped in around .51 somewhere so I've seen nowhere near the amount of development as some of the veterans around here, but I've read a lot in the forums and it sounds like it's abuses on those two things in particular that have encouraged abuse and discouraged the casual survival enthusiast. There will always be both play styles but a balance needs to be established and I think in watching the community the devs will learn ways to adjust one side over the other until they reach what they deem is suitable given their intended model.

Any helmet gives you a degree of protection that is better than a hat or boonie. Now, degrees of protection with every type of helmet... you could probably find that in the wiki but I'm told even that is pretty outdated. It would likely get you in the ballpark. VERY helpful to ward off unconsciousness with single blows to the head etc. I think there is a predictable increase in protection as you move from skateboard helmets up through to Gorka military helmets. Motorcycle helmets are probably up there in ranking since I see many people wearing them- particularly bandits but that's just me stereotyping. Thing about bandits is they know all the best things to wear. Common and effective items are easy to acquire and still work well.

1) The first one you get. I think the one with the biggest volume is the "hunters" but the favourite I think is the smerch vest with backpack. 2) Any pointed object. As you can imagine, the larger weapons make you spill more food. I have seen 2 can openers in over 100 hours of playing so grab a screwdriver until you can craft an improvised knife. Improvised rock knife only takes one slot and can do everything you need. 3) Fire Axe (1 hit) or splitting axe (2 hits)... I think those are the favourite melee weapons for that task 4) Adding clothes as soon as possible helps- warm clothing = getting warmer. Sprinting around longer distances helps too but then you will get hungry / thirsty faster. Staying inside or crafting fires can also help over time. 5) You'll dry off over time inside and I believe being near a fire will help too. Find rain gear to wear- boonie hats also help as do some other garments. 6) I was on a server with about 30 people near one of the biggest cities and didn't see anyone for 2 hours. I've been on a server with 10 people and seen 3 people in 20 minutes... it really is random. There is a "survivor concentration" thread that helps show the hotbeds of activity- most trafficked areas are Elektro, Cherno and Berezino in terms of cities and any military location on the dayzdb map can be expected to be highly contested territory.