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Fixed that for you...

And if you want to stay in the shadows of less busy servers simply use that medium server as a reference and organize your server browser by time. Then pick one that is "close" to the medium server and it should be about the same time. We're also using "Battlemetrics.com" to verify time. It'll show actual numbers of people as well as current time in the server...

Things have been busy with the Helpy Helpers recently as we shaved off our PVE beards, parked our base initiative and decided it was time to go do some serious Helpy Helpering. We headed to a busy server and leaned into things. Within minutes of our last hop we ran into character on the southeast end of Svet- our long term playground. That quickly changed as another character, unknown to the first, was also in the immediate area. Bam and I were geared up but both of these players caught onto the fact they were safe with us very quickly... probably because they were still alive. "I just encountered someone by Berezino who lured me over with a map and asked if I wanted help... then he shot at me." "That's exactly the type of person we're here to deal with..." As if on cue there were several gunshots nearby- but to the West. "Time to go- here's some water!" I dropped a bottle of water for them more as a gesture than because they really needed it. I realized later the shots had happened somewhere totally different than where the reported problem occurred... so we did miss out on the chance to go deal with the guy with the map. We did, however encounter the shooter over at the tents west of Svet- he graciously accepted our all expenses paid one way trip to the beach. On our return to Svet we ran into another character who was up for letting things play out. We provided him with some essential gear and escorted him to the water fountain. He was settled into a drinking cycle and casually chatting with us when I heard a zombie agro... "I can hear zombies attacking someone over here... I'll go check it out." "Time for you to scram little buddy." I took the guy out onto another street and pointed him to the west where he wanted to continue to gear up. "Contact! I have a guy here in one of the rooms-" Gunshots... "He's shooting at me!" "Coming!" More shots- "Got him- one down!" Zombies were everywhere running in and out of buildings, across the street... I thought for a second I'd missed an announcement for a NKOB concert for all 5 of their living fans. I came around the corner through a fence and saw one zombie run in, another ran out and Bam wasn't far behind. I then stupidly barged in and plugged the door so he couldn't leave... we were all just running in place. Bam hit a vacuum pose and squeezed past while I headed in further thinking he'd been injured by someone in the room at the end of the hall. There was nobody there... "There's another guy out here!" Holy fuck already. I rushed back out and Bam was shooting to my right... at Zombies but then another guy flashed past me with a shotgun in his hands shooting towards Bam so I mag dumped on him and reloaded. The guy was down. I kept shooting at zombies- "Did you get the guy out in the street?" "What guy? No, I've got a guy here by the water fountain with the motorcycle helmet on." The last guy never did show back up again. Next contact was at Olsha and we responded to some gunfire up there. Those guys didn't want to play things out so Bond (Called B before) engaged from a distance but hit one guy and missed the second. We were closing on Olsha coming from Svet- for reasons I'm not 100% sure about I ended up closing on the small shed on the north side of the long barn there, confirmed the guy was in there then figured I could just hose him down from outside. I couldn't. He daintily walked out the door and filled my cheeks with lead. My "loud" character which has survived for the past month or so- was dead. Bam didn't waste any time sprinting right up to the door with his M4 drawn and held the trigger down as 5.56 tap danced through the soul of my killer. I dropped about 10 characters outside of Cherno / Elektro / Sol before I finally got a spawn near Svet. Fortunately Bam and Bond were able to collect a majority of my gear so I could get back in action. Missing a few items- of note a tactical helmet and my red athletic sunglasses... Hard times...

Found one quite some time ago on one of those kiosk / concession type structures with the ladder to the right of the door. I haven't seen one up there for awhile but I do keep checking just in case.

Like this:

OP: This is the easiest way to resolve the issue- but you need to remember every time you die that you need to exit first, then choose your new customized dude and then go back into the game. Park your stuff in a barrel if you can find one then go pick a fight with a zombie and kill yourself until you respawn nearby. Each time you need to exit, choose your guy and then click Play again. Spawns up north are a little less frequent so if you're around the SE corner of the map by the beach most spawn points are within a 5-10 minute run.

I get this every so often... I end up having to close the game and start over again. Usually this resolves it. As for the character glitch... sounds weird- only thing I can think of is your first character was in an HC (hardcore 1PP) server while all your follow up games with the second character were in normal 3PP... They will have separate characters. If you change the names of your characters and expand on the server information (on the left of the server browser window for each server) you can see which character is living and will be used in that specific server. Assuming each one of your attempts is on the official public servers it should all line up with the same dude. I'm curious about the first character though... take screenshots if you can.

I think there is some measure of hope that the Dev team are going to see that one last "I quit" thread and call an emergency meeting. "Folks, we've just learned that so-and-so is leaving and this is the tilting point. It's now incandescently clear that we need to unleash "Project Master Beta."" "Master Beta? What's that?" "It's our top secret ACTUAL Beta that we've been working on all this time in the background at an entirely different studio. The other one month Minor Beta was a social experiment but clearly now that this last person quit that has blown up in our face. This Master Beta is literally "THE" perfect game- everything we promised with a bunch of other content people have asked for- all of which works in perfect harmony." "Wow- wish we would have known this before... Do you have any idea how much shit and abuse we take on the forums and other social media platforms on account of that one month Minor Beta?" "Yeah... a true thrashing. But I mean really if you think about it it is kind of funny. 5 years in EA and then a 1 month Beta? Surely people must have known deep down that we had something up our sleeves. What do they think we are?! Totally incompetent??!" "Okay so now we can expect a Master Beta release?" "Yes... the community will bask in the radiance of our Beta wisdom- all thanks to that last person who posted about quitting. He will forever be a legend."

All I can say is thank goodness bugs like this exist otherwise I’d have nothing to complain about.

Knowing the history of vehicles in DayZ SA a helicopter has always been a terrifying prospect. I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t go anywhere near one.

Easy now. There was like 2 threads in 3 months about people quitting. He has a platform and we must respect his right to shout from it.

Shot while running solo. Again trying to paint a picture for some friends... Nice and short!

A quick video I put together for a friend to try and pique his interest... Let me know what you think!

I should probably start a thread like: Why we don't care about your PC stats...

In our search for nails one over the past few weeks item that seems conspicuously absent are cargo pants... We're checking mostly in industrial / agricultural occupancies... garages / barns and this kind of overall facility. This is where we've always found them before. Have they changed loot class? Any ideas?

Okay so talking to a helpy helper about it last night and he pointed out that chances to find cargo pants the further west you go. I started finding them on the east end of severograd... in the garages Behind the guard shack.

Yup.

It’s amplified a bit since none of us have found any but I’ll check out CP and hope for the best. Thanks again guys.

Are those the like the shops... those small wooden ones?

On official servers? Weird. Okay well thanks.

All of our group has said the same thing. Not sure what detection threshold changed or if they all did. Seems more RNG based now...

Good to see some new contributors! Sorry that your story didn’t end well aux but I hope the next one ends better.

You’re not wrong. They started the 2019 roadmap in 2019... which is like packing for a trip and getting in the car before you’ve even figured out where you’re going. It’s fun and spontaneous but results in frequent changes in destination as well as the reoccurring realization that you packed the wrong shit.

Accepted is a strong word. Complaining about it doesn’t seem to work so now we just eat a pop tart and hope for the best. It is better now than it used to be and for guys who waded through Alpha that’s usually as good as it gets.

We were just talking about this last night. The beard was supposed to be- well... in my opinion anyway- an indication of a character that lived some time... But the guy is almost fully bearded in an hour of gameplay. It would be nice if this was toned down a little. This isn't a big deal- but it's a thing.