Dogpants

Factory of Chernogorsk.

Me and my buddy were sniping, player named --- kills my buddy and I sneak up and killed --- on EU17, says I killed player --- from friendly fire. His body sinks into the ground instantly (pretty sure due to the spot we were in) and I was banned from the server. This was around 3:13 Pacific Time. (Yes, he was very well geared) EDIT: I removed the players name for respect, for all I know the friendly fire could have been the glitch that got me banned from EU17, but if requested or needed I'll add the players name back.

I agree with the punish/reward system that is suggested here. That stealth should still be a more viable option than it is currently, Were as mistakes should be more costly and smart play (stealth, or killing selected zombies) rewarded. Not overly aggro Zeds or super hearing zombies to the point I don't want to shoot my gun. (zombies should hear gunshots and the player should be punished for doing so, but I feel some times just to far? Opinionated). I overall liked the stealth in 1.7.1.1 and liked it a lot, 1.7.0 was a bit easier but I REALLY was enjoying the game then as well! The difficulty increase to the zombies are in the wrong area's, and overall should be reined back and other values should be adjusted to see how it balances out zombies. Players want to interact with the world, not get frustrated by it.

From what I understand it's not a glitch, it's clouds covering the sun. At least during the day time.

That was awesome, as was all your video's!

I thank you all for the posts! Some great news(I'll edit it in my post as well) the hotfix is coming out sooner than the 48 hours he gave us last night. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13895 This fixes most of the issues stated! I think this will bring a lot of balance and enjoyablity to the majority of players! Get ready for DayZ 1.7.1.1!

1.7.1 brings a lot of good concepts and improvements to DayZ. Most people seem to love it or hate it. It's amazed me that people who love it ignore obvious broken mechanics that were introduced. Such as Zombies spawning at alarming rates. Example is me and a friend started to clear out a barn that had a few zombies in it from a hilltop with our ak's, some zombies in the area still agro'd from the noise and we started to gun them down, the didn't stop for some time till I had 30 zombie kills not counting what my friend had, at a isolated barn not near a city. This was addressed by Rocket in another patch (if I find it I'll link it) and should be fixed within 48 hours. Zombies also spawn on each other in large groups in buildings, I have a feeling this won't be completely fixed, but with the spawn rate fixed it'll be only 1 or 2 on top of each other which is manageable. Even if you love the new difficulty (like me) with the spawn rates they are now it's NOT FUN, I was all my ammo just to go into a barn, I play by myself or with 1 other player, it's to much. Even if you hate the patch you have to agree with some changes such as Zombies being able to be LOS'ed and lost. I see alot of people complain that they can't lose them in the wilderness, which I understand that sucks but again we couldn't lose them before so it shouldn't be to different for you, and with the spawn rate fixed in the near future it'll probably be a manageable amount that you can just clean up. New animations which are great and I seem to find more loot than I did before (not sure) and just overall a lot of good changes came in, don't forget them! The middle group would be the new difficulty, in my opinion I'm glad it's harder. BUT I do believe to many area's were dialed up all at once increasing the difficulty more than it should be. I would like some area's of increased to be reined in but not all and it would be a more balanced experience that would leave beginners and experienced players alike enjoying the game more. You all have your opinion but don't bash the others over their view, they're bias posts but hold some truth of warrant (most the time) and there are fixes that need to be done immediately (spawn rate) no matter which side you choose so we all can enjoy our mod. TL;DR There's both good and bad things, don't bash the other side, spawn rates will be fixed soon. EDIT: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13895 - 1.7.1.1 hotfix is almost here. Read.