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DayZ tweeted that the update wouldn't come this week, so either it's been resubmitted as soon as it was denied by PS4 in which case the earliest you'll see it would be the 5th of august which is estimating a very fast verification process, it would usually take longer or it hasn't been submitted yet and it'll be later. ImpulZ confirmed that it cannot be released on xbox alone as both consoles share the same server databases making this option untenable but didn't confirm whether the update has been resubmitted yet, only that more stability & crash fixes have been added since the update denial. Hope this helps

I got the game in game preview so it was significantly cheaper & I haven't really played it in over two months. I used to stream in 8+ hours a day 5 days a week for 5 months solid and built a great community playing it. But as soon as the controls were changed & the duping began, I was out. It feels bad as my viewers loved to see the game but I won't play a game I don't find fun or simply doesn't work anymore. I respect how hard it is to develop a game but rushing it out of game preview hiking the price up and making it 1.0 was only ever going to enable more criticism, warranted or not. If I had paid full price for the game I would most definitely be livid after 3 months of over half the weapons not spawning. But tbh I'm just sad that I have zero urge to play the one game I've wanted to play on console for many years & know inside & out. I really hope the update fulfils everyone's expectations when it drops & brings the game to where it should be, but I fear without the will to make big changes to the game in order to stem exploits it'll all be for nothing anyway. I hope I'm wrong, if tent cities appear a few days after the update eventually drops then I'm afraid it'll be an uninstall from me. Good luck Bohemia

How will you enorce rules with no way to ban profile names? Only way to keep people out is with password protection & they could sign in with one of there hundred accounts & break rules as they see fit. No ability to turn on a kill feed to help report rule breakers to server owner & no ability to assign admin abilities on server either unless you want to give out your user name and password to your server management account that is

Most people renting the servers want to create open servers for RP or specific play styles or simply just clean vanilla DayZ, Like the majority of all private hive servers on PC. I dont see many people forking out £60 a month so a few friends can run around doing PvE on a gigantic map. That'd get very boring very fast.

Yep, being a server admin or owner is a massive task, especially without modded admin tools. without the ability to TP to someone or enable God mode to investigate support cases its almost impossible to tell fact from fiction. Even with really detailed logs available to the Server owner & a dedicated team of Admins who are available 24/7 on a white listed server its a full time deal. Time will tell how effective these servers are & how good the way they've addressed exploits such as duplication are in the update, but i for one would definitely not be pre-ordering a server before even seeing the new server setting it'll be running with the next patch, you may just be throwing £60 quid down the toilet for a buggy exploit filled nightmare that could take months to be fixed (sound familiar lol). hopefully in the future the ability to turn on a global kill feed and server log-in/log-out feed will help Admins combat the use of toxic exploits. Even just running a normal vanilla DayZ experience with no RP rules would be a god damn nightmare if the Exploits are still just as prevalent.

PMSL fully geared duped up Ass Hat on the coast trying to tie up freshy's gets his comeuppance. quite simple a GG, hope that lil fella was hella mad.

@ImpulZ Will there be a log for individuals logging into the server & out? in order to combat & detect people duplicating in groups? can server owners ban players? Also will there be the option to see peoples IP addresses in order to perma ban them from private servers completely so that they don't just change profile and log back in after a profile ban?

thanks for the heads up dude, think ill pass lol. I'd rather not sit looking at connection logs 24/7 to see the endless chain of people logging in and out duping in order to spend the rest of my life banning folk lmao. Whoever actually hires these servers is going to have a full time job on there hands or end up wiping the server every day. basically paying £50+ a month in order to fix exploits for the dev team

@ImpulZ Thanks for reiterating the planned update release schedule, hopefully all goes well with the Xbox verification process. Any chance we could get some extra details on how Duping has been addressed in 1.03/1,04? its most definitely the biggest issue effecting console at the moment & i'm sure the DayZ team would like to put the communities mind at ease that significant fixes are in place. Thank you in advance for any details

If it's any help, I emailed ImpulZ who was kind enough to respond & asked about extra server details. He stated we would receive more info before the update is released. So don't expect the update till more official info is released. Doesn't help with info or a timescale but now you know.

I really hope they add custom controls, first they made it really awkward to free look & zoom by changing the controls for that. Now its the same button to free-look & zoom so you have to zoom then free look which is awful. then they mess up leaning by having to double tap to change from one direction to another, feels slow & clunky. I play a lot of Rainbow Six Siege & PUBG, the thumb-stick click for lean has been tried, tested & proven to be the best method for leaning in shooters on console. These random DayZ controller schemes seem like a needless attempt to reinvent the wheel. Plus in 2019 why isn't there a separate sensitivity slider for free-look, look, soft aim, ADS & for all scope magnifications? like every other shooter released in the last 5-10 years. I love DayZ or did before duping ruined it but these easy Quality of life changes make or break a game.

So here's the link to the article for all those who don't follow DayZ on twitter https://dayz.com/article/status-report/status-report-july-2019 . Great news about the full character & server wipe as well as private servers being introduced. But for me the best news is that fixes for duplication, server hopping & frame rate issues! Also the hint of future DLC which i'm guessing is Sumrak's re-mastered Namalsk map, i could be wrong but it would make total sense as hes a part of the map creation team already. what do you think the DLC could be?

Really depends on what the private server options are, if there's a kill feed or accessible admin kill log, with good 24/7 admins to report exploiting players too then I'm down to play. But without solid server admin functions like being able to perma ban gamer tags & see who killed who, when & where then it wont make a single difference. also being able to see who is logging in & out & how often to stop duplication & ban people accordingly. All of this needs to be functional as well as said private server having that 24/7 admin that can be contacted. I just wish they'd introduce instant deletion of all items held in the hands on logout or disconnection, itd suck if you get de-sycned but i'd rather that than have any form of duplication.

@RicKaTaNski thanks for the heads up , I really wish they'd just implement instant deletion of all items held in hands at logout, just put a warning on the log out screen that all items or weapons held in hand at log out will be deleted, unlucky if you have a power cut or quick switch profiles or whatever. Its a game & you can just loot again to get a gun or whatever. I'd personally be fine with this method of fixing duping. especially now character can carry a weapon on both shoulders & shouldn't be running with a gun in hand anyway. Its not a perfect solution but it'd completely stop duplication & make the game playable What does everybody think of this?

I'm more than happy for them to focus on Bug fixes & stability for the rest of the year tbh. I'm an Xbox one player & I'd rather they get the game to a place where I can walk/drive through large cities before more mechanics are added that'll bring even more bugs. The games not at a great place to be adding anymore content after this update in my opinion, I too have concerns about the future development cycle also, so don't go thinking i'm completely at ease. DLC wise im hoping its the re-mastered Namalsk map that Sumraks been working on in his own time, I know Chernarus like the back of my hand so It'd be well worth the cash to own a new map, anything less than a new map would be lack lustre for DLC I think. Also the BR mode is fine by me as it was there for the Arma Mods too & was a fan favourite that inspired PUBG so if people want to play it thats cool. All just my humble opinion though & if this update still doesn't wipe out duplication completely then I'll most likely be uninstalling anyway in all honesty.

I doubt it dude, they've previously stated that they'd need to find the right server provider & come up with a good way to control server settings for users before releasing. This would lead me to believe that you wont be able to run servers from a second Xbox & that it'll be a monthly payment deal of some kind.

Technically private servers will be locked, well character locked anyway & hopefully there's the option to apply passwords to servers too. I should imagine it'll be a monthly fee to hire a server though.

No word yet on how Private servers will function but i have E-Mailed ImpulZ to see if I can get some clarification. My assumption would be that they'll obviously be character locked, most certainly involve a monthly rental fee & hopefully have a solid amount of server options. hopefully the server password option is defintely there for people wanting to run RP servers, but you'd really need a kill feed option too for a white list private RP server to work for reporting people who break RP rules, etc. FIngers crossed theres really good Admin controls for server owners.

Could be anytime between now & the end of July, totally depends on if & when it passes Xbox's Patch Validation Process. It may not pass at all, which would mean it would need further fixes before being submitted again (This doesn't happen often though). hope this helps.

They mention future DLC as separate to the BR in the status report article so it cant be that dude. they specifically call the BR a new game mode after mentioning that they'd talk about the future DLC later on.

Where did they confirm it wont be Namalsk? if you could link it i'd appreciate it.

hopefully the private servers have a really robust set of server options for people who rent them, I'd like to see everything you've mentioned & more. alter weapon spawn rates, survivor spawn locations, how often loot respawns after being picked up, etc. we shall have to wait and see. Im excited to see what servers people will create

Lets hope these exploit fixes work as well! great news all around

So Bohemia are apparently working on an add on for DayZ that's essentially a complete BR Mode akin to Brendan greens Arma 2 BR mods. It's being created by a separate team so shouldn't effect the core games developments. PC Keys are being sent out soon for more in depth testing by content creators , twitch streamers etc. What does everyone think?

Lmao at people using terms like echo chamber in a games forum. Maybe people are all talking about the same subject because that's the subject of the thread, seems like simple logic & an efficient use of a thread format to me. On a side note maybe people talk about duplication a lot as it's the largest game exploit currently In the game , breaks the largest mechanic in the game (CLE) and most people don't like spending £40+ on a game out of game preview after sweating there balls off at work all week, only to find the games a teeny tiny bit fooked. If you don't like a threads topic then don't comment on it, seems pretty simple. Plenty of other threads to comment on with out repeating "echo chamber" over & over again like a.........echo