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Exactly! The question of morals will always hinge on how one uses their perceived advantage ie alt accounts. If I have 100 alt accounts but don't use them to insta-spawn and take revenge, how is that cheating? Answer: it is not cheating. Stop being so narrow minded, you anti-3pp anti-alt cretin 😜 @Stagman70 @Anthonyscott No, alts have absolutely no affect on the cle since the loot ecomony only takes into account loot that is ON THE MAP. If I have 100 alts all with 1 m4 each, I can obviously only play one character at a time, right? So that means there is only one m4 removed from the cle by me at that time, right? So, the other 99 m4s on my 99 other characters are not counted anywhere since they are not ON THE MAP.

I might be crazy, but this may be a ps4 issue and you may receive better help in the ps4 section of the forum and not the xbox section where you have been posting...

Strategy is key. I've taken down one bear on the North Eastern fringe of Zvir; I climbed up on top of the shed by the red House there and waited (I'd been hearing the roars for over 20 minutes and had scouted around until I narrowed it's location down to here.) I waited for it to come out into the open and switched my blaze to double fire. Aimed for the neck and fired! That only made it mad and it rushed me. For a second I thought it was going to climb up on top of the shed coz on it's hind legs, it could have done so, easily, but fortunately this is DayZ, lol! It took another 5-8 vaiga shots in the upper back before it dropped. I got approx 6 steaks and 2 lumps of fat off of him. Certainly an adrenaline rush, but I won't be going out of my way to hunt them with such little reward unless bear skins become useful for something...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as far as having an AR (been playing since launch on xbox) As far as playing the same way and it being boring, I totally agree with you and that will never happen, but that has nothing to do with people surviving how they see fit. It's quite interesting when you think about it; no one is forced to play the game a certain way, but at the same time you are: you will more likely survive if you prioritise food and water over getting geared up, but along the way you will inevitably come across different situations; do you kill the zombies or avoid them, do you pick up the guns and sacrifice carry capacity, do you pick up ammo for guns you don't have and sacrifice carry capacity, do you run towards the shots or away from them... As you said, every one plays as they see fit, but when you boil it right down, we all face the same decisions. What I need to survive is exactly the same as every other player: food, water, clothing and shelter. Anything else is a luxury.

No, the point of the game is to survive as long as possible. There's a difference between "keeping what you find" and hoarding. If you find 3 AKMs, but you only have enough carry space for one with mags and ammo, what you do next determines if you are a survivor or a hoarder. Guys who have tents full of aks, m4s, tundras, nvgs, etc are hoarders and are ruining the game for you and me and everyone else. People who dupe and hoard are mostly pvp-ers who suck at pubg/fortnite/cod and come to DayZ to hunt on the coast. Tbh, I'm fine with not having an m4 or an ak coz I've just come to terms that selfish people play this game. But to come on the official forums and spew illogical garbage will always get my goat. If you were "an actual survivor", you'd only need a hunting rifle, knife, cooking pot and a tent and you wouldn't be stocking up on guns; you'd be stocking up on food.

This is why:

A number of servers were shut down. On a side note: hoarders are what ruin the CLE.

Okay, buddy. I quoted exactly what you said, so it is very clear what you did and did not say. Anyway, back on topic, I have not come across barrels in police stations, however I haven't entered the police hq buildings since the new update, if that is the buildings you are referring to, @DayzDayzFanboy It certainly sounds like an odd place to spawn them...

Sorry, accidentally duped my post 😅

So, riddle me this: if 20 players find 20 m4s on one server and then go play on another server, does that mean that no more m4s will ever spawn on that first server ever again? Thanks for the laughing react, too. Yet another thing you don't seem to know is that any and every react adds to the account score (that little green number after people's name) Please answer my question, if you can.

@Tyler Tee H C Dude, you make no sense. Say I have 3 alt accounts, fully geared and I've been playing consistently on one server, but then my buddy is building a base on a different server, so I hop on that one with one of my characters. Then, my other buddy needs help raiding a duper base on yet another server, so I hop onto that server with 2 of my characters, in the likely event that I get killed. So, what that would mean, according to your theory is that the loot economy of 3 servers is affected by my characters, despite the fact that they can only be on one server at a time. And by your same logic, if I have 6 characters, all with ak's and/or m4's and have been playing on multiple servers, but then don't play the game for 6 months, the loot economy of EVERY server I have played on with all of my characters will be affected!? If this were the case then NO ONE would EVER be able to find an m4, ak, lar, svd or vss, because it is a fact that not everyone who has ever played and picked up an m4 etc is still playing, so there would be countless tier 4 weapons "in the cloud" and inaccessible, according to you. If this is what you are saying, then I am pleased to inform you that you are 100% wrong because there are still players running around with m4's and ak's and every other tier 4 weapon. ALT accounts have no impact on the CLE. It is only the account that you are PLAYING ON with the weapons ON YOU that have an affect on the server YOU ARE ON AT THAT TIME. I've been playing since the first week it came out on console, like many of the other people here who have been telling you you are wrong but haven't been listening to. If you want to keep pushing the issue then I hope you like the sound of your own voice, coz it'll be the only one in here when we give up on trying to help you. Peace.

Just to add to what @TheYetiBum said, after you kill the animal, make sure you wash your hands, or are wearing gloves when you cut it up as this will stop you getting salmonella poisoning. You can wash your hands at a stream, lake, water fountain or using a bottle or canteen. Never drink water from anywhere other than a water fountain or a bottle/canteen you have purified yourself. You can purify water using chlorine tablets which you can find mostly in hunters shacks, cabins, deer huts etc. My main advice is stay fed, hydrated and dry. Keep your eyes and ears open for other players; I've had players literally run past me laying prone within 2 metres. Never run into a military camp without scoping it out from a distance and bear in mind that most players will kill you on sight, but particularly in a military camp. You can live a long life without an ak or an m4 or even any military loot, so don't feel like the only way to play the game is by gearing up. @DayzDayzFanboy will tell you all you really need is a knife, a long range weapon and a pistol and you can survive for months. I can testify to this, as my oldest character is 4 months. Good luck!

Not really, since there are hundreds of survivals of headshots. It really depends on the point of impact ie front of the skull, back of the skull, temple etc. Front of the skull, as in the forehead has high survivability whereas the back of the head and temple not so much. This is real life I'm talking about. If day z is in increasing realism in the game then it is totally plausible that a headshot from a pistol in the forehead will not be a 100% kill. Just saying.

Why do you think DayZ is going to die soon? I'm sure people were saying that years ago, and yet here we are. I play on official and community servers and there are HUNDREDS of people still playing, so I'd like to know what you're basing your theory on...

I'm thinking the latter...