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either works well

You are 100% right about looking at the topography and just look for flat ground, the only places you can build. All the bases these days are reinforced buildings with angled walls,/.

I have 1000+ hours on this game mostly in Cherno and have a lot of build time. I am now playing Livonia exclusively and the biggest issue is that you cannot place a tent or fence kit on uneven ground. Livonia has a ton of elevation changes in the south, I literally spent 2 hours looking for a spot to place a tent. Here is the suggestion: We need a deck kit for building on uneven ground, which would allow you to build on top of the even deck. This would be a gamechanger for building in the wilderness.

5 nades should do in any gate. The best way is to unpin and drop and run, throwing them can make them bounce away.

Large towns are unplayable right now. I've been getting cut by invisible zombies there is that much lag.

I have a sizable base, 1000 slots of gear went missing overnight. I do not dupe and spent hundreds of hours collecting and sorting my gear. The base has several layers of defense, 4 walls to breach on 3 different sides, no signs of a breach. I did some digging and it appears there is a glitch where you can teleport through walls? Seriously!!!!!! WTF!

It's possible that the other player had a bad connection. The servers should be locked based off of PING rate

Example of the issue: Build a watchtower and put a barrel on the ground floor under the tower. When you try and access the barrel you have to cycle through several menus to get to the barrel. I currently minimize every window so that it shows the barrel only. However, when you move away from the barrel and go back to it you have to repeat the process which gets frustrating. It would be nice if the game would not reset this setting every time you move away from the storage container so you can move gear easier.

Doesn't show my character, shows a fresh spawn.

What is the deal with the load screen, it's been broken forever

Sounds to me that you are playing on the Community servers. Each community server you will have a different character per server. Take a photo of your server that with your phone and i'm sure that it will continue. Official servers will carry on your existing character even if you hop between servers. If you hop to a different server you will appear a different location each hop so sticking with the same serveer is best. My home server is 4287, I play on that server exclusively. There is no mini-map on Dayz, players use Izurvive app on tablet or phone to navigate the map. To find loot I suggest looking for a temporary server, it's easy to gear up as the loot refreshes quicker. Players will hop to these servers to loot and then hop back to their home server of choice. Let me know if you have any further quesitons.

I have built a sizable base on server 4287 and have been slowly collecting gear, however, I'm looking to obtain a Hunter Scope. Anyone looking to trade some gear?

The best option is to find a "temporary" style server, low pop. Gear up with food in that server then hop into your preferred server. It's easier to get through the start of the game this way.

I think it's crap that you can unmount Barbed Wire from the front side of the wall. This should be addressed.

When it comes to weapons in 1.10, keep an eye on the sky! What does this mean, why is their a red star / planet in the sky?