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Which leaves the question, which is better to play on if you're in the UK? The Netherlands NL servers ? Or German DE servers ? Surely NL servers would experience less lag being closer to the UK ?

Maybe you were running straight towards or away from the sniper, therefore being an easy shot ? Maybe he hit you in the face, head or heart ? Essentially if it's a large enough round at close enough range, you'll be lucky to survive one hit. Me and a friend used to snipe a well known spot, full ghillie suits, M70 Tundra, less than 200m range. It doesn't matter where we hit, usually at that range with a .308 round is enough to kill anything. Btw, I find M70 Tundra spawn the most often at castle, usually on the rooftop. 12x scopes usually at hunting lodges, combine the two and you've got a nasty gun that will kill at almost any range.

Aiming for the alpha male works too, my most recent attack I shot the alpha and the rest ran away. Hes the one with the darker tanned fur back.

I'm kind of hoping the new map will be better optimised for PS4 and will be an upgraded version of Dayz which will also stop the game freezing up and losing textures when you move around. Here's hoping!

I agree how frustrating it must be. Gladly, I've not had the same experience as you. I've had all the same bugs, but rarely have they caused me to die or be forced to relog. In fact only once before have I died from such a bug. The rest of the time it's just an annoyance to me. I haven't have many decent guns due to dupers, so if the gun mag bug affects my gun, usually am SGK, I throw it away and quickly find another. But you're right, they do need to fix and optimise the PS4 version. I'm bored of seeing reviews for the game online saying how bad it is, when I find it to be a great game. No wonder the player count on my home server is usually less then 10 players.

6 bleeds ? Geezer, last time I got hit by wolves they killed me in 1 hit!

They're out of touch. Which isn't a criticism, I love Bohemia and their games. But they've always been this way. I do wish they would fix the bugs, but to me they're not game breaking. As said above, nothing else on PS4 delivers the same zombie survival experience. I love Dayz and waited years to play it on console. I'm not prepared to give up on it so soon after release.

I'm finding at the moment I can find ammo and mags for any gun. It's just the guns I don't find. Not even the USG anymore. I have one on my main character and about 10 full mags, so I'm good for ammo, well that is until the mag bug starts and I have to throw the gun away.

It does work, just not 100% of the time. Sometimes some items are just glued into where you find them and others you can take freely.

What server was it ? Such as "EU UK 4442"

I tried an AS SY last night which would have been early morning Australian time, being in the UK its probably the worst choice for me as the lag is intense. But I did find that there is more loot on them than my home UK servers. Which proves a point, the busier the servers are, the more duping is a problem. I still couldn't find any ARs on the quieter less popular and smaller in quantity AS servers, but other items I haven't seen on a UK server since 1.04 dropped were easily found on AS servers. So my new tactic is to run on AS servers for loot when they're on low pop, then jump back onto UK servers to play for real. EDIT: I've also come to the conclusion dupers are also duping more common every day items in a bid to make the game easier for then and harder for others. I believe every item has a limit on how many can be on a server. So now I find lockpicks and duct tape 2 of the most hard to find common items. I also find the assault helmet impossible to find, probably duped along with all of the plate carriers. It would seem dupers want all the best guns and all the best armour, such a cowardly way to play.

Completely unhelpful but.. I remember playing Operation Flashpoint (Dayz's grandfather) on PC in 2001 and the vehicles would do the exact same due to lag !! I cannot believe the same issues with Bohemia games are still present today many years later. Its almost like they use the same game engine or net code to determine how these objects move in the 3D space of the game world. Even the sound effect of the car engine sounds like they just used the same one as from the Russian UAZ car from Operation Flashpoint ! Hilarious and the reason why I love Bohemia. However I don't understand how they don't get embarrassed about stuff like this that most other developers patched out of their games over a decade ago. Most modern day gamers are too young to remember bugs like this and think they're extreme. For anyone over the age of 30 with gaming experience we just accepted bugs like flying lagging cars as the norm !

Red dead redemption 2 does the same to the PS4, it depends on the game how intensive it is or how poorly optimised it is for the system.

I use the official playstation gold headset, it's nothing spectacular but the quality is just fine. Sadly my monotone voice is what spoils it!

Run through a group of zombies to get into a house as I was on zero health and dying of starvation in the hope of finding a ready to eat bag of rice, potatoe or ring pull tin of fish. Waited 2 hours hovering over my friends dead body while he ran all the way back to me after I accidentally shot him dead (his fault, he yelled someone was creeping up on us and decided to change his clothes so I KOS him). Fired 10 LAR mags through doors, walls and windows to warn off a group of bandits, hoping to kill them or lure a horde of zombies into getting them. Defended myself with an axe when a guy tried to murder me in a house with a shotgun. He died by zombie attack and I got his M4. Yay! Drank from a stagnant pond Ran for 15 minutes to a friend when I was a fresh spawn because another fresh spawn had a machete and chased me into the map. Friend waited for me to arrive and shot him. Dropped my M4 in the grass and ran away to avoid getting shot with it on me, then returned when the danger of an aggressive player passed to retrieve it. Ran for 15 minutes being chased from Tisy base through trees to get away from an unknown group who killed my friends. The list goes on, so many desperate situations have taken place. Surprisingly I've survived most of them!

I guess it depends how many hours you sink into the game and how much you travel. A friend of mine does laps of the map almost daily and never staying in the same area, so he seems them regularly.

Eh ?? Not looking in the right spots, how can looking EVERYWHERE not be looking in the right spots. I can't imagine checking every single structure at the NWAF as not checking the right spots. I spend most of my time in the north east, Novodmitrovsk, Severograd and Krasnostav as they're usually good loot runs, near to the coast for food and are a short run from the northern military bases and NWAF.

I'll have to give them a try, the problem is with those servers is i lag like crazy on them, often 2 to 3 seconds delay as I'm in the UK.

That doesn't always work. It depends on the bug you have. Also, multivitamins ? Are they still in the game? I haven't seen any since 1.04 dropped.

Me neither. I haven't found any top tier guns since 1.04. So frustrating to run the same military locations over and over across multiple servers for weeks on end and find nothing. Private servers don't count, I can't take weapons I find in private servers to public servers. And this is aimed at all those smarty pant know it alls out there, what servers are you playing on to find these weapons ? EU ? US? AU? Since 1.04 I've not found any top tier guns on any UK servers I play on. Where they at ?

They are definitely in the game, but so hard to find. I've played almost daily since the game released at the end of May and I've only seen 1 !!

I couldn't disagree more. Since 1.04 I've run the airfield every day I've played and I've never found anything better than a USG. I haven't had an AK, M4, LAR or any other high powered rifle since 1.04 landed. Why I'm guessing because they're all duped to oblivion. I'm not a coward and I play the game for the survival and player interaction aspect. But, when I hear gunfire i do stay away, as usually its someone with a much better weapon than me which I can't seem to get my hands on. Almost a month without a decent automatic rifle means they're simply not spawning anymore. No wonder people do not want to engage in a firefight.

Literally what is going on ? Since 1.04 i understand that to stop people server hopping your spawn point may change. But every single time I log in ? I thought there would be a cool down, such as 1 hour of real time. Since 1.04 dropped, every time I log in I'm on average 4.7 kilometers away from where I logged out. For example, I logged out on Wednesday night and 24 hours later logged in, miles away. So if I play in the same server for 5 hours and log out, the next day when I come back for another session I've got to spend an hour running back to where I wanted to be or where I'm heading to. It seems like im being penalised for NOT server hopping. It also makes meeting up with friends ridiculous as they also spawn at different locations to where as a team we logged out. If we're not committed to playing for a minimum of 2 hours we would never see each other again! Thoughts?

We're not all kill on sight players, have some faith in other players. Yes console gamers are more casual and play for a fix of adrenaline rather than role play like more community spirited PC players, but to label everyone a kill on site kind isn't true at all. I've met some great people on Dayz, who thankfully didn't kill me on sight !

Thank you for your constructive (albeit pointless) comments.