professorchaos

Yeah sure, even the server-browser is kind a cheating because it shows you how many players on the server and which daytime is... :PP

This sounds interesting, even when I would reduce it on sounds or something like shadows of people far away - but I really don´t like the suicide-part of your idea, because banditry and even KOS'ing are parts of the game and shouldn´t be forbidden!

You can be friendly, but for sure: You need a group, or at least one buddy. My friends and myself often did friendly actions - with success. For example we met one guy at the Kabanino-base (you know, near Veresnik-Hill)... He went straight into the prison and startet looting. Then I told him to come out, to drop his weapon and raise his hands. He did and I handcuffed him. Then I tested his blood, while my teammates watched out for other players (We always play on full servers) and watched for him. But instead of stealing his blood, torture him with alcohol tintures and desinfection spray - we asked him if we can take one bloodbag, because he had the same blood-type than on of us. We tooked the blood and patched him up with about four saline-bags, gave him something to drink, some food and also some attatchments for his M4. He was really happy and I asked him for other friendly interaction with other players, because I try to collect DayZ stories. He hadn´t friendly interactions, but he was really happy to have one now. One day later, we found another guy at the same base (after running down to Kamenka an up again... ), we did the same, just without the blood-story, he also was very happy to be alive. And THIS feeling, to make someone else happy and help him out - its just great, it feels 100 times better than shooting a bambie with a M4! All in all, my tip for you: If you wanna be friendly, don´t be it all the time. If you see someone on a rooftop, watching the airfield or a town: Kill him! (maybe he is friendly, but the chance is THAT rare, don´t risk it. Kill one, save three (or more) ) And always be save, if you interact. Thats why you need at least one teammate, he has to cover your back - or maybe yourself, if he take out his fists....

Leather Jacket - I don´t played a lot since the last update SKS Bayonet - Maybe in Hangars, but I have no need for it Berries - tried a few times, it always said "Haven´t found a single berry" Maybe also the press vest, just found it ruind from a dead player (Where the hell do they spawn?)

People like you are the reason for KoS :-(

Because the server does not save, if you not walk. Just to wait 30 seconds doesn´t fix your problem. You have to walk in a cycle for exaple, right around the bush or tree you wanna log out in. Then you will log in right where you wanted to.

Generally a good idea, but maybe put it down to 20%, so buildings with rare stuff are locked, like police-stations or barracks :)

Why you didn´t gave up? You hadn´t any chances to survive that in a firefight, maybe they had let you alive :(

I totally agree! They knock you down with one hit - exept you wear a stupid motorbike helmet (but nobody with any kind of style or sense for camoflage would do that). It really motivates fresh-spawned guys to fight well-armed guys, which makes them shooting everyone at the coast, which is - I don´t really have to say - just shit! I like to go down the coast and help newbies with some supplies or answers, but the fists make me to stay with at least two other guys covering me :(

I am here to make the suggestion, that the patch rythm for stable updates, which Dean mentioned at twitter (one moth/four weeks between the stable patches), is a bit too long. I know it´s a lot work to bring a patch from experimental to stable, but this game lives (in the actual state of development) from the mass of players finding bugs (and moarning about how the fuck sake the developers can release this fucking shit :P ). So maybe its a better idea to release them every two weeks or in a rythm like it, because then you, as a player of the stable version, have always enough to do (finding the new things, using them etc.) but the developers have enough time to test the patches in the experimental version of the game. So I decided to start a poll here, just to find out, how other players think about the update-regularity in DayZ for the upcoming time. Sorry for my english btw., I hope you can still understand my intention ;-)

Like Combine said, different types of developers are working in different parts of the development. And by the way? Why are your item-hotkeys are not working, they work fine for me! And the zombies are walking most times through the doors (the closed doors, yes, but the doors ;) ) I think it got a lot better than in the mod, and it will be fixed, if we let them some time working on it. Even when you are right (it is very important and has to get fixed) - we can be happy about every new item and every new building we are given by the developers :)

On the 21.th January Dean postet on twitter (as an answer to someone who mentioned the M4): "well, the SKS is ready too. so u can keep ur M4 :P" So I think, its not in the game now but will find its way into in with the next patch!

Sure, if there is no patch after a week, or two, I don´t need one. I´m just talking about the following quote from Dean: "experimental will be updated very regularly. and then roughly once a month (maybe more) we will push those updates to stable" So my first thought was: Uff? Just one per month? And I just wanted to know how the community thinks about it :)

Yes, thats a problem right now, search for servers with like 10-20 people on it to get the basics, then go on a full server... We have to wait for the loot (and zombie) respawn. I think this will take it´s time, but for now, search for fresh-restartet servers or for low frequented servers.

Okay, after I tested it, MPGS.CO Servers to join, it worked well... for other servers it was bugged

But in another order, right? First burlap, then mosin, right? :D You are right if you call it fanboyism, I cant wait for every single new item they put in the game, but in this update, you really can be happy: Yes, there are some new bugs, (to fix the major bug, just go on official servers, as I said before, try it, I lost my character, too - now he is back, just my spraycan is empty now :O (Had a leak, I think) ) but there is a new town, there are more new items than in the last whole month, so be happy about what you already have :) There will be more updates and fixes and soon we can all play this game and be happy!

Just try official servers, like Dean said an hour ago on twitter: "most likely an issue for the server hosters, the server's we are running directly no issues with loot/spawns" I hope it will solve your problems :)

Help is on the way: Dean Hall on twitter: most likely an issue for the server hosters, the server's we are running directly no issues with loot/spawns Which means: logg into official servers and deal with the nighttime (Maybe in your country) and you´ll be fine :)

Just klick on your name in the bottom right corner ;) than you can edit it

Would be better if you quit the game for a year and come back then... or better, don´t even come back then - we don´t need Rambos like you! Kidnapping is great, I never saw someone logging off because of that, but maybe I am just lucky there. A new TOWN, and you are still moarning? What the hell should they to to make you happy? Okay, I know, but they simply CANT GIVE YOU A ROCKETLAUNCHER WITH UNLIMITED AMMO! They got such a lot new things into the game with that patch, for sure there are new bugs. But they gonna get fixed within the next days and in the meantime you can go back playing Call of Duty :)

To answer your major question: Yes, it is going to die slowly. Thats because for every new feature which is tranfered from the mod to the SA, there are a few players moving. And thats fine. Because the mod has way too much restrictions (Hacker, Combatlogging, Clothing, Zombies, Bugs....) to live always. But there will be always a small community who stays with the mod. The mod was great, I spent about 1000 hours in it and the options with new maps(Lingor, Takistan, Taviana) and new gamemods (Origins, Epoch) are great, but step by step this is going to take place in one big standalone game. Later on you will be able to create your own bases in standalone, like in Origins or Epoch, just way better! And yes, I´m still playing the mod, sometimes with friends, but not as often as I played it, when it was the only DayZ. I loved the Standalone since the first steps in it, so I will stay there and be happy about every single new item or fixed bug. The mod was great - but just the sample for the SA: For the developers to learn. Now they knew what to care about and they gonna make one of the best games ever made.

Which is the actual update :) Start playing, ignore the messages, its just because the servers are full atm... you have to retry again and again

CTGOON: You have to restart your steam, then it will start the update

I can confirm a can of "Sprite", but no picture, I´m sorry :(

Thats DayZ, there are no "sure spawns" - just scavange around, loot some buildings, and some times you´ll have luck. I found one in a Car, anotherone in an office building, lots of them in military-buildings. So go on looting (at the moment only on fresh restarted servers :( )