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I'm going to ignore the accusations and trash-talk between clans and continue to post my experience on these servers (I know it's a recruitment thread, but I feel sharing my findings will better help fellow survivors determine the level of hostility on your servers). I managed to get back into US20 (I was getting some bugs but after a smoke break it seemed to work fine). Respawned outside of Elektro and while looting the industrial district I witnessed a lone survivor climbing a ladder up a smoke stack. I approached and asked if he was friendly as well as stating that I was unarmed, his reaction was to look down from the crows nest and loose a makarov mag in my direction. I quickly dashed to the base of the smoke stack where he could not see me, again stated I was friendly and told him I would leave the area, after which I began running away. A moment passed where I thought he would let me go, but then another mag's worth of makarov ammo was unleashed in my general direction, either he was a terrible shot or he succeeded in scaring me away, because i escaped unharmed. On my way out of Elektro I saw several player and zombie bodies in the streets, but heard no more shots, with at least one hostile player in the city I did not feel that I had time to thoroughly loot the city, however I picked up a tent and an AKM with one mag in the grocery store. I headed north and made it to Staroye, while looting the barns I discovered some more zombie bodies, having dispatched a few zombies myself with the all too loud AKM I figured anyone in the area knew I was here. I took a chance and stood in the open while asking if there were friendlies nearby, a while passed with no reply, whoever dropped the zombies had either left (possibly at the sound of my gunshots) or was hunting me. I decided it was time to move on and continued north, but before much longer I realized the time and decide to log off for the night. Hopefully tonight I encounter some friendlies as I continue my trek north. I don't have much use for the tent, so I'd be willing to trade for supplies if bandits don't get their hands on it first.

I'm not sure if I like the "zombie-zone" part, I sometimes log out in town or near other zombie spawns simply because I don't have the time at the moment to sneak away, or run away and then deal with a ton of aggro. If zombie respawns weren't so quick I'd say you need to neutralize the zombies in your area before logging out, although I can still see problems with this when needing to leave in a hurry or logging out unarmed. Alternate solution to server hopping: Player location is saved server-side (stats and equipment is still saved in the hive), so if you try to switch servers you will spawn in on the beach, you will still have all your gear (I'd hate to lose it all just because my usual server was down) but you will likely be nowhere near where you were on the old server. Once you spawn in a new server your old position is wiped from the last server. Pros: There would no longer be a way to ghost or cheat past barricades. The only way to farm the NW airfield or other distant high yield location is to stick to one server and wait for the loot to respawn. Cons: You tell me.

In that case kep an eye out for some well armed bandits, in the north-east, last seen at the NE airfield about 2 hours ago.If I can find a compass on the coast without getting pk'ed I'll try heading north again, provided I find a way to get back onto your server.

Same thing here.

Barns are good. You will find a hatchet to defend yourself in a barn, maybe even a gun. Don't stealth until you have something worth keeping, just sprint, when zombies chase you head to a barn, run in the front, crouch-walk out the back. But beware of bad barns with only one entrance, make sure you can see through to the other open door before you enter. Who you are willing to trust is your own choice.

Figured I'd share my experience thus far. I logged onto US21 last night, it was pitch black and only around 10-15 players on the server, I headed north, dropping zombies with my M14 AIM and NVG's along the way. No player interactions but given the circumstances I wouldn't exactly have expected any despite the ruckus I was causing. I logged into US20 tonight, daylight and rain, 30+ players on the server, a few of which had CQF tags. I continued north without much in the way of stealth, again dropping zombies along the way. I picked up some aggro in Krasnostav and began heading toward the airfield when I was shot at from what I'm guessing was a sniper and/or assault rifles. Zig-zagging toward the trees caused them to waste several rounds before crippling me, then the zombies caught up but I'm not sure if the finishing blow was a bullet or the undead. I certainly respect bandits preying on high value targets (I had pretty much everything, including NVGs, rangefinder, GPS and a ton of ammo for my M14) but I was still hoping for a chance to meet some friendlies. I'm going to respawn later tonight and hang around the coastal cities to see if the banditry was a stroke of bad luck or if this is just another deathmatch server. EDIT: Or not http://dayzmod.com/f...aracter +create can't get back into your servers (US20 or US21)

#3 isn't always true, if I've only aggro'd one or two I'll head for the field/forest and away from the other zombies, then turn around and drop'em. Also it's worth noting that buildings with a single entrance don't leave you an exit strategy should the situation take a turn for the worst.

Tonight I'm going to try hopping on one of these servers to check it out. I don't roleplay very well, but I'm interested in a server where the hotspots are more than deathmatch arenas. I'm just looking for a place where player interaction doesn't always mean shots fired. The number of PVP'ers is starting to make me despise bandits for the wrong reason (Bandits add tension, that makes it more fun, but so many PVP'ers just turn it into Call of Duty).

It's the only OWMMORPFTPZSS (Open-World Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing First and Third Person Zombie Survival Simulator) afaik.

I like the idea of Zombies respawning outside of town and wandering back in. Today me and some friends were killing zombies and looting when I turned around to see about 15 zombies pouring out of a building we had just cleared and looted less than 60 seconds ago. As far as realism goes, zombies should continue to appear where we haven't been, not where we just were. I'll also agree that the zombie visibility and aggro distance needs tweaking, but I suppose given time I could get used to it, provided the insta-spawns and rollbacks are taken care of.

When you eat canned goods cold, from the can, without a spoon. When you forget that loot does not respawn in your pantry.

My first city was Berezino, but I did not know the name at the time. I ran in looking for loot, crawled out with a broken leg, got some tips on these forums and crawled back into the city for morphine, healed myself, found a survivor, panicked, shot, got shot, we both died, put it on youtube.

Yesterday I placed a tent on US183 since it met my criteria for a home server, however I soon discovered that the server was less populated than I had hoped, and even worse none of the regulars use the server's advertised mumble channel. After getting shot by some bandits while looting I decided this wasn't the server for me. Luckily after respawning on a new server I found another tent, I set it up on my new potential home server and hopped back to 183 to reclaim my stash from the old tent. I discovered my tent untouched and began taking back the contents when I got the "no connection" message. After losing connection and waiting a few minutes for the server to show up in the filter again I got back on, only I had none of the salvaged equipment and my tent was gone. Is this some kind of bug? Was I the victim of a hacker or vengeful admin? I heard tents despawn after a few days if left unattended to, but I just set it up last night, I saved it this morning, I was only killed this afternoon, and I briefly accessed it's inventory 15 minutes ago.

Are you saying there's a chance of it reappearing after the next server restart? BTW It wasn't a scheduled server restart, the login screen says it restarts at noon and midnight EST, this happened around 8:30pm.

For bugs: I have logged in a few times to discover my location and inventory had reverted to a previous state (ran from Cherno to Stary, logged off for dinner, logged back in and was in Cherno again, also lost some loot), I have had difficulty replicating this, it just appears to happen now and then. Zombies spawn on top of the body of a Zombie I just killed, attack (one even knocked me out) and disappear before I can line up a shot, this only appears to happen indoors, again I cannot consistently replicate this. I never experienced either of these issues post 1.7.2 maybe I've just had an unlucky few days though. For opinions: Crouch-run is now useless, it's now just as likely to aggro as full sprint with the added downside that zombies can catch up and hit you. Zombies have eagle eyes, until you go prone, or it gets dark. I have yet to step in or even see a bear-trap, so my concerns of this replacing the widespread barbed-wire griefing was perhaps unjustified.

Hi everyone! I'll try to keep this short. I am looking for a home server, my requirements are: 3rd person on, no nameplates, daylight until around or after midnight EST (darkness makes lousy videos), public or private teamspeak, ventrillo or mumble channel, east coast server. Preferably veteran, although I'll consider anything that isn't recruit, I am growing partial to servers with no crosshair but I could live either way. I am looking for a mature and respectful community, also people who wouldn't mind being in my videos and possibly even occasionally grouping up. About me: I make YouTube videos, DayZ has been my channel's focus lately, my current series (DocumentaryZ) is wrapping up and for my next project I need a home server with a few trustworthy regulars. My language can be somewhat vulgar at times but I consider myself a decent guy. I don't lie or shoot non-threats (especially not server regulars or people on teamspeak), but I have nothing against banditry as long as you aren't just hanging around the coast praying on fresh spawns for kicks. I'm not looking to join a clan or full-time group, I still want to do some solo looting, but a group that is willing to link up and raid stuff now and then would be awesome.

I need to update my Beta again to get on your server, do you have a ts/vent/mumble server?Thanks for the sub Xam :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Gxtn6SJD4&list=PLB1ED454D5914485C&feature=plcp DocumentaryZ is a DayZ series documenting my very first life in the zombie infested apocalyptic wasteland that is Chernarus. The first few episodes start off a little slow but as I pick up loot and experience the pace speeds up (I edit out some running and inventory management to make it bearable). Sadly the series is rapidly approaching it's end, however I intend to start a Group-play series after the DocumentaryZ finale. I have posted a couple of short clips separate from the series, Worst Bandit Ever has been somewhat popular: http://youtu.be/MRdbyRpu9Ug Thanks.

Feedback anyone?

Right now I think I'm the best equipped I've ever been, not quite endgame gear but better than what you're likely to find milling around on the coast. My goal now is to find a tent, set it up and hoard loot. If that works out I'll go scouting for a vehicle. I suppose if I had a camp, wheels and the best of everything I'd be pretty bored but I'm likely to die before that happens. TL-DR: I'd just keep looting.

That's insane, I thought hacking was just like duplicating items or spawning the wrong guns, but they have nukes?! I don't feel safe. At least it looked cool.

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This is the only search result I got for US106, but i'm on a veteran server with 3rd person and crosshairs enabled. Care to clarify if I'm on your server?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdbyRpu9Ug Score one for the good guys. :D