johan (DayZ)

I hear that moving backwards while trying to put one down tends to solve the issue for a lot of people

Having tried the mod for the first time three days ago it was at first a bit frustrating, not being able to defend myself but... Once I found myself a hatchet It felt ... Incredibly rewarding. TL;DR any initial frustration is replaced with immense satisfaction upon first weapon found.

I don't really think that dividing people into camps of 'bandits', 'non-bandits' and what not will get you anywhere. I can understand the frustration when you get killed after walking half-dead from Kamenka to Chernarus in search of blood and morphine (trust me on that one, lol, it was my first time and a three hour trek), but all in all I think that if you really want to have a cooperative envoirment without PvP then it either needs to be player enforced within the server or just having servers where the admins enforce PvE only activity. In EVE Online we had the same discussions, "pirates" and "carebears" had threads (many heated) where they blamed each other for hampering the growth of the game or actually ruining it. The truth of the matter is that both "sides" contributed towards the growth and not in any "pure" fashion (i.e. you can PvP and not be a jerk and you can PvE without being a "carebear".). The point is that no good will come from labeling each other and adding attributes to each other that will put your ability to talk to each other at a disadvantage. You will have to face the fact that it's people that kill each other, help each other and what not, people don't butcher each other mercilessly at first possibility simply because they are jerks (same guy shot and saved me today). I've seen the posts that people had a lot more ease of cooperation before the side chat was removed and maybe that's the actual reason to why some people shoot on sight first now, and that's actually quite understandable (it's a paranoia generating game). But if that's the main case for this current PvP surge then leave it at that, it's a surge and as the alpha continues to develope I am sure that the game will continue in a direction that is benefical to all players and that's exactly the benefit of a sandbox - it allows all kinds of players to flourish and enjoy the game and I do not believe that punishing a percieved group will aid the game's growth, rather hamper it. At the end of the day that's what it is - a game. Don't hate on real people over pixels.

Good evening. I too have this problem. I had just gotten out on the western flank of Chernagorsk with some medical supplies, a makarov and some food & drinks. I got chased by zombies and tried to escape. After a while I thought I did then suddenly my character falls unconcious and dies. I sighed and logged out, assuming it was lag and later today when I tried to login this error came up and I cannot get rid of it? My account name is 'Johan' and ID is '233153'. Thank you in advance, Vipeax.

Seems like I am having this issue as well after the six updater did some sort of update. Was really quick though, took maybe 30sec. I get stuck on the player list (press ok, nothing happens) then authentication failure... Hmm.

AKM with one mag, G17 (I love the flashlight during nighttime) and a Mp5 & M1911 in my bag, both of which I am saving for my friend who died in a recent shoot out.