terraknight

lol, short lived. Man, I'm not sure how old you are, and frankly, I neither ask or give a damn, but this is a real GAME like good old games from back in 80s-90s where you actually had to work HARD to get some good stuff. This mod is meant for people who like it hard and you find it truly rewarding when you find your first gun + ammo. Hell, Rocket is even gonna make it more teamplay based as soon enough, you will not even be able to bandage yourself, instead it will be like the bloodbags and epi-pens, you need a friend to do it. The thing is. If you were a survivor on a random ass continent where you had been washed ashore by the waves after a boat crash (how I like to think the intro is) its obvious that you would not have a weapon, as weapons on your body in the water doesn't really encourage swimming, does it? (unless its a baseball bat or something similar) And hey, if you find it hard to find weapons ammo, do like everyone else and respawn until you are close to Cherno or Electro. A 10-20 min run and you should be geared/supplied for the trip north (face it, who would stay at the coast with such awesome stuff inlands?) This game is not magic, like BF3s ammo bags or MW3s "respawn with yer shit dawg" This is a game that I can see myself playing for years to come, just because it isn't easy, and teamwork is freaking awesome in this game. Hell, you NEED to teamwork if you truly wanna experience this game. But yes, thats enough of me ranting, time for some tips. 1. http://dayzdb.com/map#3.047.060 This map is more awesome, and I prefer using it. Sure, it doesn't have the top 2 quadrants, but there is nothing worth to loot there anyhow. 2. Whenever you get a gun, use it as your last resort and ALWAYS conserve ammo. You never know when you will get another mag for it, who listens to the shots and however many Zeds you'll pull (ofc, you can try the last part and figure it out) 3. All guns sound differently, but honestly, if you have time to try and remember each and every gun sound, you have time enough to get the hell out of there into a safe spot. 4. People are devious in this game. If its not a player you know from real life/played with for a longer time in some other game and are speaking on TS/Vent/Mumble, I would recommend you to shoot first and ask questions later. Why? because even if they don't have a gun now, or have one, it might just be that they are out of ammo and just searching for it. Truly, they will stab you in the back and you will feel silly for having trusted them. 5. Try to get a general knowledge of landmarks. This being towns, mountains, settlements, everything you can see is different from another place. This will all help you determine in what direction you are going, and ofc, the online map I linked you in 1. is good to help you too. (getting a compass is good as well, as you can doubletap K to show it to you while running) You can take your bearings with a clock as well, or with the northern star at night, but those require moonlight/sunshine and a watch (for daytime) I suggest you search youtube abit if you wanna find out how to do it. 6. If you happen to be chased by zombies, try finding a building where you can run in one way and out another way. This is the best way to loose Zeds, as they start walking indoors. Big magazines at towns/coastal areas works too, but Hangars do not (might sometimes, but not others, so preferrably, don't even try) 7. Never get attached to your gear. You will just end up paranoid and too causious. Sure, being abit causious is good, but remember that you are MEANT to die in this game. Besides, you will always get it back after some time, and yeah, I know it sucks if someone killed you if you had NVGs, GPS or Rangefinder or some other rarity, but as I said, its part of the game Will add more if I can think of anything, oh and http://picacid.com/arma2/loot_en.html should give you a general understanding of what spawns in what buildings.

yeah, if they were hacking, the owners of the servers will need to present proof of it. Ofc, if you had their names and/or a video/pictures of it, it would have made quite the difference, but I take it that in the heat of the moment, you weren't thinking about that, I guess? it can also be that they were a bigger pack, and that they didn't magicly appear behind you, instead, their mates might've snook up on you. Ofc, if that was the case, its you guys who were bad and combat logged and are trying to decieve us with a made up story, but hey, I love these kinds of twists. Hope you get the server owner in touch so you get it settled

yeah, there are youtube videos, OLD youtube vids. Everything that is global is restricted to admin use only (announcements, MOTD) as was said, side channel have been disabled. Harassing players close to them is no problem in my mind, as I put a bullet between the eyes of whoever is screwing with me, and they cannot talk from their dead bodies. If you are somewhat smart, you'd loot the persons body and be on your way after that. Again, the only way to disrespect/harass players is if they are within close proximity of them, meaning that said player can shoot/will be shot within an instant.

overall: about 30 in current life: 5, which is my record (yes, I'm not so good at it, but hey, who cares?) Its kill or be killed gentlemen, and I prefer the former

while talking about killing/being killed, I personally shot my first survivor in the manner of him running into the balota control tower followed by about 5 zombies which I put down for him. He carried an MP5SD and aimed at me furiously while screaming "FRIEND OR FOE!!!"!"!!=?" ANYONE would say friend in that case, and I caught him taking aim on my friend, that was also with me, later on. This lead to me (standing behind him, while he was prone-aiming at my friend) to pull out my Makarov and give him a full clip in his back. Call it being an ass, bandit or w/e, but I was first and foremost with my friend, which I happen to know and was communicating with over TS, and we look out for each other. Sure, he could have just aimed to see his name, but why take the risk?

UK34 still down =( ah well, I suppose we just have to wait, but I read on DayZs twitter that a server restart would fix it for server hosts now as the Hive/central server have been stabilized? anyway, I still love Vilayer, as within 10 MINUTES after paying for my server, I had it up and running AND was playing on it, I freaking love ya guys, I really do

Gentlemen, we are facing something that Minecraft have, Herobrine. in face of this threat, logout, shut down the game, shut down your computer, bar all the windows then hide under the blanket in your lonely, lonely bed, and if you hear a sound... well, lets just say "I hope you survive"

hmmm, I suppose my viewpoint is: "When you see a player, shoot first, ask questions later, as that is how they will react to you" I know that people call such people bandits, but seriously, who the hell would actually mean it if they get the question "friend or foe?" its all about being backstabbed and backstabbing people, so yeah, don't get attached to gear, and 2ndly: if you find a player ingame that you have not known before and they act friendly, they will only do so until they get ammunition for their weapon/you let your guard down around them. I advice you to play it with friends from other games, such as minecraft, WoW or any other game where you actually have bonded with friends and talk over TS/mumble/Vent Again, do not get attached to gear, you will loose it and you will die, many times

Ohi, I'm the server owner, and I think you were out at a bad time, as I believe the sheduled restart was at that time, I'm not so sure, as I am not the one who put up the restarts, but it is highly likely, I'm sorry if it inconvinienced you =(