Komerade

Server time is currently sync'd to Beijing, we may slide it over to Sydney time. Veteran +3rd person (debate over 3rd person rages, however currently it is felt we gain more potential players by having it), no name tags. no third person sights. Automatic restarts at 12 AM, 6 AM, 12 PM, 6 PM PACIFIC. Our Public Teamspeak is up 216.244.73.186 Server Rules. We will ban verifiable cases of; 1) Alt F4ing to avoid death in PvP 2) Ghosting in PvP Both activities are exploiting something Rocket will eventually resolve and their only purpose is to grief. We will obviously also Banhammer anyone we can confirm is hacking or observe hacking. Now onto the good stuff! Our goals for the server are as follows. To promote a tight knit, yet competitive core group of players. Ideally this will be several different groups who turn this into their home server. By establishing a close knit community we can take the first baby step towards securing the server as much as is possible against serious long term damage from hackers and hacking. Obviously we cannot currently prevent hackers, but, if the majority of the server knows each other we make it that much easier to suss out hackers, identify them and report them for a global ban. To help facilitate this, we aim to have a team speak server up for public use hopefully this weekend. We are also planning to hold some server events, the first of which is being planned for as soon as possible. EVENT #1 will be essentially as follows. We, TheMercs, will pick a location on the map, we will set up some fortifications (wire and sandbags), lay down some tents, load them up with goodies and supplies, and then invite the entire server to come kill us. We do not intend to go easily, but we will stay in position until death. Loot you can expect to see once we are kaput? SAW's AK's M4's NVG's DMR's M14's M107's Ammo (what ever is left!) Medical Supplies (what ever is left!) We will also explore the possibility of setting up and suppling a forward base camp for our eventual murderers to arm themselves with basic weapons, ammunition and medical supplies! For security purposes we will be exploring the possibility of temporarily passwording the server at or near capacity for the duration of this event to limit the potential for the event being ruined. This thread will be updated once we settle on a day (maybe this Sunday). If you like what you see here, please come join us.

Well, we have a few of the better vehicles stashed. Last week a trio of hackers however teleported almost every vehicle in the game, including the ones we were using, to a plateau in the central/north of the map. How do we know they teleported them? Because all our vehicles literally vanished at the same time right in front of us, and a dude came sliding over a hill into visual range at roughly 500 meters a second. Two days later when we finally tracked the location down, they still had our gear in them. I'm not sure how much the vehicles have been moved since then. We do mark the rough location on the map when we have a full server. We don't really need the few we have, but, we'd rather keep an eye on them and donate them to a dedicated crew that is playing rather than let them sit out in the open and have a solo player blow one up and it be gone for 7 days :)

Event planning is still in the works while we stock up on the goodies we intend to lose in epic fashion. Looking for regular groups to play on the server and we can and will assist in setting dedicated groups up with a set of wheels!

Just had an inviso hacker!

I should point out, that due to our current time setting, the server usually get packed around 8-9 PM pacific when most NA time servers become night time.

There are no name tags or 3rd person sights.

LA4 prohibits the use of global voice, not direct. Their stance is it causes the server to lag. They have been consistent on this since day one. If you globally broadcast you will be warned. If you continue to do so you will be kicked. I am not affiliated with LA4 in any way, however I have played on it on occasion.

Come to TheMercs server it is based in Seattle. We want bandit groups, are planning some big events, are actively and aggressively policing for ALT-F4'rs and Ghosters in addition to hackers. You will never have to worry about our admins kicking or banning anyone for PvPing unless they are actively alt-f4ing or ghosting!