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You have such a odd view of KoS'ers. You assume that just because someone wants to kill you then they MUST be bad at the game? That's madness. To me a resh spawn is simply a bandit who hasn't found a weapon yet. In the long long time i've been playing this and the mod, I've had a LOT of encounters with people, either on their own or in groups. Most of the time the person/group have simply waited til our backs were turned before opening fire, or they were just waiting to find weapons. I'm a KoS'er because I want to live. If i see a new spawn 300m+ and he's running the opposite way, then no problem. If I see a guy with a gun running even remotely in my direction then he's going down. End. Of. Story.

Hi guys, I just wanted to chip in as I feel the game, as it always has, is getting a fair old bashing. I'm a long time player - from early mod, to our now fantastic standalone. Yes the game has problems. Yes it's incomplete. Is it one of the best games I,be played in my 30years on this planet? - if not, it's in my top 3. We just have to be patient, guys. Rocket said he'd make a standalone and he did. He said they'd change the inventory system and he did. He said they'd improve the map and they have. It seems everyone has gotten used to the idea that we should have a say in all of this and, for the most part, we should, but Rocket has this, dude. He is going to keep ploughing on to make this game great. Soon there'll be features that add fun far-outweighing the boredom of combat loggers. I mean, all you're really complaint about is that you never got to see in his bag. Everyone loves a mystery box, but it's not worth kworrying about. Relax, enjoy the game, and let Rocket get on with creating one of the best games ever made.

Actually I'm British and pronounce it 'Day-Zee'. The pronunciation in the video is neither 'Zed' or 'Zee'; he said 'Daze a few times', which is wrong. No biggie though. Peace

i looked through the specs and saw no mention of a graphic card. Do you have one already? Also what is the i5 2320 Sandybridge? I've got the 2500K sandybridge. Weird that it said its max turbo frequency was 3.3GHz too, i'm guessing that one's not unlocked. 4GB of RAM is a bit sub-par these days seeing as 8GB performance ram (1600MHz+) is only £35/$60. As always for the money you could build a better. It doesn't take much work to put everythin together and you end up with a computer you know. You must have someone who can help you piece one together surely?

the laser marker is awesome. It's a rangefinder with thermal and night vision. How could you not love it? bit of slower swap-to than binocs or NVG's but definitely worth it. Peace

don't listen to the intel haters, they're only annoyed because amd is garbage these days. Then again, you get what you pay for. Your RAM and GFX card will be fine for running the game at 900 resolution (1 up from 720), but your processor isn't the fastest so be wary of how many graphics options you set to normal or low (and options selected with these will be handled by the cpu as opposed to gpu). I've got the i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 8Gb Corsair Vengeance and a 3GB EVGA nVidia GT 660ti SC. At 1080 resolution with everything up i sit at 60fps always..... until i hit cherno that is. It always drops about 10-30 fps (depending on server) when i nit the big city. Anyway, your new system looks ok, so you shoule be fine to play on medium - high on a reasonable resolution. Should've gone for the i5 though ;) Peace

OP i can't agree with your title more. 2000 seemed liked a lot at one point, but it's pretty obvious to anyone that it hasn't made a bit of difference. Even looking at Rockets own 'banned members' thread that he never expected hacking to be as big a problem as it was. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do because the majority of members of the forum love to say '' it's a free mod asshole, if you don't like it then leave''. It's really sad. I loved this game for the scale and survival aspect, but all the hacking has turned it in to Cherno deathmatch. I'm not convinced that the standalone is gonna be much different. Until we're told what anti-cheat system rocket's implementing i'm not shelling out another penny or even entertaining the idea of paying for standalone. Peace OP

How can you know where the camp is, but not if it's accessible?

Not always true, Had a friend who we talked in to buying it. He bought the non-steam one from bistudio and the first time he ran the game (20mins) later he was given the "CD Key in Use" message. Sad, but true. For those cases I suspect either someone hacked the original cd key list or someone on the inside is selling them.

Dude i was exactly the same. My group have played for weeks together and only found 1 vehicle. The server restarted as we were driving away to hide and we completely lost it. I was so disheartened, but today I found 3 vehicles. Couldn't believe it. I think the server i play on just had a full reset or something cause looking in to cherry i can see the bus sitting there and people driving abou on bikes and it's the same in elektro too. Fun times :)

interesting reply cur1er and i think that's what the OP was referring to. I'm 'prett new to the series, but i've seen lots of people using scripts in bids online of arma 2 co op and was told that was allowed. I think what the OP is wondering is if scripting is allowed in arma 2, why is it not allowed in dayz. I'm guessing battleye is the answer though. Can you imagine OP what the game would be like if they allowed scripting in dayz?

Hi Guys, I wanted to make this thread (my first) to get an idea of how often this happens to people. I'll the be the first one to hold my hands up and say that over the past couple of months I've replied to quite a few of these 'Hackers are ruining the game' threads with..... 'I've never had any problem' 'The way you speak about it you make out that there's hackers on every server' I apologise. I think I may have just been lucky in the past or the hackers/scripters have become far more noticeable recently. Over the past 2 days I have logged in to a server (low/med pop) and been alive for a few seconds before hearing an AS50 round in my ear and the inevitable 'You have Died' screen. This has happened 5 or 6 times now. One of these times I purposely logged in in the middle of a wide open space. As soon as I logged in I looked around 360 degrees to confirm nobody was within 100m range and even then... "BOOM" I died and saw a ghillied sniper run over my body. He just wasn't there 2 seconds before, it was impossible. The last 2-3 days have been getting worse and worse. Being in a little alcove in a tunnel in a tower and "Boom, you have died". I was even on a server with 1 other person last night, who I killed, only to be shot by him again 60 seconds later and saw him ghillied and carrying a rifle as he ran over my body again. I never thought the hacker/scripter problem was that prevalent until now, but it seems to be getting even worse since the 'BattleEye Ban Wave' (If there even was one). - So, tell me, how often does this happen to you? - Does anyone know of a way to capture these idiots doing what they're doing so we can help to ban them? - Can I make note of the time/server it happened on and get someone to confirm suspect actions in the server logs? Any help or constructive feedback is welcomed Peace and Beanz to all UPDATE - I used the Windows Character Map (found in the start menu) and changed my name. It's still readable as my characters name, but now uses letters from various alphabets (latin, greek, etc) and I've not had one single incident of someone teleporting to me. I think this works because the hackers have to write a script with your own name to tele to you and if they can't spell it then they can't come. I don't think this will stop thunderdoming or the likes, but it's a start UPDATE2 - OK, so I now realise that quite a few servers won't allow names that are not comprised entirely of ASCii characters. Bit of a pain finding ones that allow non ASCii names, but worth it to not get killed every time i log in.

Yeah I hear the gunshot ever single time. It's always right behind me +/- degrees and i'd say within a few metres. I've been playing this for months and have been in enough firefights and risky situations to know that these deaths aren't legit. I've changed my character name to have some other ASCii characters in it and it seems to have stopped them teleporting to me.... for now :)

I ususally play on low pop servers, which is probably why I've never been thunderdomed or turned in to an animal, but I've been killed plenty on servers with populations of less than 8 in the past 2-3 days. It's always a sniper rifle that kills me and I usually always see the ghillied owner running past my body as the 'You have Died' screen loads. It's a shame. I used to disagree with the 'This game is unplayable' threads, but now it's getting a bit silly

Nice one. I'm usually in shock that someone who wasn't there a second ago killed me that I don't have time to think about a tactic like this, but I'll try it from now on. Thanks buddy

It doesn't matter if I'm in a tree, at the NWAF int he middle of nowhere or ona server with one other person. I have been teleported to and shot in all these situations seconds after getting in to the game. I even caught one guy (Thomas on DE 1396 or 1386, can't remember) doing it earlier. He tele'd to me at 3 fresh spawns and killed me.

Thanks for the responses guys. It's not a case of just not seeing these people, they simply weren't there. I suspect that they've teleported to me and then shot me. It never happens before i'm in game (i.e. loading screen). I'm going to need to start playing on servers with admins that are contactable. I wish there was an admin chat channel, might make things easier in game.

I was ready to hate this guide..... 1 - New players need experience in this game, not advice IMO 2 - I've seen more concise efficient guides But I then realised it didn't suit my play style. For new players i think this is mostly sound advice. Shift clicking map? I'd never heard that and i'm going to try it. I disagree with the deer stands though. I've never found a weapon in a deer stand in my almost 3 months of play not have i seen a backpack in there, but i know that's mostly down to luck. I really think playing in the wilderness and city scavenging are two entirely different play styles, both of which need to be honed. I prefer the cities as they're a bit more tense, the stuff i'm looking for is more freely available and the chances of an epic encounter are much higher. My advice to new or newish players would be to give the cities a go. 1 - It's easier to lose zeds in building than in the open 2 - City scavenging teaches you to look around constantly and always have a plan 3 - You get to see how other players behave 4 - You get to hear lots of different weapons, preparing you for future encounters 5 - It teaches you, through death, not to get too attached to your gear I can see this guide is more suited to the survivalists who want to venture out and explore, but city life is exciting. There's nothing better than stalking players without being seen (not necessaril killing them). I'm city only and average 6 days per life. Good guide, try ignore the guys who won't give it a second glance because they think they're pro. Peace

Well speak for yourself buddy.... I'm having a great time int his free mod. Never been affected by hackers/scripters and anytime I die I realise immediately that it was my own fault. The 'genrous people' that setup servers do it off their own back and understand that hackers can be an issue. There is always the choice to not play or run a server. I don't understand these threads. When did the majority of the internet turn in to a bunch of entitled cry babies?

My favourite new hobby too :) I recently bugged out and lost my -98000 humanity. Instead of running around mindlessly killing people again I decided to sneak about on douchebag hill and try to re-gear from bandits. It actually worked. I went from nothing to having GPS, NVG's, Rangefinder, L85, AS50, Coyote Pack, etc all in the space of 30mins. KIlled 3 bandits who then came back to their bodies 10-15mins later = another 3 bandit kills. Now I[ve got the hero skin I feel good about myself. I can't promise I won't resort to mindlessly killing anyone I see, but killing bandits is, in my opinion, THE only way to gear up now. :D

From my own personal experience a hig percentage of players do combat log. I'd love to be able to pin somebody down in a building by covering exits and firing a shot or two now and then, but I'd say 8/10 times I don't kill somebody with the first couple of shots they just abort. I will combat log if i suspect a hacker is involved and on the odd occasion that someone server hops to kill me - this happens more often than people think. The amount of times I've had someone pinned in a building only to get shot by them from behind is startling. These things are taking some of the fun out of the game, but once it's been fixed (fingers crossed) for the standalone we can all start terrorizing people effectively again. Peace

I'm so bored of these threads because they're basically filled with bullshit replies along the lines of: ''i get killed by hackers in every server i join'' Just stop with these stupid threads please. If you have some evidence, post it in the cheat reporting section. If you don't, then don't bother posting. I've been playing the game for months on many servers (high & low pop) for hours on end and have never been teleported, turned in to an animal or thunderdomed. I once got killed by a guy in a tank and once saw an attack heli. Apart from those two incidents i've yet to see any proof that hackers exist let alone ruining the game. During is an issue yes and it should be fixed, but i think the staff have made it clear that it's something that can't be fixed as they can't change the core engine files from arma 2, which is where the duping bug comes from. Can everyone just stop crying about this 'game'? The forum has turned in to a whine board of people who don't understand what an Alpha test is. What the fuck is wrong with you all? Peace

I'm so bored of these threads because they're basically filled with bullying replies along the lines of: ''i get killed by hackers in every server i join'' Just stop with these stupid threads please. If you have some evidence, post it in the cheat reporting section. If you don't, then don't bother posting. I've been playing the game for months on many servers (high & low pop) for hours on end and have never been teleported, turned in to an animal or thunderdomed. I once got killed by a guy in a tank and once saw an attack heli. Apart from those two incidents i've yet to see any proof that hackers exist let alone ruining the game. During is an issue yes and it should be fixed, but i think the staff have made it clear that it's something that can't be fixed as they can't change the core engine files from arma 2, which is where the duping bug comes from. Can everyone just stop crying about this 'game'? The forum has turned in to a whine board of people who don't understand what an Alpha test is. What the fuck is wrong with you all? Peace

once you've put the ghillie on, it usually best to relog quickly. When you rejoin te game you should have your ghillie and all stats in the debug monitor back to normal. Peace

Mines is sitting at a well earned -98000 at the moment, but i will occasionally log in to survivor skin - i have to relog to get my badass towel head on the go. Peace