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Nothing against private hives, just played on one for a week or so but some shady stuff went on so I want to switch back to a public server. Also, I don't need a server with a gazillion vehicles, care packages or perks because I like the challenge of the original concept. Now, what am I doing wrong in my search for servers, as it seems every single one of them is now a private hive?

hm that might be it indeed, just need some patience then.. As far as my searching goes, I use both the ingame MP server listings as Sixlauncher, both with limited filters such as max ping 50 etc.

it does get very very dark at times but to me that's more of a fun challenge also i've seen a few nights that had the moon out which provided me with enough light without even adjusting gamma etc.- unless under thick vegetation ofcourse, just like it is in real life/nature.

I understand why you suggest this, but instead of forcing everyone to play the same difficulty it would be fairer to keep the various levels of difficulty separated, e.g. when starting a life on 'regular' you cannot join an 'expert' server until you die. Same end-result, better method in my opinion.

I was on UK22 coming from Khelm going to the center Berezino (where the apartmentbuildings and supermarket are) when I got the artefact problem. It seemed to come from the military tents and also from hedgehogs/tanktraps and / or barbed wire, couldn't see clearly (cuz of the graphics). I do not have a screenshot of the hedgehogs but that definately was one of the sources. Here's a screenshot after I ran back up north a bit to admire the new architecture in Chernarus, had to run face down in order to see anything else than crrrazy camo patterns http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/938124819571667612/6942D6446AF9F1FD19F2C28A589688AC133CD4AF/

it may all be talk, but I went to Green Mountain once... while I was there it was scary and when I left there were 2 dead survivors outside the gate. They were not there when I arrived and I did not hear them die. I ran away, and haven't stopped running since. *something* is going on there... that's for sure

you probably forgot to copy and replace the "arma2oa.exe" from the main arma OA folder with the one in the ...\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta\... folder? that's what I initially forgot anyways

I'm puzzled by this as well, as I've never seen anyone use chat up to this point (started playing 2/3 weeks ago). I occasionaly type in chat to see if anyone responds but I started to wonder if a) it was broken or b.) i was doing something wrong. Nice to know I'm not the only one, though. I do know voice chat works (haven't tried it myself yet), someone once said something and startled me so much I shot him by reflex :(