-MadTommy

Possibilities are endless! :P

Pretty sure they are on their way. They would be my most precisions loot. Would love a pair right now!

Spawn rate or quantity could be used to balance the loot vs the population. Not sure the best way to do this, either or both really. The whole concept of joining an empty server and having endless loot removes the challenge of finding good gear. There is always that temptation for the easy way on an empty server, be great if that could mitigated against.

Even with 40 players I avoid the cluster fck that is often Electro. Strangly enough Cherno seems normally quite. 100 players sounds great, the more the merrier. It's a shame all the UK experimental servers are at 40. Are any still running 100?

Have beans for your evil thoughts.. i like! :D

I call BS. I've never had a spawn timer.. and yesterday the servers were restarting every 10 minutes. Still never got as timer. You don't get a timer when the server restarts. Hell i'd be happy with 20 minutes... it simply does not affect those that join a server and play...

Why? Any reasoning? If they can't test elements on an experimental branch of an alpha patch when can they? People saying that they should/shouldn't do things on an experimental alpha patch need their logic recalibrated.

eh? My character doesn't have a magnum but i get this noise. And when i did have a magnum and reloaded it it never made a 'statc' noise. Its is fing loud, I try and remember to remove my headset to stop it, it could damage your ears!

Hi lads.. since this mornings maintenance & patch either servers are restarting the whole time or I am getting disconnected regularly. Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm getting the red chain and no comms with server message within 10 minutes of numerous servers, not sure if it is just me or server issues? Most servers in the browser have times close to 12 noon.. makes me think it is server side rather than me... Anyone else?

Sounds like a hotfix for the hotfix. Lest call in a very hotfix. Thanks for the info.

Nah. Not from my experience. It is simply a matter of lag between the game server and hive server.. has nothing to do with walking in circles,

One bit of advice... when logging out, find somewhere safe (generally in the woods in a tree or bush) and wait 30 seconds or so before you log out.. As the sever can lag behind a bit. i.e If you run out of a village 50 yards and find a bush and immediately log out, you will often find yourself in the position you were 30 seconds earlier.... potientially exposed and in danger.

The suggestion was not aimed at server hoppers, even though it would likely reduce that behaviour. It would not change the 'first come first served' element, nor would it punish any particular play style, everyone would be in the same boat. The whole gear up on empty servers is detrimental to the ethos of the game. It should be equally easy/hard to find loot no matter what the population of the server is.

Miquinei thanks for you in-depth review. :P I play both; 80% hardcore, 20% regular. The only thing i prefer in regular is it is nice to watch yourself running through beautiful countryside. And its nice to have two characters' one you care about and one you don't. The whole looking around objects, corners, lying prone on roofs and watching for someone to go past etc etc is a massive negative IMO. I don't want to play that way and am therefore at a massive disadvantage. Hence i only play 'regular' for messing about and exploring in a more carefree way. Playing 'hardcore' when you know other players are close to you is much more rewarding and exciting for me. I also find it more natural and easier to not get caught up on objects and my view blocked by foliage. Thankfully many other feel the same as me and i never have a problem finding a full low ping hardcore server! :)

Thread concerning this issue: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/173235-after-hotfix-constant-server-restarts-or-disconnection-issues/ Devs are aware.

The BSOD error message should indicate if it is hardware / driver or software issues. Generally 99% of the time it is hardware and or driver related.

Its odd that there are not more reporting this... maybe it is only affecting some and not all.

Ok thanks lads. Something is fubar. Just glad it is not a local client or isp issue for me.

I just found a sks & shotgun in one building in Cherno.. i left them both! If weapons were predictably always there and in the same place something would be seriously wrong.

Turning night into day by turning up gamma in video settings is clearly a game exploit. Claiming anything else is clearly stupidity or ignorance. Complaining about it is fruitless, complaining about people complaining about it is even more pointless. Presently there are no populated night servers anyway. They are just loot farm servers right now. Hopefully this will be addressed in due course. Up-vote it in the bug tracker and wait for a fix.

I don't get how people know a server has recently restarted.

I hope in the end we get a compromise. i.e Loot spawns appropriately. Civilian gear in civilian location, medical gear in hospitals, military gear in military bases etc etc .. BUT there is also a small chance that anything can spawn anywhere, giving that random element. Loot balancing is gonna be a difficult task.. I really hope the loot will be proportional to server populations, so low pop servers have far less loot than full ones.

Having to sleep... everything else is fair game to me. The more realistic the better. But 50 cent didn't slap on an old rag and walk away.. I'm gonna assume without hospital treatment he would be dead.

I think you need to take some meds... you appear to have a serious case of ''self entitlement disorder'. The best thing for this is to get outside and see what the real world looks like. Not to mention you are talking out of your sphincter.