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It seems like some servers have gone down and not are coming back. While some servers seem to be in a reset loop. After playing this update with hours of enjoyable and mostly uninterrupted play, I am seeing server DC's at near 15 minute intervals, similar to a glitch I have seen earlier. Also, I don't think I will ever get tired of watching zombies chase cows.

I really think it's cool and I might like trying to keep a dog, though I'm not sure it's something I would stick with. I have enough trouble being tracked by the people, I certainly don't need to be tracked by a dog. Let's hope walking through a stream and similar nose blinding tactics can throw a dog off a persons scent.

The town I was in before a server restart did not seem to have any zeds and after a restart there are zeds again. Random aggro for zeds is really odd. I almost walked into a female zombie -50 meters away when I rounded a corner. I had just enough time to pull out my shotty and blast her as she let out her first aggro "cah-caw!". Another zed I came upon at even closer distance and merely leveled my gun and fired, moving along briskly. A military zed aggro'd on me through a wall at great distance with doors closed and then ran right through the wall from behind me as if the house wasn't there. And 1 I was able to lead into a building and blast him while he was pathing, as intended in game. Right now due to ammo amounts and random gear found, it's pump action for close and medium ranges, long horn for sniping and as binos. I'm liking this combo.

Peter Nespesny @PeterNespesny · 6h 6 hours ago Dogs will be awesome companions in #DayZ #DayZdesign :o

Unfortunately, in my experience, the whole door state + pathing thing has never really worked well yet. When I try to use a door to gain some space between myself and zombies and I always assume they are going to walk through whether it looks closed or not. New Zed AI is close to implementation I think though! Edit: to say I came across one of the static police car spawns and the only way I could pick up an MP5 magazine that was placed in the middle of the front seat cushion was to look straight up into the sky! :D

^Yes! I saw this too! The shambling zombie was so cool! :P Odin LoweI also noticed the shotgun sounds and I thought it sounded "weird". Also, there was a crappy blurry pic of the hermit zombie ingame posted to the unofficial changelog (or possibly the wiki) which was linked here when he was er, "released" as it were. Your pics are way better. :thumbsup:

I didn't have to read further. You almost certainly DO NOT out survive me with your strategy. I don't feel "better" because I chose less PvP in my DayZ experience. I just apply some of my internal standard on my world and it makes it a little more visceral and challenging in a way that entertains me. If there's a person who needs DayZ to make them feel good about themselves, I feel sorry for them. Edit: for the record, I'm no Hero.

Look at it this way; there's no way your current character won't get wiped at some point so fight on until your back gives out and look forward to acquiring your next set of sweet azz gear. :)

This issue has been pointed out from the beginning and often enough really (no offense). I'm confident that the people who will eventually balance this factor are working on things we would likely agree have more priority. If you spread yourself too thin when you have many complicated tasks in hand, the quality of the work will suffer immensely.

You know what would be nice? If the next 2 years of development for DayZ happened over night. If you think this issue should be a priority or is "game breaking" then maybe it's time for you to take a break from DayZ and follow the devtracker until you hear that they are working on this one specific factor in the game. People are saying, "half done" because experimental is at .50 when the numbers don't mean anything! The game is more like 1/3 done and probably won't really satisfy most gamers until at least Beta.

You know what would be nice? If the next 2 years of development for DayZ happened over night. If you think this issue should be a priority or is "game breaking" then maybe it's time for you to take a break from DayZ and follow the devtracker until you hear that they are working on this one specific factor in the game. People are saying, "half done" because experimental is at .50 when the numbers don't mean anything! The game is more like 1/3 done and probably won't really satisfy most gamers until at least Beta.

Um, you totally got my post backwards. I am against KoS..

^^^I had this problem a few updates back. I waited for a new update and my problem was solved. If it's a major issue, I'm sure it's at least being looked into soon! Try to be patient and maybe soon you'll be able to play again.

LMB bug is especially bad with the pump action shotgun. I stripped my hotbar to just axe and shotgun to avoid switching to compass while firing. I ran as far north as the debug and then ran randomly southwest. Came upon a bombed out looking military area with 3 large stone barracks like structures and a military jail. Unfortunately the military jail didn't have anything exciting inside.... Lot's of car/truck wrecks to search there. Rags I often avoid military areas to avoid KoS people but when I come upon a base I will scout it out for a long time and decide if it's worth a quick 5 minute loot dash. Why should KoS jerks be the only ones with military gear? Right now it's the best place to find magazines and clips I would imagine. If you primarily wanted to kill zombies, wouldn't you want military gear...? You know what they say, no risk, no reward. Edit to say: Server reset or crashed just after a backpack/gear swap. I hope I have all of my stuff or the server comes back and what wasn't yet in my new bag is still in a bag on the ground! :o

BadAsh was the first to post a pic and the results of sledge vs zed very shortly after the update. He said something like, 2 hits to kill, 1 if headshot. Follow ze thread!

Does anyone ever get hungry again after Energized/Healthy? I am running everywhere and only really need to drink to stay healthy. I have seen guns stacked on top of each other a couple times now. Not sure if intended. By the way, in this build.... it seems "ok" to just run around in a ruined raincoat. It still keeps you dry and if you have decent other clothing on you should be warm enough. Edit: Finally a sledge that was worn not badly damaged and finally found an axe. Funny thing last night; I broke an arm fighting zeds and had some morphine but waited until I was outside of the town in a barn where I was going to shoot up. Accidentally fell inside barn breaking leg (haven't done this in a long time), remembered I had some morphine, shot up and I was right as rain. So glad I waited. :) Also ran into a lot of random friendlies at one point; though you might want to buy me dinner before you take my pulse next time, guy.

Dem updates! Tick tock, tick tock, you murdering fools! Bwahahaha! "Why am I running from zombies! Why am I freezing to death! Why am I starving to death! Waaaaaaaaaaaa!" ^^^Looking forward to this. Bwahahaha!

When people say friendly to me I just try to evade them, unless I am fired upon. I guess I tend to use the term and I mean it but I often find doing a friendly gesture or the "friendly dance" is best to show I'm not a murderer. My favorite thing are the guys who yell friendly WHILE running towards me with a weapon raised..... really?

Duct tape amount used for items, all were badly damaged and went to damaged and could only be REINFORCED (different from mending) 1 time: Welding mask = 20% Compass = 4% Epi Pen = 8% Bandages = 6% Worked my way to Severogard through a network of small towns. Killing many zeds with sledge hammer and not finding a gun I can use with the ammo I had for quite some time. I have been able to stick to the same server with this first person character. Plenty of food, ammo, weapons/guns, and clothes really. I would like to point out that the lack of magazines in places where the firearms spawn does not seem "authentic". Looting guns in civilian locales only to have to go to military locales to find a magazine doesn't seem to make much sense. Gun in one corner, 3 types of ammo on the table in another corner, 0 magazines/clips. :/ Personally I have only found badly damaged sledge hammers and 0 axes. Carried a chambered sporter and an empty CR75 for awhile. Then found a repeater but only 7 .357 rounds a little later. Killed 4 zeds with it and then found the pump action shotgun. Ditched the repeater as I was carrying a lot of shells. Killed a few zeds with the shotgun. Then I find 2 Mosins stacked in the upstairs of a corner restaurant and I'm carrying nearly 100 rounds for it..... I logged out with a Mosin in hand.... decisions, decisions.

I'm fairly certain the hive spit out a character that was killed earlier. The retractable baton was quite helpful when I had nothing else. LMB spamming switched to Not-a-Cola from the hotbar (I try to remeber to just hold the button). I ran from a guy trying to declare friendly.... still jittery after 2 KoS encounters I guess. I found what seemed to be an untouched town and was about to loot a building with possible weapons and DC'd from server.... It looks like the experimental servers are far more stable than the were, which is great.

KoS'd 2x.... :( First guy snuck up on me pretty well but I kinda knew someone was out there.... 2nd guy had nothing but a loaded gun so yeah, he was probably your typical KoS player. I hope you enjoyed my.... can opener? Shooting a guy who can't shoot back isn't much of a challenge but hey, some people like easy mode. I often blame myself if I get caught by someone. I wasn't quiet enough. stealthy enough, and likely got complacent and lingered too long near the coast.... oh well. You're still murdering jerk wagons. :P My packages came in the mail which helped abate my rage. Hopping back in soon! Please don't freaking kill me! :rolleyes:

This reminds me of the black boxes that would pop up for me sometimes in the mod.

I searched so many buildings and no backpacks.... Had strange general loot luck spawning near Elektro. Double barrel, no shells. 100 rounds for Sporter, finds .22 mag for pistol. :/ Almost didn't pick up a damaged raincoat, 5 minutes later, rain. Opened peaches with splitting axe and had 100% left. Found the sledge but I've only come across 1 zed and that was when I had an axe. I'm really really excited for the upcoming Zed AI upgrades. (I like killing zombies, ok?!) I've also thought that when the audio changes come, it's going to be intense for those of us who have been playing with the same sounds for 2+ years. I can't imagine NOT hearing that same bird over and over again....

I'm wondering if loot respawn will be fixed.....