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The pdw also takes five or six different types of clip as well.

I burned a hacked AS50, 6 clips, and a ghillie suit in a fireplace.

sounds legit.

2 back to back entries I made in the DayZ Stories thread involving hackers: 1: "9 day survivor lost to hacker. I was running along the north western perimeter looking for camps and vehicles when suddenly someone took a shot at me. I could not hear where the shot came from so I tried to run for the nearest row of trees. Next thing I know, large explosions are erupting from the treeline I am running towards, and the first thing I thought was, "Satchel charges", (now I believe this to be artillery), so I still think I am in a legit PvP run for my life and don't Alt-F4. Now my assailant starts firing with a different gun and I am shot dead. Heart pounding and now beginning to get the slight inkling that I may have just ran into a hacker, I respawn near Cherno. I run in the general direction of my first possible loot location when I am suddenly teleported to the wilderness up north with a large group of other new spawns mostly barehanded, some with hatchets. People are generally bewildered running around yelling. Suddenly cows parachute down from the sky. And then what I believe was a serious of bombs or nukes went off. After aborting and switching servers I spawned in the wilderness bleeding knocked out and with legs broken. Needless to say I respawned when I could. I dont feel I have it in me to play more right now. I might fire it up in an hour or two.... The only consolation I take from this is a full reset of my kill count now that ammo limits are now in place. From now on, the kill count will mean more. Edit: I found a low pop server and gathered some basics and headed to the NE Airstrip After clearing the control tower, I found what I would describe as a "survivor tent" pitched directly in front of the first hangar. Inside was mostly lower tier weapons, but the remington was better than the crossbow I had. Also inside that tent, to my surprise, was a GPS! Which I had not found up until now." 2: "Today I was picked up by a whitehat hacker on an ATV. I was running through the woods towards the airfield and heard a horn honking, and yelled "Friendly" over the direct chat. When he picked me up I did not know he was a hacker, I only knew he didn't shoot me and was willing to drive me to my destination, the airfield, where I hoped to trade my remington for an ak or an m16. As we are driving I feel as if he is taking a route that didn't make sense, and I started to think something was fishy. I asked him if he was taking me to some trap or thunderdome and he said if he wanted to kill me i would have been dead already and that since I was friendly, he wanted to help. It was at this time I told the story of how a hacker killed me yesterday and I lost my M16 and NVG's. Moments later we pull up to a barn, and now I know something is amiss. He urges me to enter the barn where he says I will find some supplies. I enter the barn to find it empty, no loot, no zombies. It seemed a zombie was about to spawn and as soon as it popped up, it disappeared. Now my spidey senses were going wild and for no particular reason I thought to check my backpack. My remington now an M16ACOG, My revolver an M9, NVG's, morphine, everything I had lost to the hacker the previous night (except my M16 was not an ACOG). Next thing I know he comes over the chat with, "hey wow look at that, this must be the best barn ever!". Now I tell him that I appreciate the fact that he is trying to help, but the items aren't legit, and that instead of gearing up guys like me, he should be out hacking the black hat scripters down. He agreed to this and promptly teleported us to NW airfield. Here he displayed the ability to merely walk up to zombies and kill them and when I tried to tell leave using the night time as an excuse, he turned on the sun. Finally I conceded to him that playing with someone with godlike power removed all of the fun and challenge from the game for me and that I appreciated the fact that he used his powers for good and not evil but I still could not play with him. Next thing I know, he teleported away, and I aborted from that server which was beginning to fill up and lag terribly." Edit: to say, not only did the white hat return the gear I had lost, he also gave me an AS50, 6 clips, and a ghillie suit which I burned in the nearest fireplace I could make as soon as I respawned.

Yes, but it can hold Bandages and PRIMARY ammo ONLY.

Nice vid, shows the genuine fan appreciation. I'm a custom bound lefty controls player, and I'm not a sniper/PvP guy. So, I don't even know what key rolls! XD

I had a 9 day survivor, killed by a hacker. The next day I met a random friendly and as he was driving me around on his ATV I told him about the gear I lost to the hacker. Long story short, this guy turns out to be a white hat hacker and before I knew it, he spawned all of my old gear and extra stuff right into my backpack. I told him he should be hacking down the evil hackers and hopped to another server. I then took all of the EXTRA items he gave me and burned them in a fireplace, (AS50 with 6 clips included). I only kept the gear I had lost to the evil hacker the day before. Super legit player here, I don;t even know how to dupe. And the tent I found with hacked gear in it was the only one I've ever griefed. No guilt here.

I say the only way to properly dispose of these is to get them running and FRAPS a huey dogfight, over water.

Another vote to sticky this thread. I lost my best trading items to a hacker death recently, or I might be looking for a PDW....

While amusing, it's not DayZ. But unfortunately, it is? Either way, the dancing with Jason was funny. Edit: Would be better if he hung out at a lake and stalked and killed only people who sound like teenage girls on direct chat.

When I logged back in I checked my gear and found that the hacker had also put an as50 and 6 clips in my backpack, as well as a ghillie suit. I loaded the gun, clips, and ghillie, into the nearest spot where I could make a fireplace and burned them up. So, robbed by a hacker, redeemed by a hacker? just another Day, Z.

Awesome. Is there a master list of servers where you will patrol? I wouldn't mind playing on a map with a police presence. Anything to tip the balance away from the bandits is welcome to this lone wolf. Your mission directly supports and encourages my game play style, and for that, you have my beans.

Today I was picked up by a whitehat hacker on an ATV. I was running through the woods towards the airfield and heard a horn honking, and yelled "Friendly" over the direct chat. When he picked me up I did not know he was a hacker, I only knew he didn't shoot me and was willing to drive me to my destination, the airfield, where I hoped to trade my remington for an ak or an m16. As we are driving I feel as if he is taking a route that didn't make sense, and I started to think something was fishy. I asked him if he was taking me to some trap or thunderdome and he said if he wanted to kill me i would have been dead already and that since I was friendly, he wanted to help. It was at this time I told the story of how a hacker killed me yesterday and I lost my M16 and NVG's. Moments later we pull up to a barn, and now I know something is amiss. He urges me to enter the barn where he says I will find some supplies. I enter the barn to find it empty, no loot, no zombies. It seemed a zombie was about to spawn and as soon as it popped up, it disappeared. Now my spidey senses were going wild and for no particular reason I thought to check my backpack. My remington now an M16ACOG, My revolver an M9, NVG's, morphine, everything I had lost to the hacker the previous night (except my M16 was not an ACOG). Next thing I know he comes over the chat with, "hey wow look at that, this must be the best barn ever!". Now I tell him that I appreciate the fact that he is trying to help, but the items aren't legit, and that instead of gearing up guys like me, he should be out hacking the black hat scripters down. He agreed to this and promptly teleported us to NW airfield. Here he displayed the ability to merely walk up to zombies and kill them and when I tried to tell leave using the night time as an excuse, he turned on the sun. Finally I conceded to him that playing with someone with godlike power removed all of the fun and challenge from the game for me and that I appreciated the fact that he used his powers for good and not evil but I still could not play with him. Next thing I know, he teleported away, and I aborted from that server which was beginning to fill up and lag terribly.

white list here, lurk moar. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/61113-traders-and-traitors-the-unofficial-traders-list/page__hl__traders

I had my first death to a hacker tonight. Lost a 9 day character. I had a chance to Alt-F4 but thought I might have been shot legit, so I didn't DC. By the time I realized it was a hacker, I was dead. Immediately respawned to same server to get thunderdomed, cowachuted, and nuked.

The only tent I ever griefed was full of hacked items. And I would say, with all the battleeye shenanigans lately, better off getting rid of them somehow.

Died to hackers also. Some good will in the form of the M16 I lost would help restore my faith in humanity. I am a pure survivor. My last character assisted 2 noobs, and had survived 9 days before hacker death. I am on EST, currently, no gear whatsoever....

9 day survivor lost to hacker. I was running along the north western perimeter looking for camps and vehicles when suddenly someone took a shot at me. I could not hear where the shot came from so I tried to run for the nearest row of trees. Next thing I know, large explosions are erupting from the treeline I am running towards, and the first thing I thought was, "Satchel charges", (now I believe this to be artillery), so I still think I am in a legit PvP run for my life and don't Alt-F4. Now my assailant starts firing with a different gun and I am shot dead. Heart pounding and now beginning to get the slight inkling that I may have just ran into a hacker, I respawn near Cherno. I run in the general direction of my first possible loot location when I am suddenly teleported to the wilderness up north with a large group of other new spawns mostly barehanded, some with hatchets. People are generally bewildered running around yelling. Suddenly cows parachute down from the sky. And then what I believe was a serious of bombs or nukes went off. After aborting and switching servers I spawned in the wilderness bleeding knocked out and with legs broken. Needless to say I respawned when I could. I dont feel I have it in me to play more right now. I might fire it up in an hour or two.... The only consolation I take from this is a full reset of my kill count now that ammo limits are now in place. From now on, the kill count will mean more. Edit: I found a low pop server and gathered some basics and headed to the NE Airstrip After clearing the control tower, I found what I would describe as a "survivor tent" pitched directly in front of the first hangar. Inside was mostly lower tier weapons, but the remington was better than the crossbow I had. Also inside that tent, to my surprise, was a GPS! Which had not found up until now. The latest patch seems to run very well for me too, btw.

"Mr Hall said he first got into gaming when his parents bought a Commodore Amiga when he was about to start secondary school." Your childhood was awesome if you remember this.

Where did I say I could gear up faster? Did you take something I said out of context? I did say that finding an AK and some hunting supplies was easier or at least equally as fast as finding a sniper rifle. If you go by spawn percentages at all, my logic makes sense in that regard. I swear to you, I care NOT for how long it takes me to gear up, this was your concern alone. Your obsession with efficiency either means your German (I'll be visiting family there soon), or possibly the least fun person to play games with on the planet. /enter jokes Seriously, I feel I've explained my viewpoint on this subject fairly clearly, and my first post was a point of pride in accomplishment without being "evil". Not some attempt at hipsterism. And as a former tournament level gamer (in other genres, not FPS), I have great respect for all gaming skill, but I save my praise for those who can be humble about it. And after all, I think Rocket dubbed us "DayZ hipsters" in the Rezzed Q&A (say with kiwi accent for best results), we are playing an Alpha build. If you see me, and feel the need to shoot me, I won;t take it personally. Regarding Bandit skin glitches, I wasn't aware it was so broken. *sigh* Oh well, soon enough, soon enough....

Don't give up hope! You're bound to run into a like minded person sooner or later, and it's awesome fun!

If you haven't noticed my location, hipsters are those rodents in Williamsburg or the East Village that usually came from the midwest to display their pegged jeans, fixie bikes, and ironic neck tattoos. Fuck your internet definition of hipster for real, I have to tolerate these douchebags. Wow. Ok. Survivalist strategy: Finding the most reliable and efficient means by which to survive the longest. #1 on the list of priorities for me is to avoid conflict with deadly weapons, as they may cause death, ending said survival attempt. If you want to approach people and ask if they are friendly, add not risking your life to it. - I'm not quite sure what this means but the couple of times I had a chance to confirm friendly were worth all the times I got shot in the face. Who's the elitist here, using a qualifier like, "better"? I never once said that you or anyone else should give up the PvP you enjoy so much. Yet you have taken every opportunity to belittle other ways of playing to show how your way, is the best way. I've merely cited that people who don't go for as much PvP are the minority, and from what I can tell are likely the more open minded and imaginative players when you consider how many players gravitate to ONLY PvP. Also, the best gear for me may not be the best gear for you. If you take that into consideration, then my idea of fully geared might require a lot LESS effort than acquiring the type of gear you desire and also doesn't require PvP to really speed up that process. Once I have an AK, a compass, hunting supplies, and a canteen I'm geared enough for most anything. The rest is just gravy, and the core gets upgraded as I continue to loot. This also circumvents the "lost gear blues" that make people QQ in at least one thread a day. "Waaa, my sniper got sniped, and I lost my sniper!" Well, if you weren't such a gear snob in the first place, your butt wouldn't hurt quite so much. As far as helping people is concerned, I don't go out of my way.But I've luckily come across a couple of people who I could help without getting shot in the back, and it was some of the most fun I've had in DayZ. After clearing a pack of zombies off a noob with a makarov and covering him while he looted he said, "It was the most amazing thing ever, when you didn't shot me in the face!" Oh yeah... BTW, I haven't referenced the fact that bandit skins are back but yeah, bandit skins are back. When I couldn't differentiate survivor from bandit I didn't want to risk the murder. Now, I can shoot wrapped heads if I see them, before they see me (that is).

Hipsters don't like DM? Proof? No I'm not a hipster, thanks. I blast hipsters in mosh pits in RL. I'm likely at least a decade too old to be considered one too. You keep citing supposed benefits that make KoS or DM playing so much more advantageous over a survivalist strategy, but the only proof you gave was loot collecting. That form of instant gratification may appeal to you, but I have found 90% of my best gear in legitimate spawn locations without having to shoot any other players. The rest of my loot I found in camps, which I didn't grief (except for the one tent filled with hacked weapons)! Part of what I was saying regarding creativity is not that the play style is so much more creative, but rather that the conscious choice to play differently requires a leap in imagination not required to decide to be a 1337 bandit/KoS/PvP/sniper gawd. Also when I supported a few guild missions a few weeks back (just to see how much I would enjoy playing in a guild), I met more technically proficient players than I who actually helped me, and didn't look down on me because I wasn't working to be a super soldier. They put up with my noobish questions, and seemed casual in their enjoyment of the game while still playing the game in a more militaristic fashion. I respect this attitude as it seems they could except all types of players, and play styles.

It took me about 3 weeks for a random friendly encounter. Most of the time you are lucky if people merely let you pass without shooting at you. I rolled with a clan on a couple of missions but I met them on the forum which wasn't nearly as much fun as finding your first random friendly. For me, it was worth the wait. Other people might not be as patient....

All of these sound good, but I'll take a baseball bat over a golf club.... My personal addition would be, vice, hacksaw, double barrel shotgun = sawed off double barrel shotgun, and ability to empty both barrels at once. This would make an excellent close range, high density, zombie suppression weapon, holstered in your side arm slot.