Fraggle (DayZ)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand back on topic before this horse get's completely flogged to death. Check out 1.04, epic.

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Lol, no. Please read this thread properly as this was already discussed a few pages ago... You have purchased Arma2 to play a free mod that is DayZ. If you choose not to enjoy Arma2, the game that you purchased then that is up to you. The DayZ SA will be a separate game so when/if you buy it you will then own 2 games. Arma2 and DayZ SA.

Nope :). It was in the west. Behind that little house between Pustoshka and Myshkino. Check it out, it's a great spot.

fighting off the ban appeals.

I would hereby like to place a bounty on the player they call Steak. He can be found in Cherno ninja blood-bagging helpless players or roaming the woods taming hogs. The first player to upload an image of a dead Steak as proof of their kill will get a custom forum sig made by me that will be so beautiful it will make angels cry. (or a tin of beans if you don't want a sig)

GOD has spoken, please smite them GOD.

Lol, don't make me paranoid, I'm sure they'd tell me, wouldn't they? You'll know when we're testing because the forums will fill up with pointless memes and people asking for a free copy of the SA because they've already bought Arma :/

DO NOT TURN THIS INTO ANOTHER THREAD DISCUSSING FRANKIE AND HACKING, IT'S BORING AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH ON MANY OTHER THREADS. STAY ON TOPIC.

It's early days. Rockets brother is a virologist and will be helping him implement the system. Rest assured though that it will be game changing and comprehensive. I'll have a look for the thread where Rocket discussed it, it's interesting stuff. Edit - Here you go, have a read: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/107637-feedback-on-status-of-infectious-diseases-in-dayz/page__hl__%2Bdisease%2C+%2Binfection

Closed testing is about to begin. It really depends on how that goes. There are no confirmed dates, read this for more info: http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/ and keep up to date by reading the announcement section on these forums, it saves us a lot of typing, people keep asking the same questions and the info is already there :)

Yes, it has it's own community dev team now so expect the mod to be continually changing and improving for a long time yet.

Another tactic is to have a few individual tents dotted around the map. That way it's not the end of the world if one gets found. Also a heli is unlikely to bother landing to check out one tent. Always keep your vehicles away from your tents to minimise the damage if they get found though.

Agreed. That really is the only answer. For as long as you character feels "disposable" death will just be an annoyance. I'm hoping that when all of the new features are in place and the SA development is finished there will be enough content and game mechanics in place to make the progress you have made with your character pretty unique, hopefully death will have you smashing up your PC :)

It's your call dude. Just read all of the info about both the game and the mod and then make your choice. If money isn't an issue I'd say grab Arma and play the mod (and Arma, it's great). If money's tight then hold out for the SA.

Np - Playing at night is hard but it can be the most fun you can have if you stick with it. If you find flares then use them. Just litter the area you're looting with them, get in and get out quickly. It's risky because other players can see the flares but if you're quick and efficient it's better than stumbling around in the dark. Chemlights are more subtle and work well too. FUNFACT: DayZ also has a real lunar-cycle. If you hapen to be a sailor and know how to read the stars you can use them to navigate. I've only ever met one person that was able to do this in my whole time playing, it was pretty cool though.

Not really because your clothes and gear would carry the risk of passing on the disease so they wouldn't want to go near your body unless they know what virus you died of and had the cure :)

The longest I managed to stash some gear for once was 6 weeks on a public server. I had 2 tents and a car and they only got found by chance in the end. I won't tell you exactly where but it was but wasn't up north or near the edge of the map (that's where everyone looks). It was hidden in plain sight. I parked the car directly behind a house against the wall and kept the tents about 100ft away from it in thick woodland spaced out. Even from a heli it was hard to spot the car unless you flew over the area and were looking at the right angle. I would say try and be original. Pretty much the least original thing you can do is make a camp either on a hill, on the edge of the map, up north, near the lakes or in the forest on the west edge of the map. Those are the first places I always used to look when I was base hunting and I would literally find vehicles and loot every time.

When the disease mechanic is fully introduced that'll change things quit a lot. For example if you catch a lethal infection/disease/virus and aren't able to cure it and die, you won't want to return to your disease riddled body and risk catching the same infection/virus again. Also the gear on the body itself could carry a risk of transmitting the disease/infection depending on what it was you died of. In general, once the disease mechanic is in place, looting dead bodied will be a risky business.

Yes, DaZ has a real day night cycle and one hour = 1 hour.

I didn't love it can I have a refund please?

Unfortunatly for you if it's a private server the admin can ban/kick whoever they want without needing to give a reason. I would spend some time looking for a good private server with good admins.

Why was your friend playing under your name (with a separate key of course :/ )? It doesn't really matter I'm just interested.

I completely agree but when it comes down to it practicalities have to play a part. For instance I would never go and play on a Russian server because I know I wouldn't be able to make myself understood. I wouldn't be able to communicate with the admins if needed and in general my experience of the game would be worse. I've played with people from all over the world, more so than English people actually but we have one thing in common that allows us to do that, we speak English. When I admined a server I wouldn't Whitelist people that couldn't speak English. Only a very basic level of English was required but nevertheless it was important. Race didn't come into it, just a need for basic communication in order for me to admin that server. How would I resolve an issue of combat logging or a hacking accusation if I couldn't communicate with the players? How would they even be able to report it to me? Of course I'm reffering to a Private server though, where the admin is entitled to have whatever rules in place he or she wants, for better or worse. Public servers are a different matter entirely. Reffering back to the OP though, just having a statement saying "no Russians" or "no Germans" then yes, that is racist/nationalist and shouldn't be allowed.

Yes, it is frustrating. Oh well, try again I guess.