^ This...this so much...

I was browsing the Internet as usual today...still a bit hungover from Friday night, when one of my friends sent me a message on Steam chat. He was in Myshkino, and told me that there were two vehicles. I should preface the rest of the story with the fact that we were on "US FoE" which appears to be run by the "Fist of the Empire" clan. As soon as I logged into the server, my friend Bert informed me that he had just killed a bandit that had been watching one of the vehicles. I was actually running from the Balota airstrip. I checked to see if any car parts were in the side building, but I didn't find any. I did however find an AKM. I left the airstrip and headed NW towards Bert. At this point, our other friend Josh logged in since he had just gotten Bert's distress call. Josh met up with Bert before I could. I was outside Zelenogorsk when I heard footsteps. I went prone just in time to see another player walking right past me. I pumped him full of AKM rounds, and of course, he ALT-F4'd. During all of this, Bert was killed by an [FOE] clan member who had a FAL. We all finally make it back to Myshinko, and Josh kills two of the clan members. This worked out well because one of them had a DMR. Josh (who is our sniper) geared up, and got higher ground in the surrounding forest. I began searching for car parts to repair the vehicles, and Bert positioned himself in a barn close by for backup. At this point, the REAL action begain... A UAZ jeep full of [FOE] members pulls up. Two men in ghillies get out of the vehicle and go prone, all the while their other members surrounded the area. From here, I stop searching for parts and head back. Josh sees one scanning the tree line with binoculars, so he kills him. The guy who I originally had shot up, logs in and bleeds out so I get my murder somehow. The other ghillie fellow gets back in the UAZ, and literally pulls up quite close to Josh. They almost kill Josh, but somehow he manages to snipe two more. Josh bandages, applies morphine, and eats some to regain blood while hiding behind the UAZ. Bert tries to get the jump on the last ghillie fellow, but is killed. Things were looking quite grim, but since Bert had distracted him, Josh decided to make a bold move to take the UAZ and escape. As soon as they notice, about seven other players show themselves and begin firing at what was their UAZ. I don't know how we all ended up making it out of there, but we did. The jeep was full of M107s, Bizons, frags, various rifles, and other supplies. After all of this, the server starts to lag pretty heavily (...but I don't know if they were doing this on purpose or not). Eventually, we were overwhelmed on the coast, and [FOE] was able to take back most of what was theirs to begin with.... This was probably the most epic battle on DayZ I have been involved in to date. Josh (aka brownclown) was magnificent at sniper. I think as a group we ended up with around ten murders, and a great deal of loot. Thanks for the fun times and lulz "Fist of the Empire" haha! And it just goes to show you...an unprepared clan of ten or more is no better than a group of three with decent skills... :lol:

I do it every time if I am within proximity...

You're only the 800th person to ask that... :facepalm:

Here's an idea...use 6 Launcher if you are having that much trouble with it? EDIT: Also, this should be pretty self explanatory http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_install_DayZ

TL;DR Sayonara! ^_^

Are you expecting that someone is going to write you a letter of congratulations? :huh:

And what patch was that? :rolleyes:

Probably one of the best DayZ videos I've seen in a good while...oh, how things can change in an instant... :D

This ^

DayZ = Mad Max + 28 Days Later ...which I'm pretty sure is the reason I started playing in the first place ^_^

Go to the actual Balota airstrip and check the bunkers and ATC tower.

Great quote, good sir! :thumbsup:

As always, well said. It all comes down to the fact this is still just something you play on your computer. @OP: Mind you, this topic has been brought up dozens of times... :|

It has already been said...having more than one character completely removes the risk involved in DayZ.

Add 6 Launcher as "a non Steam game" and rename it DayZ...it works like a charm. :D

Chill out...they are doing maintenance on the log-in servers more than likely. It would explain why those that were already logged into a server are still playing on said server... ;)

For everyone that keeps asking about getting out of the "wilderness" or "debug plains" without being able to use the old respawn system... Since there are quite a few people who keep posting the same ignorant questions without bothering to read the conversation...I did your work for you. Give yourselves some beans while you're at it... :beans:

Give it a rest with the QQing involving no respawn. If you only have a few hours to play, make the most of it, and do what you can. You wanting to spawn right next to your BFF is not a valid reason for keeping the respawn system. It is abused constantly...

Read the actual thread...your question (and almost everyone's) has already been answered. No one is getting banned for anything related to what you are asking after this patch is released. They are collecting data while taking a small step into preventing such things. They need all of this information to reduce false-positives, etc. You'd be amazed at the wealth of information here if you (along with many others) would just freaking read. :|

A few tips when looting... 1. Try playing on a less populated server and/or at night. Daytime "Recruit" and "Regular" servers will usually be pretty full. 2. If you pick up everything, then go 20-30 meters away and wait a bit...new loot spawns. 3. Do whatever it takes to survive...train a bunch of zombies into a building, and kill them all until canned food drops. Surviving may also mean killing other players :murder:

As of right now, anyone can ALT-F4, regardless of it being right or wrong. The OP was honest in his story...and I'd be lying if I said I'd never thought about it. I think the best death I ever escaped was when I was on a pedal bike. I had been riding/trolling for hours, and out of nowhere, a guy shoots me while on the bike outside Balota Airfield. I soon realized that even though I was bleeding, in shock, and had a broken leg...well, I could still control the bike! I booked it out of there as fast as I could into the forests of Chernarus. I literally made it out with a little over 200 blood left...a little morphine, some painkillers, and a bandage put me back together again. After that I murdered every goat and cow in sight...but the moral of the story is: I lived to play another DayZ ^_^

Actually, I had already updated the beta via 6 Launcher today. I was just not paying attention, and it turned out the servers I usually play on were still running 94786 instead of 95054 now (or whatever). Filtering 95054 was all I did, and I've been able to join all of them without any issues whatsoever. ^_^

I just wanted to say thank you for that...I was just being a complete moron. I updated and kept trying to join servers with the old beta. I gotta quit smoking so much... :lol:

My group has had the same issue on the US FoE and IL 2 servers, respectively. This has also been a problem with our tents, as they have also been disappearing and reappearing (but empty).