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Agree to disagree, sir. Only the most powerful weapons are disallowed in the Hive. Hackable weapons don't give a real advantage because every weapon in Arma has its own pros and cons. Without the exception of the AS50TWS there's no hackable weapon that would give anyone a real advantage over other players, since they aren't much better than similar legit weapons. No script can spawn a weapon with camo, suitable for both CQC and sniping, silenced, usable with NV or thermal and killing in one shot. All these features are available with different legit weapons and it depends on the individual playing style which one to use. The Arma weapon range is very, very well balanced. There's no BFG 2000. Edit: the point I wanted to make is that it would be high time for new weapons to be allowed in, or at least tolerated unless they get spawned in by the hundreds.

Most hackers don't use scripts to spawn weapons. Or should I say, the "bad" hackers? What gives them a boner is mass killing, invisibility, teleporting, god mode, Thunderdome and shit. Not spawning weapons. Hacked weapons are overrated anyway. The only weapons to make a difference would be the SCAR rifles (imagine M-range features like silencer, ACOG and thermal firing 7,62mm), the Vintorez (one-shot killer at mid-range and silenced), and a powerful sniper rifle with NV. Like the AS50TWS which constantly pops up in tents and dead hacker inventories already. Luckily for game balance, all the other really powerful rifles are impossible to hack.

Rocket does. He thinks barbed wires are fun and challenging.

Been there done that, kid. You didn't get my point - I was talking about weapons that offer new combat tactics. I found once a crate with a silenced AK74 and didn't touch it. Why? Because as far as its usefulness goes it's just a legit M4A1 SD with a different skin. Wouldn't make a difference. If my wish for some new game content makes me equal to server nuking scumbags in your eyes - it's your problem and no offense but I couldn't care less.

Great overview but you didn't mentioned the probably largest group of hackers: those who have played DayZ legit for hundreds of hours and now are totally bored by it. Let's face it - once you got a Coyote backpack and a high-tier weapon set, like an AS50 - M4A1 Holo - PDW trio, you have achieved everything in DayZ you can. There's no content to keep you interested any longer. No missions no goal no new areas no nothing. With quests and storyline probably never to be added, the only feature to keep me interested would be new weapons. Not just another 5.56mm rifle that wouldn't make a difference but something like the VSS Vintorez or multiple grenade launcher or sniper rifle with NV which opened up new tactics and changed gameplay and thereby renewed the whole experience. But what did we get in terms of new content? Hatchet and crowbar, LOL. Hence I can very much understand players who hack content into the game that should have been added legitimately a long time ago. If I'd find one of the notorious hacked-in items like a Vintorez or AS50 w/thermal vision I would happily keep it. Besides, this whining about the game not being clean and legit any longer is insanely hypocritical. It's not hackers but immoral players destroying the game, people who come here reporting hackers and think they're good guys but would kill any friendly over a can of beans or just for the fun in it. PS: Thunderdome, god mode, nuking etc hackers should be shot in the dick, no arguing about that. I'm not talking about them as there's no excuse whatsoever for their actions.

Don't be so squeamish. Use it for a good case, like blasting snipers killing noobs.

I can testify to that as I witnessed everyone die at the same minute (I d/c-d just in time to avoid being nuked)

Such goodies should have been added in a legit way long ago.

Who wants to play Arma 2 with its Czech-speaking "Russians" anyway? As if hacking would be the biggest problem right now and not that DayZ has become a version-clustered mess. Besides, it gets horribly boring after a few days once you got decent gear. The mod urgently needs some new content.