pidian

some pretty cool ideas, i especially like the concept of having to inspect a body to actually confirm a kill and have it "count" towards your numbers.

damn, nice paintjob cool idea as well

solo endgame is super boring. check out the boards here to find a crew to join up with, see if your admins have a TS server you can join and run with them, or get some other gamer/RL buddies to play on that server. endgame with a crew is a far less dull proposition than without as youre constantly having to resupply or take that truck down to pick up someone who was shot. if nothing else is going on you'll end up raiding for gear or fixing up vehicles, regardless, its way more enjoyable than doing it on your own

lol, yeah shoot his dumb ass until he gets the hint

well of course the first situation isnt ghosting since you arent using a safe server to avoid danger, youre just not online period. if you get lucky and log in right behind someone else who took up your same sniper hole they'll probably think you are though, so hopefully it isnt some douche admin on a power trip, lol. the second situation with your buddies is just part of the HIVE situation we all have to deal with. i dont think many people have an issue with "ghosting" that isnt combat related since if youre playing on a public server your on the HIVE and there is simply no way to avoid those scenarios. but like you said, you wouldnt switch servers once engaged in a firefight or to join an active firefight on a different server your buddies were involved in, so i personally dont see any issue with what youre presenting for what my .02 is worth

best of luck regardless, haha ^_^

while i agree that since there is no "official" word on this and no way to prevent it with the current system its simply an opinion. but it is one shared by much of the community (at least in my experience, i dont pretend to speak for everyone). ghosting, as i have been lead to understand, is abusing the HIVE system to avoid potential danger as you move around the map. this would include the obvious: ghosting during combat to get to a better position on your adversary. it would also include the situation the OP asked about: using a low-pop server (read: not dangerous) to move into position and then log into a high-pop server to engage targets of opportunity. we all know this happens with regularity as well as the folks who server hop for loot. its not something that can be stopped and with the convuluted nature of the rules and systems it does sometimes generate unfortunate situations like with what happened to your buddy. the OP asked the question, we're just answering him. as for me, when i log for the night i try to find a spot that wont have people around simply for the fact that i dont want to get killed while on a loading screen, lol. that and i really only play on private servers these days to avoid all the ghosting and server hopping that the HIVE allows for (and for the record, no, ive never been killed by a hopper or ghoster to my knowledge, so im not mad)

i think thats pretty much the dayz dictionary definition of ghosting. its certainly not as bad as ghosting in combat to get into an enemy line or something, but clearly it ragged on your conscience and i would have to agree its a "cheap" move despite your noble intentions...that being said, hope you found some 12 year old AS50 TWS coast snipers to destroy ;)

i lol'd

ive been playing a bit on your server as well, been good times ign is "pidian"

lolwutisthisidonteven?

yep, this bug is very well known. now it just doesnt appear to dupe the backpack you had on (at least the camo clothes i found last night didnt dupe my pack)

i was using it last night putzing around lingor, its awesome, thanks much!

so i have yet to actually get in game on this server. hangs up every time i try on "Joining Server" and then gives me a connection failure error message. yes, im signed up, yes i have the password. just wondering if anybody has any suggestions on how to join the party....

cool story bro

good stuff!

lol, no he doesnt

losing gear is part of the game, so best to learn to just deal with it. truthfully, and i suspect most folks here would agree, the most tense and exciting times in this game are as a fresh spawn when youre just hoping you can find an axe and some bandages before someone or something notices you. once you've died a few times you'll be surprised how quick you can have a pretty solid gear kit going again. either that or just wait for a server restart and your tents will probably all be back again....

fail troll is fail

i too, have been rocking private hives lately just because i had such a stockpile of gear on the public hive death was no longer any concern since the only drawback was having to run to my tents. playing with my crew on our public server is still a blast but once things quiet down in the late evening its really fun to actually go back and start at square one without having that stash with gillies, NVGs, and silenced pewpew machines to fall back on. youve got a good list as far as im concerned as most of those criteria are what i look for as well

cool story bro

hahaha, fantastic

sweetjesus monkeyballs those are some sexy concept mock-ups to those calling for more of a streamlined interface: have you ever gone out in the woods with various bags full of gear? i can say with conviction that whether im hunting, camping, backpacking or whatever, i usually have to dig through my gear a bit to find what im looking for. i say keep it complex but easy to understand. currently ARMA's interface is wonky just because its somewhat unintuative and you can lose your gear if you do something in the wrong order. thats bad. keeping the inventory system somewhat complex to give the authentic experience of looking through your pockets or pack would be cool as long as its intuative (which it was for me at least during my quick once-over). inventory management is a huge part of the game, which is meant to be complex and hard. here's one more vote for not dumbing it down to appease the i-want-it-now generation

youve only been killed by hackers 3 times? lol, i remember one night a got killed a half dozen times by a butthurt hacker after i happened to survive his teleport ambush long enough to pump him full of bullets as well welcome to dayz, where getting attached to your gear will only lead to meatfist rage the moral of my story: cool story bro.

...young enough...boosh!