anderswhk

Desync is a big factor. Stable is unplayable for me. It's too unreliable to be fun. Probably several issues are at fault. Status not updating on your character, so some shock and health damage is not registrered, general desync, bullet travel etc. The hitbox of the other player is not where you think it is, which explains why it's easy to kill somene running straight at you, or standing still, but if it's someone running vertically it's a different matter. I've lost count of how many times i've had the same experience as the OP. Someone enters building unaware of you, you empty a mag into them and they just turn around, spots you sitting in a corner and shoots you 2 times, then you die. I've just completely stopped using automatic weapons, and try to avoid close combat situations. In the past I would be excited when finding an AKM, now, not so much. 0.58 exp is better, I should add, but not perfect.

I only play experimental, so no loot at guard houses. If someone is fully kitted with Gorka etc and parading around Cherno with an AK, I know they arent there to chat it up. Same with people in Cherno apartments, hiding in buildings etc.

Depends on the situtation. If people shout friendly at me, I will be friendly towards them but will keep an eye on them. If im at military areas everyone is free game and I dont engage in conversations. If i see people with military gear in PvP hotspots like Cherno, Elektro, Vybor etc, they are free game.

Only action i have ever seen with the chainsaw was when a friend cut down a freshie in Kamyshovo police station because he was chasing me with a gardenhoe. Quite a few months back.

http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Ghillie_Gun_Wrap Not sure about the AUG. I'm not a big fan of ghillie stuff. I "found" the M4 with it on :P

Desync is a very big part of the issues people are having with people taking shots like the terminator. Last night I had a fresh spawn come into a building I was chilling in, defending my friends gear. Sprayed something like 10-15 M4 rounds into him as soon as he opened the door, which broke his legs. He then proceeds to crawl towards my friends body, so I gave him another 8-10, well aimed single shots while I was standing over him. During that time he managed to crawl another 2 meters, grab my friends backpack, high cap vest and AK74 before he eventually died. I could go on and on with examples like this. Emptying an entire SKS into someone within 2-3 meters from you and only making them bleed slightly (while they do the same to you) is a classic example. I personally haven't had issues with the shotguns. The guns I am having the most issues with BY FAR, is the AKM and MP5.

Sawn-off, but I feel they are mostly useful on servers where you can abuse the third person camera, and catch someone within 10 meters as they come in your direction. Full size double barrel can drop people in one shot to the chest region within 50 meters. Most people greatly underestimate those two weapons. I don't like the SMG's, and especially not with the desync issues going around.

Got my hands on one. Second M4 i've seen in this patch, and my friend heard one in Elektro earlier as well. Just very rare. http://postimg.org/image/qk7bg77jx/

M4's do exist on stable. I've seen one on a dead body. Unfortunately I wasn't able to pick it up because of sniper fire. I've also seen a UMP, but I don't remember if it was stable or experimental.

In Dayz, supplies and military weapons should be rare. No doubt when the game is released, a plethora of server plugins and mods will come out that changes this. Like Epoch for the mod.

Think you need batteries for those. The stun baton that is, har har har.

These types of programs literally do nothing if your PC is already running like it should. If you don't have a ton of unnecessary programs running in the background, and your CPU is already fast enough to run DayZ without bottlenecking itself, you will see no performance increase. None. Zero. There is no background applications running on a fresh and empty install of windows that game booster can shut down, and magically increase your performance. These types of programs shut down some of the junk that users have installed, and most likely have no idea is even on their computer. Protip: You have a lot more stuff running in the background, than what is shown down in the right corner.

I remember seeing videos of people respawning as zombies, they could run fast, and the screen was all red. No idea if it was some plug in, or a bug.

I honestly don't see it ever happening.

SVD is by far the best sniper rifle in the game to rain down fire at medium and long range targets. It has practically no sway when prone, will often 1 hit players in the chest region at long range, and is semi automatic. It's no contest. Even if it was not semi, it would still be king because of the almost non existent sway. As to what weapon people prefer to look at and listen to, to each his own. Downsides are obviously that mosin ammo isn't that common currently, and that the rifle itself is rare, while Winchesters are all over the place. You also need a magazine for it, and I havent seen an SVD spawn with a magazine attached yet. Only having the russian optics available is not a big deal once you become comfortable with it. I am guessing people that vote for the bolt action rifles, like the romanticized image of the bolt action rifle "end all be all, apex predator sniper" stereotype, or just haven't had their hands on the SVD yet.

Spiral staircase inside police stations.

Some servers they do, and some they don't. At least for me.

Sprinting makes you consume food and water 160% faster than standing still. Jogging is 60%. Jogging is worth it if food is an issue.

If its pristine, this will happen:

There are matches, they are just pretty rare. I have found them. Speaking of rare, haven't seen a single zucchini or orange after the patch.

I tried fishing after a server restart wiped out my 3 tent camp with many gardens and an over abundance of pumpkins and tomatoes. You cannot cut up the fish with any knife. I know you could before, so it's bugged. Fishing is literally useless at the moment, just a heads up so you don't spend hours searching for hooks, worms and ashwood sticks.

You are missing one category: Grouped players that roam popular cities, military bases and airfields, picking fights with other groups of players. Not to be mistaken with the 3 assholes in Elektro killing freshspawns with their AKM.

Seems getting sick from drinking from ponds is more common now than before. The little pond next to the road going north out of Cherno makes you sick, every time. First time I didn't know why I was sick. I kept vommiting, and the sick status would bounce between nothing and red. Never found charcoal tabs. My thirst would also go down quickly, and I was quite a burden on my 5 squadmates. I was running around with that sickness for something like 8 hours, chucking down drinks faster than an irishman. Actually felt like a huge relief once I finally caught that Mosin bullet. .... Then about 5 minutes later one of my guys finds charcoal tabs, while i've respawned across the map.

I think servers get restarted because they run better afterwards. Not just because of lower amount of players. My game also runs a lot better if i restart Dayz once every few hours. No idea why, it just does. Its not placebo. Maybe something with ram, I'm not sure.

Same pretty much. Me and my squad had set up a camp with 3 tents and many gardens, in a very remote location. Logged in today and it was all gone. It's no wonder people don't trust tents when this keep happening. Gardens are more important now than ever.