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1 - As far as I remember, I think the new loot locations in the junk piles will yield "everyday" type stuff. Useful, but nothing to write home about. 2 - If it's running the latest version of the game, it's going to have the same feature 3 - The other guys have answered. Try to hang on to one or two antibiotics if you think you will get hit. 4 - No, hackers didn't go anyplace. Maybe they are bored of the game in general, lessening the impact, but no change on that. Yes, whitelisted servers will help with this. It adds a hassle to getting into a new server, but you know how that is. 5 - I'd stick to the popular ones if you like a lot of other players. Trusted Medics, Balota Buddies, maybe the Billy Mays servers too. Me, I'd go for very low pop servers if I still played vanilla dayz. No hackers and more realistic to me. But the helpful, warm response you got on this thread is about what you can expect on plain, non-whitelisted servers so that brings me to 6. 6 - I hit one chopper crash site in 1.7.7 and haven't played since. I play Origins because it's so different, and I found it ultimately because its gameplay style reduces the likelihood of the unrealistic kill-on-sight nonsense of regular DayZ. I say this because of the skins. If you see a hero skin, you know they are not likely to KOS and you can actually start to gear up. But Origins is widely considered to be somewhere between not-exactly DayZ all the way to an entirely different game than DayZ, and the developers are themselves a nuisance (and so is the latest update) so keep that in mind. Epoch is cool because of the walking groups of AI bandits and heroes. Namalsk is one hell of a thrill ride, and much closer to original DayZ - lots of fun there too.

Only makes sense in Borat accent.

50/50 chance that it was either what they are all saying (ghosting, logging, whatever), or like you are afraid of: shenanigans. I have seen invisible players get right behind and shoot. Doesn't matter how few players are on the server. You'll never know what it actually was so forget it and respawn.

Were passwords stored insecurely and thus compromised?

You joined SOME server "Yesterday" 3 times, in addition to the Herr server one. After you joined it, the server went offline, changed name, etc. Beyond that, don't ask us. We gotta ask you!

This thread is going about where I expected it, from the thread title. SO GLAD I READ IT.

Don't type the filters thing like that. Hit the little drop-down thingy on the left side, halfway down, and choose the mod you want to play. I just checked for 2017 and got pings in the low 100 range. I am on the East Coast of United States. Not sure how that will help you. If you are in Croatia, perhaps you want European servers but it all depends on your backbone/ISP.

I've been off it for months. When I said "you have got to" I mean, if it's really still like this, then it's no longer a simulation of the apocalypse. As I have said in probably a hundred posts, you don't go shooting at someone you don't know, ever. But what do I know? So we don't agree on what the "right" way to play DayZ is. Enjoy yourself. I prefer to not KOS because I can make a stronger case against it, every time. Now, if the dynamics of the game have changed to where that is no longer a viable option, (ie: people respawning and running toward gunfire with a makarov to hopefully score a better weapon) then the game has strayed too far from the funzone for me. Anyone who agrees should absolutely get off vanilla DayZ. If not, stick with it and enjoy yourself.

Totally forgot to give the OP all the beans I have. ALL. THE BEANS. I HAVE.

It's a probably just a glunch.

I have to admit - this was most entertaining.

No. For way less.

There is a mod for this, yes. I can't remember it but you can definitely find it. Something like other survivors trying to snipe at you and stuff.

Which version of Arma are you on? http://www.gamersplatoon.com/forums/showthread.php?10291-Origins-1-7-5-Release-Notes

I've banned people for way less.

Wow thanks PK Richie. I was unaware of DMCA.com. Silliness all around, practically unenforceable policy on that private website, but it would be fun to see it play out. Almost as unenforceable as Origins' claims. And for the record, I love Origins, bugs and all, and don't see myself going back to vanilla any time soon. And you just reminded me to check opendayz.net for an origins build by pownzor or however the hell you spell it... :)

They didn't copyright the mod, but claim to have a copyright on the models they used. Which is of course entirely lame, considering the open-ness of the mod community in general. It's also a completely insane move. Also, I don't know what you mean by them sending out fake DMCA notices, (and I don't doubt that what you say is true) but, you could send notice to whomever you choose advising that the recipient is in violation of whatever law you want. That is not illegal. But it is also not a recipe for winning an argument in court, but that is a different matter. On the charge of having the worst forum design on the internet, they are guilty. On the charge of having the most eye-destroyingly ugly loading screen any game has ever seen, they are guilty. On the "WAIT A FULL MINUTE, AT LEAST, WHILE THIS THING LOADS AND COMMUNICATES WITH 'THE HIVE THAT DOESN'T EXIST' ", they are guilty of just plain playing me for a fool.

No. And people don't even run toward the sounds of fighting dogs, nevermind the sound of screaming and gunfire. Oh and there would be a lot more yelling "WTF DON'T SHOOT" However, DayZ _is_ a good litmus test for who are the little sociopaths who will be the first lined up against the wall when I am in charge.

Many of the younger crowd that plays this game may not know this, but, there are people in this world who are broadcasting a mile away in all directions "I am a sociopath" and you will not only not F with them, you do whatever you can to avoid them. It can be a guy with prison tats on the bus with you, or the a-hole in the corner office. Some people are just rotten to the core. Just like your subconscious tells you who is good and who is bad tomorrow on your way to work, there will need to be a way to differentiate between the good and the bad in DayZ. It won't be which guns they carry. Good guys like to carry big guns too, always will. Humanity and the accompanying skins are the closest this game has ever come. Just like your subconscious, it still isn't perfect but nothing else will come close, I don't think. Add the heartbeat to the bandits again - even with ghillie - and you have close to perfection. If you kill so much as 1 survivor, no matter what reason you think you had, unless they were going to kill you, you will always be haunted. If you persist down that path, it's gong to show.

No. It sucks. Don't bother with it and stay away.

I'd start one right now just to annoy you at this point.

Origins isn't even "DayZ" anymore. Mods should really start deleting these threads.

Dunno.

Someone PM me when one of these threads has a solution.

I hate to admit this but you lost me at AZB