I'm unsure of the procedure here. I've apparently been banned since it won't let me join any server and keeps saying something like 'Kicked: Banned (Hacking/cheating anti-hax)'. Now, I'm not sure what to do here because I've no idea what I've been banned for. Can anybody help? And no, I've not been hacking/cheating.

So many screen tears and graphical glitches, especially around Stary so I have no idea where I'm going because I literally can't see anything. Any fixes?

I literally can't go to NWA now since it's gotten so bad.

Which one and why? I'm the designated marksman in the squad, and have the choice between the two but I'm not sure what to pick.

I know what it's called. Just because it's called that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be as effective. I've never used the m107 before, so I was wanting a second opinion. Think before you try get one over on someone, you arsehole.

Let's face it, the reason for Arma 2's sales is because of Rocket and DayZ. I think he holds more power than he knows. If the community speak up about the nerfs, then surely he'll be able to reason with the devs/release a counter patch or something.

Ok, I've only been playing this game and DayZ since it went on sale, but already I'm addicted - and the story I'm about to tell was possibly the most fun I've had in a videogame for a very, very long time. So my buddy and I spawned just outside of Cherno after a reasonably succesful playthrough the night before (we had aquired some good loot from the NW Airfield and Stary, specificaly an M4A1 CCO, an M16A2 grenade launcher and an SVD camo, which had no ammo). Having ransacked the nearby Hospital for medical supplies, we decided to head back up north towards Stary, then onward unto the Airbase. About half way towards Stary, low and behold - a crashed Heli. Now, the day before this I had been moaning that my SVD was out of ammo, and how I disliked the scope on it and would prefer a DMR. What do I find? Not one, but 3 DMRs by the Heli. Holy tits on a sandwich I was ecstatic. Having had a cheeky wee wank over my newfound fortune, we yet again proceeded towards Stary, finding little in the way of weapons but lots in the way of sustenance. I promptly filled my little Alice backpack to the seems of fuckin baked beans and shit, and we were off. Now, this is where it gets interesting. We reach the airbase from the south side where the Barracks behind the trees are. Me being the designated Marksman, I go to the slightly open plain so I can get a good look at the hangars, Firestation and Runway. My buddy was just about to haul his sweet ass into the barracks when I spotted it - two ghillied players agroing some motherfucking mythbusters. I promptly shite myself, as I thought they were looking right at me. I hit the deck, my pal does the same. Sweet lord and mary, the haven't spotted me. They form a Human-centipede esque crawling formation towards tree barracks. I take the shot. Hit. He's bleeding. Not dead. Shit. They both leg it into the forrest, and like the fucking chameleon seaweed monsters they are - I lose them. After what seemed like a day(Z - hahahahahaha) of scanning the tree-line, I spot one of them with his massive binoculours out - lieing about 2 feet away from my friend. I tell him where he is and unloads a fucking whirling dervish of bullets at the ground. Having turned his face into mashed potatoes, I spot the final little bastard promptly shiting himself, but can't take the shot since he ran behind a wall. "Brrrrrr...". What the tits was that. Turned out, the boy had gotten on a cheeky wee dirtbike. It was going to take all my ability as a crap marksman to get him. I aim...I move the scope...adjust the trajectory...calibrate some shit...and...miss. He's off. Into the night like a wounded pelican straying back to its nest full of pelican nurses. I walk over to the body that's not be looted yet. NVG. Silenced M4A1. DMR Mags. Success. That, my friends, was the best experience I've ever had in Dayz. Such fun. Almost as good as the teabag after the carnage.

That's not it at all. My squad roles with a FAL, an LW and a DMR so we aren't effected. What is effected, however, is the realism factor. I play DayZ because it's different. The last thing I want is for it to become like COD.

Pistols are now borderline useless, especially against players.

I usually like it to be a squad of 2 or 3. I find having a bigger squad cumbersome. There's more chance of being seen, you tend to go slower travelling in a pack, and whatever loot you find can be evenly shared out usually. It's also good in terms of tactics as well. One man holds the food, the other medical supplies, and the other ammo. One man marksman, the other Assault and the other one close quarters/silencer. I never play on my own. Call me a noob, but I'm just not comfortable with it.

Hmm...do you use sixlauncher?

We carry a balance on our person at all times, but keep the majority of it in bulk in our backpacks. It's just easier to organize knowing who actually has what when we run out of stuff. Also, in the case of deaths, we've never died by Zeds, but in PVP we've lost one guy once, but the general procedure is if we lose one we go half and half in the bags. If we lose 2, the one remaining survivor will retreat to the coast to help the other two out - luckily we haven't had to do that yet.

Have you downloaded the latest patch?

My buddy and I have found 2 crashed Helis in one session, but each time they had 3 of the same weapon. 3 DMRs in one and 3 FN FALs in the other. Anyone else had this?

It's glorious.

So jelly.

Well, I thought I'd try liven it up a little bit. So many of these stories have a 'and then we did this and the we did this and this happened' feel, it all becomes a bit stale.

Not one visitor? Sad times, sad times.

In my opinion, it's the AS50 over the SVD camo, purely because of its zoom. Even with the range measurements, I always feel at a disadvantage shooting with the SVD because the target seems so far away. Difficult to be precise, if you will.

Haha, life's tough, eh? Well, I'm not sure about finding SVD ammo since it's incredibly annoying to find. I'm sure you'll be able to find someone to trade for it though. If you get a DMR, would you be willing to trade the DMR and maybe 2 or 3 Mags for the SVD camo?

Yeah I really want to get rid of this SVD camo for an AS50 or DMR. Not only do I have difficulty with the SVD but I've got no ammo anymore! Anybody know of a reliable trader that may be interested?

Ohohoho.