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Why would you take the helicopter with zero intention of refueling it elsewhere and actually using it?

If these people were truly doing something noble, they would have come to the forum after discovering that they were able to do this rather than use it against multiple people. While it does help to discover issues like this, it does not help to use it as a means to grief people. Having people banned, warned, named & shamed is standard fare as far as exploits go in online games (this one included, see: people being banned for spawning jets/weapons) both before and after official release. Ultimately any sort of action depends on the severity of the case, but you shouldn't just let people off because "beta is beta" (or alpha is alpha) especially when you've got a fairly sizable player base. Protecting the player base, is, after all, what this sort of action aims to achieve. I'm quite well aware of what exploits are, I have been using them in online games for nearly the past 15 years. I have a very stern outlook on cheating and am 100% against it, out of all the people I know I actually have one of the harshest views on the subject but I by no means hold that same outlook for exploiting. It may not be something in the game which is intended by the developer to happen but intention is entirely subjective to each player and how they want to play the game unless globally specified somewhere. The reason people are not banned for exploits on a game level in nearly every game is because you are not actually doing anything wrong. You may not be playing the game in a way that is viewed as intended but you are simply playing it as it is coded and using everything you are capable of at your disposal in the game without crossing the line into actually running a cheat. I have been having this debate for the last 11+ years in the Counter-Strike community. I bunny hop, russian walk (exploit which distorts hitboxes with the model), fast weapon switch, look below smoke grenades for foot movement etc. Is that cheating? No, it's just me playing the game in a way which gives me a built in advantage that others are not using. Regardless of how scummy people may view me they personally choose to not do it and as such get rolled on as a result. I have very high moral values and as far as I am concerned and see it I am playing games as they are, I am not doing anything else with the software except playing it just as you are. The only difference is you do not take things as far as me or others and that is your own personal prerogative. Don't judge people just because they advance further into the game mechanics than you, if the developer has an issue they will patch it out, if they do not it will remain and it will be used.

It's a neat idea, needs some refinement but it has me keeping better track of my character and more often.

Yeah pretty much, my advice is do not try to make friends in the game. Use your actual online friends from whatever other game you came from and group with them.

I use night vision.

Them not shooting you is generally a good indication.

Best suggestion for right now is find a server you like or a few and be persistent in them.

Not in my experience, I actually tested this last week with a tent packed with garbage and packing it up resulted in the destruction of everything inside.

This.

Clearly a delusional way of warping the intent of what we are saying' date=' well at least what I am saying; I can't speak for others. It's an alpha which is one of the earliest stages in development there is, people should be thankful that the game actually functions let alone it being a public and open alpha. If anything by sheer functionality alone I would consider this game a beta just from how well it runs and works the majority of the time. Stupid things like what the OP is experiencing are going to happen and the problems are widely known by the community and the developers. There is nothing we can do for him and this same topic has arose countless times. If something like this happens just report the bug and move on. Redundancy is to be expected but people need to start using common sense and ask themselves things such as "If I make a topic on this will it serve any point?" or "Will people even be able to help me?". If it doesn't serve any point and you know it has already been reported then don't post, if the situation has already taken place and you know no one can help you then don't post. I understand there are a lot of people new to this entire process but for a lot of things common sense should be kicking in and it's apparently not. Oh yes, clearly I am a fan of Call of Duty...

Yeah, it's happening for vehicles as well, can save it from a mile away.

Try aborting and disconnect, add fuel to the car and repeat. That is how I currently have to do it.