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Hey, Kata. I just wanted to say thanks for hosting your server. It is one of the few hardcore servers that has 40 slots, and also has a good population (very important). Most importantly, it's not some sort of loot cycling server. Also, I am very close to Los Angeles, so I have a great ping. I prefer #2 or #3 much more than #1. I believe in a SHTF scenario like DayZ that gangs/groups would naturally form, and dominate the land. Therefore, I would love if most players belonged to some sort of group, and tried to control certain parts of the map through violence or agreements with other groups. I was a big supporter of public hives for the mod (I ran a public hardcore server). But, unless Rocket implements a very tough system to thwart ghosters, combat loggers, and server hopping loot spawners, I will most likely switch to a private hive server for SA ASAP. Private hives also solve the issue of players making their camps on low population servers (to keep them safe), while they play on high population servers. I would be very surprised if that ever gets fixed. I like the idea of private hives locking players to the server. There is a better chance of forming a community, and achieving my desire of warring groups. One issue that the mod had that SA also has is too few players spread over too many servers. That should improve some once loot starts respawning (less hopping), but it will still be an issue (especially once servers are allowed 150 players). I want to play with the most amount of players (more danger and interaction). If you want to have a large population, you will have to find a way to stand out. This thread is a good step in the right direction. All of us players on the server need to spread the word about this server to keep it alive and growing. It would be great if we could get some groups to make this their home server ASAP.

I am a lousy sniper and prefer automatic weapons (better for my crappy accuracy). But, sniper rifles are only game breaking against those who choose to play with lousy tactics. I am sure most of us could write a long list of things those players are doing wrong. But, I'll just sum up the solution with this: play like there is someone at long range with a sniper rifle trying to kill you--act accordingly.

I agree with the OP with regards to what are you getting out of it as a server hoster (unless you just want to use restarts every 5 minutes to farm loot). There is nothing to gain. Another reason not to host a server right now is the ridiculous prices due to allowing only big GSPs. What's going to happen to the price when the player slot limit increases to 150? Will the high price of server hosting and high required server specs influence the max player count that is implemented? I was paying $59.00 to a data center to colo my server for the mod that was way more powerful than what these GSPs can offer for the same money. I am totally fine with servers being ruled under BIS's iron fist. But, why in the world would I pay for that at a ridiculous price? BIS can use some of their own millions to pay for all of the servers if they want absolute control.

I doubt loot will be rare enough for trading to be needed. I just had my character reset. Even without loot respawning and playing on a mostly filled server (30-40 players / no server hopping), I was back to fully geared (except for the long range scope) in 5 hours or so. I just need to hit the NWAF to find the scope. Since most players are concentrated in just a few spots, I just went where they ain't, and found many untouched towns. In order to make players want to trade, all loot must be much more rare.

I think I read something recently that the second version requires 85 FPS, while having issues at 60. Either way, I think I'll just wait until one of the 34" 21:9 displays gets G/Free sync since I doubt DayZ will be able to maintain even 60 FPS without turning all of the settings way down.

If I see anyone in the north, I will try to kill them if it can be done with little risk to my life. Otherwise, I won't engage (unless they get the jump on me, of course). I figure any player that makes it to the north is probably decently geared, and has a pretty good knowledge of the game. This makes them a serious threat, and I expect them to treat me in the same manner. I pretty much think of the north as where the big boys hang out, and where gunshots are the only conversation. I am looking forward to private hives where I can get with a group and we can declare the NWAF ours (by killing everyone else who comes near). This can't be done on public hives because of the pussy ghosters.

Thought you were talking about the fsm file.

I am not following you on server hopping looters and ghosters being features, and how elimination of said hoppers is not a solution.

Yeah. I wouldn't play on a private hive shared between multiple servers. Wrecks one of the biggest benefits of a private hive.

I hope you are right, bad_mojo. But, I doubt the SA will go far enough to eliminate the benefits of a private hive when it comes to server hopping. Assuming you can find a good private hive server (definitely not an easy task), server hopping (looting & ghosting) are 100% eliminated. Unless Rocket is willing to make players wait 15 minutes (or more) between logging in on different servers (every single time--not some kind of scaled system), public hive servers will never achieve anywhere close to that kind of server hopping prevention. I seriously doubt that will ever happen (too many will raise hell about even 3 minutes). Not having that prevention is a huge price to pay just so you can play on different servers, and take the gear on your body with you. I will not pay that price even if that means I have to turn my server back on.

I ran a public hive server for the mod, but I agree with you 100%, Mullucka. I would rather play on a public hive server, but the benefits of a public hive are not needed if you find a good private hive server. All I want is vanilla hardcore settings with ninja-like admins who operate as much as possible in the background ("active admins" means annoying to me for the most part). I have never had to wait very long to get into a full server, so that is not a concern of mine.

Why is anyone dying so much that the spawn points even matter?

I have DayZ on a RAMdisk, but still get the occasional mega stutter that lasts like a second (can happen anywhere).

With the recent news that only GSP rented servers will be allowed for SA upon alpha release, I have shut down my server (it is colo'd). I used a GSP rented server for DayZ before I built this one, but will not being going back. I refuse to pay good money for such a lower quality product/service. Thanks to all of you hardcore players out there! I know a bunch of you were waiting for SA to release before jumping back on this server. For all of our sakes, I hope someone out there is willing to stomach the hosting of a hardcore server with a GSP. Take care!

My server is colo'd, so mine (and any other colo'd servers) should be up quick as long as they give us access to the server files right when we buy SA.