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Nice. Im doing the exact same thing now. I don't come across vehicles like you do though. The server I am on is a clan server so I'm guessing they are all hoarded somewhere. Not that I mind, I prefer moving on foot.

The game is desinged to give players free will to do whatever they want. Since most people are simple minded they do the most simple obvious thing they see in front of them and kill other players or die trying to at least. Its great that the game allows for creativity, but good luck with that when it relies on the community to allow it.

League of Legends is near hack free. Things pop up from time to time but they don't last long. The only thing that is in the game is a maphack that reveals players on the mini map, but not the map. And if youve played League before, this is as good as useless. DayZ can't acheive that though.

You need permission from Rocket to ban someone. If you ban someone without proof you risk having your server blacklisted and removed from the hive. Its a really good process, going by Rockets list he has banned around 18 people since the mod started, only around 100, 000 players to go. He will get around to it eventually. According to some people, the reason there is so much hacking is because Rocket, apparently, has no control over hackers and its all up to BattleEye. Arma is also designed to be easily hacked/modded. Apparently with the standalone Rocket will be including in-built Anti cheat and the game will be designed to not be so exploitable. All a big sales point story if you ask me.

CZ550. I don't run out of ammo with that rifle.

Welcome to the most hacked game on the internet.

Despite what people say, keep your server clean. Seriously, Rockets little book of rules helps hackers too much. Personally I think your better off with a private hive also. Public hives are just way too open. TBH I really think Rocket should have allowed private hives to be a standard by this stage. The only reason I see for him not doing it is the fact that more people will buy the standalone if the mod is full of hackers.

OP go find yourself a Private Hive with a decent admin. Public Hive servers are full of hackers and always will be. With a really good private hive admin, there will be literally no problem with hackers, I know from experience. Even if a hacker gets into the server the admin bans, sends the logs to BattleEye and reverts the server to right before he joined. This mod is great, but the majority of players in this game right now just want to cause grief. Its sad but true.

The servers Im playing on are hack free and I have zero problems with tents not saving. On the other hand, if I go into a public hive server guaranteed if I put stuff in a tent one night it won't be there there the next day.

Won't help. There is the in-game score tally as well. Stat whores will always be in this game when thats there.

I probably average about 5 Zombie kills an hour. One bandit kill every 72 hours. I don't kill players unless they try to kill me and I have no escape. I loot towns fairly quickly running in and never crawl so I enevitably kill a few zombies after getting clear of town that wanted to come along for a walk.

Actually thats not necessarily true about items not spawning when you arrive in vehicles. They actually will spawn. Its only Zombies that won't spawn when your in a vehicle. Although yeah, if its playing up I would get out and come in on foot again, but something Ive tested, the loot will quite regularly spawn whilst coming via vehicle as Ive seen it happen whilst still in the vehicle and nobody else around.

Try checking around the mountain peaks above Petrovka. The thing about this is Petrovka isn't really a decent place to loot and the decent loots in the North/NorthWest (above NWAF) are not very good. People don't go to Petro very often and that means less player traffic above Petro. Alternatively, another place worth trying is the area around Pebodo dam. There is a fair bit of clearing around there so there are limited places to hide tents. But people like this area, there isn't much traffic and its a good place to refill Water Bottles. Another one is near the inland water part that comes in from the sea above NEAF. I find alot of traffic goes through there though. And that traffic is usually clan players so youve gotta be careful up there. I find alot of vehicles and tents. I think its a major route for boats heading over to skalinsky island. You can't see the inland bit of water on the DayZ DB map, it stops just before the edge but its around 136 019.

Objective is to pick up food and water. Something to deal with Zombies. Preferrably pick up a back pack. Need a hatchet. Matches and a hunting knife would be nice. Once I have at least either matches or a hunting knife I will start heading North. The drop rates on them can be rough. Although at present you don't need to hunt, there are enough from only eating canned food, but I enjoy hunting and the 800 blood is great.

Hacker teleported to me, I unloaded a clip into him. He walked up to me at point blank range. I unload another clip into him. Nothing. He unloads a clip into me and I die.

Admins have alot more powers then you guys are letting on. Sure they might have to break some of Rockets out of date rules, but in my experience its the difference between a server full of server nukers and a server with no hackers on them at all, except for the occasional one who gets server banned right away, had his logs sent to BI and watched as the server is reverted 15 minutes to revert and damage they caused.

Yeah its way slower than the WarZ forums. I read and post on both. I start loading DayZ first and Im in and reading threads in the warZ general discussion before DayZ website has even loaded.

Its difficult to do that sometimes. I recently had an encounter with a player. I seen him well before he seen me. I layed down in the grass and he ran past. I just layed there and watched him pass. He must have alt looked over his should because suddenly he turns around and starts shooting at me, every shot misses and he just stops and stands still. I didn't want to shoot him, but I didn't want to advertise that I was alive and give him the chance to unload another clip in my direction. I wasn't sure if he was firing warning shots or if he was trying to kill me and wasn't sure if he had hit/killed me. I had intended on calling friendly if he seen me, but as soon as he did he started started shooting. He was probably startled by seeing me lieing in the grass so close, but still he should have scanned his area before running through not after and once he seen me he should have taken cover for a firing position or to talk to me and indicate that he was friendly or not. I mean, I could have killed him before he even seen me. Then after he unloaded a clip at me I could have dropped him again. In order for there to be a process, both sides have to follow ettiquette. That's just not happening right now.

It is not OK to pick up hacked weapons, some admins will ban you from their servers for having them, but you will not be globally banned for it.

Ah, don't me to contradict you, but the mod right now is not hardcore at all. Its really very basic and easy to play. The survival components are rediculously easy to deal with. The loot tables are extremely generous. The Zombies are not a hinderance whatsoever. Im all for the game being hardcore, but right now this mod is far from a challenge.

Personally I feel the map is too small for a 50 player server. And Rocket is talking about 100+ per server.

I'll pass. If I wanted to use hacked weapons Id hack them myself.

Great video!

Do you always shoot on sight? I find alot of people who shoot on sight have the exact same experience. Not sure why...

Agreed! You should go rent one and show them how its done!