Marine (DayZ)

Until the AS50 TWS and the other weapon are a weapon that is part of the DayZ weapons list. I will kick and ban whoever I catch using them. That is completely fair. If players cannot educate themselves on the lists of weapons in the DayZ mod, thats not my problem. On another note, most servers specifically state in the MOTD not to use or to bury it. If you still choose to pick it up and use it... again not our problem. But I do agree. The AS50 TWS is very fun to use the gun itself is not overpowered. The scope in this game however is, the TWS scope on a weapon does not have that kind of visibility range. The scope on that gun in this game you can see for over a mile without any loss of heat signatures. Thermal on an aircraft are suppose to see at distances that great because they are able to push so much more power into their components, a battery powered scope however should be much more limited and if it was pushing full power to the thermal, the battery life would drain within the hour. Speaking of batteries, I think those should be added in to the loot and required for NVGs and thermals. That way, ya fine you have a team of guys with NVGs and thermals while your opponents have their road flares. you better execute your plans quickly because the longer you stay with your thermals up and nvgs on your batteries are just dying away so might want to only use them when necessary just like you would in a real situation. Or maybe even include an item in your gear called a recharger and over time it slowly recharges your battery powered items as long as its in your inventory. That way at least some of the time other players can stand a chance at looting.

Hacks/hacked guns/hacked loot its all just handicaps for the noobs that use them. You ever see a hacker unable to use his hacks because of an update? They are SO terrible at the game. If ArmA2 hacking was a sport it would finally be something hackers could win at without trying to cheat through it. Continue your hacking. Go for it but ill tell you what. We both know who the better player is. Sure as hell isnt the one that needed all the handicaps to get around in the game or handicaps to get kills.

For those of you following with same problem. HFB responded to my ticket with the following: "This is an issue with the latest TCAdmin update. We've submitted a ticket to them in hopes to further resolve the issue."

Yes I hope they fix it fast too because I basically have the very cool title of Admin of my server without the Admin rights to any of my server. Basically feel like I dont at all own or control my own server. But in the meantime, since I cannot update my files to prevent the current hackers that are able to hack in my server. When everything is all said and done with fixing my abilities to control my own server. Is there a way I can have my files completely refreshed, the whole map wiped clean of anything and everything that was created or brought into my server such as hacked weapons or spawned hacked gear. Because If this does happen, I dont want to be the one that owns a server that has tents set up throughout the map in plain sight that has gold revolvers, AS50 thermals, M4a1 HOLO SD, or any other crazy weapons that your not suppose to have. I would rather just wipe it clean and start over. (My apologies to anyone playing on my server if this does happen). Another question. Is there a way battleye can just include some kind of code or script to run during gameplay that checks primary weapons being held? I know in one of the files either server console or createvehicle.log it shows what players loadouts are coming in. Why cant battleye autokick players that are using hacked in weapons? Wouldnt it just be a few simple lines of code or filter someone could add to their server script?

Yes so it seems, "not much legroom". If there were any less legroom, I would surely have to go elsewhere. I know for sure HFB allows RCON. Its in their knowledge base and when I opened up a ticket for this problem, they told me to go in and create the file. They havent responded as to why it wont let me though. When I say I cant create or modify the scripts files. I am talking not just about creating, but copy pasting then saving. The server wont let me re-save over any server file except those two I listed in previous post. Anything at all I try and do I just get access denied. The scripts I was trying to update came from a different site. The google banlist one that showed up in my server console. If I find it Ill post it again, but Im sure you know which one Im talking about since its sent out from battleye.

I agree but I think the more important things should be concentrated on first. Such as vehicle/tent saving, loot saving in those vehicles. Soon as servers restart the 6 hours you put in to getting a helicopter up by yourself is gone in a flash. I could careless about AS50 Thermals, hell I think they should be put in at a very low spawn percentage. That gun is awesome and fun as hell to use. People still have to aim and shoot with it. With most players on DayZ accuracy isnt common haha. Definitely work on the major bugs first. I definitely wont be putting much time or effort into this game until I am able to roll down the dangerous streets of Cherno in my bus with all my gear without losing it to a server restart. Should be losing it to a bandit. But for now I think Ill go back to my console game until the next update. Ive put way to much time into these servers to keep losing stuff. If I do play Ill be the douche bag sniping people from rooftops and forests not even to loot your body or steal your gear. Just for the simple pleasure of killing noobs that are actually trying to put cars together.

So as I was playing today I got to thinking... Its hard to trust anyone on the game. When Im playing occassionally I run into players that say absolutely nothing and have a gun out, look like a bandit, and I think they are going to shoot me. But instead he shot some of the zombies behind me and we ran by each other. I pulled up my sights quickly when i thought he was aiming but he had more than enough time to fire on me. Then there are those players that run around the map screaming "hey man, friendly", "want some gear?", "here take this car" .. just so they can shoot you or attempt to scam you in some way. I dont think either side should be "punished" so to say because hey, somedays I feel like being a bandit too. It would be cool to see some kind of system where.. if you live your life as a bandit, the lower your humanity then maybe your percentage for finding certain weapons or gear would be lessened and other gear would pop up more. Though if you live your game life as a hero, other good gear shows up often. Assuming you would split the gear into categories whats good for a bandit such as traps and ways to coax other players. and then things good for hero such as items to help partners or better weapons to defend against bandits. That way, if you kill a bandit. You can take his gear like traps to use against other bandits. Or if your a bandit you can steal gear from heros that raise humanity like blood bags. That way ALL items are still available you just have to get them another way. Would still incorporate PVP, but would also make players think more wisely on how they want to spend their time. As far as BattlEye, this system so far, just doesnt work. Ive always been partial to PunkBusters. They always seemed to stay in the game when it came down to anticheats. BattlEye seems to be behind the curve. I havent seen hackers for awhile on this new beta, but this morning my friend and I definitely experienced a hacker. Teleporting himself, spawning ghillies, somehow he even turned off the thermal scope on L85s and changed the in game time zone during gameplay. It was daylight, I alt-tabbed for a second to turn on FRAPS. Alt-Tabbed back in and it was pitch black and my thermal wouldnt work but night vision would. I really despise hackers its a huge issue. I can deal with game glitching me out and rocks killing me. But dying because some sorry noob needs a handicap to get around in the game. Makes me not want to play. I can avoid rocks, I cant avoid a teleporting hacker. As far as the Alt-F4 and disconnectors. There has to be some way to disable alt-f4 or global message sent to notify everyone of the alt-f4 and some kind of delay on the abort button countdown or something. Or maybe when a person kills another player. The abort button gets grayed out for a certain amount of time 3 - 5 minutes. Just ideas hopefully one of mine will spark an even better creative idea for the developers. Other than that I do enjoy the game, fun times.

Alright, so first off id like to say this game is very fun. Huge map, variation in players, servers/admins, a majority of everything is a percentage of random generation. Love it. Im not dissing the game i could continue to play it how it is when its released on standalone. But since I know there is some competition with another company to set yourself apart. Please keep the realism in all items, damage to yourself and other players and definitely have to keep that curiousity going. "hmm wonder what I can find on this side of the map today, wonder if I can find any new weapons or items ot use." So one thing I noticed is there is a fair amount of weapons on this game but you have to take them how they are. It would be awesome to have some customizable parts. Maybe if I found a 50 cal sniper rifle I could find thermal scope parts for it or even a supressor to attach. Of course there are its downsides, thermal scopes are a bit heavier. Suppressors wont cause as much damage and tends to increase bullet drop. But its silent. Or maybe even finding camo material to put on your AS50 would be pretty cool. just little extras to add to your M4 or AK even spawned at a fraction of a percent, it gives people EVEN MORE to look for and HOPE for when they are looting. It really is the LITTLE things that count in a game. I must say its real hard to make any friends on this game if you dont already know people. In saying that, the "study body" option doesnt seem to work great. when the body is being studied, would be cool if it finished the examination with who they were killed by or instead how they were killed. injuries sustained, gunshot/axe/knife wounds, or just eaten alive LOL. And a quick note as far as server teleporting goes. Cant stand when your sniping someone and they turn a corner disappear for 5 minutes only to show up behind you because they joined a new server to get behind you in the current one. I think the servers need to save player coordinates. That way each individual server that you joined would have seperate coordinates for your character. No way could you join two different servers to teleport yourself, it would also get rid of any of those who seem to have dupped or hacked weapons stashed in tents or vehicles that cant be destroyed just to transfer items over. Well, at least it would make it a much more tedious process. 1 other big problem i see is people leaving the servers and just joining right back with the same names. Its hard to track other players that way. Its way to easy of a process to just change your profile name. Should be something thats fairly permanent or requires some registration. That name or email should be linked to the players ingame GUID. That way when I message a server admin I can at least tell him who the right person is. Im sure i touched on things that have already been noted. I dont have the time to read through every post to see what everyone has posted. These are just what I thought would make the game that much more fun and that much less frustrating. And I havent given my proper thanks for this mod. Thank you Rocket. I basically ordered and built a new PC just because of this game. My ps3 is now a paperweight. Zombie Survival MMO, amazingly fun. -Marine

Well to start this off. Myself and a few others I play with. I wont state names. We usually roll together and help each other out. Complete strangers that met and didn't trick each other so we could end up killing each other like most on this game do. I am fairly new to this game, about 3 weeks in... My few member team manage to find ourselves a Ural. So we put ALOT of time and effort into filling this sucker up with all kinds of weapons, items, and nice goodies. My buddies got off so I decided to take a stroll to Stary while there was only a few people on the server US 1370 early this morning. Well I had my hunting rifle, G17, and I dropped all other gear off before I left so I could do some LOOTING! I show up in Stary a good 45 minutes later, I heard some shooting going on. So I busted out my range finder. Spotted a few others who did not look to friendly. One happened to be sitting by the vehicles by the tent only about 300 meters out. So I zeroed myself in, lined up the shot and shot him in the neck. He quickly started spewing blood. His partner definitely didnt come to his rescue. He booked it out of there and didnt even make an effort to find me. Poor guy, cant rely on other bandits. Out for themselves. Well about 5 minutes after I hear a chopper in the air and he starts making rounds. This catches my eye, "hmmm there must be more of them". I quickly make my way up the hill and keep my eyes open. I catch a glimpse of a man in the forest who also spots me. Stryke who has an AS 50 vs my CZ 550. Then my eye catches another with a machine gun. Oh boy, got my excitement up now. Your coming to hunt the Marine Sniper? lets play! They search ALL over the top of that mountain for me. Even taking random shots into the brush. Then they fire to try and get me to pop out, but I am patient. I wait for the right opprotunity. Aha! there it is. Looks like he is busy checking his gear standing in the worst spot ever, top of the mountain on the ridgeline? WHY?! Well, I couldnt get a clear shot laying in the brush looking uphill so I went to crouch mode, scoped in fired one shot just when he moved, clipped his chest blood started pouring. But he didnt move right away, must of been checking his map or gear.. ok here is another for your head. BANG! He quickly died from the 2nd shot. His buddy that was helping him search booked it out of there. I gave a momentary salute to the bandits the attempted to kill this Marine and then left. I came back about 40 minutes later. The chopper still making his rounds I tracked his coordinates and directions once again, then all of a sudden I hear a vehicle approaching. "Jeez how many teammates do these guys have?" "A Ural? Theres not many of those on this map, that cant be mine". I find the dead body i shot earlier. "ahh thanks for leaving me the AS 50. Just what I need to shoot the chopper out of the sky." I left Stary and booked it back to my safe zone where my Ural was. But when I arrive hours later It was no longer there. They left cooked meat on the ground where it once was. Like a slap in the face. "Very well, you took my hard earned effort I will not sleep till I find yours." It only took a few hours of running through hills and dense forest. I came to a mountain top where you stashed your Helicopter Dred. It is mine now. Maybe Ill keep it in running condition or maybe Ill crash it on purpose i havent decided yet. I heard it takes 7 days to respawn it. Hmmm I want my Ural and all MY and my teams gear back. You have 24 hours. Then I make my decision. :-)

Well I hid the helicopter in a good hidden location. It took them all day while I was offline to find it but they managed to find it. I waited till my friend was on then it didnt take us long. We found the location of this helicopter you tried so hard to hide, ontop of another mountain. Thought you would of learned by now? Then you dared to challenge me by posting on the map with a checkpoint saying it didnt belong to me and "what am i going to do?" ... well I tell you what we did. I took your helicopter, my buddy as the door gunner. we skimmed the map for signs of our Ural and any signs of nearby cities you may be in. Since fear kept you hidden from us and its been 24 hours. I took the liberty of crashing your beloved helicopter into the middle of a great city that most love to loot. Im sure youll come across it or the many pieces its in. Now I will be hunting your crew with my beautiful SVD Camo and AS 50 I pulled of your teammates body I killed the other day. You bandits are MINE! :)

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