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M4 A1 CCO SD packs the punch of a decent AR, but doesn't call every zombie in town. I'm stuck with a bizon right now and I miss my old SD gun. I mainly use this for when the coast is clear and I'm taking out the zombies. Before I know the coast is clear I go with the DMR. Ammo is pretty common and its a good pvp weapon unless You go against someone with a more high power sniper rifle.

The dude who appeared in front of you was probably the cheater. He could have run a script that made it look like you did something. Find another server.

I like Shifty's idea, that tent capacity is too high. Even if tent capacity was say 50 item slots, but the same mechanics as backpacks, it would be better. I mean the guns would take up 10 slots etc.. You could keep a decent loot pile, but not a giant stash, Because really, once You know where to get the good loot, You only need one decent gun and some toolbelt essentials before You are back to getting good gear in a short time anyway. The way tent's are now it becomes a needed item really. Once You have one, or access to one, the balance vs non tent owners is pretty OP. The end of item duping will fix this to a large extent. I think making tents stealable would be going too far.

You should try the Stalker series. It has a good single player survival sandbox type gameplay. Don't wait for that dev team's next game though, because that will be multiplayer only too. DOH! Dayz is and should always be online only!

Besides the places mentioned above, traveling is the only way to find the very best thing in the game. Crashed Helicopters!

I agree. Once I got my two tents It's quite easy to keep very well geared. This is even without doing any ammo or item duping. The only thing that kept me going for the past weeks was hunting for those elusive nvgs. It hurts to lose rare items, but the fun in the mod is that crawl up from the bottom. I'm taking a break now, so in a few days my tents will despawn.

FN Fal when I can find the ammo. Usually go with the M4 A1 sd but currently rocking the Bizon till these 4 clips run out. I usually keep the DMR in my pack in case of bandits too. Early game it's Winchester all the way.

With dayz commander click all the options to eliminate wrong game versions and sort by ping. I think I might go with what Fraggle said. I have thus far been on public servers. Unfortunately every weekend on my current server (where I have 2 tents) every tent gets crushed and all vehicles get teleported to a single location... Private Servers don't have this problem as frequently I'd hope.

I like the idea. It's pretty known that nwaf is a no friendly zone. I think of it like that anyway. I'm generally friendly to the point that I have gotten killed a few times, but I still keep it that way. At NWAF though, I keep a very low profile. If I see a group I avoid. If I see a loner I break out the DMR.

Use dayz commander, and make sure You select the "ignore wrong Arma version" and "ignore wrong Dayz version" The bad: You will now have a much smaller list of servers. The good: You will not have this problem anymore.

The standalone will be based on arma 2 engine so that they dont have to recreate the entire thing. They are calling it arma engine 2.5 because it will be a modified version customized for dayz. I hope they can upgrade it somewhat. I agree the screenies look pretty nice.

Yes there is a map hack/ esp script. But at NWAF it is quite possible they were watching you from afar.

It might have become a private hive. That's whats happened to My previous home after a weekend of horrid mass instakill griefing. search your server on the server stats sites to see if it's become a private hive and/or changed the map they are playing.

No dogs, and duping is still there. Way too many as50s sitting in tents/vehicles. The Devs are putting their attention to the standalone, as I think they should. Hacking has died down somewhat, but it's still pretty common. I haven't encountered hackers in weeks. I thought the server I play was pretty hack free, but the other night I happened upon a "parking lot" with a bunch of vehicles and the boat, so scripters are still around. There are more private hives if You want to play it safe from hackers. Avoid Saturday night that seems to be when the script kiddies are most active.

Saturday nights are the worst night

I dont want to fully endorse loot farming, because some say it's cheating. I think it's boring and there are no guarantees. What you can do is go to a supermarket or other high loot building and take all items.. every can and whiskey bottle. put them in a pile in a spot where loot doesnt spawn. leave the building so you are 300 yards away for 10 minutes. the loot will respawn and you go back and get the new items, and hopefully the tent you want. You could waste all day doing this without success so you're better off just playing normally.

I have a tent. It's location locked since I died, but I still keep My stash there because I found a great spot. I dont item dupe, though I'll admit I've done it in the past on other servers. That took away the challenge, so now if I die I get some basics, maybe do a go for broke run through the nearest city, then head up to my tent. I try and find guns I haven't used yet. I don't take high end guns off corpses if I think they probably were hacked in. Heli Crashes and the Military spots are My choice. Then I go down to the cities and look for fun!

Can you register Your arma 2 through steam as a "non steam" game? Then You could get OA through steam or the other site whatever you prefer.

When You place a marker everyone on "your team" sees it. Since in Dayz everyone is on blue team, everyone on the server can see the marker on their map. So this hacker didn't need the nav hack to see where you were, it just let them know your location. Still putting a marker on a map is an invitation for company of hacker sort or legit bandits.

I found one in a low level house and the rest I've found in supermarkets. I think I found one in a church as well. Things to keep in mind when you DO find one. It takes 3 slots. dont let your pack eat it. place it on flatish ground but not directly under tree branches. When you pack a tent up if falls on the ground. Theres a bug where you can't pick it up from under branches. best bet is to find a place in between a bunch of pine trees so it isn't easy to spot from far away.

kamenka spawinig is great! head north! Hit some deer stands and big barns then round over to stary sobor.

People generally use voice chat in dayz, and location based voice is one of it's main features. Is it reasonable to expect the developers to have something like a speech to text subtitle feature?

Be patient but quick with the crashes. Stealth in and get out quick. Yes 7 or so zombies spawn in a batch. I've found 2 and I got me a DMR, a FN FAL and a FN FAL AN/PVS4... woot! If only I had nvgs...

I think shit is a great idea. But I have a suggestion. Shit ought to attract flies like corpses do. So You would be looking for that corpse to loot but oh, its just a turd...