.Ender.

i got a few range finders... meet me in the middle of NWAF. stand on the runway, flash your flash light 3x then 1x then 3x so i know its you. then just wait....

lol have to admit its expected of some players to do that and not respect the boundaries of war (like not shooting the messenger), its apparent he doesnt give a crap what people think of him at this point, and its apparent he welcomes the challenge and now has a bounty on his head. but the one thing that CAN hurt him that will keep him on his toes (and he's reading this i 100% garuntee you) is that he has to watch his back amongst his own kind now during trades or heal requests from other bandits. might not be a bad idea in the medic community to have a SINGLE consolidated blacklist of names (steam, skype, forum, ingame, etc) then list last server/location (what area of the map), and recent activity on the forums like 'looking to trade' or whatever. pissing off a medic is funny to him, but pissing off an entire community trying to help will be more funny to us than him. :)

So i logged in and my truck/motorcycle and all the gear in them (A LOT of good stuff) were completely gone. I had all my gear on me though, which pretty much is everything you can get. Had the same player now for days. I log into one sever to check some tents, stuff is there. Keep getting kicked because battleye client (however you spell it) wont load. Never failed before. so i did the sensible thing, updated my Arma2 to the new 96061 version using dayzcommander. Goes quick, maybe 10 seconds, its all done. click on a server, spawn on coast with NOTHING even in my inventory. completely bare player now except my gillie suit. same on all servers i have favorited. i revert back to the 95883 version that most servers are still using, same thing. now im 100% empty, no vehicles, and im on the coast (was far out in the woods). anyone else get this from doing the update? was fine until i updated my god damn game...stupid me for wanting to be updating when updates happen and forgetting the servers usually fail to be compliant on a regular basis.

the funny part is..i decided 'F*ck it...ive lost it all so ill start over'. I still have my gillie suit and all my ratings (kills/head shots/honor rating/etc)...just NOTHING in my inventory. so i run up to the nearest barn, within 5minutes Ive already got a 1911 with 4 mags, winchester, alice pack, food, bandages, map, watch, hatchet (most important item!), and the best...a bicycle. Hah. I have yet to see a bike and i looked for days. i ran into this one going out of the barn after looting. starting out good already! and i found an offroad truck but of course...it needs everything. still...id call it a nice lucky start right back up getting on my feet!

damnit! ah just lucky me then....awesome...

that would be interesting if buildings could actually be lit on fire and forests could burn for clicks in any direction... but either a gas station was blown up by some charges or that is hacks...that does not look like any wreck..and ive seen charges go off..they look like mini-nuclear bombs! but they dont do that.

its not hacking when any idiot can modify a cfg file, its simply cheating. hacking/cracking requires actual knowledge and skills which none of these cheaters have. what someone learns off youtube or by some other fellow idiot can be done aby any 8 year old with a PC these days. its bad enough we have server/game glitches that destroy/kill/lose/etc all of our equipment and vehicles, we dont need to worry about some jackass killing us after surviving for days and actually building wealth legit. I love this game and cheaters wont discourage me, but ive found lately it to be more annoying that an admin will kick me for no reason when theres maybe 4 or 5 people on the server. ive had almost zero ping minding my own business then it kicks me 'You have been kicked by Admin'. Some admins kick the players and reset the servers so they can go to the spawn locations and grab all the gear for their clan members (mostly done with helis im sure). But every game/server needs maintenance to clean up the trash (cheaters/corrupt admins). Looks like we got a good maintenance crew set up...so keep up the good work! Have some beans!

"Bandit" redirects here. For other uses, see Bandit (disambiguation). http://upload.wikime...om_Bisaccia.jpg http://bits.wikimedi...agnify-clip.pngA small band of brigands from Bisaccia, photographed in 1862. Banditry refers to the life and practice of bandits which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as "one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey. INCLUDING POST-RUSSIAN OUTSKIRTS DURING THE ZOMBIE-APOCOLYPTIC CHERNARUS" But the OED also states that in modern usage it may be used as a synonym for gangster, hence the term "one-armed bandit" for gambling machines that can leave the gambler with no money.[1]" then you sir, are not a bandit! ^_^

haha..friendly to 'whom'? certainly not innocent survivors..because if you're a bandit, you kill survivors unprovoked and steal when given the chance. :rolleyes:

the problem is people try to hide their gear in masses...you can easily hide an ATV or single tent..maybe two...but most places near a city you could not hid 20+ group worth of gear. ive stumbled across a few (what im assuming) are bandit camps. 20+ tents, vehicle or two, and lots of sand bags and barbged wire. Whats funny is i dont take weapons or anything, I like to just take any car parts they have and fix the car, then drive off. But this game will be VERY interesting as the standalone comes out and we have a lot more options for bases, defenses, and more group oriented play. i think whomever storms these bandit camps he has exposed takes video and plays it, because i think it will be very entertaining to watch as bandits hard work is looted and destroyed just like they destroy a players hard work.

this is a classic example of 'it takes one to know one'. so let me get this straight....bandits..who go around killing innocent people and stealing things that dont belong to them (i wouldnt go as far as to say 'ruining' because its part of the game experience)....are upset/surprised that a 'fellow criminally minded bandit' did something untrustworthy/backstabbing? I think its great. politics at its best! I for one have never killed someone because i dont have to and can survive on my own. player killers add to the game play and i love it, because its realistic to shoot first ask later scenarios in a survival world. its good to see there are 'gang wars' going on within the bandit ranks and clans..turkey vultures feasting on turkey vultures!

if you've been playing for some time and dont have a weapon you're not hitting up buildings/loot areas. You really need to at least go to watch towers out in open fields and theres always weapons and ammo and what not. barns usually have hatchets (best weapon in the game!). I hunt and play with a hatchet. also, dont go getting a pistol or rifle and rely on it, because most are loud and attract more zeds than you can kill. a hatchet is the only weapon necessary for killing zeds. every other weapon is purely for defense/offense against human players. its frustrating not having a weapon which is silly to start completely defenseless...but youll quickly learn where to get good gear.

Yeah the medic crowd is doing a good thing whether the statistics are truely in its favor or not. But other than helping other people out, its a good crowd to just chill with and run missions for as an extra gun or storage to help haul medic and other gear. Sort of gives you a purpose even if you dont do the medic work itself. My goal is to help the medics by getting vehicles in running shape and giving them away so they can quickly help others. Plus its hilarious driving around in groups, you have so much fun and even if you die its entertaining. I destroyed myself last night in a tractor by running into a rock...i LOL'd. somehow i managed to stay alive as my health declined from 12000 to 486 and stopped bleeding for some reason. Im back to full life, but my tractor..its not so good of shape :)

why spend all that time pitching a tent when it wont stay the next time you spawn? i lost about 6 tents full of really nice gear and vehicle parts galore. logged onto a different server (same version), logged back in and BAM! everything was literally gone. such a waste. its funny...we spend all this time trying to pitch a tent intentionally, but in highschool and middleschool i was doing it by accident and couldnt help it! ^_^

do the vehicles spawn in the exact same location every time? or are they within a given click...like next to a building, but it might spawn 100m in any direction? i have YET to get a single vehicle..the only one ive seen was a bus that just needed two wheels, but it was on a laggy server so i left. basically im tired of running around with wheels, jerry cans, etc when ill never need them and they just take up tons of space in my tent/backpack.

the debates within the community is the whole purpose of this posting. It brings those that want to help together for a 'greater cause' than just running around collecting the best of the best and then being bored. it also brings those in who like killing players for easy looting (because they're too crappy to go get it themselves for fear of being shot and losing all their hard work). It actually will create more organized bandit factions im sure, because as their job gets harder, they'll team up. Its not a bad way to look at it. My first day playing I was literally unarmed and looking to find my first loot. two players ran out of a barn and into the woods. they were running from the zeds they agro'd. then the zeds turned on me! i ran in the players directions knowing they had rifles and was thinking 'they will see a player chased by THIER zeds and will kill them for me, and maybe offer some advice or a cheap weapon or something'. as i got near and didnt run directly towards them (to be cautious on their behalf), they both fired at me and shot me dead. i lol'd...i didnt get mad. i got my first real lesson in DayZ...trust no one you dont really know. very realistic if you ask me. im curious to see how far this goes...i for one am hoping it turns into a neat society that branches off other sister-societies so you can sort of be walking around and know where 'safe' or 'dangerous' territories are.

Divvy, I think that political factor is what will make it interesting. Kills/defending kills wont be black and white. They will use the ask first rule Im guessing and weigh the facts. If they dont have enough to punish the person on scene, they will treat it like any case with minimal to no evidence. Plus if Im not mistaken, and you can see someone soon enough, cant you scroll your mouse wheel over a body to see how it died? not sure what details it gives though, some just say 'killed by....' and nothing after. But I personally think what they're doing with the Coalition is a brilliant idea! it puts a lot of fun into a game that is such a sandbox world. I mean hell, they could have mechanic crews that constantly gather and horde parts, let people bring their vehicles to them and trade for fixing up a vehicle. or offer to 'sell' a vehicle for A LOT of weaponry or medical supplies or something. the options are endless when you only have your imagination as the limit. I like the idea of being more of a lone wolf with good relations with others, and being able to help if needed, sort of like what Im doing with the TMW right now. Ive been saved twice, but have been running around with them to offer my gun and help find vehicle parts. Its hard to do as a solo 'treasure hunter', but Ill figure it out. its all part of the game!

glad its not just me...but it is absolutely terrible. At night you cant even go in Cher or GM or anything because its so distracting you cant even see. you can only run away or look away and hope youre not attacked or running into something. so annoying...but im sure it'll get fixed at some point. at least i know its not my higher end graphics card or PC...thats abit reassuring.

prob one of the most interesting threads in this forum...this is a great community! plus i meet the guys that have saved me twice, and hang out and travel with them. learn the land a little and will easily/gladly help them any time! btw, if you've been saved by this med team (or any whitelist medic), i would suggest helping by gathering vehicle parts and helping arm them with vehicles. your next save could be 10x faster via ATV or Van vs waiting on foot for someone to be 'close' by. btw....sya, you still alive?

i wouldnt post specifics..makes for easy prey. just sayin! either message a known supporter in your region or get on team speak or something.

Im on the TeamSpeak for the medic forum 'Ender'. Skype is 'dham99'. Unfortunately noone is near my town right now....

sticky? *cough Sticky...*cough sticky! anyone in the south east region near Kamyshovo? broken leg. need assistance :)

"practice headshots on Zeds". best advice, period. You wont get good at shooting until you shoot...its an odd concept... the thing ive noticed is the crosshairs seem odd to me...i can hs but it'll shoot way low. Im guessing its the lower tip of the "V" because Im putting the little " ' " doohicky between the V and shooting and it shoots low.

actually since you can risk a character that has NOTHING to begin with, you dont need to sneak around. you can literally run through buildings and streets and if they chase you, run away. you dont just lose them if they 'give up', because they wont. they have to lose line of site. use trees, shrubbery, buildings, etc and you can lose them. also, inside buildings they have to walk..they cannot run in the current mod (until standalone because of the limitations to Arma AI). best way to learn, watch youtube newbie videos and team up with someone you trust. and TRUST no one. literally..no one. the game is not hard against Zeds, i have yet to die from one. Ive died 15 times or so from players who either shoot first and ask later, or are simply into killing players. stay off roads. dont run at night (snipers love noisy easy targets), and for the love of god dont go shooting an AK in a small enclosed area or town. you will have a HORDE after you. and if youre a terrible shot or low on ammo, thats bad.

if any medics need someone to tag along for an extra gun (or decoy while rescuing) let me know. I figure its a better purpose to help in DayZ than to try to better myself only to be bored in the end and get caped by some jackass hacker/sniper or something.