I must say overall it's been fun. An incredibly unique gaming experience which brought me way back to the days I played Ultima Online. But, sadly, I'm done with the abusive nature of the games design... This isn't about hackers. I acknowledged this game had a hacker problem, and did a good job of avoiding them by sticking to low population servers and playing at off hours. But I'm talking about a serious problem that, unlike hacking, could actually be fixed in this alpha... Combat logging. It's just totally beyond my logic for people to do this. I haven't had a problem with hackers yet, but combat logging has griefed me for the last time. It's sad I feel the need to leave a game over a mechanic that just so blatently abused and the only response people give is "deal with it." I won't get into how combat loggers are defeating the whole point of the game; the thrill and risk involved with dying at any moment. Its honestly never struck me to log out while being shot at, and I have been killed numerous times. I'm a good sport about dying, hell I could even tolerate the occasional hacker... But combat logging is just so prevelant it sickens me now. Last night I was sniped and killed while scavenging with a friend of mine. The guy came and looted my body, at which point my friend hiding nearby lit him up with his AK-74... Only to have him combat log after taking a hit. I could go on and tell you about a few more similar circumstances, but I won't bother. I know most people are just going to tl;dr me, or give me some snide remark like "aim better" but the bottom line is combat logging just shouldn't be possible in a game like this or any game for that matter. It's a broken mechanic, and sadly damaging enough that I'll be putting the game away in hopes that the standalone fixes these issues. Thanks for those who took the time to read this. I know it won't matter much, but I just hope the DayZ staff knows how damaging this exploit is to their fanbase.
