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Sorry to interupt the fun, but I think a "switcheroo scope" system would be a joke. It should be entirely possible to take the scope off a gun and move it to another gun. HOWEVER, if you do choose to do this, the scope should not be accurate until you have zeroed it. I have put scopes on guns before, and its not "plug and play". Once you attach a scope you need to set up a range with a target, and alter the scope based on where your shots land. It also helps to secure the gun while you are doing this as you need to be sure you are still aiming at the same place you shot it. Maybe someone with some extensive training and practice could zero a scope in the middle of the bush, but the average joe sure as fook wouldnt be able too. So in short, yes for the concept of changing scopes, but only if we have to zero them in each time they are attached to a new gun.

Good to see a suggestion that is well detailed and explained. However I don’t agree with the concept at all. In essence you are suggesting that the consequence of losing Humanity is degrading into zombiism (is that a word?) and I dont like that as a concept. I don’t like the idea that everyone is already infected and that the "virus" is exacerbated by aggression / violence. Personally I think that zombie bites should be infectious, (and curable) as this would add a brilliant mechanic to the game, especially when playing in a team. However I dont agree with the system you have suggested. I just cant bring myself to like the idea of a virus that’s triggered by being shit. I don’t love that people that are brutal killers in this game, but no-one can deny they are a large part of what makes the game tense. The only reason bandits are currently out of control is the insane proliferation of what are supposed to be ultra rare weapons has meant everyone on a server is armed to the teeth. Once you have all the weapons you want, you think “now what?” . Clearly the “now what” for a lot of people seems to be “sit on a hill and shoot at noobs” (for me the answer ot the “now what?” question is trying to fix vehicles). I think once hacking is under control you will get less bored kids just killing people for fun as they will be too busy surviving and scrounging. A lot of people have suggested what rewards / penalties could be instituted for various humanity scores, but I think any system that links to humanity needs to be very subtle and realistic. I dont think something overt like becoming a zed, or gaining some kind of clear advantage is a good idea.

Can anyone tell me the usual timelines / process for getting a post up on the "server reporting" thread? I (think I) submitted a report 4-5 days ago, but it doesnt seem to have come up on the forum yet. I did note that there was an approvals process for the threads and they didnt go up without being approved, which makes a lot of sense but now I am starting to wonder If i made an error in my submission. The case itself wasnt very contentious, The admin of the server in question openly admitted banning players due to them killing clan members and these statements were provided. Are there just heaps of case to work through and I need to wait a bit, or is it possibel I havent submitted my report properly and I need to do it again. Just looking for some idea of how long this process normally takes.

I agree with OP. here, Admins shouldnt hand out auto kicks for players with them, as it is concevable that some of the 1.2 million players of the game dont read the full list of all weapons, or the forums to find out that the AS50 TWS is a weapon people are not supposed to have. However I think the OP suggestion is excellent. If hackers insist on spawning these guns, then at least ensure they dont save to hive. That would mean they couldnt be passed on to others, and they would have to be created each time a hacker played, further increasing their chances of attracting Battleyes (slow) attention

if you play at night, the dmr is the way to go for sure. as someone above mentioned, its the only scoped rifle that works with NVG's having both is a massive advantage. however if you are never intending to play at night, and you don't have NVG's then the svd is brilliant for lurking

Correct me if im wrong, but the pro "hide body" people seem to be stating that they want a way to remove gear from the game. That’s fair enough, But I don’t think that process should be a one click magic trick where you make a dead body and all its loot sink into the ground. To me thats a damn sight more "fisher price" than a new spawn running back to potentially loot a body. Perhaps you should have to don a cape and yell "abracadabra" into your mic three times or the body wont disappear? However, I would suggest a compromise. (yes, you are still on an internet forum, dont panic) Why not institute a "break/destroy item" option in the inventory menu? That way you could shoot someone and trash their gear if you didn’t want to loot them yourself. The breaking would also have to be done for each and every item, so it would take the process from a farcical disappearing body magic trick, to a lengthy process where you had to take the time to break and destroy the things you didn’t want in general circulation. If there was the ability to break items, it would satisfy the people seeking to rid items from the game, or to deny them to others. However it would also allow the removal of the “fisher price” magic trick where you Sigfried and Roy the body into the ground. (of course there is already an exploit for anyone seeking to destroy an item, you simply try to add it into an already full backpack. That destroys the item totally)

keep it real.. You should have the ability to drag a body. The ability to make a body sink into the ground is not in line with the "realism" i would like to see in this game. That said, dragging bodies would also get used from time to time by your mates if they wanted to get your corpse (read: gear) out of a firefight so you could return to it to loot. I think there has been a bunch of suggestions on this concept already over in DayZ Suggestions thread already, check one of them out and add your thoughts there too.

I wasnt aware of this until I researched their company, but apparently Battleye used to supply referees to the wrestling. I have found some pictures of their referees in action.

They also contracted a ref from their stables to the rugby in Australia but that didnt work out well either : (edit - damn youtube timed start isnt working for some reason. Start that video at the 1:02 mark for the excitement)

I have attempted to catch rainwater in a saucepan once (IRL). A few hours of rain got me a few gulps and the saucepan was a handspan across. I think it this is probably an unrealistic suggestion to catch rainwater for drinking unless you had a permanent base with a specific catchment area. Maybe a water cachment area could be incorporated into the base design concept I have heard mentioned in a few interviews about the standalone game? However being able to drink directly from a water source without having a canteen is something i do support. I managed to die of thirst once in DayZ while standing waist deep in a lake

The idea is good and currently walking on roads is way louder than walking on grass, so It is clearly possible to assign different volumes to different surfaces in the existing system. The issue of course is one of priority, I like this idea, but I can think of a lot of things I would want to see first.

With regular server resets it isvery difficult (as you have noticed) to find a vehicle, source all the parts and get it running in the time avalible. If your really keen on getting a vechile up, i suggest the following actions : 1) get a team of like minded people to assit you. 2) Try to hit up servers that have recently restarted to give you the maximum amount of time 3) get to know the likely vehicle locations and check them out 4) if your not afraid of a little exploit cheating you can get yourself into a location close to a regular vehicle spawn point and then server jump until you find a server where the vehicle has appeared. 5) Collect everything you need to fix the vehicle and hold it on your character (and your teammates characters). DO NOT half fix vehicles. As you will no doubt be aware, if you get a sudden restart you will lose all the work you have done. At least by holding onto the parts if you lose the vehicle, you still have your collection of parts. Our group managed to fix a heli in around 30 minutes once as we were all holding most of the parts required in our inventories already. Good luck.

As the topic header suggests, I am looking for some info on the day night cycle. I am suprised that this information isn't more freely avalible, but my searches turned up nothing specific. Questions are : 1) what time does it get dark in game (I suspect its around 8pm, but can anyone give me a specific time) 2) what time does the sun come up in the game? Does anyone know exactly when these events happen? I assume its fixed for all servers (except those private hives that have adjusted their day night cycle)

so in answer to the OP How bad is loot inflation due to hacking? I would say incredibly bad. I think its also even worse for equiptment, NVG's and GPS seem to be standard fare these days, but we started a private hive recently and no-one has found either of these items yet. Playing on a private hive is a massive difference loot wise, give it a go and you will see how bad the loot inflation has got on the public servers

all this for me also.. Waste of time fighting zombies for random spawns when hackers leave tents filled with every weapon around the North of the map IMO

I cant imagine the frustration of trying to fix a vehicle alone. We always do it in teams of 4 at least, and it can still be frustrating finding that last peice. The additional fact that vehicles dont seem to save properly, and that hackers can clearly find any vehicle on the map means it only a short term gain even if you do fix one up.

Just trying to alert others to the cheaters and let DayZ know which admins are cheapening the DayZ exprience for others. Some admins seem to see it as "my server, my rules" the odd thing is, its Rockets Mod, and he made some clear rules about how servers need to be run if you choose to run one (as far as I know Rocket doesnt go around with a crack team of NZ's toughest sheepherders and force server owners to run hs game) You say go to another server, I say make your game a private hive if you cant abide by the rules, then you can have it all your way and nobody cares.

you might find someone willing to trade, but I agree with the other posters, 2 drinks is 2 drinks. In fact 2 water bottles is technically better as they are refillable

WTF?? Quick, get rid of this post so we are the only few that know! ;)

If you want the full story of what happened to us in that incident, one of my mates PM'ed the admin of that server and he also admitted to banning the players based on the word of clan members (who had just been shot). Guys like this are screwing the game, sure its not aswidespread as hacking, but hacking is like a player cheating.. Admins cheating and favoring one group is like the referees cheating. It means the whole game is corrupted. Clans like this need to piss off and run their server as a private hive so they dont con honest players. And for all the people who say "just pick another server" I have run into at least one of these guys in other servers, and they are packed with gear, no doubt due to the fact that they can run riot on "their own" server and then use that to get an advantage when they move to other servers.

AU46 hey? I have submitted a server report about these guys. You clearly killed one of their clan members and they kicked you for it. They openly admit to doing it, but for some reason nothing is being done about it. Also you probably didn't recieve a global ban, so you can play in other servers, just not AU46. Did you catch the name of the guy you killed by any chance? Their clan members all seem to have BB at the start of their names, or they use the initials BB in their name. We had the same issue with them a while ago, we took it up in Australian Reddit and the admin came on and admitted to banning people bacause his clan members told him they were hacking (after the players shot his clan members, sound familiar to you?) anyway, you can read them admitting to this here : http://www.reddit.co...au46_suspected/

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

I dont doubt it, but do you have any further info? Time this happened, what hacking was done? how were you talking to him etc? I play on ANZ 1 a bit, but without times and dates and how you spoke to him this thread isn't going to help people a lot except to maybe alert people to stay away from servers if "Fraser" is in the lists which is a bit vauge

I dont think anyone is "against you", Alt F4'ing, and dodgey server restarts are an unfortunate fact of DayZ. However, the onus of proof is unfortunatly on the person to bring when making these claims. You have described a shitty situation for sure, but there is no way to pin this on an Admin of a server. Its suspect for sure, but its not provable. Even if you had the power to go through all the logs, you coudn't prove the shutdown was related to your kills. I also suspect DayZ has given up a lot on investigating dodgey servers recently. A casual glance at the "server reporting" thread shows almost no new threads have been approved recently. I understand people are still lodging reports, they are just not being approved by admins and put up on the site. Check my complaint out if you want a comparison. We had a server admin openly admit he kicked and banned players for killing clan members. I made a complaint a week ago and I have heard nothing. I even linked to this thread where the admin admits what he did http://www.reddit.com/r/DayZAustralia/comments/yypvt/hey_guys_just_a_heads_up_avoid_au46_suspected/

3DP on? Damn it. I have been looking for a private hive for ages but I cant bring myself to play in a world where people can look round corners and over walls without exposing themselves to fire. Top work on setting this up though. I hope it stays hacker free, the facebook signup is a top idea for keeping people honest too.