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Sus, but there is no clear evidence of Admin cheating here. Server restarts without warning are all too common, but dodgey server owners will just cry "hacking" as the reason and its impossible to prove otherwise. Did you catch the names of the two you killed? Admins are usually identified in the login screen so if the two you killed were both admins, or in the admins clan, then it would raise the suspicion levels a little. If you want to do something about the general dodgeyness of some servers, head over to http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/83273-community-ratings-rankings-for-servers-to-help-identify-dodgey-servers/ and give my idea some love. I made a suggestion for player ratings of servers to identify dodgey admins, See what you think

No question for me. Hackers are all bad. getting rid of them would be excellent. That said, I alwasy equip myself at Hackers tents with no shame. The fact is you need to play with what you can get, and at the moment this world is a post zombie apocalypse wasteland that is bristling with guns and high level military equiptment people have left in tents. I dearly hope at some stage in the future we will see a world that is a post zombie apocalypse wasteland that has an Ok supply of low levels weapons and a really rare smattering of high level military stuff, as that would make the game way more fun and survivalist for me. The fact is in either world, im going to use what i can find.

you could ask on the Reddit Australia Boards, There are a few admins over there that may be able to assist. http://www.reddit.com/r/dayzaustralia

This /\ /\ /\ These are weapons that are supposed to be as rare as hens teeth. I think they are limited to chopper crash sites only, so on a server of 50 players you really should only see 2 or so at the most. Just another way hackers are screwing the game. I personally dont think the L85 is unbalanced, the fact you can only use either the thermal or Night vision makes it a bit of a bugger in the day time as you have to go with an awful view down the scope, or you need to shoot from the hip. Neither are ideal.

Servers should show the time of day before you login. I know when i get to the DayZ multiplayer server screen It says GMT+2 (or similar) next to most servers

I do take your point, but at the same time, I cant just stuff items into my pack in a real shop, then pop back to the store 10 minutes later to peruse their spanky new inventory that has materialised. I also thought if you "spawned" directly into a supermarket or location, its usually empty? I personally dont server jump, as servers in Australia seem to take 5-10 minutes to get into at times, so its not worth the hassle.

exploiting loot is ok (IMO) but the server Hoppers that jump across servers so they can appear behind you in a firefight are shit

Yeah, dont sweat trying to hide your chopper in the games current incarnation. On the odd occasion I have found or fixed a vehicle, It has never been there once I spent anytime away from the game. Just enjoy it while you have it. I also did think of the unreachable rooftop as a good "hiding" place for a chopper. But there are too many trolls in the game. You would log back on to find a totally shot up chopper and no way down from the roof. This is why we cant have nice things people!!

It would be good to know if these are even being processed, and if its still worth people submitting them. There doesnt seem to be many new posts on that thread at all for the last 2 weeks. I suspect also the few that have been added to the server reporting thread since that date have been posts moved from other threads into "server reports" rather than posts made through the "official" reporting process . Take this one for example, http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/84461-au-1-server-admin-abuse/ It didnt go through the approval process, as there is a mention that it was transferred in from another thread. (its also got no evidence to support the claim and I suspect would have never been approved if it was audited). Are we wasting time reporting dodgey servers and collecting evidence, or is this still something DayZ is interested in hearing about?

So DayZ can break your heart at times, you search multiple deer stands, you only find empty cans, You raid a barn and you find wood and 7 hatchets (see video below) Sometimes its like DayZ is playing a joke on you and deliberalty keeping anything lethal out of your reach. So why not add a single nerf gun to the armory, just to make those moments when the game refuses to let you find any decent weapon even more insulting and frustrating than it already is? Imagine your rage as you search for hours, crawling from deerstand to deerstand, slowing dying of hunger only to eventually find a stinking nerf gun...

If you need an example of where this could be useful, check out this example from Australia that lead to this post : http://www.reddit.com/r/DayZAustralia/comments/yypvt/hey_guys_just_a_heads_up_avoid_au46_suspected/ A few players were banned after killing some clan members (who also owned the server) they then told the admin the players were hackers and he banned them based soley on the word of his clan mates. The amazing thing is, the admin gets on reddit and incriminates himself.

They have battle eye. I play In aus, and I have seen people kicked from AU1 for hacking / scripting by battleye. This is clearly the work of hackers. Im not saying the hackers in questiong are not the admins (although the OP doesnt show any proof of that), but its not "admin abuse" as described by DayZ If you do want to see a classic case of Admin abuse on Australian server AU46, check this thread out http://www.reddit.com/r/DayZAustralia/comments/yypvt/hey_guys_just_a_heads_up_avoid_au46_suspected/ The admins comes on and incriminates himself and states he bans players based soley on the word of his clan members (who were just killed by the people who got banned). Its classic crappy admin behaviour

I play on ANZ 1 all the time, and tools talking on the global and side channels is really really annoying. You must have really been abusing it to get a ban, as they seem way to tolerant of it (IMO). Please use direct chat, or get teamspeak in future.

Kids eh? Next they will be throwing out threats of legal action, thats usually the next go to for internet debaters. I am suprised this thread got approved. It seems awfully light on (totally lacking in) "evidence" required to demonstrate Admin abuse.

To be honest nothing in the OP indicates Admin abuse, The Australian servers have plenty of hackers(unlike others servers) and this sounds like their work. Top work on outing the location of the tents though. I think that is a good method of outing hackers. If people steal their loot, it will mean thay have to hack more, leaving them open to battleye detection. Also I made a suggestion in another forum for a method of potentially identifying dud servers, check it out here and make some suggestions : http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/83273-community-ratings-rankings-for-servers-to-help-identify-dodgey-servers/

yeah, they do dissapear.. It breaks your heart doesn't it? A few times I have been running back in from the coast and that "server restart in 10 minutes" comes up..

Its the hiding behind trees, buildiings or generally loking without being seen that bothers me. This isnt my video, but its a perfect example of the unrealistic ways people use 3rd person to kill others: Those guys are totally undetectable in that video to the people they are shooting on, yet they are still able to safely monitor their opponents the entire time.

AMEN Brother.. Why have a "realistic" game when humans in "3DP ON" servers seem to have suddenly sprouted insect like eyestalks that mount their eyes 3 meters behind and above their heads? Dont even get me started on the fact that you can use NVG's in 3rd person I would be posting all day. Id love to get on a private hive like you suggest, but there are none so far here in Australia except for one that is always locked

sweet idea. I did see this in the potential updates list for the standalone too like the above poster

haha, DayZ.. Putting the "screw you" into "Random"

I would love some random elements in the game, and I agree the rampant supply of WIKI's is ruining the reaility, whats the use of the "real" in game map, when you can load up an intereactive map that lists everything? Want to know the effectivness of a rifle? no need to actually shoot it and risk the consequences, just load up the wiki!. The issue is, if you dont use these cheats/helpers, you are at a severe disadvantage, so everyone uses them. I have no idea how the hell you would implement randomness across multiple servers, but I would love to see this

Moving dead bodies is a damn fine idea. Dragging your dead mates to cover so you can loot them safely ;)

I thought this was going to be a thread about getting rid of 3rd person view.

I think digging is a decent idea. Anything that is too "secure" is frankly unrealistic unless its a massive bank vault safe or similar. I also think tents are OK, but from what I understand hackers maps will show up all tents on a map. I suspect without this, tents would be a lot more secure

Awesome suggestion there, On suicide, Its also a shame you cant shoot yourself. I have fallen off a deertower in the middle of nowhere without morphine once before. I had to crawl to find a zombie to kill me. It would have been nice to have the ability to blow my own head off.