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Multiple characters would be awesome but not if they could influence each other in any way. I bet most people here saying 'who cares about the exploits I want this' will be the people complaining when they get killed by an alt logging in on your position after you've won a fight. Yes, there are exploits already but that doesn't make exploits ok because they normally result in a game which is not as fun as when everybody is sticking to the rules. The idea of each server having it's own database actually sounds really awesome. This would also solve server hopping for loot farming/ghosting so this is a solution that allows multiple characters AND solves some exploits! Sounds like a great compromise to me.

Tonnes of private servers now, they are infact miles better than "official". I've been playing a proper dedciated one just like you would pay to host one, single private database is way better, 50 players, no lag no desync, no ghosting in and out, people who are at the nw airfield and other loot hotspots earned the right to be there instead of hopping from one server to another, heli's work, some custom civilian vehicles, why bother with official at this point? Just like dayz used to be, playable. I think once some of the official hosts/people who buy servers cotton on to the private system, they will end up with similar setups, the current serve rules are alienating anyone who want to support this mod with official setups anyway.

Hello Everyone, If this user is in the wrong (which i am about to check the logs to get further information) i will take correct action but from what the user has explained to me he has full proof of ghosting taking place. I will then forward any logs of which i find onto the DayZ staff, most people who get found ghosting are more than likely going to kick up a massive fuss about it because they can get globally blacklisted. Please bear in mind that if this goes further the DayZ staff will take full action against the users that are causing issues and ghosting. DayZ staff do know that this is a con-current issue with DayZ and that alot of users are ghosting currently however hopefully within the next couple of releases this issue will no longer exist.

I'd like this, this would solve some of the problems of ghosting and server hopping, also it'd allow for new maps to be added and such.

We "1/9-WDU" have provided proof to the Day Z staff through the ticket system. We have won some battles and lost some. We welcome aggressive action against us. That's why we are a military realism unit. A few days ago we lost 6 men in an engagement, our tents were crushed, and our vehicles destroyed. We lost everything. No one was banned and the subject wasn't even discussed. In fact, ShadowWalker ET AL has the fine distinction of being the first group of players to banned for gratuitous exploiting. Our server is a tough but fair environment. We hold our own clan members to the same standard. Our first clan rule addresses this very situation. You can see that at http://wdu.enjin.com/handbook You and your friends might want to realize that there are people who play this game because they enjoy the challenge. We don't want to cheat, we don't want everything to come easy. The fun is getting the gear, defending it, and learning from each loss. The fact that you lost 4 men even though you clearly exploited is a testament to the skill of the individuals on sentry duty at the time. These men will be awarded medals and accolades accordingly. It doesn't prove anything about whether or not you where ghosting. As I said before, you and your friends are banned from our server unless the Day Z staff says otherwise. If they overrule our ban then you will be allowed back on immediately.

False your not allowed to kick/ban anyone that doesn't follow server rules, only those who break DayZ rules, which is hacking / ghosting / DC to avoid death, any other reason is not a valid.

ghosting... banning for this you are on shakey ground at the best of times. reason for this? there are multiple reasons someone may log in on top of you and attack you. 1. person logged off and just happened to log in on your face 2. person saw you comming logged off and logged back in once you were closer to kill you 3. person had a spotter watching you and told them when to log in. 4. person logged off in another server and logged on in your one and just happened to log in on top of you. the problem with the above is... well lets face it. some are simply random chance. an admin is probably going to assume you ghosted if you land on him while logging in and kill him. simple as that. its an admins job to enforce rules so they will assume your breaking them if it happens to them. in this case. your best bet is to appeal directly to said admin and ask for them to review the logs. chances are if the admin cannot find proof they will unban you. if they do not pony up logs though... they need to unban you because that there is just bad adminnery. easy ways to spot ghosting would be to use logs to check logging times. if a player has not logged into your server before and lands on you and kills you? yeah. you cant ban em. if a player logged off 10-15 minutes ago. chances are they either toilet breaked or saw you comming, you can probably ban. if a player logged off some time ago and just logged in on top of you. chances are its random chance you cant ban em. someone really needs to post an accurate guideline for banning for hopping/ghosting.

I tend to side with the people with the most forum posts in these situations until proof is provided. its just like people caught red handed to jump on the forums and start crying about getting caught when they finally get whats comming to them. also ghosting is a counterstrike/fps term for spectating or using other game mechanics to observer the oponents without them being able to do anything about it. this can be using people on thier own team, people who are dead and spectating or in the case of dayz presumably some kind of server hopping to land on your enemies. which sounds about right. one guy watches to tell the group of 4 when to jump. 4 jump in and kill as many as possible. spotter comes in and mops up and steals what he can. looks like the OP told us everything we needed to know in the first post :P

I had a great time when you guys assaulted us, gave me some action on my sentry duty :D But I did see two of you spawn right in our camp and it was obvious that you were well prepared before even joining the server. I love how the guy with the Bizon spawned in the tree night next to me and started open fire on one of our team mates straight away. I had lots of fun, got to shoot down three of you before you got me. But you were ghosting and you know it's wrong.

As good as this solution is intended, this will cause just as much problems as it will fix server hopping (and people will still do it, even with the limitations). I have a feeling once the mod is more optimized for servers to hold more people that characters may become server locked. This completely fixes the server hopping as well as ghosting to some extent (people will still dc duing fights, however they won't be able to hop on another server to circle around you to ambush you). This can also lead to a more community driven experience as it will encourage you to have a home server. Obviously this comes at some slight disadvantages, like maybe you don't like the day/night aspect of the mod (although tbh there is nothing from stopping you having 2 chars with 2 home servers, one during the day and one during the night etc) and ofc maybe your home server could be full (again having 2 home servers or more prevent this to some extent). Unfortunaly any online game that doesn't have server limited chars with multiple servers will have this exploit to contend with in one way or another. It is still in alpha so lets be patient, see what happens and hope for server locked chars in the future.

Ghosting is when you server hop to move positions.

Thanks for the heads up, Zomboy! People disconnecting during PvP and/or ghosting will get a temporary ban on US 38, but there's nothing we can do about your situation without proof. I wouldn't expect anyone to run around with Fraps on all the time though so I guess any proper evidence is hard to come by. There are around 15 regulars on that server from www.neogaf.com and a couple of us are active admins so keep letting us know if you come up with more information.

probably shouldnt have been ghosting then

If someone dc, relocate to avoid ghosting.

I'm sure you did, and yes I did ban you. And our server logs show you doing so. A ticket has been submitted to the DayZ mods and will be handled from there. If you check our site, our server MOTD and the forums here, you'll see out standpoint on ghosting (combat logging) as well as the Devs. So, if you don't like it, take it up with them. And Shadow, I request you read the DayZ forums for Rocket's standpoint on ghosting. Have a nice day. Why so Serious???

Or they can just fix all of the problems regarding server hopping aka ghosting, loot farming , people spawning beside you and murdering you. All of those fixed with a simple simple solution. Server specific locations. Character location is tied to each server not every server. Leave the server and your location is saved. Join a new server you spawn at the coast. BINGO 90 percent of the problems in Dayz fixed.

Those idiots cant even spell members correctly, they spell it menbers rofl. You can banned for dcing during combat/ghosting/excessive ping. Noob vraal should try to keep up with the times.

I can't believe you want people here to sympathize with you after admitting to ghosting, and no, not everybody ghosts like you suggest. The ones that do like yourself, are pieces of shit. I am not gonna even watch your video.

No you are wrong there. Only noobs that bought Arma2 for DayZ mod do this. You wouldn't last 5mins in Arma vanilla or ace mod. Ghosting is a known exploit, I can tell you're going to be popular around here. (that was sarcasm) /rolls eyes

That has to be the funniest thing I have ever read. Not only are you admitting to abusing your admin and shutting the server down. We have screenshots and videos to prove that we were not "cheating". Infinite bullets and high-speed shooting? How the hell did you know!? It's called clips and we didnt even shoot that many shots. Here is what happened. We stumbled upon your camp watched it for a little bit, noticed there was movement and picked not 4 but 1 member. Then Hellfadane decided to log after getting shot (which is considered an exploit). Soon your members started logging in and out trying to take your camp site back only to get killed. I think even one of your members killed themselves with a grenade? Idk what that was all about. So actually we killed 2 of you, 1 killed himself, and the other kept fight logging and ghosting.

Yeah but you blatantly missed this part: which i was referring to. good job ignoring the first and main part: Player A is streaming and queues up for a 1v1 game. Player B is watching and queues up at exactly the same time, and has around the same rank. Player A and B battle. Player B wins because he sees everything player A is doing on his stream, or player A is forced to not allow watchers to see the game, which reduces money gained from the stream, especially if they are being stream sniped repeatedly (Destiny being stream sniped by Deezer.) - stream sniping on dayz would be finding their server (but most streamers cover that up) to play against them, then what commences afterwards is ghosting

Ghosting, or "to ghost" is The act of one or more dead players spectating an alive enemy player, with the intent of revealing his or her actions or location to their alive comrades, giving them an unfair situational advantage. This is achieved usually through a voice chat program, such as Ventrillo, or an IRC client. ^^ straight off Urban Dictionary, the terminology came from first person shooters including the Counter Strike franchise. Stream sniping like you guys stated already is when you watch somebody's stream to be able to intercept them in favor of yourself so you can beat them. In any case you have full vision of their screen and yours so its technically like ghosting but there is nobody transferring information its the sniper getting all his info alone. No reason to get mad boys its just a word

Does not know what stream sniping is -> wants to teach others about ghosting. Smart!

Ghosting is when you use third person when your behind an object to see something you wouldn't be able to see in first person. Get YOUR terms straight idiot.

watching someones stream to get their position, then try to kill them is called stream sniping, sir. so pls... using the word ghosting for someone dcing , chaning position on another server, then coming back on the first server makes totally sense.