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This post actually sets the basis for the clan I am going to be forming. The British Armed Forces. We're planning to create a LARGE force to take over a specific area, such as Green Mountain or Devil's Castle. Imagine this... Green Mountain, a safe haven, marksmen in the deerstands, checkpoints, barricades, military vehicles, and constant player interaction. Convoys that are sent out into the map to round up survivors, hunt bandits, and gather supplies to maintain their population. What you may call a light shining in the darkness.

Best moment in game so far (edit: happened about a month ago): Had just been murdered, forget how, like I care, it's a game, you think I'm mad about a game? lol @ you. anyway, spawned west of elektro. I'm making a run, without a map or supplies, back up to the north where the clan is. I declined a pickup and said I just wanted to run it back north. As I cross the train tracks, I spot a survivor on the hill above me. I run up, he's unarmed, after all, and I have nothing to lose. I engage him on direct chat "hey buddy, how are ya? Surviving OK?" He just looks at me. Nothing. I say again "hey buddy, how's it going?" again nothing. he's standing. The penny drops. "If you're new and you have a mic, press comma until it says direct chat, then use caps lock to talk." A couple of seconds later "hi, can you hear me?" he asks "yep, how you doing, you're new, aren't you?" "yeah!" he says "this is my first time playing this game, how can you tell?" So I get onto teamspeak and let the guys know I've found a survivor and I won't be running back to join them, going to go hit prigorodky with this guy and show him the ropes. They tell me I'm an idiot, and he'll kill me as soon as he gets a gun. I decide to chance it. "well to start with, you're standing up." I show him how to crouch and prone. I show him how to switch between walking and running. I say, lets go get some supplies and weapons, and off we go. On our way, we stumble across a broken ATV, I explain it needs to be fixed, but show him how to get on and off it, how to check the gear. I show him what the peripheral indicators are, how they work, and why they're useful. I show him how to sneak past zombies. We get to the barn, I show him how to pick up items, how to use the pack, and the momnent of truth arrives. There's a winnie on the ground in the barn. "okay, there's a gun here. You take it, but remember, if you kill me, you're on your own from now on. You have to decide, do you want to make a friend, or do you want to make a kill." We continue to loot, we find more guns, engine parts, spare tires, bigger packs, jerrycans. pretty soon we've got everything we need to fix the ATV, so we go back and I give him instructions as he repairs the quad. I drive, and he rides shotgun. We go on for another hour or so before the boys come back on TS and ask what I'm doing. I tell them I'm hanging out with my new buddy, but I'm over it, to come and pick me up. I get off the ATV and tell the guy "ok, what just happened, between you and me, is pretty rare in this game. Most people you meet will try to kill you on sight. But some people will help you. It's up to you to decide if you're going to trust people, or if you're going to fear them. It's up to you if you're going to be a man to be trusted, or if you're just going to kill. But remember, the first person you ever met in this game helped you." He thanked me, I wished him luck, I got off the quad and said he could have it, we had more vehicles than we needed anyway. The chopper arrived, I took out an M4A1 CCO SD and 4 mags and gave them to him as a parting gift and I was out of there. Like I said, best experience in Day Z so far. I helped someone and they were grateful. I made someone else's gaming experience richer and more fun. And It was great. try it yourself some time if you don't believe me. *******

Nerdcore Gaming [NCG] - Day Z registration form. Nerdcore is now recruiting. We are a Bandit clan and will use anything against survivors to ensure our survival. This includes using the knowledge of survival against them, and attempting to make them believe we are NOT bandits. Being a bandit is not killing everyone you see on-sight, it is about stealing whatever you can, any way you can. This however does not mean that we do not shoot on sight. Requirements - Be mature Have Teamspeak 3 and the ability to use it Don't expect super seriousness/We mess around a lot Play to have fun, not to win When you first join you will be allowed limited access to our camps that we have setup, until you prove that you are trustworthy enough to know of our veteran camps and vehicles. You will be allowed to enter our vehicles, but not drive them unless a veteran allows you to do so. This is based on trust, if a veteran believes 100% he can trust you then you will have a chance to go to our veteran camps. Recruits and Veterans will all have the ability to join us in raids, we have no problem picking up new players or recruits to show them the ropes, don't expect us to repeat everything multiple times however. We raid constantly, and we always have members on our server. Look forward to seeing you there! By posting an application you agree to our rules: #1: Do not hack/script EVER. #2: Do not take out vehicles if you can not drive or bring them back. Otherwise ask before taking. #3: No killing clan members, if you do you will be marked KOS. We're a clan, don't act like an enemy no matter what stupid gay little reason you may have. #4: No shooting or otherwise blowing up vehicles. No exceptions you fucking asshole. #5: Please do not make giant camps. #6:Vehicles ownership are at the leaders digression, do not act like they are yours they aren't. #7 : Act like a family, we're not here to be dicks to each other. #8: If you're bored then go to a populated server and STFU. #9: Try to use common sense. #10: MUST BE OVER THE AGE OF 16 AND TO BE MATURE. APPLY HERE: http://www.nerdcore-....com/community/

So you've found five vehicles this week? Then find another one. You think Rocket's biggest concern is helping you hoard shit you won't use?

hello there all, im an american player who plays in the central time zone, looking for people who play around these times also. im not really looking for a big clan, but more looking to join a group of four or five players who have been playing for a bit and maybe have a base set up already or something. i enjoy looking for cars and heading up to high risk areas to loot up. i also like searching for camps and would also enjoy any mini missions the group would need to run. like i said, i want to join up with some people who have also been playing for a bit because i feel like i would fit in well and i know the ins and outs of just about everything. im looking for a clan that have some vehicles and tents already set up from before the .5 patch so that they still work. ive recently lost interest in this game because i couldnt save any tents or vehicles correctly so if that issue isnt a problem for you guys, id be looking to join. i can play during days and nights and my schedule is flexible. send me some info my way via response or messages and ill see if it would be a good fit for me. thanks

Not sure if this will do any good since it's a private hive, perhaps a warning to those who play there. Logged in to "Undefined Private Server - Extra Vehicles" which i have been playing off on and, seemed pretty cool, was mid map making my way to Stary when I stumble upon a cluster of tents, took a DMR and a bike and moved on, plenty of other stuff there. Shortly after while riding down the road got kicked/banned for "hacking". Not sure how the admins even knew I was there, it seemed like no one was around. Admins are: X/O Dinobrualityx, X/O ItchyTastey, and X/O XeroHealth

Blow things and people up with satchel charges set bear traps in random places and snipe, try to think of things to do with vehicles like do epic jumps off the docks into the sea in my ATV or parachute jump from my heli while flying solo and parachute land on the roof of the international hotel, try to set a target for zombiekills in one session eg 1000 kills etc etc. I will be very glad when the standalone comes out and we can build underground bases and what not

Some vehicles save, others don't. I can't get the V3S to save, but ATVs and UAZ saves (although gear in UAZ gets reset)

There's a few of us that enjoy fixing vehicles up and giving things away here on US 2851. I'll update this every now and then with new stuff and locations. Todays Special: [september 4th 6pm PDT] ATV + Full Jerry Can + 2xBeans Tuesday! Located in Zelenogorsk. edit: Making this one easier

If you can't find a 1.7.2.5 server that saves vehicles/and or tents upon restart, revert back to .4 and play on .4 servers.

Vehicles (and for the most part tents as well) are working perfectly on my 1.7.2.4 server. Why everyone updated their servers to the 1.7.2.5 hotfix (which broke vehicles and did not fix the intended graphics problem for most people) is beyond me. Only 9% of servers are running 1.7.2.4, yet it is far more stable than 1.7.2.5. Makes no sense at all...

On our server the recent server update fixed that problem. We have tested it multiple times and vehicles and tents are now saving. The server's your are probably playing on probably haven't been updated.

Ready for a weird coincidence? That's one of the servers I've been playing on. Tents and vehicles disappearing one day, showing up again next. I guess I can't blame the servers, but rather dayz. Sounds like almost all of them are doing that. Heck just today, a tent of mine magically appeared (empty of course >:(). Last night it was gone. My other tents are still gone though.

1.7.2.5 servers almost never save on restart. Revert back to .4 if you want vehicles to save, and play on .4 servers.

I just tested this earlier today on my 1.7.2.4 server. I placed a new tent, put a can of coke in and saved tent, then rebooted the server (all in the space of about 5 minutes). The tent and coke both saved properly. Then again considering how buggy tents in general have been, there are no guarantees. Sometimes a server will fail to spawn all the vehicles and tents at all and they will be missing until the next restart. Sometimes (rarely), the tent you placed just never comes back at all. It's kind of luck of the draw at this point. If you are dealing with very important items, I do recommend placing the tent and waiting for a reboot before you put anything valuable in, but as I demonstrated above, this is not always necessary.

Convince the development team to fix it, otherwise, there's no point in using vehicles for more than temporary services.

I like how limited vehicles are currently, it makes it more rewarding when you actually find one. Having more vehicles in the game i think would unbalance it more. Currently when you find a vehilce the first thing you can bet on is if it is in working order that a player is near by, meaning that you end up fighting for it any way. As for fuel, yeah its pretty common, but due to the volume of the cars and zombies, refulaing can be slow and dangerous, and often provides a good chance for people to ambush other players.

I've found 3 cars and 2 buses this week and NONE HAVE SAVED! PLEASE HOW DO YOU SAVE CARS FROM SERVER RESET!??? I CLICK SAVE BUS AND CAR 50 TIMES BEFORE LOG OUT! Please someone tell me. I'm really really mad right now.

It's the same for all loot and helicopters, but vehicles stay where they are regardless of restarts.

Duping of any sort is a exploitable glitch in the games system. This can be considered by looking at tents, vehicles, "False Players", or any other means. You cannot, and will not, be banned by Battleye for any reason regarding these game glitches. As it is, tents and vehicles gear cannot be properly saved, so even if you tried to be a "good boy" and save over you taking gear from tents, it would not work. On some servers, douche admins might ban you for duping, however, this is also not allowed and admins caught doing so will have their server blacklisted. In short, you are protected from being banned for these errors in the games programming.

I don't agree that attrition rates will in anyway remove the current explosion of objects in the Hive that has occurred due to the 1.7.2.5 Hive 0.7.3 bug problems. And for anyone saying "just remove tents" you might as well add "just remove vehicles, corpses of various NPCs and animals and backpacks" too cause its not like tents are the only place where duping can occur. Tents are just an unintentional partner in the current object replication flood the Hive is storing. Because they keep refilling themselves....like vending machines, and thats not their fault, and its not our fault either.

Common problem if you play on servers with different Arma 2 beta version than you, or if you jump between servers with different versions. Always use the same beta version as the server you play on and this is less likely to happen. It happened to me twice in a row. Both times I lost everything, including my bag. I didn't commit suicide but found everything again (twice). I am still alive and somewhere around 30-40 days old now. Collecting everything is one of the best bits of the game IMO. Once you have everything, there isn't much left to do other than vehicles (which don't save / load properly at the moment so there is no point repairing them).

I actually would be fine with some minor tweaks to the current injury system, I would just hate to make it incredibly hard to recover. If recovery takes too much time and resources most will just take a death over hobbling around for an extended period of time, so if the effects lasted 30 minutes to an hour of in game time fine, if it took longer to regain your step then I would just commit suicide and run for the gear from the coast. This game has a steep learning curve which I love, but I think they should be cautious in implementing features that makes the game even more difficult. Blood bags do favor groups or IRL friends, but it is literally one of the only cooperative experiences in the game currently. In fact it is the only dedicated cooperative mechanic in the game, although fixing vehicles is really a two + man job.

I'm thinkin slightly more vehicles, not a lot, would add a bit more fun to this game. I like the whole fixing the vehicle before you can drive it situation, but most the time I just find myself carrying these items around in HOPES that I find something. Most the time i get sniped in the face before I see any type of vehicle. Even just more bicycles for the would be better :). That's my two cents at least. I know we are in good hands, since i love the mod already so much, they cant really fuck it up THAT hard... OR CAN THEY?!??! :)

Yeah, takes a few days for vehicles with clean new servers unfortunately. Either way, loving the server. Admins are nice as can be, chat regularly with console to players for fun. Yeah, vehicles may have been already gone, blah blah blah, but it's really not hard to find them. On a side note, whomever was fixing up the ATV in the Balota airstrip in the one industrial building, thanks for the free gear. Ended up coming back after i found some scrap metal and you threw some gas and some Mt. Dew in it. Many thanks, I was thirsty :P.