What should be considered "Geared Out" in DayZ Game?

[logan23 118]

sounds like they might have 2-3 formats for the Servers to choose to be as their rules. This most likely be things like the time of the day setup or maybe making the day cycle 24hrs, 12hrs and something else.

You won't be able to use a character on one format and have it jump to another format.

Maybe they will decide to cluster servers.

Ex. you have a cluster of 5 servers which a character can only hop to one of the 5 in it's cluster (hopefully with a time cooldown to limit server hoping for gear). You can play in another cluster of servers but with a new character since they can't cross from cluster to cluster.

But yeah, to get gear balance and create a community, they need to limit or stop server hoping.

[m.w. vindicator 880]

The biggest hurdle with balancing the loot/gear for players and the DayZ world is -Server Hopping

Server Hopping makes it almost impossible to balance the loot in the game.

Solutions would need to be either to not allow players to server hop (this means you can be playing on 3 servers with friends but each of those servers will have a different player character that is locked to that server)

Another solution is to have it where you must wait X minutes (15-60) with that character to hop to another server. You would still be able to create multiple characters on different servers but that one that was playing can just hop server to server searching for gear.

Once this issue is resolved or managed then you can find it more easily to study data from the servers on their own loot spawns and player gearing up and see what can be tweaked as well as see where there are more clans or lone wolfs- how players seem to be geared up to what level---This will allow the developers to decide what can be done to help keep the players in a constant striggle to survive and not become over geared and just go all Rambo on other players.

Good thread-OP

Your right. Server Hopping could be a serious problem. It is hard to say what will work and what will not work. I am sure they will do further testing in SA. I play on a private hive that has implemented a system where you must wait 10 minutes after leaving the server to rejoin. A simple system like this would make server hopping a pain in the ass and the behavior would go down.

[m.w. vindicator 880]

I suspect we will get an answer from Rocket in the coming weeks on pressing issues like server hopping and the loot system through the DevBlog.

[logan23 118]

Your right. Server Hopping could be a serious problem. It is hard to say what will work and what will not work. I am sure they will do further testing in SA. I play on a private hive that has implemented a system where you must wait 10 minutes after leaving the server to rejoin. A simple system like this would make server hopping a pain in the ass and the behavior would go down.

With your private Hive/Server,

Is there a stronger community on there with players who play on your server as a main, talking about not just those who you know as friends but also players who are just regulars on your server which you or your friends have grown to get to know during playing and being on the same server?

I like the 10 minute or longer wait as you have.

I personally would want to stay on a main server as a home server for my character.

[m.w. vindicator 880]

With your private Hive/Server,

Is there a stronger community on there with players who play on your server as a main, talking about not just those who you know as friends but also players who are just regulars on your server which you or your friends have grown to get to know during playing and being on the same server?

I like the 10 minute or longer wait as you have.

I personally would want to stay on a main server as a home server for my character.

I don't own the server or personally know anyone on the server. Most people on the server are regulars. The people on the servers are friendly even though we shoot eachother in game all the time. The community is strong and the admins are strong so any corrupt gameplay is cracked down on usually.

[enforcer1975 1111]

LIES!!!

According to common DayZ sense all you need is an AS50 TWS and a bush either on top of you or as clothing...

Edited November 29, 2012 by Enforcer

[m.w. vindicator 880]

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LIES!!!

According to common DayZ sense all you need is an AS50 TWS and a bush either on top of you or as clothing...

ZOMG YOUR AN IDIOT.

Haha jk