Not a new player, but returning

[wartzilla 182]

Hey guys.

I haven't played this game since July. The DayZ wiki is unfortunately woefully out of date, being many, many versions behind and having basically no new content beyond what I remember.

Is there some way to summarise the big changes and fixes that have happened since then? Anyone got any good links? Or, you know, if anyone feels like telling me that would be lovely.

[Deetwo 69]

You picked a hell of a time to start playing again.

A new patch has been released in which you can find the patch notes here.

Also, since you haven't played this game since July, I'm sure you haven't checked out the other maps either; which you can find out more about here.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

AND...............

New video blog on Feb 4th here.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/121783-dayz-devblog-4th-february-2013/

[wartzilla 182]

Yeah, I did choose to return to the game due to the new patch rolling around.. I'm just worried about having missed all the stuff from the *previous* patches.

Also, I don't want to play on 'private hives' or 'custom maps' or any of that nonsense. Gives off a bad taste in my mouth.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Seriously mate some private servers are the best places to play if your hacker affected, there are some really great ones out there.

[wartzilla 182]

Seriously mate some private servers are the best places to play if your hacker affected, there are some really great ones out there.

Private server is one thing, but I don't want to play on modded servers or modded maps.

I wouldn't mind playing on a private server, but it would have to be one that's a) just as active as a public server and b ) isn't admin'd by whining carebears who ban people for shooting other players.

Edited February 5, 2013 by wartzilla

[Deetwo 69]

Private server is one thing, but I don't want to play on modded servers or modded maps.

I wouldn't mind playing on a private server, but it would have to be one that's a) just as active as a public server and b ) isn't admin'd by whining carebears who ban people for shooting other players.

Hah, that first condition might have been a problem a couple of months ago when private hive servers were first starting out, but much have changed since your absence. ;)

In any case, there are plenty of well populated private hive communities that are well fairly administrated out there. However, it's strongly suggested that you try a whitelisted communities to greatly lessen your script kiddies experiences. You can find quite a few of them in the private hive forum, but just to name a few; balota buddies and bmrf are good choices (especially if you want the vanilla DayZ experience).

Oh and as far as major changes to DayZ since before this patch.....nothing too major off the top of head.

[PrinceOfJerusalem 47]

Seriously mate some private servers are the best places to play if your hacker affected, there are some really great ones out there.

Balota Buddies is a great private hive with a nice community build around it, check it out at http://www.balotabuddies.net