Velaxis 7 Posted February 22, 2013 I come back after being away from the game for months. I start looking around joining a server here or there, first thing I notice is hackers have shot through the roof. First game I join I get dropped from the sky with everyone on the server. Now that I can deal with there are whitelisted servers and such. But then I start looking at the servers I joined after finding nearly all my gear instantly. Nearly every server is some sort of 100+ Cars and weapons bullshit with helicopters flying everywhere. Was on a server earlier where one guy is just giving out weapons to everyone because he donated to the server so gets free gear.It is great that there are private hives and people can whitelist and make hacker free servers. But the quality of servers are shocking, no challenge no worry of loss of life/gear etc. Hell some servers even have 24 hour daylight and your food/drink does not go down. Are there any servers left that are not just CoD with zombies thrown in. Or has the playerbase turned that bad that these are the only servers that can keep players. Sad to see them full and any that seem to be running the regular style Dayz are empty. Almost wish I had not bothered reinstalling Arma for this. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoulShaper2 243 Posted February 22, 2013 I play on server UK 172, not white listed but it's one of the last remaining full hard core servers. I hope they exist in SA as what makes dayz so unqiue is the true loss of work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inception. 9443 Posted February 22, 2013 Try balotabuddies.netOur UK, US an AU servers are pretty much vanilla DayZ, with only some modified weapons in the loot table and an extra building or two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max Planck 7174 Posted February 22, 2013 It takes some looking to find one that you like, but when you do you'll be set.Here's a leg up: http://bmrf.me/?page_id=31#2 is great.Good admins, no added crazy stuff.Have fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Food 309 Posted February 22, 2013 I agree, I just don't understand why they don't just make those wasteland servers. It would actually be better considering it's build for PvP and has added features for it. I want Vanilla Dayz, but servers are so hard to find. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Gews- 7443 Posted February 22, 2013 Old player, what happenedWhat happened? Young players... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoulShaper2 243 Posted February 22, 2013 What happened? Young players...i'm young! only 16 and started playing dayz when i was 15.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fwisky 105 Posted February 23, 2013 I'm 15 and have played this game for 6 months now, never have I looked into downloading or buying scripts, what inception said, join balota buddies, the community there is really great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Velaxis 7 Posted February 23, 2013 I don't know if it has to do with the age of the players or just the fact the influx of new players have come from games like CoD/BF etc and just want instant gratification. They don't want to look for gear because that is "hard" or some say it is boring which I wonder why they then play the game in the first place. With the servers just full of these extra Vehicles and weapons makes finding a good home very hard to do. Especially if you live in Australia like myself. I guess I might just have to deal with the extra latency and find some of these servers that have not got everything served to you on a platter. I very much hope the guys doing the standalone don't see that adding this kind of crap in will give them a wider audience. Wider audience usually means the end of a game, Hackers I can deal with they are going to be in most games. Even at the level of hacking going on at the moment I can put up with it. But finding a server that is both fairly hacker free and playing a version of the game that isn't designed for someone with the patience of a 5 year old and the IQ of a glass of water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inception. 9443 Posted February 23, 2013 What happened? Young players...</3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aussiebobby 82 Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) I don't know if it has to do with the age of the players or just the fact the influx of new players have come from games like CoD/BF etc and just want instant gratification. They don't want to look for gear because that is "hard" or some say it is boring which I wonder why they then play the game in the first place. With the servers just full of these extra Vehicles and weapons makes finding a good home very hard to do. Especially if you live in Australia like myself. I guess I might just have to deal with the extra latency and find some of these servers that have not got everything served to you on a platter. I very much hope the guys doing the standalone don't see that adding this kind of crap in will give them a wider audience. Wider audience usually means the end of a game, Hackers I can deal with they are going to be in most games. Even at the level of hacking going on at the moment I can put up with it. But finding a server that is both fairly hacker free and playing a version of the game that isn't designed for someone with the patience of a 5 year old and the IQ of a glass of water.Not many servers to play on theses days.I see the NZ/Orcon servers are up today after being down for the last 3 weeks.Some of the AU#500 servers are just as unreliable.So this just leaves the privet hives and they are Wastelands with zombies. Edited February 23, 2013 by AussieBobby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
novogeek 253 Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Are there any servers left that are not just CoD with zombies thrown in.Yes, I run a Public Official Hive that I constantly monitor to keep as hacker Free as possible ... it is a chore but I think I am winning. I also have a Private Hive that you have to be whitelisted on that uses a standard build with no custom loadouts or any of that nonsense. Both of these run original DayZ ... no DayZ+ or origins ... if that matters to anyone.The community on the Public Hive is nice and steady and seem to be a good bunch of people. The private hive has just started and I am still trying to build the community around that. I am the sole admin on both servers at the moment and being in the late 30's age group ... I have no desire to be power hungry or have the coolest gear. I have to date never killed another player ... this has gotten me killed many times ... but it is how I choose to play. :)Both servers are hosted in Europe and I have a full forum system in place for the servers ... as I said, still trying to build up the player base. :)Ultimately I rent these servers cos I like playing the game and if other players join me ... all the better. :) Edited February 23, 2013 by novogeek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iegle 117 Posted February 23, 2013 Try DayZ 2017, most of the players looking for the type of experience that you seem to appreciate have moved to that mod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vtmz 17 Posted February 24, 2013 i'm young! only 16 and started playing dayz when i was 15....I am also young. 14 years old, been playing since I was 13. Never have used scripts either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
