Needing advice on a server

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I have a friend (leader of my team) who's currently running a Taviana server. One of those servers where it's 500+ vehicles, weapon boxes around the map, added custom bases, added scripts, etc. It's not constantly just PvP unless there's 50+ people on, but it still feels like Wasteland with zeds most of the time. Many of the regulars (including me, and the rest of our team) have become bored and mainly aggravated because of how the server is played out with how easy it is to get geared up, the amount of vehicles, and especially the kind of community and players it attracts (which, none of us are very fond of).

We've told him about what we think about it and maybe under-going some changes to make the server to have a more "DayZ" feel to it. With having said among the lines of; removing a majority of the vehicles, remove all the weapon boxes on the map and deleting a majority of the added in bases. Even though we remove the weapon boxes, we could also stabilize it by adding in barracks to some of the custom bases remaining on the map so that not all military loot would be coming from the Martin Barracks as a main focus for players (It would also add diversity to the map and makes it reasonable to travel around the map). Of course, after trying to reason with him, he insisted on saying no, and keeping the server how it is.

No, I'm not starting this thread because he said no (It's his server, he can run it how he wants to). I just would like to see on behalf of the DayZ community, what kind of server would you rather have?

The 500+ vehicles, gearing up completely in 15 minutes of game time, etc. (Wasteland with zeds feel).

or

A more survival feel; what DayZ should be, with the difficulty, the struggle, and time consuming fun that had began this mod all together.

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The latter, definitely. That said, that's my (and our?) preference, and not all people feel that way. I say let them play the way they want, and keep looking for servers that present the game how you want to play.

[colekern 1364]

Its the most cliched thing ever, but Balota Buddies.

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Its the most cliched thing ever, but Balota Buddies.

I didn't ask for a recommendation on a server to play on, so please, don't advertise on every topic about BB (Nothing against the servers at all, but you people constantly advertise it on every single topic and it irks me).

Edited May 13, 2013 by Intensity on DayZ

[colekern 1364]

I didn't ask for a recommendation on a server to play on, so please, don't advertise on every topic about BB (Nothing against the servers at all, but you people constantly advertise it on every single topic).

Oops, my bad, didn't read the entire topic.