More frequent server restarts.

[killigon 3]

So, with the 1.7.7 update, the loot table was changed, daily in DayZ, as I walk into towns and check houses, the only items I find are usually empty tin cans and bottles of whisky. The problem here is that with rarer spawns, loot is going to be snatched the moment the server restarts, making it harder and harder the further away from the restart you get. As I see it now, the most useful items in the game now are: Hatchet, hunting knife and box of matches, but finding these takes much longer time than it should, and many times I don't find them at all.

I believe more frequent server resets will fix the problem, as the houses wont be lying there for long times without any loot in them. The simple items that should be common to find are really hard to find because of the long time between every reset.

[Applejacc 1]

Well I never have problems finding them in the Electro industrial area.

[Rekli 995]

what exactly makes you think that the DayZ team controls sever restarts?

[killigon 3]

The official servers are run by rules set by the DayZ team.

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

The problem isn't the rarity of loot or the time between server restarts, it's the fact that tin cans and useless crap are all over the place and nobody ever picks them up.

In my experience, when loot-spots get filled and ignored, the loot doesn't cycle.

Edited June 16, 2013 by Chabowski

[killigon 3]

the fact that tin cans and useless crap are all over the place and nobody ever picks them up.

In my experience, when loot-spots get filled and ignored, the loot doesn't cycle.

Very valid point, hadn't given that any thought. rarity of tin cans reduced would also be a good adition to the fix.

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

So, with the 1.7.7 update, the loot table was changed, daily in DayZ, as I walk into towns and check houses, the only items I find are usually empty tin cans and bottles of whisky. The problem here is that with rarer spawns, loot is going to be snatched the moment the server restarts, making it harder and harder the further away from the restart you get. As I see it now, the most useful items in the game now are: Hatchet, hunting knife and box of matches, but finding these takes much longer time than it should, and many times I don't find them at all.

I believe more frequent server resets will fix the problem, as the houses wont be lying there for long times without any loot in them. The simple items that should be common to find are really hard to find because of the long time between every reset.

I think that was the point of the update. It's supposed to be very difficult to find loot now.