Thinking about returning. Have a few questions

[redmantab 19]

I played dayz months ago for a couple months and am a slightly above average player. I know things have changed, so please help me with just a few questions here if you can to help me come back....

I prefer to play Vanilla Dayz or relatively close to it. I have read about some new changes over the last few months and have questions...I've tried to read changelogs but honestly, I'm on a work trip and only have my cell...it was much easier to type a few questions instead of browse my cell phone to research....there are so many changes that I don't quite follow them and just would like some basic questions answered....

1- I've seen how theyve spread loot "around" so that it is in cars, on roads and more evenly spread. This seems awesome. How is the loot "different" now in this fashion? Does it make it less "necessary" to run up the airfield etc? I think it would be so much more fun with even loot more dispersed instead of such concentrated areas being the end all be all.

2 - Are the new loot dispersion changes im referencing in question 1 applicable to even customized servers with all custom loot or just vanilla dayz servers?

3- Zombie damage, special new zombies? and antibiotics. Please give me a couple lines on what all this is?

4 - Are hackes pretty much gone now? Do you still need to play on whitelisted servers to eliminate hacker presense?

5 - I like to play on servers that are Vanilla or close to it, active with a healthy population, and hacker free. Please please link me to a server's info that you recommend I play on.

6 - Lastly, please give any feedback on the state of the game or what play style (Dayz Plus and all the other's i dont really understand) you recommend for fun? Those other weird maps any good? Other ways to play I havent thought of besides my vanilla interest?

Thanks so much guys!

[Level19 19]

i havent seen a hacker in months, but thats just probably me

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

1. Loot doesn't spawn in the middle of roads, airstrips, etc. It's all inside buildings

 

2. Most custom servers have the same loot spawn locations as vanilla.

 

3. There are random zombies that do more damage, and have increased health. Instead of dropping your blood to 6k, infections can kill you. Infections are more common. Antibiotics are extremely rare.

 

4. I still recommend a whitelisted community for good security against combat loggers, etc. But I haven't seen a hacker in months.

 

5. They're everywhere. BMRF is probably the most well known. Or check out Musty Gaming.

 

6. Use whatever playstyle you want. Custom mods are personal preference. Try the more popular ones out and see which you like best.

[Wazza 274]

"  am a slightly above average player"  i lol'd a bit

Edited August 8, 2013 by Wazza

[redmantab 19]

Thanks so much for the info guys. Man, really appreciated.

Ok, so, you said the items arent everywhere on roads etc...but that online map that shows item locations (red dots, blue dots etc) has changed. Now it DOES show item location spawns on roads with car wrecks etc right? Is this the case? Do people need to run to the airfield to get the good items still cause of the "larger and more numerous" red dots? Or is it much more spread out these days with higher end guns more evenly throughout towns etc?

Thanks so much guys!

[redmantab 19]

Anyone?

[Shadow Man 142]

Anyone?

You know you could just play the game, instead of memorising loot spawn locations.

[goo0gle 249]

<'gooogle translation'>

 

Sometimes I find a crash site like yesterday.

I have find a very big machine guns.

You must come to the map and make a pleasure.

 

:)

[bfisher 561]

The biggest change is getting infected from the hardcore zombies covered in blood.  Antibiotics are extremely rare so if you don't already have them when you get infected, it's pretty much a death sentence.

[Dagwood 680]

Don't underestimate the zombies. They'll mess you up if you fire a weapon and try to loot while you have agro. You'll lose minimal blood but die from infection in the long run. Avoid the coast and force survivors you encounter up north to respect you. You'll be fine

[fluxley 2228]

1. Loot doesn't spawn in the middle of roads, airstrips, etc. It's all inside buildings

 

 

Actually, since 1.7.7 loot can be found spawning on rubble piles in the middle of the road, also on some vehicle wrecks, outside buildings and other little sneaky places.

[bfisher 561]

Don't underestimate the zombies. They'll mess you up if you fire a weapon and try to loot while you have agro. You'll lose minimal blood but die from infection in the long run. Avoid the coast and force survivors you encounter up north to respect you. You'll be fine

 

Amen to that.  I got killed in Zernogorsk because I fired an M14 at some zombies while inside a building.  Next thing I knew, like 20 of them poured in after me.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

Actually, since 1.7.7 loot can be found spawning on rubble piles in the middle of the road, also on some vehicle wrecks, outside buildings and other little sneaky places.

Well I'll be damned... :O

[Soupee 57]

The biggest change is getting infected from the hardcore zombies covered in blood.  Antibiotics are extremely rare so if you don't already have them when you get infected, it's pretty much a death sentence.

 

False on the "death sentence" part.

 

Well I'll be damned... :o

 

Yep, found a camping tent in a dog house.  And there's gear in the backs of the broken down trucks, the piles of garbage often times have loot as well.  It's kind of hard to see though.