Spawn in old version with weapon switch to new

[Rinner23 5]

Rampant.. Simply spawn in on an older server with default Markov then upgrade and voila, spawn into new server with a weapon.

I love new lack of default weapons but this tactic is being used to overcome game rules.

I thusly call again for a ban on all characters switching versions to avoid actually testing the new game dynamic. Not just a permaban but a toilet papering of the house and flaming bag of poop on the doorstep type ultra ban.

Please let us test this game on the current version without resorting to such cheap tactics..

And who am I kidding? Right? Tis a true shame, it is, this thing that do vexes me.

[Jugzilla 0]

Probably more a case for requiring server admins to upgrade to at least a certain version to remove this option.... also I dare say you've probably now given a lot of people this idea who hadn't previously thought of it :P

[Rinner23 5]

Probably more a case for requiring server admins to upgrade to at least a certain version to remove this option.... also I dare say you've probably now given a lot of people this idea who hadn't previously thought of it :P

Oh poo :(

[Brenelael 1]

While I totally agree with you that this issue needs to be addressed in some way I do find it kinda ironic that you just informed a whole new group of players of an exploit that they may have not of thought of otherwise. Such is life I guess.

[Kojak (DayZ) 0]

hmm didnt know of this, thanks for telling me

[Lopz 2]

Yeah, i had never thought of that...

BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN WITH TOILET PAPER!

[Rinner23 5]

Ok thusly.. All characters reset on new version first spawn? Not so rare in other games I've worked on and played myself. All back to square one.

Oh but the tears will flow...

[enigma (DayZ) 0]

Personally don't think this is a big issue since anyone who does this doesn't know how to survive in the first place.

[Dekatris 0]

good, i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

[Rinner23 5]

Exactly the response i was seeking.

Players are actively exploiting to avoid testing a new game mechanic.

Exploit==ban.

It's has been so written, by the gods of code that do imbue our existence.

[Jugzilla 0]

Instead of saying that you hope everyone starts taking advantage of an exploit in the game and that the current system is retarded... why don't you be constructive and post something in the suggestions forum about WHY you think it doesn't work and YOUR idea as to what would be a better option? Saying "this is stupid, go back to how it was" doesn't count either. In doing this you would be actually doing what is intended of you as part of this alpha.

[enigma (DayZ) 0]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

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Whats the problem dude? You spawn find some loot and win. Are you telling me that every time, and i mean every single time, you spawn you are instantly killed by a bandit?

[Lopz 2]

I don't think giving bans when exploiting without the use of hacks/scripts on an Alpha mod is the right thing to do....

[Virfortis 111]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

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Whats the problem dude? You spawn find some loot and win. Are you telling me that every time, and i mean every single time, you spawn you are instantly killed by a bandit?

Given the bullets whizzing in the 5 servers I tried tonight, I wouldn't doubt it. They figured out that they can camp on the coast and play Duck Hunt. When I finally spawned somewhere where I didn't die on loading, getting off the coast was fairly easy.

[Lopz 2]

Besides, if you like playing in one server, it's actually faster to spawn with nothing and find yourself a weapon then switching, spawning, aborting, going back to server and connecting.

[Rinner23 5]

I don't think giving bans when exploiting without the use of hacks/scripts on an Alpha mod is the right thing to do....

A valid point and I fucking love your avatar mate.

Discussions continues.

[Lopz 2]

I love Doctor Who :)

David Tennant FTW

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Fuck.

Someone killed me while i was typing that post.

Someone must have seen me on top of that factory sniping people.

REVENGE TIME!

[Rinner23 5]

Oh but Matt Smith is what David always wish he could be... If only he let himself go..

[badmethod 0]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

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^^ This. Starting with nothing IS retarded.

[Rinner23 5]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

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^^ This. Starting with nothing IS retarded.

Then why not just hack and spawn yourself a weapon? What's the difference exactly?

[Lopz 2]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

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^^ This. Starting with nothing IS retarded.

Then why not just hack and spawn yourself a weapon? What's the difference exactly?

By hacking you can get yourself banned ;)

And no, in no way you can compare Matt to David, David was way more spontaneous.

They changed a lot after David, the intro, the tardis, the sonic screwdriver...

It's like a new show :/

I miss old David Doctor Who times....

[bonafide 2]

Rocket should enforce a rule that blacklists servers that don't update to the newest version after a certain period. The currently there are servers running all types of versions.

[Rinner23 5]

good' date=' i hope everyone starts doing this because starting with nothing is retarded.

[/quote']

^^ This. Starting with nothing IS retarded.

Then why not just hack and spawn yourself a weapon? What's the difference exactly?

By hacking you can get yourself banned ;)

And no, in no way you can compare Matt to David, David was way more spontaneous.

They changed a lot after David, the intro, the tardis, the sonic screwdriver...

It's like a new show :/

I miss old David Doctor Who times....

Yeah it's a whole new doctor.. A whole new show. But I get what you mean. l love both Doctors but I have to embrace the change because after all so does the Doctor :)

And yes hacking gets you banned, my point is this exploit draws a very fine line between those two activities if used to avoid conforming to a new game mechanic :)

Hey you are great nice discussion.

[Ninjutsu 1]

I think Enigmas right, unless their intentionally pvp'ing its not all that useful on spawn.

In the next week or so those server admins on lower versions will hopefully updated = eradicating the problem.

Im curious how would you actually go about reporting these acts though? Would it purely be put on the admin or is he even blind to tags?

[nahholmes 0]

I think the answer for this is for the people who control who gets to access the main server (Rocket and friends) to give server ops a window to update past a given version. Then after that if the server tries to access the main server with an expired version deny access. It's sad that devs would have to waste time on this, but at the same time it is important that people not be playing on 5000 different versions of the game, else they are getting bug reports for shit they actually fixed weeks ago.

At the same time it's nice that not everyone updates exactly at once, it gives people a chance to rollback to a working version if a new bug makes the current version unplayable which is bound to happen a lot. You have to draw a line somewhere though otherwise in 2 months we could have 20 different versions floating around and it will be a mess.