Server Hopping (Character Reset?)

[winkl_bottom 6]

Hello, i was server hopping looking for gear in the barracks as gear never respawns on any server any how, might as well hop around until you can find a backpack and a gun, at least i do. Then, my character reset suddenly while i logged out in a corner of the barracks without anything attacking me.

 

Is this a new feature to prevent server hopping or is it a bug? 

 

I hope server hopping has not been prevented until rocket can at least get gear spawning in as most low pop servers are picked dry any how as people server hop looking for gear.

 

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If it is a feature, i cannot really complain as most of us will be without gear since gear does not spawn until a server reset. So we'll all be fairly equal. I am just trying to find out if it's a bug before i report it. 

Edited December 24, 2013 by milkyway12

[creature 1189]

Please let it be a feature. Please let it be a feature. Please let it be a feature.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: Move inland!!!

Edited December 24, 2013 by creature

[austen.fart@gmail.com 54]

Did you join a different server after logging out? Why did you log out?

Gear isn't supposed to be easy to find.. If you cant find any gear in a server that should not be any excuse to switch servers.

That is still considered SERVER HOPPING.

 

If you cant find any gear, go north. there plenty of houses. A server cannot literally be picked dry with only 40 people on.

Edited December 24, 2013 by MilSpecZombie

[Hetstaine 10852]

Hello, i was server hopping looking for gear in the barracks as gear never respawns on any server any how, might as well hop around until you can find a backpack and a gun, at least i do. Then, my character reset suddenly while i logged out in a corner of the barracks without anything attacking me.

 

Is this a new feature to prevent server hopping or is it a bug? 

 

I hope server hopping has not been prevented until rocket can at least get gear spawning in as most low pop servers are picked dry any how as people server hop looking for gear.

 

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 i do not have enough tin cans to give for your crap 'playstyle'. 

[Hetstaine 10852]

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[winkl_bottom 6]

MilSpec, i think you underestimate 40 people, however, you're right it cannot be bone dry, but it's not very fun running an hour to one edge of the map just to find some gear. It's just not my cup of tea, now if gear spawned back, i would travel around a bit looking for something else, and the return. 

 

Now if i could setup a base camp with some walls, ect. Then i would DEF be into exploring the map, however, in the games current state, exploring the map just isn't fun to me.

 

 

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Since server hopping isnt fixed yet, it's not a huge priority it seems, it's what i am going to do until Rocket gets it done. Once the game is out of Alpha, i probably wont be server hopping. However, i am more into PvP right now as i have randomly died twice now going north due to picking up items such as a battery or T-Shirt. It kills you. So now i just like to attempt to hunt Bandits.

 

As the game progresses to a more finished state, then i'll take it more seriously, but right now, in the games current state, it's not serious business, and i am going to stick to the coast looting and fighting bandits. 

Edited December 24, 2013 by milkyway12

[austen.fart@gmail.com 54]

 

Since server hopping isnt fixed yet, it's not a huge priority it seems, it's what i am going to do until Rocket gets it done. Once the game is out of Alpha, i probably wont be server hopping. However, i am more into PvP right now as i have randomly died twice now going north due to picking up items such as a battery or T-Shirt. It kills you. So now i just like to attempt to hunt Bandits.

 

As the game progresses to a more finished state, then i'll take it more seriously, but right now, in the games current state, it's not serious business. 

 

I can't believe you let yourself degrade to the scum of banditry... You sir have lost my respect..

[Navillus 31]

So basically this is what you are saying: I don't like this game, but I want to continue playing it. And by playing it I mean exploiting glitches and loop holes that way I can make the game less enjoyable for more people.

 

Are you for real or is this just a troll thing?

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

It's a common issue apparently to do with a server's ability to remain connected to the hive. Also, some servers have not yet been "white-listed" and so they will not have permission to access the hive yet and will not store your progress (or be able to retrieve your data from the hive, so logging in to these servers will effectively "wipe" your character).

 

rocket discusses the issue here: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/155698-serious-database-issue-bug/

 

Here's the tracker issue: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=78

 

You should go there, vote it up and add comments about your own experiences to increase visibility on this relatively critical issue.

 

 

In the meantime, I suggest you use the "Favorites" function to flag servers which reliably store your progress, then only play there.

[winkl_bottom 6]

Never said i didnt like the game. I like the game, awesome idea, but do i like its current state? Nope, sure don't. However, i like the game, so i am going to stick to what i like best, PvP. Ill play the game how i want, when i want, any time i want. 

 

I am not a bandit, and i do not kill people for no reason, i mainly stalk the airfield and cherno looking for other people attacking other people for no reason. It has the most PvP. Server hop, get your gear, go to an airfield, kill people shooting other people for no reason, if you can. That's what i do, if i am able.

 

If Rocket wanted server hopping fixed, it would be fixed, and i doubt leaving and joining another server is a glitch. 

 

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Again, as the game progresses, ill eventually play it how it's meant to be played, but right now, this is an alpha, and i am just running around doing what i want. Since this is an Alpha, and honestly, the PvP is pretty damn awesome, imo, and that's what i want to do right now. 

 

When the game is released, i would hope Rocket would have managed to do something about server hopping. 

Edited December 24, 2013 by milkyway12

[winkl_bottom 6]

It's a common issue apparently to do with a server's ability to remain connected to the hive. Also, some servers have not yet been "white-listed" and so they will not have permission to access the hive yet and will not store your progress (or be able to retrieve your data from the hive, so logging in to these servers will effectively "wipe" your character).

 

rocket discusses the issue here: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/155698-serious-database-issue-bug/

 

Here's the tracker issue: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=78

 

You should go there, vote it up and add comments about your own experiences to increase visibility on this relatively critical issue.

 

 

In the meantime, I suggest you use the "Favorites" function to flag servers which reliably store your progress, then only play there.

 

Exactly what i was looking for, thank you, sir!

[atkrieger 0]

I'm sure that when the game is complete rocket will fix the server hopping issue, and I don't think that it really is that much of a priority right now. This is simply because the game is not full yet, when the problem is fixed all the gear that people have server hopped for will fade away and eventually be nonexistent. I know it's really hard to find gear at the moment without doing it, but the alpha isn't for making your gameplay as fun as possible. The alpha is to flatten out as many bugs as possible.

 

that being said, this problem is bad. I've been on a server that has a 4 hour restart, and alerted everybody when the restart was incoming. I happened to be at the military base north of kamenka at the time, and decided to wait there and loot it before I moved on. When the server restarted I logged back in and looted the first barracks on the outskirts of the base, and as I moved in I found that the other two barracks had already been looted.

That being said, do you really think it's not possible for an entire server to be cleaned?

[Kra 151]

If Rocket wanted server hopping fixed, it would be fixed, and i doubt leaving and joining another server is a glitch. 

 

Like combat logging is fixed? Like zombies running through walls is fixed? Like unconsciousness being permanent without another players intervention?

 

 

You're right, this is a game in alpha stage. So it's up to us when to recognise that something we exploit could be affecting more than just ourselves. The whole point of people playing games with other people is so we all have a fun experience. This includes getting shot at and shooting back. But when you server hop between multiple servers of 40 people looting in the best places, you're affecting every single person in all of those servers. 5 hops x 40 people =  potentially 200 people missing out of those bits you looted, each hop making it worse.

 

You selfish pricks.

[Deathlove 2286]

But its not even server hopping if you cant remember EXACTLY what server you just came from in the history you could have like 5 different saved ones. Go to the wrong one after doing dishes or something than boom all your gear is gone. Its EXTREMELY annoying. Its happened to me allot today now. Finally start making progress on a server have to turn off the game to sleep or do something come back to play and everything is gone.

[Ceallach 56]

Same here. After getting geared up yesterday, joined a random server today and found myself back on the coast with nothing.

Checked on the main screen and confirmed that my char was wiped.

 

Happened to me 3 times in one day now. :P

Edited December 24, 2013 by Ceallach

[DefoneESP 17]

you lost me at "Server Hopping" :rolleyes: :emptycan:

[Snirps 1]

Your character doesn't get wiped. Just log back into the server you played on previously and it should still be there.

 

You should 't hop though. There really is plenty of loot. Just play the game. Explore and you shall find.

[dtvh 6]

you have no idea how much i have been exploring the map do get some stuff, few days now, im starting to get to know chernarus better now, your game must be very fun if you sit at balota, server hop, try to get some stuff, then kill someone, or die, and start over, sounds fun right.. well good luck, i hope you get bored of this game soon and just quit.