Forrelist 236 Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Seriously, I highly recommend that anyone looking for the most 'genuine' experience to try playing on experimental for a while. You encounter people in all the small towns, You have to really try to get loot and explore. Server hopping is pretty useless because all the servers are mostly full. (due to the fact there are considerably less servers than stable) In my opinion this is the DayZ experience that we will hopefully see on stable one day. You should always be in fear for your life, every town should be taken with caution and you should expect to encounter other players everywhere - including random fields and all those backwater towns. You really value your loot and gear as well, because it is a lot harder to get and it is well-earned. It reminds me of the mod in its early days. The encounters feel much more interesting and you get a real buzz from the fights that happen. Try it. EDIT: It's all fun and games but If you do decide to try this, please, please don't forget to report any new bugs that you discover on experimental, as well as how to recreate them, it helps everyone! Edited March 21, 2014 by Forrelist 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
makomachine 263 Posted March 21, 2014 +1 (if you can log in)I enjoyed experimental for all the reasons stated prior to them taking it offline. Haven't been back in the last week or so, but was definitely a good time if you are into the 'survival' challenge. Last few times I tried none of the servers popped up - but guessing that is temporary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twinturbonet (DayZ) 294 Posted March 21, 2014 Hows the desync in Exp? I was playing "Stable" last night and wow, it was so terrible. lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electi 149 Posted March 21, 2014 care about your life? Rly? My life in dayz cost nothing.Loot? Pffff fap on loot is not a plot, it was stupid as f...k because you run like crazy from one town to an other, non-stop looting, just because town is full of freaks who want to punch you by bear bare hands, then you see maddness in place where axe and weapon spawns - it's school and firestation + maddness on airfield.It's not fun, not interesting, it's stupid, i have not found anything cool in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinphaltimus 262 Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) The only reasons I even consider playing on experimental eate what you said but more importantly, I'm tired of finding bugs and then finding them reported already. I want to feel like I'm doing my part. Lol. Yeah I know, "upvotel. But, I don't because there aren't enough open slots when I really want to play. More experimental servers and I might make the leap. Make experimental and stable two different steam installs so I can have both and I would be there as much as possible/available. Edited March 21, 2014 by Sinphaltimus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twinturbonet (DayZ) 294 Posted March 21, 2014 care about your life? Rly? My life in dayz cost nothing.Loot? Pffff fap on loot is not a plot, it was stupid as f...k because you run like crazy from one town to an other, non-stop looting, just because town is full of freaks who want to punch you by bear bare hands, then you see maddness in place where axe and weapon spawns - it's school and firestation + maddness on airfield.It's not fun, not interesting, it's stupid, i have not found anything cool in it. I'm confused, why are you playing the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villain 16 Posted March 21, 2014 Seriously, I highly recommend that anyone looking for the most 'genuine' experience to try playing on experimental for a while. You encounter people in all the small towns, You have to really try to get loot and explore. Server hopping is pretty useless because all the servers are mostly full. (due to the fact there are considerably less servers than stable) In my opinion this is the DayZ experience that we will hopefully see on stable one day. You should always be in fear for your life, every town should be taken with caution and you should expect to encounter other players everywhere - including random fields and all those backwater towns. You really value your loot and gear as well, because it is a lot harder to get and it is well-earned. It reminds me of the mod in its early days. The encounters feel much more interesting and you get a real buzz from the fights that happen. Try it.The reason you should really be on Experimental is to find bugs and report them to the Devs and also to stress test servers/game...It's really important people on Experimental do that because as we have seen with 0.42 things can go very wrong on stable without your/their imput regarding testing new builds/patches...Have to admit it is tempting to play on Experimental to see all the new stuff but that's not what it's there for... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrelist 236 Posted March 21, 2014 The reason you should really be on Experimental is to find bugs and report them to the Devs and also to stress test servers/game...It's really important people on Experimental do that because as we have seen with 0.42 things can go very wrong on stable without your/their imput regarding testing new builds/patches...Have to admit it is tempting to play on Experimental to see all the new stuff but that's not what it's there for... To be fair I've done my fair share of that too. I've reported several wall glitch spots similar to the underground NEAF hanger that was recently fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electi 149 Posted March 21, 2014 I'm confused, why are you playing the game?Because i can hunt other ppl + it's hardcore 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irish. 4886 Posted March 21, 2014 No exp. servers up currently for me.. just one server with Rocket in it, trying out his new bow and arrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Villain 16 Posted March 21, 2014 To be fair I've done my fair share of that too. I've reported several wall glitch spots similar to the underground NEAF hanger that was recently fixed.Fair enough mate, I wasn't implying you hadn't done any bug reports ect ect.. Just don't want people to use Experimental as normal servers because of the things I said in my previous comment...While I'm at it I would like to thank all those players that do test for the rest of us, I have done plenty of testing in my time and I know it can be a pain in the butt filling out bug reports...All the bestVillain 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Window Licker 504 Posted March 21, 2014 The thing that concerns me about post's like this is we really want people on experimental that are going to report bug's Ive reported and up voted a fair bit from being there and I feel that advertising as a more fun/better version is giving the wrong impression. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solodude23 649 Posted March 21, 2014 Speaking of which, an update released on experimental a good hour or more ago. Just waiting on servers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrelist 236 Posted March 21, 2014 The thing that concerns me about post's like this is we really want people on experimental that are going to report bug's Ive reported and up voted a fair bit from being there and I feel that advertising as a more fun/better version is giving the wrong impression. Good point mate, I've edited the post to try and make a better impression. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
makomachine 263 Posted March 21, 2014 The thing that concerns me about post's like this is we really want people on experimental that are going to report bug's Ive reported and up voted a fair bit from being there and I feel that advertising as a more fun/better version is giving the wrong impression.I agree - no argument there - although we should probably be doing it just as much in stable as well, at least until we hit the final release. Good point regardless. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Window Licker 504 Posted March 21, 2014 Speaking of which, an update released on experimental a good hour or more ago. Just waiting on servers. Posted Today, 01:32 PM Dean Hall @rocket2guns With the hotfix, on experimental we are unable to reproduce the serious lag/desync, so we encourage people to help us test on experimental View on Twitter 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solodude23 649 Posted March 21, 2014 Figures! As soon as I have to leave to the real world servers come up! lol. Look forward to playing later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twinturbonet (DayZ) 294 Posted March 21, 2014 Because i can hunt other ppl + it's hardcore Good enough for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Facetentacles 92 Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Speaking of which, an update released on experimental a good hour or more ago. Just waiting on servers.Posted Today, 01:32 PMDean Hall @rocket2gunsWith the hotfix, on experimental we are unable to reproduce the serious lag/desync, so we encourage people to help us test on experimentalView on TwitterI just responded to rocket on twitter about this but I'll post here as well. I can at least log in without session lost but still getting horrible rubberbanding. To the point where I left a construction site running, and it took me back to the top of the stairs facing the edge (while running) and you can guess what happened nextI lost my boonie hat! Edited March 21, 2014 by Facetentacles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iezza 108 Posted March 21, 2014 can i just ask, what's the exp player cap? Still 40? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellcat420 212 Posted March 21, 2014 experimental servers dont reset enough. no point on playing on them when 50% of the servers have no loot, so you cant try any of the new stuff out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Window Licker 504 Posted March 21, 2014 can i just ask, what's the exp player cap? Still 40?ah 50 last time I played Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Powell (DayZ) 734 Posted March 21, 2014 There is still desync for me on the experimental, oh well. Just gotta wait 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrelist 236 Posted March 21, 2014 There is still desync for me on the experimental, oh well. Just gotta wait Yeah been getting it too, I don't want to risk the char I have who is hiding in Guglovo. At least I'm not getting 'SESSION LOST' anymore though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electi 149 Posted March 22, 2014 hiding in Guglovo....Guglovo.....GuglovoPrepare.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
