Log in Timer Poll

[hitt0r 78]

I'd be interested in the communities thoughts on this poll.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

It depends. Usually it is only 500 seconds if you tried connecting to the same or more servers several times within a short period of time. In that case it is fine.

[gibonez 3633]

Here is the deal.

 

The timer is broken at the moment and it is given to people if they get disconnected and rejoin the same server this will eventually get fixed.

 

That being said a 500 second timer is just fine for switching servers if it works correctly and does not cause disconnected players to endure it.

 

The timer itself is brilliant in that it slows down server hoppers if not outright makes them rage.

[audax 207]

its really annoying, but i know is a way to stop server hoppers, so i can stand this.

 

 

I hope they will find a less annoying way.

[MetapoliC 263]

How about 600 seconds...

 

Had to wait so long just because I lost connection to the server OR session lost.

 

It's 10 minutes to wait, for what? :D 

[Electi 149]

well 500/60= 8,33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333toinfinityandbeyond333333333333333333333333333

minutes.Well idk how to get 500 seconds ,but yeah it's way too long, because if you join server which one say it have 60 ping, but after you join you realise you almost always have RED broken chains, or Yellow. . Well...it's really annoying, and just another(i mean long-run/uncons/wait friend/eat/wait till that rat will move etc) waste of your time.

UPD.1.

 

 

048 107 049 047 034 051 023 107 022 110 017 121 054 074 063 087 040 093 038 108 036 091 032 090

The numbers, Mason. What do they mean?

Edited April 24, 2014 by Electi

[Smokey420 (DayZ) 74]

How about 600 seconds...

 

Had to wait so long just because I lost connection to the server OR session lost.

 

It's 10 minutes to wait, for what? :D

 

 

might as well make it three hours

 

nobody is going to wait 10 minutes to spawn into a fuckin game

[pilgrim* 3514]

Lets Play DayZ   (ok kids?)

 

I log in to a server in California

Server SAYS its 10:00

its pitch black

ok I log out

I log in to a server in Kuwait

Server Says its 10:10 (its ten minutes later because I had to wait 600 seconds, right?  Near as damn. That's 10 minutes, I guess we know.

In Kuwait at 11:10 .. it's also pitch black

(strange planet we've got here isnt it?)

OK So I do my 600 seconds (ten minutes) and log on to a server that says its 15:30

Here its night too (TOTAL moooonlessness) but its cool because I get kicked

So I only have to wait 300 seconds to try again

I amuse myself drifting through that list of all those servers - bout 50 -  that say 0 players, but then tell you to "Wait for Ever" wen you try to log on

Maybe they are turned off to save electricity?

Plenty others have players on already, 3, 7..maybe... but still say "Wait for Ever Sucker" it's fun to try (but I'm no fool, hahahahah, I only try 3 or 5 of them)

The next server takes only a mere dozen or so seconds before "Disconnected from Server"

So I can go right ahead an try again. Another win!

Its only been Half an Hour so far and I'm maybe almost about to START

But today most servers in the USA seem to think night falls around 17:00h, so things slow down a bit.

Finally I find one called 24h/Night - oddly enough this is in broad daylight, its about noon with the sun directly South. Great!

After about 12 minutes the server resets, which is odd because it claims server time is 15:40, funny time to reset, but maybe its a clan server and they noticed me (not clan), or someone else, or they got bored.

So - after getting towards for AN HOUR of play, I've actually been in-play for a dozen minutes. And it was exciting. I checked my inventory, I made a plan.. ya know..

AND I was lucky with the kick earlier, because in the dark I didn't have time to get anywhere dangerous and no zombies noticed me standing around after Id been thrown out. I hadn't reached a town! So I was still alive! Great.

 

So I had a fun evening. This was the start.

I think the timer should be increased to 1.5 hours to ensure only serious players get involved. 10 minutes is for weaklings

 

p.s. As far as I know, it does NOT EVER DO this, but..

If my server ever says "Wait for Client"  when there are 0 players on it

I will be FURIOUS

 

xx 'nice day.

pilgrim

Edited April 24, 2014 by pilgrim

[Grimey Rick 3417]

might as well make it three hours

 

nobody is going to wait 10 minutes to spawn into a fuckin game

 

+1

[So Sexy 259]

might as well make it three hours

nobody is going to wait 10 minutes to spawn into a fuckin game

Its not just some game, its dayz!

[RagedDrew 209]

I'd be interested in the communities thoughts on this poll.

 

 

As I've said before in another topic, the timers are fine, I don't really care but they need to work out a way for the servers to distinguish between a log out and a disconnect.

[btw001 19]

Lets Play DayZ   (ok kids?)

 

I log in to a server in California

Server SAYS its 10:00

its pitch black

ok I log out

I log in to a server in Kuwait

Server Says its 10:10 (its ten minutes later because I had to wait 600 seconds, right?  Near as damn. That's 10 minutes, I guess we know.

In Kuwait at 11:10 .. it's also pitch black

(strange planet we've got here isnt it?)

OK So I do my 600 seconds (ten minutes) and log on to a server that says its 15:30

Here its night too (TOTAL moooonlessness) but its cool because I get kicked

So I only have to wait 300 seconds to try again

I amuse myself drifting through that list of all those servers - bout 50 -  that say 0 players, but then tell you to "Wait for Ever" wen you try to log on

Maybe they are turned off to save electricity?

Plenty others have players on already, 3, 7..maybe... but still say "Wait for Ever Sucker" it's fun to try (but I'm no fool, hahahahah, I only try 3 or 5 of them)

The next server takes only a mere dozen or so seconds before "Disconnected from Server"

So I can go right ahead an try again. Another win!

Its only been Half an Hour so far and I'm maybe almost about to START

But today most servers in the USA seem to think night falls around 17:00h, so things slow down a bit.

Finally I find one called 24h/Night - oddly enough this is in broad daylight, its about noon with the sun directly South. Great!

After about 12 minutes the server resets, which is odd because it claims server time is 15:40, funny time to reset, but maybe its a clan server and they noticed me (not clan), or someone else, or they got bored.

So - after getting towards for AN HOUR of play, I've actually been in-play for a dozen minutes. And it was exciting. I checked my inventory, I made a plan.. ya know..

AND I was lucky with the kick earlier, because in the dark I didn't have time to get anywhere dangerous and no zombies noticed me standing around after Id been thrown out. I hadn't reached a town! So I was still alive! Great.

 

So I had a fun evening. This was the start.

I think the timer should be increased to 1.5 hours to ensure only serious players get involved. 10 minutes is for weaklings

 

p.s. As far as I know, it does NOT EVER DO this, but..

If my server ever says "Wait for Client"  when there are 0 players on it

I will be FURIOUS

 

xx 'nice day.

pilgrim

Happened to me yesterday, fucking made me want to kill a man.

[Pazzmon 64]

Happened to me yesterday, fucking made me want to kill a man.

 

Had this last few days, outright pain in the fooking ass.

[Wili 156]

I think the time is ok, they are going to remove penalties for joining the same server, so if you lost connection, etc you can join the same server without penalty. 

It would be nice to have a last server joined tab on the server browser or something that tells you the last server you were in.

 

Maybe lowering the time until gets fixed?

Edited April 24, 2014 by Wili

[Scofflaw 73]

Join server, server lags out, join new server, have to wait 500 seconds, stuck on red chain when finally in, "YOU ARE DEAD" appears, hear a 12 year old talking trash, ALT-F4 and walk away from the computer.

 

Day Z.

[frozenjaws 69]

Honestly the fact that so many people can "only" complain about the long timer, instead of complaining about server hopping and ghosting, means that its working.. 

If this time wasn't in the game, so many more people would be complaining about being ghosted in the middle of a firefight. 

Good job devs! dont give in to the masses, if you're going to change it, make it longer.

Join server, server lags out, join new server, have to wait 500 seconds, stuck on red chain when finally in, "YOU ARE DEAD" appears, hear a 12 year old talking trash, ALT-F4 and walk away from the computer.

 

Day Z.

Log out in the woods, inside a tree.. Not in the middle of an airfield. LESSON LEARNED.

[frozenjaws 69]

Lets Play DayZ   (ok kids?)

 

I log in to a server in California

Server SAYS its 10:00

its pitch black

ok I log out

I log in to a server in Kuwait

Server Says its 10:10 (its ten minutes later because I had to wait 600 seconds, right?  Near as damn. That's 10 minutes, I guess we know.

In Kuwait at 11:10 .. it's also pitch black

(strange planet we've got here isnt it?)

OK So I do my 600 seconds (ten minutes) and log on to a server that says its 15:30

Here its night too (TOTAL moooonlessness) but its cool because I get kicked

So I only have to wait 300 seconds to try again

I amuse myself drifting through that list of all those servers - bout 50 -  that say 0 players, but then tell you to "Wait for Ever" wen you try to log on

Maybe they are turned off to save electricity?

Plenty others have players on already, 3, 7..maybe... but still say "Wait for Ever Sucker" it's fun to try (but I'm no fool, hahahahah, I only try 3 or 5 of them)

The next server takes only a mere dozen or so seconds before "Disconnected from Server"

So I can go right ahead an try again. Another win!

Its only been Half an Hour so far and I'm maybe almost about to START

But today most servers in the USA seem to think night falls around 17:00h, so things slow down a bit.

Finally I find one called 24h/Night - oddly enough this is in broad daylight, its about noon with the sun directly South. Great!

After about 12 minutes the server resets, which is odd because it claims server time is 15:40, funny time to reset, but maybe its a clan server and they noticed me (not clan), or someone else, or they got bored.

So - after getting towards for AN HOUR of play, I've actually been in-play for a dozen minutes. And it was exciting. I checked my inventory, I made a plan.. ya know..

AND I was lucky with the kick earlier, because in the dark I didn't have time to get anywhere dangerous and no zombies noticed me standing around after Id been thrown out. I hadn't reached a town! So I was still alive! Great.

 

So I had a fun evening. This was the start.

I think the timer should be increased to 1.5 hours to ensure only serious players get involved. 10 minutes is for weaklings

 

p.s. As far as I know, it does NOT EVER DO this, but..

If my server ever says "Wait for Client"  when there are 0 players on it

I will be FURIOUS

 

xx 'nice day.

pilgrim

You didnt adjust for time difference?? Thats your mistake m8 :D

[shaeg 136]

Stop server hopping.

 

And you will stop crying ;)

[paisius77 36]

Honestly the fact that so many people can "only" complain about the long timer, instead of complaining about server hopping and ghosting, means that its working.. 

If this time wasn't in the game, so many more people would be complaining about being ghosted in the middle of a firefight. 

Good job devs! dont give in to the masses, if you're going to change it, make it longer.

Log out in the woods, inside a tree.. Not in the middle of an airfield. LESSON LEARNED.

 

 

People complain about the timer because the game is still so unstable and the servers so poorly policed that it's sometimes difficult to find a playable server. It's a mindless and draconian solution to a problem that penalizes innocent players. As to the devs not appealing to the masses.......they sure as hell better appeal to the masses if they want to sell their product. If would be like an entrepreneur saying "I'm gonna open a restaurant and sell food nobody wants to eat"! Now that doesn't make any sense does it? 

Edited April 25, 2014 by paisius77

[hannibaldaplaya 1095]

10 minutes is fine if you're blatantly server hopping.

 

But 10 minutes when I get 'session lost', or when I get kicked, or when I'm rejoining a server after taking a piss for super precautions, that just isn't right.

 

The timer would be fine if it could tell what you were doing. I think it should go up only after you have switched a server every 5 - 10 minutes, or something, or on a server you actually get into the game and pick up items.

[louist 163]

People complain about the timer because the game is still so unstable and the servers so poorly policed that it's sometimes difficult to find a playable server. It's a mindless and draconian solution to a problem that penalizes innocent players. As to the devs not appealing to the masses.......they sure as hell better appeal to the masses if they want to sell their product. If would be like an entrepreneur saying "I'm gonna open a restaurant and sell food nobody wants to eat"! Now that doesn't make any sense does it?

I'd eat there.

[alsmir 255]

Gl to new players:

Log in - game disconnected.

Pick new server - wait 8 min.

Pitch black. Figure out how to use flashlight. Still can barely see anything. Because of that dies 3 times in a row by first zombie.

Switch server - 8 min.

Daylight. Head into the first city - killed by coast sniper.

Switch server - 8min. 

Pick one with low pop. Gather some gear but get killed by glitching zombie.

Uninstall.

[Capo 323]

The system needs to be fixed, but stop joining empty servers, because they're empty for a reason. You cunts are as bad as server hoppers. 

[KamiOfKOS 50]

41 too long VS 38 is ok

Where are all the anti hoppers and the retard campers who glue themselves to the ground for weeks fearing to be ghosted while sniping freshnoobs xD ?

[KamiOfKOS 50]

39 ! Let the hate flow, feel the dark side powah you ultrahardcore rambos who never desync or kicked out...

Oh i forgot that sniper glued on the side of that building like spiderman, waiting patiently from 3 days to snipe a freshspawn :)