Waiting 99 seconds to log in

[edIT 6]

Yes, another thread about it. Why? Because its very annoying.

 

I know its there to stop people from ghosting but it should only happen if you rejoin the same server in the time interval of lets say 30 minutes.

 

Hate waiting 99 seconds every time a server restarts and I join another one. Besides, most of the time I can't even log in after those 99 seconds because the screen stays black.

[kichilron 8550]

Yes, another thread about it. Why? Because its very annoying.

 

 

It's a feature the community wanted and the devs answered. It's there for a reason. In what world do we live that people can not wait 99 seconds? It only happens if you rejoin within these 99 seconds. That's 1.5 minutes.

 

 

How long did it take you to post a thread about this? More than likely more than 1.5 minutes - and you have wasted more time on that than you have waiting to log in. Or - you would waste more time regearing if someone shot you because there is no anti-ghosting measures. It's as simple as that.

 

This feature will not leave.

[11tw 106]

It's a feature the community wanted and the devs answered. It's there for a reason. In what world do we live that people can not wait 99 seconds? It only happens if you rejoin within these 99 seconds. That's 1.5 minutes.

 

 

How long did it take you to post a thread about this? More than likely more than 1.5 minutes - and you have wasted more time on that than you have waiting to log in. Or - you would waste more time regearing if someone shot you because there is no anti-ghosting measures. It's as simple as that.

 

This feature will not leave.

well said!

 

beans all around!

[Survivor_Ted 269]

I've got 99 problems but a b*tch ain't one!

[OrLoK 16185]

I've got 99 problems but a b*tch ain't one!

Lets keep it ontopic shall we? :)

 

Rgds

 

LoK

[Evil Minion 943]

Hate waiting 99 seconds every time a server restarts and I join another one.

I never have to wait on server restart. Just wait until the server kicks you (or stops responding) instead of leaving before.

But yeah those 99 seconds are pretty annoying - because its far too short to prevent people from server hopping which leads to an overabundance of highly geared players.

[11tw 106]

But yeah those 99 seconds are pretty annoying - because its far too short to prevent people from server hopping which leads to an overabundance of highly geared players.

Have to agree, server hopping is probably the biggest problem, needs fixing.

[Anthony_Dayz 15]

In what world do we live that people can not wait 99 seconds?

 

This is not the problem, the problem is that you don't join after 99 seconds, the screen stays black. 

[KingofTheWorld 44]

Will they fix this shit with 0.45 version ? İts really annoying you waiting 99sec but still its not getting in game, after 20-30 times trying finally you getting in.

Edited June 16, 2014 by KingofTheWorld

[ShelbyLynne 1]

To be honest I still server hop quite a bit. The 99 seconds isn't really stopping me from tabbing out and doing something else while I wait, because it's a hell of a lot quicker than running to the next town over to loot some residential houses in hopes of getting a couple cans of food - maybe. 

The issue, for me, is when my clan members get killed because the screen is stuck on "Please wait..." for an additional 5 minutes while their character is standing there getting attacked by a zombie or shot by another player - and they end up spawning in dead.

Edited July 6, 2014 by ShelbyLynne

[demongornot 23]

I don't see the interest of this.
For example i like to play in server where their is few player, i don't see the interest to not even be able to find descend look, the map for a game is huge but this is small next to real life and having a lot of survivors in a small map is not realistic, i like when encounter are really rare, see a player every 5 minutes is immersion breaking for me...
The issue is that, while trying to find server with 2, 3 or 4 player map, the actual stupid server list even while show 3 player is completly wrong most of the time and i can end up in a server that have 10 or 20 players, which is a lame, so yes this is a REAL reason that is perfectly acceptable to switch server.
Same as bugged server, if we play in a daytime clear sky server, and cause for any reason we leave it (crash/restart/cheater inside or anything like this) if we join a night time and raining server it will be boring to get this transition and its also our right to switch server.
Same as endless "please wait" servers or stupid "private/clan" server fest where we wait 99 seconds for end up behind kicked for nothing cause some people don't care about pollute search with their private servers, and after wait 99 seconds, get kicked, have to wait one more time 99 seconds is just ridiculous...
Their is tons of reasons to lets player switch servers, less than 2 minutes will NEVER prevent player from switch server inside military area just for loot.

 

So the 99 seconds to wait is most of the time more a pain than anything that i see real use of.

Edited July 7, 2014 by Demongornot

[jgbtl292 45]

for me its not the time the problem - the problem is for me that your char stay in that time defenceless and with no controls  on the map ! press ESC in the wait time and you see your char stand ready in the game ..............

painfull after a crash restart or other.   time or please wait is endet - and you see all is ruint you bleed and dead .... and you have no chance for defence ......

 

very nice near towns with new zombis or later with hostage animals and zombis random of the map .....   that is no solution !

Edited July 7, 2014 by Crusader78

[Rigor Mortis (DayZ) 141]

for me its not the time the problem - the problem is for me that your char stay in that time defenceless and with no controls  on the map !

painfull after a crash restart or other.   time or please wait is endet - and you see all is ruint you bleed and dead .... and you have no chance for defence ......

 

very nice near towns with new zombis or later with hostage animals random of the map .....   that is no solution !

 

Can't you just wait 2 minutes before you try to login and you won't have that problem?

[jgbtl292 45]

no  the please wait have nothing to do with the wait timer !   he come in a new play day too ;)  and the char stand here too in the game !

Edited July 7, 2014 by Crusader78

[sinkatze 52]

I think its hilarious how people complain about 99 seconds, but then spend hours just running.. DayZ is the wrong game to complain about time and patience.

Just do something productive, anything!

Edited July 7, 2014 by Sinkatze

[Evil Minion 943]

I think its hilarious how people complain about 99 seconds, but then spend hours just running.

Actually I believe that most people who are complaining about server switch times are server hoppers who loot empty servers and then join populated ones for "instant action" (actually those guys miss about 95% of the game by doing so).

And most of the others suck at planning. They join a server and then realize its too full/too empty/too far away/their friends are on another server/they can't play in their favorite view/its another hive/etc. . So maybe it would be better to show a "Do you really want to join this server: <server properties>?" message when pressing "play".

Edited July 7, 2014 by Evil Minion

[demongornot 23]

@Sinkatze

Wait 99 seconds itself is not a boring thing, the issue is both have to wait for NOTHING and be susceptible to be killed while waiting and just see an useless black screen.
Have to deal with both 99 seconds + fail load server with endless "please wait" or things like this after getting ejected from a server cause a stupid selfish guy just want all his loot for himself or others bugs.
And by the way running IS productive, if you have to loot an object for example, you HAVE to move to this object, and their is a HUGE difference between wait and play.
It is like if you complain about people that are not happy cause they need to wait before sleep and you told them : Why you complain about 5 minutes waiting while you spend several hours of sleeping...

 

@Evil Minion

I WAS a server hooper, some month ago i remember myself after getting killed in a really bad way (someone spawn in the same area and kill me, this is a really frustrating death, so i was trying to find back my military equipment soon as possible and i was hooping cause of...other hoopers that cause server to loose all objects.
In fact server hooper is mainly done in military area, and you need WAY MORE than 2 minutes to look for loot, so in reality hooper don't really complain about it...
And yes i like to play in almost empty server, not for having all loot for myself but more cause in surviving situation it is unrealistic, immersion breaking and bad to see a player each 5 minutes, a limited map (unlike real country or just states/department/regions in real life which is considerably way more huge than this) that provide limited object, and if more than 9% of the population turn into zombies, be sure that you will find WAY MORE objects than actually, stores, a lot of house where people get killed before empty them or have only take the useful, performance and time to create are a wall for game dev, but in real life you will find the save density of people than what you have in 3/4 people servers, and unlike real life in this game everyone rush in certain area/building, so yes i want to play in almost empty servers (i in fact don't like online aspect, just zombies, surviving and myself is enough, DayZ in singleplayer will be nice for me and a lot of peoples) but the issue is not that i enter too fast inside servers.
The issue is that the server list sucks, literally, it say 3 player inside the server, i go inside and their is 10 or maybe sometime 15 players, it sucks and its a valid reason to switch server without having to deal with 99 seconds for maybe just find another server that state 3/4 player and which have 15 of them or a server with endless "please wait" screen or another private server that the owner don't even state it, or just server empty by hoopers...

Wait will NOT prevent any "hoopers" to empty servers, anyway they won't get many advantages to others player cause any weapon in good hand is mortal in DayZ, the best way is not to try to discourage them by just trolling any others people that switch for another and a valid reason, its like stupid anti piracy restriction against game crackers that just prevent player that buy the game to play while pirate just DL a game without any restriction to play... (This is just an example admin i DON'T in ANY WAY encourage such illegal activity).

You want a real solution ?

Here : http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/202269-my-huge-suggestion-list-long-topic/ Look at part [3] of my list of suggestions, the "spawn protection" which can permit hoopers to make their deal without having to restrict any others player and avoid to get empty servers cause of hoopers, i'm partisan of features that permit to everyone to be happy without create "unbalanced" things or any bad restrictions.

[sinkatze 52]

The 99 second timer is there for a reason and that reason is worth the wait. Also its alpha, so many things are being changed and tweaked. People don't understand anymore that games at this stages are not even meant to have fun, so if you are, at least be glad about it.

I barely ever have to wait for this timer, because I don't server hop, so if you see this message often, then its not the games problem, its yours. Plus, usually when I get the timer, by the time I go to the bathroom, watch a youtube video, answer an email, pay a bill, eat, walk the dog, wash dishes, clean, or anything! the timer is over. So why are people so desperate about this timer? Don't stare at it till its done, just do something else in the mean time.

[hleVqq 139]

It's annoying but a decent counter-measure to server hoppers. The problem is that after waiting 99 seconds it says "Ready" but the screen stays black until you reconnect, and then you have to wait additional time...