cjohnston 0 Posted June 17, 2014 It's summer time again and I've got alot of time on my hands and basically just missing dayz, really would prefer SA but I haven't gotten around to purchasing it yet, so, I'm stuck wondering, if getting back into it will be worth it? (Before you bash on me for asking these questions, I don't have anything installed rn to see how active servers are) Are people still playing them? Are there still good active pure servers alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{ZTF}Gamma 4 Posted June 17, 2014 Standalone is basically Dayz Original with expansion packs. Honestly though, original Dayz is much better in my opinion. Escicially Epoch. Speaking of, Epoch is probably the most active category of Dayz mods. So if your gonna get back in, (you should) I suggest Epoch over anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herrjon 478 Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Definitely worth checking out. People periodically go back to the mod while waiting for the next SA, and for the mod they finally released 1.8.1, and are working 1.8.2. Edited June 18, 2014 by (TMW)HerrJon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadAsh (DayZ) 1513 Posted June 18, 2014 Depends on what kind of mod you liked. If you are into a bare to the bones survival game, then by all means purchase SA, it is rather playable currently from that perspective, with many nice features the mod never had (and of course more and more to come). If you are into the unlimited vehicle/weapons/easymode that is Epoch then you should stay away, possibly forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yazz1234567 6 Posted June 18, 2014 Honestly the mod just confuses me. I never find players on a server and I have no idea what the hell is going on. I started with the SA and then decided1 to go try the mod and trust me it was HELL. You never know what is going on and it is annoying me tbh. Go for the SA, even though its still alpha it is playable and the DayZ Team are working very hard to give you a complete game as soon as possible.Yay! Go Dayz team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC_Hawke 276 Posted June 23, 2014 Honestly the mod just confuses me. I never find players on a server and I have no idea what the hell is going on. I started with the SA and then decided1 to go try the mod and trust me it was HELL. You never know what is going on and it is annoying me tbh. Go for the SA, even though its still alpha it is playable and the DayZ Team are working very hard to give you a complete game as soon as possible.Yay! Go Dayz team!This, in my opinion, is the greatest failure of DayZ mod. I don't even know who you blame for this (if you can blame anyone considering the nature of a mod vs an officially released game), but the confusing nature of public vs private hives, official mod vs every other mod, vanilla settings vs 1,000,000+ vehicles/guns/choppers/loot/etc. really ruined the experience for a lot of people who wanted to try out DayZ mod. While DayZ Commander did a good job of listing the different mods in the install section and including a "hide unofficial" checkbox, people that are new to the game still have no clue how to distinguish a 24/7 daytime fully militarized clusterfuck server from a vanilla server (yes, they can read the descriptions in the server name but if they don't know what to look for in the first place it does them no good). Not only that, but most private hives claiming to be "vanilla" are far from it. I'm all for people developing their own mods with different things added to change the experience, but I think that allowing private hive admins access to change every damn aspect of the game while still calling it "DayZ" was a big mistake. I genuinely miss the days when public hive servers were jam packed with people playing the game the way it was meant to be played. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TG ! Jimmy 216 Posted June 26, 2014 It's summer time again and I've got alot of time on my hands and basically just missing dayz, really would prefer SA but I haven't gotten around to purchasing it yet, so, I'm stuck wondering, if getting back into it will be worth it? (Before you bash on me for asking these questions, I don't have anything installed rn to see how active servers are) Are people still playing them? Are there still good active pure servers alive? If you're still looking around, US3480 and US3481 are vanilla servers. 3480 is up and running on the official hive, and 3481 is private. We'd be happy to have you join us on either! Cheers,Jimmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
