Schools/Office building.

[Zee_Panda 29]

So at the top floor of those buildings was the infamous gun room. If un looted or ignored, a >guaranteed< weapon would spawn there. But it now seems to have changed, as I looted berezino I noticed it hadn't been looted, but yet no weapon. Curious as if someone had looted it. I have done several server hops to find out if this is true, it seems they have removed this 100% chance of a weapon spawning or Im very unlucky with the 6 servers i hopped to which had been looted and someone had taken the weapon every time. Can anyone confirm is this is true.

[chepaco3290 59]

In the update they changed loot tables. From what I've gathered, that means they've either changed where items spawn, or they've changed the frequency in which they spawn. I've played about 4 hours with the new update, I've walked a giant circle around the entire map, and I know for a fact that loot has been changed. I now a lot of people are ereporting that it's still easy to gear up, but I've never had this much difficulty finding an akm and ps01 scope. Still don't have a scope, and I've hit every location that spawns them, on low pop servers none the less. 

[kimosabbi 48]

Loot tables have 100% been changed.

 

I checked school but found weapon cleaning kits there instead of as you said, weapons, which was the norm.

 

I have also noticed the blue carvan/trailer things also do not seem to have loot anymore and the miltary soft top trucks, jeeps and trains do not seem to have loot spawns. (confirmed after server restart and checking the unlooted town).

[Re-Patch 47]

Loot tables have 100% been changed.

 

I checked school but found weapon cleaning kits there instead of as you said, weapons, which was the norm.

 

I have also noticed the blue carvan/trailer things also do not seem to have loot anymore and the miltary soft top trucks, jeeps and trains do not seem to have loot spawns. (confirmed after server restart and checking the unlooted town).

 

I can confirm all that by testing myself <_<

I'd rather have a bit more loot again.

[johnny0964 (DayZ) 15]

Weapons DO still spawn in that weapon room; I found my CR527 there in a town near the NW Airfield. They must be rare, but they indeed still do spawn.

[ebrim 998]

Weapons DO still spawn in that weapon room; I found my CR527 there in a town near the NW Airfield. They must be rare, but they indeed still do spawn.

 

Yeah, you can find weapons there, it's just not all the time.

 

I rather like the new loot tables except that I find nothing in the little grey sheds with a door anymore, they used to be one of my favorite spots. :)

Edited September 19, 2014 by Ebrim

[kimosabbi 48]

I can confirm all that by testing myself <_<

I'd rather have a bit more loot again.

 

Personally, I'd prefer to have less loot (certainly in terms of guns). If you have first dibs at a town, you can walk out of there pretty well off.

 

Last night the first server I played on, I spawned in electro and had the following:

 

Kevlar Helmet

Blaze rifle

Mosin Ammo (x18)

Fireaxe

Lots of food

Bandages

Green Waterproof Jacket

 

The above is pretty much all you need to survive if not more than enough. By the time I ran from Electro to Kamyshovo I had killed 3 people (1 bambi with a rifle and axe which was a misunderstanding - added him and apologised and two somewhat geared bandit looking types). I was more or less as geared as I needed to be within the space of about 30 minutes. That is not survival (which is the main point of the game) but an easy loot up and go.

[kitthegreat 43]

Definitely a lot less loot spawning now. Not such a bad thing imo, it was way to easy to gear up pre 0.49. I seem to find mosin in the brown wooden barns quite regularly and the little Red shrines are good for shotguns and pistols. As said jeeps, blue trailers and trucks no longer seem to spawn anything.

[johnny0964 (DayZ) 15]

I wish they hadn't made it nearly impossible to find military magazines like an AKM mag. I'm glad they want to make it less likely to spawn, but not next to impossible.

[Re-Patch 47]

Personally, I'd prefer to have less loot (certainly in terms of guns). If you have first dibs at a town, you can walk out of there pretty well off.

 

Last night the first server I played on, I spawned in electro and had the following:

 

Kevlar Helmet

Blaze rifle

Mosin Ammo (x18)

Fireaxe

Lots of food

Bandages

Green Waterproof Jacket

 

The above is pretty much all you need to survive if not more than enough. By the time I ran from Electro to Kamyshovo I had killed 3 people (1 bambi with a rifle and axe which was a misunderstanding - added him and apologised and two somewhat geared bandit looking types). I was more or less as geared as I needed to be within the space of about 30 minutes. That is not survival (which is the main point of the game) but an easy loot up and go.

 

I would basically have to agree with your post, except for a few details:

 

Once the game is finished, I'm completely okay with turning down the loot. But certainly not now! I thought we were suppossed to be testing the game? Heck they should quadruple the loot (especially the guns) for the alpha phase when it comes to my opinion.

 

I'll give you an example for that --> I work 100% (5 days a week) and I get home at around 18:30 every day. After sports and all the duties it's always around 20:30/21:30, sometimes even 22:00. If I have now 1-3 hours I can play a day (that sometimes only once or twice a week even), I don't want to "waste" that time by just not finding anything.

 

Well I'm pretty experienced by now, meaning I could still get looted within 30 minutes if need be (join servers right after restart at good places etc. etc.), but that's not really how this game should be played right?

 

Another example: my friends (have more time than I do), were all geared up already one day after the whipe, they wanted to go for some action on the NWAF later that night.

I got home at around 19:45, didn't have that much time to loot up (because they wanted to go to the airfield around 21:00/22:00), so I went serverhopping a bit. I ran between Balota and Vybor on three servers (right after restart, everything unlooted). I have looted 21 barracks (at least 80% was untouched) and 12 prisons (at leat 80% untouched as well).

 

All I found (military/weapon gear) was:

 

1x Mosin

25 Mosin shots

2 AK mags

 

Didn't find a single AK, nor a drum mag, nor a high cap vest, nor a AK101, nor a pistole etc. etc.

Do you get my point? Looting that amount of fresh buildings and getting nothing out of it is not okay, this is too hardcore.

Maybe when the game's finished, okaaay, we could talk about that, but now when we are supposed to be testing --> NO, please not!

 

Nothing personal, just my opinion.

 

cheers buddy

 

 

I wish they hadn't made it nearly impossible to find military magazines like an AKM mag. I'm glad they want to make it less likely to spawn, but not next to impossible.

Perfectly said my friend! :)

Edited September 19, 2014 by re-patch

[tobias winfro 305]

Schools do seem to spawn guns at a lower rate. I seem to be finding more sporters and shotguns in schools. Loot is still findable just takes a bit of searching but it can be found. Magazines still seem to spawn at a low rate but I've found them for my sporter in a fire station so I'm set for now. Still haven't found any optics for my buddies SKS or his mosin but we've been occupied searching for choppers atm.

[Bigbadchuck 97]

I found my SKS in the second police station I looted. Spawned near Dolina after the wipe and found it in Gorka. Found a PU scope for it and nearly 200 rounds just looting on a med pop server from Gorka to novo. Loot is fine. You people are just spoiled.

[kimosabbi 48]

I would basically have to agree with your post, except for a few details:

 

Once the game is finished, I'm completely okay with turning down the loot. But certainly not now! I thought we were suppossed to be testing the game? Heck they should quadruple the loot (especially the guns) for the alpha phase when it comes to my opinion.

 

I'll give you an example for that --> I work 100% (5 days a week) and I get home at around 18:30 every day. After sports and all the duties it's always around 20:30/21:30, sometimes even 22:00. If I have now 1-3 hours I can play a day (that sometimes only once or twice a week even), I don't want to "waste" that time by just not finding anything.

 

Well I'm pretty experienced by now, meaning I could still get looted within 30 minutes if need be (join servers right after restart at good places etc. etc.), but that's not really how this game should be played right?

 

Another example: my friends (have more time than I do), were all geared up already one day after the whipe, they wanted to go for some action on the NWAF later that night.

I got home at around 19:45, didn't have that much time to loot up (because they wanted to go to the airfield around 21:00/22:00), so I went serverhopping a bit. I ran between Balota and Vybor on three servers (right after restart, everything unlooted). I have looted 21 barracks (at least 80% was untouched) and 12 prisons (at leat 80% untouched as well).

 

All I found (military/weapon gear) was:

 

1x Mosin

25 Mosin shots

2 AK mags

 

Didn't find a single AK, nor a drum mag, nor a high cap vest, nor a AK101, nor a pistole etc. etc.

Do you get my point? Looting that amount of fresh buildings and getting nothing out of it is not okay, this is too hardcore.

Maybe when the game's finished, okaaay, we could talk about that, but now when we are supposed to be testing --> NO, please not!

 

Nothing personal, just my opinion.

 

cheers buddy

 

 

Perfectly said my friend! :)

 

 

You've made a very valid point. However, my views are different on the game, each development I just play as if it is a full game but just has its quirks. There was a build before the NEAF that I would have accepted to play for a good long while.

 

By the time I've done work, get home, get dinner etc I'm on from about 7/8ish and play to 11. In that time I normally loot up and have a few battles and call it quits if I die or if it gets too late.

 

I can see what you mean though, that loot is pretty disappointing. I normally stick more to the east is it is easier/quicker to get enjoyment out of the game instead of running for 30 minutes or however long it is (shows how often I go to NWAF!!) to get shot within the first few minutes. I do plan heading that way more but saving it for weekends where I have more time to do so.