Server specific characters?

[sachad 1016]

So vulnerable targets being forced into labor by and for those stronger than them? Why would that be a bad thing? It's a more legit approach than the endless 'spawn-loot-fight-die' loop most people get stuck in. It may suck for the freshies, but they can try to escape, or maybe a band of heroes will stumble upon them and free them, or maybe one of them whacks a guard in the head and takes the gun to unleash sweet vengeance upon his captors, setting his companions free, and ultimately succumbing to the hunger for power.

[General Zod 1118]

So vulnerable targets being forced into labor by and for those stronger than them? Why would that be a bad thing? It's a more legit approach than the endless 'spawn-loot-fight-die' loop most people get stuck in. It may suck for the freshies, but they can try to escape, or maybe a band of heroes will stumble upon them and free them, or maybe one of them whacks a guard in the head and takes the gun to unleash sweet vengeance upon his captors, setting his companions free, and ultimately succumbing to the hunger for power.

How is that a bad things ? How about because this is supposed to be a survival game not a farming slavery simulator ? 

If that's what you want to private shards and hopefully mod support will come to your aid. But keep those ideas out of the main game. 

[sachad 1016]

It's an entirely plausible scenario in a post-apocalyptic world. Slavery is as old a concept as civilization, and in a world where the only authority comes from those strong enough to impose it, slavery will always have a place... 

[Mr_Joe 38]

*POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE LASTEST WALKING DEAD EPISODE 11-3-14*

If anyone saw the Walking Dead Episode yesterday, did you see the community that those people formed (The people that brought Beth, the one in the hospital)

I kinda imagine something like that in regards of "Communties" (minus the crazy ass cops and other shit)

You saw people with jobs, mostly saved Patients, for example that black guy working on the towels, etc.

This is what I kinda imagine for communties, also the Prison from Season 4 and 3.

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SPOILER OVER

It'd be kinda nice to see "communties".

But having a community wouldn't make it safe.

It'd need good security..

It would attract a lot of zeds.

Not to mention a rival group consisting of bandits, can of bean lovers, perverts, Trigger happy xXeliteXx kids, or worse

Just imagine a full on attack from a rival group on a community living in a cleared, pretty secured Elektro. It'd be amazing to see..

[Mor (DayZ) 57]

A increasing cost for server switching: Does allow switching but the cost goes up rapidly - so after one or two servers you better settle down or enjoy waiting times in limbo. In terms of world and economy size this offers about the same advantages as the second option but limited server hopping and switching is still possible at a relatively low cost. Excessive switching (for whatever reason) gets costly however.

That is your best solution, but making it "one or two servers" is a bit arbitrary... You need to remember that the majority of people are not loot farming and have legitimate reasons to switch servers and something like this may become a a huge nuisance to them, making the cure worse than the disease.

Some of those reasons include a friend coming online on a different server, pop maxed or low servers, annoying 9 year olds, low ping (e.g. in peak hours due to playing overboard servers) and related issues, glitched server or testing\bugs (like with current persistence) etc...

Edited November 4, 2014 by Mor