Smersh vests and helicopter crashes

[{CQF}CrAzY-TRD 0]

HI guys,  :ph34r:

 

Question for anyone who cares to post reply.

 

I have been searching in dayz sa for the smersh vest, i am aware they only spawn at the Russian crash sites. Now my question is since the last update to stable(.50) has anyone been finding any crash sites. Black hawks or Russian ones.

 

I have found one of each and i am assuming it was on a persistence off server. 

 

Has anyone figured out the percentages per server of how many smersh vests may spawn?

 

Are the servers your finding crash sites on persistent? 

 

Is the vest really worth it besides the 4 extra slots you gain versus a highcap?

 

thanks in advance.

C  :beans:

[yazar8 584]

The vest is indeed worth it and the helicrashes are very hard to come across with at the moment.

[{CQF}CrAzY-TRD 0]

i know they are hard to find currently, usually i can find them with out too much effort running a loop, but now i rarely find one on my loop and when i did 2 crashes were next to each other. (this was on the current patch)

[larsehh_ 53]

It's indeed b***h to find right now. Only certain servers spawn crash sites. The russian choppers drop way less loot comapred to american choppers. 1-5 items mostly. In last 4 daysI've come across 18 choppers, 7 american, 11 russians and yet to see any Smersh Vest. I hope other people are having better luck than me right now cause it's slowly killing me. :(

[Griz2 77]

I have a question as well. With the implementation of persistence, in my mind it seems like when a crash site spawns, the loot on the ground would persist even after the heli has despawned. So if someone were to go to a known crash site, would there be loot there from previous heli spawns even if there is not one there currently? If not, what am I missing? Is the loot somehow bound to the choppers so it despawns with them? Does it just despawn if nobody finds it or interacts with it? How does it work? Would someone kindly fill me in? Thanks.

[tkcjesse 2]

I have a question as well. With the implementation of persistence, in my mind it seems like when a crash site spawns, the loot on the ground would persist even after the heli has despawned. So if someone were to go to a known crash site, would there be loot there from previous heli spawns even if there is not one there currently? If not, what am I missing? Is the loot somehow bound to the choppers so it despawns with them? Does it just despawn if nobody finds it or interacts with it? How does it work? Would someone kindly fill me in? Thanks.

It appears that the loot leaves with the heli, it doesn't stay on the ground. From personal experience this is what I have found out as our server had restarted right as I was looting and all the gear was then missing.

[Irish. 4886]

HI guys,  :ph34r:

 

Question for anyone who cares to post reply.

 

I have been searching in dayz sa for the smersh vest, i am aware they only spawn at the Russian crash sites. Now my question is since the last update to stable(.50) has anyone been finding any crash sites. Black hawks or Russian ones. Yes, several. 

 

I have found one of each and i am assuming it was on a persistence off server. They do not seem to spawn on persistent servers.

 

Has anyone figured out the percentages per server of how many smersh vests may spawn? Its extremely low. 

 

Are the servers your finding crash sites on persistent? No.

 

Is the vest really worth it besides the 4 extra slots you gain versus a highcap? No, its really not. Do you REALLY need 4 extra slots? If you do, why? There are plenty of reasonable ways of carrying things besides the SMERSH that will get you killed by anyone who sees you, to try and take it off you. 

 

thanks in advance.

C  :beans:

:)

[Avant-Garde 229]

Well since you can't use any kind of backpack with the Ghillie suit, I say the Smersh Vest is really, REALLY usefull if you want to stay camo. But good luck finding one lol

Edited November 22, 2014 by Avant-Garde

[Yawdarious 30]

But what point is the ghille sit if someone with low graphics just sees no foliage 200m away and you just look like a baby tree ent in a field like a derp. Sigh.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Baby tree ent lol , but seriously I can't wait until this game is optimized , grass will be MANDATORY for every computer at every distance ... We will no longer be "baby tree ents" !!

[chrithu 59]

So? Do helis spawn on servers with persistence on? Because I'm using 1st Person servers only and haven't found a single crashsites since 0.50 on servers with persistence switched on.

[blacklabel79 949]

But what point is the ghille sit if someone with low graphics just sees no foliage 200m away and you just look like a baby tree ent in a field like a derp. Sigh.

 

 

thats bs.. too many factors involved....