Killed by lag...how can I avoid high lag servers?

[vfxtodd 125]

I just got killed by a zombie even though I was completely healthy. I was fully kitted and ready to rock, when extreme lag disabled me. A zombie started attacking me, clearly unaffected by the lag, and my character was killed. Respawned as a freshie. Not a fun dayz on dayz.

[S3V3N 1402]

I just got killed by a zombie even though I was completely healthy. I was fully kitted and ready to rock, when extreme lag disabled me. A zombie started attacking me, clearly unaffected by the lag, and my character was killed. Respawned as a freshie. Not a fun dayz on dayz.

 

Same thing happened to me. Avoid that particular server, either the admins are duping items, or it is not a well-kept server. I had this problem on only one server, which seemed fine most of the time. I think sometimes the lag is caused when multiple vehicles/players drive through the cities in the north (idk why they cause so much more lag than the southern cities). I suggest to do the following:

 

- find a server that seems reasonably populated and stable

-> test if consistency works by dropping a backpack and a weapon in a place you'll remember. If either of them disappears after the restart, switch servers again and repeat. 

 

- you might wanna check the miltary base south-east of Vybor. When there is a lot of loot in there, it's either from duping or glitching. Tempting as it is to camp these servers, they are usually instable and laggy after a while. 

 

- avoid servers that constantly restart (they show a different time every couple of minutes, until the admin stops the restarts, so they can start their gun-harvest.) 

 

- look for public servers, 30 people is stable for me and worked fine the past few days. 

[HarryPotter (DayZ) 172]

We should have a list of best servers somewhere

[lrp1984 199]

We should have a list of best servers somewhere

 

Try game tracker