Do freshly restarted servers still wipe characters

[Tiger205 48]

I'm asking this because I remember something like that happening some time ago and I'm not certain if it still happens. I sure wouldn't want to be shit on the game just because I missclicked and joined a server with it's time at 8:00 or whatever. So - does it still happen or not?

[trev186 389]

It shouldn't let u join but if u do there is a chance it wipes u.

Personally I have not been able to join at either the standard 8 or 9:20 times

[Reg Park 160]

as far as i know, yes.... if you join a server too soon after it restarted, and it says "wait for host" for more than 5 seconds, back out and try again in a minute......it can still wipe your character if you let it sit on that "wait for host" too long right after a restart ive noticed. typically people will wait until about 10 players have joined back (assuming it was a higher pop server when it restarted) then it's probably safe to join at that point.

[JPWiser 251]

Yes

[Tiger205 48]

Well that sucks but at least I know.

[Guest]

Just wait for some time to pass on the server before joining. 

[Downydan (DayZ) 41]

Its a crap shoot on that. I generally wait a couple minutes after a server reset to join just in case.

[jimmorrison 0]

In .54 yes, tested it in .55 experimental and couldn't duplicate it so they may have finally found a fix for it.

[ColdAtrophy 1850]

Oh so that's why my public character was reset the other day. I was wondering about that. I let it sit on "Wait for host" for like 5 minutes, thinking that it would let me in eventually. Seems like this should be displayed prominently on the main menu or something so people know it's an issue when they first get the game.