My idea to fix "Ghosting"

[Tain (DayZ) 8]

I am not a designer, programmer so i am not sure if this can be implemented into the game, but here is my idea

If player joins serverA

then logs out of ServerA to log into server B

that player cannot log back into serverA for 30 mins

this would allow people to switch servers to meet with freinds but Ghosting would be gone.

Ghosting is when a player logs off from ServerA then logs into server B to get a better spot or advantage from the player they are fighting with, like move behind the player, then log back into serverA and kill said player.

2nd Edit

If you disconnect from Server A for whatever reason (player choice, server restart, crash etc..) you can still reconnect to server A just as long as you don't connect to another server

Edited July 12, 2012 by Tain

[Miggy 16]

What is "ghosting"?

[Tain (DayZ) 8]

Answered (i hope)

[Miggy 16]

Oh yeah now I understand :P

But what if you get timed out or something. Then you wont be able to play on the same server.

[Miragenz 71]

30 minutes seems abit much, make it like 5 or so. Because who hangs out at a certain place for 30 minutes?

This would also help with the aborting in a way, you can still abort from combat, but you will less likely abort to avoid some zeds on your tail, unless you have no server preference.

Edited July 12, 2012 by Miragenz

[Food 309]

I say simply implement a timer that ticks down from 5 minutes and it constantly runs so it would give you around 5 minutes before they could re-log giving you time to escape as well.

[Tain (DayZ) 8]

Well, if you disconnected from Server A for whatever reason you can still log back into serverA

but if you connect to another server then you cant

[deltron3o3o 29]

5-10min

30min is kinda long... some ppl want to raid other ppl's camps on other servers

[Tain (DayZ) 8]

but that is the point, you should not be able to move on serverB, to either kill a player or raid a base at that location from serverA,

Edited July 12, 2012 by Tain

[StickyNote 25]

Oh so that explains that poor shot sniper that I was stalking.

Yeah I agree that there should be a server rejoin cooldown period. This seems too easy to exploit

[Tain (DayZ) 8]

and 30 mins is not long at all, i really wish there was a viable way to find these people and perma ban them, its cheating

[WingsOfStardust 0]

I agree with the suggestion and do not consider 30 min to be that long.

And to those who think less is enough to run away, well. Why should "I" run away from a ghosting player? I would prone wherever for 10-30 min simply to make sure I will not be shot in the back upon retreating. Or simply waiting to retaliate the player.

If you don't have the patience to stay proned in one spot for at least 10min, you are definitively playing the wrong game.