Lack of players heading up North Nowadays?

[shinii 1]

I've been playing with a squad of 5-6 for a very long time, decimating players and such, but as time goes on, i'm seeing less and less players going inland for better loot- and pro/geared players camping cherno/electro killing newbs/starter gear players?

What the hell? :/

[random51 172]

A. Graphics corruption makes NWAF/Stary problematic for some/many players.

B. Hackers make staying fully geared problematic for everybody except other hackers. If you're just going to get instakilled at any moment by a hacker it doesn't make any sense to try to get geared up and head north. Just play cherno/elektro deathmatch/sniper hunt.

Those two things are why the players have shifted south.

[Thorne (DayZ) 10]

random51 is correct. With the current hacking extravaganza in DayZ, it is almost pointless for most players to spend hours trekking northward.

Also, hackers are endlessly duping tons of weapons and items that can be found in many tents near spawn cities. Everyone is now just camping the coast.

[Hetstaine 10852]

Yep..graphics glitch makes it impossible to do anything at any of the fields plus Stary , berezino, Green Mountain and to an extent Cherno atm for our small group of three.

[jackcrow 129]

B. Hackers make staying fully geared problematic for everybody except other hackers. If you're just going to get instakilled at any moment by a hacker it doesn't make any sense to try to get geared up and head north. Just play cherno/elektro deathmatch/sniper hunt.

While the graphics problem is an issue, this is more the main reason unfortunately.

Edited August 6, 2012 by jackcrow

[shinii 1]

God damnit.

I too hate hackers.

I cant believe people dont go north because of hackers though..

I understand the whole glitch thing at tents.. but meh.

Hackers are gay- FIX battleye you cakeheads :C

[iceman28001 36]

Holding down W for 30 minutes, to only get randomly killed by a hacker or teleported. Is not fun.

[Pure (DayZ) 7]

Holding down W for 30 minutes, to only get randomly killed by a hacker or teleported. Is not fun.

popsicle stick ftw

Edited August 7, 2012 by Pure

[expendable (DayZ) 6]

I have to agree with the video issues. It's just a little frustrating to be.in the heat of.battle and die due to not being to see what is going on. I cannot believe some patch wasn't pushed out faster to fix this.

[Myth`~ 46]

Not just NWAF and Stary ... I can't even remember the last time I saw someone else in around the Black Mountain area.

[ZomboWTF 527]

a few days i headed to NWAF, i took an extremely sneaky round, heading there from the back of the mountain, in a forrest, at nighttime, a DARK night, just to be killed instantly by a 50 caliber (which we know have no NVG capability), at a spot only visible from the back of the mountain (the side not pointing to the NWAF)

we were checking our surrounding with L85 rifles all the time, and i saw only one person with my thermal scope up the hill:

1)Why would a sniper sit on the BACK of the mountain?

2)how could he see us that fast in the woods?

3)how could he snipe us while we were moving at night (he had no NVG or thermal when he would've been legally equipped)

i can imagine it was a hacker, or a really lucky guy, or someone feeling good picking up a thermal sniper rifle from a dead hacker, or being a the wrong place at the right time, but even then he sniped us from so far away with a .50 in the night... thats more than improbable

so yes, long story short, i dont go north anymore...

[sostronk 334]

A. Graphics corruption makes NWAF/Stary problematic for some/many players.

B. Hackers make staying fully geared problematic for everybody except other hackers. If you're just going to get instakilled at any moment by a hacker it doesn't make any sense to try to get geared up and head north. Just play cherno/elektro deathmatch/sniper hunt.

Those two things are why the players have shifted south.

True, but Im playing with and experiencing a number of players who basically have it in their head that Cherno is the place to go and stay for the good loot. A number of these players haven't been more than one town North of the coast because its too hard to survive (food/water) and they have to wait too long to get the excitement. Alot of the new players who came over recently don't want to be involved in the "survival" part of the game, they just want to get in and play deathmatch style.

Edited August 7, 2012 by sostronk

[Konfuzius (DayZ) 0]

btw: easy fix for that graphical glitch: go to video options ----> video memory----> set to default or very high (or switch through it)

works perfect for me

there is also another solution: hold left-SHIFT and press NUMPAD -

then type in FLUSH

this will reload your "image" and sometimes the graphical glitch goes away

[{CQF} Ian 4]

btw: easy fix for that graphical glitch: go to video options ----> video memory----> set to default or very high (or switch through it)

works perfect for me

there is also another solution: hold left-SHIFT and press NUMPAD -

then type in FLUSH

this will reload your "image" and sometimes the graphical glitch goes away

Main problem with that it only works sometimes

[Konfuzius (DayZ) 0]

btw: easy fix for that graphical glitch: go to video options ----> video memory----> set to default or very high (or switch through it)

this works all the time for me at least (give it a shot)

[BlksnshN 127]

a few days i headed to NWAF, i took an extremely sneaky round, heading there from the back of the mountain, in a forrest, at nighttime, a DARK night, just to be killed instantly by a 50 caliber (which we know have no NVG capability), at a spot only visible from the back of the mountain (the side not pointing to the NWAF)

we were checking our surrounding with L85 rifles all the time, and i saw only one person with my thermal scope up the hill:

1)Why would a sniper sit on the BACK of the mountain?

2)how could he see us that fast in the woods?

3)how could he snipe us while we were moving at night (he had no NVG or thermal when he would've been legally equipped)

i can imagine it was a hacker, or a really lucky guy, or someone feeling good picking up a thermal sniper rifle from a dead hacker, or being a the wrong place at the right time, but even then he sniped us from so far away with a .50 in the night... thats more than improbable

so yes, long story short, i dont go north anymore...

I just found one of those thermal as50's in a tent. :D

[Hetstaine 10852]

btw: easy fix for that graphical glitch: go to video options ----> video memory----> set to default or very high (or switch through it)

works perfect for me

there is also another solution: hold left-SHIFT and press NUMPAD -

then type in FLUSH

this will reload your "image" and sometimes the graphical glitch goes away

The problem with this 'easy fix' is that it does not work for the majority of players. :)

[bigblockelectra 4]

Everything you need can be found as far north as Stary Sobor. The NW airport is hard to sweep with 3 or 4 guys. Doing it adequately by yourself is not possible--most people who play are alone. I have found more coyote packs at Stary Sobor than the NW, and I have also found just as many good weapons at Stary Sobor. Stary is also easier to sweep by yourself if you come in (from the north side IMO).

It would be nice if the NE airports had some better loot spawns to balance out the hostile zoning of the map. All of the buildings are cookie cutter design...are the loot spawns manually placed or are they automatically assigned by building type?