Possible hacker "andre" with a Laser Marker US 1687

[dosei 0]

If item transfers aren't logged anywhere, I have no other evidence of the Laser Marker as I hid the body holding it in order to destroy it before thinking to take screenshots, and this report can probably be ignored unless the other suspicious activity warrants investigation.

Server: us 1687 ... hosted by pogo

Time: Approx 2:30 AM PST

What happened: Low pop server at night, heard sniper fire while approaching NWAF, investigated and killed player "andre". Shortly after the message "Player andre is losing connection" appeared followed by "andre was kicked by BattlEye (client not responding)", and andre was no longer listed in the player list for the rest of my session. A couple minutes later after scouting the area (L85 thermal so I could confirm it was COMPLETELY clear) I headed in to loot the body, and while running behind a hangar south of the fire station I was instantly killed from 12000 blood with no indication of what killed me; no sound of gunfire, no pain status, bleeding, broken bones, etc. Just fell over dead. Assuming it was a bug, I headed back to recover my gear before disconnecting to find my rangefinder and coyote backpack (containing an as50 and mags) had been looted. Though I realize anyone could have taken it during the trip up there, and a hacker should have no use for looting players, the low player count (~7 during this incident) and the fact that most of them were killed shortly before or during my trip north at night is suspicious to me.

What proved it however was that when I finished the job of looting andre's body, he had a Laser Marker. Not initially knowing this was not a legitimate item I took it, checked the wiki to figure out how to use it and then placed it back on his body when searching for "laser marker" yielded no results and I realized it's not obtainable normally. Unfortunately I hid the body to destroy the hacked item before thinking to take screenshots for evidence, so hopefully item transfers are logged somewhere and the brief time I spent holding the laser marker (my name is "dosei" ingame as well) is enough to trace its origin (if andre isn't responsible for it himself).

[grezvany13 56]

You know it's possible to be killed from a distance and with silenced weapons, right? So it's possible someone killed you with a headshot without you even knowing what happened...

I've heard a lot of hackusations just because I can kill at larger distances. 2000m is no problem at all, so with the max distance in DayZ set at 1600m is easy mode ;)

About the laser marker; no it's not a legit item, but it's possible he found it at a tent or by killing a hacker. Hiding it with the body (and therfor destroying it) is indeed the best thing to do!

[dosei 0]

True that a silenced weapon could have done me, but the server was near empty and I was very careful to ensure the area was clear. The characteristic snapping noise that occurs when being shot at didn't play either, but again the odd death is only speculation. What concerns me more is the laser marker, and the possibility that he's not responsible for it is why I hope such things are logged somewhere.

[Axz 30]

You know it's possible to be killed from a distance and with silenced weapons, right? So it's possible someone killed you with a headshot without you even knowing what happened...

I've heard a lot of hackusations just because I can kill at larger distances. 2000m is no problem at all, so with the max distance in DayZ set at 1600m is easy mode ;)

About the laser marker; no it's not a legit item, but it's possible he found it at a tent or by killing a hacker. Hiding it with the body (and therfor destroying it) is indeed the best thing to do!

Amazingly, I think the lazer designator is a legit item, I found one in one of the spawn points at the barracks in the NW. I figure it's legit because, why would a hacker put an unobtainable item down? To swap it for a range finder, NVGs or binoculars? Surely if he was a hacker he would have just hacked his own, either way I did find a laser designator, but didn't live long enough to use it :/

[Th3Z0n3-85 2]

You know that the L85 HAVE a laser???

[mylum 0]

I found this on a bandit I killed at NWAF, I still actually have it and I am posting because I had to look it up to see what it was after not seeing it on dayzdb.com. So this has no in-game use? That's probably why someone threw it down to swap out for NVGs, at least if I found NVGs that's what I would do.