If you've got $10-20 to spare (depending on sales), I'd say it's worth it as a gaming experience. Yeah, there are hackers and bugs but honestly it has been a lot better of late for me, and I play a metric fuck-ton of DayZ. There's really no telling when standalone will be out and ready, nor just how well standalone will function at launch (the new server-spawned zombies kill FPS pretty hardcore IIRC). I'd wager a guess at an August release- I think there were rumors about the lead dev scheduling a Mt. Everest climb or something like that right around that time, so one would assume he'd probably not have the unreleased standalone hanging over his head when he took that kind of trip. Honestly after War Z turned out to be such an abomination, I think Rocket's really lost any impetus to get the game released early just so it can start selling copies.
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Are the extra couple bucks for the complete pack worth paying for the ''improved graphics and textures''?
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Rocket said in a reddit reply that there is a ton of issues with the client server architecture at the moment. I would not expect the standalone anytime soon. If anyone is bored with dayz they should check out wasteland for arma.
downloaded the dayz mod from steam, started arma 2 once then operation arrowhead once and now when I launch the dayz mod it says i have version 1.62 and most of the servers seems to have a more recent version...What do I need to do to play this now?
Well the server where I had all my tents hidden died and I got one shotted by something (never heard the gunshot, not sure if hax, bug, or silenced headshot). So I'm now gearless and noobified. Open to suggestions on a good new home server if anyone's still active.
Hmm this thread has piqued my interest again, especially if the hacking is less than it was before. Having issues with my mic, but maybe I'll play again next week for a bit. Think the last I played was October or November.
So where is everyone playing, or want to play?
I generally play on iSnipe because getting the DMR as the default loadout:
I generally play on iSnipe because getting the DMR as the default loadout:
For anyone starting out or starting over and trying to gear up safely, a little tip: low pop euro servers off primetime. Specifically German servers. Play at night time (ingame).
I don't know what it is, but for some reason the DE servers seem to have vastly increased number of helicopter crash sites. I can remember on multiple occasions logging into random areas and having 3 or 4 crashes within 1500 meters of my position, sometimes even logging in to see 3 or 4 crash sites damn near adjacent to each other. I've found upwards of 20 crash sites in a four hour period on an old personal favorite, DE 24, which I didn't even think was possible. If you play at night and can deal with most servers being damn near pitch black, it's insanely easy to spot the crashes- they literally light up the skyline if you're anywhere within a thousand meters or so.
I'll be gone this weekend but if anyone wants to get down sometime next week let me know- if nothing else I need storage space for crash site loot that doesn't disappear due to server outages.
I don't know what it is, but for some reason the DE servers seem to have vastly increased number of helicopter crash sites. I can remember on multiple occasions logging into random areas and having 3 or 4 crashes within 1500 meters of my position, sometimes even logging in to see 3 or 4 crash sites damn near adjacent to each other. I've found upwards of 20 crash sites in a four hour period on an old personal favorite, DE 24, which I didn't even think was possible. If you play at night and can deal with most servers being damn near pitch black, it's insanely easy to spot the crashes- they literally light up the skyline if you're anywhere within a thousand meters or so.
I'll be gone this weekend but if anyone wants to get down sometime next week let me know- if nothing else I need storage space for crash site loot that doesn't disappear due to server outages.
I'm normally hanging out either on aforementioned euro servers, or on the highest pop primetime server I can find on DayZ Commander once I feel like doing a little bandit hunting/highway robbery. There is nothing quite so amazing in this game as pulling off a successful road block and/or carjacking- especially when you land a headshot on the driver and the car ejects his body while still traveling full speed. You just see a bleeding body go skidding past you at 50 km/hr in the death pose.So where is everyone playing, or want to play?
I generally play on iSnipe because getting the DMR as the default loadout:
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Yeah it has a day cycle too. There is only like 3 servers running this mod because they are not letting the source files out until they have a fully done version. Also if you pick up the British Armed Forces DLC for arma 2 you get much better skins, it is only like 8 bucks via steam.
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Was kind of hoping it would be permanently dark even though it wouldn't make sense. I've spent so much on Arma games the last few months I think I'll just wait until the stand alone comes out but I'm definately interested in this mod.
Did they ever brighten the nigths in DayZ? When they fixed the gamma "Exploit" I always felt they went a little too far. That mod is spot on as far as lighting is concerned.
