I can't stress enough how much fun DayZ is for me.

I just spent 2-3 hours making my way to my buddies' hidden campsite. Cleared 3 villages and an airfield of Zombies, evaded a 4-man bandit group that tried to hunt me down and had an epic battle in a supermarket that in the end saw 15 Zombies dead. I've re-stocked the tent (content gets saved on the server) with some spare ammo, food and medical supplies then set up a 2nd campsite some distance away. Those camps will serve us as depots/stockpiles for future raids.

Thanks for posting this Para.

I am so intrigued I have decided to get Arma2 just for this just as soon as I get my Mobo fixed.

What did you mean by "re-stocked the tent" ? Are you able to pitch a campsite inside the persistent game-world ? What about the security of the campsite contents when you are out and about exploring the world ?

I watched a youtube video on this and the uploader came across a Huey chopper flying overhead. Is this player repairable and controlled vehicle or an AI unit ? Video here :-

Yes, you can set up a tent (once you've found one) and "save" it so the tent (and its content) stays on the server (but only that specific server) when you login again or even after you've been killed. A tent has a number of slots (just like the personal backpacks) that can be used to store stuff. Only the player who set up the tent can break it down and take it again, but anyone can access the content. So it's a good idea to hide the tent in a remote place. 225^2 km do provide for a lot of space, thankfully. And yes, you can repair (and use) cars and helicopter, if you have found the right parts to repair them.

Very cool.

Is there any benefit to having a car or chopper?

Well, you get around the map far faster (and probably safer) than on foot.

Para_Bellum, which server do you frequent? Or do you go on whatever has space like I do?

Would like to join up with people I can trust as going it on my own isn't working out like I want.

This sounds very cool. LOL.. Definitely a time waster that I shouldn't try to play or I'll get sucked in.

How many people are on a server? How is server stability? I assume if a server crashes all the game data (caches and the like) are lost..?

When you band together with friends do you use a separate TS channel or something to communicate among yourselves?

Most servers have a max player list of 50-64 players and there are tons of servers full. It is actually hard to find a server to get into let alone get into with a group.

From what I played it seems stable.

Just played for the first time in about three weeks. I can't believe how many servers there are now! There were 4 when I started adn there are now around 80 or so!

Cool thing is my character was right where I left him with all his stuff, just a little hungry and thristy

Would really love to hook up with you guys. Maybe we could have a little SimHQ survivor meet up on a particular server? Would be great to have a SimHQ server

It seems that the master server is down. You log in and get a "waiting for server" message but you never spawn in.