Helpful Addition to rule 3.4

[Highlander]

Having read all the recent talk about the NLR rule I have seen several helpful posts from both @Alan Woods and @G_DateLR stating that players can visit the Help Desk for assistance in finding their location in order to avoid their bodies.

Seeing as that particular advice is geared towards new players or those unfamiliar with the map, my suggestion is that an additional line be added to rule 3.4 that alerts newcomers and those reading the New life rule on the Rules page that that is an available option.
The reason for this being that the only way to come across this information at present is to sift through pages and pages of posts on announcement threads or buried suggestion threads.
It seems like it would be very helpful for those not knowing that helpful tidbit exists, much less that they should go looking for it, to have it right there next to the rule so everyone can easily see it when they go to read the rules for the first time or refresh themselves on them.

That is my two cents- have a good day!

[Noble]

Personally I feel that at some point the rules are quite strict especially IF you die to a glitch say zombies push you into a wall and gangbang the fuck out of you which has happened to all f us and we cannot avoid it DayZ is buggy and therefor it will happen with that said. I honestly think that if no RP occured due to your death say a glitch or something like that then you should be able to go back to your body and grab your gear but say if a player killed you then it would of course be a no go.

That is just my opinion of course.

[Banshee]

+1

Might also be a good idea to change the wording of the rule a bit, change general area to 1000 meter radius as that is the general rule of thumb for NLR.

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3.4 | When your character dies you lose all memories from the situation that lead to your death. You may not return to the general location where you died at for at least 1 hour after your death, the general location being 1000 meters starting from where you died. You are also not allowed to get involved in the same situation that lead to your death, even if it has moved to a different location or 1 hour has passed. Situation are considered the same as long as any side has active kill rights. Server restarts, crashes, game glitches or any other circumstances do not affect these restrictions or time limit. This is known as "New Life Rule" (NLR).

Feel free to join the help-desk or contact a staff member if you are unsure of your location and/or are afraid that you may be within the boundaries of your NLR.

 

[Highlander]

5 minutes ago, Banshee said:

+1

Might also be a good idea to change the wording of the rule a bit, change general area to 1000 meter radius as that is the general rule of thumb for NLR.

 

I whole heartedly agree with that too. If we catch them at the source (the rules) before it ever happens it could solve a lot of the accidental NLRs happening. I know a lot of people don't dig through old announcements and i dont think the rule is going to change any time soon.
 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Highlander

[Banshee]

15 minutes ago, RoverBeast said:

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I understand where you are coming from, but with the current system it is best to just leave it as it is. If we were to look at it case by case it would cost us a lot of time. We'd have a huge amount of people that would claim that they had died to a bug whilst they didn't, people claiming that no one was around and therefore they should be allowed to return to their body, etc., and it would cost us a lot of time to verify all this information to make sure if it is true or not.

 It's just a lot easier to simply not allow anyone to return to their body or area, no matter what they died to or who was or wasn't around.

[Highlander]

Honestly though, to really truly be able to keep up support's end of the deal with the "just contact help desk for assistance" we are gonna need some graveyard shift support team members. There are times of night when no one is available.