After recently having launched our servers on Xbox, we have noticed players use the Family Sharing feature on Xbox in order to create unfair advantages not in the spirit of DayZ.

Players currently have the ability to have multiple characters spread over multiple Xbox accounts on a single server using the Family Sharing feature. This shouldn't be an issue, however players tend to gear up those characters themselves and place them in the viscinity of their base or important points-of-interest on the map. When their main character dies, they can switch to a different account and jump right back into the fight to secure the gear they lost on their main account. This obviously creates unfair advantages because players will have to kill the same player multiple times to be victorious in their encounter. This stimulates others to do the same and it will create a vicious circle of players abusing the Family Sharing feature in order to remain competitive. This sadly isn't a rare occurance at all and it's a major issue on many servers. The Multi Account Mitigation option is somewhat helpful to combat this issue, but the current timers tied to this feature are not sufficient to fix the issue. They are simply not long enough to make a significant enough difference. That is very clear from what we can see on our servers.

Here's my relatively simple suggestion in order to fix this problem once and for all: give console community server owners the ability to adjust the timers tied to the Multi Account Mitigation feature. (Xbox/PlayStation)

This will allow server owners to find their personal preferred balance for this feature whilst not affecting the official DayZ experience. DayZ has always done a really good job giving server owners the ability to manage their servers through their personal configs and features. This one will help many servers fix an issue which is a massive headache to their playerbase. Exploiting Family Sharing sadly is very common but I am very confident this suggestion will make that a thing of the past.