Sadly I only know that they were both in the official server list. Sorry :(

Okay I believe it was the switching between experimental and persistent server that was my problem. Reloading into an experimental server today gave me my character back. Pretty chuffed but it would be nice to see GUI prompts regarding this kind of thing. I get that this game has a hardcore background coming from Arma and originally being a mod, but this product is now being marketed to a mainstream audience, even if it is still the more hardcore corner of that market. Guess I'd hoped things like this would be ironed out by now. At least the core mechanics of DayZ are enough for me to spend some time figuring the flawed design choices. It's like trying to start someone else's 10 year old motorcycle, even an experienced biker has to spend some time finding the right amount of throttle to get it turning over!

Hi Geez,

I read elsewhere someone mentioned they thought relogging too early had reset their own character. If this is the case its a pretty game breaking bug, since avoidng relogging too early still won't confirm that was the cause, I'll still now be playing with the fear my character could unfairly be destroyed whenever I leave a game.

Possible but i doubt it. I wouldn't be reporting if this were likely. I was in a pretty barren location with a good view around me. This isn't a city log out we're talking. I'm standing in the woods and waited for the timer to countdown rather than force exiting the server.