From about 3pm to 12pm every server I play on is very laggy with huge delays with everything from bullet hits to opening doors. This has been very consistent for a long time now. This makes the game unplayable because I don't want to get into any fights with players or zombies.. I love the added content with every update but if I could give it all up for the best performance, I would. Being the competitive nature of the game, DayZ has a huge demand for smooth gameplay and fairness. It's devastating to have spent hours building up a character, getting into a shoot-out and not having shots register, doors not responding when you need cover, zombies glitching all over the place, guns having a delay on reloads etc.
I love this game. But it's a huge hassle having to situate my play time in the early mornings or the graveyard hours.
There must be something the devs can do to balance the servers more during times of high traffic? I feel like the game is only getting more popular so I suspect this is only going to get worse.