--What is loot cycling?--
-Loot cycling is defined as the act of collecting loot with the intention of disposing of it for the purpose of getting the loot table to generate more/better loot than what has been collected.
-In extreme cases a player will collect every item of loot from a location and then dump it, going back to the same location to collect new valuable loot that has spawned.
-It is all about your intentions when looting. If you intend to use or sell the loot to a trader, than this is acceptable, you may later decide to throw away a few low value items to make space or other things and this is fine, normal play.
-If you are loot cycling then you KNOW you are doing it, it doesnt happen by accident.
--How do we detect loot cycling?--
-Admins are active at watching players, especially in hot spot areas like military and oil rigs, we also have a log system in place that alerts us when a player is detected offloading a quantity of loot other than by selling at the traders.
-Everything you do in DayZ is logged and very easy to check, you can't just say "It wasn't me" and hope to get away with it. No body playing fairly goes through an area like a human vacuum cleaner, collecting every single item, beanie hats and 30 pistol flashlights etc, puts them in a bag and goes and dumps it if they are not loot cycling.
--Consequences--
-If you are found to be loot cycling then you will get a 7 day ban for the first offence, a second offence will result in a permanent ban from all Archon server and you will be added to the community shared ban lists.
-Ignorance of the rules is not a defense, saying "I didn't know it was not allowed", will not be accepted as a reasonable excuse.
-It is common on all DayZ servers for the no loot cycling rule to be in place, this is not unique to Archon.
-The decisions made by senior staff are final and not negotiable.
--Why we don't allow loot cycling--
-Firstly, loot cycling forces the loot engine to go into overdrive in a way that it is not intended, this has a significant affect on server performance.
-Secondly, it's cheating, gaining an advantage from exploiting a game mechanic for your own personal gain.
-Third, it limits the ability for other players to loot an area if a group is camping it and loot cycling.
-Archon has a fantastic, friendly community of players that mostly abide by the few rules we have, there is no room on our servers for players who wish to abuse that.