Sorry for the double post, but this information warranted its own post.
I logged in today, say my character all geared out with my wepon on the main menu. I went to switch server (to check and make sure I was on the server we've been playing on -- US 1-12), and joined the game. Suddenly I was no longer near Vybor, I was on the huge dock in Cherno.... with NOTHING. Brand new character. I was mad, but I figured the update had reset things and said 'fuck it, might as well play.' I ran around looking for loot, eventually got hit by a zombie and started bleeding. I was running around looking for the hospital when my game crashed. When I loaded it back up, the main menu still showed my character from before. SO WHERE DID HE GO? How do I get him back?? I logged back in to US 1-12, and I was placed NO WHERE NEAR where my game had crashed.
Not sure what's going on here, but there are definitely NEW issues now after the update. I'm pissed at the moment, but I'm just going to keep playing with a new character and see what happens.
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Scriv's most recent post in the Standalone Tips thread explains the above issue. I feel much better now. It does not explain the issue with not being in the same location as I was when my game crashed (which has happened twice now since the update), however I have not yet tested this after logging out normally. I will edit this post again once I have logged back in (later tonight).