MaximumBullfrog

That's magical. I wish I was sniping at the time so I could have recorded it from a distance.

AKM's iron sights are fine for me. Better than the squat sights of the other AKs. The AKM's a 1 hit kill to all areas. It's most effective at a range where you can toss a half dozen bullets at someone at a moment's notice because every single one of them is a kill and at the very least you want them down ASAP - even a dead man has time to shoot back before he hits the floor. Just about every other rifle in it's class is 2 to the body for a kill. Hell most of the sniper rifles are 2 to the body.

Lee and AKM. Very easy to get, stopping power, can light a match at over 300 meters. Killing in 1 body shot is probably my most important figure for a gun. Reasonability to the wind, it's the AS50 come times I can get one.

AS50 is the best sniper in the game. The PSO-1's rangefinder is good only if you're a highly mobile rifleman. The AS50 is everything the M107 is but with less noise and WAY less recoil. The M107's recoil takes your eyes clean off whatever you just shot at which is a BIG deal for long range banditry. About a half hour ago I took out a team of three creeping around the southwest wall of NWAF within 7 or 8 seconds, a feat that wouldn't have happened with the M107 making you stare at the sky for so long every time it goes off. All 3 guns are lethal if they hit the big toe at full health though.

I liked it. Added consequence to murder in a game that lacks that real life risk factor. Promoted cooperation and negotiation.

Why are people here always so hostile towards players who managed to amass a lot of nicer stuff? It's part of the game, and long term investment is a lot of what makes DayZ unique in what it's trying to do. Personally, I find letting myself find value in my gear adds a lot of tension and excitement to the game wereas without it it's just people grabbing the closest noisy gun and jogging around urban centres. It is survival after all. A beta wipe would be a good idea if it vastly overhauls the game's infrastructure, but if it's defined mostly by just server side security or something then there's no need. I love losing my gear legitimately (shot, mauled to death, etc), just not so much when it's from a packet loss or something.