Mister Facepalm

Me and two friends went to search a town, one got his legs broken from a zombie and I went in search for morphine. The town was pretty big and had a shop, 4 large houses, one really big school-like building and a gas station. I searched it two times (on different servers) and both times, there was no morphine to be found. On the third try with the other friend, I broke my leg and now we need 2 shots of morphine. It's just getting silly now.

Since the removal of the bandit skins, every single time I come in sight of another player, they either run or start shooting. Before, they used to maybe stand around for a bit, perhaps say "hi" or simply walk past without any indication of violence. It's been pretty messy since this was removed as it seems nobody trusts anyone to any degree whatsoever.

I played as a Survivor for most of my time on DayZ and it was fun, I never once got shot by anyone and I never killed anyone. The people I met were clearly cautious but we eventually either got along or split up shortly after meeting. Recently however, I was running low on supplies, I had ammo, but no food, water or bandages and was on the brink of dying, as the indicators had been flashing for a while. I eventually came across someone and after stalking the poor fellow for a while, in the shadows (Using my Splinter Cell experience :P), I made the difficult choice to end his miserable life and steal his gear. I was then morphed into the bandit skin... and a lot of things changed. I noticed that most of the people I met stopped and went prone as soon as they had me in sight and after a matter of seconds, bullets were flying past my ears and it became quite the action-packed gunfight. Similar events followed this one and the life of a Bandit was a new one for me. The entire game felt different, I had to change my tactics in gameplay, it was either avoid players (which I tried my best at doing) or kill them, Survivor or otherwise. I think, personally, that the mechanic of morphing your appearance basically gives you a whole new status and mixes up the gameplay a little when it comes to player interaction. I enjoyed the change, and while it look a some time to become a Survivor again, I had a great deal of fun with the minor alteration to my appearance.