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To be blunt, the best places from my experience to meet friendly survivors is actually the least place you would expect them to be. For instance, 2 nights ago, I ran into a friendly in Berizeno, TWO actually and they both had every opportunity to shoot me in the back of the head. It's crazy how that is too. => Also, I've learned MAJORITY OF THE TIMES, if the person is ALONE, he/she will probably be friendly if you DON'T point at them and raise communication over direct coms.

So I guess continuing on my somehow gotten luck, I found a tractor somewhere north on US 10 Chicago. I promptly went up to it to see if there was any damage. To my surprise, all wheels were in place. It was low on fuel though and the engine plus the hull were red. Welp... since I found it, I decided to give it go, even though it was low. Going south now, I had an idea in my head. Since the update, why not go through the usual hot spots and honk the tractor to attract any zombies away from players. Maybe, I thought, I might make their lives a little bit easier. I'm going south, stop by a dam north of Elektro to luckily find a jerry can to fill the low fuel, and continue on my way. I then spent maybe the next hour and half just going from Elektro back to Cherno and then back to Elektro over and over. I even went to Balota on the airfield and back. Why was I doing this? No reason... I simply wanted to have fun and maybe make some memories for players. So after awhile being surprised I'm not yet dead by other players, I decide to park the tractor by the beach west of Elektro. I was then greeted by two random people without weapons that wanted the tractor, but they were being chased by zombies. Taking my gun out, I help the poor folks out and kill all of them for their troubles. I had a little chat with them and told them one of them can take the tractor for a spin. Greatest feeling ever. If that wasn't enough, the server unfortunately had to restart and the tractor for some reason spawned by a barn a little north of where I was, still by Elektro. Weird... but I get in it and park it once again on the same beach west of Elektro, this time with no one running to me. I hope someone found it, I mean would certainly hope so. It's by the spawn points! To whoever found the tractor on the beach on US 10 Chicago, you're welcome. I also gave them 3 spare tires, 2 fuel tank parts, and the filled jerry can. Yep... I'm crazy. This happened I by the way 10 hours ago, just so you don't get your hopes up thinking a tractor is there now.

Before the first restart? No, since I gave it to the other player. The second time though, I don't remember saving. I'm assuming someone though found it before another restart occurred.

After playing this mod for three weeks now, I can say that not once have I grew tired of being killed on sight and have been actively friendly, despite all the paranoia that goes through everyone. It's a hard life in the world of DayZ to be friendly that only shoots when the hostile party is... Well... Obviously hostile. It holds a much more satisfying game experience in my opinion however. That feeling of betrayel when a suppose friend shoots you in the back without saying another word if you could hear another word. That feeling of satisfaction when you do meet with another honest to good survivor and you eventually become friends on Steam or some other way. That feeling caution and alertness you get when you DO see someone and the horror you get when you know THEY saw you first. Love it, it's the best thing. Yeah, I had my share of angry moments when I first started off, especially upon dying on my 12th day living. Now though, I'm used to it and appreciate what every moment happens in this mod. May it be something negative or positive. Yet despite all the people killing others, bandits luring people into their demise, and just players shooting anything that moves. I still play as a friendly survivor. I must be crazy. I'll be the first to be killed when this actually occurs. =P

I could change 1911 to ACP rounds without a problem. I don't know if that's true for the reverse though as I have no tried that yet.

Switch to the Direct Chat and there you go. Note you'll need to be close to someone so they can see the text, or hear you. It's much preferred by the way if you have some type of microphone.

Thanks to the update with no one starting off with a weapon, Cherno suddenly got a whole lot better. That's just me though as I was strolling through it on US 10 Chicago both during the night and a little bit at dawn. Thanks devs!

YOU'RE A BIG CRAP!

Then I hope I don't have the displeasure of meeting you when I spawn.

I don't know if you experienced this now, but I had the unfortunate dismay of dying and had to do a new character with these new rules in place. Let me tell you, not once did I get shot by some random dude, even when I met some dudes too, WITH GUNS! Guess what they did when they saw me with nothing but a flashlight? They went away since they know you don't have anything. You might just be getting unlucky with people who are just absolute jerks and still kill you even though they clearly know you have nothing of value.

This update made me smile. It's harder, but for good reason. Now it might actually not be a good idea to do a dark deed to a fellow survivor. That, and bandits are no longer the main threat. Zombies are again!

YES Forces survivors and bandits not to be trigger happy, plus gives other bandits who are geared no reason to shoot.

Alright, before the update rolled out and about, I was in the middle of fixing up this SUV near Sol at the gas station. So I'm fixing it, patch rolls out, and then finish up fixing it and went on an hour spree of driving along the coast. During my cruise, I stumbled upon a person with a flashlight (This was also during night). I stop and honk at him, greeting him even to come aboard this SUV. He does so and then I suggest we go to Berizeno to give him a weapon of some kind since he didn't start off with any (via the newest patch). We arrive there, and then I met not one, BUT TWO random people there who were also both friendly. I was having either a huge stroke of luck or I somehow went to DayZ heaven. Well anyways, my newfound car buddy got himself a Kobra, and then we chit-chat a little among ourselves. One person says he's just going to part ways while the other joins along to ride along the coast. So now back on the road, I suggest to see how Elecktro is doing since this new update gives everyone no weapons. On my way there however, I somehow crash into... a very small object and zombies are spawning in and chasing. Then... comes the best firefight ever, for me anyways. I take my M16 and start to pour led to every zombie that dared come across my path. Unfortunately, the person that joined my ride at Berizeno didn't make it. But... I guess he disconnected soon after because his body disappeared too. Man... So back once again on the road, the SERVER WAS ABOUT TO RESTART. Shoot, alright, so I turn around to see if there were any trees, or just some way I can go inland. But there was no time, so as I approach these trees by the shore which I'm pretty sure no one would spawn by, the session was lost... And I didn't save the vehicle. I go back in the server, spawns me near Elecktro for some reason, run all the way back to where I know I parked the car, and it wasn't there. Sad night... lost a guy, and another guy, and the car. Oh well, it was fun while it last- BUT WAIT, as I'm going north again along the coastal road to see if it simply spawned back at the original spot. I anger a zombie and makes me bleed. Alright, I shoot him and bandage up. But then another zombie comes and makes me bleed again. Well... to my horrible dismay... I had no more bandages. So now I'm just killing zombies hoping ONE OF THEM would drop a bandage. Luck was not on my side though, I guess I used it up repairing that SUV. So I go to a pier, look out to the ocean, then die... along with my M9SD, M16A2 M102, all the items I could possibly use to survive. And my dear NVG's... Moral of the story. Zombies can sometimes be worse than bandits! =C

lolwut? Seriously, WHAT!? How... how does that happen, in the worst place possible to drive something that slow?

This is just proof that sometimes, direct communication can make someone hesitant to shoot. I'm no bandit, but hey I should share a story too of my ultimate demise of this one guy that had very good charisma. So there I was in Cherno, was a new character so it was one of those "you didn't care" what happened moments and whatnot. I'm just going to the usual spots, looting anything and everything I can, until I came to the firehouse. Granted, I knew this was a hot spot, so I did a full sweep of the area before I began my ascent to see if there was anything good. As I went up, to my unfortunate dismay, there was no loot to be had. That was until I heard someone below me. Me just starting out with a Makarov, me being the friendly person raised up my direct coms and hailed the person below me. The person responded back saying he meant no harm at all. Alright, cool, or so I thought anyways. So he comes up the stairs, we stare at each other, give each other the salute, and I promptly tell him that nothing was in the firehouse. He then pauses for the moment and goes on to say we should go to the apartments. I agreed since I was going to head there myself after this firehouse detour. So we cross the streets of Cherno, until he suddenly goes full sprint and angers all the zombies in the immediate area. Me being naive thought he must've double tapped the run key on accident. So no biggy, I follow him to the apartments as we anger more zombies. Now we're in the apartment that's by the north hospital, and we take shelter there. So I'm distracted with the zombies and shoot at. Until... this guy's dark side comes to fruitition. As I'm shooting at the zombies, he promptly turns around and unloads a clip to my head. I go down dead, and that's... that. I wasn't even angry either, was sort of surprised and then laughed. To whoever that person was, I do not know. It was on a Hardcore/Veteran server with no 3rd or crosshairs. I do know to whoever it was. Well played, you talked in Direct coms convincing me you weren't going to do what you did. THAT... is true banditry. Even though I'm a victim, I loved how he pulled it off sounding so convincing in direct coms.

Everyone knows that killing survivors in the coastal towns is so three weeks ago.

I like how this thread turned into some type of personal vendetta.

Alright, just wondering. Thanks for answering, and perhaps a few others too. Keep it strong DayZ and BI!

Not to be "that guy" as I have no knowledge of anyone in the banned list, but could it be true that some of them are mistaken? I don't know, it feels like there's people here that are getting banned and are truly confused on why such a thing happened. This is me being naive though. I'm just trying to think maybe there were some misfires during the banning process. Not that I should really question who can do what now, I'm just concerned that there were actually some innocent people in that ban list. =/

I bought this game off of Amazon, I hope that I can still download it when I decide to uninstall Arma 2. =/

See, that's the thing. Don't let one person who wants to kill everything make you turn into the same person that wants to kill everything. That's the thing that everyone seems to be arguing about. It's ironic when they argue when they're adding on to the problem for OTHER players who DON'T want to kill on sight.

Hey everyone, just registered to the forums, been playing for four days and loving it. Anyways... With my experience with the game so far, it's been mostly positive and not negative. Your experience is very-very unlucky, that I'm sure of. There are those bandits and trigger happy survivors, but there's also people who know that killing someone isn't the logical answer. I've only died once in this game actually. Been surviving 2 days according to the game. The first time I died was not by anyone, it was my own stupidity being new to the game and being overrun by zombies. But that's not the point here. The reason why I've been surviving for 2 days now is simply because I haul my butt north, I don't care where north, just anywhere that's not by a beach in the south or city. I then proceed from thereon when I'm out in of the shores to scout everywhere. Before I even make a move, I scan, I observe if there's anything going on. I stay in the trees majority of the time unless I go out in the open, and even when, I do I scan my surroundings before I proceed to the open. If I hear shots, I most of the the time go in trees and observe, or I simply run off to another location. If I see one survivor, I usually leave him alone and don't say anything. If I see a pair or pack, I call out to them to see what they do. If they hail, I again ignore them without ever telling them where I am or giving them the chance to see me. If they're hostile and go in super defensive mode without hailing, I still ignore them and be on my way. From the four days I've played, I've already got survivor stories to share too. I was by the northern shorelines when it was night (Before the 1.5.8 update) and hailed them. They responded and were quite friendly. I've actually approached them after a conversation, since a convo does ease up the tension, and they simply saluted and we went our ways. Another one was I was somewhere by I think Nub, that castle in the middle of the map. I was going to go in a deer stand when I heard shots. I immediately went in the trees and saw a survivor running in the clear open. I didn't let this survivor know I was there and didn't bother to say anything. What's the point with this story? Simply put, to not be killed by trigger happy survivors, you have to be aware of your surroundings and don't just go up to them without first saying anything from a great distance.