Chris529

just to get this straight: banditry ≠ shooting everyone you see for a laugh and not for loot banditry = occasionally killing a person to survive, to take their food, water, ammo etc. asshats should be separate skins from bandits then. what if you kill someone and loot their body, it counts as bandit kill, but if you kill someone and dont ever loot that body it is an asshat kill? maybe the asshats get to wear a clown outfit with bright yellow and green. also can we all stop generalizing bandits as assholes? I mean way to go stereotyping a massive percentage of players as dickheads, without even knowing anything about them, just because you were killed a lot by asshats for fun, then come on forums supporting anti-banditry features to relieve the butthurt. Seriously almost no-one here supporting the skins and saying bandits = assholes, is not butthurt. edit: on the topic of being a crazy guy from killing people, some people are just cold. it doesn't get to them. Look at the protagonist of GTA IV, for a quick example, he killed a lot of people in a war, then killed a lot more people in LC. dont see him going insane, just an example of some people being cold, the ones that don't go all batshit crazy.

how low can you go with DayZ commander? you probably mean way before that but im just trying to help

if you don't get out of the way in time and get killed then bad luck, deal with it. Twice a day = 2 times every 24 hours. It would be rare for someone to even see one of these jets fly over let alone the jet flying to where a player is on the massive map and drop a bomb on him.

if you babies must have your skins then maybe make it so you change skins based on how many kills regardless of whether or not they are bandit kills or survivor kills. that way you definitely know that a guy with certain clothes is not to be f**ked with because he has dropped so many people. I think that's fair because now you wont see someone with the skin and shoot them on sight because you know they are bandit or go up to them and ask for help because you know they are hero. however I still hope they vanish in SA because it's making the game easier and is just as unrealistic as having "BAD GUY" or "GOOD GUY" appear when you aim at someone. I bet if that was put in there would be the same thread as this one arguing about it.

dude its probably because the servers haven't been updated and your latest versions of dayz/arma 2 aren't compatible with the server, that's my best guess (update probably did something since you have downgraded, messing with server). It's happened to me too. I had good gear and that was a week ago now I went to play on a server started as a bambi on the coast, not sure if I lost the gear or if its just different gear for different servers

doesn't really matter for me, I only join servers with good ping from 10-50. I either find a good looking server and get bad version crap, get frozen at a loading screen (or it takes 10 mins but not waiting that long, so never find out if it works or is 100% frozen). Though usually I can join servers ok but then my friends wanna play and bam bad version even though we all using dayz commander with same up-to-date versions.

I don't get it, why do people only care about KoS if it's a survivor that gets killed? A bandit that kills a few people is worse than a survivor that kills 25 bandits? like, picture a couple people see someone axe murdering someone. They run up and point their guns at the guy and ask why he just brutally mutilated that guy with an axe. Guy says don't worry it was a bandit, i'm not some kind of murderer. they breathe a sigh of relief and wave bye bye, everyone lived happily ever after. What i'm trying to say is now you will have KoS with survivors killing bandits, because a survivor might see the telltale turban on a guy and bam that guy is gonna get shot at no questions asked. I mean it's an intentional kill/attack, on sight, am I right? If you don't want to be bad and want to not kill people, don't go near people. Or if you really want to walk up to an armed stranger and see if they will let you waste their time maybe get your gun out and be ready incase they shoot at you. I think the bandit skin would actually encourage bandits into KoS if they have the skin because they know if the survivor over there sees them they will automatically think "SHIT a bandit die you evil bastard!". If they know they won't get KoS by everyone else, including the 'trying to be friendly' survivors, it would give em a chance to play nice. The skin is also dumb because anyone with binoculars could spot a guy and then just by looking at him from a distance knows he has killed people and therefore deserves to be shot on sight... KoS preachers can be total hypocrites as I have shown, they get killed by bandit it's fkin KoS bandit prick but they KoS bandits all the time.(or at least people with the skin) also guise read the whole thread like I did, it's obv some people just tl;dr and quote from the first pages and look dumb. edit: spelling and also as a side note I am not a bandit probably killed 1 guy for his stuff. Maybe 1 or 2 more in self defence. If I see someone, I back down, watch them and let them go, bandit or not.

maybe it would be cool to just have helis/jets fly over quickly but no interaction with the player, doing a recon sweep. I liked the idea of jets bombing cities but people might die and it would get frustrating. Though it does make sense, the cities would have the most zombies and whatever military is left would want to try and cut down on number of zombies. But that would probably only make sense early on, not when the country is already swarming with zombies.

yeah cherno/elektro are deathtraps most of the time, but if you've got the balls go for it. just dont be too surprised when you die

3rd person really does help with running around, I usually go into 3rd person while moving fairly long distances and then switch to 1st person when I'm going into buildings etc.

thermal scopes can be annoying but hey it's only for the L85, not too bad. It's WAY more annoying having someone with a hacked in anti material rifle with thermal shooting at you from like 1 km away

I thought it was an OK idea to an extent. But as it has been said the game is meant to piss you off when you die and it's meant to be hard to find each other. I know what you mean though, when I try to play with friends theres always a 40 min operation to find each other and then usually we get raped by hackers (TP bullcrap usually or random explosion). Also you might choose a certain place to spawn all the time since its near your tents etc. Then again I usually spawn in 1 of 2 places either around elektro or near kamenka.

was that even a headshot?

get dayz commander :) then go to install/update section and install maps in 1 click

yeah ArmA II: Free was taken off the store, but I think theres a demo for OA?

yeah DayZ commander is what I use it's really easy to find servers you want

easiest way to team up with people is if you know them outside of the game and you can arrange to play together and trust each other

sounds great though, maybe if a few friends wanted to get on and have some fun without risk of hackers etc and complete control over the server.

Just be careful when moving, like don't run unless you have to. It's a good idea to crouch-run most of the time, and if you are heading into an area with zombies (especially in daylight) go prone, it will save your life. If you get alerted by a sudden noise or movement you should get ready to attack and drop down prone if you can. It is good to play on servers where it is night time or low light because it makes it so much easier to avoid zombies. Don't use your flashlight unless it is an emergency, that thing is a bandit-beacon. If you are shooting anything stay calm and don't waste ammo. Speaking of ammo, remember if you reload with a few bullets left you will eventually go back to that mag and that could mean trouble (it also takes up an inventory spot so you should try to empty mags). If you find a hatchet you should be able to handle any lone zombie fairly easily. A way I lose zombies if I have to run is to try and lose them between buildings and when I am out of sight I go prone and stay silent. If you see a player it is probably best to stay hidden and let them pass unless you badly need some supplies. Chernogorsk and Elektrozadovsk (aka Cherno and Elektro) are frequently visited areas and should be avoided since you have a high chance of getting shot. If strange stuff is happening like mass deaths or teleporting you should disconnect from the server incase it's a hacker. sorry for the wall of text but that's just some tips that can help, good luck :)

that's an awesome tool! You can spectate suspected hackers and catch them red handed and perm them before they knew what hit them. Only problem would be admin abuse but as long as admins are kept in check it would be a good thing.

I got an M4 CCO with a few stanags, I guess I could trade for fal with ammo ofc. Or maybe something else depends what you got I guess :P

First confirmed kill was about 20 minutes ago :P it was half "if I dont shoot him he could shoot me" and half screw this guy I want his stuff haha. I can't remember what town I was in but I was inside a house prone in one of the rooms, because I knew someone was running around. I only had some supplies, M1911, revolver in my bag (for a friend) and some ammo. Anyway I waited for a couple mins and sure enough a I hear footsteps in the house. The adrenaline gets pumping and a bit later he came into the room I was in. I took aim for his head and just as I popped him in 1 shot I saw he had written Friendly in chat, poor bugger. He had a ghillie on and he had the best coyote bag, bunch of cooked meat, M4A1 CCO with some ammo, NVG, Rangefinder, most if not all equipment like GPS map matches etc, some medical supplies and another revolver and ammo. I'm convinced he was a hacker since he had all that nice gear but he also had a radio that he either spawned or picked up. Oh well, mine now :P he timed out shortly after I killed him too, idk why maybe he force quit the game. A friend of mine on the server said there were hackers teleporting people shortly after I killed the guy so I quit after I took everything.