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Sounds easy. The only limitation I don't like is the gun.. I often roll with an SKS and it's become my bread and butter weapon.

This has not been my experience at all.. 90% of the map is wilderness. You're only going to be in CQB's inside of buildings, and even then you often need to fire out of the building to an approaching/escaping target, or potential snipers.

Dude, you're wrong and just trying to defend your position.. You're telling me what I have experienced, and you're incorrect. *I* HAVE had people use exploits against me, and I still don't resort to using them myself. I have a video I'm working on right now which shows me killing 2 guys who are actually hiding inside the walls of the ATC at NWAF.

"Bandit" is a viable play-style. Glitcher is someone using an exploit to get an unfair advantage. Basically, you're a cheater. . . You're just excusing it because the game allows it due to bad coding. Wallhacks and aimbots are also possible due to bad coding.. But you should use them cause other people will/do, right?

Dispersion is not the only measure of accuracy. There's also bullet drop, recoil, and sway.. not to mention the AKM is extremely heavy compared to the M4 so the dexterity on it is shit. Combine that with the fact that there's no RDS/KOBRA on the AKM and you have a weapon which is not as well suited for close range as the M4. For medium/long range, the M4 iron sights are better and the ACOG fills the same role as the PSO. And, I could be wrong, but I think the .1 dispersion on the M4 is only if it doesn't have attachments, which as I stated in my post: "A fully kitted M4" vs "A fully kitted AKM". People have a hard on for the AKM because it's the newest fully auto weapon and it's "iconic", and the M4 has got a bad rap due to the previous issues with dispersion. I'm pretty sure the mechanics have changed quite a bit in recent patches. Just last night I killed 3 people at 200+ meters with an M4, and 2 people in close quarters all in the span of about 10 minutes with nothing but a MAGPUL buttstock and an RIS grip on it. (Not the best grip).. Wasn't even using a scope, just iron sights. The accuracy on the M4 is just fine. Also worth considering: M4 60 round mag requires 2 vertical slots, AKM 75 round mag requires 4.. Nothing to do with performance, but I think it's worth mentioning when talking versatility.

I think this is a genius idea.. As for the "trolls", all rating sites/systems have trolls. If someone scores a good server a 1, another 10 people who recognize it's good will score it a 5.

Easier doesn't make it better. By your logic the Blaze95 is the best weapon in the game. They're easy to find, no kit required, extremely accurate, high damage. Performance wise, a fully kitted M4 out-performs a fully kitted AK in the ways I listed above. IE - Rate of Fire, Versatility, Accuracy. Once there is a KOBRA sight added for the AKM, it will even up a bit.. But currently, the M4 is just better to have.

M4 for the simple fact that it has a Red Dot Sight available for it and the AKM does not. Damage = AKM > M4 Accuracy = M4 > AKM ROF = M4 > AKM Availabilty = AKM > M4 Versatility = M4 > AKM

... do you not pay attention or read? Last patch, bullet impacts were glitched. He made a video to show that they are indeed fixed, lest people avoid the Mosin thinking it's still worthless.

Mr. Moon - "SHOUTY BANDIT STREAMER GOGOGOGO" ugh.. Sorry, I know a lot of people dig this guy and Psysyndicate, but personally I find their videos unwatchable.

Well put. Couldn't agree more.

Ahh somehow I figured you were a former WOW player, by the way you call people CAREBEARS because they don't agree with the way that you go about getting your phat l00tz.. Are you seriously challenging me to a 1v1? HAAHA.. How would we even make that fair for you? I posted my experience because you seem to think that "people who are against server hopping are carebears and carebears suck at PVP".. I'm not quoting you here, just paraphrasing what you have expressed in your posts.. You make a valid point, there are a lot of players who can play "any" game for a LONG time, and they never get good at it.. Let me make this perfectly clear: I'm not one of those players. You bring up WoW... Season 3 Gladiator, 2442 rating on Kil'Jeaden (BG8). Top .05% in the world. Counter-Strike...Won lan tournaments, competed among the top .05% of players in the world and made money playing. Age of Empires 3... ~2150 rating, about the top 1% in the world playing the most underpowered Civ available. DayZ - Killing server hopping scrubs like you on the daily.. I have video proof of it. Do you? No.. Because nobody wants to watch videos of someone logging into a server, looting ,and logging back out. So... I've countered your argument that anti-server-hopping-carebears are bad at PvP. Now on to proving that you're bad at it: Know how I know you suck at the game? Because you jump from server to server to get loot because you don't have the "time" to run from A to B to get the same loot on the same server.. You feel you need all the best camo gear, automatic weapons, and ballistics helmets.. I can kill you just as easily with a Blase95 as I can with an AKM. People who are good at anything get good by dedicating time to it and every time they make a mistake and die, they take that loss or failure and they fix the holes in their game and they improve. People like you are out for instant gratification. You want your gear fast and easy and you want to have an advantage over people who have LESS gear so you run back to high-population zones like Berezino or NEAF and you sit in a building and camp it with your friends and kill everyone you see like this is a deathmatch. This includes fresh spawns.. What you do is not a CHALLENGE.. You mitigate risk by logging into low-pop servers to get geared up in a game where one of the biggest challenges is supposed to be going to high-risk areas for high-reward which requires high-population in those areas. You avoid all of that because you're a scared little bitch, afraid of losing your precious purple rare-drop. Let's get something straight - This isn't WoW and it isn't a deathmatch PVP game.. Your loot means nothing and the amount of fresh-spawns you can kill while you're camping inside a building doesn't impress anyone nor does it make you good at the game. And remember, the only reason we're even talking about PLAYER SKILL here is because YOU brought it up. There are 101 reasons why Server hopping is toxic to this game, and if you can't see them it's because you're a selfish ADD douche-nozzle that takes the easy way out. KOS doesn't bother me.. Gives me someone to shoot at. You wanna kill fresh spawns? Go for it.. I'm not telling you you can't shoot whoever you wanna shoot at.. I think most of the people in this community agree that KOS, while unfortunate in some circumstances; is just a part of the game, Server hopping is reserved for Grade A baddies who are missing the entire point of the game. As I said in my other post: Go play something to suits your style.. Go play something that gives you instant gratification. I'm not against games like COD, Battlefield, Counter-strike, etc.. But if you need that instant gratification then DayZ isn't for you and if you play it like you do those games, you're a bad DayZ player. Oh, and I laugh at your 1v1 request. You aren't even worth my time. You'd just find some way to a. make excuses. b. wiggle your way out of it. c. give yourself an unfair advantage. My gaming experience speaks for itself, and make no mistake, I'm better than you at everything I do.

Or you could just add respawning loot. Problem (mostly) solved..

Let's look at the facts: You have 25 posts and talk shit about carebears and how bad they are at PVP... I have >1000 posts, >500 hours in SA, over 1 year playing the Mod, and a youtube channel showing me PVP. Server hopping is for baddies. The fact that you defend server hopping means you're a baddie. Go back to Call of Duty if you want instant gratification.

Server hopping is not only bad for the game, bad for PVP, bad for KOS, and bad for the community... But it's also just a sign of BAD play and it's BAD for your health. If you log in at NWAF (or where-ever), you have NO idea who is also there.. I can't tell you how many times I've killed server hoppers who just logged in and started running directly to a high risk area without any concern for their safety JUST because there were only 2-3 other people on the server. They then die, and ALL that time and effort collecting all that precious gear is gone in an instant.. Which of course could happen to anyone who's running a loot route, but if I am running a loot route from Balota to NWAF, *I* know what's already been hit and what hasn't and that usually gives me an idea of whether or not I might run into someone.. I also see who's been on the server before me and who logged in after me so I know what I have to watch out for. The SAFEST way to loot is to loot on the same server from start to restart.

Compass, knife, watch, clothing, (hunting clothing, etc), crossbows, bows, the odd hunting backpack, hunting/civilian rifles and ammo, food.. basically, survival supplies.. As that's what hunters would be traveling with.

Leave it to a thread like this to attract all the biggest assholes on these forums. Seriously, you all sound like you need to get laid. "ZOMG IM HARDCORE PVPER"... Seriously, get off it.. If you're shooting fresh spawns 1. You're a coward 2. You're bad at the game 3. You'll get wrecked by someone who actually has a gun. Fresh-spawns never run up and try to knock me out, because I don't run around in fresh-spawn zones with ballistics helmets and full camo gear like the majority of the retards in this community. If you want to be recognized for your mad l33t PVP skills, I suggest you go play a competitive shooter or JOIN THE MILITARY.. Most of you love gun porn and have repressed anger issues and/or a mild case of psychosis, so you'd fit right in with the jarheads. (No offense to any former or current USMC) I'm not telling anyone how they "have" to play the game.. After all, I enjoy the challenge of punking you kids out all the time. It's just pathetic that you take such pride in how much you suck at this game. Ask yourselves this... What's more of a challenge... Grouping up with friends in Berezino/NEAF and shooting everything that moves.... OR Going 1v2 - 5 against a group of geared players who are sitting around camping fresh spawns? What feels more rewarding? What is more entertaining to watch in a youtube video/stream? Romans 15:1 1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. 2Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.… (And before you go bashing me for quoting the bible.. I'm an atheist.)

sorry, my original post was a little dickish.. My apologies.. It just seemed like you guys were a little too full of yourselves for being geared and occupying an area that is full of fresh spawns. Try taking your group to Balota or NWAF.

Your squad is a joke. You guys would get wrecked by 2 organized players. You aren't even bandits. BADnits maybe.

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/29ngd4/most_bizarre_firefight_ive_ever_had/ Quite literally, so strange.. I obviously found Satan at the airfield, pumped a half dozen rounds into him, bandage him, then have a chat..

lol.. for what it's worth, I only got shot once in the leg, as far as I know.

Just some results from testing... I have heard from friends things like, "Wow, I didn't even hear that shot.", and, "I heard the bullet hit the wall but didn't hear the gunshot!" So a buddy and I tested a few things this morning. This was done at 500 meters, firing from the Northern Hill of Elektro, to the Powerplant Fire Station. My friend stood inside of the firestation, and I fired 5 shots at the fire station tower. 1st shot, friend was standing facing North (my direction). He heard the bullet hit the fire station, then heard the shot. 2nd shot, he was facing East. He heard the bullet hit the fire station, but heard no shot. 3rd shot, he was facing South. He heard the bullet hit the fire station, but heard no shot. 4th shot, he was facing West. He heard the bullet hit the fire station, but heard no shot. 5th shot, he was facing North again. He heard the bullet hit the fire station, then heard the shot. Conclusion: When firing a Mosin from 500 meters, the person being shot at will only hear the shot if the following are true: 1. They are facing the direction the shot was coming from. 2. The first shot does not kill them, as apparently the bullet registers as hitting before the sound of the Mosin firing is heard. (Needs more testing) More testing should be done on ranges, weapon/round types, and also the death before hearing the shot.

If you need target practice, go play arma III?

Berezino is only a battlefield because geared players go there to kill fresh-spawns... Derp.

There are always hackers at NEAF... ...And generally Berezino and the surrounding areas have some action. If you're more hardcore, try NWAF.. I get in a lot of fire-fights there, and the variety of "kinds" of players is a little more mixed. NWAF attracts lone wolves and groups alike, and most people are moderately to well geared.