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Thank you very much for the tips, they worked.

Thank you ver much, your tips worked here.

To become good at something, you need practice. Im a terrible shooter at this game because Ive barely had to shoot. When I need to, I kill zombies indoor with headshots because they move slow. Im great at sneaking because Ive done it a lot since day 1. In the start I was not very good so I got the atention of a lot of zombies. Yet, I survived because I had a weapon. That meant I could continue playing, sneaking and learning how to survive properly. When you dont have a gun, the first time you get a zombie to follow you, youre dead. That doesnt give you room to learn how to sneak properly because every time you do it wrong you die. There is no other way. That means to become good at it you have to waste tons of lives because every like is a one shot situation. Now, since were veterans (I dont consider myself a hardcore player) we know we can act crazy sometimes and run with zeds behind us until we find a weapon. But most noobs dont know that.

Hi, I dont consider myself a veteran. Ive been playing the game for 2 to 3 weeks now, 52 hours in total, my highest bandit murder count is 3, Ive never killed more than 250 zombies and my longest survival time is with my current character at about 15 hours. Yet, the fact that Im not a hardcore veteran survivor may help people. Also, its important to remember that 1.7.1 has come yesterday (16/06/12), so some of these tips may need tinkering. First of all, you need to understand this game is not perfect. Its at an alpha stage. When I discovered this game I watched a lot of youtube videos about it and all the "awesome adventures" people had with it. Yet when I connected, it was an entirely diferent "adventure". The first day it took me 1 hour just to connect to a server. I died due to bugs. Spawned in the endless ocean, wilderness and god knows where. So, the first lesson is: The game is not what the videos show us. Its harder, has way more bugs, isnt as exciting or fun as all the videos we have seen. The videos dont tell us that, they only show us the "awesome" parts. The second lesson is that information and decision making is more important than gear or weapons. Its amazing how people dont realize that in the start, but learn it from all the "stupid" deaths you had when you were a noob. In this game you need patience, you need to know what you need to survive, how important are the items that MAY BE in that house surounded by zombies and if the risk to get them is worth it. My tips are: - ALWAYS use the internet map: http://dayzmap.info/ With it you can know where you are, where you can find items, how far things are, where to find buildings in the wilderness that can have loot, the best path to reach inland places. Without it you will probabily spawn in the coast, travel right or left until you reach a big city, go into it, find a bandit and die. I cant believe how many people play this game without any clue about where they are or where they are going. Knowing the above, in my opinion, is the most important thing necessary to increase your survival rate. Another extremly important thing is to know which houses and buildings have loot. That help you aproach specific targets, lessening the chance of agroing zombies. They are always the same. - KNOW YOUR ENEMY. In this case, its both the zombies and other players. Dont trust anyone unless you have extremely good reasons for doing so. They may come with you for a while, help you, but just before disconecting they may think it would be wise to have your beans. Decent and helpfull players have been betrayed a lot and learned to shoot on sight. Also remember what I wrote above: Most people have no clue what they are doing. Which means they will stay near the coast (most youtube videos tell you to go to Cherno or Elektro when you spawn, which is stupid), meaning most players of the server will be near Cherno or Elektro. The more people around, less loot for you and higher is the chance of being shot. - STAY AWAY FROM THE COAST. Its not worth it. Too many people, not enough loot, high chance of dying. Some places are ideal for snipers, like the apartment buildings or hospital in Cherno. There are other big cities inland and also in the coast. There are tons of good places to find loot, and since they are inland and usually far from each other, the chance of finding another player is very low, meaning a higher chance of getting loot without dying. I wont tell you where to find items, but I gave you a map. Think about it. - SHOOTING IS A LAST RESORT. This is a survival game, not a deathmatch or first person shooter like COD. Ive played with other survivors which first option would always be to kill zombies around. That is not wise. Stealth is your best option. Try to be as safe and silence as possible in the start (I dont like to prone, I usually walk while crouching) and eventually you will learn how and how cautiuos you need to be. Shooting not only atracts more zombies but also alert players of your presence in the area. Even if you survive you will need more ammo, meaning more looting and more chances to die. Also dont fight zombies in the open. - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. If you have food, drink and ammo to make you survive a few or a bunch of hours, you may not need more. There is no need to put yourself in danger for another makarov magazine or extra flares. If you have enough basic suplies try to find isolated loot points with your map that may have better gear, like military camps and deer stands. Since most of us have never played a realistic game, we think we need as much ammo as possible. I dont think so. You can do well with just one clip. Remember, if you find another player it will probabily be a very fast and intense firefight (you may die without even seeing your killer, and kill someone the same way), meaning you dont need a lot of ammo. You probabily wont even have time to reload. Killing zombies is easy if youre indoors and have time to aim properly and kill them with headshots, which always kill with one bullet no matter which weapon youre using. - SCOUT AND BE AWARE. This is a survival game, where information and decision making is essential. If you find a good loot spawn point, scout the area. The more time you spend doing it, highest are the chances of you surviving. Imagine that if youve looked at the map and thought a certain place is a good place to find items, others will think the same. Look for dead zombie bodies or the lack of walking ones in loot buildings. Remember that once someone go inside they may take 5 to 10 minutes to explore, loot and decide which gear to take. If you hear people opening cans or eating, trust your instincts and believe there is someone there. Also try to think where snipers might position themselves if they were to protect a certain area. Also there are some clans and groups that have taken hold of areas like airstrips and airports and they probabily will have someone guarding it to stop people from looting it. Always think there may be someone in that building youre going into, no matter which one it is. Boring? Maybe. With these tips some may think youre a coward. Others will think the game would be too boring. I dont think so. I have decent gear and enough to survive. I dont need 7 DMR clips because I dont want to shoot without reason, even if I find another player that might kill me. Once you stop looking for the "thrill of battle", you realize acquiring survival skills and experience about the game, landscape and scouting can be just as rewarding. The deal is that when you have good gear and dont need to loot as much you are left with barely any objectives. Some, like me, look for tents and vehicles (even through Ive never found any so far). Others will try to acquire the best military gear avaiable, like nightvision goggles, military rifles, sniper suits. Others get good guns and start killing people for fun. I started playing this game because of the stories and awesome videos I´ve seen in Youtube. Yet all those were made with cooperative play. The way the game is right now you can barely talk with strangers because of the danger of being shot on first sight. I hope in the future people will realize the pleasure of playing with other people, even strangers, is more interesting than shooting them for their gear (which is not that essential, IMHO), and the focus of the game will change. I hope this post was usefull for some people, even if extremely long. If youve liked it please reply so the post remains in the first page.

ITs suposed to remain in the same place in the same server.

If there are other items in the same stash you may need to take them before youre able to select the backpack. Also, you may need to find the perfect position, so try walking around a bit and move the aim around a bit.

Good tips by other players. Also remember that if there arent zombies around when you log out, if youre too close to a spawn point there may be when you come back. Also avoid disconecting inside buildings, there is a chance someone is there when you log in. My ideal place to logout is in the a forest while prone under a tree, facing the closest building or city.

Ive written a bit in this topic of mine, if you find the tips usefull please reply so more people can see it. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13723

Just found a tent, got excited with the anouncement that now you can place tents anywhere. I went to a hill and tried to place it there. Couldnt. Went to a open space, still couldnt. Tried flat, open plain without any trees, still couldnt. Any tip or information I should know? Anyone was able to place a tent since 1.7.1 came out? Thanls.

Arma 2 is a realistic war simulation game, that is why there is no melee in it. Its not world war I where people killed each other in trenches with bayonetes.

Thanks for the tips, they worked and I was able to deploy it while walking with inventory open.

I manage to deploy mine, but it wasnt inside a florest, it was in an open field near a tree line. The tip of trying to place it while walking with the inventory open worked.

Good point. I think some hardcore gamers turn a bit agressive because nowadays its hard to find games with good gameplay, most are dumb to apeal to a larger audience. So they fear this may turn into something like that because of all the new players who watched the internet movies and thought this game was suposed to be somewhat easy. So you get the guys who want a very hardcore game and the newcomers who have watched funny videos on youtube and other places that make the game look extremely entertaining and easy.

Are you a veteran or have you started the game now? Maybe you need to learn to sneak properly. I dont think proning is the best option, I would go with walking while being croched and being still with nearby zombies and wait for them to go through. Its also interesting to analyse the walking paterns of the zombies and think which way would be better to go in and out of specific places. Ive written some tips here: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13723 For new survivors, if you read and like it please reply.

Maybe Im a scavenger, I dont like finding people and dealing with them because I may lose my gear and they may shoot me on sight. If I find someone my first idea is to get away as safest as possible without being seen, even if I have the option of killing them without them seeing me.

Use the internet map ( http://dayzmap.info/ ), it shows you where there is loot. When you spawn you will see in the right lower corner of the screen where you are. Look at it, look at the map, go away from the coast and into the smaller towns in the countryside, and try to sneak your way past zombies. Ive never died in this new version so Im doing ok with my gear in the wilderness. But now I see how cities have probabily become killing grounds for new characters, since not having a weapon and gear means you need to find places with good stuff, and cities are way better for that. Nonetheless more ruthless players will use that to kill as many people as they can, specially since noobs dont have weapons now. Nonetheless, I would stay away from the coast even if you have good gear. Too many people and too many bandits. You need as much information in this game as you need items, so you will probabily die a lot until you learn how to play, how to protect yourself, where, how and when to get items and also how to kill, avoid or hunt other players. The best way to do that is by using the internet map, without that you cant make up decisions and you have a very low survival chance. Remember, the true danger are the players, not the zombies (even through they have become way harder now).

Maybe its my character (I still havent died since the new patch) but Im not having problems with the zombies. Yes, there are more of them now, and they apear to spawn close to you while walking in your direction, but ive been playing safe and using way more stealth since I readed that now zombies have more awareness. Ive played about 4 hours without agroing any zombie so far, even throught Ive gone inside and outside cities and spawn points. What I didnt like so far is that it looks like you get hungry and thirsty way more than before. Maybe its just my imagination but I used to barely eat and drink and now it looks like I need to do it every hour. The problem is that now its harder to sneak past zombies (and it looks like they keep respawning even if you kill them, so killing them ahead of time is pointless) and since you need to walk slower past them it increases the chance of being shot by another survivor. I also think they made a very bad move making the game this hard because their game Arma 2 was selling like beans, specially due to all the free advertisiment they have been getting. Now you will have a lot of interested people that have bought the game and will probabily feel angry towards not only the mod but also towards Bohemia. I think it was a very bad marketing move which will probabily hinder sales and make Bohemia lose money and even future buyers.

Are the tents stable? I´ve read somewhere that there was a chance that it had a 50% chance of disapearing when the server restarted.

If youre in the ocean you can go back to land but you will lose all your weapons and most gear, except special itens and stuff in the backpack.

Happened with me too, started a new character yesterday, got a lot of stuff, used a camo suit, and today I spawned in the ocean. Maybe there is a problem with the suit, I wont use it anymore.