Survivor-Kyle

The other day I was waiting for a friend to meet me in Msta before heading north. He got a bit lost along the way so I was just chilling and hanging out in the woods south of town (near the deer stands), when I heard 3 shots in quick succession. My heart stopped. There was another survivor near by. Where did the shots come from? How close were they? What/who were they shooting at? I hit the deck and and took cover, after I was sure I wasn't the intended target I began a slow, careful, search for the shooter. Suddenly I spotted him. Running along, alone, through the tree line. He was clearly unaware of my presence. I drew a bead on him with my AKM and then I didn't fire. Instead I called out over DC, "I have you in my crosshairs. Don't move or I'll shoot!" He froze. I continued, "Turn to your left and walk down the hill. Don't stop." He turned right. I assume he was just confused. Perhaps he was actually looking for me to assess the situation. I fired a shot at him, but missed (sight was zeroed at 300m, and we were much closer than that. My fault, and potentially a fatal mistake). I'm glad it missed. "Turn around a walk away. I don't want to kill you." Then he asked me if I needed anything. That felt too much like a trap to me. I read the forums, I know that 99.995% of players are back-stabbing pieces of trash. So I told him I was fine, just a bit paranoid. He walked off, and I followed him with my cross hairs until he disappeared. Then I booked it out of the area. WHAT A RUSH. If I had just shot him I'd have missed out on that crazy tension. On the blood pressure raising standoff. I don't see why people just KoS; they're missing out on so much of the interpersonal dynamics that this game creates.

They already exist. I saw a zombie stop following me and chase after/eat a bunny rabbit. I damn near cried it was so beautiful.

I'm pretty sure these changes are only visible on your local system.

They are apparently furry little tin cans.

We already have a suggestion's sub forum, and in DayZ General, we have this thread: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=23142

That is oh so tactical and fun... especially when you lose all your gear within five minutes because even with the best gear in the game' date=' cherno and elektro is suicide if you are there for too long. I am talking about an endgame, not suicide. [/quote'] I'm not trying to crap on your request for a tougher challenge, but what happens after the team accomplishes your mission? They are now better over-equipped and have even less of a challenge in-game? It'll just be the new helicopter crash site, and all the loot will be hoarded off map in tent cities. Why not try being a medic in Cherno/Electro. You have to form a tactical fire-team to keep all the griefers off your tail. You are rewarded with gratitude and immortality, much like Dr. Wasteland M.D. (Rocket even talks about him in interviews). This would be a true end-game goal, that encompasses tight corners, roof tops, tactical decision making, and can be accomplished only by a well organized team. The up-shot is that Rocket doesn't have to do/change anything. You can get lots of gear from the bodies of the griefers that you kill (half of them, I am convinced, are hackers/scripters so they will have good gear). And you can do it right now, without waiting for a patch/update.

That's the spirit! :)

Enthralling narrative, blood-relative.

What is going on with the guy in the bottom right corner? Some sort of a mutant conscript or something?

If the game is too easy, why not choose to make it more difficult. Play as a medic or a taxi driver. Sure, they have SUPER short life-spans, but that's because it's the hardest way to play DayZ. Pretty damn rewarding too. My buddies and I are building a MASH unit so that there will be medical supplies further out into the wasteland. You could set out to arm newbie with better gear (so that they don't have to enter Cherno/Electro). Tl;Dr If you are bored it's because you have no imagination and are not challenging yourself.

Another example of how not following KoS creates epic memories.

Oh God no. We're all doomed! ;)

I just take mine off before I disconnect. Never had a problem.

Great read and great thread. I totally agree. The hardest, most rewarding, way to play DayZ is as a human. Killing people is.easy and robs you of the interactions that make truly great stories.

If I played on that server, I'd gladly take it off your hands. I love this idea.

As of 15 minutes ago, when I last played, it still worked.

::Yawn::

I was ready to go on a killing spree and swear off helping other players. I had just been killed by some random guy who walked into the room with me and fired before I could move my finger to the 'caps lock' key. I was soooo damn ready to take my rage out on everyone else. And then this happened.

Are you sure you know what he was trying to achieve in the first place?

your close, but no cigar, the article was actually written by someone else, and if im not mistaken in a completely different year etc. if you re read it again, you will no doubt notice references made to the one that you pulled up. Would you mind posting the author's name and/or article title? I'd like to read more and see how they arrived at their conclusions.

So was your post a response to the work of TRIBESMAN, BARBARIAN, AND CITIZEN by John W. Campbell? You referenced his work, although not directly, and seem to base a few ideas off his writings. I get the feeling your 'article' was an original creation, due to its first person narrative, lack of scientific formatting, and because it doesn't seem to exist anywhere else. Am I far off with my guess?

It runs okay on my system: AMD Athlon X2 64 4200 2 gb ram Radeon 4800 (512mb) video Not great, but it's playable. That laptop is superior in about every respect.