I've been playing on the same character now for about a week, geared to the teeth. Been surviving on the north side of the map with only a few encounters on airfields and military bases. One guy responded to my "friendly" and offered food and water, the other 4 guys I unfortunately had to take down as self defense due to no response and guns drawn. I too began to get tired of the typical full tkso gear, ballistic helm with gas mask ect.. And switched to some more unique gear. I recently decided to travel back down south, not to shoot the innocent, but to offer some help and get rid of any bandits around the area. I've obviously encountered more survivors who were nervous as I approached, but thankful after I gave out cans of food and bottle water. I'm anxious to start fresh again and enjoy the thrill of looting, but will continue to see how long i can survive with this char. It's been a long journey, I have trotted threw almost every town on the mid to northern end and now, like I said, am down south. On the way to the coast and probably gonna stop by cherno, which may be my last stop, as I no longer care about being stealthy, a sniper may find me in his scopes or a grp of bandits may surround me. Maybe I'll just meet someone like me and journey with him to the next town, but I sense in the near future a bullet to the head.