VeritechHT1 (DayZ)

I normally log out near the edge of a town in the woods but close to a road: I use the road as a reference if it is really dark when I log back in (I normally play nights and since the server I play on is GMT, and I'm EST, then I predominantly play at night in-game). If I have a weapon, and magazine, I may adjust given the reload sound upon logging in. I don't want to chance that someone is running along the road and hears me logging on.

I tend to always fight zombies in third-person view. As mentioned before, I normally move in circles: it takes longer, with the above mentioned 'lag' factored in, but rarely do I get hit. Sometimes to speed things up I will move in a circle for a bit then strafe diagonally across the circle to get a few rear attacks in (let the zombie pass me and turn to face). Understand that different melee weapons will do different damage and have different attack distances. I.e. was fighting with the large pipe wrench today against a zombie and it was much faster than when I fought another zombie later using a baseball bat. The bat had a longer reach but did less damage per contact. However, the wrench had a shorter attack distance and required me to maneuver closer on average.