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Here are some logos for those clans:

They can just merge this thread into your new one.

DayZ is currently in alpha it is constantly changing and needs to be pushed in the correct direction. People like myself and Irish who have played the mod and plenty others have more value to their opinions because this game is a work in progress it needs to be steered in the right dirction by experienced people in the community. I understand your point that yes new players need to be in consideration, but at the current point in time at wich the game is not finished I disagree with you. Welcome aboard the DayZ train!

The problem is a new players perspective can be incredibly damaging if the devs take you to heart. Many newer players like when I bring friends in for their first session complain about the pace of this game. This game is like an MMO you need to sink time into it or else your opinions are not very useful.

I like shooting them in the head with the Amphibia S then gearing them up and running away befroe they wake up.

I don't spend much time along the coast, usually I gear up along the western side then patrol the berenzino area, but whenever I spawn along the coast and travel through Electro I always encounter those players who feel the need to shoot anyhting and everything unarmed. Do you feel that players who do this are bad so to speak or just using a playstyle? Story: While looting electro waiting for my buddies I ran into an armed fellow. I introduced myself and showed him my camp fire (gas canister with gas stove). He keeps pointing a gun at me but isn't barking orders, I told him my buddy was just entering the town and I would be taking off to meet him. I grab my gas canister and as I begin walking BANG I'm dead. Like HerrJon said I think it's just a shifty play style, but it's a pathetic play style.

How to go back to stable: Step 1) Open Steam Step 2) Open your Steam Library Step 3) Right-click on DayZ Step 4) Select Properties Step 5) In the newly opened steam window look for the BETA tab at the top Step 6) Click on the drop down menu currently displaying EXPERIMENTAL Step 7) Select NONE - Opt out of beta Step 8) Open DayZ and you are good to go!

Sorry about that, I didn't know there was a stickied thread about this.

How to go back to stable: Step 1) Open Steam Step 2) Open your Steam Library Step 3) Right-click on DayZ Step 4) Select Properties Step 5) In the newly opened steam window look for the BETA tab at the top Step 6) Click on the drop down menu currently displaying EXPERIMENTAL Step 7) Select NONE - Opt out of beta Step 8) Open DayZ and you are good to go!

Lets think of this in a perfect world, a world in which the button isn't abused and abuses of the button are obsolete. I meet a lot of players and a very select few enjoy exploiting broken machanics in the game. I would love to have a report button in which would banish these types of players to their own "special" servers. Would you want a report button and if you do what would you do with players that are reported for exploting, hacking etc...

Just got killed, thanks a lot man really appreciate it (Not sarcastic).

I just want to be dead, I can't get out of this room!

If you meet 50 players what would they say about you, would the majority call you a bandit, survivor, hero etc... I belive people would look at me and think im a survivor and bandit, but more of a bandit. I am willing to kill players becuase they have a bag of rice and I hate other people taking gear from places I want to loot. I am willing to trust people but only if I manage to suprise them or else I just shoot em, its too risky meeting new people. Heres why I play as a bandit: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/169541-why-i-play-as-a-bandit/

Before you read the post and go OH MY GOD!!!! A BANDIT!!!! DOWNVOTE DOWNVOTE DOWNVOTE!! Please realise I am explaining why I do it so you may want to read it to understand how some bandits play. With the recent post about psychologist playing DayZ I decided I would explain why I am a bandit so the so called "psychologist" and everyone else can understand how some bandits think. the TL;DR version is at the bottom of the page When I first bought DayZ it was back when DayZ was a mod. I purchased the Arma 2 and DLC for the game in 2012. I was on a computer with a Phenom 9550 Quad Core 2.2GHz processor, 8GB DDR2 RAM and a GT 430. The game ran at about 6 - 10 Frames Per Second so I was already put in a severe disadvantage to about 80% of the community who played at a higher framerate than me. With this disadvantage I struggled very much just trying to understand the game. I was run over, robbed and shot time after time after time after time. The difficulty of the game hit me hard and put me in a state of thinking everyone is evil, everyone is out to kill me. I never heard of DazDB and I had no previous Arma experience so I never know where I was I was always lost looking for food and water from villages. Eventually I stumbled across Stary Sobor and found some tents and proceeded to loot them and found my very first M4. I felt secure for I just found my security blanket I found my power. After finding the M4 I was quick to leave the area still wandering the woods until I stumbled across a little place called North West Air Field. I was looting the place when shots rang out over my head I panicked and quickly went into hiding. Of course being so new to the game I was quickly found and killed I lost my security blanket I lost my power. That's when it snapped in my head if I want to survive I have to kill EVERYONE. Two years after purchasing DayZ Mod I bought DayZ Standalone with a new PC that run at 60fps and plenty of experience. The one thing I kept with me after playing so much of the Mod was the threat that everyone posses to me. I now had the map memorized in and out and DayZDB open on my laptop next to me for easy navigation. I quickly lept into old habits and headed to Balota Airfield only to find there were a s***ton of military spawns there. I found myself and M4 and quickly set out to meet some new players, but unknown to me I wasn't the only person who brought the idea of everyone is a threat to me into DayZ Standalone. After walking for a half hour I stumbled across a fresh spawn who was calling for me. I walked over to him and said “Hello” and he then took out his fist and knocked me out taking my M4 and shooting me in the back calling me a “FAGGOT” in direct coms (Name calling didn't bother me, it just childish). I snapped into worst habits because now EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE is a threat to me including fresh spawns. I was absolutely pissed because I had just lost my security blanket I lost my power again. After heading back to Balota Airfield to get another M4 I saw a person. I had found my M4 and this guy was looting a bunker I wanted to loot taking MY GEAR right in front of me! I couldn't stand for it I had to get my gear back so I aimed and shot him he fell dead never to speak again. I had power I was stronger than that guy he couldn't do anything to me and his life was in my hands I chose whether he lived or died. I felt a rush of adrenaline come over me as I heard more shots ring out from the forest dropping me dead. I wanted my power back, and soon enough I had it. After understanding the Blood and health system in the game and realising you need pristine gun parts I soon became more and more accurate learning where to hit people and where to go for gear. I started server hopping in hot spots on 40/40 player servers shooting anyone to show my power. I got good at this I began shooting anyone near me with the idea that no one wants to be friendly it's kill or be killed. After a couple of weeks playing I stumbled across some people just chatting talking about what was happening in their life. I took aim but I couldn't shoot them they were socializing and I could hear them. I was tempted to join them but I felt that they would just punch me. I put my finger on the trigger and was about to shoot them when they turned and asked me why I had waited these 5 minutes and not even shot them yet. I put the gun down and walked over to them with my FNX 45 at the ready if they tried to pull a stunt and take my gear. They didn't do anything they just asked me what my name was and where I was from (These guys were british and I am American). I didn't talk much but I did give them my name Kyle, they looked at me and said they were going to go loot the town and asked if I wanted to join them. I hesitated with my answer unsure of what to say until one of them said he had to leave. He left and it was just down to this British guy and I, I declined his offer to join him and he waved goodbye didn't even try to take my gear. That is when I realised not everyone is out to kill me, there are those few who are friendly and just want to enjoy a good game of DayZ. After that encounter I meet a two brothers named Tyler and Tristan. They were new to the game and they were looking for help and I decided to add them on skype. We talked for a good two hours while they got geared with guns, ammunition and clothing. They even offered me ammo for my M4 and I gave them ammo for their Mosins. Eventually they said they were getting tired and they logged off to go to sleep. I was stunned I just meet two random people and they didn't attempt to kill me, I didn't have to insert myself as the dominate power for we all equally respected eachother. I have since meet some other people and play DayZ with Tyler, Tristan, HaloNerd and his buddies. It was a massive change for me to meet these friendly people who we all equally respected eachother and worked together for lot, guns and killing all those who threatened any of us. We meet other friendly groups and slowly I began to find trust in these strangers where I could rely on them and they could rely on me. I have turned to a new playing style of being friendly before shooting the other player. I now have a play style where I try to communicate to people before shooting them and in the process of doing just that I have meet many friendly players that have helped me and I have helped in return. I understand many people are bandits because they want to be powerful and protect themselves I was in that very position. I have since moved to a more friendly play style where I have found trust in other people. I am not advocating that everyone stop being a bandit for if they did that the game would lose it's magic. I have written this wall of text so the people who are friendly can understand the mentality behind some bandits and so people can understand what bandits are thinking when they meet someone. TL;DR When I first bought the game I wa friendly but I got shot so many times I became scared of encountering anyone else it the game. I would shoot anyone who I thought possessed a threat to me in which I thought EVERY IS A THREAT. I then found some friendly players and after playing some DayZ with them I realise everyone isn't a bandit out to kill me and now I play a more friendly playstyle. To those who have read the text thank you and I hope you enjoyed this post. Please post a comment on your playstyle and why you do what you do. Thanks again Kyle Edit 1: Posted by: Tumbleweed707 So gathering from reading this, when we approach possible bandits, we should say things like 'i'm not going to hurt you' 'lets both leave in opposite directions' etc. This topic, I find it actually quite useful. It will allows us Heroes to manipulate the primitive bandit psychology, and make an encounter with a minimal body count. What would help though, is if 'Heroes' stop killing fully geared on sight, or even murderers for that matter. It's better to get the story then before on acts. For, me, I'm going to have one of my guys up in the tree-line with a mosin, while I take the other two as backup towards the scene. This is why I wrote this very story so people can have a better understanding of how to approach someone that you feel is a possible bandit. This entire story is there so people can read what went through my head as I meet other people and what an encounter to anyone was like when I was a bandit.

http://imgur.com/a/CtMcw I loaded up DayZ into ArmA 3 and jumped into the camera mode to go exploring. The map was fantastic looking from the sky so I took some screenshots of the map and made an album to share it with you.

No problem.

Thanks man.

What are you talking about, this threads about armed men shooting fresh spawns for sport. No one is saying that people who shoot others should die.

I would add the Remington 700, I love this rifles acuracy and it has a great record behind it. The mosin is great and all but I would love to sit with this rifle in the tree line hunting animals and other survivors. EDIT: I am loving the discussion and greatness surrounding this thread, it is great fun reading it. After going through all the replies I think Sencha gave my favourite suggestion for a gun to add to DayZ, that being the M1 Garand.

Alpha.

Makes perfect sense the reason I had for starting this thread was because while looting electro waiting for my buddies I ran into an armed fellow. I introduced myself and showed him my camp fire (gas canister with gas stove). He keeps pointing a gun at me but isn't barking orders, I told him my buddy was just entering the town and I would be taking off to meet him. I grab my gas canister and as I begin walking BANG I'm dead. Like HerrJon said I think it's just a shifty play style, but it's a pathetic play style.

You are here: http://dayzdb.com/map#7.018.046

I just downloaded the new patch and enetered a schol house to find a colt 1911, thank you devs for adding this gun. IRISH I LOVE YOU! Thanks Gews! Yes, this is experimental.

I will say this again. The 22 is a STUN weapon, should never be used as a main rifle. Before you just pick up a new gun test it on a zombie. Running balls to the wall against something without testing it on a zombie is stupid. You tested it and saw it's uses so instead of complaining OH U CANT 720 NO SCOPE ONE HIT KILL use the gun to its advantage, stunning people so you can disarm them.