PhillyT

Nobody needs to understand anything other than this is a huge, crazy, sandbox with people and zombies. Period. Whatever you want to do in that sandbox is up to you. Carve whatever existence best fits your needs out of the landscape and enjoy.

I agree with the OP though, we need KOS jerks to keep the tension up.

More than once I have been trapped in houses. As others have said, sprinting and position changes are the key. THrow yourself on the ground and jump.

So my buddies have convinced me to get the Humble Bundle at $6 and play that a bit with them along with the SA. I figure I might as well! I get around 30 - 40 FPS consistently in the SA. I was concerned I couldn't effectively run the MOD but they say I should be okay.

I figured it was an Eastern European thing!

Oh I know the timeframe, I am just saying the timeframe seems really long to go from alpha to beta. I think they are just setting a long range target so people are not too hopeful.

I will be honest, a year in alpha seems extremely conservative. I would think, with attention, they could shift to something similar to beta fairly quickly. I haven't played the MOD. I am not sure I want to try now. I will play the Alpha until I am bored, then let it rest until they bring some more options in.

So I was out west, far from my buddies who are in the Berenzino area. I made the long run back from NWAF, through Stary Sobor, get my angle a bit off, and hit Solychniya instead of Nichnoya, which was where I was shooting for. No big deal I figure. I start heading north, up into the hills and forest NW of Solychniya when I see a new spawn come running toward me. As I start to speak, he decks me. I manage to say "Seriously?" before he hits me again. I start running away. I headed west along the road towards Dolina, look back and see two bambi hoofing it after me. The punched me a couple times since I had my M4 out. One said "Killing fresh spawns eh?" while the other yelled "Get him!" After reaching the little industrial area on the road, I finally turned and hip shot them both down. A third spawn sailed out if no where and tried again. I shot her too. Exasperated, I went behind a building and bandaged. Striking north up the hill, I heard someone start swearing at me. Turning, I see a player, the one who started it, freshly spawned. He again accused me of killing fresh spawn. I told him to get away and that I hadn't done anything. He asked, "Sure about that?" His friend came running up at that point but both were at the bottom of the hill. I turned and went north, thoughI should have killed them again. At Nichnoya, I saw another player,armed with a bat and nothing else. I avoided him and cut towards the trees in the west side of town. He saw me from about 100 yards away and did the friendly dance and a wave. I did the same, but my trust had been violated. I got close enough to ask if he had a mic, which he didn't, but I didn't have any desire to get close for fear that more of the Crazy Bambi of the East would race out and try to knock me out for my gear. I logged out up in Berenzino. Seriously, being near new spawn points without the desire to kill can be dangerous because the douchy ones have no concern for their life and will take a chance at knocking you out. POS is the new KOS and I hate the little bastards for it.

For sure!

That is just it, I was running in the opposite direction and he sprinted about 50 yards to reach me for the beating. He wasn't afraid of being robbed, he was looking to score full gear through OP knock out!

I won't make the mistake of approaching a new spawn without back up in the future. Sounds crazy, but I really don't feel like blasting a bambi just because they are aggressive or stupid.

My group and I do this up and down the east coast. Of course, I was just moving to meet them just now and got gang assaulted by bambis! Stick in groups for this sort of thing and fight the good fight!

Logging and relogging currently fixes broken legs. Lucky you!

Thats just it, I wasn't even in town! Once I realized I wasn't at Nichnoya, I was heading back into the woods. I had only come that far through the trees to hit the water fountain near the orchard before cruising into Berenzino. I am supposed to meet my buddies tonight and they logged up near the ruined ship. The new spawn must have been heading for Dolina or Polana I guess and spotted me.

The ocean teleport was something in the MOD so it could very well be a hack action, not just a bug.

You can't put on ruined clothes, although ruined clothes you are wearing don't just fall away. Ruined magazines won't work in a gun, though you can still empty them. Ruined melee weapons won't work. Ruined scopes are useless. Other than that, I don't think things much matter.

An AK of some sort and the shot gun plus a military style sniper rifle would be welcome additions. Variations on the current weapons are just that.

Same with me. It is just too risky. If you have a mosin, I am more open to allow you to live, but if a person has an M4 in hand, I will shoot to kill. Burned too many times!

You should be able to join your favorites or history servers. I have had the same issue with no servers popping up on the internet tab.

What is a stream? Is that where someone is live feed playing? If so, why wouldn't a streamer just record it? What is the point of a stream?

I am highly resistant to being cuffed. If I am held up, but not cuffed, I'll respond. If the person thinks they are going to cuff me and I have even a small chance of escape, I will run for it.

I don't know where people like the OP are playing, but I meet friendly people regularly. If you let yourself get mobbed by new spawns, you did something wrong.

I agree, every KOS I have met is rocking the gasmask and ballistic helmet. I use my radar cap just for that reason alone!

I can see special skins maybe or something similar, but in real life, do the bad guys stick out from the norm in anyway other than their actions? No.

Sure, but if they are unarmed you really haven't solved the problem of them eventually being armed because all you did was force a respawn.