CJFlint

I have heard of this happening exiting or entering, or even touching a running truck. Not with it off. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if what you saw was a bug. The trucks are still vary early in development.On x mas me and a friend crashed one and it totally bugged out for about 20 seconds then ended up back on its wheels. A similar thing happened to a friend of mine they ended up underneath the map lol. Yep there kind corky and buggy still....loud as hell too. I don't like driving them or riding in one unless its like a empty server. A about 2 weeks ago I shot a guy right out of passenger seat of a truck. I heard that thing and those two stuck out like swore thumbs. Everyone in the area knows your there. There def fun but there risky in allot of respects.

The engine was running? I have heard of this. Yep it Fed up, you have make sure its completely off before get out or it could be insta death. That there is a bug. Also DO NOT crash the truck or lose connection. 50 50 chance of death. That's why to me trucks just a novelty not really ideal for every day use.

I heard a couple of weeks ago there was going to be one as "public" reset. I did not see the post on dayz tv though. Yeah a confirmation would be good? I can't til later. This is one case were I hope I spoke to soon.

Ummmm....well shit looks like I missed my window of opportunity to go out with a blaze of glory on my 3pp avatar. It appears .53 hit stable which means my avatar is now wiped. Oh well. 2.5 months alive. A true survivor iron man. But mearly a virtual mortal that has passed on into the either. The Day Z gods have spoken...lol This one needs screen shots posted in the post your gear so far thread so his pathetic virtual life in a post apoc shit hole will be remembered always.....or maybe not lol Bo Hoooo! Well Its time to start again!

You went out like a champ! I have a ghillie too. That's one thing I do not want to lose lol It took me a while to get all the stuff together to make that. Pristine mosin with all attachments. The good news is really out side of the ghillie and mosin I don't have that much...cant carry anything any ways. Maybe I should do the same, just take that avatar down to electro and pick people off til I get picked off. A blaze of glory lol

I think its going to be a bit, but who the hell knows. I also heard that the reset is for public servers not private. I think it because there doing more security updates. I kind of like the process of surviving as a fresh spawn and gearing up. Kind of looking forward to it. Can't wait to see the new prison.

Sure I will add you. I do the ladder. My 3 pp avatar has been alive since Nov 12, I'm proud of it. I have pvped quit abit. I have been vary lucky. The closest call I ad was a hacker knocked me out and took some of my stuff, my friends shot him, and brought me back. The same hacker then return as we were logging out and killed one my friends. I am really not the best pvper, I would say average with good understanding of tactics. I also understand vary well how to make my self as less visible as possible, using terrain and camo. You can't shoot what you can't see. I am good at staying alive. I rarely die. Pvp or no pvp. I not just not wreckless. I refuse to follow reckless players. I'm just careful and well prepared. Its completely possible, in fact there's quite a few players that have pretty good survivability. It comes with time and the desire to survive. One 1pp I have died a few times. I think 2 times since 51. Yeah that's what gets you killed is following other players sometimes. Cherno and electro, are death traps. Of course they call you call you a pussy for not following there train wreck lol. I sware some of the biggest shit talkers on TS are the ones who die the most often too. Getting all mad lol I know exactly what your talking about. I have thought about starting my own survivalist style group/pvp group. You know what though, I think I'll wait til the game is closer to complete. I have people to play with when I want too right now that's really all I need for the time being. I'll add you.

Yeah but that never happens to me that often lol I literally have to try hard to die or follow idiots. Speak for you self.The only thing that will kill my 3pp avatar is the wipe. It appears even the hackers failed I don't carry that much or stash gear. I don't see the point they will wipe the server every Wednesday. So I carry what need and have a good kit. No need to loot military spawns after I got what I need. No need to visit the death traps to loot. I have the option to camp them at my own leisure if I want. I'm not greedy. In fact I'm looking forward to stable wipe, I enjoy starting fresh.

I suppose it doesn't take that much effort to make one. Next time I'll use a splint too. I know the shaking thing is relatively new to the game. I had it happen only once, and what was strange is I did not have the cold bar. BUT it could have been I was right at the brink. The fire got rid of. Also the time it happened to me I was in melee combat allot with zombies.

When I had the shaking happen I just sat in front of 1 fire for 10 20 minutes. A splint does that help? I only use the for limb pain or broken limbs.

I think saw this bug now. It works allot of the time. But there times were it is completely backwards. It is indeed a bug. Not slightly off its backwards. The thing is I don't see it all the time. Just sometimes.

I think once persistent really works well and more base building options you most definitely could have a permanent utopia. Living off the land is pretty cool and presents more of a challenge. That's a cool way to play and glutton free ha ha. I try to survive off the land as well, its definitely fun. The northern forests are pretty awesome but there's not that many animals there YET. The forests between black forest and rog seems to have much more resources.

I think I can relate to death by crow bar and and hale cast in the fact I too am a solo lone wolf by trade. But not exclusively. I would say 75% of the time. Similar I too like to have a agenda when I play sort of a plane off what I'm going to do. I also enjoy exploring. I like pvp but also consider day z a survival game 1st. So self preservation is huge same with group preservation. That's the goal. I also survivalist type stuff and tend to spend more times in tree lines or forests then urban areas. For some reason I always end up with mosin every life. It just matches my play style. I also enjoy the pros and cons of the ghillie craftable gear. The pros you can hide easy, the cons you can't carry that much and over heat. To me it forces you to bee a survivalist. I love that. I forces me to plan more and think about what I need to do next. I also finding I like being a minimalist. The last few days I spent in the south east forests near rog experimenting, with my new set. Its a different game when your almost strickly off the grid living off the land, and can't wait to see more options. I also never stay in one area for more the a few sessions at most. It gets boring. I often go from one end of the map to the other. PvP I enjoy it. But I am careful, I play to survive and do not expect death as a option more to make the other guy die. I also can almost smell bad situations were certain death happens our group train wrecks happen. That comes from going through the dayz school of hard knocks. More and more I have become vary careful of who I listen too in group pvp. Being lead into a train wreck is pretty common if you not careful. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy group game play.

Don't even question that. You did the right thing. Dude military spawns a vary well known KOS areas. Everyone who played a while knows that. I don't take my chances with anyone in military spawn areas. I will either shoot randoms are flee. Trying to make contact all by your self is placing a bet with really bad odds. So don't bother.

After playing dayz for serveral hunderd hours, I seeing more and more that dayz is not 100% realistic about anything. Everything from weather mechanics, to weapons to surviving. It really just isn't. It's losly based off reality...Id say much more realistic the then some games but still its losely based....But is that a bad thing? Do we really want to get hung up on realism? The truth is based off my exp backpacking, outdoor sports and serving in the military, I can tell dayz and the world it simulates is more dangerous then reality and sometimes its not all. Its really warped, infact real world knowlege will only go so far. Also tacticly its off too, I can tell you real world tactics don't always apply. Theres missing elements and added elements, like for ex ghosting. But is it something that is negative? Or is what makes dayz.....well dayz? Infact after a a while playing I think dayz is 50% tactics/common since and 50% knowing the mechanics of the game. Thats right 50 50. I apply "DayZ skills" to the game not real world. You can really drive your self crazy playing dayz and holding it to a 100% realism standard. Does it really need to be 100% realistic or can we get be ok with the way its the development is going now?...I think I'm ok with it. What does everyone else think?

LOL again.....they should add this in the disclaimer. Attention this game is infested with dick heads and ass hats, proceed with caution. Well it seems in the SA this is one of hard lessons one must learn.....random people and player in general are complete dicks. Hell bent on getting kills, no matter how low they have to resort lol Its all part of the learning process. Can't trust random player as far as you can throw them, may as well shoot 1st.

What you needed was a good basic kit to start off with. I think waiting till you close to death to find these items can be too late. What would be normally a small problem like being cold are wet becomes a big one, simply because you don't have matches to lite a fire, not prepared. My basic kit is stone knife, matches, 1st aid kit with rags bandages ECT, compass, repair kits leather / sewing, water canteen, axe and some sort of fire arm or even bow and arrow. When ever I start a new life those items are the 1st thing I look for. Of course. Now you have a chance. You have the ability to survive stuff like becoming to cold, being attacked by zombies, breaking lims. Or any other random problem that can come up. I like to have most of this with 1st thing. Were talking in the 1st 20 minutes to an hour of a new life.

I will add one more thing to this thread. Having a good basic kit is asome. Repair kits, compass (some say is broken), matches, knife, matches, axe, fire arm or arms, canteens, food and ammo. Having a couple sets of clothing is good. Head protection if desired. Ghillie items. Ya really don't need anymore. My current build alive since nov 12....yes thats right...has a vary min kit now. Ghillie top, rap and hood. High cap, high cap for storage, stone knife, compass matches, axe, 2 canteens, 120 mosin rounds, mosin with LRS, range finder, food, 1st aid.....improvised back back which can be taken used for carring my G top...and can be taken apart....That it....nothing else. Not much really. I enjoy it that way. it makes it more interesting, server hoping for is not all that ideal...thats just me..play how you want. I guess I got my fill of the m4 before it was a rare item. I tell you one thing when they finally turn up the heat on survival on in this game, lower the loot spawns, we will see who is ready and who come complaining. I think hoarding is fun maybe, but god dam you collect all that shit and die....thats going to hurt. + going to high risk spawns even on light servers is going to catch up with you. One day you ll be on a lite server looting a mil base and BANG!!. All that shit will be gone. Some one else will have all your hard work. I think when persistants really is implemented and works for the long term, your dam rights Im going to hoard some shit and make a hobo camp some where, but intel then whats the point. I was one a light server all night, I want to test some mechanics, to see how well thing would work, trying new things and just chill. The server pop was never more then 4. In a 2 hour period I most have seen 30 different people log off and on, hoopers lol. An insane amount logged off and on. Almost thought about camping one of the bases lol, its just not my style though....why bother.

You know theres allot of things I like and don't like. But I must say my fav latest add the stone knife is really good. It only takes one slot, it opens cans, skins animals ect ect. A nice add for sure. I def want to see more tools like that get added.

Well I say if your already trading and are doing it though whatever methods your using and have been successful more power to you. Me personally I only trade with players Im in Ts with but if you got another way good on you. In fact share your ideas.

I have had the rap and head peace for some time now and recently went with the top. I just wanted to try it out to see if I like it or not. I think it totally fits my play style, I am a somewhat lone wolf stealthy player that enjoys pvp and the survival aspects of the game, so really it seals the deal. I have also become more of a minimalist recently anyways. I carefully figured out a kit, that wound work well without a back pack. To my surprise I am still able to carry most of what I had before. I created a stone knife as well which only takes on slot. Basicly 1st aid kit, stone knife, matches, leather repair, sewing kit, ammo, canteens, range finder, compass and food. Mosin, axe and no side arm. I find that heating up is an issue, so purposely getting wet seems to help keep it at bay, also drinking often. Also not sprinting and stopping at times helps. I find if I need to travel far fast, that finding a dry bag helps. Just through the suit in the pack and haul ass. So am finding out you don't really need to have it on all the time. For me I think it fits my play style like a glove. Yes it has pros and cons but I like the challenge and advantages. Not really worried about KOSers, hackers somewhat of a concern.

A clean shot to the head.....beep beep beep ca Ching! Ha Ha

I am a more and more a believer in game play freedom, if you like hoarding that's you biz. Just remember running around with all that fancy gear makes you into a walking ATM if your not careful. But hoarding is not something I do any longer, unless its food. The reason is because no peice of gear makes you god like, and collecting a ton of rare gear just makes death way worse. I normally have desired kit that I go after, then I stop looting for gear. I am also not a helicopter hunter. But I a opportunist, If I happen to run across something I will take it. Now more ever too, I am a wookie lol I can only carry a limited amount anyways..he he

For the most part the compass has been working good for me. I tend to check a few times before fully comiting to a long run. I also like to go from nav landmark to landmark and checking it a few times during long runs. So I don't rely on it 100% anyways, its more to verify that I am going the correct direction if I'm not sure. It is buggy at times but, I think double checking it helps. Some say its completely broken, I really don't think so. It is kind of buggy right now though.

I find this topic really sort of stale at this point. We still wondering? Really? When I 1st started playing this game last feb, I spent my 1st week trying to make contact with people and for the most part being shot. Then I joined a hero group, and tried to help other players which resulted in nothing more then rarely helping someone, being shot in the back and you know the rest. The reason is there is no accountability, players are either geared and don't feel like taking there chances or its just instant grad pvpers just looking for a quick kick. ITS PART OF THE GAME. Its been this way since I started playing it a year ago, and is still the vary same now. Adapt to it, don't fight the grain of this game. You can play on low pops if you don't feel like dealing with ass hats. Or if you really cant stand it, this isn't the game for you. But really questioning it and being all pist about it and complaining about it, is a up hill battle which will lead to nothing regarding this game. ADAPT