Vixoran

I try to be a pretty friendly player. At first I would even approach people that had weapons to help them. What makes this game intense and fun for me is the human interaction in it. One of the most rewarding instances in the game for me was when I came across a lone player who was fleeing the coast to survive but only had a hacksaw but nothing else. He was starving to death and I had cans of food but nothing to open it with. I traded him an open can of beans for his hacksaw and we went different ways. Yet even though this occurred on a server that was advertised as no KOS, the next town over I witness a guy running around with an M4 murdering everyone he saw. I avoided the town and went to the next. He followed me and killed me while I was looting some beans. How I wanted to play this game is to find weapons and help bambis find their own gear and weapons to protect themselves, however, it seems there aren't really any people I want to help out any more. So what ruins the experience for me, is when you have some asshat that runs around fully armed killing people on sight without warning, just because he can without penalty. This game has quickly devolved into the free for all fuck fest that I was really hoping that it wouldn't be and as of right now I'm really disapointed that I put $30 into it. This is pretty much how gameplay in Day Z goes; Respawn, drink from a well, try to avoid people while finding gear, get weapons, fuckfest, respawn. I thought this game was supposed to be a zombie survival game, not a sociopath circle jerk. So yeah, as of now, fuck this game and the people in it.

I made a similar post the other day in frustration with the KOS in the game and I got some really good feedback from a few players. Pretty much, don't trust people and don't get into a situation where you aren't in total control. What makes this game fun is that you have no idea what the other player is up to. Don't give people the benefit of a doubt and if they start acting sketchy, shoot them. Recently, I've found that it's just as rewarding to cap a shady dude in the face as it is to give a fresh spawn a can of beans.

Alright guys, thanks for the constructive feedback, and I apologize for coming off uncouth in my original post.

Yeah sorry about that, I had something a lot more constructive in mind when I started but I was still really agitated when I started writing.

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep them in mind if I start it back up. It's just frustrating that everyone is dodgey and better armed than me. 9/10 I get shot randomly on my way to a military base to get weapons to defend myself.

I understood what I was getting into when I bought an alpha game. I was actually really impressed with how far along it was. I bought this game because it was a zombie survival sandbox game, but unfortunately, it's more of a get shot by other players for only their enjoyment game. Maybe when zombies become an actual part of the game it'll become more like what I thought it was going to be.

Sorry but I think you only feel that way because it worked out in your favor. Get chased down and killed a couple times for no reason and I'm afraid you'll feel differently. Glad you're enjoying it though, it only took me one weekend of the free for all sociopath circle jerk fuck fest to get tired of it.