You gotta be careful who you talk to when RPing and who you run from. Most fully equipped players will KOS as soon as they realize you are there. When you are close to an airfield or military base: kill them or run. I was going lone wolf with both my hardcore and my regular character yesterday. I tried to RP my ass off. 5 people tried to kill me on sight. One sniper finally got my regular char in Elektro whilst I was talking to two badly equipped guys that were afraid of me. I switched to hardcore, left a house, got shot in my backback instantly, killed the guy. Ran to the ship wreck, saw a player running in after me, confronted him, told him to drop the weapon and that I wouldnt harm him. Got shot in the back of my head by his mate. Respawned, ran to Berezino. Moved around a corner without weapons. Saw a guy with an M4. told him: hey there. Answer was a full magazine emptied into my tummy. RP with fresh spawns or people low on ammo/inferior weapons. Never try to talk to guys with m4s or mosins with long range scope. They hate talking. They are looking for kills and are afraid you might steal their stuff. Unless its me, I really didnt want to harm you. But be creative about your characters. Each death means a new life. The classics are: Charnarussian Tourist Office Military patrol of the defense forces Big bad mofo cowboy Black dude telling everyone they are racist Desparate survivor Selfless hero Friendly rapist Morgan Freeman: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy5OkG7_WR07nbgkDLDXZYQ