GrandHeron

It is reliable. Ammo for it is abundant. It is precise. Rate of fire is a bit weak. I think it is a good mid range weapon. Would let it go for a SKS or a Mosin. But it's all about personnal opinion.

Door state is random although pretty much all doors are open I think. Now, you get suspicious around closed door, even more if it is locked and run away if you hear crazy laughing (caused by a prion found in raw human meat).

The fun part is gearing up anyway. Once geared, it is time to gamble it with some adventures!

Some players are nice though. For those who aren't so nice, I have found a way to "intimidate" wich is pretty funny and truly liberate the spirit : You start acting like a crazy mofo, and I mean real crazy. For example: I start running at them with a banana raised or anything inoffensive while growling non-sense (I "sing" metal from time to time) about voices telling me to give them a fresh soul to feast upon. I'd say that it has been pretty efficient so far.

Isn't it the dream of many cloistered teenagers to get their pants ripped off like that?

I ain't walking to save dem shoes nor cool maself off, I walk for dat swagger it gives you.

Yeah you're right! ... I think. Wasn't he the scientist with a possible cure to all of it?

Well I tried a few times approaching people on airfields, doing the "friendly dance" as I was getting closer. Those who didn't start shooting at me the minute they've seen me was only to wait for me to turn my back on them. After that, I just avoided any encounters on said field as I don't like engaging combat first because I rather get away with what I have then risking loosing it. I suppose experiences kinda forge the way each player tend to play.

There is no humanity in military bases, it's either looting or getting looted. Every encounter I had in such places ended with the shedding of blood, without me necesseraly initiating the combat.

Nah, everyone loves that large areas got absolutely nothing and few spots got overloads of stuff....It will get fix somehow sometime.

I don't mind struggling to stay alive, it's part of what makes DayZ fun, it's just that having to take a dip under the rain naked to cool down might be pushing a little bit far. Should have died of hypothermia doing that xD

If a zombie apocalypse would really occur irl, a lot of people would die in such shamefull ways don't you think? If it can cheer you up, last time I died was from running down a hill then slide like those olympic ski jumpers onto glitchy rocks, the reception was my demise.

I regret all those times I was fully geared and thought it would be faster to just climb down that ladder on top of a building to finally end up either dead or crippled and doomed to roll my way down the next life...

When I first started playing, I used to join deserted servers, just to get used to the controls, practice with melee weapons and guns to understand the mechanics, explore the map to acquire a sense of familiarity all over Chernarus and how to deal with zombies (you can just lure them in a house and close all exit doors) in a way that they become an annoyance more than a threat as other players tend to be the real menace to your survival. Once you feel comfortable enough you can join busier servers and gain experience dealing with other survivors. Worked for me though.

A little polishing the manpole before playing surely breaks the tension, if you know what I mean ^^