karlkurtz32

I was at the NEAF today and was completely geared up. I made my way from the NEAF to the town of Svetlojarsk. I decided to get on the rooftop to see if I could spot anyone to interact with. Off in the far distance I notice zombies chasing something. It is a fresh spawn. He makes his way toward me and as he's doing so I start shooting the zombies that are chasing him. I tell him my location and that he should come up for safety. Naturally, he's apprehensive. I tell him I'm friendly and ask him if he needs anything. He then proceeds to say, "So, if I climb up there, you aren't going to shoot me, right?" I give him the go-ahead and he proceeds up the ladder to meet me. I ask him what he needs most and he says he could really use some food and water. So I open a can of food and place it on the ground for him. Then I go back into my inventory to give him my canteen. As I do that he suddenly puts his fists up and starts punching me. I had no choice but to kill him so I quickly emptied a magazine of 5.56 into him. As a result of the shooting, someone off in the distance heard it and killed me with probably an SKS or Mosin. In the end I killed someone I didn't want to kill, ended up getting killed in return, and lost all of my gear. All because I decided to be the good guy. Lesson of the day: people are always looking out for #1. With nothing to lose and everything to gain, fresh spawns are just as dangerous as anyone else.

^Agreed

Ummmm thanks?

Today I was hanging out on top of the hill next to the ship wreck in the NE. I was up there for about 45 minutes and the whole time it sounded like zombies were right next to me but I was never able to find any, even after running around and looking for them. I also kept hearing the sound it makes when you empty a magazine. It sounds like a bunch of bullets or coins rattling together. But no one was ever in sight in any direction. Has anyone else noticed this?

Keep it. At least in the regular servers.

Exactly. This would be my first move. Download the iZurvive app in the App Store or use the DayZ online map for orientation.

Does your new character try to spawn near your previous (now dead) character? I purposely died more than 10 times just so I could spawn on the south shores but I'm repeatedly placed on the east coast.

Yeah, that's basically what I was looking to do. Didn't feel like running around for hours. Makes sense though.

Oh ok. That's basically where I keep respawning, the NE

It happens to me every time I play. Load error

Anyone else think they are a little loud? Everytime I eat an orange I may as well be devouring a bag of potato chips. It's so loud and gives away your position. Soda I get. It would sound loud opening a can, so that's ok. But I guarantee in real life I can drink from a canteen without anyone near me hearing it.

All rules go out the window on military bases, sad as it may be. No one has time to talk in these high-tension locations because while you are trying to be civil, you know at any second someone else will come around that corner and KoS. Airstrips and bases = every man for himself.

Other than carrying a second rifle in hands and then having to drop it everytime you eat or climb something, why can't this be done?

^ This

My point exactly. There are many times I would rather drop the axe and pickup a long range rifle.

Before people get carried away, I didn't say I needed to carry 15 weapons or anything. I just mentioned carrying 2 rifles. And I only asked because when I tried to carry 2 M4's I wasn't able to. Which was either a glitch or something that should be changed. If you can carry a fire axe you should be able to drop it and grab another rifle.

You can carry 2 rifles? I didn't know that. I tried carrying an M4 and an SKS and couldn't.

I agree the game should have balance. Otherwise it wouldn't be fun to play. But you should be able to carry another primary at the expense of something else.

Of course the military bases have too much loot. Have you ever been on a military base before?

Anyone know if there are plans to allow access to the rest of the tower?

You were leaving the building as I entered. Bumped into eachother in the doorway. Startled the crap out of me so I shot. Sorry man. I'm definitely not into KoS. If I saw you during my approach I would have made my presence known.

Part of me wanted to write this just to see how many people would get mad about it. I actually KoS everyone I see.

Thank you very much for your help!

When looking at my inventory it just seems that in real life all of those things would take up slightly less than or maybe half of the backpack. Does anyone else agree?

I agree with all of the above. It can't be super realistic or else it would be too tedious to play. However, I really feel that they just don't carry nearly enough stuff. I hope the developers do overhaul the packs a bit to make them carry more. They fill up way too fast.