Insaniac (DayZ)

Just to clarify it was [TMW] Jimmydarev who made the assist as he was on the scene while SoulShaper2 and myself came under fire from a bandit as the patient started explaining his situation in more detail.

I have some empty cans, but I'm not sure if anything you have is valuable enough for them.

the TeamSpeak, steam and Skype seem to be patients preferred method of communication now, a lot of patients just go straight to the TeamSpeak instead of posting here.

The hell did I just read?...

I am not in a position to help him right now, I was just letting him know the easiest way to find a Medic in his area, wherever that is.

It would be easier to join the TS to find an appropriate Medic in your vicinity rather than Medics adding you who may be on the other side of Chenarus. TeamSpeak Address: ts.dayzmedics.com

I'd recommend joining the teamspeak to find a Medic, the infection wont kill you but you should have it treated and get a transfusion ASAP. the TS address is ts.dayzmedics.com if you have the TS3 Client, PM your location if you don't have or can't use the TS and I'll get some Antibiotics to you but I dont have any blood bags to replenish any blood you have already lost.

I believe that you only need to get warm to cure a cold, Antibiotics are for infections. If you are losing health than its an infection that needs to be treated with Antibiotics otherwise making a fireplace or using a heatpack to warm yourself up will do the trick.

Really depends on how much space you have, I'd recommend using your backpack for medical supplies and your inventory for personal gear. Czech packs and Alice packs allow you to carry 4 or 5 of each common medical gear (Blood bags, Morphine, Painkillers & Bandages) whilst still being able to use your main inventory for weapon ammo, food and water. Antibiotics are rare and should you find them it's advised that you keep them since you never know when you might find more. Carrying high end military weapons isn't advised as it makes you a target for bandits, if you really want to carry valuable gear then try and find one of the body guards to reduce the risk of a Survivor rescue.

Thank's to Flatearth and JoeShaw for patching me up earlier, it was professional and quick once they had arrived at my location and the chat whilst I was waiting was entertaining. I hope you find your matches Flat!

Am I the only one having problems connecting to the TMW TS right now? EDIT: just saw the post above so nevermind.

What computer do you have now? It may be cheaper simply to upgrade some parts of your existing one rather than buy a new one.

For a lone survivor I would pick a gun that's versatile since you wont have a buddy that can back you up with a different type of weapon to suit each situation. Shotguns like the M1014 and the Remington 870 can both use Slugs and Buckshot making them effective at anywhere from point blank to 250 meters, the M1014 has a really good fire allowing multiple targets to be taken out quickly while the Remington has a flashlight for night use if you don't have NVGs or an NVG scoped gun. Another bonus for these weapons is that they aren't incredibly loud and have common ammunition. For automatic weapons you should be looking at some sort of M4 or an AK. the AKS-74U Kobra has a good clear sight, rapid fire, decent power and fairly low recoil making it an excellent short to intermediate distance weapon whereas something like an M4A3-CCO has the ability to use SD ammo so it does not attract zombies making it useful for looting zombie rich towns and villages as well as coming equipped with a rifle grip to reduce recoil and a flashlight for night use and to blind NVG users. Now for a sidearm I would personally recommend a M1911 or a Revolver simply because they are reliable, powerful, accurate, not amazingly loud and ammo is abundant everywhere. If you prefer a high capacity Pistol or one with less noise then choose something like a M9 or G17, both can use various magazines and are very quit considering that they are un-suppressed. The G17 has more magazine options and a flashlight making it very versatile but the M9 does come in an M9SD variant that will allow you to wander through towns slaughtering zombies at will without attracting any attention from the locals.

Well if there are a lot of faction wars on your server then most players would be looking for guns that are good at taking out other players and maybe not as good against zombies so things like the noise and low rarity of the gun might be irrelevant to some of the players on your server. The AKM is actually extremely useful against other players since it has a decent fire rate, high power and accuracy and common ammo, but someone would probably trade it away for a 5.56mm rifle or a AKS-74U Kobra. Snipers would also be a good trade for an AKM, the CZ is relatively easy to find (for a sniper) and is effective enough for a player to want to trade it for an AKM. Honestly though the value of a gun is ultimately decided by each player, some people will want a lot for one gun where others would give it away for free.

I would trade an AKM for a M1014 or a Remington, All three guns are effective and have their advantages but each has some sort of a flaw making them of equal value to me. But that's just how I would value them and trade them.

The AKM is like an automatic enfield, so it's not really worth anything since all it does is attract every zombie in a 10 mile radius, you'd be better off with something like an AKS-74U Kobra or a standard AK-74.

I have a mic but I rarely find use for it outside of talking to my buddy, however the other night I was wondering around the tents in Cherno at like 2AM or 3AM by myself so I didn't have my mic plugged in, I was in one of the tents and I noticed this shadow appear on the floor as I was picking up some meds. At first I thought a Zed had wondered up behind me but then whoever it was turned on its flashlight. My instant reaction was to turn around and view my assailant before they shot me as I was unarmed at the time and there was not one, but two survivors staring at me, guns in hand ready to fire and after about a second of tense silence I heard a faint ".....Friendly?". This was new to me and I didn't know how to react, I had never been face to face with another survivor that I didn't know outside of Dayz who hadn't tried shooting me first. As my mic wasn't in my vain attempts to scream "Friendly!" did nothing and after another couple seconds of what seemed like silence to these two strangers they asked me once more "Friendly?". I hadn't used text chat in lord knows how long and hadn't the slightest clue how to talk with it any more and in my panicked state the best way I could think of to show I was friendly was to franticly shake my characters head up and down. The nice gentlemen pointing shotguns at me somehow understood my inane shaking and responded with "Ok, we'll leave you be". They promptly left me shaking like a crack addict in the dark of the tent and I just stood there wondering how I was still alive, I quickly vacated Cherno and logged out so I could get a stiff drink and plug in my mic. Top marks to those two who didn't give me new breathing holes for not responding quickly, I will never be playing DayZ without my mic being plugged in ever again. I have no idea how those people without mics survive contact with other survivors without someone firing at the other, but beans to the ones who manage to not get shot when someone asks them if they are friendly and beans to those with mics who give them enough time to respond!

Thanks for helping me out Ketchup! Polite and quick to help even with some server connection issues, have my beans!

I need a transfusion pretty urgently in Solnichniy (SE Quarter), I'm at 1,600 blood and keep passing out. I have various medical supplies I can give to whoever helps me to return the favour! Steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/INSANIAC94/

Point 1: difficulty, we are testing the game so we should not have this alpha period made easier simply because it's not a finished game yet. If the games difficulty is a real issue later on Rocket will decide to do something about it. Point 2: light sources/tools like flares and chem-lights spawn almost everywhere, they make you more noticeable which makes night time a more difficult and dangerous feat if you can't cope without needing a light source. However there are a large amount of players who can deal with the dark and use it to their advantage so I don't see this as an issue at all. Point 3:Bandits are just a term given to people who for one reason or another kill other players, this can be because of mistrust that others may attack them or because they need their supplies to survive or simply because they don't care about other survivors livelihoods. In any case they are just players who make the choice to look out for themselves rather than help others and are a crucial part of the survival aspect that this game has. The logging in to outdated servers is really a player issue, if you don't bother to read what version a server is at and what version of the game you are running then I personally have no sympathy for you at all.

I like this idea, checking a body shouldn't say that someone was murdered outright but just say the injuries that the corpse has like "the body has several bite and scratch marks" or similar variations along those lines for someone who was killed by a zed, and things like "The injuries this person sustained are consistent with gunshot wounds". Not sure how you would go about identifying a player though.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16919 search before posting.

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Barbwire is stupid, I get forced to server hop to get out of places where I logged out because some prick has barbwired the door.

Some stunning models here, bumpity bump!