Solreal

A recent Harvard study determined that 95% of the player-base are mouth breathing douche bags. But I'm not sure how scientific it was so it's probably safe to say only 92% are...

I'm pretty excited. I will be hunting tents when they go live. Please store all of your good loot in them. :)

Great info. Thanks!

Indeed. I was in a fire station last night that had two in the same room.

Maybe my server list just isn't the same as others, but the average population of the servers I see/join is right around 6-10 people. Spread out over 200+ square Km... That said, I ran to the airfield west of Grishino last night and got lots of great gear. Particularly a 35-slot backpack, an 8-slot tactical shirt, a 12-slot tactical vest, and two 10-slot ammo boxes. :beans:

^ What he said. Two of my first three hours with this game were spent stuck in a basement. luckily I hadn't had anything to eat or drink so I starved. That said, I had to come here to find out that that was my only option. I now always log-off outside and have not had a repeat.

Thank you form sharing some examples. I'm not sold, but I can see how a role-player would make do.

I keep hearing about "help" being offered when being held up. What help? I'm as new to this game as can be and i haven't needed any help, at all. An hour of looting and I'm fully equipped. Information? Alt-tab and the dayz wiki has all the info I need. I have a map on my cell phone... Food and drink is so plentiful I don't even store them i just eat/drink as i come upon it. Broken leg? Unless it happens right as i re spawn, it is no issue as I always have rags, and sticks. Ammo? I'm overflowing with ammo.. So, what help does a geared player that you've just stuck a gun at actually need? And what information do you have that is so valuable that you need to stick a gun in someones face in order to "share" it?

If it wasn't for the fear of being KOS'd, there wouldn't be any fear/challenge in this game. Zombies are not a challenge. An axe is all you need to kill every zombie in-game. I have zero fear of a zombie encounter, absolutely zero. But when I see another player my heart races. That's good stuff. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

It seems to me that safely acquiring life-saving valuables is the name of the post-apoc video game. Other than scavenging, KOS'n is the most cautiously tactical and/or intelligently strategic way to acquire the valuables you need. Anything else places you in extreme, unnecessary danger.

"Hey, i have a sawed-off shotgun aimed at your head, don't move a finger. Why? Cause I'm lonely and need a stranger on the internet to talk to and I also want to give you an unsolicited can of tuna that you could have found by looting any of the thousands of buildings in game! What's that, you were already looting buildings when i interrupted you with a shotty to the back of your head? Oh, I see, valid point. But i need this interaction, i need this! So I'm going to just forcibly "help" you at gunpoint; whether you like it, need it or want it..." Seems legit.

Thanks! :thumbsup:

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Conversation. I think it's called "player interaction" around here.

Did you really cut half of my post off so as to alter its context? So lame.