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i have the same problem but i just make sure i have a friend log in with me at the same time so he can drag my body to safety if needed :P Also this thread belongs in bugs/glitches part of the forums not general chat. Edit: hopefully this will be fixed with next patch

i agree with this completely everyone picks up this game and thinks they can instantly be rambo shoot everything and anyone and survive forever by just running everywhere and not observing their surroundings. not all, but a huge amount of the player base has no patience. such as if you hear shooting get to the nearest bush and look in the direction of the shooting and stay there for at least 5-10 minutes just because you don't know were they are. be 100% sure of your surroundings before you make your move.

This game requires patiences if you have none well then this is not the game for you. This is also a game were you will die and you will die lots get over it. if you don't like either of what I said then this is not the game for you my friend.

i would love to know my kd even though i've only played for a week :P

we got to keep all our stuff from yesterdays outtage so i don't know. and we are currently testing how long tents last ourselves because the person who deployed it died today so gunna see when it dissappears

me and my mates moved inland looted several crashed heli's deer stands and nwaf. we have a m249 saw, dmr's, m4a1 sd's and a rocket launcher. yeah i'm pretty sure are sniper kills any player in front of us or we kill any other player we see running around just because we don't want to lose the rare stuff we have. However saying that pvp inland i think is a hugeeee part of dayZ cause like me and my group were in a 5v3v4v2 fire fight in nwaf bullets flying everywhere me and someone was with me flanking our sniper in the control tower and our second sniper on the fire station roof and 4th guy with a shotgun. we managed to come out unscaved and it was the most fun i've ever had constantly ducking for cover shooting people and or zombies, throwing smokes to distract other players, the constant talking on ts3, the adrenaline pumping, and the frag grenades throwing. seriously i highly recommend teaming up with people on skype or ts or vent with like 3+ people and heading inland my personal experience is it's a lot more fun, than looting along the coast aswell as solo looting. + the rewards are a BLEEP ton better as well ;)

OK had this game for roughly a week right when they took away the starter pistols with me and 4 other mates and thought I'd share what we are all currently geared with :P M249 Saw (3 m249 mags and 6 stanag) (this is currently on me) 2x M4A3 acog (11 stangag) M4A3 acog sd (no mags) Bispin sd (8 mags) Fn Fal (2 mags) 2x ak 74u (around 30 odd mags) Dmr (6 mags) rocket launcher with 1 rocket, (people with vehicles beware :p) several of each medical supply's morphine, blood bags, ect. and all the basic tools expect for none of us have found any NV goggles. it really the only thing we are currently missing as well as vehicles. and honestly we probably have more i just can't remember right now, but for are group i think this is pretty good for only playing a week :D along with 7 crashed helicopters looted 5 of them.

think the link is broken cause I can't watch the video which makes me sad :( I like watching people die especially server hoppers.

well I'm sure most people here already know but a couple of hours ago a new patch 1.7.1.2 came out and melee weapons are official there is now the hatchet and crowbar. currently as it says in the hotfix they are very weak but maybe that will quite down all the people Q.Qing over no guns when spawned

my friend has this same issue with no starting gun he complains about the spawn campers however this update gives 2 new things which makes me love it even more. 1. first order of business is you have to scavenge in order to survivor not run along the coast looking for freshly spawned players and shooting them to stock up. 2. now because all you spawn with is a flash light and some meds it makes new players actually think about being friendly with other players that way you can survive more easily hence not everyone shooting on site ( its still happens but my opinion not as much now unless its some guy with like a DMR.) Now This is not a shooter with survival elements it is a survivor with shooting elements and now melee elements you main objective in this game should be to SURVIVE. and with this patch it brings back more of the survivor elements like it i assume was meant to have. also a little side note. zombie apco happens not everyone is going to have a pistol as soon as it starts some people will have guns others wont even have melee weapons! its more realistic with this patch as well. Now sorry for my somewhat long rant but this is my opinion on the newest patch and honestly i love it. P.S. also tin cans are now your best friend with this patch ;)

when my friend launches the game he gets this error. he is however useing a retail copy of arma 2 OA and arma 2 free. please if anyone can help it would be much apperciated the actually full message is "soldier_crew-pmc.scope" is missing. if anyone can help that would be great

with the new system of not spawning with a gun it does make people think twice about being friendly because 2 people with no guns are better than one and can work together to find that gear that they need before they starve to death. I also had an interesting story about when i first spawned into this patch a guy with a flare was in front of me, i talked to him for a bit and he never replied, he had no way of shooting as he had no weapon and so i stole his flare and he followed me asking for it back. we then discussed whenever or not we should team up and it worked out :D. now i have no doubt he probably would of shot me if he had a gun just because he didn't know what else to do.

i bought this game yesterday played it and now i log in today and the patched changed everything :P must be quite difficult for new and old players of the game to get use to as i know for sure i'm having trouble. however i have found 1 trick which seems to help if you can't find any weapons. Basically find tin cans on the floor they are everywhere! then by pressing f you can toggle to throw the cans, if there's a zombie on a loot pile you want or in your way throw a tin can in the opposite direction and they will leave as they are attracted to sound :D. i really dunno if it'll help anyone but it helped me loot a military base and find a ak 74 with couple mags and some meds and food much needed :D

with the new update this is fixed in a way. although you don't start with a pistol or food if you check your bag you get a flashlight now without having to loot around for ages.

When i go to update the file to 1.7.1 i get an java IOexception error and its says to force update i then do so and get the same error? do i have to reinstall game or does anyone know a fix for this. EDIT: i do have the new updater as well as the beta patch :/ don't want to reinstall the game but i guess i'll have to.

that is what i am doing though with the updater from worrom so i dont get it. IO Error! java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://cdn.armafiles.info/dayz_anim_v0.2.rar Error downloading file : http://cdn.armafiles.info/dayz_anim_v0.2.rar =============================== Failed, try a force update and check settings this is the error i am getting when checking for updates