JMurph2809

Hi guys. Let me just say that I am not one of those people who takes great pleasure in killing other players. I have had other chances to kill or shoot at others and have not taken them. This time I felt like I was in danger and my gut instincts tell me I was right to shoot first..this guy had an automatic rifle,two pistols, a land mine, a large box of ammo, about 10 clips and full military gear. He was headed right at my position in a jeap. I guess the only reason I survived was because he flipped it at the last minute and I had moved behind a tree and was leaning out. I guess he couldn't get a sight of me before I fired. Even so, there is the nagging feeling that it may just be complete coincidence that he was headed straight at me, and that I had just killed someone who must have spent hours and hours finding all the stuff he had. I am going to go out of my way to help the next newborn I find and I will post here what happens....a sort of trial by fire! :)

Hahaha...that's mental.........Punched to death while picking berries. He could have just said hi! I plan to at least try and help the next person I see, especially if they look like newspawn

Thanks for the advice Bean king. I guess my survival skills have improved dramatically. When I logged off today, I had quite a bit of food and drink with me and full health etc.I used to starve to death..i feel almost invincible right now!! and a little guilty for killing that player

Hello, thanks for the skinning advice! As for servers..I've been thinking of trying to join a private hive at some point soon.

I have been playing for about a 6 weeks now, although not solidly. So far I have avoided crowded servers in the main, just so I have a chance to equip without being killed. Most of my characters died or were murdered within a day or two but my latest char has lasted for about three weeks. I started on the North East coast (overlooking Rify). After scouting Rify (I found a shotgun and ammo on the top deck) I headed West to Khelm. On the way here, at least I think it was at this point, I spotted and killed a deer with the shotgun. It didn't have any loot, not sure if this was a glitch or not? I was starting to starve... After Khelm I headed to the NW airfield via Krasnostav. I found enough supplies to keep me alive, plus some clothes, a backpack, a splitting axe and a pistol (no ammo) I then headed to Svetlojarsk via Olsha. In Svet I found a blaze 95 for which I had already found quite a bit of ammo. I got cocky with the gun and was nearly overwhelmed by zombies. My pants were ruined , along with all the contents. Some of my other clothes were badly damaged too. I had run away into the hills towards Berezhki. By the time I had reached Berezhki I was cold (trouser less) and hungry. I had crafted a fishing rod and proceeded to try and fish from the jetty. Not sure if you are able to do this yet? it didn't seem to work and I ended up falling in. I made a camp fire which sorted my cold/wet condition. I left Berezhki and headed to Turovo. I was getting desperate as I was nearly starving to death so I was sprinting and not worrying about any potential threats. I had,had to kill a couple of z's before I reached the lake there. Here, I was able to use the rod and caught a fish but when I "prepared it" I was only left with the guts? I cooked the guts (I think) and ate them.. I felt good, I was no longer starving. I found a few more supplies and some new pants etc and headed to Novodmitrovsk. My plan was to then visit all 11 Military bases mentioned here: http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Military_Bases On route to Novo I got the shits I guess? food poisoning. I quickly googled it (cheating I know!) and found that I needed charcoal tabs. I actually loved that this could happen! To speed this long story up....I found some and fixed myself up. I then made my through the military bases, one by one. I replaced my Blaze 95 with an sks. I also found a ton of ammo and a short range scope. I logged on today in Vybor and found my first truck. I drove the truck to the nearby military base. After looting the base I planned to go to the next base at green mountain. on return to my truck I found a zombie, which was sort of on top of it. I killed it but the truck would no longer start so I headed off on foot via the nearby hill. I then spotted a deer in the fields to the south east, it was quite a way off and I think I rushed the shot a little. I did hit it with the 1st (I saw blood) but it ran off. I fired off another 5-6 shots but it disappeared. This is when my first human kill happened... After firing off the shots, I checked to see how many players were on the server. There had been one last time I checked but there were 5 or 6 now. I headed South sticking to the bushes and trees and stopped to check my map. As I did this I heard the sound of a vehicle. I shit myself to be honest, closed my map and span around with my sks scanning the area. A jeap, had somehow flipped and had landed on his side about 100 meters from me. I zoomed in on the doorway. I thought to myself that I would only shoot if he came out armed. It had crossed my mind that he may have been hunting me and every other player I had met had killed me on sight up to this point. He did come out armed...So I fired all 10 rounds. I'm not sure how many hit, I think 3, but he went down. I approached the body with my splitting axe. I had planned to land a couple of blows to the head, just to be safe but I considered this a bit too barbaric and decided not to and to just loot him/her. The corpse had the most amount of weapons and ammo I had ever seen, including an Aug, which I immediately equipped. The second i did this he got up and I sprayed him with my new found toy! I took everything I could and that was not ruined....That's where I've got up to so far. Loving the game a few questions now though 1>Should you be able to fish from the sea shore with a rod? Or are there any plans to be able? I have since read that you can build sardine traps with a plastic bottle and worms, so i will try this. I reckon it would be good if you could fish for crabs and bigger fish,maybe seaweed and cockles,limpets etc 2>I have only ever killed a couple of chickens and a deer but have never got any loot from them. I have also caught 2 fish but only ever get guts. I know that there should be fillets or steaks etc. Am I being unlucky with a percentage chance or is this a bug? Also-I have never seen a boar/pig/cow or anything else other than deer and chickens? 3>I'm not sure If my survival skills have just improved but some servers seem to have more loot/food. I never pick a server which says "high loot" or anything as I'd rather play the game as it's meant to be played. Is there a way to insure that I play on a main game server, an unmodified one? Thanks to anyone who bothers to read all that crap and thanks for any replies

Thanks all, that makes sense. Not sure if it was a public or private. I usually just go for the lowest ping server and as long as the description doesn't say "clan only" or something. I guess I can just look for a private server in my history and hope that there aren't many of them

Have been playing the game for a week and loving it. One thing i'm really not sure on though is how many characters it is possible to have at once? I had one char, who was starving and about to die. It was time to log any way so I left him behind a barn in partial cover and logged. When I logged on a day later I clicked continue (I think I did anyway) and I spawned on the coast with a new character (I had guessed that the old one had died from starvation or something). This new char had been going really well (comparatively). I had got further north than ever before. I had a flask of water, a tin of sardines, some rice, rags,decent clothes and plenty of ammo. I just needed a gun......Anyway. I logged on tonight and my previous, presumed dead and less equipped character was there. Is there a way to change back or check how many characters i have? Also I found a chicken the other day. I chased it like madman and killed it with a wrench