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As the pacifist of the group, I was pretty happy with what I found.

Read some of the guides, use Google to search for specifics you're curious about (zeroing, map familiarizing, etc.), but my advice is to just study the map and explore. That's the only way you will really learn, or at least it was in my case. It won't take you long to get certain landmarks/locations down. I also advise to study/print out the Cyrillic alphabet because it's really easy to learn and can help tremendously in-game (reading signs is a great way to figure out where you are).

I'm all for character personalization and want some more customization options in the future but I think age should always be 18+ for character models in this game. Can you imagine the lawsuits otherwise? I can. There's already enough depravity in the community.

I have mixed feelings on KOS. It's an annoyance, of course, but I feel like it's a bit of a key game mechanic. It's what instills that bit of heart-racing fear in you. That being said, I don't think it should be nearly as widespread as it is, but that's the price we pay when there's not a lot else to do in the game upon getting geared. Currently, my usual goals are to get geared, meet up with already established friends/make new ones, and to roleplay (only on certain servers, obviously). But, I've only been truly geared once in my time playing as a personal preference. I once received this bit of enlightenment from a person that was going to kill me: 'Once you get to the point where you're all geared and shit, you get bored and decide to shoot people, sometimes for practice and sometimes for fun. Until something changes, that's just how it's gonna be.' My personal experience with KOS has been that I get killed a lot but I don't really take my life seriously in-game unless the situation calls for it (roleplay, good gear is at stake, friends are at stake, etc.) so I run along the coast freely and mostly carefree. I understand that this will inevitably get me shot. Do I still talk shit (especially if they miss repeatedly)? Indubitably, but that's just another part of the game. I'm personally not partial to most roleplay servers because they can be incredibly strict on killing rules and while I do appreciate more KOS rules in roleplay servers, they sometimes take it to the point of there being no real threat or animosity in the shadows. I like that fear a little, I guess, is the point I'm trying to make. I don't like getting killed as a freshie by bored campers but worst case scenario: I spawn in a shitty place and get to redo the same shit all over again.

Usually a nervous hello, followed by me backing away a few steps to keep distance. If I'm in a good mood, it'll sound annoyingly sweet.

Promptly left like a lil bitch.