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You may find this extreme however I believe that zeds shouldn't be able to run but instead there should be tons and tons of zeds that swarm you, and if you try to get them into a building you might as well jump out of the roof because you won't have enough ammo to deal with all of them. At least that's how I see a zombie apocalypse. It would be more difficult to sneak into buildings since there would be a lot of them and you would have to be even more conservative about wasting your ammo. I dare say there isn't anything more frightening than knowing you're trapped and won't be able to make it.

yes, that's what I've been trying to say. It doesn't matter if you die to a bandit or wtv, you will die, that's the only thing you can rely in chernaurus. You will die regardless of bandits, you will die to zombies, glitches, bugs and your own mistakes. The fun in this game is really trying to overcome your fear of losing everything in order to fulfill one of the most basic human needs, social interaction and having someone completely unknown to you helping you and being at your side.

I think I'm one of those few survivors that doesn't shoot on sight and is willing to take risks to meet fellow survivors. I don't mind dying since it's an essential aspect of this game and of course I've been shot on sight but I don't mind, I can always get that weapon\skin\backpack. I think it's more fun to experience the stress and the tension\fear that comes with trying to meet other survivors and be a good Samaritan. It's easy to shoot someone, it's far more difficult and rewarding to befriend unknown survivors imo. Being a bandit is easy and it's what people who have no guts whatsoever do.

I'm very new to the game and I read some guides and watched some youtube videos before hand to prepare myself as I knew it would be a hard game to get into. can anyone offer some advice ? I seem to die a lot or respawn out of desperation of not finding anything. The rare occasions where I do find something turn out to be frustrating x3 ! #1 Found a boat near Krutoy Cap (I think?) and as I approached the boat I saw a survivor dead so I immediately hid, after 10 m waiting and watching I took the boat and man I was happy ! Though there wasn't much gas left so I decided to moor in Solnichy harbor to look for some gas, the moment I leave the boat I spot 2 armed survivors and I ran to the boat but unfortunately they spotted me and shot me and took the boat for themselves. I wasn't mad since I had just spawned. #2 I ran immediately inland as soon as I spawned, after wandering through the woods I found a deer hut with 3 soldier zombies guarding it, I managed to sneak in and surprise surprise ! I found an AKM and a M16 *w* and some magazine that resembled the ones for ak's ! :D turned into >:C when I found out the ammo is just for ak47 then my face turned into .-_. when I heard the zombies gathering around the hut and then I was x~x (dead) #3 I sneaked through the woods until I found a barn, surely there must be something in I thought ! 1 hatchet ! cool ! 2 hatchets... 3 hatchets...... 4 hatchets.... 5 HATCHETS you're trolling me right ?? ;__;, and then a zombie came in and I was dead. Unfortunately a hatchet isn't the same as an axe. #4 I found an armed survivor in the woods and having nothing on me except a bandage I took my chances and said hello, he approached and kept his gun pointed at me, and I was like "hey ! friendly? do you mind pointing the gun in another direction ?" and he went quiet...and I started to become nervous and strangest thing there was a warning in my screen 'open alice pack' and I was... his alice pack ? so I opened it and took the gun he was holding (wtf?) and he was confused as I was and I thought he was going to kill me so I shot him... and then his friend shot me in the back :x * So I really try to be friendly and I love going through the woods but the game is proving to be very difficult to me, I normally like mobas, strategy, adventure games and fps\survival is new to me, it there any advice you can give me to be better at this game ? Thank you in advance

Well, I'm new as well and the only advice I can give you is this. The empty soda can is your best friend. I used to ignore it completely, but now... I love it, it distracts the zombies off that barn\building you want to loot. Even when I find a gun I use cans to avoid wasting ammo, that and you should start by going through the woods and find deer huts which are likely to have good loot, stay off the major cities such as electro, cherno, bolota airfield etc.. until you have decent gear.

Just a quick update on my situation. I followed the advice you guys gave me, the game is becoming easier however I have one complaint, just one ! In the time I've played the game I've found 1 boat and 3 cars but not a single weapon other than those in the deer hut which had no ammo. I'm currently inside the power plant in cherno (?) the church didn't have anything at all. thanks for the advice again !

Thanks a lot for the advice, I'll try to stay away from people now on. I didn't meant to steal his weapon, but I'm glad I did since it was obvious he was going to murder me, but what was awkward was that he was facing me and I took the gun he was holding out of his backpack which was away from me in his...well back.

I think it's unfair to make us pay twice to be honest, I know our money went to arma 2 and not to the mod itself but to make us pay for arma 2 just so after a couple of months we have to pay for it again is wrong. If you're considering turning this mod into a standalone game you should offer a 50% discount for those that already bought arma 2 for dayZ

I like the idea of spawning without a weapon, but they could increase the weapon drop or remove the zombies from the buildings where weapons spawn.

I have to admit that this is the first game I felt sheer fear. >> I spawned at night and I couldn't see anything beside some silhouettes, I spawned in what appeared a lighthouse and the moment I was going to use my flashlight 2 players appeared near me with flashlights turned on and I ran to the lighthouse and hid and prayed for them to go away... My heart was pumping, trust no one the online guide said. I went through my gear and found a measly can o'beans and a bandage. I then spotted a silhouette of a building far away and started making my way to reach it. And I was livid, every step I took every noise was enough to startle me since I couldn't see anything. Once in a while I would light my path with the lantern briefly but I was too scared of attracting zombies. I reached the building and went prone since I heard zombie noises and I thought he was behind me so I moved away only to find out he was actually in front of me... I froze. I really froze and he just walked inches from me and then crawled through some hole in the wall. I was so afraid now, I went inside the building and I could only hear flies, I found a hatchet :D lucky me so I equipped it and had to reload it ?? and suddenly a zombie appears out of the blue and I hacked him in panic hacked again and again and some more to make sure he was dead (well dead-er) and I logged off, I couldn't play any longer. I'm going to wait till tomorrow when it's daytime. I can't handle it. This is one of the best survival games I had the pleasure of playing.

Thanks, I'm really happy with my purchase ! I'm going to try to help anyone I see even if it gets me killed >-> I can't be a bandit.