imagelesskjc

I'm a psychotic killer in real life... so yah. There's that.

We all know that the CZ is by far one of the best choices, but I have gotten tired of just how easy it is to stalk and eliminate those that have beans (Survivors). In the past week I've switched to the crossbow, and albeit a pain the arse at first, I've grown accustomed to it and now prefer it, just as long as I have a decent sidearm. Its especially useful at night where muzzle flash might be seen from hundreds of meters away. I can usually pick off one or two survivors at about 80 yards without being noticed if I aim/time my shots correctly. Not only that, its so damn satisfying claiming their beans and taking a bolt out of their heads. Does any of my other fellow bandits have a weapon of choice other than the CZ?

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4057&highlight=Colorblind It looks like Rocket is aware of this, and will eventually get to it. I think right now he wants to finish implementing and fixing the current state of things, but it looks like this is a priority for him.

+1 Hardtarget. I feel EVERY player should read this before playing or posting on these forums. There are far too many players that don't understand how important intel gathering is.

One... two... three shots rang out across the hillside. The sound was too loud to be anything else but a hunting rifle, and too near to avoid caution. I immediately dropped to a knee and watched for any sign of movement or indication of the person's location. Is this man just a survivor? Is he a well seasoned bandit? Is he shooting at another person, or is he shooting to protect himself from a swarming horde of the infected? All of these questions raced through my mind as I was deciding on what actions to take... My journey started out with four other group mates. It was dark, and in the late hours of the night. We met on the southern coast of Chernarus, although we didn't know each other's names we stuck together through various towns as we scavenged for supplies. While we were approaching our third town, I noticed an ambient red light flickering next to what looked like an airfield. I told my comrades that we should proceed with caution, however one of our members thought he saw someone calling for help. As he ran to help the wounded survivor, the rest of my group followed. I however, was not fully convinced of the person's pleas for help. I used a pair of binoculars to observe the situation from a safe distance. At first glance, the survivor didn't appear to be wounded at all. He wasn't bleeding, nor was he unconscious. My group approached and gathered around the player. It seemed to be safe to come out of hiding, so I began to stand up and run towards the hangars. That's when I saw, to my horror, several bandits appear from inside of the hangars. I dropped to the ground immediately and brought out my binoculars once again. What I saw next has stuck with me as a reminder of what happens when you let feelings and morals get in the way of survival instincts. Two bandits and a survivor opened fire simultaneously; all three were armed to the teeth with fully automatic weapons. As the rata-tat-tat subsided, I was left cowering in fear. My entire group was murdered on the spot, all save for one individual. Suddenly the group of four people turned to my direction and started running. That's when it all clicked. Since our group formed we had been infiltrated by one of the bandits. The person who had survived the killing spree was with their group the entire time, he just posed as one of us in order to bring us into their trap. Without anything other than a pistol to defend myself with, I panicked, and darted out of cover back through the town we had just cleared. I could hear gunshots whizzing past my head as my heart pounded in my chest. After about half of a kilometer chase I ended up in a forest. No longer hearing gun shots, I took some time to eat and drink before heading back to the airfield. I wanted revenge. On my approach, I found a barn that had numerous infected wandering around the perimeter. I crawled to the entrance, hoping to find something of value before tracking down my targets. Sure enough, in the loft above a haystack there was a CZ scoped hunting rifle. I grabbed it and made my way past the infected outside undetected, heading across the countryside just northwest of the airfield... One... two... three shots rang out across the hillside... Pausing for only a few moments, I realized the shots were coming from the airfield. Hunched over, I made my way along the treeline until I could gain a decent vantage point over the airfield. Raising my rifle, I looked through the scope. Sure enough, the bandits were back, patrolling around the perimeter in total darkness. I looked towards the air traffic control tower, and spotted the man that infiltrated our group. He was standing with his rifle raised, pointed towards the town I recently passed through. He was looking for me. I adjusted the zeroing on my rifle, and continued to observe the patrols. As soon as the group of three were at the far end of the airfield, I took a shot at the man in the tower. He immediately dropped, and I noticed a stream of blood squirting out of his neck. If that didn't kill him, he would surely bleed out soon. I then looked towards the patrols last known location. They were no longer at the airfield it seemed. With one last look at the tower, and seeing the corpse of my victim, I shrunk back into the forest. TL;DR: Was with a group of survivors. One of them lured us into a trap, I survived by luck. After escaping I killed the guy who lured us in the first place. Up until this point I had never so much as shot at another player. Seeing a person take advantage of someone else's trust in such a way shocked me, and has forever changed how I play this game. I now trust no-one, and rarely go out of my way to help survivors; preferring to travel alone and not be seen. I've started to become the hunter, rather than the hunted.

Hi, you must be new here. You see, there was once a time were there was NO bandit skin. We are simply just reverting back to the old ways. I'd like to refer you to the "search" functions that the webmaster has so graciously added into the forums. Some of us use this tool to see if a topic is already being discussed. I hope I don't have to hold you're hand on how to use this tool in the future, because you seem like a.. erm... bright fellow... However, I took the time to simply search "Bandit Skin". I was given a page of different threads. After browsing through some of them for no longer than a minute, I found this one: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3693&highlight=Bandit+skin In closing, I hope you found this tutorial educational. If you have any questions or are in need of further assistance, please feel free to send me a private message. I will reply to your inquiry promptly. Have a nice day.

Too many carebears were complaining about the amount of zombies and how fast they respawned. Rocket either decreased the number of initials, or decreased their respawn rates.

I frank question deserves a frank response... Nope.

I believe there shouldn't be any added benefits no matter what you're humanity is. As it stands there are already benefits for both sides. The benefit of being a bandit is self reliance, and not having to share loot. If you don't work well with others, this is you're chance to test you're skills against other players and the environment. Playing as a bandit is completely risk vs reward. Is engaging those survivors worth it? Do they have any gear that could benefit me? If you are a bandit and are continuously engaging large groups of survivors without any help or the element of surprise... You're doing it wrong. If you are a survivor you're benefit is in numbers. A smart bandit won't engage larger groups of players unless they have the advantage. If you are playing as a survivor and NOT grouping up with at least one or two other players... You're doing it wrong. I feel like a lot of survivors just assume anyone that shoots them is a bandit... which sometimes is not the case. If a player feels threatened, or is paranoid they might pull the trigger. That player may not have enough experience to tell the difference between bandit and survivor, especially with the new influx of players. Now, to you're suggestion... I feel that any interaction in game should consistently be player-player. If you'd like to be a merchant get a couple of friends to hire as guards, fix up a car, and travel the land trading you're goods.

So today me and a friend were playing in the Portland server. We were in the far north of the map and realized its been far too long since we've killed any survivors. Our humanity was back up, so we decided to head south and cause some ruckus.We were low on ammo, so we came up with a new tactic of killing prey. Basically, we'd attract a small-medium size horde of zeds. After we had some groupies, we ran around the coast trying to find other players. Once spotted, we would beg for help while running towards them... To see an example of what happened, go ahead and read the chat bellow. At the time I was still approaching the coast, but my friend seriously pissed off another player. Sorry FecalSlash, it was nothing personal! :angel:

DayZ cosplayers... I can see it now. I'm expecting a lot of fan made videos in the future.

I'll throw in a quick tip I tell all new players, and I posted in the New Player section yesterday. I feel like this is an easy way for players to determine their general location on the coast. Once you spawn on the coast, if you head inland and you hit a Highway first, that means you are either A) On the Eastern Coast, or B) in between Chernogorsk and Elektrozavodsk. If you hit a railroad before you reach the highway, you are on the southwestern coast, or on the western outskirts of Elektrozavodsk.

I completely agree with this, I'm a huge supporter of the crossbow and would like to see it used more by players. One of the more disappointing things I've found is that if I don't hit a player/zed in the head with a bolt, it disappears and is unretrievable. I don't know if this is intended, but I'm usually running short on ammo if a horde of zeds comes at me... I suppose that's what the sidearm is for, but I digress. I feel like a primary weapon should be able to be used on both zeds, and players effectively. However, the former (believe it or not) is much harder to kill when outnumbered. I'm not suggesting an increase of damage or faster reload, but the ammo capacity seems to be the biggest gripe I hear about it.

pro tip: Anyone that says,"friendly", isn't actually friendly.

I giggled a bit...

Have you ever just sat down with your buds at the end of a long day to tell stories? Or sing Kumbaya? Honestly though, I'm excited for the new temperature/body warmth system. It will add another element to campfire use and I'll have more of an excuse to do my nightly rain dances. How do you think it will affect the typical bandit behavior?

Anyone can have beans... Therefore everyone's a target.

I was playing today and found a bus in front of the enter-able apartment buildings near Berezino. There was a gas station not too far away, but the place was swarming with zeds, so I decided to move on.

.: So why have you chosen to walk the path of “darkness"(was it for the beans =p?) I always do it for the beans... Seriously, I just stopped trusting other players unless I knew them irl. .: Lets talk about tactics, what are yours? Heh. Wouldn't you like to know? .: Do you prefer to hunt alone or in a pack? I get more done alone, but if a friend of mine wants to play I'm down for a bit of a romp. .: Your preferred hunting ground(s)? The Eastern Coast, inland from the oceans. Mostly the Three Valleys. .: What are your weapons of choice? Crossbow. If I ever get the chance to use one on a player, I will. .: Your greatest strength as a Bandit? Stealth and self-reliance. .: Now how about a weakness of yours, come on everyone has one? I enjoy making things hard on myself, sometimes this leads to difficult times. .:Lastly, how about telling us your greatest moment(s) as a Bandit of Chernarus? Killing players with the crossbow undetected, then hearing their friends cry out in fear when they examine the corpse.

Then let me be so kind as to show you the Survivor HQ, where you can complain about mean ole' bandits all you like. http://dayzmod.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=12

My suggestion would be to download ARMA II free. If that runs smoothly then you'll know if your system can handle it

I would like to add a few more points, if I may.