Hey, I've seen many people complain about how hard it is to start out as a newbie(when you spawn) however that is not true. You must refrain from going into the next big city you see. Stop your hesitation and the temptation of getting an AK47 at the NW Airport right away. You should be careful in these dangerous times. This game isn't set in the year 2012 where you can just go to the shopping mall and pick up what you so deeply desire, as long as you have the money for it. It is a survival mod and I am afraid many of you don't seem to understand that lifes are of no value to this game, items however are of great. You may get killed for having only a flashlight, a bandage and such, however you also need to keep in mind that even a guy who's loaded with a secondary, some awesome equipment and so forth may hold a flashlight. It is not easy to tell if one has something or not, your only option is to actually kill the guy and find out! It is not even bad to die when you have no equipment yet, because what was there to lose except a couple minutes of running? In all honesty your beginning is essential. You should immediatly run off the south in my opinion and loot barns and other abandoned places which are not as likely to be full of other players and grab your initial equipment. Then you're off to go to other citys, preferrable small and abandoned ones to get some basic weaponry and once you have that, you're pretty much set for the beginning. You know before-hand that the NW Airport is like signing your death, so simply don't go there? You know that Cherno is your death - so don't go there. You know Electro is like signing your death - so don't go there. You know Devil's Castle is like signing your death - so don't go there. Those people you claim to have played since the beginning and to be loaded with weaponry aren't actually as loaded as you think. I've been playing this game for a very long while now and guess what, I am still as scared of losing my stuff as you are. You might shoot me into the back of my head and run off with my little toy, the M4A3 CCO. I think that the hardest part about the game is being inexperienced. Once you've played it a few times you realize the repeating pattern of dieng in specific areas and where you tend not to die so many times. Then all you gotta do is connect the dots. I think the above pretty much sums it up for most people and I am sure it gives the thread creator an idea of what to do in the beginning. Also don't forget that the moment you spawn, your told where you are at the right side of the screen! Finding where you are isn't actually as hard as you might think, it is fairly easy once you are experienced in it. You'll get used to the map and such and you'll know where what is. Just give it time. You aren't gonna become a pro DayZ murderer that has the sickest equipment and owns everybody in 2 minutes. It takes time and experience to know how to survive! Regards, Extremo.
