UKJim

I say good for you - I found a camp and stole recently too - it's part of the game. I am also a player that has been killed many times by people that did not even loot my body. So now I shoot on site unfortunately. Luckily though I have not had to yet; so I am only a theif at the moment not a bandit :) I am in a similar position on what to do next - I am thinking about searching for some vehicles or heli sites and then hitting the castles for a laf ;) Good luck with the travels

Just for the 'older' folk around here... Have you ever seen the film 'Worriors'? Its a gang meeting that goes wrong and one of the worrior gang gets the blame for a killing that they did not do. They have to make it home by fighting other gangs trying to get them for the killing. Well what I think would be fun to see would be a mass meeting in one of the towns or fields - all 50 or more players on a server to meet at a specific time - no killing (yeah right) It would be crazy to see but yeah as we all know it would never happen because someone would rip out their rifle and go to town lol Can you dig it?

I played for a short time today and after a quick looting session I went to find a quiet spot to go and save and logoff. I found the spot and as I was about to press ESC to close up shop, I noticed a tent hidden in a bush :) Off I went to take a looksy - what did I find? Well let me tell you hehe - there were lots of food and drink and some magazines in there but nothing I havent seen before - but then deep at the back I found a DMR sniper rifle - a PDW - a Bizon SD all with multiple magazines So good honest Jim turned bad theif Jim and swiped the DMR with magz - left the other two though for good measure hehe Before I stumbled on this find; I was at the barracks and found an MK48 and magz - so I sacrificed some food and drink to fit the MK48 into my rucksack (ALICE) and then had the DMR as primary. The only thing that I would like to have now is the Coyote backpack (although I did see a picture of a bigger rucksack on the interwebs but I don't know what it is called or even if it is available yet?) I don't feel too bad for the theft as I have been gunned down too many times for my fair share so I deserve some good luck for a change ;) Thanks for reading Jim

I played again last night and one of the first times I have played in the dark :) Wow that was very creepy - I went into a field and found a heli crash site for the first time too - it stuck out like a sore thumb due to the side guns glowing orange as though they were firing. About 10-15 zeds surrounding this I approached with caution - so I got there and checked it out. I found a new sniper rifle M107 with rounds :) Good times! So I ditched the DMR and swiped this 'Very Rare' gun from the chopper. As I walked across the field to get away I got chased - so I tried to shoot using a PDW that I robbed from the tents earlier on hehe - he got me though and I was bleeding. After finishing him off (and a few others) I bandaged up, ate some meat and all is well again. I as I continued through the field I came across yet another heli crash site in the distance but this time decided not to investigate - I wish I had now but oh well my dayz life continues ;)

You will learn how to avoid zeds easily the more you play! As for weapons go to an airfield or a supermarket - these seem reliable for me in the past! It's a survival game mod not a true fps so chill and keep looting! All else fails try a different server?

Actually looks like two czech backpacks on top of each other and an ALICE pack morphed into them both :) Not sure how realy this is probably just a glitchy pile of bags but wondered if it exists or not etc. Either way I want a coyote backpoack NOW!!!

I think as for the loot its not all that great for the people that have looted the airfields but good work any ways mate. I will give you credit for going to the devils castle on a 50/50 server. I am sure that as soon as you left multiplayers would be there ready to bandit your behind :)

LMAO nice typo while at work lol BTW the backpack I was talking about that I saw online was this one the backpack 9000 or something...

Hi, I was wondering - very often I get the red connection symbol on the screen - also when I am in a server with 50 players in; I never seem to see these players even in the big towns? I have spotted a couple of people as they have shot me :( but I would expect to see more as 50 people on the map is quite a lot. Are there any ports that I need to open on my router/pc that improves this? If this is normal then all good I am cool; but thought it is worth a check. Cheers, Jim

Yeah could be the case - I know people exist as I find tents and stuff all time :)

When I die and have to start a fresh - I just go to elektro or cherno straight away as I have nothing to lose. I then raid the hospital first and then supermarket. Then I head north hitting some houses and farms on the way out. Most of the time I get enough loot to get me to the next few towns and always seem to get good loot on the way. Then I hit the airfields to get some guns - this is risky but I would have only been alive for say an hour or so; so nothing to lose really. It works for me but maybe not everyone

Thats the attitiude to have mate - sometimes the PvP gets people down but always try not to curse too much and get back in the saddle :)

I always go into towns no problems - I also go to the NW airfield regularly and not had any issues. Don't get me wrong I have seen other players but not that many.

I managed to go quite a while hunting and getting water from the lakes for a few days; I even went up to the NW airfield and looted some stuff up there without getting killed. I wanted to checkout one of the smaller airfields near black mountain and ended up getting shot on site. This was a joke because there were 4 guys that were shooting at me and I was on my own. I think this game is great - I for one understand the PvP content but sometimes when you have worked so hard to gather tools and equipment just to get shot by 4 players for no reason at all it becomes an irritant. I know that there are mixed views for PvP and whether it should be part of the game etc - so why not have the option? Why not have some servers with PvP and other without? Also likewise day and night cycles - have dedicated day servers? I know this would make those servers easy - but in turn would become boring too - therefore people that join groups and are in good practice of the game will move on to the 'harder' servers and the noobs will practice on the easy servers Just thought I would start this as a topic for discussion - lets not have some fan boys ruin it by arguing why we shouldnt have the choice. Thanks all :)

Or have options to please every type of player

To be honest; I only found this out today too and I have been playing for about a week now hehe

No your talking - I read somewhere hear a player suggest swarms of zombies that would roam the map randomly (say 500+) in one place - this would make it interesting on a non-PvP server. It would force players to actually cooperate. My beef with the PvP that happened to me last night was the fact I did not know they were there and also I was in the middle of killing a cow. They shot me from a distance without even knowing my items or threat. All I know now tho is when I come across a player with a gun they are getting shot ;) - Unfortunately

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Wow the first PvP cooperation that involved two strangers and not one of them died :) This is a first - I have never read anything on the forum like this until now hehe

Press 'F' to cycle throwable objects and then press left mouse button to throw it - the longer you press the further it goes :)

I like the term Carebear lol - as the equipment is server based though you should not be able to farm the equipment and go to PvP servers. Don't get me wrong it adds to the intensity of the game with PvP and I like it - but I think for new players and players that cannot be bothered with PvP it would be nice to have the option. I think the main option I owuld like to see is the dedicated daytime servers - I play almost all the time late at night when my boy is in bed - so when I join a server it is bloody night time - this is rubbish because you cannot see the atmosphere so I play all the time in the dark. I would prefer to be in the day obviously :) The PvP I could put up with but think it would be good to at least have the option.

I find as soon as you spawn - head either way down the coast until you reach a big town - the two popular towns are Cherno and Elektro - these have a hospital and a supermarket - they have a lot of the stuff you really need. Stock up and most of the time you can find a map in the supermarket - use this to maybe go to the airfields and loot some good weaponary. Caution though as snipers and other bandits kill in these areas a lot. The first thing I always do is go to hopsital and supermarket then find out what I am missing and loot houses and industrial places. Once I have this (takes an hour max) you can head to the airfields and have some fun. My final tip though is this... Expect to die; if you think like this then you will not be disappointed when it happens :) I used to crawl and crouch everywhere - now I don't - I run to these starting places and then just keep running - eventually you will lose the zombies.

Honestly I get frustrated with players killing me after I have done the leg work finding equipment etc. I am a father of a 1 year old son and don't have time to play that often, so I do not join groups or clans etc as I will lose them anyway. This means I am alone out there. I got killed last night by a group of 4 players - no calls for friendly or any kind of 'hey how are you' etc - just a bang in the head. I can understand the killing as zombies are easy - I only get killed now by other players - but still as a casual gamer with little time to play I am getting bored of losing my equipment and having to restart all time without being able to explore other areas due to being killed first. I have made a post similar to this to ask peoples opinions and comments also made a few suggestions too. All in all the game is fun and as long as you don't cry when you die and take the game as it is - you should be fine :)

LOL I found one of these at the NW airfield fire station looking building - didn't know how rare it was until I looked on the wiki today - OMG why did I not pick this up!!! I settled for my trusty M249 that I was carrying not knowing any details on that gun. Ah well maybe next time. As it was not looted and was spawned I would believe this is a legit gun to carry mate. Take Care

I want to play without that info showing is it possible and how? Thanks Jim