Hey there, I only just started playing a couple days ago, and so far enjoyed every moment. To be honest, before I did start, I kinda had the same worries as you. My own experiances with multiplayer games have always been getting shot in the face repeatedly from some bastard with a sniper rifle, in a bush, miles away! So far I've found Day Z not to be this way, yeah It happens (though not to me so far) but given the size of the game world (huge) and the amount of players on each server (I haven't seen anymore than 50) it seems quite rare to see anyone, nevermind being shot constantly! This really isn't close to being a cod-mmo, if anything, playing solo (which I do) feels kinda lonely - but in a good way. Very atmospheric, when you are out there on your own!