Dirtdiver (DayZ)

I’ve fallen for that trick before… how’s the saying go, trick me once shame on you trick my twice shame on me. I can’t recall the number of times I’ve heard “friendly” spoken over the chat only to get shot or shot at.

I hear you man… when I first started playing I would try to help people out. I came across a guy bleeding to death and offered my assistance only to get murdered for my effort. My second character met a similar fate when asked if I’d help them with an airfield run. And recently my brother and I saved a guy from a group of bandits only to have the guy we saved shoot us in the back. It seems if you are not in a clan or squad with buddies you are sol. Now more and more I find myself shooting first and asking questions later. Sad that’s what it’s come to…

Same thing happend to me only when I went to spawn instead of having my current character it gave me a new one.... lost everything. I was on USA 622 server just north of Elektrozavodusky when I logged off. The next time I logged in was on USA 602 to meet up with a buddy and it started me next to the airstrip on the coast with a new character. Sucked because I had tons of great gear.

I'm having a similar problem, only the effect is more positive for my situation. My character is currently starving to death… can’t find a can of beans to save my life… I dropped down to 2500 bp’s and decided to log out while I called my brother to see if he could bring me some food. When he got near my location I logged back in and found my health fully restored. So intrigued I let my bp drop again and logged off and on only to find my health restored again. Hopefully they get this fixed it kinda took all the desperation out of my hunt for food.

I try to act in Day Z as I would in real life. Real life you get no do-over’s. Disconnecting to save your character even once could place you on the slippery slope of justification. Once you’re on that slope it’s hard not to justify disconnecting again and again. After all one more time wouldn’t hurt, right? To me this would change the very nature of the game. Instead of having the experience of playing an intense horror survival thriller it would simply become another game. In your situation with my current gear, I would have just popped a few smokes and bugged out or moved to alternative firing location. At least then I’d have time to locate my attacker and if the smoke did its job and concealed my movements it would give me the opportunity to return the favor and get the drop on my attacker. You ever hear of “one shot, one kill”? If I’m not 100% positive I can kill it with the first shot I won’t shoot. No point in wasting ammo and giving your position away. That’s just me though. After dyeing the second time (I was trying to help a guy who was bleeding out only for him to kill me) I made a mad dash back to that area for some payback. I made a few stops on the way to gather supplies and find a weapon. Came across the corpse of the player not too far from where he backstabbed me (That’s right Karma’s a ….) and got all my gear back + what he was carrying. A few seconds later on my way out I began to take sniper fire. He must have been what dropped my killer. He hit me in the leg and I went down. Luckily I was able to get out of his line of sight by rolling behind a fence. Once I patched myself up I followed the fence to a nearby bush I was able to get eyes on his hide. He was in the lighthouse 250 to 300yrds out. I was left with only three options, none of which I fancied. I could try to run for it, which would most likely result in getting shot again (He shot me sprinting from cover to cover, so I knew he was a good shot). I could wait him out and let him come to me. Or I could disconnect… Yes the thought crossed my mind. I chose to wait it out. And it paid off big. The moment I saw him leaving the lighthouse my fear and doubt turned into excitement. Any advantage he had disintegrated the moment stepped onto open ground. The tables were turned now things were in my favor. I got the drop on him and had I disconnected I would have missed out on that experience. Nothing is certain, fate has a way of changing, just let things play out and you won’t be sorry. P.S. I commend you for your honesty man, thanks for sharing this experience with us.

I’m interested in running supplies north… for a price of course. I’ll be more than willing to trade my surplus of medical supplies for guns/ammo and other items. Steam is Dirtdiver84.

Howdy survivors. I’m looking for a squad to join up with that plays nights/weekends. I’m a pretty laid back guy just looking to enjoy the experience of surviving a zombie apocalypse. I roll with the punches and accept the outcome of my choices, so don’t bother if you’re the type that alt-f4’s to avoid dyeing. I live In the USA on the west coast (PST). Leave your contact info here or send me a message. Steam's Dirtdiver84 I have a voice chat and am knowledgeable in squad tactics. Looking forward to meeting you. Dustin.