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Date/Time: 13th June 2012 What happened: cant get into crashed choppers Where you were: by the two deer huts just south-east of Vybor What you were doing: me and my friend found two crashed helis almost next to each other with spawning zombies etc, but we couldnt enter them nor find loot around. People is saying that the loot spawns around the chopper for 30 mins after restart but thats not true because we joined on server restart and found the choppers almost immediately with no loot... *Current installed version: 1.7.0

Love all the changes of the last patch (plus i wet myself with enjoyment everytime i see a torch I LOVE THEM) The only thing that shouldnt have been changed was the fact zombies can now see you in prone, dont agree with that one. Infected hit harder yup that i like, new animation on the hopper that i love (very scarey, im guessing the guy who did the mocap for it had no bones...?) but yeh walking giving you three bars while crouched is meh, but crawling and lying still giving you one is a bit too difficult , i know you can now lose infected through buildings but with the rarity of ammo having no other choice then to blast your way through seems a bit silly. Only thing i want to come of this post is to make it so you can lie still and be invisible again. Every other change is great just this one makes it harder, but it takes away from the trying to survive aspect and replaces it with grab lots of ammo and shoot your way through attitude. I only write this post to say that this may turn it more into a shootum up. Not moaning just dont want to see one of the best games of all time go this way really. Thanks for reading Benjy

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love these kind of experiences man! did you end up with anything from the area? or just from the poor lone wolf you battered??

This game has a very ultra realistic theme, which is great and its why i play BUT the bandit system should never have been put in ... if it wasnt put in then noone would be moaning now. Hindsight is a bitch Bandits going are just another part of the realistic puzzle just wish they were never in to begin with, made the game easier by giving someone to hate.

8 servers tried , three profiles also and everytime i begin in the wilderness.... can anyone help?

All justified. I run with a "I it looks my way it dies" attitude, and I'm still alive so I must be doing something right. Direct chat is awsome for findin out someone's intentions! If they don't answer they die. Simple

Basic Bandit Walking around corners too quick makes survivors shoot whether your a bandit or not... I got sick of people shooting me without checking. So I simply kill them first And not give them the chance.

people cut wood and store it in thier houses or barns to burn at a later date....try there??

so bandits are gathering all this gear, and you die to survivors? where are the bandits in your story?

hahaah awsome man:D damn real life getting in the way of games again!

This is a question to all your veteran Bandits out there, how to you stalk, plan and kill your chosen target?? Iv only just started the Bandit life and so have not actually earned my skin.. but the two kills iv had are with my CZ and a nice camping spot over looking some fresh bodies...decoys if you will. so my inexperience has led me here for advice.. oh and another thing do you ever "hunt" in the cities? in my point of view cities are far to enclosed and from my experience easy to fall prey to flanking or a horde. any advice would be greatly appreciated :) Benjy

I'm loving the tips guys :) So, was hunting a guy yesterday (my justification was that I was thirsty...) Shot him twice in the center mass with my M4 didn't miss fired a few other rounds, not sure about them though. Here's the kicker... He killed me before he died, him with some pistol me with an assault rifle...!! When to stop shooting? is my new question Trying to conserve ammo and kill my target obviously didn't work for me... I blame lag!!

Ah ha never thought about the cars... i remember checking all cars when i first started! not worth my time around the airfields then?? ill hopefully have a wing man soon so itll be a two man kill team :D

I always play PvP in all my games, but this game gives me a reason and a choice to make with every kill. i love options! To look through that rifle scope and know you can either piss someone off ALOT or just let them go on about thier business. Love the choices!

Great ideas man, tying traps by tents seems the best way to limit thier use, but god dammit , imagine walking through a random forest a random time of day randomly... and crack. legs broke bear trap.... unconcious ... wakes up handcuffed... robbed of all your stuff ahahaha so funny, even if this was me id find it very bloody funny. i hope to see some this come into effect with the weather , people looking for shelter actually find a hut full of bear traps, ahhh funny

yeh i do understand where your coming from, it is a wee bit of an awkward system. People need to know who they can trust - that is debatable and up to the person to decide. but if there wasnt a system that put people into categories then as i said before there would be anarchy. which is what (IMO) would happen in a real life epidemic. i dont know man , right and wrong are both very grey in this mod (which makes me love it so much) to kill a guy and steal his weapon is wrong if hes been alive for weeks...BUT you have just lengthened your own survival... If you had something he wanted he may have done the same. I dont know how id handle it to be honest, maybe some very subtle changes for a bandit , something you cant see from afar. like i dont know , kneepads (i dont know just first thing out of my little head) Edit. After thinking on it for about 2 minutes, maybe the lower your humanity the more it should be apparent that your a baddy.

if in real life someone kills another person... in years it isnt forgotten.. if bandits dont want to be bandits...dont murder people. Sorted its a choice which will make the mod just that little bit harder. Maybe killing bandits raise your morality (just spit balling there)

Thats exactly how a good player should react after getting shot with a Rocket! a good laugh and a good friendly post. funny story lads hope you all profited from the excitement :D

No i dont think it should be scrapped because it needs some definition so people have someone to blame, if not people would just kill everyone either way. BUT real situations you dont have the simple clothing to diffirentiate people how people act. so for all those people saying Bandits should have thier skins removed then that will be a major disadvantage for anyone going to survivalist route. maybe just give everyone the same skin and watch the paranoia get to people? my prediction is that the number of bandits will double due to fear alone.

Well done to get out of there alive man, i dont know if id risk all that good kit for bonus items without a team or at least a wingman. Plus once i saw the lack of zombos i would have just either waited and watched for a while or left till later on. Btw was this at night? if so id like to know how you made it around cuz im actually curious how people do these airfield runs in the dark lol

-Wild dogs/wandering zombies in woods. -Flaregun/ some sort of flare that could be shot into the air for a duration on illumination for a town or small village. -Radios for long distance comms rather than global chat. -No change to night just options with lights, eg torch attached to tac vest. -No change to Bandits, but maybe some new skins to mix it all up a bit , so i know my buddy is the bandit with the bandana and not on of the seven guys with headscarfs. -Olympic sprinting zombies are fine if you have a way of losing them, stamina aint a bad idea but id rather see a Line of sight/smell distance kinda thing implemented (nothing hat shows up on UI or anything, just something you know is there..alot like crawling near zombos, you know the sight and hearing distance but you ACTUALLY know without testing. Much love to the mod - Benjy

main problem i can see is 1. Bandits basically have a come get me sign to people low on life, actually not even bandits ... anyone 2. immersion breaking , to have a great flock of birds over my head while trying to snipe would be a nightmare 3. (kinda same point) trying to snipe with a flock of pigeons over my head showing everyone there is a half dead sniper in a bush is horrid. just my points , i dont think we need anymore tell tale signs to be honest i think its pretty obvious when someone has died or when someone is close to death (see frantic bandaging/sprinting/insta-prone)

Fun read and well written mate :) hope to see lots of good storys come out of them mod, it is perfect for a tail of deceit and adventure