TehGalvanator

Here's another good question. When encountering a stranger, what do you do?

As we know, there's a ton of KOS (Kill On Sight) within the Day Z community and it's basically universal throughout almost every Role Playing game. What I want to know is, what is your motive to kill a random person in Day Z? Do you want to be a bandit? Do you just like killing? Why?

So, I've been experimenting and I've found a way to temporarily join in. This is useful if you need to move from a spot and hide. This has worked from about 15 sec-3 minutes. What I do is that I use Day Z Commander and I click "Versions" on the top right, then I re-install Arma 2 and there it is! I am able to join in successfully and move around. However, I still get kicked over time. So this is not a fix, but if you need to get out of a specific area for a specific amount of time, this will be very helpful. I hope I help someone! And if this was already posted, I apologize.

I'm not new, but the doubletap for a larger FOV and the head bob are completely new for me. Thanks!

2 of my friends and I decided to stay at a barn since one of them were infected. One of our other friends supposedly had anti-biotics so we waited about 2 hours and when he came online, we found out he died with it about 3 days ago. So then we just waited longer since I had died trying to get some medical supplies at Cherno and this sniper with a horrible shot kept shooting at me, but got me once and I started bleeding. I run back to the barn, I die right in front of the barn, so then I spawn and run back. This is where it gets interesting. When I got back, I got all my stuff and we hear a voice say "Are you guys friendlies? I'm coming in." I respond with " Yeah, but we don't have anything here, you might as well keep walking." He responds with "Doesn't matter, I'm coming in, don't shoot." and we don't. We're not bandits, just survivors. He comes in as a cow, and he says "Moo." with his deep voice. "Don't kill me," he says "I'm a skinny cow, I have no meat." We don't, this is already awesome. We're known in our server for playing Westside Connection- Hoo Bangin' (Wscg Style) because it's funny. We play the song and he says "Since you didn't shoot me, I left a peace treaty. We walk outside, and there, with a full tank, a fully working jeep. We freak out and take it, and later we hide it. It was amazing. Not all hackers want to ruin people's days. Especially since he was a cow.

Completely agree. However, the bandit thing is still great. I completely agree though, my friends follow a rule called "Shoot first, ask questions later." however, one day when we were walking, we met a small group. Of course, we hate bandits and did not shoot on sight. Instead, I scare them, saying "If you move, I will blow your fucking brain." to intimidate them. They removed the entire bandit skin a long time ago, though. So there isn't really a way, except for the heart beat.

Arma if famous for it's realism right? Well, these zeds are decaying flesh, they don't have blood to transfuse throughout their system, making them weaker, doesn't it? So, I agree that these weapons nerf from Arma are a bit too weak now, and I hope the devs at Day Z are working on their default weapon stats. However, the M1911 weapon with a one hit kill was overpowered. Maybe 2 or 3 would be just fine. However other weapons, like the MP5, are just ruined. I shot half a mag into a zombie. When it takes only 1-3 to kill a human.

That is a lot like how my friends went down. They were travelling to Rog and ran into 2 guys, they talked, and one of my friends told them where they were headed. They trade, my friend got mags and the other guy got a water bottle. Keep note that it was 4 of us, but I had died earlier from zombies, however when I spawned, I found an AK and Makorav and all was good. While my other 3 friends, we were designated to meet at Rog, since it had such a great holding ground. Well, it just so happened to be, as they were walking, my friend in the back dropped. Bullet holes with blood spitting out of them. Quickly the other 2 ran into the safety of the castle, one guarded the stairs, the other the door. It was quiet and there was large tension. Earlier when they met up, they had told it was only 2 of them of a much larger group. One saw an opening, his head popping out of the corner. 3 bams and he's down. After a minute, the rest of the group arrives. We had thought they were bluffing, they didn't know the knee deep shit they just got themselves into and I couldn't help. At once, one guy yells out "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ALL," they were frightened, "I'M GOING TO BLOW UP THE TOWER." Of course we didn't know how that was possible, but out of sheer luck he went down to check on my friend, and then the roof explodes. They scream, and one of them breaks their legs. Another 10 minutes go by, and the healthy one goes to the stairs and starts taking a lot of heavy fire. He takes a shot and gets knocked out. The other one, shot another guy. They were real pissed now. The castle then just fixed itself, only to be blown to bits yet again. He gets up, and gets shot and dies. The enemies rush in, look the unconscious one, and then shoot him on the head. The 40 minute struggle had ended, and they left the game, shooken, literally.