Hello, I am pretty new to Dayz. I am a big fan of flashpoint and arma and a rolist too. So my playstyle is very similar to a scavenger's one, I try to be invisible, to loot only what I need and to disappear as fast I can. I don't want to hurt anyone unnecessarily. I had a few encounters with others survivors. We exchanged some words, related to greetings, resources exchange or medical attention. I encountered bandits too (3 canadians), I spotted them first as they were talking in direct comm'. I waited for them to get closer (or farther) and unleashed some lead above their heads as soon as I directly saw them. My goal was to frighten them, not to harm anyone. They flew while laughing at my marksmanship, but at least the threat disappeared. And yesterday, as I was carefully approaching a barn (crawling with a binocular-check every 100 meters) ; I saw a head right behind a boulder. It was my lucky day, it was only 30 meters far ; and I was going to hug a zombie/survivor without noticing it. I hit the ground, take aim, and waited 30 seconds. It didn't move, and didn't notice me. I crawled back a few meters ; and as I was moving back, the human shape exited the boulder's cover and starts crawling. OMFG, it's a survivor and he noticed me. I didn't have the time to check his weapon. I yelled "Friendly, friendly, don't shoot". The other one continued crawling toward me. I straffed while crouched and he adjust his trajectory. Me : "Don't get closer, back off". He continues. The gap between us reduces from 30m to 25meters. My backward-crawling technique was slower than his wannahugyou-crawling one. Me : "Back off or i'll shoot you". Three times. Around 30 seconds were elapsed since he started moving. He had said/written nothing. He was only 20m away (the game told me, as I couldn't see him). It was difficult to aim with shaking hands, quite impossible in fact. I reload my shotgun with pellets and shoot randomly through the tall grass. 1 shot "Don't come closer, or I'll shoot again". I stopped moving, and I saw his face emerge from the bushes. I panick and emptied two more pellets loads in his head. I checked his inventory (I didn't take anything as I didn't want to profit from a crime). It contained the standard survivor stuff (food, canteen, medics), a demi-dozen of ammo, including lee enfield's, a hatchet and a frag grenade. I was really shocked during this encounter. Did I do the good choice ? He didn't do any aggressive gesture, except of try to get a hug from me. But he didn't answer my greetings and sommations too. Before that, I was thinking of solving this type of encounter by shooting in the legs and running ; but that's impossible when crouched. I still have faith in humanity not to shoot on sight and I am looking for some tips to avoid unnecessary kill.
