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Reminds me of those days when I played WoW. Higher levels would run to the lower level zones and kill whoever they could. I guess they get a kick out of it or get a power trip? Whatever its rather pathetic. In dayz I can understand the shoot first thing if you have good gear and in a major city. Plus you can't trust anyone. Last night a mate contacted me via Steam and said him and his buddys trusted a new guy on the server and after about 20min opened fire on them. The guy was killed but so was 2 of his buddies (and him). If you want to co-op get a friend (my brother plays with me somtimes and its SO much more fun to co-op). Its what others do. You can't really trust strangers.

I had a knife so I killed a cow in a field. Only problem was the zombies. I couldnt get near the darn thing! Poor cow. I wouldn't have shot you had I realised I couldnt eat you. DayZ allows you to make your own story. Its not hand fed to you which is the beuty of it. I just wish players would take a chance more and make friends, not turn on you like a coward\traitor. But thats gamers for you.

Hello fello zombie haters\lovers, Im new and have been trying to learn this game off and on the last few weeks. My issue is with keeping the character I play with. For some reason it doesn't save. I post this, as I finally found a gun that wasnt a pistol or rifle. I found an M5 (err, looks like a machine gun with granade launcher and laser scope) and was very excited. Unfortunately I had to leave and thus, lost it. I can't explain the dismay I feel for this game right now. Hell, I didn't even have a chance to use it. I don't have one server to use. Living in Australia, our servers are rather slow or have issues. I jump on whatever US server I can at the time. Does this have something to do with it you think? Is it possible some servers are not updated with the latest patches and so my game doesn't carry over? Once I played with my brother. My game did save but we only had 2 sessions. We ended up being killed by some hacker so I guess my issues or luck is rather bad. As of now I have quit DayZ unless I can get some answers. Losing a cool gun was the last straw. This game just isn't rewarding as it is right now. Cheers. :( PS. Im off to bed so ill check back tomorrow.

Cheers. Ill have a look at the server names. Didn't know about the dayz hive.

As a new player, I can understand what you mean however some rage isnt to do with the fact they just die. For me, calling this a zombie game is a bit of a joke. The zombies are just annoying. You could replace them with dogs, aliens or walking coke cans with teeth. Their animation and interactivity with the player as a whole is just bad. Night time is unplayable. Even in real life, your eyes will adjust to some degree. Even boosting the brightness doesnt help. Again, bad. I gave up on nighttime when I walked off a building (which was actually pretty funny). Hackers. Even as a new player, I'v had issues with them. These guys are the worst griefers in any game possible althogh thankfully I don't die from them much. This reason is enough to want to quit though due to all the time it can take to gather supplies etc. They can also confuse the hell out of new players. If these people really want the game to work, they need to play fairly. Not push new players away. Looting is rather annoying. You need a real map to find what building you can loot, or at least, what area they're in. As time go's by you start to learn where things are but its not quick to pick up without a map. When I found out you couldnt get into any house or building I was somewhat dissapointed. This game has little in regards to realism except for that one death. Injury's with blurred vision are all well and good but as a gamer, annoying. If I get to the stage where I can't tell where I am or going, I just kill myself. Same with broken bones. I could crawl around for hours looking for a cure but somtimes, its just faster to die. You can't start with a friend. Co-op doesnt really exist yet and with the slow load times trying to start a new game with my brother is nothing but annoying. Iv given up DayZ for other games multiple times as I just couldn't be bothered. Sorry to go on about negatives but the game is in Alpha and there is a lot to fix. There are also great moments in the game (like finding your first machine gun) and I like how you make your own story instead of having it spoon fed to you. I just feel there are more negatives then positives but this game will be great one day. That I am sure.