MrYoubs

Okay so i'm positioned on top of a large building in cherno with a sniper. I am looking around for players. Here's my question: I believe that the number of zombies in an area is reflective of how many players are in that area or nearby. For example; there are 20 zombies in north cherno = 3-4 players there. 0 zombies in south cherno meaning there are 0 players there. IS this correct? If so then surely this is a great trick for snipers : watch the zombie infested areas. Thanks

Essentially my humanity is none-existent. It doesn't work the way it should and i regularly spawn with 0 humanity and a bandit mask, it swaps between 0 and maybe - 3000 or such, i dont get credited/punished for killing etc. I dont care about that - thats the background. So last night for the first time (playing with a friend) my alice pack randomly replaced itself with a coyote 8 slotter (empty). I got another. It happened another 6 times maybe. I thought, meh bugged server, logged. Today same problem. Why is this happening to me? most of the time it happens when my "skin" changes as i lose/gain the bandit mask. It's really pissing me off as i lose my gear in the bag and i can essentially only use the inventory :/ Help anyone?

Nearly impossible :(

WTB fix from devs :(:( Any ideas why it's only just randomly started happening to me?

Dear George Smith, I sincerely hope you are reading this. You hacked our server and killed everyone on it. My partner and i found our bodies. We have our snipers. Congratulations, you've made the list motherfucker. I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you -Ben & Nick

xD yup.

What're they?

George Smith just hacked another server we were on... what the actual fuck.

Jesus christ it was a joke.. Don't get so buthurt. I was quoting Liam Neeson in Taken for a laugh. I realise i will not be able to hunt this person. +1 I don't want to live on this planet anymore

I will paraphrase rather than writing a paragraph due to my current state of, well, *sighhhh* Spent hours chilling, gearing, sneaking, collecting, exploring, helping, fighting, meeting friends, staying alive, roleplaying (to a very limited degree albeit) etcetcetc. Finally find a bicycle. Headed north. Checked Deer Stands. Checked airfield between Cherno and Balota 1000000000000000 times. Made it to airfield. Began SUPER evasive sneak around border after checking left barracks, over to the right hangers. Got shot in head. Surely there is a quicker/easier way? it doesnt have to be amazing, i just want a decent basic sniper rifle. Any tips before i shoot myself with a nail gun?

So i've been in the situation like 5 times now where i have a decent wep + ammo like a lee enfield or ak 74 or something with decent amount of food/water and equipment. I search for hours to get a toolbox then somehow get killed. I really need some help on where to go to get an easy vehicle that doesnt take 10 hours to make. Seriously, sneaking around for so long getting parts or finding a bloody vehicle (for the record only found quad bikes so far) then just get killed. Alternatively (another separate question) : do sniper rifles only spawn at the north end of the map, or also in the main cities? Cheers Just been killed by a noob with an axe after like 20 hours alive after going afk for 20 seconds. Fuming. Edit: for example i read before "my friend got killed, spawned in kamenka and luckily found a vehicle, so came and picked me up" HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! he spawned, magically found a toolbox, a vehicle and all the parts to fix it? pfffttt

Thank you very much, so it's still a trip up north then :/ oh well :)!

Not seen a heli crash yet... hmmm:/ + what is "pking"?

Where can i find one? Also - even barns in lower bits of the map? ie around cherno/elektro?

sounds legit guys, thanks! btw: biggest justice ever, found my corpse, the faggot who killed me afk got kill by zombies before he could loot me :') so happy. i shall commence my run to NWAF :D ty

havent seen once bicycle yet in over 50 hours of playing :/

how am i supposed to get around the map without a vehicle? or am i supposed to just stay in elektro forever?

(This brief tale is told with the forewarning that my group and I are reasonably new to DayZ, and what may have meant a night of fun for us may be lame to you guys) So one night a group of 3, myself included decided to spent hour upon hour in post apocalyptic Russia with nothing other than drinking endless tea and surviving Cheranus on our mind. Fancying myself as a reasonable shot with the Lee Enfield, my partner and I were perched near the fire station/barn/power plant in Elektro. He was acting as my spotter with the binos whilst we waited for our 3rd comrade to make his way over from the far south west of Elektro. Having shot two enemies near the two story grey structure and being slightly bored, we made our way over there. Having looted them we sat there for a couple of minutes, and just as we prepared to return to our initial position, i saw a player running around 150m away in a ghillie suit. When i saw the tag "admin" a nasty grin spread wide over my face, and pondering whether to risk it or not i drew my enfield. 3 missed shots from my buddy meant it wasnt looking good, however i managed to headshot him in one. Completely astounded as i saw him drop, obviously i had been blessed my more luck than skill. Just as we prepare to leave again to return to the barn, we hear on skype "YOU BASTARD". As it turns out, our friend had been watching from a viewpoint with binos (as we'd informed him what was going on), and "CJ" had ccrawled up and hatched him repeatedly yelling obscenities as our guy pleaded "friendly". BIG MISTAKE CJ. We grouped up again 15 minutes later, watching the shop/church/fire station/powerplant/school from a great vantage point near the barn north east of elektro and began killing raiders. I had my weapon of choice for low level pvp, my enfield, partner 2 had an enfield also, and partner 3 had a shotgun. I spot a group of 4 running at the church and instantly drop 1. 2 then scarper into the church and one runs behind a wall. Peeping his head out was a mistake as partner 2 drops him with surprisingly brilliant precision. Mexican standoff begins with the boys in the church. I crawl around to get a better angle, whilst partner 2 sits and watches, reporting movement inside, and 3 prepares to LEEEEROOYYYY with the shotgun. Seeing one man pop his head above the pew inside i remove it from his shoulders, and partner 3 charges, the noise from the last man's mic as my friend lit him up with two double barreled rounds was... disturbing. Once inside the church we hole up for shits and giggles. I randomly pick up a wire fencing kit and place it down to make space for something in my bag. Randomly and by the grace of god it ends up perfectly placed, blocking the entrance and the right and middle isle of the church in front of the first pew, meaning any storming attackers would have to run in and sprint right having comprehended the barbed wire's structure. 3 minutes later: "friendly" as someone crawls in. As the guy clearly has nothing and we didn't feel like being dicks, we call him forward asking if he needs anything. As he talks my friend just says... "hold on... is that... THAT'S CJ!!".. The speed and accuracy of the three bullets that went into his head with smug grins in the next second was worthy of this story. Such gratification of vengeance is partly why i love this game. The next 4 hours contained similar standoffs and wars between a few groups in that tiny area. I love this game.

Thanks man, it's really fun telling others exciting shit like this! You're right, its great with friends! Was with a good partner of mine all day today, we were owning it up in Cherno and some motherfucker comes in to the medical tents and rips us apart from behind, due to server lag i get out with broken leg, fracture and 500 blood and falling. Bandage + morphine + painkillers + a sprint for the treeline (animals, raw steak, fire, cooked meat, 12000 easy blood) which my me shit my pants the entire way, was so close that i went and geared up my friend and we are hunting him again :D

You are a sir, great post, great vids, got yourself a subscriber on YT. One question; i have been playing dayz like a week or so in total and have mastered elektro/chern with a lee enfield to a degree, where can i find myself a sniper? also getting a decent vehicle quickly - is that difficult without running the entire map? finding a toolkit is a bitch as well. Cheers again

It is absolutely great isn't it! Especially when you get revenge on a dishonorable kill/bad mannered move. It makes the 20 min spawn runs, shots in the back by "new players" you help/gear up all worth it. Sounds hilarious; would've given you some serious man points if you'd tried to take them out with a hatchet though ;p