MaxUK

Utterly sick of looting barracks/buildings and having zeds walk/beat me through walls, this is a basic mechanic which should have been fixed a LOOOONG time ago.

I have to say, if guns and ammo were very scarce in the SA and all I was able to do is roam the wild avoiding Zeds I'd probably get tired of the experience pretty quick. This is a virtual world, not reality and in it people should be able to play however they like, if that includes PVP (which it appears A LOT of people like) then why not.

The thermal needs removing. Most people voting to keep it probably have one in their possession which case I'd probably want it keeping too. Being able to scan the horizon in seconds and spot any other players that easily is a little OP in my opinion. Keep the gun in the game but bin the thermal.

Ahh, that explains it. I have been joining servers with both DayZ and DayZChernarus thinking it's the same thing, doh! Cheers for the info.

Hi all, a couple of weeks back I died and respawned back in as usual, foraged around and picked up some kit. A day or two later I started the game and instead of spawning in as the existing character I ended up on the beach with nothing. Thinking it was just a glitch I carried on with the fresh spawn and looted new kit, etc. Now randomly when I start the game I spawn in as either the new character or the old one. Id rather only play as one character so does anyone know a fix for this issue? Each of these characters have died since then and respawned but I always seem to have two characters on the go at the same time, this make sense? Btw, it's the same profile I'm playing with and I only have 1 steam account. Cheers.

Lol, I'm starting to get the impression raiding it could be a bad idea ;) I'll post back with the details of my death tomorrow!

Cool, cheers - I could go to the Airfeild but figured it'd be riskier and I only have a shotty. My plan was to get an AR from Stary and then think about further North. However, all the Youtube vids I've seen bar one had Stary looking like a risky place to raid with teams working together. Not good for the solo player. I'll probably watch it for a bit and move off if there's groups of bandits about.

Hi all, I've been playing DayZ solo for just under a week now and have finally sussed most of it out. Rather than hanging around the coast I've looted a Winchester, lots of ammo, meds and stuff to survive in the wild (water bottle, knife, matches, etc). Now I'm outside Stary on the North side and plan to go in tonight and loot the army tents, etc. I figure I'm probably not going to last 10 mins but wondered if anyone has any advice on where to check for snipers, other players and the best way to approach without being seen, etc. The one thing I don't have is binoculars which would probably help quite a bit.