kookucatchu@yahoo.com 0 Posted June 22, 2012 Didnt read all 8 pages' date=' but has anyone actually looted NVG and GPS off the ground and remember what they look like while laying there? I believe the GPS looks like an ammo pouch but was more curious whether or not the NVGs look like NVGs like the Binocs do on the ground.[/quote']The NVG look like NVG, not a misc. pouch. They are really annoying to find by helicopter crashes, I assure you. Was so close to missing them sitting there in grass. .___. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Powermolch 3 Posted June 22, 2012 Yes NVGs look like NVGs on the ground. Similar to Binos as you said. Similar sized too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capitainedesolation@yahoo.fr 119 Posted June 22, 2012 Found my GPS and my Range finder in the same loot pile in the barracks. I was really lucky that day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForcefulCJS 16 Posted June 22, 2012 I have found NVG's multiple times (as loot' date=' not on player's corpses).Its all about where you look.[/quote']Scumbag admin:Posts in thread asking people to detail WHERE they got NVG's, claims he has found several NVG's, emphasizes that "location matters", but refuses to give any hint about those locations.Seriously? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
#BASEDGOD 27 Posted June 22, 2012 I have found NVG's multiple times (as loot' date=' not on player's corpses).Its all about where you look.[/quote']Scumbag admin:Posts in thread asking people to detail WHERE they got NVG's, claims he has found several NVG's, emphasizes that "location matters", but refuses to give any hint about those locations.Seriously?Seriously. People have posted the loot list in this thread and this whole forum since this game came out.Use it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParaB 114 Posted June 22, 2012 I've lost count how many times I've visited the barracks at the NW airfield. Never found a single NVG. GPS OTOH I've found a couple.I always think it's funny when I read stuff on forums like "I found 3 NVGs just in the last two days.". Or "NVGs are easy to find if you know where to look, I usually get mine within 20 minutes of spawning in Kamenka".Yeah...suuuure...-_- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingkenneh 3 Posted June 22, 2012 well crashed helis work again so there is a 4% chance to find them on those.. I seen a live streamer find a crashed heli with a Fal and the m107 as loot and probably more because he was a baddie and didn't look hard enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macnana 0 Posted June 22, 2012 I found NVG's at a heli crash site, so did my friend. And I got a GPS by killing some dude at the NE airfield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kookucatchu@yahoo.com 0 Posted June 22, 2012 well crashed helis work again so there is a 4% chance to find them on those.. I seen a live streamer find a crashed heli with a Fal and the m107 as loot and probably more because he was a baddie and didn't look hard enough.Yeah, helis can have loooots of loot. One I found last night had 4 guns and NVG. <_> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingkenneh 3 Posted June 22, 2012 Yea, heli's can have a TON of loot on them, so I don't see any reason why people can't find NVGs in the first 30 minutes of game play if they're EXTREMELY lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunnz 24 Posted June 22, 2012 Found 4 heli crashes, no NVG and GPS and i made sure i checked everywhere, i stayed at each heli for like 6 minutes and circled it like 10 times but no luck. I did find the most rare item though, the l85a2 CWS. Just luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yammazul 0 Posted June 22, 2012 In the 'how well geared are you?' thread' date=' some survivors have said they acquired nv goggles, "gps's" and toolboxes within a couple of days. At 0.11% spawn rate, couldn't you travel to north west airfield over 900 times and still not find one of those first two items? Devs said less than 3 percent of players have nv goggles currently, yet so many people claim to have them and many say they should be more rare, why dont I find them? I'm not calling cheats or lies obviously, I just want mine.How did u get yours, when, where?[/quote']Ive picked up 3 on separate occasions, always from other players or their hidden camps, I can only assume that they were either really lucky or had been server hopping/farming for a while, my guess would be the latter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaaR (DayZ) 0 Posted June 22, 2012 I've never found NVGs or GPS but i've found them every life on bodies or tents. You're doing it wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banicks 55 Posted June 22, 2012 Found a GPS on a player I killed. Same character found one in a barracks.Now that I'm trying to find one, I cant.NVGs not seen at all.PS. Helis have random loot, I found one and it only had an M14 and some random crap. So they dont always guarentee lots of guns or anything. I spent 15 minutes going around it to make sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangles 1 Posted June 22, 2012 I dunno if cross shade is still trolling this thread or not. But ZedsDeadBaby has his math right. In this case the loot piles are all individually spawning. So you can think of each pile as a separate independent 52 card pile. Not as a single card pile.Say we wanted to draw an ace of spades. We don't care about any card. Just the ace. If we only draw from 1 pile, then we get a 1/52 chance to get it. If we draw out of 2 piles, then we get a 1/52 chance and an additional 1/52 chance. This is represented by the ^x in the equations and increases base on the amount of separate piles. This will increase the chance of the one specific loot you need coming out of the pile. But unlike a single draw pile of 52 cards, which after 52 draws reaches 100%. This equation only approaches 100%, never reaching it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Efften 0 Posted June 22, 2012 gotta server hop the hot spots yo...or at least thats what people do I believe, only ever had nvg and gps once, off a guy I killed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
becomeister 0 Posted June 22, 2012 think about it, a small percentage of players keeps finding it, others taking it from dead players, its normal that its actually not that super rare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jemoeder 51 Posted June 22, 2012 Hackers made it even more rare Especialy when you kill them and they respawn same posotion do that for 20 times and you got 20 NVG's lol xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites