What to do...?

[Zomgshanked 0]

Alright so I joined a little bit ago, probably about a week ago and I am already extremely bored. I love the concept of the game and the way its brought out but it feels like the only thing you can do is run a really far distance for possibly a better gun in case you encounter another player which normally ends in your death if you're not experienced in the game.

Once you die, after your couple hour run to an airfield, you lose everything. I like this concept but, within an hour of playing this game there is no real stealthing around zombies in cities. I can be crawling with a friend and the zombies nearby don't see us, the ones a mile away tend to. Once we see one zombie running at us, we just run through the town at full sprint getting the food and drinks which isn't hard to come across.

I mean, I don't want to seem like I am complaining but the PvE aspect of the mod is pretty bad so it kinda just feels like a hindrance as you run town to town that can give away your position.

I tend to play on low population servers so running into people is rare. I tried playing on a higher population server and instantly was brought to hackers and thrown into an arena losing everything.

TL;DR

What do you do to have fun, and what amount of players do you look for on a given server to have a good experience?

[idunc 62]

First of all, play on private hives. I have not once experienced a mass killing on a private hive. It may be hard to get used to, because most private hives are medium to high population.

I would recommend playing on a private hive that has an increased amount of vehicles. It gives you something to do.

[Zomgshanked 0]

How do you join a private hive?

[vukster@gmail.com 75]

download dayz commander

then install Namalsk. (dayz commander has the option it's as easy as clicking a button)

Search for Namalsk only servers.

Edited November 2, 2012 by vukster

[wilcox_jonathan123@yahoo.com 0]

Download Lingor on Commander. The map is half the size of Cherno and not all forest for campers to snipe you. There are military barrack's evenly distributed across the map so getting a decent weapon is easy. Hang around the city Calamar on a server with a population of 20-30 people and you will get some good action. I wouldn't be playing DayZ anymore if Chernanus was the only map on the game.

[VViking 3]

I mean, I don't want to seem like I am complaining

Imo you summed up two of the worst aspects of this game quite nicely: In it´s current form, basically it is a hardcore PvP game with some annoying NPC enemies, which only steal your time and get on your nerves. Killing them is punished in multiple ways(ammo waste, attract more of them through sound, give away your position, constant respawning).

Also, the rarity of vehicles can be a bit extreme considering the size of Chernaurus. Even worse because of the spawn mechanic. Only chance to get a vehicle on populated servers is by logging in right after a server restart and checking the spots.

And guess what? In most cases the people who already have a vehicle will be there first :-) And then they have two vehicles, or completely destroy the ones they find.

Chernaurus is fun, but only in small doses or in organized, big clans, I guess. Otherwise I recommend Namalsk.

[joeoblong@yahoo.com 614]

Honestly after a bit the real fun is creating player interactions. I always spend the first few days of a life just pestering/helping/entertaining other players.(never KoS'in) Do I get gunned down... more then I care to admit! But it does add to the over all enjoyment of DayZ. Until the SA comes out we are limited in the ways we can affect the world around us, we just have to have an imagination and make something happen. But lately I've been preoccupied by rebuilding my empire. (server wipe X2) 1 more wheel and my UAV is mine again!

[exwnightmare 9]

How do you join a private hive?

If your using dayz commander any server that has a small cloud and a X in it is detached from the mainhive. make sure the "hide unofficial" box is unchecked first. as well, any map that is not chern is a private hive, some are tied together ; for example, all Vilayer servers will be tied together if its the same map.

personal fav is a tie between panthera and namalsk. namalsk is a bit more challenging though as its much colder. very fun with the fear of freezing to death

Edited November 3, 2012 by eXwNightmare

[xx_fr0st-w0lf_xx 53]

download dayz commander

then install Namalsk. (dayz commander has the option it's as easy as clicking a button)

Search for Namalsk only servers.

What he said, namalsk all the way

[Zomgshanked 0]

Thanks for all the responses, I wasn't expecting nearly this much traffic in this thread.

All of your responses are great, I think I am going to look into private hives and try out Namalsk because yeah... I don't have a big clan to roll with and nor do I have the aim needed to be wanted in one yet so Chernaurus just seems too big for me with too high of a risk/reward setting in place.

Seriously though, gave me some more hope in this mod even if it is just in Alpha so I shouldn't expect much out of it.