msg to Lone Survivors: some practice a day keeps the dokter away

[JackWalsh 29]

If you are like me, who likes playing DayZ as lone wolf for surviving, and you are no Frankie or an Arma2 die hard, Then you will recognize the following:

Let's say you have been playing for 45 minutes. Nothing significant happend. (You looted some buildings and a deerstand, shot a boar, stuff like that). Now you are walking on the flank of a hill, in the woods trying to get to a certain location.. Suddenly you get engaged by 2 guys. And they spot you first! You where just there, walking through the woods, minding your own business, and suddenly you get shot at. That's bad. ;)

What happends next? Well, let me answer this question from my own experience. First let me define the setting: DayZ is not a pvp only game. which means you can go on for hours without getting any action, most of the time sneaking around. So, the element surprise comes in. Second, deep inside you know that when you die, you lose all your hard earned gear. And third, the extremely impressive and scary sounds that some weapons can make (that in combination with the sudden surprise being shot at) and last but not least. You don't know exactly where the guys are!

The combination of the above elements (especially the sudden surprise and the impressive sounds of the weapons) can make you go into panic mode. Which is bad. You can also take cover and go into paralyse mode. Which is also very bad, because they know where you are, And atm you might be safe behind the cover of that tree, but they will come and get you! SO YOU HAVE TO ACT!. and you cannot quickly replay the scenario and make it allright. If you die, you lose it all. END.

So.... how do you avoid this? What I am going to say is not new. It has been mentioned here before, many times. But mostly in relation to sniping practice. You have to use the arma2 editor (it's in the single play menu) to train that experience. It takes very little time. You can make a scenario within 2 minutes and practice it for 10 minutes.

Make something like the above. You walk in the woods, on the flank of the hill, and you get engaged by 2 men. You config the men to walk to your direction and engage and fire at will. They will most certainly spot you first! ;) even though you know they are comming.

Some will say the arma2 AI players are bad. Well the AI soldiers are not smart, but they are better at shooting moving targets then most human players. Second, you will get used to the impressive sounds of the weapons, while being shot at. And that will help you to keep you focussed on the fight. You will be better prepared, and make sane decissions. And you will keep an overview of your fight, during that fight. It can safe your life.

You have to repeat these scenarios every now and then, because it will wear off if you don't practice it every now and then. (You can save your missions and replay them whenever you want as a normal mission). You can even vary the scenarios. Adding a guy that flanks you, and stuff like that. Also you will learn how to move during the fight.

I'm not posting this advice for the clans, or the die hards. They get action enough by seeking it. I just wanted to give this advice to players that play the game for surviving and have no mad skills. The above helped me a lot, and saved my life a couple of times.

Edited December 5, 2012 by -DarylDixon-

[boxman80 964]

That's a really sound bit of advice, well done sir

[JackWalsh 29]

That's a really sound bit of advice, well done sir

Thanks dude. We are not all frankie with mad skills, or clan members having action all the time. I am not. Allthough I like some action now and then. Why else would i play it? ;) But like i said, this helped me a lot, and actually saved my life in the game several times.

Keeping a clear head, having some confidence, and an having overview of the fight is very important. And you will not learn this when you get killed every now and then by surprise. Because there is no chance to replay the scenario.

[boxman80 964]

yea I agree, I play in our communities Day Z clan often as wella s playing lone wolf and often find myself at the mercy of teams groups and organised players when I am alone - and I'm no great ARMA player!

Would you be interested in maybe creating a tutorial or even a series of simple examples (video or written guide maybe?) on how to setup "training" scenarios like you have described? I'd love to punlish something like this for the members of our community who play lone wolf (with credit to you of course!).

[Sozinho 58]

Seems like a pretty good idea except for the part where you know that the AI's are coming 100% of the time unlike actual dayz

[Marcellus_Wallace 28]

all i know of my friend is that i kill u and ur bitch friend MerleDixon, yesterday or the day before with a AS50 at the industriel area at Elektro ;) i did not loot ur bodys

[JackWalsh 29]

@BOX

I think a tutorial would not be necessary. The Arma2 editor is so extremely easy to use. I am not the person who invented the wheel (iow: I am not supersmart), and I found it out after less then 15 minutes of using the editor. You don't even have to save your missons, but you can. But when using the preview, you are already playing the mission you just created. Just try some scenario as I described in my first post. Two guys engaging you, in combat or stealth mode, and fire-at-will. Or create your own. It's really very easy. This simple scenario is mostly to make you get used to the basic aspects of the firefight. (you can also create more difficult scenarios, with other guys following certain waypoints to flank you, so you have to hurry a bit more to kill the first 2 guys) Just make sure your opponents are from the other side (bluefor/opfor), or they will not attack you ;)

You can define the units, and config their behaviour. You can also setup the way they move (waypoints, just click the unit you want to move, select waypoints, doubleclick on the map, and define the config of the waypoint) Just give it a try, you will see how easy it it. I think that guy's like Frankie use this tool as well, because you can really setup everything you want, with people, building, vehicles, animal life, cinematic effects, etc etc..

@Sozinho

True, but they will still surprise you, since most of the time they will spot you first. Especially in the woods. But , really the training is mostly needed to get used to the elements of the ffight (impressive sounds of the weapons, how to move, how to keep overview of the fight). And that is why you have to repeat this scenario, or more difficult scenarios now and then. Because it will really wear off if you haven't used it for a while and did not had really challenging action in DayZ.

@Marcelllus_Walles

Ive seen "the walking death"yesterday as well ;) shame we have to wait till februari for the next episode.

Edited December 5, 2012 by -DarylDixon-

[Marcellus_Wallace 28]

@Marcelllus_Walles

Ive seen "the walking death"yesterday as well. shame we have to wait till februari for the next episode.

what u talking about??? I say that YESTERDAY i kill U and UR FRIEND -MerleDixon- that u play with. for u are no lone wolf .. i snipe u both with one AS50 and u both died as u run together. this happen just to west of Electro.. i kill -DarylDixon- and -MerleDixon- who are running together last night. this thread is one long bullshit i think!

Edited December 5, 2012 by Marcellus_Wallace

[JackWalsh 29]

what u talking about??? I say that YESTERDAY i kill U and UR FRIEND -MerleDixon- that u play with. for u are no lone wolf .. i snipe u both with one AS50 and u both died as u run together. this happen just to west of Electro.. i kill -DarylDixon- and -MerleDixon- who are running together last night. this thread is one long bullshit i think!

My name in the game is not -DarylDixon-. You probably killed one of the many DarylDixon's. Congrats, But i use my first name in the game. I just used this nick on this forum, because i like the character in the walking death TV series.

I play almost only on a german private hive server mydayz.de.

But about the content of my first post. You are entitled to your opnion. So if you find it bullshit, then it must be bullshit for you. And then you are probably not the target audience of this post

Edited December 5, 2012 by -DarylDixon-

[BlksnshN 127]

what u talking about??? I say that YESTERDAY i kill U and UR FRIEND -MerleDixon- that u play with. for u are no lone wolf .. i snipe u both with one AS50 and u both died as u run together. this happen just to west of Electro.. i kill -DarylDixon- and -MerleDixon- who are running together last night. this thread is one long bullshit i think!

Wait....So you killed two guys with only one AS50? ^ Pro.

[Marcellus_Wallace 28]

My name in the game is not -DarylDixon-. You probably killed one of the many DarylDixon's.

i kill the one with - - by the name like u. i search and can find some Daryl Dixon on player search but not like u with - - and without a space

easy to know u r not german also

Es ist klar, dass du vorgibts Deutscher zu sein. Die Sätze sind zu lang und komplex, um dann lächerlich offensichtliche Fehler zu machen. Mich kannst du nicht verarschen.

[JackWalsh 29]

i kill the one with - - by the name like u. i search and can find some Daryl Dixon on player search but not like u with - - and without a space

easy to know u r not german also

Es ist klar, dass du vorgibts Deutscher zu sein. Die Sätze sind zu lang und komplex, um dann lächerlich offensichtliche Fehler zu machen. Mich kannst du nicht verarschen.

You said in german that my lines are too long and complex to be a foreigner. Thanks for the compliment. ;) I never wrote that I am german though. I am Dutch (as in Holland, next to Germany), but I speak German as well ;)

Edited December 5, 2012 by -DarylDixon-

[Maca (DayZ) 769]

i kill the one with - - by the name like u. i search and can find some Daryl Dixon on player search but not like u with - - and without a space

easy to know u r not german also

Es ist klar, dass du vorgibts Deutscher zu sein. Die Sätze sind zu lang und komplex, um dann lächerlich offensichtliche Fehler zu machen. Mich kannst du nicht verarschen.

What the F#CK you on.? Don't know if you're serious or if its like the thread you made about slaves and shit.. Whatever it is you would want to stop "Smoking it"... Seriously its not good for you.

@DarylDixon, nice read, cheers.

[Marcellus_Wallace 28]

You said in german that my lines are too long and complex to be a foreigner. Thanks for the compliment. I never wrote that I am german though. I am Dutch (as in Holland, next to Germany), but I speak German as well

its not what i say. u dont know german or dutch. u use complex english sentence to then say walking death and februari/dokter? too obvious my friend :) lets hear u speaking dutch mr englishman who got sniped out in the open and dont know what to do!

u r now saying ur only playing at german private hive because u know i killed u on a public hive yesterday :)

Edited December 5, 2012 by Marcellus_Wallace

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

its not what i say. u dont know german or dutch. u use complex english sentence to then say walking death and februari/dokter? too obvious my friend :) lets hear u speaking dutch mr englishman who got sniped out in the open and dont know what to do!

u r now saying ur only playing at german private hive because u know i killed u on a public hive yesterday :)

You are way off topic here pal. Maybe you didn't shoot the OP and you are just running your mouth off.... lets get things back on track and civilized before i start getting nasty!

[JackWalsh 29]

okay, ten eerste, je hebt zeker nog nooit gehoord van het internet. Die series kun je gewoon daar afhalen, eikel. En ten tweede, mijn engels (wat niet eens mijn tweede taal is) is blijkbaar beter dan jouw moedertaal..

Ah ja, en mijn karakter op de public hive leeft nog. Daar heb ik al weken niet meer op gespeeld.

Ah yeah, and this is my last response on your bullshit.

[Marcellus_Wallace 28]

how long did it take to meet ur friend again? did u only play in the editor since because u "paralyse" yesterday? admit it !

[Mr Nasty 1023]

You are way off topic here pal. Maybe you didn't shoot the OP and you are just running your mouth off.... lets get things back on track and civilized before i start getting nasty!

Did someone say Nasty? :D

On topic: Nice write up Daryl, I used that method quite a bit since I had last played a PC game. Its always nice for players to share their methods of improving their play. The better you are at something the more you will enjoy it IMO. Hopefully someone who is very frustrated with their first few experiences will read this and improve their play. For that I give you beans!

[DubPlate 38]

how long did it take to meet ur friend again? did u only play in the editor since because u "paralyse" yesterday? admit it !

Such entertaining posts from you, keep it up :)