oddfello 1 Posted December 23, 2012 Hello allI have been playing for less than a month and last night I came across my first two heli crashes and have been thinking about my weapon choices ever since. I won't go into a long story but basically I started out with a M-14 AIM and CZ 550. At the first crash I drop the CZ 550 and pick up an FN FAL, easy enough. However at he second crash I find an AS50 as well as a DMR and SAW. When all was said and done I walk away with the AS 50 and M-14 AIM.My thinking is that with the AS50 I have daylight one shot kill capability and all that is the AS50. With the M-14...which I love a have a nice nightime NV compatable battle rifle. I dropped the FN FAL because I cannot rermember ever having seen ammo for it, at least not yet. I dropped the SAW for the same reason..then read you could use the M-4/M-16 ammo for it. I have wanted a DMR badly but I just could not part with the M-14 AIM.I have been wondering if I made the right choices here, having not been playing long, and honestly not even having used some of those weapons. I would like to hear your opinions.Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GulpinGulpin 40 Posted December 23, 2012 i would have taken the saw and a50dmr is my fav rifle in the game doe, but the saw and as50 are a lot rarer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521 Posted December 23, 2012 Keeping the M-14 was the smart idea...better for Close quarter combat than the DMR....as for my secondary, seeing i have the M-14 as my accurate primary i need something to suppress with, The SAW does that job perfectly, and yes ammo is a little hard to find but worth hunting for... a chain of Zeds hungry for your flesh... no worries, this LMG with happily mow them down without complaints!!But this is just what i prefer, one scoped ranged weapon for out in the open country, and an LMG for being about the towns.. nothing like a high rate of fire to make anything run the other way.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intensity (DayZ) 312 Posted December 23, 2012 DMR is a sniper variant of the m14. Unless you are playing on servers without a crosshair there would be no reason to keep the m14 except personal preference. It has NVG compatibility as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaffarov37 125 Posted December 23, 2012 I am currientily using the M249 SAW. It takes STANAG/STANAG SD/M249 rounds. I have never had a problem with ammo for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdz (DayZ) 238 Posted December 23, 2012 I'd say you made the right choice, it's what I would have done. The M14 is super accurate, powerful and versatile and when you really need to reach out and touch somebody you have the AS50. Perfect combo, IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oddfello 1 Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks for the responses/Intensity - The server I play on does not have crosshairs. Though I am ok with the mildots, I probably would not take a shot at a target with the DMR that I couldn't hit with the M-14AIM.Zelot- Yeah I realized that after I logged and did a little research. I stashed my AS50 in a tent as I am playing a lot at night. If I see another one you bet I'll grab it. Cutting down a hoard with it is a good point. I know from using it in ARMA II against AI i was pretty much spray and pray against single targets.I definitely love the M-14 though. No seaching through the scope for a target and from what I have seen if it's under the dot, it's getting knocked down from very nice ranges. What I am really hoping to find is a SD gun, hopefully a handgun. I found a Bizon SD on a different private server with a second character. That's been it so far.thanks again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
