Sniping People from Km's away.

[latiasracer 8]

Now let me start by saying, I'm not anti PvP, i love it, as it gives alot of suspense apon aproaching somewhere, if it's just going to be zombies, or if someones lying in ambush. Trading gunfire is far more exciting than zombie chases :P

I Started as a typical bambi, was freindly, but soon relised, that doesn't work in DayZ!.

Because of this, i die alot.

I've been held up, drove my car into a warehouse areas to loot, someguys told me to get out, i tried to drive but they got me. Fair enough, part of the game.

I've been killed over loot, Hillarious incident with some dude with a sniper, he tried to shoot me in CqB with it, i only had an axe. He won.

This is the tale of my last adventure. Aproaching One of the insignifcant towns that i can't recall the name of, hoping for food (My group of 3 where all starving)

There's alot of zombies, my buddy goes down quickly, zombie gets a lucky hit - his legs broken, we have no morphine (Had to leave him for dead). Then they get my brother, i drag him all the way to the treeline, leave him, and mop out the conga line following us. I then go to bandage and Epi-Pen him, BAM Sniped. I Presume it was a AS50, as it was a 1shot kill. Dafuq? And on Side chat, "hahajust got this bambi from 1500m" If he was out to kill people, and killed my whole group, fine. But why wait untill 1 was dead, 1 was incapped, and 1 was trying to save the incapped one?

Personally, i don't get this. It's one thing holding me up, atleast i get to go down fighting. Even if im gunned down in a town, and i haven't seen the shooters, that's still fair, i should have paid attention. But killing me from the x hilltops away, No chance of detecting you, or defending myself? You might as well have just run a script and telekilled me.

I respawned, and carried on with the game. Such is life. Just that strikes me as a little unfair, that's all.

I chose this forum, because whilst i don't make a habit of KOS, i figured you guys would have more interesting opinions on gunning down people from miles away, seenas killing players is your playstyle.

Thoughts?

[Hydra (DayZ) 472]

Once sniped a dude that was sitting on a Cherno building from Pik Kozlova (Milk Mountain), but that was back in the days when I was a filthy little TWS AS50 bush.

If you get sniped from 1500m, give kudos to the sniper and move on. Learn from the experience. Act as if you ALWAYS had a crosshair over your chest, and you won't die nearly as often from snipers. I've actually had snipers give up on shooting me after I flatout dodged their bullets by scrambling about unpredictably on an airport runway and dancing to the Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive song.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

People hate snipers in DayZ for the same reason people hate snipers in real life. You don't see it coming and all you can really do is take preventative measures.

[beastoverlord 574]

If it was 1500m then he had to be a good sniper and had a 50cal. A good tip is to never stop while not under cover. Even if there are only 10 people on the server I am playing on I still act like they know where I am at all times.

[latiasracer 8]

I'm not disputing that it wasn't a good shot, i only heard the killing shot. I bet he laughed. Not that i could have done anything at that range with my Ak74...

Once sniped a dude that was sitting on a Cherno building from Pik Kozlova (Milk Mountain), but that was back in the days when I was a filthy little TWS AS50 bush.

If you get sniped from 1500m, give kudos to the sniper and move on. Learn from the experience. Act as if you ALWAYS had a crosshair over your chest, and you won't die nearly as often from snipers. I've actually had snipers give up on shooting me after I flatout dodged their bullets by scrambling about unpredictably on an airport runway and dancing to the Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive song.

Not entirely sure what you mean by act if i'm always being aimed at, because my entire gameplay hiding under a pine tree doesn't sound terribly fun!

I had one sniper give up on me, i did some pro dodging whilst he let off around 300 DMR shots (Not sure how he missed...) but everyone was telekilled shortly after i made it to cover O.o Don't think he took it aswell as your sniper did!

[jdz (DayZ) 238]

I got a 1km kill with the M24 the other day. Do you know how fucking hard that is? I didn't even have a range finder, I took one shot ranging for 800 and saw it land short so I aimed two mildots high and landed the second and got the kill. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty stoked

[latiasracer 8]

I got a 1km kill with the M24 the other day. Do you know how fucking hard that is? I didn't even have a range finder, I took one shot ranging for 800 and saw it land short so I aimed two mildots high and landed the second and got the kill. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty stoked

Yeah, i can't imagine that's easy!

But who was your target?

[jdz (DayZ) 238]

Yeah, i can't imagine that's easy!

But who was your target?

Someone shooting at my friends, It felt sooo good!

[latiasracer 8]

Someone shooting at my friends, It felt sooo good!

Now that's cool, shoot someone who's a threat to you, or your buddies. Not the guy who's trying to heal his wounded buddy XD

[Col. Kurtz (DayZ) 91]

.............. Why in the hell did you put yourself in such a position as to be hit from that far away? People get sniped so much because they don't think. Do not go in cities and then stand still outside. Seriously, most of the time people get popped sitting still trying to loot a body. Why did you not ask yourself "Why is there a dead body here?" Yeah it can be annoying but Day Z has such huge maps that most players are not used to it unless they are old school PC gamers. Next time you play, try to imagine that there are snipers watching you everywhere you go. Move in a way that you always put buildings between you and tall buildings and hills. It just takes time getting used to it is all. Good luck man!

[latiasracer 8]

.............. Why in the hell did you put yourself in such a position as to be hit from that far away? People get sniped so much because they don't think. Do not go in cities and then stand still outside. Seriously, most of the time people get popped sitting still trying to loot a body. Why did you not ask yourself "Why is there a dead body here?" Yeah it can be annoying but Day Z has such huge maps that most players are not used to it unless they are old school PC gamers. Next time you play, try to imagine that there are snipers watching you everywhere you go. Move in a way that you always put buildings between you and tall buildings and hills. It just takes time getting used to it is all. Good luck man!

I was amoung tree's, bandaging up my teamate after dragging him up the hill. It wasn't a big city, it was one of the towns that has a name nobody remembers, we only visited because we where desperate for food. I'm suprised there was anyone watching it!

That's good advice though.

[Col. Kurtz (DayZ) 91]

I was amoung tree's, bandaging up my teamate after dragging him up the hill. It wasn't a big city, it was one of the towns that has a name nobody remembers, we only visited because we where desperate for food. I'm suprised there was anyone watching it!

That's good advice though.

Even in the tree line you can be a target. The cloths you wear stand out against the trees. When moving stay about 100m-200m in the tree line. Laziness kills. Most players will only go about 1-2 rows of trees in. If you know where you are heading put as much as you can in between you and the town (trees and rocks). Easy rule "If you can see the town, people in the town can see you". Also, fun fact! If you have a map, open it and zoom in. You should be able to hold SHIFT and then left click a location of where you want to go. This will make a way point you can follow without opening your map.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Col. Kurtz