Been Playing for a few weeks now...........

[Canadian Bacon (DayZ) 1]

Been lovin the game, ran into a few people but they tend to mostly kill me on sight, they must need my axe more than I do LOL. It's easy enough to find better equipment in the game for sure but I usually hide the stuff in a tent I have set up in the woods.

However, last night I was killed repeatedly by some clown sitting on top of a hill overlooking Cherno, now this dude was hitting me everytime, so my question is this. What is the best way to avouid getting sniped and where are the most common places to avoid to stay out of a snipers sight.

Thanks

[xepherus 10]

My best advice is

- Wait a few minutes before entering towns and cities. Wait for around 5+ minutes to observe any movements or shots fired at other players before entering.

- Enter with an escape plan. Escape plan as in "how will I get away when it all goes to hell".

- Avoid using light. This includes chemlights, flashlights of any sort and flares. They (obviously) give your position away.

- Avoid shooting. Shooting not only attracts zombies, but also tells hostile players that you are in the area.

- Move cover to cover. In areas without cover, move serpentine. (Zig-zag). A lot of snipers like to camp out right at the treeline on the hills overlooking the cities. Move from cover to cover so that there is cover between you and those hills for as long as possible. Other places such as tops of buildings and around military grade loot spawns (such as fire stations) usually have snipers camping the entrances/surroundings

- Keep moving, even when looting. It is good practice to remain moving side to side while looting. This makes it harder for snipers to hit you when you are out in the open, looting a body (that they have possibly killed earlier and using the body as bait)

- I would go as far as staying away from Electro/Cherno all together. The surrounding hills are swarming with snipers. However, I guess if you are desperately in need of specific supplies the cities are still viable. I still feel its hardly worth the risk seeing how you got sniped during nighttime (usually the time of the lowest player count)

Thats all for now.

Edited January 10, 2013 by Lakre

[Dedzal 2]

Always go from cover-to-cover when in cities. Never prone or crouch, its just easier to kill you when you are doing that

[Canadian Bacon (DayZ) 1]

Ok thanks for the tips it's much appreciated. However I do have 2 more noob questions,

First off I keep hearing people talk in game, how do I answer??

And secondly I see people typing messages in game and really have no idea how to do that either.

Thanks for all the help, one of these days I can pass beyond the noob stage :)

[xepherus 10]

To talk to those in the proximity, you need to be in the direct communication channel. Look at your keybindings for the key to change channels, and the push-to-talk key.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10051-index-of-helpful-threads/ - this thread can be helpful.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7954-voice-text-communication/ - this thread to directly answer you question

Edited January 10, 2013 by Lakre