I love DayZ.

[TheBlackJim 32]

I just hopped onto a Main Hive server. Having not played DayZ in a month, I was pleasantly surprised to see I still had a decently equipped character, with an alice pack and a winchester among other goodies.

I apparently last logged off outside of the deer stands near balota. And it's night.

So the first thing I do in a server is check for side chat. I hate side chat. I ruins the immersion. Good, this server does't have side chat.

So I decide to head up to the airfield to check for military loot. As I'm crouching there, I notice agro zombies in the darkness. This isn't good.

I decide to go over and ask if he's friendly. Over voice chat, while running from the zombies I say "friendly?" about 2 times. He sees me. And I bet you didn't see this coming, he opens fire.

Apparently he thought it's a good idea to shoot at me with an auto shotgun with buckshot from 30 meters away so I say "I guess you die then" and shoot him 2 times till he's dead.

It being night, I quickly lose the zombies and loot his body. He doesn't have much, I just take some food and drink and leave the rest for the zombies to devour.

Since it's raining, I head to the woods and start a fire. Just then I realize I've completely lost track of time and my whole mind in basically in DayZ. I just had this epic feeling while in the darkness with my campfire.

DayZ is frickin' awesome.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Lovely! There's a new patch out today so be sure to go and have a look, there's quite a few changes.

[TheBlackJim 32]

Lovely! There's a new patch out today so be sure to go and have a look, there's quite a few changes.

I have the latest patch, and I did notice some new things, such as now your food and waters indicators actually drain as well as change color, which is quite helpful.

I also heard they added new guns, which I am yet to find.

[barrett_killz 229]

Had this feeling when I started playing, now I'm looting all the Elektro buildings in 5-10 minutes.

[TheBlackJim 32]

Had this feeling when I started playing, now I'm looting all the Elektro buildings in 5-10 minutes.

Well, I've been playing DayZ since July but this is just my first time in about a month.

[smore98 225]

Welcome back, sir.

Would you like any refreshments for your stay in DayZ?

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

I have the latest patch, and I did notice some new things, such as now your food and waters indicators actually drain as well as change color, which is quite helpful.

I also heard they added new guns, which I am yet to find.

Also, you now have to boil water to reduce the chance of infection and cooking food has added benifits too.

[misterwit 118]

I remember when my friends and I did our first elektro raid. It was late in the evening and the sun was going down and it was raining.

Most of us were poorly armed (hatchets, revolver or two, one dinnerbell between us all) except for my friend who was using my L85 to watch the city (i found it in a bandit camp and none of us had any idea how to use it). So we basically didn't fight anyone, but we ran in and out of the city multiple times, still terrified of zombies much less bandits, looting everything. When we were done, it was too dark to see and most of us were freezing cold. We threw some flares out on sniper hill to guide our path back up into the mountains with our fresh bambi-loot. Being one of that last people in my group to leave, my friend and I saw the silhouettes of our friends through the flare-light running across the hill like a scene from Band of Brothers.

We huddled around fires and split up ammo, guns, and beans between the seven of us in the rain... it felt like a real survival game back then.

[dallas 5195]

Don't worry Jim, DayZ loves you too. :)

[MissSweeney 105]

Also, you now have to boil water to reduce the chance of infection and cooking food has added benifits too.

True story?