Player Camp Etiquette

[maxamillion12345 21]

but destroying someone's tents and gear that you don't want or can't carry just to grief them is completely out of place in the world that DayZ is trying to create. In a real post-apocalyptic situation, if you came across signs that someone else was successfully rebuilding civilization, you wouldn't just destroy it and laugh, you'd instead be excited that their might be hope of eventual recovery from the nightmare of the apocalypse you were living in. (The exception would be if you knew it was the camp of an enemy or someone who had preyed on you in the past.)

I wouldn't call a group of murdering bandits (an assumption) who have placed a few tents miles from anything 'rebuilding civilization' would you?

[King Tubbs 224]

I like to steel and keep coming back, destroying a well stocked active camp it like burning down a bank that gives you free money

I like to keep a camp to restock if I die

Plus i lone wolf most of the time and I keep items that are only useful for team play (blood bags ect) so when i do team up i can be a usefull team member with 1 trip to my camp

plus its very hard to keep a car maintained with out a tent esp if the can has a small boot

Edited February 15, 2013 by King Tubbs

[CF Mallard 18]

I guess I'm a hoarder then because besides the HMG and the barret I've got almost every gun 60+ blood packs and 90% of the items but when I'm exploring I only carry an AK or Enfield so if I go get killed the guy gets nothing.

[bigdogsco 143]

What's the point in having them then?

[Sula 1205]

Well, now there are at least two sides to every story. I leave things alone. I would never steal a vehicle or destroy one I found. The other day I came across a big cammo land rover. It was full of stuff, including weapons and ammo.

I stole one DMR magazine, and felt quite bad about that. But I didn't let it stop me from taking it. I needed the ammo. I left the other six so the owner would be fine.

Edited February 16, 2013 by Sula

[DemonGroover 8836]

My take is If the tents are full of high end gear, get your fill and then Destroy them. Destroy them all.

Camps like that usually have a few satchel charges for you to play around with.

[Ivanuvo (DayZ) 117]

Replace everything with empty tin cans. If they have vehicles, fill those up with empty tin cans and shoot the tires, while taking the best one with you.

[Mudpuppy (DayZ) 16]

The less high end loot on the server the better. As people have said... take what you can, blow up cars and flatten the tents plus check back after reset to make sure it's not a duping farm.

Although if it's just a single tent with a couple of AK's and some beans it could be owned by a bambi who found a tent in which case make your own mind up.

[Bansidhe 16]

Unfortunately a well stocked camp is most likely belonging to a bandit. Its really just skewing the odds in your favour by trying to reduce the supplies said bandit has to prey on survivors.

Out of curiosity how do you derive such a conclusion? I can see no basis for this assumption. As I have stated I have several, well stocked camps and on the server that I administer so do a few other groups of players and none of us are what you would call bandits. Quite the opposite, in fact. Most of us, as far as I know, have hero skins (underneath our camo/ghillie gear).

Is it possible that you use this assumption purely as a means to justify vandal behaviour or do you have something close to proof of your claims?

[irl-calibre 744]

I don't really bother with camps anymore, haven't found one in beards either, all I try to do is keep one tent on the go while i'm alive and fill it with tools for when I next die and keep it well stocked with medical supplies and food and drink, i'm quite happy for anyone to take the weapons that are in it, I put them there fully expecting them to be taken, but what really grinds my gears is I always keep a couple of clips of ammo, never more than 3 or 4 & I really wish people wouldn't rob ammo out of my tent, take what ever you want, but leave the clips its just basic manners..

[bigdogsco 143]

Out of curiosity how do you derive such a conclusion? I can see no basis for this assumption. As I have stated I have several, well stocked camps and on the server that I administer so do a few other groups of players and none of us are what you would call bandits. Quite the opposite, in fact. Most of us, as far as I know, have hero skins (underneath our camo/ghillie gear).

Is it possible that you use this assumption purely as a means to justify vandal behaviour or do you have something close to proof of your claims?

Simply that accumulating a crap load of high end gear is incredibly time consuming unless you kill other players and take their stuff.

[Bansidhe 16]

Simply that accumulating a crap load of high end gear is incredibly time consuming unless you kill other players and take their stuff.

As I said, this is really dodgy "logic". It doesn't follow that because somebody is good at this game that they must be a bandit. My current character is about 65 days old, give or take, and I haven't killed a single person for their gear. All the gear I have accumulated has come from crash sites and NWAF and is stashed in various places around the map. I have even had time to pitch tents with decent gear inside in places that I fully expected to be discovered so that players on my server have the thrill of looting somebody's camp.

The groups on my server have similar stashes. It only takes a vehicle and some coordination to ensure that no gear is ever lost. If somebody dies they are usually picked up from the coast in a matter of minutes and returned to their body in order to reclaim their gear. All without any need for banditry. In fact we get very few bandits on our server, a fact that I frequently lament, as many of the regular players would actually welcome the additional challenge they provide.

I can understand the tactical reasons for destroying an enemy's materiel but to declare any found stash to be the work of banditry has no basis in logic. It still just seems like an excuse to mess up someone's shit.

Edited February 17, 2013 by Bansidhe

[Zarniwoop 1193]

Burn it! *Said in a throaty voice*

Meaning take anything you need, destroy anything you don't need, place satchels among the remains and snipers on the surrounding hills and wait...

[Mudpuppy (DayZ) 16]

vandal behaviour

Why so serious?

[bigdogsco 143]

As I said, this is really dodgy "logic". It doesn't follow that because somebody is good at this game that they must be a bandit. My current character is about 65 days old, give or take, and I haven't killed a single person for their gear. All the gear I have accumulated has come from crash sites and NWAF and is stashed in various places around the map. I have even had time to pitch tents with decent gear inside in places that I fully expected to be discovered so that players on my server have the thrill of looting somebody's camp.

The groups on my server have similar stashes. It only takes a vehicle and some coordination to ensure that no gear is ever lost. If somebody dies they are usually picked up from the coast in a matter of minutes and returned to their body in order to reclaim their gear. All without any need for banditry. In fact we get very few bandits on our server, a fact that I frequently lament, as many of the regular players would actually welcome the additional challenge they provide.

I can understand the tactical reasons for destroying an enemy's materiel but to declare any found stash to be the work of banditry has no basis in logic. It still just seems like an excuse to mess up someone's shit.

Your server sounds like heaven where ambrosia replaces beans, the barracks never spawn tin cans and guns shoot fluffy kittens.

Your experience may differ from mine but I relate my experience.

Edited February 17, 2013 by bigdogsco

[Slugfoot 73]

I don't actually play the game (...yet. I'll wait for the SA) so I have very little idea about etiquette.

I think it might be fun to take what one needs, sprinkle a couple of satchel charges about the place (if available) and then hide and wait to see who turns up.

...Or would that be morally reprehensible? <_<

[bigdogsco 143]

^I approve this message.

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

I don't actually play the game (...yet. I'll wait for the SA) so I have very little idea about etiquette.

I think it might be fun to take what one needs, sprinkle a couple of satchel charges about the place (if available) and then hide and wait to see who turns up.

...Or would that be morally reprehensible? <_<

You, sir, have already got the hang of things. :P

[HMS 115]

There is no etiquette.

What some people USED to do, when tents were practically raining from the sky, was to put one in the middle of Elektro or something, and throw some blood, bandages in there, etc.

Nothing wrong with helping someone out.

If I stole anything from a tent, I'd usually leave something mildly useful behind.

[Mr Nasty 1023]

Finders, keepers.

[PigKiller 26]

You do what your conscience dictates. That's the whole point.

What do you think is the right thing to do?

Edited February 18, 2013 by PigKiller