Sigh.

[Snivels 0]

So last night was probably the most fun I've ever had in a game. I joined a server with my friends and 3 of them went together in a group, pillaging like ogres, later meeting up with me who had a kind of head-start. 

 

Killing zombies, pillaging villages of all the loots. You know how it is. We felt like Delta squad or some Elite squad of some Military branch, post-humanity.

 

We all had awesome gear (we know it's temporary), we played through the bugs (who cares, it's fun) and we were having a blast.

 

That is until my buddy walks out a house and dies instantly. No gunshot. No text to say how he died. Nada.

 

I was like OMGWTFBBQ so I went to go see what happened. 20 seconds later and BOOM, down I go. No sound, no death indication, nothing. We hit respawn and both of us spawn on the coast, so SO very far away from where our bodies were.

 

*RAGEQUIT*

 

I still have no idea where we died, there were only like 2 or 3 people on the server and it's highly doubtful they took us out with a silenced sniper rifle firstly because it would have indicated we were shot. Can admins kill you for no reason? Do you even get admin utils to do that? Could it be hacking? What could it be besides those two? 

 

I'm struggling to understand how after so many hours of play and so many hours of fun, regardless of all the bugs which we don't really care about at this stage, we could have just instanta-died. All the fun we were having just killed in an instant of something still unknown.

 

Don't know if I even want to play again to be honest.

 

 

[weparo 613]

Welcome to dayz :P

I've been told that in the mod, killer doors were the defining aspect of the game. Soo.... I guess the SA is living up to it's expectations :D

 

Seriously though, you should create a bug report.

 

Sorry for your loss

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

First of all, welcome to the forums :)

 

Secondly, it was probably a bug, seing as there are no silenced sniper rifles(or sniper rifles in general) in the game yet. One thing you must get used to is you WILL loose your character often in alpha. Be it from bugs, database wipes, hackers, bandits, you name it. Sometimes it will be withouth warning like a rock suddenly attacking you or something. Get used to it if you plan on playing during this stage of the game.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

There are no 'death messages' or silenced weapons (as of yet) Possibly a glitch (in which case it could be any number of things) or it might be a hacker (I've yet to encounter one thankfully but they seem to be coming out of the woodwork slowly).

[slow_ri0t 1]

Don't play again. Let's keep this game to the niche people and not try and appeal to multiple bases. Anyone crying over any death and wanting to stop playing, DayZ will never be your game. 
Having said that, hope you come around and keep having great experiences =) Happy hunting.
 

[Verex11 95]

As someone who currently admins DayZ mod servers, I have no idea why people assume every time they die from a bug it's an admin trolling them by killing them. Sure it happens if a 13 year old is running things, but it's always one of the first things I see people blaming. Just find that very odd.

[Snivels 0]

Don't play again. Let's keep this game to the niche people and not try and appeal to multiple bases. Anyone crying over any death and wanting to stop playing, DayZ will never be your game. 

Having said that, hope you come around and keep having great experiences =) Happy hunting.

 

 

I hope so too :) I guess you're right though, the biggest thing that new players (especially in the Alpha) need to get used to are the random deaths that might happen. I don't mind so much if it was an epic firefight or axe fight with another player and I don't mind losing my gear, just the randomness of it! I'll try and change my mindset such that I can expect random glitch / hack deaths so that I won't be disappointed next time! 

[Snivels 0]

As someone who currently admins DayZ mod servers, I have no idea why people assume every time they die from a bug it's an admin trolling them by killing them. Sure it happens if a 13 year old is running things, but it's always one of the first things I see people blaming. Just find that very odd.

 

I wasn't blaming admins. My statement was in the form of a question and if it WAS possible for them to do that. In which case, I'll just try a different server.

[SquirrelX (DayZ) 8]

There are no 'death messages' or silenced weapons (as of yet) Possibly a glitch (in which case it could be any number of things) or it might be a hacker (I've yet to encounter one thankfully but they seem to be coming out of the woodwork slowly).

Are you saying my silenced M4 isn't really silenced?  That'd be a huge bummer :(

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Don't believe there's a /kill command for admins (wouldn't know though), doesn't make much sense really since most abusive admins usually teleport near the player they want to kill and shoot them.  Don't think they have thous commands in Alpha, and if they do the admins won't get away with it for long.

EDIT

 

Are you saying my silenced M4 isn't really silenced?  That'd be a huge bummer  :(

 

 

Are there silencers for the M4 in Alpha?  I've yet to find one anyway.

Edited December 20, 2013 by BigMike

[leviski 2152]

I climbed a ladder after managing to dodge three people shooting m4's at me in the cherno ghetto (all those highrises above chernogosrk)

 

Needless to say, I fell off the ladder due to its an alpha and bugged and caught myself on the ladder then climber up and fell again and proceeded to do the same thing thrice before it killing me.

 

was stuck on the damn ladder.

 

so in short 

 

WARNING- Stay off the ladders to the roofs, they will kill you/break your legs.

[Korsbaek 1778]

Alpher! It's riddled with bugs right now. Deal with it :D

[Gator Biggs 22]

So last night was probably the most fun I've ever had in a game.

 

we played through the bugs (who cares, it's fun)

 

*RAGEQUIT*

 

regardless of all the bugs which we don't really care about at this stage,

 

Don't know if I even want to play again to be honest.

 

[joe_mcentire 2074]

So last night was probably the most fun I've ever had in a game.

...

Don't know if I even want to play again to be honest.

Edited December 20, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[Freek314 32]

Last two posts deserve more beans than I can give. I am now in the process of starting a bean farm.

[Snivels 0]

Let me use this analogy:

 

Sally gets a bunny for her 5th birthday. She loves the bunny and is so unbelievably happy. One day, a strange man walks into her yard, takes the bunny from her and stomps it on the ground, destroying it in the most vicious way possible.

 

Still fun for Sally? Nope.

[SmashT 10907]

Brain aneurysm

[munkie 40]

As someone who currently admins DayZ mod servers, I have no idea why people assume every time they die from a bug it's an admin trolling them by killing them. Sure it happens if a 13 year old is running things, but it's always one of the first things I see people blaming. Just find that very odd.

 

Quoted the above guy because its a pain to actually host/update and admin a DayZ Mod Public Hive server....ooooh bad admin!

 

But the rest of these posts are truely awesome:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last two posts deserve more beans than I can give. I am now in the process of starting a bean farm.

 

 

Brain aneurysm

 

 

Just lmao, best community ever.

 

ha ha ha.

 

dM

Edited December 20, 2013 by Drunkie

[Snivels 0]

Are there silencers for the M4 in Alpha?  I've yet to find one anyway.

 

I believe there are, my buddy just picked up an M4 with one

 

Brain aneurysm

 

Hell yeah! That's realism

[DrRageQuit 17]

Its highly possible you were sniped, as the Mosin with a scope on will shoot far further than audio currently carries.

Unfortunately (for the victims) there is no real way of knowing you were shot, as generally speaking you dont hear the crack unless the bullet passes you, which obviously wont if its lodged in your chest.

 

Put it down to bad luck, or foolishness leaving the same doorway your buddy just died in  ;) Most buildings now have two exits. Even if they're on the same side of the building a sniper is going to need to adjust his position slightly to target you. Another option is to wait a couple minutes and see if anyone shows up. Stay quiet and still, if the shooter thinks the dead guy was alone (or his friends combat logged) then they'll probably come for the loot. Gives you an opportunity to knock him out, cuff him and steal his blood!

[Snivels 0]

Its highly possible you were sniped, as the Mosin with a scope on will shoot far further than audio currently carries.

Unfortunately (for the victims) there is no real way of knowing you were shot, as generally speaking you dont hear the crack unless the bullet passes you, which obviously wont if its lodged in your chest.

 

Put it down to bad luck, or foolishness leaving the same doorway your buddy just died in  ;) Most buildings now have two exits. Even if they're on the same side of the building a sniper is going to need to adjust his position slightly to target you. Another option is to wait a couple minutes and see if anyone shows up. Stay quiet and still, if the shooter thinks the dead guy was alone (or his friends combat logged) then they'll probably come for the loot. Gives you an opportunity to knock him out, cuff him and steal his blood!

 

Finally, a helpful answer :) Only part that doesn't make sense would be me not hearing the shot when my buddy died. Not sure if the Mosin has a silencer yet, but will look out for one.

[DrRageQuit 17]

Are there silencers for the M4 in Alpha?  I've yet to find one anyway.

 

There are, though you'd be better off sticking your cat on the end of the barrel - they dont work well!

[munkie 40]

There are, though you'd be better off sticking your cat on the end of the barrel - they dont work well!

 

 

Typical Welsh. If in doubt, shove an animal on the end of it!

 

dM

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

Finally, a helpful answer :) Only part that doesn't make sense would be me not hearing the shot when my buddy died. Not sure if the Mosin has a silencer yet, but will look out for one.

 

I think there's a bug that explains that part too - the weapon sounds are too quiet at the moment, in particular the Mosin - I've been stood 50m away from a friend and watched him nail a zombie in the head with a shot. Never heard a thing.

 

I'm pretty sure it's something the devs are aware of, and I guess they'll get round to it when they get a moment. But yeah, my first thought when I was reading that was 'sniper'. If you take out the 'not hearing the gunshot' thing, which can be explained away as above, it would definitely make sense.

[SmashT 10907]

Finally, a helpful answer :) Only part that doesn't make sense would be me not hearing the shot when my buddy died. Not sure if the Mosin has a silencer yet, but will look out for one.

 

To be fair anything anyone suggests is going to be pure speculation, there's just too little information to identify whether this is a game mechanic (silenced weapon, range of weapon, sickness/disease/exhaustion etc, a bug or something more malicious or even a combination of them. Going to need more information from others to narrow it down.

Edited December 20, 2013 by SmashT