saline vs blood bag

[monolith1985 109]

it seems when someone uses a blood bag on me, i get full health back

 

so why would anyone go through the hassle of finding out blood types, harvesting blood etc to get a blood bag to use?

[Holylance 56]

You will gain blood back but you could become sick if the blood type is not correct. I take blood from my friends when i need it but i get sick because my blood type is not the same. Always have drugs on hand to medicate.

[onty 109]

How do ya even regain blood you lost? 

[monolith1985 109]

You will gain blood back but you could become sick if the blood type is not correct. I take blood from my friends when i need it but i get sick because my blood type is not the same. Always have drugs on hand to medicate.

 

thats what i mean, why would anyone bother with that risk when they can just use a saline bag, which seem more common 

[odin_lowe 3686]

Well, saline bag are pretty rare as it is, but maybe eventually both will change, it's still early alpha.

[odin_lowe 3686]

How do ya even regain blood you lost? 

You get somewhat about 20% back with a blood bag, and almost full with a saline kit. Since I'm usually lone wolf, I eat, drink, and sit down to get the healthy condition and heal up.

[onty 109]

You get somewhat about 20% back with a blood bag, and almost full with a saline kit. Since I'm usually lone wolf, I eat, drink, and sit down to get the healthy condition and heal up.

I thought they removed the eat/drink refilling your blood..Because all members of my group are like black 'n' white with blood so we got no idea what to do :D

[monolith1985 109]

you can heal with food, but it takes a long time, at least an hour, of keeping yourself well fed and watered.  you cant just eat 5 steaks and be full blood 

[Merrick362 (DayZ) 263]

You need to smash can after can of food/water into you. Once you stop getting 'I'm hungry' messages, keep eating. Once you fill up your stomach, you will notice a 'healthy' indicator appear in your inventory screen. You are now regenerating blood and can go much longer without eating.

[odin_lowe 3686]

Notice the "healthy" on the top right corner of the player screen. (where you rotate your character) I was hit by a zombie and bled for a while before finding some clothes to shred and make bandages, so I was pretty low on health, but after eating and drinking good food and clean water, and sitting for a while, my health got back to full. Takes a while.

 

It's all explained on this page:http://dayzdb.com/guide/11-standalone-status-effects

 

[Terpy (DayZ) 21]

I'm gonna have to look for that healthy indicator.  I ate enough food and drank enough water to get to "I'm feeling really full" (on both food and water) and never saw that in my inventory.  My character must be a little "slow".