Played a couple of hours then died and i have to start back? Wow really? Wtf

[King of kong 1117]

Welcome to KoZ. The game where you shoot people for kicks, and no fucks are deposited when you moan about being killed for kicks. When you are killed for kicks, the magical fairy comes and puts you back in your place with a torch for defense. Now you must kill as many people as possible before you are killed. When you kill someone, you must collect their torch batteries to keep track of how many kills you have. 

Edited January 6, 2014 by King of kong

[hemp0325 6]

This isn't call of duty or some other FPS where you have load outs. You actually have to work for your stuff in this game.

[Atom Quark 437]

You were lucky you got killed with only 2 hours invested.

[King of kong 1117]

This is DayZ. The game where being stupid will take away your gear. 

[Contriturate 5]

Welcome to DayZ. ;)

I clicked on this thread to post that exact thing.

[loud3803 2]

You were lucky you got killed with only 2 hours invested.

I think you did pretty well to make it 2 hours, first time i played i made it 5 min and was shot.  Your off to a good start, remember to stick to the trees, bushes are your friend and try to kill as silently as possible.

[TYS 25]

Best advice I can give to a new player is be paranoid!

 

Yes. Do what Jona says. I played paranoid until I conquered the learning curve in the Mod (Which wasn't long as I am an ArmA hipster and know how to shoot. I personally prefer CQB weapons and stay away from long rifles). Once you have the hang of it you should be able to do things without worry and will get better as you go along. My Mod character has not died for approx. 9 months because I am careful and take my time. Standalone will be harder.

 

Also Merino is a great guy for SA tips, look him up on Youtube!

 

Sobaka

TYS

[BugsyTheBlack 0]

If you can make it back to your body before someone loots it then you can recover all of the gear you had on you when you died. One thing you could try is typing in side chat and asking if the person who killed you will allow you to come collect your body and not loot it. You'll get some people who will tell you to piss off... but some may be willing to let you come get your shit.  THERE are a few, however, who are sick enough to tell you that you can collect your body, wait for you to run your ass all the way there... then kill you when you get to it, haha.