What are your thoughts on camping snipers at Balota?

[Gerandar 212]

Sniping was a good way to farm items in the mod, it's stupid right now in the alpha. In the mod I used to make some trap, like a car in the middle of the field, and then just snipe everyone who flls for it. My "spotter" (guy with boniculars watching the area and informing me if someone's coming) would secure the area. When there was 3-4 bodies on the ground I would get up, run to the car, loot the items, remove the bodies and come back to my sniping spot. 

 

If you can loot who you sniped then it's good, but sniping just for lol is retarded.

 

Also it requires tons of items to get in the game, because sniping just for can opener and mosin ammo is stupid

"What I find fun is real gameplay, what you find fun is stupid"

 

your special.

[DemonGroover 8836]

Where you get good gear you get camping snipers.

The majority of the time though you can simply circle them and even axe them to death since very few actually check their backs. My best sniper kill though was marking the map on elektro hill in the mod and getting a passing heli to check the map and bombard the bastard. Very satisfying but probably not possible in the future of the standalone.

Consider these campers as a challenge.

[Bakercompany86 347]

Seagulls fly out to sea to die.

 

 

 

Survivors in DayZ go to Balota for the same reason.

[colinm9991 196]

Where you get good gear you get camping snipers.

The majority of the time though you can simply circle them and even axe them to death since very few actually check their backs. My best sniper kill though was marking the map on elektro hill in the mod and getting a passing heli to check the map and bombard the bastard. Very satisfying but probably not possible in the future of the standalone.

Consider these campers as a challenge.

 

This.

 

All you need is a gun with two magazines and an ammo box full or half full. You don't need attachments and all of that fancy gear.

Get geared with a weapon to protect yourself, then get as far north-east as you want and pick a certain grid to loot, move to the next grid and keep stocking up on food, water and a few medical supplies.

[crazyandlazy 376]

My thoughts? Slither up that hill and take em out, axe if you have to!

 

I was searching for bandits to kill on that hill today. Did not find any. Another day!

[Crakka 44]

What else are you supposed to do in the mod right now?

Play Barbie with your character?

Waste a never ending supply of bullets killing zombies?

Stealing someones pants, force feeding them disinfectant spray, and leaving them to die gets boring after the millionth time....

 

So, we go down to Balota and shoot each other. Rinse and repeat.

This, But now its retarded that you have to run 50mins just to get there

[kingfury4 65]

Result of alpha, the games not finished.

What do you think people did in the mod? They got All Ghillied Up and grabbed the nearest AS50 or M1017 and set up camp on some high traffic area.

[Gandolaf 81]

Yeah, you can find them all over.  Long range scope isn't even an exclusively military spawn.  You can find them in houses.

I must have had very bad luck then,because the only time i found one was at the tents in Balota.

[MR DELICIOUS 297]

Is there any other place to find a long range scope than Balota?

No. Only Balota. You can't find one in Zelenogorsk, the giant military camp north of Balota, NWAF, Vyborg, Chernogorsk, Elektro, the container ship near Olsha, the factory in the SE, Berezino, NEAF, Krasnostav, Green Mountain, or the police stations or barns in most major towns. Just Balota.

[Gandolaf 81]

No. Only Balota. You can't find one in Zelenogorsk, the giant military camp north of Balota, NWAF, Vyborg, Chernogorsk, Elektro, the container ship near Olsha, the factory in the SE, Berezino, NEAF, Krasnostav, Green Mountain, or the police stations or barns in most major towns. Just Balota.

And i visited ALL of these locations at least once,a lot of them mch more and NEVER found one.

[colinm9991 196]

And i visited ALL of these locations at least once,a lot of them mch more and NEVER found one.

Bad timing, it's a racing game to get loot once a server restarts.

[Gandolaf 81]

Bad timing, it's a racing game to get loot once a server restarts.

I was at alot of these places directly after a restart.Did i really just have bad luck?

[colinm9991 196]

I was at alot of these places directly after a restart.Did i really just have bad luck?

I often see 5-10 Long Range Scopes at the NWAF Camps; be careful looting there though.

[Gandolaf 81]

I often see 5-10 Long Range Scopes at the NWAF Camps; be careful looting there though.

Thanks for the tip, i will pay it a visit! (I was there a few days ago with my buddy,we both died:D)

[crazyandlazy 376]

Funny I am currently searching for a long range scope too, It was so common when I was with my M4. Now that I'm actually looking for it I can't find any. I have the PU scope though and it's good I guess.

[derpdiggler 69]

Pro-tip:  If you're searching for specific items, then leave the coast.  The loot is better and more common up north.  The coast is a noob trap.

 

 

If you don't like people camping Balota, then just don't go there.  There are a lot of other places that are FAR better for gear.

[codave 121]

Show of hands. Who knows why snipers camp Balota?

Because most people don't seem to go anywhere else. Same reason people camped Cherno/Elektro.

I've been up North now in SA for well over a week, and the only other person I've run into was a new spawn in Novy.

Stop it. Go somewhere else. It's not rocket surgery (pun not intended).

[davek1979 8]

No. Only Balota. You can't find one in Zelenogorsk, the giant military camp north of Balota, NWAF, Vyborg, Chernogorsk, Elektro, the container ship near Olsha, the factory in the SE, Berezino, NEAF, Krasnostav, Green Mountain, or the police stations or barns in most major towns. Just Balota.

I am very much sure I found mine at NWAF.

[Yliparoni 7]

Here's an idea for gearing up:

 

You've seen the video of where people camp with snipers. Run to that village north of balota, get a revolver/axe, wait for gunshots, climb a building, axe a sniper --> geared up.

 

This is all hypothetical for me of course since I only go to Balota at night, and even then only if I have a firearm.

[Element47 2481]

Here's an idea for gearing up:

 

You've seen the video of where people camp with snipers. Run to that village north of balota, get a revolver/axe, wait for gunshots, climb a building, axe a sniper --> geared up.

 

This is all hypothetical for me of course since I only go to Balota at night, and even then only if I have a firearm.

 

i dont understand what you're talking about. to me, having an axe means being fully geared.

[enforcer1975 1111]

If you can loot who you sniped then it's good, but sniping just for lol is retarded.

 

Sniping in the game is retarded. Who else but a sniper would shoot someone from a distance? Why? Because he doesn't want to be detected immediatly after the shot so he can retreat afterwards. They never go to their victim and confirm the hit. Like most of the players do when they kill a player from a distance, most don't even dare to get closer because a buddy of the victom might be near or someone else close enough might have heard the shot and if that person is stupid enough or has bad luck we hear another shot and so on...

[S0rsa 1]

First of all. I dont like KOS. But I have done it couple of times. Usually I only shoot if the other player is aggressive.

I have found everything there is to find. Gearing in this game isn't hard. Best place I have found is the Zelenogorsk military base for weapons, ammo, bags and etc. Town for wood and drinks. First when you spawn, find a water source. The coast is full of them. (The swamps or whatever they are) Drink till you are full and head North. Near Zeleno there is the Green Mountain where you can find another military building. From there you can go where ever you want. I stay away from airfields they don't have that good loot and someone is always camping at them. I have died dozen times and always found full gear without shooting anyone. First time I got killed when I got my first mosin and all the good gear I was upset. But then I found it was easy to get back.

[Dchil 829]

No. Only Balota. You can't find one in Zelenogorsk, the giant military camp north of Balota, NWAF, Vyborg, Chernogorsk, Elektro, the container ship near Olsha, the factory in the SE, Berezino, NEAF, Krasnostav, Green Mountain, or the police stations or barns in most major towns. Just Balota.

What do you mean by police station? Can i get a picture, cause i haven't found anything i would describe as a police station.

[dallas 5195]

If you have to camp a place, you might as well camp a place with heavy traffic, not much fun camping Guba.

[PongoZ 127]

My current spawn started a week ago on the pier in Balota. In full day light, triggered a zombie but managed to find an crowbar before he hurt me too bad. killed him and then snuck out through the buildings to the nw. But the whole time I was sneaking out of that area, A slow fire fight was going on at the air field.

It made it awesome to me,  I also saw 2 or 3 other bambies but they never saw me and they were heading back to the air field. 

So for me, that was very cool. I think most of the people who die there know they are taking their chances right?