Day Z Alpha Play Styles

[vTACv 25]

Hello there guys and gals, TAC here and I'm here to share some ideas with the community on how my friends and I make this game more enjoyable but limited options. I know, we all can't wait for the updates and are anxious but..this game has endless opportunities just by exploring it with your Imagination. Here are a few ways we past the time:

 

1. Don't play alone all the time: DayZ SA is wayy more enjoyable when you play with friends. It gets really quiet and its nice to have a mate in your foxhole.

 

2. Travel and Learn the map pre-release: There are already a few changes from the MOD so why not explore and learn landmarks that can better help you navigate before.(I usually travel the map clockwise and use Bases,Mountains,Towns and Towers as navigation markers.

 

3. Bandit Hunter/Friendly Re-spawn help: I found this method to be quite enjoyable. What I do is wait for fresh respawns and then provide them with 1 soda and 1 can of food to hold them over until they get some gear. People are much appreciative and met a few peeps that way. If your lucky you will get a location on some bandits to combat.

 

4. Checkpoint Troll: This method was by far the funniest and most enjoyable way to play. What we did was set up a checkpoint on the coast and made people pay us a toll of their shoes in trade for passage and a soda :P

 

5. Bandits, Bandits bandits: KOS or just be a dick :P 

 

These are just a few imaginative ideas I use...remember follow your imagination!!!

 

--Cheers

 

 

 

[doomsh0t 3]

Im always 5  :P  B)

But i should definetly try 4. with my mates.

Thanks a lot for this genius idea  :lol:

[jbroge 30]

The game is definitely more fun playing with more than one person

[djporternz 644]

I'm a medic in ArmA II. I'm a medic in ArmA III. So why not? Just for a change, I play a medic in DayZ.

 

 

But, that can get boring if you aren't where the action is. So, in the down time, I spend my energy making stashes all around the map. I don't go out of my way to hide them, and in fact if you know what to look for, I signpost them pretty conspicuously. I.e:

 

 

See those shotty shells. They don't/can't spawn there by themselves, you know. And inside that building, in the backpack you'll find a few goodies to get you going.

 

I do my bit for the freshies, but indirectly. Leaving a backpack on the Elektro docks with a screwdrive and a couple of cans of beans where it can be found easily. You don't have to put yourself in harms way, and the freshie might just have enough wits about them to use that to their advantage.

 

I've hunted the occassional bandit, but I tend to pick my fights. No point going in all guns blazing if you stand no chance in hell.

 

For the most part, though, I play solo. This is down to the fact that my work day is all over the place and when I can play there just aren't that many people on the servers with low enough ping.

 

So if you stumble across one of these, think of me. You'll find them scattered across the DayZ AU servers, or more recently on the Donuts server.

 

So, Black Jeans, Black Tee, Black Gloves and a Red Backpack. Usually have a Med Kit in hand ready to go. Fireman's Axe strapped to my back for the Zeds, and loaded with what's needed to get you back to healthy. You might want to save that bullet, and maybe next time you need that Saline we can be of help to each other.

Edited January 12, 2014 by DJPorterNZ

[DevilDog (DayZ) 455]

Interesting idea with the shells as markers for your stashes. :thumbsup:

[vTACv 25]

Interesting idea with the shells as markers for your stashes. :thumbsup:

Ya brilliant :) Devil Dog Semper Fi!!!

[vTACv 25]

I'm a medic in ArmA II. I'm a medic in ArmA III. So why not? Just for a change, I play a medic in DayZ.

 

 

But, that can get boring if you aren't where the action is. So, in the down time, I spend my energy making stashes all around the map. I don't go out of my way to hide them, and in fact if you know what to look for, I signpost them pretty conspicuously. I.e:

 

 

See those shotty shells. They don't/can't spawn there by themselves, you know. And inside that building, in the backpack you'll find a few goodies to get you going.

 

I do my bit for the freshies, but indirectly. Leaving a backpack on the Elektro docks with a screwdrive and a couple of cans of beans where it can be found easily. You don't have to put yourself in harms way, and the freshie might just have enough wits about them to use that to their advantage.

 

I've hunted the occassional bandit, but I tend to pick my fights. No point going in all guns blazing if you stand no chance in hell.

 

For the most part, though, I play solo. This is down to the fact that my work day is all over the place and when I can play there just aren't that many people on the servers with low enough ping.

 

So if you stumble across one of these, think of me. You'll find them scattered across the DayZ AU servers, or more recently on the Donuts server.

 

So, Black Jeans, Black Tee, Black Gloves and a Red Backpack. Usually have a Med Kit in hand ready to go. Fireman's Axe strapped to my back for the Zeds, and loaded with what's needed to get you back to healthy. You might want to save that bullet, and maybe next time you need that Saline we can be of help to each other.

 

 

 

I know I just react to re-spawns that way due to the KOS and being friendly. yes I don't have to but I am not doing it alone so its pretty safe!!!

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

At present I'm just trying to learn the map and survive whilst doing so (and usually failing). Given sufficient firepower/kit though, I'd be off annihilating bandits that insist on shooting newspawns. The colossal shitwhistles.

[Atom Quark 437]

Bandit hunting is the most fun for me. 

[ColdArmy 1]

 

 

 

4. Checkpoint Troll: This method was by far the funniest and most enjoyable way to play. What we did was set up a checkpoint on the coast and made people pay us a toll of their shoes in trade for passage and a soda :P

 

 

Here are some photos from last nights escapades vTACv and Acheron in relation to his post;

 

How it was:

HOW IT, SADLY, ENDED

[vTACv 25]

Here are some photos from last nights escapades vTACv and Acheron in relation to his post;

 

How it was:

HOW IT, SADLY, ENDED

bahahahhahahahahahah so funny