Judopunch 523 Posted February 5, 2014 Lessons learned: In dayz i have learned NEVER TRUST ANYONE. If you can, avoid everyone in the game. If you cannot then kill them on sight. Even if they are UNARMED. This game will make you into an ass. Embrace it or you will die.Thats the lazy ez way out. If you want to help people TAKE CONTROL of the situation. Assume they want to kill you. DEFEND yourself, with no remorse. If you tell someone to put their hands up and go prone and they walk away, shoot them. If they come closer than 15 feet after being told to keep their distance, shoot them. Your solution is lazy, it takes work to be a hero. Its easy to just shoot people. Knowing when not to shoot, thats the real skill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1S1K-Airborne 148 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) I thought i would post my experiences learning dayz to help others. I got the game Friday and played for 36 hours over the weekend. I wanted to be mostly a PVE player and help others where i could. If you have this mindset going into the game you are going to be disappointed. Here are some of my interactions so far: 1. Executed by rednecks: One of my early life's i was just leaving the first town i came across. I had no weapon and already ate my food. Just my flashlight and a bandage in my inventory. While walking on the main road i got stopped by two people. They made me get on my knee's with my hands up (F2). They asked what i was doing where i was going. Then they told me to run away. Once i got about 100 m away they shot me in the back. 2. Saved my murderer: Once i got better at the game i finally got the fabled M4A1. I was so happy that i could now go anywhere face any foe. While walking along side the main road i noticed someone in the distance fighting a few zombies with an axe. Happily i shot one of them for him. I went up to talk to him asked him if he needed any food or water. He said he was thursty so i gave him a can of pepsi. We chatted for a bit. I was about to leave when he pulled out a Mosin and shot me. 3. Sniped while unarmed: Various times in my travels usually unarmed i get sniped from who noes where. Apparently flashlights are in a short supply. 4. Horded by unarmed players: Still trying to be a hero rather than a raider. I went back to the coast to try to help newbs out. Came with Rice and water. It seems however about half that i meet will try to attack me on sight. This is when I am clearly armed with a rifle and they have almost nothing. Lessons learned: In dayz i have learned NEVER TRUST ANYONE. If you can, avoid everyone in the game. If you cannot then kill them on sight. Even if they are UNARMED. This game will make you into an ass. Embrace it or you will die. Welcome to KOS Deathmatch Permadeath Standalone. Just shoot / axe / pummel everyone you see. No reason not to. This game is 100% in favor of bandit style gameplay. There's absolutely no benefit to being a hero. Hopefully in the future they add some type of non-exploitable humanity system. Edited February 5, 2014 by 1S1K-Airborne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kein (DayZ) 4 Posted February 5, 2014 Again !A noob trying a bit to be the hero (dick hero). Missed the hero part because of ignorance and become KOS'er since it's the easy way.... Well done,maybe you should create a team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Landhund 14 Posted February 5, 2014 - Stay hidden- keep cool- check out the behavior of people you encounter before approaching them- If you're at a hotspot like airfielda or military compounds always check your six-> if you see someone who hasn't seen you first try to make contact. If he seems fishy kill or get the fuck out of there. He might have a buddy who you didn't see yet and they might lure you in the open to enable his buddy a clean shot. And as the above already mentioned: use common sense! Thats the main problem. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xFragileDreamsx 7 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Yeah. I don't know if I'd try to help people if I didn't have gear myself, or at least another person in my group with whom I trust. We helped out a guy the other day and it worked out quite well for us. Gained another friend in this hopeless world. However tried to help another guy bleeding to death. Poor guy bled to death because he was scared of me. xD I don't think there is anything wrong with a hero. I thought it was quite fun. Just try to do it right and don't let your guard down. And other don't assume the person isn't geared. Easy as cookie dough. Edited February 5, 2014 by xFragileDreamsx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
