Bad Habits from other games?

[Rudette 435]

Do you have any bad habits from other games you've brought over into DayZ?


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One time, I shit you not, I hit F5 while crouching in concealed spot about to sneak into the airfield. I had played Skyrim so much I guess my mind thought:

"Ok. Dangerous area. Let's quicksave."

After I did I kind of sat there blinking like... What..what did I just do? lol.

>.> Another bad habit, is that I tend to get real shifty eyed. Like the Doomguy guys little face by your health bar in Doom. But maybe that helps me more than harms me!

Edited February 6, 2014 by Rudette

[hells high 676]

I press keys from ARMA sometimes.

[zhrike 264]

In reverse: Whenever I'm in any FPS I hit 'alt' expecting to be able to free look.

[TedZ 424]

I hit shift expecting to run faster, oh wait, it's not Garry's mod!

[GpB311 236]

I still feel a desire to teabag some people who I feel deserve.  Doing such things will only end in my corpse being stacked on top of the one I was teabagging in this game though.

Ive only teabagged one person In DayZ and she pretended to be friendly, then attacked me as I came out of a house.  My axe > her crowbar

Edited February 6, 2014 by GpB311

[mercules 1290]

In reverse: Whenever I'm in any FPS I hit 'alt' expecting to be able to free look.

This, except I have a TrackIR. I keep finding myself trying to look over my shoulder by twisting my head a bit to the right or look up and down by moving my head.

Playing other games you get used to hitting reload fairly often as it simply tops off the clip in your gun and is always a good idea. Even in the Mod it is not a good idea and in SA you can find yourself reloading a 60 round mag you had taken 3 shots from with a 20 round mag. Doh!

[Dchil 829]

Looking down. It started when i was playing the COD:Modern Warfare series and i wanted a pistol all the time in single player but you don't always spawn with one. I started shooting legs as a reflex to drop em but not kill them so they'd pull a pistol that i could pick up. In Multiplayers of those games i quickly learnt that aiming high worked better than shooting legs. The Mod enhanced this bad habit because i never expected to see another player so i was constantly scanning the ground for loot. I'm trying to unlearn this habit because i usually shoot legs or miss loot placed up high in the SA which gets me killed or i die from lack of supplies.

 

Same thing that started my bad habit with looking down also nurtured my habit of not looking further than around 50-100m. Everything in COD is considered CQB by DayZ and Arma standards. and thus i never look far enough to spot snipers and the like. Not to mention the fact that the first thing i do when i'm near a town is to just Yolo it, despite the constant reminders to check the area.

[DeatHTaX 1217]

Right-click held down to look around from Swtor

 

compensating for BF bullet drop distances

 

expecting stairs not to kill me (every other game ever)

[Grimey Rick 3417]

I tap Q a lot from playing Counter-Strike for over a decade. It's gotten me killed a few times. It's a habit I formed after a lot of AWP/deagle.

 

// double taps Q after shooting Mosin //

 

// gets stuck corner peaking with no corners in sight //

 

// dies //

 

Edited February 7, 2014 by Grimey Rick

[antonioajc 500]

In reverse: Whenever I'm in any FPS I hit 'alt' expecting to be able to free look.

That, and get more "tactical" when playing FPS.

[terminal_boy 860]

Another F5 addict here.

Attempting to adjust stance ArmA 3 style is another favourite.

[zaphodity (DayZ) 41]

I think there's a common hangover, it's called "Call of Duty Syndrome." It's basically what motivates people to shoot on sight instinctively.

 

I'm in a game with a gun, therefore I must shoot someone. In order to survive most FPS (if only for no longer than 3 minutes) you must shoot them first in

order to survive an encounter. Not so with DayZ. You will find it's beneficial for all parties concerned if you DON'T open fire. Unfortunately, most do.

 

Old dogs, new tricks.

Edited February 7, 2014 by zaphodity

[Window Licker 504]

I'm used to the side boob action from Skyrim, so when I see a female I run over to see if there's any, been eaten several times by zombies and been shot/beaten when I've tried it on players, Dean this game need's side boob.

[Karmaterror 982]

In reverse: Whenever I'm in any FPS I hit 'alt' expecting to be able to free look.

 

I literally carnt stop doing that when im playing L4D.....i dont even realise after iv done it a couple of times.... hell not even after the hundredth time lol

 

Thats defo a feature that should become a lot more mainstream in FPS games :)

[terminal_boy 860]

I'm used to the side boob action from Skyrim, so when I see a female I run over to see if there's any, been eaten several times by zombies and been shot/beaten when I've tried it on players, Dean this game need's side boob.

 

Mmmm.... Side boobies. Only thing better is under boobies.

[raezion420 97]

"Q" to try and spot people and "F" when I run up on someone to try and stab them.. Too much BF4 on pc

[irl-calibre 744]

The first bad habit to break is that there is a score imo.. no points in this "game" only narrative of a story, the sooner people realise this the more fun they will have..

 

most stories of newbies..

 

"I regained consciousness on a beach.. some psycho beat me to death with their fists.. the end"

"I regained consciousness on a beach.. some bastards handcuffed me and fed me bleach I died.. the end"

"I regained consciousness on a beach.. I was shot.. the end"

 

I know i'll go to the forums and tell them how to fix this broken game.. yadda yadda yadda..

Edited February 7, 2014 by Calibre

[doctorwhy 157]

I sometimes wander about wondering when I am going to hit the city lights of Los Santos because I REALLY need a car and to hit an ammunation.

[weedmasta 784]

I don't because I have been playing the series since the original OFP but when I see someone reloading after every second shot (on a weapon like the M4 for example), on youtube videos, I go mad.  :lol: Frankie does it a lot, omg so annoying.

Edited February 7, 2014 by weedmasta

[sQubanny 13]

after 1200h + of Battlefield 3&4 I keep sprinting with SHIFT when switching from game to game ;D

[kragz 156]

When I get a triple kill on a group of people asking if I'm friendly I hit 4 for a care package.