What killed me?

[lancemich 0]

I was running down the road to the next town when I noticed a player was following me, he looked like he had just spawned because he had no gear. I stopped to shoot a zombie before I bandaged myself and then I heard this weird whistle noise, a whistle is the closest thing I could think that sounded like it, both my legs then broke and I then died. I have no clue what caused this and I was hoping someone could tell me so I could try to prevent it in future.Thanks

[res 373]

Whistle?

Sound like troll rocket's thing..

 

[fig0451 85]

You could have been shot, you could have desync'd/lagged and heard somebody whistling in voip while simultaneously falling off of something, could have been a hacker, who knows.

[anothercynicalbrit 166]

Either a hacker who was speed hacking behind you and axing which does happen or most likely a sniper.

 

When they are far away you wont hear the barrel explosion just the beautiful noise of the bullet getting close, the one thing that worried me is that it broke your legs then you should not have gone unconcious for at least a minute and if it was a body shot it would not have broke your legs, unless there were two snipers shooting at the same time or you had some previous blood loss.

 

In fact there is so many variations of things that could have killed you from your vague statement that anyone on here can only speculate as to what actually killed you, more information if you can.  ;)

[Heinz57 2]

Sounds like the whistle sound might have been a bullet passing by. I think you might have been shot. If thats the case, then the advice would be not to get caught in the open. Shooting obviously gives away you position. If it was a bug of some kind than the advice be would not to play until those kind of bugs are fixed.

[BiGoDeViN (DayZ) 423]

Either a hacker who was speed hacking behind you and axing which does happen or most likely a sniper.

 

When they are far away you wont hear the barrel explosion just the beautiful noise of the bullet getting close, the one thing that worried me is that it broke your legs then you should not have gone unconcious for at least a minute and if it was a body shot it would not have broke your legs, unless there were two snipers shooting at the same time or you had some previous blood loss.

 

In fact there is so many variations of things that could have killed you from your vague statement that anyone on here can only speculate as to what actually killed you, more information if you can.  ;)

 

I'd imagine it's a hacker. In any encounter I've had with a sniper, I've never had it go down like this.

 

So yeah, hacks probably OP. Or the game freaking out like usually.

[lancemich 0]

 

 

 vague statement 

What other information do you want to know about it? Because I thought all the information I gave was sufficient 

[anothercynicalbrit 166]

What other information do you want to know about it? Because I thought all the information I gave was sufficient 

Like had you taken any other blood loss. Where were you because if it was say in between electro and kamenkha there are so many good sniping positions to get you from, were you running through a town, cover or on an open road, that kind of thing just to rule out some of the obvious things.

 

 

'I was running down the road to the next town when I noticed a player was following me'

 

Like this is really vague tbh, i am not trying to be a douche just pointing it out. But since you were sitting still and the sound a bullet a makes when it goes near or past you is a high pitched whistling sound i am about 90 percent sure you were sniped. Was the towns you were running between electro and kamenkha by any chance ??

Edited March 30, 2014 by anothercynicalbrit

[irishroy 1347]

One does not simply shoot a Zombie

and then wonder, when he gets shot.

Edited March 30, 2014 by irishroy

[liquidsnake 275]

That would be the sound of a bullet whizzing past or into you. Perhaps a second guy you didn't see because you were looking at the unarmed one?

[bfisher 561]

Hubris?

[ptk (DayZ) 178]

What other information do you want to know about it? Because I thought all the information I gave was sufficient

As you play the game more, you will pick up on other indicators that will help your assessment of things. Not that anyone is trying to be a dick, but usually there isn't much here to conclusively prove what really happened to you, so what people have posted is mostly just speculation at this point.

You will find that the more you play the game, the more you will know how you died. Put this one down as being unfortunate and keep on playing!

That being said here are a few small things that may help mitigate some of the shenanigans:

Always assume that someone is watching you. This will help keep you from being comfortable in Dayz which, to me, is the number one killer of players. This leads to:

Use the terrain as cover while you move and keep an eye out on your surroundings, whether to check your six, or to spot out potential line of sights (los) that could be detrimental to you as you navigate through the map.

Most times, the longer, safer route is the better choice, using woodlines to skirt around open areas or towns and cities.

Never stop in the open, whether to loot a corpse in a city or to eat, bandage or whatever. Always do these actions when you can maximize the saftey of your character (indoors, behind cover etc...). This includes zombies too. Rather than fighting them in the open, get them to follow you to a spot where you can kill them safely. If you end up picking a few more on the way, so be it. It's much easier to kill 4 zombies in front of you than to deal with a sniper in an unkown location.

Also, if you have to move through an open area, move in a zig zag pattern to make yourself a harder target.

Once you practice these things continually, coupled with any mistakes you make along the way, you will find a methodology behind them that suits you personally, which builds into maintaining a solid awareness of your surroundings that will help make you understand what actions could feasibly occur to your character at any given time.

The end result leaves far less room to speculate. Good luck out there...

Edited March 30, 2014 by ptk

[riskiestkiller 8]

I was running down the road to the next town when I noticed a player was following me, he looked like he had just spawned because he had no gear. I stopped to shoot a zombie before I bandaged myself and then I heard this weird whistle noise, a whistle is the closest thing I could think that sounded like it, both my legs then broke and I then died. I have no clue what caused this and I was hoping someone could tell me so I could try to prevent it in future.Thanks

Got to love day z some times, i had something happen like this before,  I was running to the boat and i was fully geared and when i reached the boat (never made it on) the server reset and when i log back in it spawn me about 2 minutes back to just before the swamps and i took one step forward in the open field and somehow i broke my legs and died right away, I though i might of got shot but i looked at the player list and no one else was in the game, and then it took me 10 minutes to get to my bodie but i couldn't loot it for some reason, so i grab a shotgun off the boat and ran to the NEAF and shot a geared guy in the face when he decided to spawn in my building and then i was geared again - the long range scope lol

Edited March 30, 2014 by riskiestkiller

[irishroy 1347]

reminds me of:

 

It's quiet as fuck, until some-1 starts to shoot in dayZ,

Then every-1 around will join him in the merry way of wasting ammo

 

 

 

 

Sry or comin' back, but this reminded me of the GIF xD

Edited March 30, 2014 by irishroy

[AlphaDogMeat . 493]

I was running down the road to the next town when I noticed a player was following me, he looked like he had just spawned because he had no gear. I stopped to shoot a zombie before I bandaged myself and then I heard this weird whistle noise, a whistle is the closest thing I could think that sounded like it, both my legs then broke and I then died. I have no clue what caused this and I was hoping someone could tell me so I could try to prevent it in future.Thanks

 

You, my friend, were Sporked.  Other than getting your affairs in order and making peace with your chosen deity, there is nothing you can do once you have been Marked for Sporking.

[Frothyboot18 46]

It sounds like two snipers shot at you the same time... You were bandaging... So most probably you were crouched, first bullet from sniper 1 got your legs, first bullet from sniper two past above your head... Second bullets from both snipers killed you... From 400 plus meters, you barely hear the sound of the mosin, just bullet impact and whisp... Its actually very common, two snipers shooting at one target... Insta kill even if its not a headshot

[Pandema 352]

That whistle was probably a bullet zipping past your head.

 

You got sniped bro.