few questions on starting out

[sparks17 3]

been on/off for about a week now and finally come to the point where i dont really give any thoughts on what gear i have, it means nothing.... meaning in this game seems to be knowing where you are.

 

so...i started out at the shipwreck (huge f'ing boat) loaded up a bag/food/canteen and made my way across, i can only presume that the boat is at Guba or Rify? since i made my way across to the next town and found an old police station, finding rope etc... oh and a handgun which is a pile of piss without a clip since u can't 1 shot zombies with it, anyways i moved along to an airfield/military base and found a rifle (HAHAHAHA) turns out when you shoot this thing it releases the sound of ten thousands suns combining and Z's fall in from all over the f'in place, im pretty sure im at Devils Castle now but still...without a compass i can't seem to get a grip on which direction to head, i wanna explore a little more and maybe pick up a suppressor or something other than this pristine firemans axe that wont draw attention.

 

now... looking at devils castle on the map i wanna head to the airfield between Grishino and Lapatino then south to the military base, i'm at the top of this castle on the biggest hill so i can see a fair bit, is there anyone who knows any indication as to what might give a hint on these locations from looking out of the castle.

 

PS loving the standalone its pretty decent

[Elle 562]

if you are on a server that shows its time as noon the sun should be due south (sunrise in the SE and sunset in the SW) so if you turn about 45 degrees to the right (while facing the sun) you should run right into NWAF. alternately you can run to grishino (if you can see that from the devils castle) and from the town center you can see the hangars of NWAF to the west across a long open field. the mil base south of there is in a little clump of trees at the base of a largish hill (kinda stands alone with a big rock on it), its kind of hard to see but once you are half-way there from NWAF you should be able to see the wall and the top of the camo building and get your bearings from that.

 

as for the suppressor - its still non-functional so even if you use it, it will attract zeds and players.  for zeds the fire axe is your best friend, for players its your choice (I have no preference as I don't shoot other players) but I tend to carry whatever firearm I manage to find as long as I can get ammo for it (except the SKS, too loud and too ugly).

 

to find a compass search in the little super markets - that's where I seem to find em the most.

 

a bit of loot advice... after you finish raiding the mil base south of NWAF head due west to pustoshka - there is a little super market and a few really good loot houses, some storage garages, plus 3 water pumps, the zeds are annoying but there are only like 5 maybe 6 that spawn there but they do respawn with pretty good view of the town so expect to use the fire axe a fair amount. I find it to be well worth the effort. oh and don't forget vybor is like an open treasure chest that seldom gets looted.