Would you let them live?

[leefriendfield 438]

I have done post on killing and helping players, but now I would like to understand you're thoughts around letting others live when they are of no threat to you.

[Karmicdebt 46]

search function is your buddy.....

[nexventor 429]

No one lives. If you spawn, you die.

[Whyherro123 2283]

The freshspawn Mike-Tysoning out a guy is probably a bandit looking to get back to fuckmurdering people up in Berezino. Put a bullet in his back, but the bush-wookie deserved to die for letting the freshspawn get withing punching distance.

 

The two players are still armed, and combat effective. Unless I am sure I can end the fight quickly, there is too much risk to myself to really justify taking them out. Not even including the fact that they probably don't have anything I need, so I would be wasting rounds by killing them. Avoid them.

 

Why would I even try? I play solo (sadface : ( ), so I would get lit up like a Christmas tree after taking one out. They are probably far better equipped, prepared, and tactically-minded than I am, and again, they probably don't have anything I need. Avoid like the Plague.

[n1kko 326]

Wasn't this thread posted like, a week ago? O.o

[leefriendfield 438]

Wasn't this thread posted like, a week ago? O.o

I belive you are thinking of the thread I posted a week ago on would you kill these poeple (Here is the link: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/191533-you-are-fully-geared-would-you-shoot-these-people). I am trying to get a general understanding of what goes through people's minds when they see other people. I want to be able to use the data from these kinds of post to better confront people in diffirent situations I find myself caught in often.

[n1kko 326]

I belive you are thinking of the thread I posted a week ago on would you kill these poeple (Here is the link: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/191533-you-are-fully-geared-would-you-shoot-these-people). I am trying to get a general understanding of what goes through people's minds when they see other people. I want to be able to use the data from these kinds of post to better confront people in diffirent situations I find myself caught in often.

 

If you role play and try to immerse yourself in the game, then you need to look at every encounter in a risk vs. reward mindset.  Check my signature, I have let ALOT of people slip by me when I could have easily killed them.  I value my life as well as others, and killing for no reason isn't my goal.  Now, some people have forced my hand, and those are the ones that get the bullets. Other than that, why waste ammo on people that don't have what you want, and if they do, why run the risk in ruining it by shooting them?  Detain them, take what you need, break their gun, and let them walk.  Its way more fun than just KoS'ing, and the adrenaline rush is better as well.

[tiadashi 262]

Context is everything, does he know im there, am I certain he wasnt attacked first? - i just avoid them unless im certain one way or the other - ill try to talk if uncertain and my position is good

[TheLoneSurvivior 37]

Execute all.

[The Aquatic Land Walrus 565]

Hide in bush to avoid all 3

munch on caterpillars

[FrostDMG 398]

Poll isn't the greatest because of other factors that may be in play at the time.

 

For example, in the first scenario, I wouldn't just start shooting if the guy hasn't seen me and I was in a highly populated area - i.e NWAF.

However, if I was in the middle of a field and the dude saw me, sure, he's toast.

 

The second example is also a little controversial. If the two players saw me then I would probably shoot them, however, when answering the question I was assuming that they haven't seen me yet - in this case I would let them live.

 

The third scenario is the only clear cut one in my opinion. Seeing survivors just walking through the forest would not cause me to just start shooting them. I might follow to see where they're going, but I wouldn't just KoS them for no reason.

[xalienax 621]

They all get a bullet.

 

Hey now, im friendly, its my mosin that isnt...