Finding different "Roles" to play in DayZ..

[Irish. 4886]

A fine example is my work today on the coast in Experimental Servers..

 

 

I am the keeper of the light house. If not for the 15 min. flare timer I would have them all lit at once. :)

 

So my question and topic of thread is what new and different roles have you found to play out in the DayZ world to keep you entertained? 

 

Another example of mine is guide. Ive lately helped several people find their way through the map to specific destinations. Yesterday I made a new friend that wanted to get to Devils Castle from Novo to meet up with a streamer that was going to grenade some unsuspecting soul.. and the results video is on youtube and its hilarious. 

 

 

..they ended up not making it to devils and met up at the factory NE of there. And here is the view from the friend who actually survived that whole thing

 

 

Edited June 26, 2014 by lrish

[Jasmer 77]

Me personally im a Hitman.

[MuchHigher 65]

Are you able to throw the road flares?  I tried messing around with it a few times and did not have much success.

[Irish. 4886]

Are you able to throw the road flares?  I tried messing around with it a few times and did not have much success.

 

Yes, I believe default is G but Ive remapped mine to V.. I tossed it into the bottom of the lighthouse and then of course ran like hell from most of them.. this one here near Balota, I felt rather safe at as the player count died down a bit

[rodolfoxiii 71]

Well enjoy playing with yourself I guess.

 

Not many people are going to interact with you besides putting a bullet in your head.

 

:)

[barnabus 1708]

Are you able to throw the road flares?  I tried messing around with it a few times and did not have much success.

Put the road flare in the "present weapon mode" , light, aim and hit g

[barnabus 1708]

A fine example is my work today on the coast in Experimental Servers..

 

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You can get a nice effect like this by lighting a gas lantern at the top of the spiral staircase in a police station too.

[Kaboki 62]

I like what you do, playing at night, make use of all cool light effects in this game. We need alot more players at night. How is the population on night servers these days in EXP? Im so sick and tired of playing day only in Dayz SA, on stable finding a night server that has more than 20+ players is impossible. Everyone seem to be daytime only KOS pussies that seem to be scared of the darkness. Actually I have only found a populated night server 1 time off all the 230 hours I have played SA...

One of my best SA moments..When I used to play on the mod I always played 60% at nightime, I really really miss the darkness.

 

It so weird that everytime Im on a pop server and the moment the sun starts getting lower on the horizon all players just vanish one by one until there is no one left but me and maybe 2 other guys,,,I'ts like the plague suddenly arrives and everyones trying to escape ,,,

 

 

Well enjoy playing with yourself I guess.

 

Not many people are going to interact with you besides putting a bullet in your head.

 

:)

 

Nah, I would visit him and have a small chat and maybe trade a few items before I vanished into the night again:) If he was friendly that is...

In another thread they call me a sadistic lowlife that has some weird sexual bondage fantasies and suggest that Im pshycho..In all my 230 hours I have played SA I have played 99% 'friendly'... Had over 100 encounters with other friendly players and not one of them friendlies I have met have ever called me a phsycho, sadist or whatever... :P. And I get labeled a phsyco just because I try to survive and when I get ambushed by3-5 bandits when Im alone I will comply to the bandits demands just because that could and have many times saved my life in these scenarios and I like that some people roleplay such characters...Would be boring without them..All I was advocating really was raising opinion about people that combat log their way out of such encounters....

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[Irish. 4886]

Well enjoy playing with yourself I guess.

 

Not many people are going to interact with you besides putting a bullet in your head.

 

You're cute. I'd love to let you play with my beard sometime.

 

 

As for interaction.. and bare with me because I am somewhat confused with what you said:

 

I have died I think.. let me count now, its tough to remember. 

 

Twice to other players in well over 150 hours of play in the SA. Twice. And I interact with people all the time.. did you even read the post before playing with your keyboard?

Edited June 26, 2014 by lrish

[barnabus 1708]

I like what you do, playing at night, make use of all cool light effects in this game. We need alot more players at night. How is the population on night servers these days in EXP? Im so sick and tired of playing day only in Dayz SA, on stable finding a night server that has more than 20+ players is impossible. Everyone seem to be daytime only KOS pussies that seem to be scared of the darkness. Actually I have only found a populated night server 1 time off all the 230 hours I have played SA...

One of my best SA moments..When I used to play on the mod I always played 60% at nightime, I really really miss the darkness.

Server "Aloha is for Tourists" starts at 400am so it can go through sunrise and have nice moonlight effects.  Actually I may have to log in and check that aftre work, after server down times it seems to change itself to a day server.

[Kaboki 62]

Server "Aloha is for Tourists" starts at 400am so it can go through sunrise and have nice moonlight effects.  Actually I may have to log in and check that aftre work, after server down times it seems to change itself to a day server.

 Thanks, but how much people useally stays there when the night sets in? 15+ is a minimun for a server for me, I never join a server with less people than that, the more the better, no point running alone in the darkness:p. And is it on stable or EXP?

I feel that Im getting somewhere here now, hope this server can be my savior from the constant daylight:D

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[-Gews- 7443]

So my question and topic of thread is what new and different roles have you found to play out in the DayZ world to keep you entertained?

 

 

Explorer. The compass is my best friend. No, not really...

 

They really need to fix that compass though. It absolutely sucks. It's a piece of junk. It's not the fact it takes time to pull out and use, it's the fact the animation doesn't let you get a proper reading.

I have to tilt my head every which way to see where it's pointed, and even then it's not too clear. You gotta inspect it in your inventory. And what's really irritating is that you can't turn while looking at it unless you've got TrackIR. Huge step backwards in useability.

Sure, it works if you're just interested in going vaguely "southwest" or something. But try to get a precise heading down to the degree and see how far you get with that. It needs to be held so the player can get a clear look at the dial.

 

[barnabus 1708]

 Thanks, but how much people useally stays there when the night sets in? 15+ is a minimun for a server for me, I never join a server with less people than that, the more the better, no point running alone in the darkness:p. And is it on stable or EXP?

I feel that Im getting somewhere here now, hope this server can be my savior from the constant daylight:D

Seems to do ok, it is a private server so it is on stable.

[Kaboki 62]

 

 

Explorer. The compass is my best friend. No, not really...

 

They really need to fix that compass though. It absolutely sucks. It's a piece of junk. It's not the fact it takes time to pull out and use, it's the fact the animation doesn't let you get a proper reading.

I have to tilt my head every which way to see where it's pointed, and even then it's not too clear. You gotta inspect it in your inventory. And what's really irritating is that you can't turn while looking at it unless you've got TrackIR. Huge step backwards in useability.

Sure, it works if you're just interested in going vaguely "southwest" or something. But try to get a precise heading down to the degree and see how far you get with that. It needs to be held so the player can get a clear look at the dial.

 

 

 

Wut, what are you going on about? :P  And what Compass is in your Pictures?, never seen such a compass in SA, My friend usealy is our 'navigator' when I play and he don't have Trackir, I do but I never need to even use the headtrack as far as I remember  after pulling it up with 'space'...hmmm. He always complains when there a mechanic in a game he hates, but I have only heard good things from him so far when it comes to the compass lol

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[Kaboki 62]

Seems to do ok, it is a private server so it is on stable.

 I forgot the most important thing:p Sorry for nagging, is it on hardcore? Im a 'hardcore' player so 'regular'  doesn't cut it for me....Please please,,, I wanna hear you say 'Hardcore' now,,,, please, I pray to the almighty that you give me the right answer lol

 

And to the OP, Im really sorry now for hijacking your thread, but your 'lights' kinda triggered me:p

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[-Gews- 7443]

Wut, what are you going on about? :P  And what Compass is in your Pictures?, never seen such a compass in SA, My friend usealy is our 'navigator' when I play and he don't have Trackir, I do but I never need to even use the headtrack as far as I remember  after pulling it up with 'space'...hmmm. He always complains when there a mechanic in a geme he hates, but I have only heard good Things from him so far when it comes to the compass lol

I only intended to post "explorer, the compass is my best fried" but it turned into a compass rant. Those are the compasses from an ARMA 2 mod and from ARMA 3, they are much more user-friendly. Me no like SA compass.

Anyways: explorer.

[hells high 676]

 Sure, it works if you're just interested in going vaguely "southwest" or something. But try to get a precise heading down to the degree and see how far you get with that.

 

By this point, with the countless hours in ARMA 2 and DayZ I can get a vague heading by taking a look around. Needless to say I don't tend to pick up many compasses, have you put it on the bug tracker just to make sure they know that the usability isn't great?

 

I've had a few roles, from keeper of Solnichniy and subsequent new spawn guide when everyone spawned there and tended to be new/friendly, to about a week of UN Food Distribution when the blue helmet was added (by then people tended to be less friendly, I had to give more new spawns a .45 slug to the gut than a can of beans because they tried to knock me out). For the most part I tend to just play a lone survivor that avoids people, keeping things fresh by changing up my loadouts and not always going for "ubergeared" all the time.

[Kaboki 62]

I only intended to post "explorer, the compass is my best fried" but it turned into a compass rant. Those are the compasses from an ARMA 2 mod and from ARMA 3, they are much more user-friendly. Me no like SA compass.

Anyways: explorer.

 

Yeah Yeah mate I hear you, It wasn't ment to be an offence at you:). I was only curious about it, because the wierd thing is that when me and my friend played yesterday. He went on and on about how much better he liked the compass in SA compared to the one we had in the mod:p.

Offcourse Im using Trackir, so I probably haven't noticed your problem and also been playing for too long lately with my friend and relied on he's navigating so I don't remember exactly how it worked... That's all, Im just happy with the way it works with trackir so as long as your request doesn't interfer with how it works now for me Im okay:D

 

So back ontopic: Im friendly :lol:

[Kaboki 62]

 I had to give more new spawns a .45 slug to the gut than a can of beans because they tried to knock me out). For the most part I tend to just play a lone survivor that avoids people, keeping

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  oh man, being a hero, really can be bad sometimes, but thanks for the effort,,,To bad your 'hero' career didn't last too long

                                :lol:   ^_^  :)  :|  :(  :huh:  :lol:  

 

 

Oh my oh my, thanks for giving me a really good laugh, I found your post too be hilarious...

 

I have also noticed the 'shifts' of the fresh spawns and it seem to come in waves sometimes, sometimes they are always friendly for days, and all the sudden, theres a 'new' wave coming in with only bad intentions and after a while it gets back to the frendlies.... I tried to play a little 'hero' as you, but I also pretty much vent back to alot more lone wolf style... Because I felt a little bad when I had to kill these people just because they would try and knock me down..

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[Irish. 4886]

Server "Aloha is for Tourists" starts at 400am so it can go through sunrise and have nice moonlight effects.  Actually I may have to log in and check that aftre work, after server down times it seems to change itself to a day server.

 

Love that server.. Maika'i

[Kaboki 62]

I just googled that server, YAY, it's hardcore, oh man, nice. I have been looking for a server like this for ages that is populated. Thanks alot for the tip Bernabus, really, you have no idea how grateful I am B)

 

Sorry again for my rude hijack Irish, now I'm outta here so no more offtopic post from me :D

Edited June 26, 2014 by Kaboki

[barnabus 1708]

 I forgot the most important thing:p Sorry for nagging, is it on hardcore? Im a 'hardcore' player so 'regular'  doesn't cut it for me....Please please,,, I wanna hear you say 'Hardcore' now,,,, please, I pray to the almighty that you give me the right answer lol

 

And to the OP, Im really sorry now for hijacking your thread, but your 'lights' kinda triggered me:p

What?  There's something other than Hardcore?  Oh, yes, it is a hardcore server vice regular since regular is just too easy.

[Element47 2481]

i used to be a supply runner, a smuggler of sorts, finding, aquiring and transporting rare items on contract. then i met the medics, so i became a combat medic in addition to my supply&logistics trade.

 

that was in the mod, and it still works for me in SA. Patching people up and giving out can openers makes for a great experience. Would be boring though if we had none shooting at us, so if you're a killer, thanks for spicing up my game.

[Shrub Rocketeer ™ 879]

robber like robin hoods

murderer for loot or for sick minde

doctor of health

preacher of bibles

good samartan

spy of the clan

ninja of the bow and arrow soft walking night

sniper of the hill

camper of the houses

free running runner on the roofs

explorer

library books collector

professor of knolege helping noob

fisher man

hunter

swimmer to the islands

navigat by the stars explorer

lamp lighter make town with light from torch and flare

betrayer and liar

revenger

zombie hunter

animal farmer

apple finder

berry finder

animal skin trader

butcher of the meat

woodcutter of the trees

cooker of the food and maet

player hunter and chaser

torturer of victim

hostage taker

hostage taker victim

survivor of the forest

policeing the town

loot trader

item crafter maker

 

 

 

 

here is some roles what i tried before and see like what I other guys doing and maybe there is many more what I don't think about now, this game is still in the begin days and many featyre is coming more so this list increase to more and is limit only from the imagine of the players

Edited June 26, 2014 by Shrub Rocketeer ™

[MarchHare 184]

Love that server.. Maika'i

I've been hanging out there a bit as well.

Ho, brah! You dakine eh?

96706 Fo' Ewa!

K, I'm done with that nonsense.

On topic :

I'm the watcher in the woods.

Elk Hunter.

Fire Starter.

Barrel Rider.