Judopunch 523 Posted October 4, 2014 I always leave the coast.One life, I went to Vybor, respawned, went to the factory, came out and I was getting shot. I had a mosin so I started shooting back, and the guy pulled out an AK. He missed his whole first clip and I said on VOIP "Why wont you ever talk instead of fight?", he came back, sprayed another AK magazine and got a headshot. DEad. I am now alive again and went to the NEAF. I was trying to make a makarov work in the top of the control tower when I got shot in the arm. I went down one floor and healed up, and started camping to see if the guy would show up. I waited for maybe 10 mins and then quit. People just fucking shoot and ask questions laterI wasnt directing my response to you. In both instances you were near the most heavily trafficed military weapons spawns in the game. Why in gods green earth would you sit in the top of a glass tower and mess with something thats not working and be surprised you got shot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimmaz 63 Posted October 4, 2014 The most fun, and hardest way is to loot and gear up without killing the zombies,, just let them chase you... If you are able to get geared up and leave the coast with 3 zombies chasing you and not get hit... after several attempts mind you and a lot of practice you wont have a problem killing them ^^ I currently kill off every zombie but for one, I think its too hard when multiple zombies chase me. In the future I will increase the amount who follows me around while I loot the town and gear up.. I like this challenge. keep me moving faster ^^haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sachad 1016 Posted October 4, 2014 Don't mess with zombies untill you have axe, hoe or pickaxe.Or a working cattle prod. Seriously, these babies are hella awesome vs zombies. Hit em once, they go down, hit em again so they won't get up ever again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tegla (DayZ) 112 Posted October 4, 2014 Or a working cattle prod. Seriously, these babies are hella awesome vs zombies. Hit em once, they go down, hit em again so they won't get up ever again!If you hit them in the head i presume? Never used the cattle prod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sachad 1016 Posted October 4, 2014 If you hit them in the head i presume? Never used the cattle prodI'm not aiming at any body part in particular. I'm pretty sure body shots work just as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r.pitura@live.com.au 12 Posted October 4, 2014 Purchased DayZ over a week ago, played it for the first time today that was longer than ten minutes.... Played for couple hours, exploring and fleeing from any combat being zombie or human. Stayed away from cities. Got some decent loot and a backpack. Shotgun with about 20 rounds and plenty of 7.62 rounds hoping to find a rifle to scrap my shotgun. Perfect clothes where weather or rain wasn't a bother. Hatchet, plenty of food and a water bottle. I was loaded and well off. Died instantly walking down some stairs. Said I broke my leg or something. Idk what that was about. Thought to myself, "Alpha version..."Was it the fire station at the top right hand side of the map 2 flights up i think it is...The 1 above airfield...not krasto on the right of krasto i think.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blacklabel79 949 Posted October 4, 2014 Butt its ALPHAAAAAA WHAAAAAAA lol :P it indeed still is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Judopunch 523 Posted October 4, 2014 I'm not aiming at any body part in particular. I'm pretty sure body shots work just as well.Why on gods green earth would you assume that. Because your wrong. Head shots deal significantly more damage, and knock out the zombies after 2 or 3 first hits allowing you to pummel them when they fall.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sab0t 109 Posted October 4, 2014 Why on gods green earth would you assume that. Because your wrong. Head shots deal significantly more damage, and knock out the zombies after 2 or 3 first hits allowing you to pummel them when they fall.. i think he's talking about when using a cattle prod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Judopunch 523 Posted October 4, 2014 i think he's talking about when using a cattle prodI think it still takes one less hit even with the cattleprod. Isnt it 3 to kill for body shots? I think its two with head-shots. Given that the battery drains so quickly you probably want to swing as few times as possible... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sab0t 109 Posted October 4, 2014 I think it still takes one less hit even with the cattleprod. Isnt it 3 to kill for body shots? I think its two with head-shots. Given that the battery drains so quickly you probably want to swing as few times as possible... i've had really bad luck using cattle prods so i haven't experimented much, but it stands to reason that a headshot would indeed be more effective. i'm honestly surprised to read about people using these things as much as they do given the crappy battery life you mentioned. i don't find batteries often enough for this to be a feasible weapon, especially when axes are as good as they are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Judopunch 523 Posted October 4, 2014 i've had really bad luck using cattle prods so i haven't experimented much, but it stands to reason that a headshot would indeed be more effective. i'm honestly surprised to read about people using these things as much as they do given the crappy battery life you mentioned. i don't find batteries often enough for this to be a feasible weapon, especially when axes are as good as they are.I think its more about how many of them there are lying around. And you start with the battery. Make a good placeholder tell you can find an axe or a picaxe. However on .5 experimental i was one shoting zombies with a hoe...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sachad 1016 Posted October 5, 2014 The battery life on the cattle prod is pretty terrible, but the kills are solid. One body shot to knock the zombie out, one body shot when it's down to kill it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sausagekingofchicago 4711 Posted October 5, 2014 Learn to punch. Just spend a few hours learning how to kill zombies with your bare hands and don't waste your time with any melee weapon other than hatchets, pickaxes, hoes, and the godsend stun baton. And leave the coast.. hackers are lazy sacks of shit and rarely leave the places most frequented by fresh spawns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mor (DayZ) 57 Posted October 5, 2014 I speak to people every day so it seems strange that you wouldn't have spoken to anyone in 90 hours playtime. Sure, mostly they only say "I kill you stupid america" but it still counts as speaking.Any chance those were Russians? I noticed that many of them tend to regard all English speakers as american's :? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LazlowRave 3 Posted October 6, 2014 Have to remember that most people are on TeamSpeak and hostile bandits kind disregard friendly people and would choose to kill them. Not always a score killing innocents all the time but I'd assume killing 10 you get at least 1 good item. Its a bad business but when you kill people who do all the scavenging, its a work-less convenience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimmaz 63 Posted October 6, 2014 There us a glitch where if you do a 360 no scope with a kitchen knife its a 1 shot kill even if you miss,,, not ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerrocK (DayZ) 39 Posted October 6, 2014 My last 20 minutes were running from the area of the old petrovka from dayz mod/chernarus/arma2 to the NWAF to be killed by a hacker shooting through walls/teleporting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites