Broken Legs. Worth the crawl?

[grrinc 7]

Hello chaps

Just got my leg broken by a rather unpleasant zombie type fellow.

Fortunately, I had sufficient provisions to get my health back up except for morphine. So now I am basically crawling around up in the Northern part of the map.

Is it worth it? I have survived many days and I'm kind of proud of how I have been a good citizen and helped other on the road to recovery. But

now I am encountering a lot of gun battles. Any tips or stories of hope?

[lowerplains 0]

its hit and miss. ive been helped and shot while having broken legs.

i think maybe two bandage uses for a broken leg should fix you enuff to limp-run.

[WhiteTigerShiro 25]

I stubbornly refuse to die. Even if it's to the point where it'd be easier to just die and restart, I always play in such a way that it's the only life I have. So yeah, there was once where I was stuck crawling around for about two hours trying to find some Morphine (I was less familiar with the game at the time, so "just head to the nearest hospital" wasn't really a thought for me yet) until I finally found someone who was willing to patch me up. At this point it was a matter of trying to get some blood, but alas I was killed by zombies due to overly blurred vision and muffled hearing.

So did I manage to save the character? No, but this isn't a game of poker, so I'll be damned if I just fold because I have a bad hand.

[thorgold 91]

The only broken leg I've had to far (thanks to liberal caution) is falling off a ladder. Across the street from a hospital.

Yah, it was worth the crawl.

[LastShenanigan 8]

You could always ask someone to come help you, maybe drop all your stuff off somewhere beforehand. Risking it is still better then respawning.

[fluffyville 0]

I had to crawl all the way from Novy Sobor to Berezino once after a similarly unpleasant decided to break one of my legs. It took well over an hour to make the journey, not exactly sure how long as I was stoned and not really paying attention to the time. When I finally made it I tried to shoot out the hospital windows but it seems in light of the zombie apocalypse the hospital had installed toughened safety glass and it wouldn't break. Of course zombies heard my shots and promptly came to investigate and you can pretty much work out what happened next.

This was before I learned that there were supplies on the roof and climbing ladders isn't really a big problem while sporting a broken leg or two, I haven't tried climbing a ladder with broken bones but I'm told that the game will let you do it. I've also since learned that throwing a tin can at the windows works way better than shooting at the windows. Not really sure why that is, could just be a quirk of the engine or a bug with the window, I don't know.

I'd say go for it, make the journey. Hopefully by the time you reach a hospital it'll be night time and with any luck a lot less players to avoid.

[mind_grenade 24]

I just crawled from Vyshnoye to Cherno with broken legs. Set something up to hold your W key down, set your bearing and leave it.

I got there, and on my way out stumbled across a dead body with NVGs, a rangefinder, an AS50 w/ 5 mags, an M4A1 CCO SD, an M9 SD w/ 6 mags and a coyote pack.

I was rewarded for my efforts :)

[Outlawled (DayZ) 27]

When I finally made it I tried to shoot out the hospital windows but it seems in light of the zombie apocalypse the hospital had installed toughened safety glass and it wouldn't break. Of course zombies heard my shots and promptly came to investigate and you can pretty much work out what happened next.

You have to shoot the two doors with the arrows on them that point inward.

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Should just take one bullet for each, and then the rest of the windows shatter.

[fluffyville 0]

You have to shoot the two doors with the arrows on them that point inward.

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Should just take one bullet for each' date=' and then the rest of the windows shatter.

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Ahh thanks, I'll go loud and give that one a go if the silent but ballistic tin can approach fails me next time I need a Morphine fix.