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[deccris22 0]

I heard about his game a few weeks back looked at the front page and then forgot about it till a friend said he was playing and thought it was fun as hell. So I decided to further look into it, see how the community is and so on.

So what I've gathered so far is to survive but expect to die at some point, don't trust anyone which ties into shoot first ask later and finally be sneaky as hell?

As for the community, is it the typical elitest jerks you see in every game with pvp or is there actually a good community? I don't play CoD but I do play LoL and pretty much apart from friends the community blows. So I sorta want to know what to expect from people in game. Though I am sure it will vary from person to person.

[PlutoniumPlague 0]

It will vary yes...right now it's pretty much shoot-on-sight and there isn't any real benefit to cooperative play with strangers but this may differ from server to server.

In-game if you want to play cooperatively you're best bet is to play with friends with 3rd party VOIP or look for a group here on the forums.

The forum community is full of flamers, though lol so don't let that discourage you...the vocal community that reads/posts never really accurately represents the total gaming population. There are two extremes consisting of the elitist jerks you mentioned and then guys who push to make certain aspects easier/nerfed. In any case, there are some reasonable people lurking around the forums, too.

I highly recommend you play through the single-player ARMA tutorial...that'll get you used to the mil-sim interface and inventory. Also a great way to teach yourself how to fly a helicopter should you ever come across one yourself in DayZ.

Then start playing with the friend you mentioned...that's the best way to break yourself in...you spawn with nothing of significance (no means of sustenance or self-defense) and you always spawn somewhere along the coast. In my opinion, that is the BEST time to experiment...if you die it is meaningless versus if you die late game having accrued useful gear and having invested many hours of gameplay.

Play around with the zombies to see how close you can get to them in various positions and the best ways of losing them. Go through some of the actions (bandaging, setting up wire, etc.) so you have an idea of how long the animations are. Get used to the inventory...better to lose some common item via an inventory glitch and learn what not to do when you have acquired a decent rifle later on.

Overall, there's a growing community and it is likely to see continued growth despite the inevitable complaints that follow in the wake of each update or hotfix. Actually, I think it's a good thing since this is in ALPHA (an important note). There's always a lot of feedback after each update and some of it is usually constructive and useful though you'll have to dig through a lot of unhelpful flamer posts at first. There also tend to be a lot of repetitive posts but that's probably something that occurs in most forums for most games (I assume).

Anyway, for the price it's worth it...I, too, wavered on the fence before I bought ARMA but I've been playing DayZ for about a month now (around when it started) and have no regrets. Even if you get REALLY frustrated I find ARMA II and its expansion to be an interesting diversion. Sorry for the long post....caffeine and insomnia and jetlag...

[deccris22 0]

Thanks for the insight and the helpful tips. I think I am going to buy ARMA II just because that game itself looks fun.

[guidez 180]

Definitely check out the GuideZ channel if you're gonna just start into DayZ.

And to save yourself a bit of cash, maybe you should try the "ARMA Free + Bought CO" option? Save a bit of cash (unless there is a sale right now, might be), then if you really like it, you can buy the full version for the added textures and what not.