Never ever friendly again

[Nerusix 6]

I'm never ever fucking friendly again.

Was fully geared with an aug and a random guy came up to me.

Protocoll; random guy came up to me;

he; "HI I'm friendly man!?"

me;"ahoi, I'm friendly too".

he;"Wanna team up?"

me;"Sure thing man :)"

*We talked like 20min and actually had fun* BUT

then he said"Your char looks really cool, can you show me your middle finger for a screenshot "?

I was so stupid and really thought he was friendly and said yes.
What happend? He shot me in my head.

 

-____-

From this point on, i'm a fucking ramboo and destroy everyone and everything.

Get ready bitches and always check your back muhahaha 

[Shiva_O 10]

LOL at anyone thinking there's friendlies in this game.

 

That's why all the blackout videos and so forth are so obviously staged.

[stinkenheim 249]

So one person betrays you and that's it, not going to talk to anyone anymore?

As for Shiva_O, maybe try speaking to people and you'll realise that there are many friendly players, or at the least players who don't purely KOS. Head out of the usual coastal deathmatch cities and you'd be amazed who you meet. I've had plenty of encounters with friendly people and spent hours in game having adventures with them and not been betrayed. It's all about how and where you approach people.

 

I'd suggest giving it a go before claiming that all the content creators fake their 'friendly' videos.

[Conrad_The_Comrade 577]

The fault is your own for A.) Trusting a man who right off the bat claims to be friendly

B.) CARRYING AROUND A DAMNED AUG (Kidding about this one but seriously like how the hell do you find that thing??)

C.) Trusting that same man who said he was friendly right off the bat enough that you put literally all defenses down.

 

Learn from your mistakes, dont let one greedy soul (Who out witted you on every level) stop you from being nice. Oh, and dont trust anyone like that, like ever. Not even your friends. (Mine try blowing me up with landmines from time to time, its eh)

Edited August 13, 2015 by Stryker7x

[too-easy 56]

Everybody has been at this point.

But killing everyone on sight gets boring after some time.

When alone I always try to talk to people I meet (bored already anyways).

Surprised two medium geared players at a well (I only had a stick and an improvised knife, so I was no threat to them) and talked to them.

One claimed he was a doctor so I hoped there would be some roleplaying.

But the "doctor" pulled his Makarov and killed me when I tried to run for cover.

He said "Doctors have to eat, too".

Well, can't even trust doctors in this game. ;)

I do meet friendly people, but not so many anymore.

Once had the funniest encounter in the middle of Berezino. Awesome roleplaying which drew in more and more people and nobody died.

Don't give up. There's hope. But it's small. ;)

[Senodog 96]

I'm never ever fucking friendly again.

Was fully geared with an aug and a random guy came up to me.

Protocoll; random guy came up to me;

he; "HI I'm friendly man!?"

me;"ahoi, I'm friendly too".

he;"Wanna team up?"

me;"Sure thing man :)"

*We talked like 20min and actually had fun* BUT

then he said"Your char looks really cool, can you show me your middle finger for a screenshot "?

I was so stupid and really thought he was friendly and said yes.

What happend? He shot me in my head.

 

-____-

From this point on, i'm a fucking ramboo and destroy everyone and everything.

Get ready bitches and always check your back muhahaha 

Never trust people its simple just say hi give them some food then go away. In this case its YOUR fault for trusting him.

Edited August 13, 2015 by Senodog

[Shiva_O 10]

So one person betrays you and that's it, not going to talk to anyone anymore?

As for Shiva_O, maybe try speaking to people and you'll realise that there are many friendly players, or at the least players who don't purely KOS. Head out of the usual coastal deathmatch cities and you'd be amazed who you meet. I've had plenty of encounters with friendly people and spent hours in game having adventures with them and not been betrayed. It's all about how and where you approach people.

 

I'd suggest giving it a go before claiming that all the content creators fake their 'friendly' videos.

Im not trolling or flaming here, but according to steam i've played 97 hours, and not a single time have i ever had a conversation with anyone in this game.

 

The nearest i had once was a guy waved at me and ran off.

[too-easy 56]

97 hours is nothing compared to the 1000+ hours those streamers have played. ;)

Even I, with only 250 hours, had plenty of friendly encounters, but most were in the earlier days.

I did team up only once with a random guy and didn't get betrayed.

I escorted him across the map to find his friend, but we both died by a land mine at a well.

(I spawned near the place and checked to make sure it wasn't him who killed me with a trap. Both our bodies were there, so he died as a true soul )

Edited August 13, 2015 by too-easy

[Luftpancake 94]

I'm never ever fucking friendly again.

Was fully geared with an aug and a random guy came up to me.

Protocoll; random guy came up to me;

he; "HI I'm friendly man!?"

me;"ahoi, I'm friendly too".

he;"Wanna team up?"

me;"Sure thing man :)"

*We talked like 20min and actually had fun* BUT

then he said"Your char looks really cool, can you show me your middle finger for a screenshot "?

I was so stupid and really thought he was friendly and said yes.

What happend? He shot me in my head.

 

-____-

From this point on, i'm a fucking ramboo and destroy everyone and everything.

Get ready bitches and always check your back muhahaha 

You best change your mind, or i'm taking your ass down. 

[TheCreeper (DayZ) 3565]

Oh, this story again, you're not the first, won't be the last, pointless thread is pointless.

[gannon46 788]

we should put these into one thread since there's one every day called I screamed friendly and got shot.

and theres nothing to do player wise but shoot each other everyone has food everyone has ammo/guns no one needs help so talking or interacting with anyone with loot and weapons so prevalent is asking for trouble. you wonder why no one is nice its because they don't need to be unless they are just really nice folks and have a conscientious objective and those folks are rare and eventually change there tune.

Edited August 13, 2015 by gannon46

[Yuval 221]

I have a character on .58. I really love her, her name is Kelly and I've been rolling with her for atleast 6 days now. I've been gearing her up, giving her the best of clothes and everything. I quite actually really attached to her. While running from one deer hut to another I tell myself her story, making it all up.

 

I've only encountered 1 player with her. I was at the big long barn with 2 side rooms at one edge of it, near novo up north. I could fucking swear to god I've been seeing "ghosts" in my mind... after all in ArmA when you are soooo alone, you actually start hallucinating (we've all been there). Anyway at one specific point when I was out of the barn I've seen his backpack popping up while he was running around stalking me and damn I was like: "I haven't seen a player in 4 days (~40 hours)". Anyway I came up to the guy, I had an SKS and he had a mosin (no mic). I was so nervous and I told him I am friendly, so if he can put his gun on his back we can talk. I asked him if he needs anything, he said no - we traded our guns because he said he isn't a good sniper and the Mosin is like my favourite weapon along with the Win70.

 

Statistically, 100% of the players Kelly met were friendly.

 

So stop whining like a little bitch, you can always have your gun out at someone if you are in a superior position than him. Being friendly doesn't necessarily means giving up on your defense and doing nothing ESPECIALLY IN CASE OF NEW SPAWNS. 

[odin_lowe 3686]

I've had many instances of teaming up with random players, mostly on experimental, and more often than not, they all ended in good terms without having anyone die.

 

But that said, there always the other side of the medal, and I've been betrayed quite a few times, mostly on stable branch. Go figure. It's all part of DayZ, but that won't change the way I play for one bit.

 

Like Gannon stated, right now there's not much to do, so if you're not into intense PVP, these interactions are bound to happen, with players trying different things.

 

Don't take one encounter as the standard though.

 

Safe travels.

 

Edit: Typo

Edited August 13, 2015 by Odin Lowe

[Yuval 221]

I've had many instances of teaming up with random players, mostly on experimental, and more often than not, they all ended in good terms without having anyone die.

 

But that said, there always the other side of the medal, and I've been betrayed quite a few times, mostly on stable branch. Go figure. It's all part of DayZ, but that won't change the way I play for one bit.

 

Like Gannon stated, right now there,s not much to do, so if you're not into intense PVP, these interactions are bound to happen, with players tried different things.

 

Don't take one encounter as the standard though.

 

Safe travels.

 

I agree. It really seems that stable is a cluster-fucky wasteland while the experimental has some kind of "community" feeling where people tend to be more friendly.

Edited August 13, 2015 by StanleyWasHappy

[WilliamTheConqueror 81]

Do not yell "FRIENDLY FRIENDLY FRIENDLY!" when you meet someone. Do not trust anyone who does. Kill them or get away. Greet them as you would a normal person in real life. "Hey man, how's it going?" etc. If you catch them by surprise, have your gun out only if in a situation that requires it, not necessarily pointed at them, but stop them and make your intentions clear. Most encounters will not require it if you keep yourself out of their sight. Hold control of the situation. If they catch you, keep calm, don't Friendlyspasm, and don't back yourself into a corner.

[klesh 2423]

Im not trolling or flaming here, but according to steam i've played 97 hours, and not a single time have i ever had a conversation with anyone in this game.

 

 

It took me all of 4 minutes tonight.  Met a dude who came into the Cherno firestation.  Waved at him, we said hello.  Just then, a girl comes into the firestation with no clothes on, holding a torch and jamming "My Humps" through direct chat.  We gave her our flares to keep up the dancing.   When she was done we all talked, and decided to travel together.   She timed out shortly after and me and the other guy ran around for an hour on our way to Zelenagorsk.  Some random guy shoots at us while we're looting a building (we both only had axes), and has the nerve to tell us he "wont shoot us if we give him food", lol.  I tell him to go fuck himself, and split.  He apparently shot and killed my new buddy in the commotion.   Fun night.  Its not that hard.

Edited August 13, 2015 by klesh

[DemonGroover 8836]

How'd he manage to pull a gun and shoot you while you were posing? Don't tell me you put your gun away while he still had his out.

[ZomboWTF 527]

wait, for him to shoot you in the face, he would have had to carry his weapons in his arms all the tim, right?

else you could have reacted when he pulled it out of it's pocket or back

 

never trust strangers with their guns out... thats so basic

 

edit: damnit i was to slow

Edited August 13, 2015 by Zombo

[Fightn Irish 74]

I guess he has a lovely AUG now thats never been used and only dropped once.

Edited August 13, 2015 by Fightn Irish

[ColdAtrophy 1850]

Head out of the usual coastal deathmatch cities and you'd be amazed who you meet.

 

More KOS'ers in my opinion. I have about 750 hours in DayZ and I have never hung around any coastal city longer than absolutely necessary to get what I need to leave. I spent the vast majority of my time north of NWAF and I still get KOS. I have never met a single friendly player in-game. The only cool people I have met are people I met through these forums. I either:

 

A - See the guy first and avoid him completely.

 

B - Get seen first and dodge bullets.

 

C - Fail at B and die.

 

If there are friendly players out there, I have absolutely no clue where they are or what they are doing.

Edited August 13, 2015 by ColdAtrophy

[stinkenheim 249]

I've met players around novo, severograd, neaf, novoya petrovka even zelenogorsk.

Usually I'll spend time scoping a town out before moving in, sometimes I will have spotted the other players and will observe and decide if I want to interact or not.

I'm not advocating running up to every single player and yelling friendly at them but if they are just looting (especially without a weapon drawn) then chances are ill approach and then speak from a position of safety.

I also play mostly private servers so it could be luck that communities on those are generally more balanced.

[Evil Minion 943]

I'm never ever fucking friendly again.

Your choice. Feel free to be yet another obstacle players have to overcome.

he; "HI I'm friendly man!?"

I can tell you that players who say "friendly" never lie.*

In the end you let your guard down around a stranger you just met. In a world where there is almost zero chance of recognising them later and cooperation is almost only ever useful when fighting other survivors.

*Which is technically not even wrong as I just said that I can tell you. Never promised what I could tell you was not a lie.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

It doesn't matter what you had on you and how trustworthy the guy seemed , don't get mad at these situations and try to learn something from the experience each time ! If someone is having fun with you ask for their steam name to friend up , chances are he wont want to if he has intentions of killing you ... Always be careful and never let someone else (even a trusted "Aquaintance") tell you what to do if it puts you in a more vulnerable position than they !

[PrincessRobotBubblegum 27]

It doesn't matter what you had on you and how trustworthy the guy seemed , don't get mad at these situations and try to learn something from the experience each time ! If someone is having fun with you ask for their steam name to friend up , chances are he wont want to if he has intentions of killing you ... Always be careful and never let someone else (even a trusted "Aquaintance") tell you what to do if it puts you in a more vulnerable position than they !

This is some good advice. You can't get mad for a trusting someone who you thought you could trust in the first place. If this was a real situation you would probably have never let your guard down. Granted, the way things happened would seem that you guys would walk off into the sunset and be BFF's for life, but that wasn't the case. Don't limit yourself to just killing and becoming another bandit. There are plenty of those. Let yourself experience and play around with people by talking to them. Just learn from all the encounters you have, be it good or bad. But don't get upset at others because you failed to realize not all people are like you.

[bonesnap 75]

In DayZ mod, I've been shot at (first) by a hero-skinned player, when I was not bandit-skinned. I think that was when I first lost nearly all faith.

 

Since then I have cooperated with random players, but I have and will continue to be ten times more skeptical about KoS.

 

Usually when people say friendly, it's a good indicator they are full of s***, lol. Saying "friendly" is old and cliche at this point.

Edited August 13, 2015 by bonesnap