What am I doing wrong?

[nroenspeck@gmx.de 5]

1.

I make my way to stary sobor at night. I observe the tents for a good 2-3 minutes but dont see any movement (I was close enough to spawn zombies so I couldnt use that as an indicator for player activity)... when I sneak in: the first tent I look inside has a player in it and I get shot immediately

2. again I head north, and reach NWA from the north side... found a ghillie suit and a FNFAL ANPV on the way, it's night.... i carefully check the treelines and my surroundings for other players without seeing anything

As I crawl-approach the barracks (reminder: at night, with ghilie suit, in grass/using trees and bushes as cover, with night vision) I check the treelines again and any spots that could be used as elevated sniping positions without the slightest sign of other players being here.

Then I get shot from behind.... 1 hit = dead, didnt hear a thing... ah well

3. Made my way to NWA, didnt die, great. I'm in the barracks, I try to be fast... ofc I checked the airfield for player acitivity there were no zombies anywhere on the airfield when I approached the barracks.

I find a m107 and it takes a few seconds to pack it... then I get shot through the window, didnt hear or see anything.

4. I keep away from cities and NWAirfield, and I get lucky and find a few heli crahes... I'm playing very cautious since I dont want to lose my m107+ DMR+... I travel from novy sobor to berezino without seeing a single player. I observe the city from a distance for around 5 minutes until I'm sure there is nobody around, then I go in to look for a tent to store my stuff... As I enter the appartements I get shot in the back with a lee enfield and die immediately

so what do I do? I feel like everybody else is playing with invisibility cheat and I'm the only one running around in a pink bunny suit... the fck is going on? I really dont care about the stuff I lose anymore... I've lost ghillie suits, heli loot, vehicles .... but what really bothers me is that I never see it coming and have no chance of fighting back. which sucks. a lot.

TL;DR: every time I die it's due to another player who I didnt see or hear and I get mostly one-shot without the slightest chance of fighting back. wat do?

[Enpi 15]

Play in a Squad.

[RaoD_Guitar 0]

wonder about that too... didnt happen to me as often but i also was the bandit on time too and wondered how that guy could do anything against it when he is unlucky to enter the city just a minute before me... i guess this is just fortune.

thats why i mind big cities when im not in adventure (dying) mood

[core.- 28]

I usually observe for 20 mins up to an hour before making a move.

Perhaps thats considered boring or cowardly, but its worked 50% of the time..

What cant be prevented is people logging in behind you. It sounds like thats what happened in Berezino. Taking only 2 mins to check Stary is too short of a time, when the dude is inside a tent looting, and if he entered stary from the other side you wont even see the zombies he spawned.

My advice... Start in a town first, get all the necessary supplies, and gtfo, set up a camp and THEN start returning for fun.

It sounds like you leave the coast before you have the supplies necessary to setup a camp.

Theres no real advice here though mainly because: It happens. Even in squad based combat, you cant defend against a player spawning in behind you, or just waiting for someone to come along.

Try and be the hunter, not the hunted.

Heres kind of a dick move but one i love to pull when I need supplies from a town. Wait for another player to loot the place you want to loot and wait for him to start heading towards the forest, put a round him as he reaches the treeline, mosey on over take his stuff. If he has the stuff you need, great, if he doesnt, wait for the next.

[nroenspeck@gmx.de 5]

thanks for the answers, yes I'd like to play in a squad but due to time limitations at the moment it's not an option...

I'd love to be the hunter from time to time too, but even when I'm on a server with 50 players I never see anyone inland, only at the coast ... and killing new players for a can of beans really isnt my style. I like a challenge but as it is now it's beyond being a challenge but rather impossible to survive such an encounter.

I'll try to observe the area more closely and over a longer period of time, and I'll try to setup a basic camp before I head to the good and risky loot locations and maybe I'll even try camping for stuffed players ^^ thx core