Rules of Engagement/Who is worthy of you bullet

[Sentinal (DayZ) 20]

Start of with a short story

I was at Balota Airfield, doing my usual rounds through the military tents before I head north. I grabbed the gear I needed, which turned out to be pretty damn good (DMR with one mag).

I left the airfield and was slightly to the north when i saw someone crouch running through the trees towards the airfield. I immediately proned and scoped to him before noticing that he had no gun.

My question is, now that players have no guns and start with nothing really worthwhile other than a flashlight which I already had of course, do you shoot unarmed people, are they worth the waste of one of my precious DMR rounds.

[[email protected] 46]

Really... why the hell would you shoot an unarmed person who probably has painkillers and a bandage what a waste of ammo.

[dubscheckem 13]

It's not necessarily a waste of ammo, even if they don't have a weapon there is still the potential for them having something else that is useful.

The only times I don't shoot an unarmed survivor (or, anyone really) is when I am also unarmed or if shooting them could give away my position to a larger threat. Weapons are exceedingly common and easy to find, just because they aren't a threat right now doesn't mean they still wont be in the next 30-60 seconds when they do find a weapon, as such I neutralize all contacts regardless of if they're armed or not because that is my job as overwatch/sniper support.

[termhn 20]

Sorry dude but that isn't your role as an overwatch sniper. Your role would be to counter-snipe and eliminate high-value targets... Leave unarmed people for your boots on the ground to take care of and keep them protected from other snipers and armed enemies.

[dubscheckem 13]

A threat is a threat regardless of that particular threat's role or status. Obviously acquiring and neutralizing hostile snipers is the priority, but when there are no snipers to deal with I switch to engaging threats that are in proximity to my ground team.

Edited July 11, 2012 by AIDS