Bandit or not, you decide...

[directorpr 1]

In DayZ I've always been the type to shoot on sight, or if I can take the shot I will, but lately my friend has been making me rethink my entire idea of survival in DayZ as he had managed to find a friendly player in Elektro which shocked me greatly as any player I met tried to take pot shots at me. My total kills of players has been at least 20, and its usually because I get the heads up on them first. Now back in those days I called myself a proud survivor, and I took many notes from the YouTuber DevilDogGamer as he had many valid points. But now I look back, and think, "Were all those kills really needed for my survival?" As I had food, water, ammo, a good gun, and a partner whom I could trust when I killed those people. I mean it could just be a wash of guilt, and the next week I kill 20 more players. I still have this mindset, but I know question myself with every player kill. Personally now I think I'll be a bit more nicer, but it doesn't feel that way. My last player kill was at the NW airfield, and it was some poor guy just crawling along going to loot the barracks me, and my friend had just left. He hadn't seen us as we had foliage on our side, and well..... third person. But I saw him before he saw us, and I just shot him in the face blatantly without calling him out to my friends, or in Direct Chat. When we had looted his body, he had a CZ550, and really just nothing worth of value. But also, at the same time I had fairly okay supplys, and not a whole lot of health so one shot with the CZ could put me out. I mean yes majority of you will call me a bandit, but I do believe I've seen some form of enlightenment whether or not I'll stick to it is only to tell in the future.

[Sticker704 121]

To be honest, I would feel guilty for killing a player, especially since I know about the hard work the poor sod has gone through.

[Ael 15]

I hope in real life you would come to this conclusion before finding a weapon. :D

Enjoy the infinite number of choices you will have to do from now on.

[Whattteva 32]

Definitely a bandit. He didn't see you, you were leaving. Neither of you were in any danger. There was no real need to shoot him.

I personally would leave him alone cause you are actually risking yourself by doing so. Why, you ask? Well, what if he has a friend who you haven't seen yet? Shooting him would reveal you and you're at risk of getting shot back by his buddy.

I actually have a perfect example on this scenario. My group of 3 was going to loot the NW airfield, 2 of us were on the road, while I was about 100 m away from them killing an animal. Suddenly, we heard gunshots, and one of us passed out, while the other started bleeding. Eventually, the guy took out one of us, while another one of us bled to death. Unknown to him, I was creeping up from behind him. Once I was close enough, I unloaded an entire clip on his face. He did not even have a chance to shoot one round at me.

After that, I saved my 2 friends' stuff in a tent, drove to Elektro to pick them up, and geared them back up. We lost nothing, while the other guy... lost everything. Moral of the story here? He could've survived and still retain all his stuff if he just minded his own business since we didn't see him. But, he decided to be a dick and got what he deserved.

If only global/side chat was still around. I could've really pissed him off more by thanking him for the gear we got from him and telling him that my 2 mates are still fully geared.

Edited July 12, 2012 by Whattteva