You complain, but truth is, Cherno is a wasteland

[chrismgtis 55]

I've read (or skimmed) dozens of these topics over a period of time about how players don't like Cherno because it's "dangerous" and in my time in the game I've heard statement after statement about how careful you have to be in the city. Or how players are in Elektro instead because Cherno is too dangerous.

The same goes for every other statement about how so and so gets killed by bandits all the time and can't survive this game. Honestly, I'm at a loss for understanding the complaints.

I've been killed by players but seriously, it's a rare occurrence. Generally I die to bugs, or respawning after storing gear at my camp. Zombies were an issue for me in the first week, but I adjusted and am never bothered by them at this point in time. If lots of the bugs were fixed, along with the ability to log off to drop zombie agro, I might have more of an issue. The countless bugs in this game, I have come to realize, make it easier, not harder. Can you imagine how difficult DayZ would be if it could not be exploited so easily and accidently so often? By accidently I mean for example, removing an item from a tent which dupes (has happened to me dozens of times).

At times I make a point of logging onto nearly full servers. If it's dusk/night, I've run around like a mad man throwing flares an chem lights all over the place trying to attract attention. Shooting at walls to let someone know I am there. I've yet to attract attention on a slammed server. If I don't look for trouble, it's hard to find. If I actively seek it out, it's just as difficult to come across.

When I do see someone, they are running from zombies, then combat log and I normally don't see them again. I came across four people the other day outside of Elektro, went prone and started firing off shots with an Enfield. Put one down (didn't kill him) and hit another. The monitor logged a headshot, but I never got a murder. I came across one person in Balotta at night, he failed to see me even though I was staring at him 15m away and I unloaded two AK clips into him. Of course he logged immediately (after?) death and I didn't get the kill. Besides these two sightings I haven't seen a soul in a while.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Edited July 21, 2012 by marik

[draven501 10]

Well if you want human contact just hang around the Stary Sobor military tents for more than five minutes

[Vanglory 72]

I hear you, bro. I've spent 3 days on full servers swapping in between cherno and elektro, just SEARCHING for others. I am a ferocious bandit, being with past experiences dieing, so I usually go for the kill once I find them.

I've gotten atleast 6 kills out of those three days. It's ridiculous.

EDIT: I know there is ALOT at NW airstrip and Stary, but I'm way too impatient to run all the way from the coast to the top of the map.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Vanglory

[hutton08 4]

Cherno is no longer a bad place to be

people are geting braver as each day goes by and are starting to go north to Stary Sobor and NW Airfield heading more north

[Tsyn 215]

I'm normally in Cherno at night anyways, so.... I don't see anyone, and if I do, it's because they tossed a flare. I normally avoid people at night because they can't see me (ghillie, grass, and darkness = invisivivor)

Anyways, I'm not sure about Cherno, on some servers it's a warzone and on others it's just a waste of time.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Tsyn

[chrismgtis 55]

Well if you want human contact just hang around the Stary Sobor military tents for more than five minutes

Spent a lot of time there. Never see anyone unless I'm there for 4-5 hours. Stopped going, because the loot sucks. Loot cycling for 4 hours for a few M16s doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Since I stopped going there or NW Airfield, I actually have a stash of good gear now (FN FAL's out the yin yang, Bisons, DMRs, etc).

Edited July 21, 2012 by marik

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

It sounds like your playing a different game to me.

[TheTigger 34]

Its all about timing and luck. One night my friend and I sniped 11 peope in Electro in 2 hoursish, then the next night we only killed 4 in the Same amount of time. Same server, both from midnight to 2 am our time.

[chrismgtis 55]

I attribute a lot of this to people hanging out in the wilderness a lot. I think maybe we need reasons to want to come to places like Cherno/Elektro.

[TheDesigner 1197]

I hear you, bro. I've spent 3 days on full servers swapping in between cherno and elektro, just SEARCHING for others. I am a ferocious bandit, being with past experiences dieing, so I usually go for the kill once I find them.

I've gotten atleast 6 kills out of those three days. It's ridiculous.

EDIT: I know there is ALOT at NW airstrip and Stary, but I'm way too impatient to run all the way from the coast to the top of the map.

Careful guys, bad ass on the prowl.

[exesgo@gmail.com 31]

The logic as to why most people stick in the big cities and town even though they know those are death traps.. is beyond me.

This is on top of the fact that a lot of the gear there is rubbish.

[nomonater 2]

I agree I can usually get all the way through cherno with no agro and no human contact and i can usually leave with a lee a 1911 and a map on a completely full server (even did this on US 2 witch is a 100 person server and it was full when i did it).

[chrismgtis 55]

The logic as to why most people stick in the big cities and town even though they know those are death traps.. is beyond me.

This is on top of the fact that a lot of the gear there is rubbish.

Because it's so fun to hang out in the wilderness with trees and the occasional boar.

[Josh225 129]

I always avoid Cherno and Elektro unless i just spawned, in that situation i run through like a madman grabbing gear then heading straight north to re-group with a friend or something.

[ivan keska 39]

Can't wait to finish gathering my gear so I can have fun mugging people on the coast and killing those that kill only for kills. But I wish servers couldn't change the time of day, because this always day time shit is fucking annoying since so many servers seem to do it.

[maxxenbraxxen 67]

I've read (or skimmed) dozens of these topics over a period of time about how players don't like Cherno because it's "dangerous" and in my time in the game I've heard statement after statement about how careful you have to be in the city. Or how players are in Elektro instead because Cherno is too dangerous.

The same goes for every other statement about how so and so gets killed by bandits all the time and can't survive this game. Honestly, I'm at a loss for understanding the complaints.

I've been killed by players but seriously, it's a rare occurrence. Generally I die to bugs, or respawning after storing gear at my camp. Zombies were an issue for me in the first week, but I adjusted and am never bothered by them at this point in time. If lots of the bugs were fixed, along with the ability to log off to drop zombie agro, I might have more of an issue. The countless bugs in this game, I have come to realize, make it easier, not harder. Can you imagine how difficult DayZ would be if it could not be exploited so easily and accidently so often? By accidently I mean for example, removing an item from a tent which dupes (has happened to me dozens of times).

At times I make a point of logging onto nearly full servers. If it's dusk/night, I've run around like a mad man throwing flares an chem lights all over the place trying to attract attention. Shooting at walls to let someone know I am there. I've yet to attract attention on a slammed server. If I don't look for trouble, it's hard to find. If I actively seek it out, it's just as difficult to come across.

When I do see someone, they are running from zombies, then combat log and I normally don't see them again. I came across four people the other day outside of Elektro, went prone and started firing off shots with an Enfield. Put one down (didn't kill him) and hit another. The monitor logged a headshot, but I never got a murder. I came across one person in Balotta at night, he failed to see me even though I was staring at him 15m away and I unloaded two AK clips into him. Of course he logged immediately (after?) death and I didn't get the kill. Besides these two sightings I haven't seen a soul in a while.

Anyone else feel the same way?

I turned on my military flashlight in a fireman station once, and shone it out the window

2 mins later, a guy with an AR came running for me

[Ivanuvo (DayZ) 117]

Can't wait to finish gathering my gear so I can have fun mugging people on the coast and killing those that kill only for kills. But I wish servers couldn't change the time of day, because this always day time shit is fucking annoying since so many servers seem to do it.

Try logging in at night time.

[Blakorr 77]

it's just going to go in cycles. people are going to cherno less often because they hear it's full of bandits. so they go north to stary and the bandits follow. then stary gets a bad reputation so people are starting to go to krasno and berezino, and so on and so forth. eventually it'll work all the way back around and cherno will get crowded again.

[thehumandove 344]

Well where are you going in cherno? Because where I go, it always ends up a firefight.