luikhang1234 2 Posted July 23, 2012 I bought Arma 2 yesterday and am still learning the ropes. I manage to successfully join 1 in every 10 servers. So once I'm in the odds of me finding a gun are another 1 in 10. A few minutes ago I just died after my most successful start.I started by a big town, no idea which one. By I was sprinting through it from house to house, losing zombies, finding stuff. I happened on a pistol and a lee enfield. Lots of ammo for both. I find binoculars, a tent, and even a map. So I thought, I better get the hell out of here before this ends sour. I sprint out of town and no zombies in sight. I was planning to find a quiet place to setup a tent, but first I wanted to look through the map.So as I am looking through the map I hear zombies flood past about 20m away. I only saw heads fly over some tall grass. They weren't after me, so I knew another player was nearby. I use my binoculars to see another player with a hatchet with a trail of five zombies behind him. Being the new player that has spent much of the last 24 hours in the same situation I think .... I wish someone with a gun would have come and saved me. So I follow the horde to a house where they are running circles and mow them all down with my makarov. The guy says "friend" and I'm like, oh yeah, first succesfull nonhostile interaction. Then I realize I have no idea how to type back to him. So I'm pressing random keys hoping to get a /say prompt with no luck. The guy is still standing there and type "\" which now I am wondering if it means something? Anyway, he isn't trying to hack me a new one so I go into options to try and find which button to use to talk to him, only to realize he is now hacking me a new one. Not really sure what to think about that situation. All my interactions with players have immediately resulted in hostilities on their part. Even when I'm wonded, legs broken, they will kill me asap. My friends and I have not had a succesful interaction short of my brief one stated above that ender bad. Our plan now is once we are well situated to not actively become bandits (as in not seek out people to kill) but definately murder any players we see that approach us. Is there some type of etiquete we are missing or are people mostly douche bags? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bond1971@tpg.com.au 92 Posted July 23, 2012 Yep welcome to Dayz, best Deathmatch game around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
internetTAB (DayZ) 76 Posted July 23, 2012 most people shoot on site :( they force nice people to do the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Velourium 3 Posted July 23, 2012 Is there some type of etiquette we are missing or are people mostly douche bags?This is the apocalypse, fuck etiquette.Most players would rather just kill you in the chance you have some good loot.There's no incentive for grouping up at low levels of play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverTrimm 18 Posted July 23, 2012 Game will be dead soon, nothing to see here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luikhang1234 2 Posted July 23, 2012 This this guy was chasing me. I had a glock with a full 17 round mag. He had a lee enfield. I position myself in a corn and wait for him to come up after me. He jolts up the ladder and stands there for 2 second. I unload about 10 rounds into his gut. He then turns to face me and shoots me once, I instantly die. He doesn't die.Is this the case of an exploit or an admin giving himself invincibility or what? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kentk94 194 Posted July 23, 2012 Etiquette? In DayZ? There are no rules here.Survival is the law of the land. Survival by any means necessary.Welcome to DayZ. You'll die....a lot and don't get attached to your loot.Good news is, as quick as you die, you can get re-geared just as fast. Just takes time to figure out the lay of the land. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay.pis 32 Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Is there some type of etiquete we are missing or are people mostly douche bags?Nope, just your normal everyday Open World PVP Survival game.I always love the reactions from people who aren't used to games like these. Edited July 23, 2012 by jay.pis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan 23 Posted July 23, 2012 This is the apocalypse, fuck etiquette.Most players would rather just kill you in the chance you have some good loot.There's no incentive for grouping up at low levels of play.ROFL. Nobody knows what they would do in this type of situation unless they have been in this type of situation. Shoot on sight, pffft. Most of you would shit on sight. Choice in either shooting a guy running from zombies or saving him, I am sure in reality one would opt to save him or not shoot at all in order to preserve their own life. There is a reason they call it Zombie Apocalypse, because the zombies are killing everyone, not the humans. If it were the humans doing it, there is another word for that, its called Genocide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luikhang1234 2 Posted July 23, 2012 ROFL. Nobody knows what they would do in this type of situation unless they have been in this type of situation. Shoot on sight, pffft. Most of you would shit on sight. Choice in either shooting a guy running from zombies or saving him, I am sure in reality one would opt to save him or not shoot at all in order to preserve their own life. There is a reason they call it Zombie Apocalypse, because the zombies are killing everyone, not the humans. If it were the humans doing it, there is another word for that, its called Genocide.I have to agree. It seems more like online noobness than a strategy to kill people needlessly.Devoid of realism. Most people in games have never shot a real gun before.I have to say the community as a whole has a major disappointment. Combined with pouring tons of hours/days into a character only to have it blown away by an bug or exploit...as opposed to you fucking up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benlandia 73 Posted July 23, 2012 I have to agree. It seems more like online noobness than a strategy to kill people needlessly.Devoid of realism. Most people in games have never shot a real gun before.I have to say the community as a whole has been a major disappointment. Combined with pouring tons of hours/days into a character only to have it blown away by an bug or exploit...as opposed to you fucking up.Hit the nail on the head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay.pis 32 Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Devoid of realism. Most people in games have never shot a real gun before.What type of gamer did you think would even try and play this game?Gamers that usually play shooter games I'm sure.Combined with pouring tons of hours/days into a character only to have it blown away by an bug or exploit...as opposed to you fucking up.I'll let you in a little secret....this is a still in development mod...We're just 800k alpha/beta testers at the moment. Edited July 23, 2012 by jay.pis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luikhang1234 2 Posted July 24, 2012 And I'm out. The community for this game sucks.Friends are all out too.This game is just made for ultimate griefers. It is in no way an apoc sim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muffinsforever 4 Posted July 24, 2012 I'm a new player too. On my current character I met another survivor on the beach and we teamed up running to Cherno and he was the first to get a weapon and he didn't kill me. Sadly, a glitch killed him when he tried to walk into this badly setup house that you have to vault into to get inside the door. It was cool having someone to talk to and I never saw him again. I wished I coulda saw how that would of went if he stayed alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SystemiK 366 Posted July 24, 2012 And I'm out. The community for this game sucks.Friends are all out too.This game is just made for ultimate griefers. It is in no way an apoc sim.Dude! We are gonna miss you bad bro. Anything we can do to talk you out of it? We need your sunny outlook and optimism around here if we are gonna make it.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixbarns 217 Posted July 24, 2012 Knowing how to communicate is the first step to surviving player interactions.Get a headset for 10 bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jubeidok 495 Posted July 24, 2012 This is the apocalypse, fuck etiquette.Most players would rather just kill you in the chance you have some good loot.There's no incentive for grouping up at low levels of play.Dude, it's not an MMO, there's no leveling up. Get that notion out of your head. A head shot is a head shot is a kill, no matter what weapon so their gear is not why they killed you. Lemmings get killed cause they jump off a cliff, stop jumping off that cliff.The OP died cause he meddled. He made his choice and payed the price, whether it be due to lack of being able to communicate or the guy was going to do it anyways. Who knows, but what we do know is if he minded his own business from a distance he would have lived. He could of even still helped the guy in lived if he used that Enfield and took zeds out at range.Accept the consequences of your choices, people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustThatEpic 72 Posted July 24, 2012 And I'm out. The community for this game sucks.Friends are all out too.This game is just made for ultimate griefers. It is in no way an apoc sim.800,000 of us can deal with the suckish community. Why can't you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
