Mechanics of Murder

[Gogster (DayZ) 626]

Last night we were crawling our way to town that had a hospital for some much needed supplies. As we rested in a field behind some bushes, one of our party was scanning the town with a pair of binoculars for players. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted some movement behind a bush, I would guess 150, maybe 200 yards away.

Unsure what it was I warned the others over TS and took a knee keeping my eye on the bush, suddenly a round whizzed past my head and I heard the report from the bush, I then saw the outline of a player to the left side of said foliage. I aimed with my M249 and squeezed off 4 lots of 2 rounds and saw a death message come up in bottom left. A quick glance in the top right confirmed my murders had gone from 0 to 1.

My question is this, is there any way the game can pick up that it is self-defence? Does it not register as a bandit kill because the guy I shot didn't have enough kills? Which police station should I hand myself into?

Thanks in advance.

[Hakultair 114]

Bandit system got taken out a while back. Every kill on a human now counts as a murder as far as I'm aware. We still call people who shoot others on sight bandits, but the system no longer exists.

Edited July 23, 2012 by Hakultair

[WisdomSnork 42]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. You didn't get charged with murder by a prosecutor, so there's no need to argue self defense ;]

And he might argue he was shooting a zombie that was right behind you when you viciously attacked him :]

You killed a man in cold blood, murderer.

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Edit: On a serious note, I was pretty sure that after a certain number of murders you generate a bandit kill for whoever happens to kill you.

I was under the impression that the only thing removed from the game was the bandit skin.

You have source on the whole system being scrapped?

Edited July 23, 2012 by WisdomSnork

[Drblodski 53]

Bandit system got taken out a while back. Every kill on a human now counts as a murder as far as I'm aware. We still call people who shoot others on sight bandits, but the system no longer exists.

My buddy got a bandit kill for shooting someone last night. So maybe it does still work?

[WisdomSnork 42]

Yeah, see my above post. I don't know exactly how it works but I think it's something like...

X number of murders makes you a bandit, so when someone kills you they get a bandit kill.

If you kill someone who has below X number of murders, you get a murder yourself.

[ninjaholic 116]

I still think you should be able to get meat from people you kill. :(

[Azrail (DayZ) 211]

i am the spotter, so i rarely get the kills

looks like i won't get to swim with the big fish :(

[Gogster (DayZ) 626]

I still think you should be able to get meat from people you kill. :(

That's another level - could turn into a great mechanic, eat more than 5 human steaks and become a zombie. Or make it a random number between 3 & 6. So you can take a chance if your blood is low, but do it too many times and you risk turning.

Evil! I love it.

[ninjaholic 116]

That's another level - could turn into a great mechanic, eat more than 5 human steaks and become a zombie. Or make it a random number between 3 & 6. So you can take a chance if your blood is low, but do it too many times and you risk turning.

Evil! I love it.

I didn't really think in to it. t just want to be able to eat people I shoot...

[enforcer1975 1111]

If you kill a bandit it's a bandit kill. If you kill a survivor it's a murder. Afaik if they didn't change it you have to be wounded by a player or else if you shoot him without him hitting you it's a murder. Rocket could have changed the script to detect if a player has shot before he was killed then decided if it was a murder or not.

Edited July 23, 2012 by Enforcer