Friendlies in Day Z .... never seen one

[resident_leeonheart@yahoo.com 32]

Of course there will be people who haven't learned to shoot on sight yet.

And there are also people who are trying to be social or you could just call them "getting shot in the face addicts".

I have been playing this game a lot (I have a nice list of servers with coords where we have camps and cars) and I haven't met anyone who would say that they're friendly. Everyone I've met just shoots you the moment they have the opportunity.

I've met quite a lot of players and most of them never shoot first. Also you should see Acebane's banditry video if you haven't:

Real bandits don't shoot first.

http://dayzmod.com/f...ty-cool-bandit/

.. and the topic we're discussing about the differences of player killer and bandits: http://dayzmod.com/f...d/page__st__180

Edited July 27, 2012 by leeo38

[SillySil 295]

Except that doesn't happen because you can just magically disappear, relocate, appear again and kill the guy trying to rob you. (ie server hop or just disconnect) That's why people don't attempt that anymore. Unless again they like to get shot.

Edited July 27, 2012 by SillySil

[acebane 268]

I still attempt it SillySil. That video was posted 12 days ago, so it's not that far away. If players DC, just get moving. If they reconnect, you're already gone and no harm done (except them being exploiters).

[hunterkilla 67]

Back when side was enabled, I had 3 people come to me in Cherno while I had a bbroken leg and mend my leg, then bloodbagged me to full health. We walked around Cherno a bit, and when I said I had to go, nobody shot me in the head.

Since then, not so much. Could be due to me not having a mic, though.

I think the problem is now with direct channel you have to be alot closer to talk to someone ( typing or voice ) so straight away people are very careful and expect the worse. At that distance you don't want to stop to type for fear of getting shot.

I had alot of meetings with friendlies when side channel was working and yes they could then turn around and shoot me but that was the risk I took. I think once a radio system is implemeneted even if it just brings back side channel as the radio station it will allow more people to talk

[propain666 7]

You might never seen one but chances are they´ve seen you and had you in their sights. =)

Even tough I play as a friendly I still avoid other people since they are rarely as friendly as I am. My next project in DayZ will be to sneak up and rob the backpack of the CoD snipers in electro/cherno without them noticing me so I guess that will make me a bit less friendly.

Edited July 27, 2012 by ProPain

[snafuu (DayZ) 30]

I think once a radio system is implemeneted even if it just brings back side channel as the radio station it will allow more people to talk

Unfortunately, ARMA won't handle a real, fully-featured radio well (at all, when combined with server load), but it would be very nice. All the frequencies you could scan, player-made broadcast towers, GREEN MOUNTAIN. Having some of it work cross-server would great too. Not really possible.

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

I won't bore you with the details, but the first two people I ran into were friendlies.

[v3c1c 86]

Pro Tip for OP: Find other players via meta game (TS or survivor/bandit forum) instead of creating another pointless thread crying about getting shot via a random encounter.

ok you got me wrong :) I did not cry about how i got shoot - actualy it was experiment how long it will take.

we are playing as group of 3 players mostly all the time

[sambody 44]

Except that doesn't happen because you can just magically disappear, relocate, appear again and kill the guy trying to rob you. (ie server hop or just disconnect) That's why people don't attempt that anymore. Unless again they like to get shot.

That feeling when I do pretty much opposite from what you are talking. Gave 3 ghillies away today for some friendlies and after that had some fun destroying duper camps with them. Never had on mind to shoot them. Also trying to give lifts for people and marking some spots for them but they almost never trust me even half of the server knows I'm friendly :D

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

look for me, i'm all for helping someone out. you have to tell me that you are friendly, though. because with today's idiots, 99% of everyone is hostile.

[ElRolle 97]

You have clearly been playing on wrong servers ;)

[Lukio (DayZ) 24]

The friendlies were all the players that didn't kill you, even if you didn't notice them. So often I've seen other players running by well in range and decided against taking a shot, just because they were no immediate threat to me.

[soapmak3r 677]

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We encountered 2 friendlies within the space of 20 minutes at the NW Airfield last night. One guy could have shot me, but didn't. Turned out that he needed morphine and a blood transfusion, which I happily gave him for not shooting me.

The other guy basically ran right into 4 of us, lying prone in the grass...I think he was just happy that we didn't kill him. Unfortunately he died not longer after. I think he was probably killed by 'unfriendliness' when he got to Stary, where he said he was meeting his friend.