0.28% Chance..

[BuddyMcFriend 30]

That is extremely rare (Speaking of Camouflage and Ghillie, to be clear), considering how much trash is spawned.

[WilkyWilks 44]

How many people own ghillie suits, do you think? Realistically, less than that percentage I'd estimate.

[BunnyHillPro 111]

It really isn't that rare if you consider that each loot spawn has 2 to 3 items in it (mostly cans of course). So each loot pile there is almost a 1% chance of a ghillie or Camo.

EDIT: I have looted 2 ghillie suits, and 2 camo clothing's in the past 24 hours. My friend found a ghillie in a random grandma house in mogilevka.

Edited July 29, 2012 by BunnyHillPro

[Moose12 11]

Ive got a set. Took if off a guy who I killed and had some in his back pack. By some i mean 4. He also had 5 nvgs. Almost sure he was a hacker (or at a minimum he was duping them). I took it anyway, I figured wth at worst it will get removed and there is no way for me to tell what is legit and what isnt.

[Deathcall 101]

Not sure what's the deal with the story behind Day Z, but Chernarus has seen a lot of military action (hence all the guns - american and russian - lying around), so I think that it's not a problem of how many "civilians" own them, but how many the now-dead military left behind.

[mac 80]

not to be off topic but what the heck is this duping I keep hearing about?

[Lucas_ 0]

I've found 3 camo clothing and 1 ghiille in electro in 20 min

[govnogaming 52]

Not sure what's the deal with the story behind Day Z, but Chernarus has seen a lot of military action (hence all the guns - american and russian - lying around), so I think that it's not a problem of how many "civilians" own them, but how many the now-dead military left behind.

In that case, how many military men have died, and left their ghillie suit in a package inside a house? I bet almost 0. How many snipers would be in town? Almost zero. The most realistic reason - deer hunters have them at their house. I mean, they have deer stands that are camoflauged, so they most likely have ghillie suits as well.

[Boyos (DayZ) 15]

not to be off topic but what the heck is this duping I keep hearing about?

making items out of nothing, IE a person has a set of night vision goggles and makes a 2nd pair. without finding them. As for the camo/gs learn to rotate your loot spawns you will get them to spawn pretty easy. esp if you have a few good spots to work Cough "north east big town" Cough

[BuddyMcFriend 30]

I've been hitting the apartments, office building, and pub over a few servers, yet to no avail. Am I hitting the right places to find a suit?

[sya 55]

"Dupe" = duplicate. Exploiting glitches to copy items. Will be fixed eventually, either by removing the glitches or sending stealth assassins to the homes of people who exploit them.

Edit: Way too slow tonight...

Edited July 29, 2012 by sya

[superfly541 6]

making items out of nothing, IE a person has a set of night vision goggles and makes a 2nd pair. without finding them. As for the camo/gs learn to rotate your loot spawns you will get them to spawn pretty easy. esp if you have a few good spots to work Cough "north east big town" Cough

cough****cough** behrezino

[Deathcall 101]

Or... Soldiers fled their posts during the initial outbreak and went to the cities to protect their loved ones with their gear?

I know, it's kinda far-fetched, but possible!

[mikeambrose3 53]

It really isn't rare if you consider the amount of hackers/scripters who spawn in items and gillie suits.

[BuddyMcFriend 30]

I've been hitting the apartments, office building, and pub over a few servers, yet to no avail. Am I hitting the right places to find a suit?

Answer?

[TyRobot 100]

It really isn't that rare if you consider that each loot spawn has 2 to 3 items in it (mostly cans of course). So each loot pile there is almost a 1% chance of a ghillie or Camo.

EDIT: I have looted 2 ghillie suits, and 2 camo clothing's in the past 24 hours. My friend found a ghillie in a random grandma house in mogilevka.

This guy is the one doing his math correctly. ;)

[superfly541 6]

they have a better spawn chance heli crash sites. and with dead soldier bodies destroying your vision at around 300 meters i'd say run through a couple fields until you get shitty triangles and bam there ya go. its a heli site metal detector xD .. *no idea if dead soldier bodies spawn near the crash sites. ive looted a few choppas but cannot remember*

[Tuke Nukum 12]

It really isn't that rare if you consider that each loot spawn has 2 to 3 items in it (mostly cans of course). So each loot pile there is almost a 1% chance of a ghillie or Camo.

EDIT: I have looted 2 ghillie suits, and 2 camo clothing's in the past 24 hours. My friend found a ghillie in a random grandma house in mogilevka.

Must've been a pretty badass grandma...