From Survivor to Bandit in 1 week

[jmido8 62]

Day 1-2:

I was a very passive survivor. I tried to friendly voice/text chat with everyone I came across. Even when people fired at me, I would just run away.

Day 3:

I realized that 9/10 armed players will KoS whether I was unarmed or not. However, I still liked to give people the benefit of the doubt so I wouldn't shoot anyone unless they shot first.

Day 4-5:

After countless more deaths, I realized the only way to survive was by killing armed players on sight. I was still friendly with unarmed players and would often times try to help them out.

Day 6:

After helping many unarmed players out, I found out that nearly 50% of them would try to kill me as soon as they found a weapon. I still let them live but I'll only help if they use voice chat.

Day 7:

Today, I ran into an unarmed player that yelled friendly. As he ran up to me, we had a short conversation and then I turned to depart. As I turned to run away, he stole the extra m16 out of my backpack and shot me dead. My M24 sniper, and everything I had been collecting was gone. This was when I realized that I must KoS to survive in this game. I still give unarmed players some wiggle room but I warn them over voice chat that I'll open fire if they get within 100m of me. Even still, I'm worried about letting an unarmed player go only to have them find a weapon and hunt me down.

Overall experience:

At first, I thought being KoS ruined the game. However, after beginning to participate in the action as well, it added an entire new twist of fun. Battles turned into tactical warfare and I'v had some extremely tense standoff/battles. As a new player, being KoS sucks. Once you start getting more experienced and can gear up really quick, the sense of survival and desire to be left alone begins to fade. As a new player, my goal was to get all my gear and "win" the game. But as an experienced player, my goal is to win pvp skirmishes and survive days while staying in active pvp zones such as the airfields and stary sabor. PVP and killing on sight restores a lot of the fun in the game and keeps it fresh. Now I welcome early life pistol fights in electro while I'm trying to gear up and I think this is something that new players won't really grasp until they've become more experienced (can navigate through the airfields, find crashed heli's, and stay alive no problem).

Edited July 30, 2012 by jmido8

[dougan25 34]

beans for adapting to the game rather than crying about what it takes to succeed.

[kavcav 3]

Personally I am a seasoned player but I still don't KoS. But it does add alot of excitment.

[Ambience452 0]

sounds like the path im on lol

[Alfwich (DayZ) 14]

Don't get so attached to your gear ... your gonna lose it. Silly to say but death is the best thing that can happen to you to keep the game fresh (unless you have a clan / group then death sucks).

Now I welcome early life pistol fights in electro while I'm trying to gear up and I think this is something that new players won't really grasp until they've become more experienced.

This!

Lowbie fights with winchesters and pistols are a blast. The rush of sprinting to the nearest barn / city to try to find a noob weapon is sweet.

Edited July 30, 2012 by Alfwich

[getoffmyporch69@hotmail.com 2]

The same thing happened to me now im only friendly with my mates from outside the game.

[MRJOEYBON 18]

Both sides add an interesting perspective to the game. When you actually meet a friendly the circumstances that you meet usually are worth telling about. From awkward introductions searching office buildings in Elektro in the middle of the night to crowbar wielding maniacs attempting to kill the friendly cripple it's usually pretty cool.

Then on the other side of the coin, the rush that you get when in a gunfight in DayZ, and the feeling you get when returning fire, or trying to employ different tactics on the fly, that also gives the game a new dimension. At first I was against bandits completely because most of them just killed for fun. Then I realized it was a lot of fun, and I didn't have to become a bandit to participate in that fun. Most people try to kill me and my friends on sight anyway, and most usually don't succeed.

[getoffmyporch69@hotmail.com 2]

Don't get so attached to your gear ... your gonna lose it. Silly to say but death is the best thing that can happen to you to keep the game fresh (unless you have a clan / group then death sucks).

I agree ive been alive for about 7-8 days now and i go from not hungry to red in what seems like 10mins.

[Mustifar 1]

PVP in this game is a total rush, it's why I still play. Even if I die I still have a blast and I don't care that I have to re-gear because sometimes it's nice to have to go back on the scavenger hunt where things are more intense cause now you don't have all your shiny toys. Beans man

[d0z123 6]

I've had a similiar experience, but i haven't been able to become a full on bandit. To keep the game fun I like to go to sniper spots and cover people who don't know they are being covered. Take something loud like an m107 ..tons o fun.

[Cyclonis 22]

Some bastards came up without saying a word and shot my buddy in the back while we were stopping to cook meat. I snapped around and killed the first guy in a few seconds with my trusty AKM. The other guy returned fire from a distance behind a bush, so I fired back. He thought he had me pinned down with his nifty scoped gun, so I crawled over to my dead buddy, took out his high-powered spare sniper rifle, and popped the bastard in the chest. My buddy ran back and was a town over when he busted his leg, so I had to sprint over, save him, give him the fancy camo M4 I picked off of my first kill, and escort him back to the bodies since I couldn't hold the sniper and extra M4 ammo. When we got there, the bandits were back at their bodies going through them. We charged at them even though we were both on pretty low HP and needed painkillers, and we almost killed both when they both combat logged, with the sniper and the ammunition.

That was when I became a psychotic KOSing bandit.

[Tonymaroni 4]

nobody can touch me in a stand off 1on1. i have better movement than 95% of the players who play this game.there are a lot of casual gamers who can`t take me out when i run around in circles.i am a fucking beast.I kill on sight, i don`t give a shit.

[Col. Kurtz (DayZ) 91]

Day 6:

After helping many unarmed players out, I found out that nearly 50% of them would try to kill me as soon as they found a weapon. I still let them live but I'll only help if they use voice chat.

I laughed so hard when I saw this. So true man so true. :thumbsup:

[Sparkie (DayZ) 4]

I love group PvP- I play in a group of players and we frequently get put against groups of multiple players- coming from an Arma II ACE mod tactical realism group lead by real US soldiers current and vets; I get a real kick out of playing extremely tactical in a game where tactics are rarely seen- I <3 COD players coming to Dayz :D I really wish I didn't have to be so hostile towards everyone I meet, but it's just the way DayZ is; just tonight I had a buddy of mine watching the entrance for me at the NW airfield- some asshat spawned behind me while I was inside and opened up on me point blank with a pistol; to which I replied by spinning around and opening up with my M4 SD - I'm extremely happy to report that we both died but he lost all of his stuff (SVD Camo, all tools, Coyote Pack) and I was able to recover mine- you got what you deserved duchebaggero ::shakes fist:: .

Edited July 30, 2012 by Sparkie

[iLikeNoobies 31]

Well atleast you tried being friendly, and still giving unarmed players a chance to live (100m rule). Beans for you!

[Swineflew 480]

I'm glad your gameplay has evolved, but I believe you should play the way you want to play and not let other people dictate how you enjoy the game.

[jmido8 62]

I'm glad your gameplay has evolved, but I believe you should play the way you want to play and not let other people dictate how you enjoy the game.

I might have changed my gameplay based on the play style of others but by doing so I discovered a new play style that I enjoy more and it's a play style I would have never tried if I didn't have to adapt.

I love group PvP- I play in a group of players and we frequently get put against groups of multiple players- coming from an Arma II ACE mod tactical realism group lead by real US soldiers current and vets; I get a real kick out of playing extremely tactical in a game where tactics are rarely seen- I <3 COD players coming to Dayz :D I really wish I didn't have to be so hostile towards everyone I meet, but it's just the way DayZ is; just tonight I had a buddy of mine watching the entrance for me at the NW airfield- some asshat spawned behind me while I was inside and opened up on me point blank with a pistol; to which I replied by spinning around and opening up with my M4 SD - I'm extremely happy to report that we both died but he lost all of his stuff (SVD Camo, all tools, Coyote Pack) and I was able to recover mine- you got what you deserved duchebaggero ::shakes fist:: .

I completely agree. I found a couple friends via these forums a few days ago and the game is so much more fun now. I'v always been a lone wolf type player and I thought I would hate having to wait on others and go where they wanted to go instead of solely where I wanted but just having people to talk to, and having friends to plan tactical battles with is so much better than playing alone. Nothings more exciting than when we're looting a city and some other group or players start firing at us and we're calling out locations, taking tactical positions, laying cover fire, etc.

[pepsiblue 8]

The funniest thing about every thread in this campfire section is that everyone talks about tactics of pvp, and gun fights and stuff like that... and all the while, im thinking to myself... gun fights in Cherno, and Elecktro... what about the zombies? I see people running from zombies all the time, i am not about to stop what Im doing to alert the Zombies.. Im too afraid of the zombies killing me to worry about pvp.. That will have to change

[Tonymaroni 4]

The funniest thing about every thread in this campfire section is that everyone talks about tactics of pvp, and gun fights and stuff like that... and all the while, im thinking to myself... gun fights in Cherno, and Elecktro... what about the zombies? I see people running from zombies all the time, i am not about to stop what Im doing to alert the Zombies.. Im too afraid of the zombies killing me to worry about pvp.. That will have to change

zombies are only a threat, as i already explained in the thread, for casual players and noobs like you, no offense.You run into a building, run out on the other side and all zombies are gone.big fucking deal.

stairs provide much more danger than zombies.Only noobs are afraid of zeds.have you ever seen a zombie with an AK shooting at you?

[Mega_Death 23]

zombies are only a threat, as i already explained in the thread, for casual players and noobs like you, no offense.You run into a building, run out on the other side and all zombies are gone.big fucking deal.

stairs provide much more danger than zombies.Only noobs are afraid of zeds.have you ever seen a zombie with an AK shooting at you?

A little harsh but true. The zombies are in issue for the first couple of hours, then you realize they are no threat. Other players are not only the threat, but the enjoyment.

The thing the Arma series has always had are huge maps. Other first person shooters were limited by the maps, the BF series included although larger than most.Smaller maps dictate player flow through the map.

The Arma maps give you the ability to approach from broader angles. Stalking human prey is the challenge, not the zombies.

[tanish 1]

beans for adapting to the game rather than crying about what it takes to succeed.

Adaption, Evolution, whatever you call it, it's needed to survive in Dayz and needed to survive in reality, which is why i love this game

[pepsiblue 8]

Oh. I haven't gotten to that point. Im still a n00b. :) But I enjoy readin about all the bandit shennanigans. I can't wait to be a bandit... :)

[JDCollie 24]

I watched videos on Youtube before I got the game. I rolled into Cherno on my very first spawn with a full KoS mentality; haven't regretted it once yet.

[Jeff B 0]

The thing the Arma series has always had are huge maps. Other first person shooters were limited by the maps, the BF series included although larger than most.Smaller maps dictate player flow through the map.

BF was way better when it wasn't like that. BF3 is all about game-spoiling 'choke points' urgh.

Id absolutely love an arma + bf experience.

Edited July 30, 2012 by Jeff B

[Cyclonis 22]

I watched videos on Youtube before I got the game. I rolled into Cherno on my very first spawn with a full KoS mentality; haven't regretted it once yet.

Here is a champion.