[Guide] Meeting friends 101

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[Guide] Meeting friends 101

Finding out where you are

As I have seen many forum post about game ruining suggestions such as spawning in groups or picking your spawn locations I thought I'd write this little guide on how best to meet your friends and not die in the process. This is not a gearing up guide.

Firstly do not spam respawn until your both in the local area, this puts a massive amount of strain on the server and will slow down not only your connection to the server with the "waiting for server response" but also every other player that wants to help test this game.

Secondly learn the map. Spend a good time out of game learning the map, which towns are situated where, which towns on the coast are next to each other. You should also learn about how to accurately read maps using contour lines and grid referencing so you can tell your friends exactly where you are using a grid reference number.

When you initially spawn you get some writing in the bottom right corner of you screen that gives you your location which means you can work out where you are. You can use this information to give your friend a grid reference so you both know where each of your characters has started.

The rules of meeting up

If you want to meet up quickly without getting shot follow these simple rules.

1. Get off the coast but don't go to far north

Do not sit on the coast line or walk along it this is the biggest mistake, do not follow the major road or rail. This is what most players do when they are trying to meet up and massively increases the chances of you getting killed my other players or by me.

2. Do not go looting or gearing up

However tempting to gear up in the first 10 mins, Don't. You don't need to rush you have plenty of time before your going to run out of food or water.

3. Stay in cover, stick to the forests if you can, beware of roads and other towns as these are major highway routes for players. Also you can work out your exact position from these on the map. If you need to cross in the open its best to crawl.

4. If you must cross a road check before you go steaming across.

How to meet up

Now you know your starting positions you can pick a grid reference to head too, pick one that in the forest and pretty much equal distance from both of you and head there following the rules above.

Heres an example