How to be friends with random survivors you meet

[Jepix 20]

Hey there, fellow survivor.

Feeling insecure, scared, even completely terrified to meet another survivor? Here are some basic tips & tricks how to gain someone's trust! (I'm not saying this will ALWAYS work...)

1) Learn the lay of the land and the cities, you have more friendly survivors running around in the cities than on the northern towns/military spawns/big hills. Those are PvP areas. But if you get shot in let us say Cherno or Elektro, the other guy's probably scared shitless and panicks and not out for random people to kill with his AS50 on a grassy hilltop.

2) Spot him first. Hide, camp, get a decent gun & camp the top of the firestation for lookout. Your random survivor might be fighting zeds and looting buildings, try to follow him and if he gets close, warn him first over direct chat!!.

3) Either he runs scared, or he knows you are there, you said you were 'friendly!' and he will try and investigate. Now try and get in his visual line of sight, but still well hidden (pop only your head out of a wall and say 'friendly don't shoot i can see you!' or something).

4) By now whether you pop out your head several times, run by him quickly, or stalk him from the back when he's looting, he might have that feeling ''If he wanted to shoot me, he had plenty of oppertunities by now''. Be cautious, but come closer a bit, try and gain his trust by not shooting his skull open on sight. Most survivors will by now give you the same trust you give them, a silent agreement of not shooting eachother, but remain cautious.

5) Each person may react differently, but having numerous oppertunities to kill them and yet you didn't, will make them a lot less hostile towards you. Give him a bloodbag transfusion, or a gun and some ammo if he only has an axe or nothing at all.

6) Have fun with your newly acquired buddy as you both run through Cherno or Elektro or any other city.

7) Don't run straight infront of people out of nowhere! It scares them, even if you yell friendly quickly, they will still shoot you because the hughe adrenaline rush they get from suddenly seeing a dude run by him with an M4 or so.

A recap => Make sure they know you see them, help them by medical treatment or by saving them/helping them shoot zombies, give them ammo, etc..., have fun with your newly acquired buddy.

(based on several true stories of mine, the best is where i played for almost 2 hours with a guy running around the city helping others, as most people won't try and shoot 2 at once because they know they die too, giving guns, ammo, food, drinks, bloodbags etc...)

Have fun, be cautious but not a KOS! ;-)

[SoulAssassin808 13]

Somehow when I ran towards another player in cherno with my axe yelling "FREEEEEEDOM!!!!" over direct chat he started shooting me....

Random people are not nice in video games, try and find a group is the best idea for playing with others

[Bobcomss 189]

Somehow when I ran towards another player in cherno with my axe yelling "FREEEEEEDOM!!!!" over direct chat he started shooting me....

Random people are not nice in video games, try and find a group is the best idea for playing with others

Funny..I get the same response...

Too OP,

he idea is good and I would say 10% of people I have helped have carrie don being helpfull...

The other 90% have either been more then happy to let me run to there aid, even killing another player to save them, but as soon as they get a weapon they shoot you without warning or provocation....but I remain true and try to be friendlily and those 10% that are genualy happy for the help make up for it :)

AJ

[CoolCain10 55]

Good tips and also if you see a guy being followed by zeds tell them over vlop "I'm going to kill those eds which are following you" this normally gains there trust also i've never had a guy shoot me after I gave him a gun