Tent Traps ... just a couple tips

[P5ykoOHD 63]

Ok, so I have been seeing this alot in the pst few dayz (ikr, bad pun !) and I feel really sorry for people who just don't think it through ...

So here are 2 tips, one for the Survivors and one for the Bandits who lay the trap.

@ Survivors:

A tent is usually something good for you, as I believe most survivors get their gear by Looting and well, when you spot a tent, it's bliss in your pants.

However, as said above, I see more and more bandits planting tents, not to stock loot, but as traps.

So my tip for the survivors when encountering a non consealed tent, is to actually sprint up to it, maintain "Alt" and look at the tent when running past it.

If you see a logo of a weapon and what appears to be 3 mags below it, appear, the tent is empty, so continue sprinting and gtfo of the area.

A sprinting target, (althought not for an experienced sniper) will be a harder target to hit.

Zig Zag when you sprint out of the zone.

Edit: There is usually no point in zig zaging when going towards the tent, as anyone with a brain will rather shoot once you are at the tent looting it ...

@ Bandits:

Wtf are you thinking ?

An empty Tent = trap ?

NO !

Drop an empty tin inside ... anyone with a little bit of experience will notice it's empty and gtfo of the zone, you are only fooling the nubz, not the people you are actually trying to get loot from.

So drop an empty tin, or anything you don't necessarly need inside of it.

And also, don't camp the tent in the obvious high overlook position, it's way too obvious.

Just my 2 cents.

Edited August 15, 2012 by P5ykoOHD

[douwethaman 3]

great tip for me as a survivor, i've played alot. i have survived for 5 days straight now, got a DMR with 9 mags and the biggest backpack filled with food and drinks. but i never noticed that icon when there is something in the tent!

[Stworca 87]

When i spot unconcealed tents, i just leave bear traps around them.

[P5ykoOHD 63]

When i spot unconcealed tents, i just leave bear traps around them.

I heard beartraps are practically useless ...

But it would be a viable tool associated with the lure that is a tent ... as running by the tent will trigger the traps and slow the retreat :P

thx, I will now start looking for traps xD

[Stworca 87]

Nobody sprints around bear-trap tents, unless they can apply morphine before hitting the ground with their forehead.

[P5ykoOHD 63]

Nobody sprints around bear-trap tents, unless they can apply morphine before hitting the ground with their forehead.

Are Bear traps "that" visible ?

[ACOGshot 38]

I spent the majority of yesterday camped on the Elektro Hospital roof, overlooking the school, with my stocked-full-of-shit tent at the main entrance to the school, I am armed with an M14 AIM and around 10 DMR clips (yes, I have been stockpiling for such a session). I am currently sat on 19 murders and 6 bandit kills, so it DOES work. I have only been spotted once, but due to the superiority of the position, the unfortunate hero wasted many bullets and gave away his position to me.

[Stworca 87]

Unless it was fixed, bear traps can actually disappear, and still remain 'there'. Which leads to broken legs 'out of nowhere'.

An optimist could think that every time you break your leg while crouching inside a building, or falling from 5 inches, there is actually an invisible bear trap responsible for that.

That same optimist would also broadcast that he's friendly, while entering Cherno.

To answer your question : Unless you look at your legs, you can easily miss a bear trap, if it even is still visible at all.