My 1st Dayz Experiance

[oli83 11]

Got my new Pc a couple of days ago along with a copy of Arma 2 Annerversay edition. Like most people I have been watching all the you tube videos and followng the forums on here till my Pc arrived.

I booted up Dayz for the 1st time last night and I have to say the you tube videos make the game look at lot easier than it is.

My 1st go I died within 30 seconds, aggroed a Zombie and ran up ladder and fell off once i got to the top. Good start :)

My 2nd go I lasted about 30mins, tried to enter a few barns but kept on aggroing zombies and ended up at a city where i found my first weapon, the hatchet. Which by the way is pretty awesome against zombies.......after running and panicing around the city I began to master (i use master very loosely) the art of breaking the zombies line of sight to get away from them. Even though I was able to evade most the zombies I could not find any food anywhere so eventually passed out and got eaten!!!!

My 3rd and final go started me near Elecktro (i think) where after some evasion and 20mins of searching has found me 2 x cans of food and 2 x cans of soda. I have never been so excited about soda and beans before in my life but I was over the moon when I got these. This means I can continue further without the worry of starving.As it was getting late I logged out and cannot wait to get home to continue my journey.

This game is very hard and I love it. I love not starting with a weapon, I love having to scout out an area before moving forward, taking things slow and then have a mad panic when things dont go to plan (which for me seems all the time). This game seems to give you a sense of achievement no other can. I'm yet to come across another player, when I do will I be a friend or a foe? who knows as Im not sure my self yet, I guess it depends on my gear and the actions of the other person but I cannot wait to find out.

Keep up the good work

[Forceflare 166]

Enjoy it while you can. Pretty soon you'll find yourself making rant posts about how terrible hackers and glitches are.

[resin_ 97]

Yea, you'll enjoy the mod a lot longer if you never get attached to your gear (or camps at the moment).

[gambla 118]

My only advice for a newby is to setup

-a macro for a secondary mouse button

-or assign a macro for a key on your keyboard to

AltF4 (kill process) as soon as you see/hear something that looks like a hacker script.

[Peetrik 0]

This story is almost exactly as many others, including my own!

[DazTroyer 227]

It is fun, best game i've played in a good while... :D

(former jaded 360 player)

[DazTroyer 227]

My only advice for a newby is to setup

-a macro for a secondary mouse button

-or assign a macro for a key on your keyboard to

AltF4 (kill process) as soon as you see/hear something that looks like a hacker script.

I know how to bind keys to my mouse, how do i do this? :|

[martink8190@gmail.com 149]

Best of looting luck dude :)