Risk vs Reward as a starting bandit

[Slide885 59]

Sure, maybe I die alot. I'm getting smarter all the time. Me and my partner don't like to camp. We spot a target and stalk him in a city. Ambush him, or pin him in a building. I'm learning what to look out for from other bandits all the time. I love the intensity of pvp in this game. Anyways...

I keep trying to convince my crew that after we get medium gear (AKMs, 1866s and what not) we should leave electro/cherno and go to Stary, or the NWAF for pvp. They are discoraged by how easy it is to die and spend 30 minutes running back. How do other bandit groups deal with this risk vs reward delima? Does it come down to secureing a camp or car, having your buds camp your dead body, or is it all about just playing so cautiously you never die?

[Orbmaniac 7]

i spend my life in 15-30 player servers mostly, and have never meet others in NW airfield, i think people believe that its to dangerous, and therefore so few come. but i might be that one in a million who dont meet people :P. but still, you should be as much carefull as possible around that part.

spend time looking over the areas, if in group we always have 1 or 2 covering us. so if you think/see someone is down there, make a quick sweep in the airfield edges before opening fire.

hot tip: if you are in a area where its many people, i would search empty areas on the map for cars, tents ETC, since people like to hide cars, i found a V3S Civilian and 3 tents loaded with goddies that way.

[Outypoo 59]

Groups, start as a survivor, move to bandit, then back to survivor = Profit.

[DrunkPunk 159]

Accept the fact that you will die, lose your gear and have to spawn on the coast again. No amount of preparation will change that fact. Once you come to terms with that, and develop a quick system for running through the coastal towns and gearing up well enough to survive again, you'll be set.