Your Campsites and Looting

[talkingcactus 11]

During your first 8 or so hours playing Day Z I'm sure many of you simply walked from town to town expecting a surprise of some kind to find you. You also probably watched many streams and videos where people tell you to "Stay out of Cherno and Elektro". So you did. This would ultimately be your downfall in some cases, whether it was apparent or not. The choice to stay out of towns because you're paranoid of snipers was probably controlling where you went. If you didn't have someone to play with during this time then you were probably trying to get your friends in on DayZ around your 10 hour mark. A friend is all you need when playing to make this a more enjoyable experience. Now at this point you may have just ran into plenty of high-loot areas like airfields and what not without a worry in your mind of other players or snipers. This is where you're going wrong. The first time that someone pulls the trigger 700km away with an AS50 without you knowing until it's too late. That's the time you play more tactically, more anxious about other players when turning that corner into a hangar in the airfield, when walking the stairs in the control tower, or opening those doors on the barracks. You start to slow down. This is when you may get tired of dying with all your gear you and your friend(s) have collected over hours of gameplay. You start to think of ways to horde items, to get an easy start when you respawn on those shores. To have some backup beans somewhere where nobody else will find it.

20-30 hours in.This is where this game starts turning toward an MMO more than an FPS. Playing tactically is a NECESSITY, and you've saved yourself by looting with caution. Then suddenly over the course of a week, you may have 5 or more tents in a location, guns, beans, ammo, blood bags, morphine. etc. stashed in each one. But there's one problem some face. Getting to your tents can take a while. 5-10 minutes from the nearest town usually. You need a ride, an ATV, pickup truck, GAZ, UAZ, a bus even. This can sometimes be the longest step in being self-sustainable and battle-ready between lives. In my opinion the best vehicle you can acquire is the bike, it self-repairs, never needs gas, and can get you from Cherno to the NW airfield in 20 minutes or less. Although it carries no gear which can be a downside. At this point the game is like an MMO ina way. It's like you're gearing up at your camp to fight a boss to get the best loot in the game. bring only what you need to get you there and back safely. This means having plenty of space to store your precious loot in your pack. If your camp is far away from these high-activity areas (which it should) then you need enough food at your camp to feed you each and every time you come back to it.

So my question to you all, do you have a camp set up? Is it just you alone, or with other people/ your clan? Have you ever been raided? Do you have a vehicle to transport items? Are you more towards banditry or survival? Where do you loot, and how do you get there/back? Please no server names (ex: US_####, UK_####). Include the general location (ex: north-western corner in the woods). How much loot have you got stashed in your tents?

My camp is around the western edge of Chernarus, we routinely take bikes to the NW airfield and loot the barracks and tower (sometimes the hangars too). We consist of 4 people and we have 5 tents. We have weapons ranging from Winchesters to an M107. We shoot anyone near our camp and if we see them while looting military items.

[sonicrainbrony 136]

You're a talking cactus? AWESOME.

[Khyron_UN 14]

I started playing more in a survival mode, however, im noticing that I'm having to lean more toward killing anyone I see, After being killed by more then one hacker / script kiddie I'm starting to be more offensive.

Yes I play as a clan, several small camps around the map as to not have all our eggs in one basket. We did when we started, only to have scripters teleport to us, Map us, then blow everything up.

BE is getting better, but last night me and a clan make had a scripter chase us and kill us, I didn't see anything in the logs because well, ran the update and forgot to update a few things.... so it's my bad as well.

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

Yes our clan does have a camp set up, any extra supplies gained on our travels get put there incase of emergencies etc. same applies if any vehicles are found... just nice to know there is backup if we ever need it.

[Professional N00b 347]

So my question to you all, do you have a camp set up? Is it just you alone, or with other people/ your clan? Have you ever been raided? Do you have a vehicle to transport items? Are you more towards banditry or survival? Where do you loot, and how do you get there/back? Please no server names (ex: US_####, UK_####). Include the general location (ex: north-western corner in the woods). How much loot have you got stashed in your tents?

I play solo and as such have no need for tents. I find weapons I will use and carry those, there's no need for me to stash additional weapons and then worry about them getting stolen. Plus with the many bugs regarding vehicles and tents, along with the duping problems, it's really just better to not use them unless needed anyway.

Besides, if I had everything I could ever need for several lifetimes stored in my tents, the game would get quite boring.

[sonicrainbrony 136]

And on-topic, I rarely use tents, for I mostly solo (used to play with a friend but he kinda lost interest)

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

And on-topic, I rarely use tents, for I mostly solo (used to play with a friend but he kinda lost interest)

Come join me, need another few Bronies for a group attached to my main clan