The thrill of surviving with a buddy...

[Sinaz20 0]

Part 1: We Spurn Our Brothers

Linked up with a buddy in Chenarus. We respawned to give us both a fresh start and not have to sprint across the map from corner to corner to meet.

Made way to the apartments and hospital in Cherno.

Bounded to the northern most building, checking the windows for movement. Looked clear, moved in. Cleared building, took turns looting while the other covered the front door. Found a Winchester, no ammo, odds and ends... mostly soda. My buddy found a 1911.

Covered each other across the expanse to the apartment building catercorner to the one we were in. Repeated clearing process and looting turns. Found another Winchester for my buddy, no ammo.

Suddenly-- "Whoa-- someone is entering the building across the way!" My buddy is watching out the 2nd story landing.

"Hospital?"

"No. The apartments we were just in-- shit, there's two of them!"

"Keep your eye on the building, let's wrap up here." I go about searching.

"I see him in the up stairs window." Then gunfire. Realized he was shooting Zeds. We wait, spying out the windows to see what's going to transpire.

"Shit! He's coming our way!-- Both of them!"

"I'll tell them to go away."

"No, just take them out."

We quickly get into position- my buddy stays up high providing security, I cover the stairs.

The first guy comes up slowly, covering his corners well. As soon as I have a clear shot, I unload half a clip from my Makarov. He goes down, but sends a lucky bullet through me. I'm immediately low on blood. I manage to bandage, but we are jockeying roles on the stairs in case the infiltrator's friend follows up.

I manage to stabilize, but I'm hyperventilating and in shock. Buddy covers me with his 1911.

We look into the guy's pack and find blood... lots of it. We manage to patch me up-- transfusion, morphine, pain killers. Essentially, field surgery.

I elect to cover the stairs waiting for the 2nd survivor, tell my buddy to hurry up and clear the building.

Part 2: An Opportunist Announces Himself

We decide to move to the next building-- Buddy covers flank from doorway while I bound to the apartment.

I get to the alley quickly check my corner and spot a dead survivor-- our infiltrator's buddy, agroed by Zed. I stop to investigate. We find some more useful gear and Winchester shells.

I suggest my buddy make his way to the apartment while I cover him from the alley.

He makes his way towards the door and a bullet skips off the asphalt. My buddy leaps for the door.

"SNIPER! SNIPER!"

We figure the shot came from down the road, but we can't spot him.

I make a mad dash into the building.

We clear the building, and begin spotting out the windows.

We can't find this guy, and we want to leave.

I go back down to the front door and try leaning out to do some spotting. PAP PAP PAP! Shots impact all around me, I duck back inside.

My buddy alerts me, "Oh, I got him-- He's on the silos."

I move up to the window to confirm.

We make a plan. I will provide cover fire- my buddy will make a dash across the asphalt.

I fire on the sniper with the Winchester-- I know it's unlikely I'll hit him, but I do manage to chase him from his perch. My buddy makes his dash. Success.

I move down to the door ready to make my sprint.

"Hold! He's back-- wait for my signal." My buddy takes aim from the edge of the Hospital. Fires a few rounds.

"GO!"

I sprint. Make it to the Hospital.

We hunker down for a moment and listen for Zed-- a few are agroing, but we don't have a fix. We let them come, and I take them all down with my Makarov-- no sense inviting more Zed to us.

We exfil along the groves to the north... we're moving slow, checking our line of sight to the silos.

Fortunately, we see a broadcast of our sniper's demise. We're home free.

My buddy is aching to tell me something.

"You know when you were bleeding out and I was covering you?"

"Yeah, thanks."

"I didn't have any ammo for my 1911." :s

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

good read :D

and the ending made me lol

[septuscap 42]

NO THIS NEVER HAPPENS IN THE GAME U JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GET SHOT OR GET THE JUMP ON A GUY ASDKA;SLDGH;

/sarcasm

[Sinaz20 0]

NO THIS NEVER HAPPENS IN THE GAME U JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GET SHOT OR GET THE JUMP ON A GUY ASDKA;SLDGH;

/sarcasm

Well... to be perfectly honest... about 5 minutes later, we were in the forest sorting loot. My buddy, who is still a little new to the Arma II interface was fumbling about, and I was trying to help him through the gear menu...

When some dude walked up on us and shot us both before we could close our menus.

So-- we went from this great tactical infil/exfil to death by stupidity. :D

[Tr1x 53]

makes me want to get my buddy to play with me even more, wish he'd hurry and buy this game :P

[septuscap 42]

Well... to be perfectly honest... about 5 minutes later' date=' we were in the forest sorting loot. My buddy, who is still a little new to the Arma II interface was fumbling about, and I was trying to help him through the gear menu...

When some dude walked up on us and shot us both before we could close our menus.

So-- we went from this great tactical infil/exfil to death by stupidity. :D

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I'd bet money the guy who shot you both heard the earlier shots and was watching a good bit of it. Maybe you should've sprinted a while longer before fumbling through your gear :D

[CommodoreFrank 13]

Yeah, playing with a buddy with tense moments is a heck of a lot of fun. I was having an incredibly good time tonight scavenging with my friend, and then it just got destroyed when I made the mistake of looking for some good equipment, getting 1 shot from who knows where. Hours and hours of nighttime accomplishment down the drain.

[imdrunk 0]

absolute newbies are quite friendly