Random Encounters

[sagemred 85]

So over the last couple of days, I've become almost convinced that someone is following me around in DayZ, despite changing names and servers several times. Before a couple of days ago, I had never ALT+F4'ed to avoid death, and trust me, I've died plenty of times. However, I seem to be getting shot at in the most random places in Chenarus and it always seems to be the same drill - AS50 shots from multiple directions. If I'm not being stalked by some hackers then I'm almost certain I'm being found by different groups of hackers coincidently. Now, don't get me wrong, I've come across people in random towns I don't even know the name of, but this has happened to me 4 times in the past two days (one time I didn't ALT+F4 and saw something mighty suspicious).

I wanted to ask you guys:Where is the most random place you have ever been shot at / encountered someone in DayZ and would you have ALT+F4'ed in my situations? (Yes, I feel bad for ALT+F4'ing incase it was legit, but the chances are pretty damn low)

So the first random encounter was with me and four friends running on the hill between Balota and Cherno, all pretty geared (this is probably the one that's most likely legit, but we really weren't so sure). Out of the blue, one of us gets hit. First thought is Cherno rooftop snipers. Then we realised they would have had absolutely no line of sight (We checked anyway and the rooftops were clear). Another one of us goes down. This time at the bottom of the hill, after he ran down to scout it out. This time we all heard the shot come from the bottom of the hill. The last two of my friends head down there while I scan from above. Now, all of a sudden, an AS50 shot lands at my feet and I'm also being shot at by something else from behind me. At this point, my friends have seen no-one at the bottom of the hill, so I ALT+F4 and tell them to do so too because it was just way too suspect.

Komarovo. Me and about 5 other friends logged in there after the sever we were just on timed out (We all had some pretty good gear and we were at Komarovo on the server that timed out because one of us spotted a (probably hacked in) heli down there). So when we got in this new server, a couple of us were on the beach swapping gear and the others were just waiting in the industrial area. All of a sudden, one of our guys on the beach drops dead. AS50. The guy he was trading with tries to run back to the industrial area to take cover but also gets shot. As time goes by, I die on the roof and we're down to 2 people and still no sniper spotted, despite thermal scans. I spawned at Balota, ran back to Komarovo and got shot on the beach close to where my first friend died. Next spawn is Kamenka. One of my friends spawned in wilderness some time before me, so we met up and sprinted unarmed to the hills. No-one. at this point we manage to run back down, loot our bodies and log off.

Next is 1.2km North from the outskirts of Cherno (We were basically on a hill behind a hill behind sniper hill - The important thing to note is that we could NOT see Cherno AT ALL, so there was no reason for any Cherno snipers to be here (also, we weren't heading to Cherno to snipe or anything)). Just me and one other friend this time. I saw a zombie at a house about 400m away and immediately told my friend. He said he was going to thermal sweep it, and as he said that, I looked into my DMR scope. At that moment, AS50 shot comes from the house and my friend is dead. I come out of scope, run to a pine tree to my left and lie down. He took another shot at me but it missed. So, this guy is at the house 400m away, down the front of the hill. I decide the best plan of action is to back away from the tree to keep line of sight broken and run back down the back side of the hill we came from. At one point, I turn around to look up the hill and see a guy in a bandit skin with an AS50 just lying under one of the trees about 15m away. Needless to say, he dropped me. This is the one I didn't ALT+F4 from because I didn't have time, but whoever shot my friend had NO reason to be looking where we were, let alone to be prepared to take a shot before we could even scope in. Also, we didn't return fire so there was no reason for this guy in the bandit skin to be lying under a tree waiting for us.

The last one (and this one could be legit, but it was still in an unlikely place) was just North of Komarovo. Me and some friends found a bus parked in some trees at Stary, so after some action up at the NWAF, we decided to head South. It was night by this point, and the server was (suspiciously) full. Anyway, we got the bus all the way down South, stopping for fuel on the way, when about 300m North of Komarovo, two AS50's begin lighting us up. I ALT+F4'ed immediately at this point because of the three previous experiences of people with AS50's being in places for no particular reason. I understand this one could have been a legitimate encounter because the bus is, well, fucking loud, but Komarovo is usually damn safe.

So I guess this could either be someone stalking me, different hacking occasions, or completely legitimate play which just seems suspicious without seeing the whole picture as to why they were there in the first place.

It'd be interesting to hear what you guys think, and as a kinda tl;dr, I'll say it again - Where is the most random place you have ever been shot at / encountered someone in DayZ and would you have ALT+F4'ed in my situations? (If you can be bothered to read them)

[apache25 133]

this topic has creeped me out i would say that hackers are teleporting to a location near you and using some kind of invisibilty hack

[sagemred 85]

this topic has creeped me out i would say that hackers are teleporting to a location near you and using some kind of invisibilty hack

Well I certainly play more carefully now... ;)

[team_player 42]

Dude your life ain't to bad I was chased by a helicopter across most of the map the running through the forest was the best part and hiding under a tree as it came near

[Alternative_Alien 1]

Like you I always play defensive and try to out manoeuvre, as I like to give others the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately 9 times out of 10 (ok 10 times out of 10) the other person just wants to fill you with holes. It's a shame, because other than stealing a heli I've never intentionally targeted anyone :huh:

Does't help you with your bullet magnet, but certainly reflects on the aggressive nature of almost all players in Rockets little social experiment B)

[root 48]

this topic has creeped me out i would say that hackers are teleporting to a location near you and using some kind of invisibilty hack

yep, this is happening ......

I was on Lingor map with my mate. We were at prison. He was at west hill 10 min before I arrived to North hill. I saw somebody so I went down under bush. We haven't moved for about 20 min (been waiting for that player we saw to appear somewhere) and then suddenly my friend was killed by somebody from behind .... he didn't hear any steps or anything .....

Then in about 1 min later I saw a player from 10 m distance (it was like he spawned there and actually knew where I was), and was approaching directly to my right side. I had free look enabled and saw him sneaking around the bush to my left side. I quickly turned to the left and fired about 10 shoots at his chest from 2 m distance from M14. Nothing happened, he didn't die and killed me with one shoot which came from silenced gun. He was wearing bandit skin.

I'm sure there is some kind of teleport-locate player hack, so watch out.

[sagemred 85]

I'm sure there is some kind of teleport-locate player hack, so watch out.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure of this too, I also heard some hackers can see what gear everyone has, in which case I would be quite a big target.