Shoot on sight vs The No.1 rule of DayZ

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

Sharing my playstyle for the shake of playstyle-sharing.

*Draws a circle of 10m radius.*

This is my space. Nobody gets in my space.

If you are in my space, you will get shot.

If I approached you to make you stand in my space, you don't point your gun at me.

If those rules are followed, I will never shoot unless shot at.

I help people every chance I get. I'll go as far as to let them loot first, if I happen to group up with someone, while I'm guarding the entrance in case of zombies and people. If I see a player in the distance, no matter if he has a Makarov or an AS50 and Ghillie suit, I'll go around them. I enjoy being stealthy more than drunk from bloodlust.

Whenever I'm playing with my friends, I'm the spotter for the group. If I see someone(read: you), your life is in my hands. I'll let the group know where you are and most of the time I decide whether we take the shot or not. But I'll be the last one to shoot.

I have my volume as high as possible(Though not high enough to make me deaf.) So I'll hear anything and anyone in the proximity.

I'll be the one who decides the routes through villages, towns and even cities. I'm that pawn you can send in first to see if there's a player in the room, as I'm probably the fastest one of our group to find my way to where I need to go, alive.

Edited September 14, 2012 by Dancing.Russian.Man

[kebman 213]

You, Sir, are not worthy of a reply because you've misunderstood the nature of DayZ entirely by claiming there is a "first rule of DayZ". There are no rules of DayZ, however if you want, you may try to survive, and if that is what you endeavour, then that gives you a few precautions to consider in order to complete your quest, however you've seen fit to undertake it.

[Red_Sky 140]

You, Sir, are not worthy of a reply because you've misunderstood the nature of DayZ entirely by claiming there is a "first rule of DayZ". There are no rules of DayZ, however if you want, you may try to survive, and if that is what you endeavour, then that gives you a few precautions to consider in order to complete your quest, however you've seen fit to undertake it.

Ehem,

1. As said, I am not questioning the functionality of a sandbox game and used the term "No.1 / 1st rule of DayZ" to connect with the simpletons like you.

Obviously I have failed. Read both the words and their true meanings.

If you're really going to take the word "rule" in that single point of view, then I doubt you're capable of a worthy reply.

If I changed it to "The No.1 Tip of DayZ" would you have a different answer?

You're a fucking idiot.

[Rifle Eyez 34]

Being realistic here the whole reason 95%+ of players gear up isn't too ''survive'', it's to go PVP other players regardless of if you admit it or not. Otherwise, why not just spend your time in serious low pop servers sitting in the middle of the woods for hours, then occasionally heading down to a supermarket/small town for some supplies.

I don't mean straight deathmatching in cherno/electro however, but realistically once you've farmed loot and got fully geared, m4 cco sd, as50, ghillie, nvg's whatever what ELSE do you do then? I actually believe PvP is one of the most interesting parts of day-z, seeing as there's literally nothing else to do. Compared to straight PvP deathmatch games the manner in which you get into the engagement is the interesting part. It's not insta-spawn like cod, or you get all your gear back, and the map being as it is you can approach every situation differently. From 1000m away with a as50, ghillied up and in a forest overlooking a field or from 20m away ambushing a few dudes with a silenced m4. PvP is what makes day-z exciting imo. The potential to be ambushed or sniped on your next step is what keeps a majority of players playing imo. Otherwise you'd have no fear, no adrenaline rush, nothing. Then it's just a extremely poor sandbox mod with a bad variety of zombies and few enterable buildings. Hell, without PvP Just Cause 2 is a better game.

And I don't purposely hunt ''new'' spawns on the coast, if anything i've been known to give them basic gear just to make their day haha. but you bet i'm nailing everyone else I come across. Although I will say I usually do try and team up or call friendly first, i wouldn't play with a dude for a hour then just kill him.

[skoda 1]

trust no one -

i shot two dudes in 2 months - one started opening fire at me ( i had hero skin) and i straif and return fire one shot one kill that nub

and the other one wanted my car - well best luck respawning

i always have direct com on and talk 60 % are friendly on our server rest gets wiped - also i am never alone and if you see two dudes with assault rifles and ax u think twice before engaging

i love this athmosphere - of not knowing whats gonna go down - but i also hate those cod fags who open up w/o thinking/talking

[Red_Sky 140]

trust no one -

i shot two dudes in 2 months - one started opening fire at me ( i had hero skin) and i straif and return fire one shot one kill that nub

and the other one wanted my car - well best luck respawning

i always have direct com on and talk 60 % are friendly on our server rest gets wiped - also i am never alone and if you see two dudes with assault rifles and ax u think twice before engaging

i love this athmosphere - of not knowing whats gonna go down - but i also hate those cod fags who open up w/o thinking/talking

edit: yeah I dont blame you for just going all out near the coast.

I don't understand people that want to meet up in cities...

Edited September 14, 2012 by Red_Sky

[Tek (DayZ) 95]

THIS IS A VIDEO GAME! Any real theoretical real world "this is what would happen" scenario's got checked into the dumpster at the click of the join button. Again, THIS IS A VIDEO GAME!

Why people get upset over getting killed in a video game is beyond me. You see it all the time on these boards... someone crying about people who KOS, or kill in general... how they are immoral, unethical, greifers, or <insert favorite expletive>. I see it on Lingor island also, on the servers with side chat enabled... Someone dies and the next thing you see from them is A-HOLE!!! Or Hacker!! Or <insert crying expletive>!

It's a VIDEO GAME!

You may want to survive, and team up, and sing kumbaya next to a campfire. But I do not. You're not part of my group, therefore you are a target, and you will be shot. It doesn't matter what gear you may or may not have, how nice or mean you might be. We challenge ourselves by hunting survivors (geared or not geared) in this game. We find it challenging, fun, and exciting.

It's a VIDEO GAME!

When people understand this simple fact, that this is a VIDEO GAME, and that the only rule in DayZ is to survive, then people will have more fun, feel more free. You may want to RP someone who hoardes and gathers as many people to his side. I want to RP wielding that axe chasing you down, or AKM, or M24, or makarov.

After all, THIS IS A VIDEO GAME!

Edited September 14, 2012 by Tek

[Dankine 377]

don't get attached to your gear in no way invalidates killing others in trying to stay alive, it's just about the reaction after you inevitably die.

saying that the first rule makes shooting one of the last considerations is just dim.

[JackONeill (DayZ) 15]

Yeah I came across a player sitting beside 2 vehicles both broken, in stary sobor, watched him for a while looked like his was assessing the damage. I walked up and said hello both in chat and on the keyboard, he simply ran behind one of the vehicles opposite me, i could tell he was going to shoot, so I ducked behind a nearby fence before he had a chance to open up, and i called friendly again, he charged me opened fire, and i returned one round. I was going to help him, now hes gone I have had mostly bad luck like this with other players they have all but 1 have shot on sight at me on numerous servers even if I call out to them first, I thought we could have had a cool 2 car convoy of some sort but I guess he wanted them both, sad really playing alone is not as fun. I have been playing for about 2 months.

[Dynami 18]

If I'm alone I get really social to try to find a buddy or something to adventure with. After that I become real cautious for me (and my newly found pal). When we come across others I observe, let them do their thing and leave. If they have something I REALLY want (Coyote backpack!!!) I *might* try to kill or hold them at gunpoint.

I really enjoy the social interactions this game produces and I honestly think the social part is what made this game in the first place. I feel like we've kind of lost that value. I used to be extremely attached to this game as far as worrying about dying, being scared and such. Now that really doesn't happen anymore, I don't know if its the community changing.. or I'm just getting better? :P

2 strict rules I follow:

1) Never kill a newspawn.. what's the point

2) Don't kill an unarmed.. again what's the point

[Just a Goat 25]

Nobody in this game is "not a threat" unless you know them personally. That guy you see with empty hands may still have a weapon, and even if he doesn't, he may be eyes-on-target for someone else. Same goes for competition - you're competing with everyone that you don't know personally.

There is one "thing" in this game that you can have an unlimited amount of, that that thing is "people who don't have as many resources and capabilities as I do".

This doesn't mean you have to KOS, but you cannot argue that people who do are not bettering themselves. It's not simply that they find "killing more fun than helping" - they find it more useful, because it is. People shooting out of fear aren't doing it out of a coherent KOS policy, they're doing it because they're idiots who panic while playing a computer game.

You may choose to avoid other players instead of killing them out of personal preference or because it's safer to do so at that moment, but it's not inherently any better for you in the long run. Most likely worse. But hey, that's your call.

Like in most games, most DayZ players are complete idiots. They have nothing to offer anybody, and they should honestly just stop being outraged that someone decided to shoot them instead of playing Post-Apocalyptic Pattycake with them. I suspect that the awful players who die of starvation 3 times in an single evening are a bit to dim to understand this, or that not everyone fails like that.

Edited September 16, 2012 by Just a Goat