Perfect bandit moments..

[Esoteric 2]

This is a story of a moment which was all too perfect, if I had a sniper rifle or something at the time, it may have been a bit more successful, none the less, I had a great time.

So! After recently returning to this game I hopped on to a server, looted around a bit till I got a Lee Enfield not long after picking it up I spotted a player running straight towards me, I noticed he was armed so I took aim and fired, 3 shots later he was down, quickly picked up his binoculars and AKM (300m zeroed) and took off.

Around thirty uneventful minutes later I watched the side chat of this server, two players were discussing trading vehicles.. I kept a close eye on the conversation, overtime I had a rough guess at where they might make the trade so I began my run towards the north easterly side of the map.

There was only 6 players online in the server, team of two, team of three and myself. I hadn't said a word so they must have felt comfortable with saying the trade location. 'Meet at the gas station on the road heading north out of Polana'.

The race was on, I was running blind without a map, but in the general direction I figured was Polana. I was racing against a tractor+an ATV that were starting from the north west.

Around 10 minutes later, I found a sign by a road which said something in Russian, for whatever reason I thought it said Polana, I was right! I ran within the treeline of the road until the trees stopped suddenly into a bare field. Zombies were right in front of me, it scared the hell out of me IRL but I slowly crept back in the treeline when I noticed that the zombies were from a gas station. I checked my compass and the road was heading north/south. This is it!

I followed the tree line west and then south so I could get a perfect view of the road, granted, it was 1000m~ away. I could see the bus and the tractor facing each other. The player with the tractor was very nervous about the trade as the players with the bus took a long time choosing a location to trade (setting up overwatch for sure!), although they explained it got a flat tyre.

I carefully scanned the edge of the treeline I was in, no one watching from here. I watched as the player with the tractor try and fix the buses tyre. When I was finished looking through my binoculars I pulled out my AKM and began taking pop shots, instantly the reaction from the tractorman popped up on sidechat 'WTF DONT SHOOT!' I could see a small figurine running around the bus as I continued to spray into the bus. After I expended around 20 bullets I began running for a new position, all the while laughing irl.

I spotted a small shrub/tree line heading east back towards the road, I went prone and began to make my slow way forward when I saw on the chat 'wth cant believe u took this long to double cross me', as I finished reading that I watched a tractor flying down the road towards Polana. That was the end of that trade. I continued to make my way slowly down towards the bus, after 15 long minutes I got within good view of the bus as I lay inside a bush near the road.

I waited.. and waited.. getting pretty tired irl.. no one had come to the bus.. so I made my move, I ran to the bus noticed I couldn't check its gear (later found out you had to be a passenger), disapponted, I ran on the side of the bus and shot out every tyre when suddenly other shots rang past me, I had no idea where, but I knew I had been beaten. Patience was key! I died, not disappointed whatsoever as I couldn't have imagined a better way to go.

Thanks to the players in this scenario!

TL;DR: I had fun!

Do you have a perfect bandit moment?!

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

Perfect bandit fail, if i ever saw one.

Sounds like you wouldn't be much of a bandit without side chat either, lol.

Edited September 17, 2012 by BioHaze

[Yliparoni 7]

You managed to murder someone, then get shot attempting a robbery?

Nice work. I wish more bandits were like you.

[callmesarge 79]

Yesterday, I was killed sniping Stary Sobor. I respawned in cherno, and ran to the supermarket. Got a backpack, food and a lee enfield. Hit the church for ammo, and decided to exit east, past the factory. I had no axe, so I entered the factory on the east and started looking around. I am on the second floor, and I turn back towards the stairs to see a ghillie guy, with his back to me, looking at the city.

He must have just logged in, or he would have seen me when I entered. The first leeroy shot knocked him out, the second broke his leg and the third, forth or fith did him in (no such thing as overkill). I nabbed an AS50, L85, beaucoup ammo, Alice pack, and a full set of tools inc rangefinder, GPS and NVG. Fastest re gear ever.

I decided it was time to GTFO, and began to exfil to the NE, when I saw a player 100m ahead doing the same thing. My leeroy fire had attracted zombies, so they were on my arse. She got the good news from 1/2 a STANAG clip, but I did not stop to loot as I was already well geared and flapping a bit from the exposure, and blood loss from zombie hits. I ran north to the hills, feeling like a bad ass bandit!

[mattdbx@yahoo.com 180]

Perfect bandit fail, if i ever saw one.

Sounds like you wouldn't be much of a bandit without side chat either, lol.

Banditry is not about the end result, but the fun you have along the way... and seeing as how the end result is usually death...as long as he enjoyed himself, (and fucked up their trade) this could be seen as his perfect bandit moment. For you, maybe you would have liked to kill all those involved and gotten away in the tractor...but to each his own.

[Sarevok (DayZ) 10]

I killed 2 players in one sitting today without taking a single hit using an AK 74U. They were carrying an MP5SD and an M16A2. It was really fun ^^

[Esoteric 2]

@ first two posts, if your perfect bandit moment is bashing others on forums, well done!

I could have done much better, however considering I had very little resources (both time and weaponry) I did just fine!

To me, banditry isn't about killing a random player in cherno to take their beans and lee enfield. Needs some risk involved.

@OhShitSarge

Nice kills! Killing a player while being pressured from chasing zombies takes skill!

[codave 121]

The other day I was running low on supplies, and I hadn't found any matches yet. I looted around Balota real fast and decided to head up to Zelenogorsk to see if I could nab some food, and if I was lucky, matches.

I had just stopped and proned out in the treeline to give it a quick look to see if any Zombies had spawned, and a player comes running up the hill into the trees a few meters to my left. I don't think he saw me at all, but I hit him in the legs with the Enfield and he went down. He started to bandage himself, so I had plenty of time to line up a solid shot to his noggin.

The guy had like 10 cans of beans... and a box of matches. Exactly what I came for, and it worked out perfectly.

I can't recall another time when a player had exactly what I wanted on him at the time. I've gotten much better loot many times, but it was never the ONE thing I needed, just as I needed it.