Question about playing with a friend

[shokaloop 1]

When it comes to starting out fresh and playing with a friend of mine how would this work?

Do we spawn on opposite sides of the map and we have to meet up in game? Or can we join with each other and start next to each other?

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

you will be spawned randomly, chance will have you spawn next to each other but more often than not one will probably spawn in Kamenka and the other at Three Valleys

[Helson 17]

you will be spawned randomly, chance will have you spawn next to each other but more often than not one will probably spawn in Kamenka and the other at Three Valleys

Yep that's right that's why it's useful to atleast mic chat on Skype or Teamspeak to atleast know where you guys are and where you guys will meet. And it's also useful to have a DayZ map open.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

It can be a pain in the arse, one spawns here and the other a way away. Me and my friends don't have ts or any other way of communicating in game we resorted to text messaging each other directions, which is bloody hard if you have not played before.

Have you ever given instructions and followed information from friends who have never played?

"where are you?"

"in a field"

"which field?"

"the one with loads of trees near the edge"

I need to invest in some in game comms!