FYI the latest ARMA2 patch 1.62 lowered many guns' damage values.

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/c ... n_arma2_162_full_details/

Some dumbasses think Rocket nerfed guns randomly but for some reason Bohemia had decided the new values work better for regular ARMA2 damage system and meanwhile the new values makes many guns in Dayz useless.

Hopefully a hotfix coming soon.

Matches! Matches! Then we hunted a good while for animals but nearly ran into another player in the woods.

In the end we ate a whole cow and boar together. Sweet, sweet blood nearly full again.

Finally managed to cram the Arma 2 update on my choked up HD. Anyone online later tonight?

Quote from R3DMAN :

90% Of all players would kill on sight anyway, im just doing what i need to to survive.

Problem with shooting people on sight is that if they were not alone, you just gave a clear message that you are nearby, you are hostile and it's ok to kill you for revenge.

Quote from el pibe :

i was looting the hospital at elektro and i heard gunshots and somebody running. i had my akm on hand and crawl out of the hospital. on my way out i saw this dude with a hatchet trying to kill the zombies that were following him. the thing is that he was in my way so i killed him then i ran my life towards otmel with around 10z chasing me. luckyly i lost them when i went into the water and crossed the river. it was a close call.

NEVER CRAWL if there's a possibility of hostile players nearby (towns, villages, high risk areas). Crawling is good for evading zombies but you're an easy target for people and you can't return fire fast in close quarters while crawling.

Quote from R3DMAN :

Is there a salute option in dayz? I thought there was one but i could be thinking operation flashpoint.

Asterisk or the other funny hat button next to Enter.

Quote from R3DMAN :

I cant believe i sat for days deciding whether or not to buy this!!!

Im completely hooked!!

Any zombie game which forces you to crawl through grass rather than shoot them is doing something right!

I cant believe i played from 5:30pm to 11pm withought even realising! Me n my mate have ventured up to some massive antenna and made camp just outside. Found shit loads of food, ammo guns and all sorts now! Problem is i want more weapons! Lol im running around with an ak74u atm, i did have a lee enfield but i only had 2 bullets left but i really wanted to keep it! oh well needs must i suppose. I went to a hospital to get some blood early on and some guy just kept shooting at me he didnt hit me tho, i layed on a hill with the enfield just lookin around and he sat in a doorway.... Boom! Down he went! As i approached the house he was in i think someone else had the same idea and started shooting at me with a makerov and god knows how he didnt hit me but i managed to get a shot off and got him aswell, quick loot of all bodies and i dissapeared before either came back for revenge!

My current char is about 7/8 hours old now, killed about 12 zombies and murdered 2 ppl.

Id there some general consensus of what you have to do to deem your friendly or is it a case of just do what you need to stay alive?.

There are no rules so you gonna have to make your own. And then abandon them once in a while.

If you encounter another armed player in close quarters and see them first, it's usually wise to either a) stay hidden or b) shoot them if you feel reward is worth the risk and you believe he doesn't have a buddy moving to flank you or sniper cover...

I'd say trust only the people you know in real life. Sure, friendly encounters might happen but high survival instinct's a bitch.

Quote from bbman :

Do you all start via SixLauncher or via Steam? Is it possible to start with the latest beta patch via Steam (some say yes, others no)?

Yes, you can install beta patches from Bohemia's web site on Steam version too.

I have a boxed OA but Arma2 from Steam and I can launch beta-patched Combined Operations via Steam as a non-Steam game. Confused already?

ANYWAY! I'd have an AKM, AKSU-74, Remington 870 pump-action shotgun I'd love to donate to someone! Please get on TS if you need guns. I'm near Bor and backpack is too full to carry all this weaponry.

Scrabby and me wearing my new character went back to the supermarket after clearing some deer stands. We got spotted by a group of zombies so it wasn't exactly the stealthiest insert in Dayz history.

We separated inside to search the market and automatic gun fire ensued from Scrabby's direction. There was someone else looting the market. I don't know who shot first but I turned around and saw bodies lying on the floor, zombies rushing in and muzzle flash and smoke coming from behind a corner while someone was trying to hold them off. I had an AKM with two magazines and approached him. He peeked around the corner and we exchanged mags of 5.45mm through the shelfs in the storeroom and he fell down dead.

I quickly checked that he was dead and went to cover the main entrance and saw someone entering the market with an AKSU. I had better cover behind the cash register. Both managed to fire several rounds. I took a hit to arm and went into shock but he rolled over from several fatal chest hits.

I went back to store room to try to find Scrabby but more zombies rushed in and I went through my last magazine while floor was getting covered in bodies.

Scrabby woke up from unconsciousness only to see a 3rd unknown player rush him with a hatchet (!). Scrabby unloaded a magazine on him while he struck him and they both fell down dead.

I had no bullets left in my AKM. No sidearm. No hatchet. I would have been dead if Scrabby had not managed to stop him.

The sound of flies was thick while I looted the bodies and ran from the market to the woods.

Then I ate some more pizza which was delicious while thanking the zombie Jesus I escaped a full blown close quarters automatic firefight and a hatchetman.

Going online nao.

4G mobile internet.

You can see the PTSD in Mustangman759's thousand yard stare.

Anyone near Bor with a blood pack or cooked meat tonight?

Lovely landscapes all 'ya.

I can't remember what I showed earlier. Here's some random selection of past few months. Not sure if there's much substance to write home about but hopefully some emotion translates.

I axed my way through 30-40 zombies heading to Bor and now I'm down to 2400 blood and fainting constantly. Not looking good. If someone's near Bor, blood transfusion or cooked meat would be much appreciated.

Aaaand I'm dead too.

Someone spawned right in front of me with a ghillie and M107. Shot him 3-5 times to the back with M14. He didn't go down and started chasing me and shot me.

Hacker I presume.

Quote from Mustangman759 :

Spankmeyer is only one of us not to die yet lol

My average life span is about 14 in-game days. I have high self-preservation instincts.

Last edited by spankmeyer, Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:03.

Yeah, that one dude was a dumbass.

Blue truck giveth and blue truck taketh!

http://youtu.be/uN-6Cbowl8s

Total lolocaust at 0:40.

Last edited by spankmeyer, Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:20.

We had quite a fun time tonight.

Operation "Rescuing Scrabby who's stuck in a deer stand with an angry zombie underneath", .50 cal warning shot for a unknown hatchet man, stealing a truck FULL of weapons and stuff, driving around the said truck, picking up other people, some accidents involving the said truck, tens of zombies mowed down in various ways and cooking some boar meat.

Sweet truck we spotted earlier and came back to check it out.



Wroom!



Score!



Backup transportation.

Last edited by spankmeyer, Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:12.

Quote from lukelfs :

What server do you guys normally play on? As I try to stick with EU or UK.

I don't have DayZ on steam but I can add you guys?

UK servers lately as mr. Mustangman759 gets decent ping there from US.

You can add non-Steam games to Steam library so you can see friend activity and use Steam overlay too.

I'm still hanging around Pogorevka if you guys wanna meet tonight. I got some AK mags to deliver.

Quote from Bean0 :

You can outrun zombies, you just need to run halfway across the map to do it.
I'm not sure when they stopped chasing me, but I got most of the way from Elektro to Kozlovka before I stopped to check, and they were gone

You can lose zombies by breaking their line of sight and sneak out of their hearing range.

Had a few hours on 1.7.2 and seemed relatively fine on my end. Loading and character generation took a few minutes on rush hour. My friend on same server told he had lots of strange lag spikes and quite random AI behaviour and sudden death though, so not sure what's going on.

I like the new zombie aggro/didn't notice much difference. Can still crouch walk behind zombies backs' relatively safe and haven't met any superspotting zombies. Read a few whiny threads on the main forum and was like "wtf, how are people playing this game if they can't make it through first town unarmed."

New version's out and the site promptly crashed. Managed to snatch the torrent before a torrent (pun intented) of players tried to download it.

Ran smooth and without problems. Character creation and loading took a while as I guess the Hive is getting hammered. Zombie spotting seems better after a quick test trying to sneak into town.

Steam accounts plox?

-> spankmeyer