DayZ Newbie

[Goryion]

Any advice from the veterans? I just started and I'm having a bit of a rough start. Zombie routinely see me when I'm crouched 3-400 meters away during the day.

I ended up starting near a small town, so I've had a rough time of finding supplies, in fact, the only way I got water was killing a zombie that had an empty water bottle and filling that. (After my water icon had been blinking for about 5-10 minutes!) It seems impossible to loot the small towns without a lot of ammo, and I'm down to 2 LE rounds.

[ShiftyDevil]

1. Hop on TS to see if any DayZ vets are on.

2. Don't let Zeds intimidate you. Use buildings to your advantage. If you have a train take them in a building with multiple exits.

3. Use http://dayzdb.com/map

4. Hit grocery stores, and apartments when possible.

5. Get a map in game and use way points (shift + left click with map open)

6. Don't become reliant on the in game map to navigate.

[Goryion]

Thanks. My trouble has been finding buildings with more than 1 exit. Been stuck in dinky little towns. I spawned in electro or cherno once, and a full ghili suited sniper chased me into the coffee shop and unloaded with an AR. (He had been sniping me when I hit the fire stations.) Which channel is the one you guys use the most? 3?

[ShiftyDevil]

Thanks. My trouble has been finding buildings with more than 1 exit. Been stuck in dinky little towns. I spawned in electro or cherno once, and a full ghili suited sniper chased me into the coffee shop and unloaded with an AR. (He had been sniping me when I hit the fire stations.) Which channel is the one you guys use the most? 3?

Which ever.

The main people who play are:

Me
Betteh
BigBiker
Bats
SoupNazi
Taco...

I'm sure I'm forgetting people.

[the creeper]

I so want to play this. Hopefully later on today i can get it. Then i'll be the .

[Goryion]

I got eaten and respawned near Cherno. That with a few friendlies running around has changed my luck. I've got a pretty good kit right now. Yay!

[E.T. EddieTorrez]

My early advice would be to get away from the coast as soon as you can. With so many players in such a small area you've got a high probablilty of being spotted and subsequently killed. If you're still by Chern I'd suggest heading Northwest to Zelenogorsk, it has a grocery store and not many players travel to it. For me it was a great staging town for getting supplies prior to setting off for the Northern part of the map.

[ShiftyDevil]

I'm trying to take a relaxing weekend, so I should be around.

If you guys wanna play some DayZ add me to Steam Friends and hop in TS.

I can hook you guys up, take you to the airfield, etc.

[E.T. EddieTorrez]

Yesterday I was doing pretty well. Fixed up a truck, raided Stary and a crash site. To bad the server I was on either messed up or my truck was stolen but atleast I still have my L85a2. I will most likely be heading out for a day in the cities today but if I see you on teamspeak I'll pop in to say hi Shifty.

[BigBiker05]

There is a patch coming September 6th. At this point the server will be updated to the newest version.

[Rakshasas]

Hey Biker, where are you seeing information about this patch? I've been checking out the dayzmod.com forums for any news, and all I've seen is a post from Rocket saying that 1.7.3 is not ready. (Aug 31)

[BigBiker05]

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/top ... ntry785106

https://twitter.com/rocket2guns/status/ ... 0662347776