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DayZ Newbie

Post by Goryion » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:42 am

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.

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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by ShiftyDevil » Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:54 pm

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.
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by Goryion » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:12 pm

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?

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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by ShiftyDevil » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:07 pm

Goryion wrote: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?
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by the creeper » Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:26 am

I so want to play this. Hopefully later on today i can get it. Then i'll be the :new player: .
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by Goryion » Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:56 am

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!

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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by E.T. EddieTorrez » Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:43 am

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.
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by ShiftyDevil » Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:36 pm

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.
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by E.T. EddieTorrez » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:24 am

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.
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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by BigBiker05 » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:36 am

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

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Re: DayZ Newbie

Post by Rakshasas » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:38 am

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)
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