I have killed 3 players in the 3 weeks of play i have done and they all shot first .

Had a 3 man element looking over story sunday and we had eyes on a lone guy running back to the s. He was 200 meters or so down the hill from us, just watched him go by and then we headed out N.
I knew at the point i was with the right folks for my playstyle, armed to the teeth and no interest in the PVP madness gripping DAYZ :}

Still only killed one guy in slef defence, he shot first but he only had a mak, i had a lee enfield i just picked up as my winnie had run out of ammo. He had a mate with him who finished me off but i got a few more shots off and just as i was dying i saw a multitude of zeds running in so i hope they got him

I still dont shoot on site and have managed to hook up with people and have some good treks this way.

Mostly i will observe if i see someone and then have a chat and see how it rolls, i still prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt and generally it works.

Trying to be friendly, but I'm getting aggravated by bandits.

Now that I have a ghillie suit, life seems much easier.

Also, when I play solo, I only do it on servers that are in a night cycle.

Ghillie suit + night = super invisible ninja.

Can't wait to find a silenced weapon to complete my Day Z black hole effect

Don't forget NVG's

I've yet to find any myself.

I've killed 3 survivors and 3 bandits. The bandits were no big deal, and my first survivor kill was a guy in Stary that had just ambushed and killed another, but I guess all kills are murders now. The second survivor was probably AFK when I killed him, but I came into the room and he kinda surprised me so I lit him up...... had tears in my eyes as I took his Coyote backpack, M4A1 and other goodies
My last kill was just this morning, and I actually tried to avoid it. I was heading to a deerstand when I heard Makarov shots coming from that direction. Someone else was obviously looting it and clearing the zombies, and since I was geared up with said Backpack, M4 and newly-acquired M-14 AIM with plenty of ammo for both, I decided to give him a wide berth. I retreated a good ways back across a field to a treeline and waited to give him time to clear the area. Unfortunately for him, the direction he chose was straight at me. I've been lit up too many times trying to initiate communications, so I waited to see if he would change direction, then dropped him with the M-14 when he didn't. Took his beans, and left the rest. BTW, the M-14 is super-sweet. I highly recommend picking one up at your local deerstand

They do not seem necessary since 1.7. I would have LOVED them in 1.6.

I would prefer a GPS but, life with a compass is SO much easier.

I used to be completely addicted to this mod - played with my squad buds most of every day (and night).

I recently left the squad due to struggling to keep up with them in combat (health issues) and it was a very different experience playing solo.

So much so that I stopped playing a week ago when I found that I was getting shot almost every session or had in one case some plonker who was trying to kill me attract a gazillion zombies who munched me after I'd dropped him.

This despite me never posing any threat to any other survivor and often just minding my own business.

Seems an accurate reflection on today's Jack society.

And it was veteran only - couldn't believe the trash that was going on in 'regular' servers - which were also worst for getting shot.

Having said that, I have also had a case where I was being mauled by a gaggle of Z's in Elektro and someone started picking them off in a (vain) attempt to help me out.

Aha! Found the SP DayZ mission

I know it is frowned upon by Rock, but this has got me playing again.

Yeah, I found a copy after he had it taken down too. I have not used it yet but, I like having the option.