Ok so today I logged on at work during lunch time, figured I'd do a quick run in Dayz. I was off the hills between cherno and balota and I see a survivor booking it with some zeds on him. he looses a few but still has one persistent mythbuster on his tail. I figured I'll help the guy out. I run down the hill line up on the zombie and shoot it. this fella comes out of the bush over voice saying " friendly friendly...dont shoot" up to this point I still think he is unarmed ( first mistake ) I kneel and open up my gear ( so I could drop him a shot gun before I book it out of there ) but as I'm in my inventory I let him get close ( Second mistake ) I now see he is armed with a m1911 which he puts to my tempo and pulls the trigger...( what a dick move ) I was pretty heated I must say, I've been playing for about 2 months and in that have only murdered one person - (killed a few bandit snipers) but I don't count those so I've been playing as I would be in real life. I change this today. its not real life, and I will no longer play as I would behave in real life. so I move to a shoot on sight moto. if they call out " friendly friendly - Ill shoot them twice. >:D ( unless undoubtedly unarmed ) any way I spawned back in cherno and I hear him shooting my precious akm rounds like crazy.. I call out to him on direct chat because I know he can see it if I'm that close. I type " to the Dick that killed me after I saved him from a zombie..I know you are here in cherno...I'm coming for you " not sure if he got killed or logged off.. or ran off for that matter, but the crazy shooting stopped. never got his name...oh well. He'll die soon enough

I have had very few encounters with other players in DayZ that ended well. Most of the players coming off the coast want your gear, especially if you are toting an assault rifle of some sort. I won't go out of my way to kill another player, but if they are in my way I won't hesitate.

I wonder if the scenario would have changed if you lowered your weapon rather than going into the gear mode?

@ Vertigo, well after I shot the zombie. I was out on the road. he came out of the bush yelling friendly friendly.. I then saluted. so that he knows I am not going to shoot. then I go down crouched with weapon down into gear. so no the only way it would have ended different is if I had not lowered my weapon. the dude is obviously just a jerk, I should have just shot em when he tried to get close.

MrFox I know how you feel man, most of us started off playing the moral and helpful survivor (trying to sim how I think I would be in a post apocalypse situation) but after running into one or two of these douches I pretty much avoid people I don't know and if they see me and come toward me I shoot them, you really can't trust players unless you know them...

It's kind of interesting to see how DayZ changed, initially there were lots of us who played friendly and then enough of us got screwed over that we are now the paranoid gun nuts who shoot first hehe, interesting social experiment and definitely gave me a new outlook on how I might behave in a situation like this, one of the many reasons I love DayZ.

I only help on my own terms and then it is usually is only with friendlies around.

@ Kludger, it is interesting how it changes how we play and behave. I guess that will only cycle this trigger paranoia, since the next guy I might kill might still be in friendly mode, and me killing him might push him over the edge, and the cycle begins again. But like I said all personal morals I hold in real life are out the door for this simulated world. would I behave like this in real life would something like this happen?.. that's an interesting question. all I know is I'll do anything to keep those I love safe.


@Reschke - that's a really good rule to live by. I usually do play with a buddy that will cover me, but this was just supposed to be a lunch time quickie and my fellow dayz'er ( coworker ) went out for lunch...

As far as I'm concerned, I do not trust anyone not from SimHQ.

If I do not recognize you or your handle, I will shoot, regardless whether you are unarmed, or whether you called out friendly. I just assume folks will do the same to me if the positions were reversed. There is always supplies to be had on dead survivors.

Been through too many situations when strangers took a shot at me for no reason other than the fact they could.

Early in my foray into DayZ, I literally ran face to face into a survivor when both of us rounded a corner. He had a hatchet, I had a Winchester. We were both so surprised, we backed away. And then he started getting chatty on Voice, asking me if I had any Morphine. I ignored him because I was new to Arma2/DayZ and did not know how to operate the chat and also I had no Morphine. I went about my business checking out a barn for loot. But he kept asking for Morphine, which at the time appeared odd to me. And then it happened. His buddy sneaked round to a position behind me and shot me in the back. I was hit but still combat effective so I returned fire. I killed the sneak. And then the hatchet guy who had been asking for Morphine ran towards his buddy's body exclaiming "Oh my God. You shot John!" He knelt down beside the body. At this point, I can only assume that he was retrieving his buddy's gun, so I killed the Morphine guy too.

Pretty much wrote the policy I have for future encounters with survivors. Shoot first, don't bother asking questions. Not interested in helping anyone out that is not from SimHQ.

Well, I'm friendly and didn't shoot yesterday when we were getting the 2nd Helo up and running.

I was in the Hilux with someone else and we were headed down to Krutoy Cap and somewhere near Solnichniy, I see what appear to be two to three zeds sprinting in the road. They were coming right for us. So, since it's fun to make them fly, I just kept on truckin'.

Turns out, the lead sprinter was a survivor wearing all black and he was killed immediately.

I wasn't charged for a murder and my humanity remained intact. I bet he was pretty surprised to see that truck and also more surprised that it didn't stop for him.

Well, that would piss me off for sure.

haven't tried this mod yet. Stories like this sort of turn me off to trying it. We'll see.