New (dedicated server based) Zombie MMORPG (Arma 2:CO Mod)

I'm coming around to the idea, it might be more fun to play in a large familiar group.

Though they do seem to be quite strict on their server hosting requirements (Basic hosting guide here)

 

I say get a server for this! be nice to play with you guys, I've seen on youtube groups players playing together and looks fun..at least we got each others back if someone goes nuts on us..
only thing iam worried about is how big the map is, i hate running for 15 minutes to find the group again lol

what is the capacity of players per server anyway? 50? 30?

 

I read servers for this are expensive because soo much bandwidth is required.

 

Alright, had a play around today. It's good when you know what you have to do.

Stay away from any groups if you're alone, especially the ones with guns or hatchets. If you have another person with you, one of you can be the bait while the other checks for items. IF you know where to look (shacks, sheds, huts) then you know to stay away from the built up areas that are just houses. Houses in big cities seem to have more in them, steer clear of the small towns with no houses that you can enter.

Love to play with some people I can trust though, so if you guys are going to play just send me a PM on here or Steam and I'll see if I'm able to play at the time.

I was lucky enough to find a dead soldier in a ghillie suit with a lot of supplies on him. I ended up back tracking to the airfield and died while alt-tabbed. But if you need a vehicle and some parts, the parts are in the building next to the hangar and a UAZ is nearby on the same airfield. My idea would be to use the airfield as a defensive position and you can fortify it. Once you get a vehicle working, you could gather supplies pretty quickly.

I stopped playing once I got a hatchet through the head from what I thought was a friendly.

 

No, just go on the internet and search a map of the area, when you spawn read the second white rule in the low right corner,
you can read there what your location is. (you always spawn near the sea).

Then your friend can respawn over and over again until he spawns near you and you can walk toward eachother.

 

I must have got glitched the last time I spawned. I spawned inside the model of a house and just worked out I'm in Novy Sobor >.<

I spent 3hrs playing and about 1hr with a broken leg. I finally crawl to the Hospital in Elektrovadsk and see someone that could help me with a blood transfusion (had 2000 blood left). He ran off with his mate and I ended up chasing to find them. I got chased by a zombie, so climbed the ladder at the power station to the roof. I forgot my run was toggled on and ran right off the roof

I definitely need to make sure I have someone playing with me, or I will bleed out 9 times out of 10. On the plus side, I made 26 hatchet kills (with 7 headshots) before I died.

 

I thought the map was like 200 sq km? or is it like different maps?

 

225 sq km.. I've never seen or heard of anyone doing that in 15mins. Maybe 1hr 15 mins.

 

yeah 15 minutes is just impossible. We were running all the way north, while checking out and looting some villages occasionally,
and it took us 3 or 4 hours to get to the military airport in the north.

 

Played this game with joerve and marvel now for about ~20 hours..

Check out this map: http://dayzmap.info/

The sheds with the "$" symbol in them usually have a large amount of resources; ammo, some food and now and then a rifle.

An even better spot to loot are the supermarkets which are really packed with not just only food but also stuff like bino's, watches, GPS, tents, guillie suits etc.

lol this is exactly what makes this game so brilliant. You just never know if you can trust someone. I read a lot on the DayZ forums and there are loads of stories where people just talk someone in a false sense of security and blow their heads off 5 minutes later.
I even read stories about someone which was in a desperate need of a blood transfusion. He found someone with a bloodpack, got him so far he gave him a blood transfusion from his own gear (you can't do it youself) and once he got up he shot him in the back and stole all his gear lol.

My tips so far:
- Dont go to Cherno / Elektro / Military airfield unless you really need to be there since it's a warzone, full of bandits.

- Try to get at least one buddy so you can do a bloodtransfusion.

- Once you met your buddy on the beach, leave the beach area asap and go to some place more centralized on the map. (less chance of being shot by bandits, more chance of finding loot)

- Try to seach for essential loot like "matches / water bottle / larger backpacks / hunting knife / hatchet / gps. Most of these items can be found in the supermarkets.

Imho it's an awesome game. Especially the size of the map and the fear that no one can be trusted is awesome.

 

Add me on steam. Me, smokke, and a friend are about to play. Join us:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/murawski

 

its possible to run from south of map. to north of Northwest airfield in 15 min. but it means you wont be checking out for loot etc. you just keep on running.

Btw i play with like 10-15 people daily, its so much fun to work in a team