Serial Killer

[M4N]

Im new to the game. Can i join any public multiplayer world and murder people? Im asking this while the game downloads. I wanna wait inside old houses and stab them

[Armagenesis]

If PVP enabled, sure. And if you aren't getting shot first.

[M4N]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

If PVP enabled, sure. And if you aren't getting shot first.

[FistOfTheNoob]

Public servers have rules and most of them will ban for PK even though PVP is enabled. Just don't get caught.

[bulbatrs]

You do realise the size of the game? Even if there are plenty of people on the server you can easily sit around a house for dozens hours and nobody would show up and when they do they will be super cautious purely because zombies exist.

[Charming Dazz]

Honest to god, there is no reason to kill anyone in this game, if anything it's better to have them around since the map is so large and people have different skills. Make use of players as most players will help you in this game. small few will try to murder you but most will help.

[dingus]

Originally posted by M4N:

Im new to the game. Can i join any public multiplayer world and murder people? Im asking this while the game downloads. I wanna wait inside old houses and stab them

you can try to kill a veteran but you wont succeed

[Greb]

Originally posted by M4N:

METAL AS F*CK

My, what a nice collection of skulls you have!

[hardy_conrad]

It is kind of fun thinking of ways to kill other players (and if I'm honest, most likely get killed myself). My favourite idea didn't actually work, but involved barricading a player spawn house with no items inside BUT a running generator so they'd be trapped and gassed.

[Is This Your Card? 69]

Originally posted by FistOfTheNoob:

Public servers have rules and most of them will ban for PK even though PVP is enabled. Just don't get caught.

Wait what really...?
Tf is the point of enabling pvp then....
9000IQ play from server owners.

[hardy_conrad]

Yeah I was wondering about that one myself. I've been on servers with pvp enabled, a lot of the time they let use mods to make death less of a nuisance like skill journals. In fact in one server pvp was enabled just in a certain part of the map, which was pretty clever. But it's worth repeating the map is so enormous you could easily have the maximum number of players all on at the same time and still never see anyone.

[Malthar]

Originally posted by The way of 69:

Originally posted by FistOfTheNoob:

Public servers have rules and most of them will ban for PK even though PVP is enabled. Just don't get caught.

Wait what really...?
Tf is the point of enabling pvp then....
9000IQ play from server owners.

i mean, i run pvp just so people using guns have to be conscious about positioning if they dont want to murk friends

[martindirt]

Originally posted by The way of 69:

Originally posted by FistOfTheNoob:

Public servers have rules and most of them will ban for PK even though PVP is enabled. Just don't get caught.

Wait what really...?
Tf is the point of enabling pvp then....
9000IQ play from server owners.

Most pvp servers has rules. Most of those has rule 1: No KoS.

Usually this looks like this:
KoS forbidden in most areas, allowed only in (example) WestPoint, or when somebody raiding your shelter, or when you raiding somebody. (Servers specipicate what count as shelter).
Also if you are on pvp mode (skull on), you are viable kos target.
Before attacking somebody, you need to warn the other player, you have to use local chat. Warning should happen X seconds before the attack.

As a veteran, I can say these rules are important. If there are no rules, the server shortly goes deserted.

[hardy_conrad]

Interesting. As I don't go for pvp wasn't too sure how it worked, always assumed it was nothing but a free for all. Feels like it might be difficult enforcing the rules though, I sense a lot of arguments about not having been given enough advance warning or such.

[Is This Your Card? 69]

Not sure the whole idea on why there's a need to give warnings to someone you want to kill for either sport or loot.
Should just make it so that cities have pvp enabled, that way everyone knows that if you enter then you could potentially get killed by more than just zombies.

[TankGoodness]

Originally posted by bulbatrs:

You do realise the size of the game? Even if there are plenty of people on the server you can easily sit around a house for dozens hours and nobody would show up and when they do they will be super cautious purely because zombies exist.

LMAO
"Man....its been days hiding behind this door...wait a sec...somebody is coming in through the window! I will hide behind this curtain and..." POW! POW! POW!
Who brings a knife to a gun fight?