Just problems. It's hard as hell to survive as freshspawn.

[Apocryphox]

I love that game and i play it since 2014. But in my opinion it's unplayable as ever. Idk, but this game is hard as hell and hard as ever just bc' of bugs and not much loot and i really want to know, if someone noticed this problems too.

The problem starts as a freshspawn. I spawn and it's instant extremely cold, so cold that it's up to 5 Minutes to get a disease. It's near to impossible to find a jacket and a warm pants in this time and this leads to the second problem.

You just can't find any good loot in this game on official servers anymore. I played it 2 days now for a couple of hours and there is no matter in what building i go, i can't find anything helpful. It's hard to say but i think the whole loot in every normal town is just clothing. You go in a building, there are just 2 hats. You go in another buildung, you just find a short pants and a dress, u go into a big garage, u just find working boots. You go into a hospital, u find nurse dress. And then there is a giant house and u find absoluty nothing. What the hell is wrong with this? Why is the clothing loot so incredible high?

And then there is the third problem. Idk, if it's me but i can't find any food anymore. There was a time there was a spite or nota cola @ every boat at the coast, there was apples @ trees and there was cans of food in buildings. I just starved to death 3 times now, bc' the only thing i find is clothing. There is also a bug i guess, i don't sprint or run like hell, i just walk normally and the hunger just goes down with 3 lines. What is this? It's nearly impossible to find food and then the symbol of hunger and thirst goes to red every 10 minutes.If this is realistic, my character would be just fat after a couple of hours bc' i must eat every 5 minutes. I just miss the times where u can overeat yourself and u can chill for atleast 30 minutes. It's just unrealistic as hell to eat a whole can every 5 minutes.

There is a giant problem with the loot actually in my opinion. And also a problem with the status effects. It's just my opinion but even the early alpha was more realistic than this now.

And if u find 2 apples to survive atleast long enough to reach the next town u just die on half way because there is a hacker who spawns out of nowhere.

So, again. Is it just me or is there a big problem with this game actual?

[baddoggs]

Yep, it is hard at the start. This was intended so you are not just running a "shopping sim".
As you learn the game you will find it gets better. Learning where to look for stuff saves a lot of time meaning you will starve less.
Top tips.
1: don't run, walk. This conserves energy and makes your food/water last longer.
2: stay out of the rain.
3: get good clothing fast, IE: hat and gloves and decent boots.
4: look under the trees in the backyards, there is often fruit there.

[DotA + B&C]

I too bought the game when it first came out, played it for 3 hours, then quit...

...until now.

Then I too died of starvation 3 times in a row to starvation and dehydration.

Then I got a great spawn with 2 guns a backpack and food but got swarmed by zombies and died, losing everything.

But i did not quit.

Eventually, I logged on and within my first 3 minutes, I encountered another survivor. We talked for a minute and she told me she was new to the game too, bought it on this weeks sale.

I was about to walk away and go die to starvation again, but she mumbled as I turned around "do you wanna partner up?"

I said sure, and started running off. I didn't think she'd follow me. A moment later i heard her say "haha we can figure this game out together.

She had this idea to search inside those tall apartments near the coast. I said it'd be a waste of time. But she insisted.

She searched the lower floors while I went to the top, and i yelled "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you were right!"

She said "oh my gosh what did you find some food?"

I found the motherload- another players unprotected supply cache.

Guns, ammo, food, you name it.

And that was just the beginning of playing again... 3 hours.

We got killed. We avenged our deaths. We looted the aftermath of a battle between some players. The friends of those players hunted after us to get their loot back. We held off hordes of zombies. We cooked food and relaxed. We became cannibals and kidnapped fresh spawns.

The game is worth learning.

Back to your point, the best asset you can have to learn this game, is a friend to learn it with. I find myself way more invested, and her too, now that we have a partner to learn with and someone who depends on our skills to survive.

Any question we have that we csnt answer ourselves, we go to Google or one of the 2 DayZ wikis.

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by ÐLC Warßøy:

I too bought the game when it first came out, played it for 3 hours, then quit...

...until now.

Then I too died of starvation 3 times in a row to starvation and dehydration.

Then I got a great spawn with 2 guns a backpack and food but got swarmed by zombies and died, losing everything.

But i did not quit.

Eventually, I logged on and within my first 3 minutes, I encountered another survivor. We talked for a minute and she told me she was new to the game too, bought it on this weeks sale.

I was about to walk away and go die to starvation again, but she mumbled as I turned around "do you wanna partner up?"

I said sure, and started running off. I didn't think she'd follow me. A moment later i heard her say "haha we can figure this game out together.

She had this idea to search inside those tall apartments near the coast. I said it'd be a waste of time. But she insisted.

She searched the lower floors while I went to the top, and i yelled "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you were right!"

She said "oh my gosh what did you find some food?"

I found the motherload- another players unprotected supply cache.

Guns, ammo, food, you name it.

And that was just the beginning of playing again... 3 hours.

We got killed. We avenged our deaths. We looted the aftermath of a battle between some players. The friends of those players hunted after us to get their loot back. We held off hordes of zombies. We cooked food and relaxed. We became cannibals and kidnapped fresh spawns.

The game is worth learning.

Back to your point, the best asset you can have to learn this game, is a friend to learn it with. I find myself way more invested, and her too, now that we have a partner to learn with and someone who depends on our skills to survive.

Any question we have that we cant answer ourselves, we go to Google or one of the 2 DayZ wikis.

100% agree. Not only is is more fun to play with friends, you can back each outher up and cover the outher while looting.

[tyber_gsk]

Hello.
After you spawn. Locate your position by checking signs, names etc. If you know the name of a place you are then use izurvive map or better dayz central app on android to find the place you are. There you will se nearby well.
Go to it asap and drink for about 3 min.
Second thing you have to do is to quickly check every house and shed. From houses take every jacket, pans, tshirt you can squeeze in your inventory.
If you will find any cutting tool like knife, hatchet, hacksaw, pixaxe, axe, screwdriver, use it to cut all clothes you just found.
Make 12 rags of it. Then make a rope witch you will need for fishing.
The best tool is knife. If you cant find it just go into forest nearby, locate tourist walking trails or dirt road, walk on it up for 2-3 min then walk back down. You will find small stones. They starting to spawn within 3 min after any player is on it.
Pick up 2 or better 4.
From 2 you can make improvised knife.
Remember to use it only when necessary beacouse it will get ruined quickly.
Now pls go back to any town or vilage. Assuming you know where you are this should not be a problem.
Inside every town you will find chickens. 2 or 3 spawn in every town and vilage. Locate them by sound they make.
Kill it, skin it with improvised knife. Now you have meat and bones.
Pls go to well or any water pond and wash your hands beacouse after skinning they are dirty.
Use knife on bones to make improvised fishing hooks.
Now go to forest and cut any large bushes with your hands or knife to get long stick. Cut some more to get short sticks.
Add short stick to rag, bandage or paper to make fireplace.
Now you need matches.
Get close to any tree and holding knife in your hand cut of bark. Now cut 1 small stick from small bush or long one and brake it to small ones with your hand.
Combine short stick with bark, you will get improvised fire starter.
You can use it only ones but thats all you need.
Go back to your fireplace.
Ignite it, put chicken breast on long stick and cook it.
Eat both. This will give you enough energy to get to any water source like pond or stream or sea.
Find it using isurvive or dayzcentral app again.
Go there. You will need long stick again. Make it.
Then take knife to your hands, look down on grass area.
You will se option to dig out worms.
Dig 3 or 4 out.
Combine them with fishing hooks you made earlier.
Now combine rope with long stick.
You will get improvised fishing rod.
Put your bait on the rod and start fishing untill you catch a fish or 2.
After every catch you must put worm on hook again.
Use knife to cut fish.
Wash your hands in water after cutting fish if necessary.
Make fireplace, cook it, eat it.
It is all that simple.
We all do it, i do it every time in 30 min after spawn i.m full on food this way.
Remember to run on walking trails and dirt roads back and forward for 3-4 mins to get small stones and remember to locate chickens in every town and village you get by sound they make.
More hooks and knifes you make more fishes you will get.
And....
Apples, pears, plums spawning under the trees. Not the big orchards but single trees.
If you stay in proximity up to 100m from it for 10-20 min all fruit's will spawn under them.
They dont spawn immediately but withing couple of mins after you get close to it.