KOS OR NOT?

[Aezakmi]

Today I would like to talk a little about Kos. DayZ is a game located in a post-apocalyptic world where you have as many choices as you want. Shooting other players is also one of the choices you can take, such as talking to other players and making friends. I was called a selfish player because I kill people as soon as I see them, although when I think about it, I may be selfish, but we still come back to the fact that DayZ is a game of decision and they are often bad. DayZ also has PVE servers in which PVP zones are marked and there is no KOS, I think that such servers should be played by players who oppose KOS and I think that these are the right servers for them. I have nothing against people who don't like KOS and I understand them, although I will probably always like to kill geared players and take their things.Most of the times when 2 geared players meet KOS will happen 90%. Remember that in this story I am not talking about killing freshspawn but about strictly geared players because I think it is not fair to kill players who do not have weapons and have no way to defend themselves. I also don't support players who hide in the same place for a long time and wait for someone to pass by and then kill them. This is just my opinion on DayZ KOS even though probably a lot of you won't agree.

KOS VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCW_HoF1_E&t=35s
FRIENDLY VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsPb9Lpqjw&t=1261s

[Alf Tupper]

I think you've summed the game up very well - this debate has been going on for a long time.

I'm a PVE player by nature, will try to cooperate with others if they give me a chance but got annoyed by the amount of KOS, and people who act friendly then shoot you in the back! As I said, this is as old as the game as there is little incentive to work together with random players.

I don't think there is an answer to it - unless it is to go onto community servers with no PVP zones etc but I prefer vanilla official servers - but at least you seem to set yourself some standards in your game play, and I can dig that.

Ultimately you're the player I don't want to meet in the game - but that's the thrill of MP games.

[Deaths]

I'm a hopeless romantic and very passive player for the most part. Kos or Kill on sight means just that to me, say a group of guys see a player and wait for an opportunity for a clean kill that's not kos but organic roleplay, they're playing the ZERG player group killing players reguardless of their gear.

[coriton]

Try both style's of play and see which one is the most entertaining and rewarding.

[Aezakmi]

Originally posted by coriton:

Try both style's of play and see which one is the most entertaining and rewarding.

When I play on modded servers (More Guns,More loot) I KOS,but when I play on Vanilla I like to meet people and team up..

[cspragg2010]

Couldn't agree more. there is a server for all play styles no need to ruin someones day who just spent an hour trying not to starve lmao

[Enforcer]

KoS isn't the problem. The problem is that at least 51% of the playerbase only knows KoS because of twitchers and youtubers.
It gets boring from time to time...there are enough games that are pure pvp. Even now they are asking for a pvp mode in RoN which is tactical coop... 😑

[Tizzalicious]

I love shooter games. BUT i dont know why in Dayz i feel like playing against other players is barbaric choice. I really hoped that the envirement and the zombies or mutants would be such a big threat, that the only way to survive the dangerous environements would be by cooperating. Even if you have to pay or exchange for a living. But its very hard to balance since most of the mods are not enemy related, or just replacements.

[Topher]

In my opinion the problem is that the majority of the Twitch views en english end up on just one streamer who is a 100% a KOS player who plays the game as a Speed run to KOS playstyle.

One of the more skillfull players M1nder recently made a YT comment video about how he plans to no longer play KOS and his latetest content seems to be true to his word.

Also there is another very Skillfull player Soursweet who always plays to interact with the other players first and foremost and resorts only to shooting them when they start a fight.

There are also a band of Youtube creators Like JLK and his band who mostly play on competetive base building servers where the content ends up as a great movie based on a lifetime in a server as a clan but that is also mostly battle after battle.

But the answer will also be that there are many ways to play Dayz. I tend t play longterm trying to keep 1 character alive for as many hours as possible. I'll often have players in my sights when I am on recon of an area or a heli-crash but I never snipe them. For others sniping, is their play style.

It would be good ifthe killing of other players affected your character psyche in a way that affected your aim or stealth similar to how eating flesh gives you the laughs and shakes.

[Topher]

If the Dayz KOS players were any good they would be playing with the exact same weapons. exact same game and same maps on ARMA not Day Z

[Enforcer]

Originally posted by Topher:

If the Dayz KOS players were any good they would be playing with the exact same weapons. exact same game and same maps on ARMA not Day Z

IF they were any good. It's easier for those to shoot players who don't expect to be shot and not players who have equal equipment...or backstab them.

[ast]

Originally posted by Topher:

It would be good ifthe killing of other players affected your character psyche in a way that affected your aim or stealth similar to how eating flesh gives you the laughs and shakes.

nah, that would be a penalty...I guess the closest we had to this was the hero/bandit system, while that was restricting your freedom of choice in clothing.

nonetheless this way you could tell from afar who was a good guy and who wasn't...
dunno, maybe something more subtle would do the trick.

[Ranceed]

I've only shot at people in anger, fear, and panic. Definitely killed less than 10 players. Buried 2 for certain.

Mostly I play low pop but I still spend time on high pop vanilla (especially playing maps I don't know with only in game maps) for the challenge it brings because bandits are popular and with that comes the KOS.

Its that KOS bandit play style that keeps me checking my corners, looking over my shoulders, scanning horizons, building tops, tree lines. If everyone was friendly or could be identified as a bandit/hero then I think it would be dull.

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Originally posted by Enforcer:

KoS isn't the problem. The problem is that at least 51% of the playerbase only knows KoS because of twitchers and youtubers.
It gets boring from time to time...there are enough games that are pure pvp. Even now they are asking for a pvp mode in RoN which is tactical coop... 😑

Ignore any posts like this that that mention percentages,they usually pull the numbers out of the sky and post them as fact.

[Tigerfish]

too many KOS

[🆃 🆈 🅻 🅴 🆁]

I always try to communicate with others if they're alone. But if they don't have a mic, or choose not to use it, generally I'll shoot to kill. Buy if they run away then I don't bother to chase them. I try to be a good guy to most people I stumble across, but now and again it's great to mix things up a bit and go on a kill streak.

I think even the friendliest of players on DayZ on the official servers have itchy trigger fingers. It's just how the game shapes you after so many hours and so many deaths and betrayals.