Best Map For Noobies

[Zoost]

What's the recommended map/server for a new player. I've had 8hrs and many deaths(lol), searching.

[1337Dude]

Namalsk/Sakhal

[runbat_]

i'd say chernarus. well balanced and you don't run into aggressive players all the time

[baddoggs]

Yep, for beginners cherno is good, not too extreme and big enough
to have "space" between players.

[76561198387325280]

I like Livonia. its pretty big also

[ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ]

Originally posted by 1337Dude:

Namalsk/Sakhal

Don't lie.

Originally posted by baddoggs:

Yep, for beginners cherno is good, not too extreme

You start the map (Chenarus) with both your Thirst/Hunger meters at yellow (starve faster etc) but can stock up on food from the fruit trees. In Livonia, you start the map with at least a piece of food and your Hunger stat on White (Thirst is at yellow)

I'd say, try Livonia and see how that goes. Try the maps you can and see which one you prefer more. Deaths, well, avoid people as best you can (unless it's a death caused by hunger/thirst/sickness etc)

Dying is part of the game (like Dark Souls) just Learn, Adapt, Conquer

[Jethro]

As someone who got pulled into DayZ by a streamer playing on Namalsk, I’d say Chernarus would be a good place to start.

I tried Chernarus at first ….. my buddy and I couldn’t find each other which got frustrating so we headed to Namalsk since it’s smaller. Still couldn’t find each other until we found out about the party/group mod.

Chernarus is huge and as many others would probably suggest - it’s probably best to play the base game as intended before jumping into mods and modded maps.

[1337Dude]

Originally posted by ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ:

Originally posted by 1337Dude:

Namalsk/Sakhal

Don't lie.

Originally posted by baddoggs:

Yep, for beginners cherno is good, not too extreme

You start the map (Chenarus) with both your Thirst/Hunger meters at yellow (starve faster etc) but can stock up on food from the fruit trees. In Livonia, you start the map with at least a piece of food and your Hunger stat on White (Thirst is at yellow)

I'd say, try Livonia and see how that goes. Try the maps you can and see which one you prefer more. Deaths, well, avoid people as best you can (unless it's a death caused by hunger/thirst/sickness etc)

Dying is part of the game (like Dark Souls) just Learn, Adapt, Conquer

Chernarus is a great way to get noobs to quit the game.

Half the posts from noobies are complaining the game is empty and there are no players. Big boring empty map. No food anywhere. Recommending it, is basically stupid.

So how do you respond?

"let's recommend the biggest and most boring map for newbs to play"

He's probably not stupid and can figure out how to play in an hour or two. Let's not deprive him of the fun, popular maps.

[ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ]

Originally posted by 1337Dude:

Chernarus is a great way to get noobs to quit the game.

He's probably not stupid and can figure out how to play in an hour or two. Let's not deprive him of the fun, popular maps.

Nah, only if they are weak. All I played on was the Chenarus map (didn't buy Livonia and jumped into it for the first time when they gave it to the rest of players who didn't own it)

The OP was like I, complained/♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about starving to death and no food (most players are inland, camping and waiting for other players to stroll in) The more the OP plays the game, the more easier it'll become (when it comes to learning certain things)

The OP said "I've had 8hrs and many deaths(lol), searching" so, that "hour or two" is false. Everyone is different and it could take longer for some to get the hang of it etc. I played for over 100+ hours with just the Chenarus map.

And boring map? I think that's a personal preference. Some can say it's boring while others do not.

[runbat_]

boring map lul
that's on you. i don't find it boring at all.

now think about all the new players complaining about getting killed randomly 20 times in a row and then go ahead and suggest a pvp map. that's certainly better than a beginner-friendly map people have been enjoying for a decade

but we're stupid. gotcha.

[Negan]

Doez Dayz Standalone has other maps except Chernarus, Livonia, Namalsk and Sakhal? I suppose there are Utes and Zargabad from Arma 2 somewhere, maybe Linqor and Taviana?

[etwas]

Originally posted by Negan:

Doez Dayz Standalone has other maps except Chernarus, Livonia, Namalsk and Sakhal? I suppose there are Utes and Zargabad from Arma 2 somewhere, maybe Linqor and Taviana?

only livonia, chernarus and sakhal are official maps.
but theres tons of very well-done community maps.
https://www.izurvive.com/ theres a good collection.

[Toki]

Avoid Namalsk. People who suggest it to new players generally have nefarious motivations. Sakhal and Namalsk are winter maps, so you spend half of your time cooking and unfreezing stuff, and Namalsk is particularly unappealing. It has boring aesthetics, open fields, no towns, too many wolves, and poorly designed mountains that are basically straight cones.
"Hehuehuehu muh PVP"
Just play V++ servers.

Chernarus is good. You spawn by the sea, loot the town for food, then walk in a straight line inland until you get domed.

[Negan]

Originally posted by Toki's Road to 6k Elo:

Avoid Namalsk. People who suggest it to new players generally have nefarious motivations. Sakhal and Namalsk are winter maps, so you spend half of your time cooking and unfreezing stuff, and Namalsk is particularly unappealing. It has boring aesthetics, open fields, no towns, too many wolves, and poorly designed mountains that are basically straight cones.
"Hehuehuehu muh PVP"
Just play V++ servers.

Chernarus is good. You spawn by the sea, loot the town for food, then walk in a straight line inland until you get domed.

Thanks for advice, will use it!
I asked because i have dayzmod experience 4k+ hours but absolute noob in Dayz SA so i'm interested in re-creating that aesthetics by modded server with intense pvp and map like one of these. I think that performing all these mechanics is not so interesting, like fixing clothes, fishing, etc. - i consider it to be waste of time. PVP on some interesting familiar maps is what i expect. Is it possible to do with Dayz?

[adamschristopher62]

livonia official sy1023 is full of newbees some different times of day and a rare cheat guy pops in say hello to , and some geared guys a mix ,

[Coffee]

Originally posted by Zoost:

I've had 8hrs and many deaths(lol), searching.

Honestly if you have no knowledge at all you're going to struggle on any map. I'm not recommending you do this necessarily but I started on Namalsk. It's what made me buy Dayz when it was released. I watched Shroud and Smoke playing it on Twitch for weeks and had to play it. If you want to get a basic idea of what to do watching streams is the way IMO. Yes there is a lot of content on YT but Dayz mechanics and meta change regularly as new patches are released and a lot of that content might be old and not relevant anymore.