Fear problems

[BORDER OF PURGATORY]

I would love to enjoy dayz, but i can never play it properly, and i just end up walking around open feilds on 0 player servers. Im too scared to ever go on high pop servers. Every time i get gear, i never want to play anymore because im too scared to loose everything. I can never get over the fear, any suggestions?

[Backdraft_|BC|]

Well I look at it like this, getting your gear was the rewarding part for you to this point, now youve got it and have nothing else to do right? Go into a high pop server and risk losing it. If you lose it you get to start over again looking for more gear, the fun part. If your in a high pop server and have your stuff help out bambies, you might find some people to roll with.

[BORDER OF PURGATORY]

Originally posted by Backdraft_|BC|:

Well I look at it like this, getting your gear was the rewarding part for you to this point, now youve got it and have nothing else to do right? Go into a high pop server and risk losing it. If you lose it you get to start over again looking for more gear, the fun part. If your in a high pop server and have your stuff help out bambies, you might find some people to roll with.

I think that way too, but i just get too scared. Il sit in a police station or building for a good 4 hours just doing nothing with my gun at the door, and i'm too scared to move out. Maybe im just a big sissy.

[Ivas_Wolds]

To gain the cartridge and shoot in all directions in Elektrozavodsk

[Vash]

Originally posted by Subadanus the Royal Baron:

I can never get over the fear, any suggestions?

It's just a game.

You can look at it two ways:

a) you accept the fear of death and play like a shadow, fearing everyone and everything. Avoiding any interaction and scared of the DayZ world.

b) you accept that you will die a lot of times, and take lessons from each death. Eventually, if you don't give up, you will become a experienced player and more with a hunter mindset, than a newbie mindset.

This doesn't mean you will kill other people, just means you will get better at surviving. Most people don't realize how long (not steep) the learning curve in DayZ is. You could spend months playing the game and have yet not faced situations like gunfight confrontations or different player interactions.

Your persistence will dictate what type of player you will be.

[BORDER OF PURGATORY]

Originally posted by Vash Konnor:

Originally posted by Subadanus the Royal Baron:

I can never get over the fear, any suggestions?

It's just a game.

You can look at it two ways:

a) you accept the fear of death and play like a shadow, fearing everyone and everything. Avoiding any interaction and scared of the DayZ world.

b) you accept that you will die a lot of times, and take lessons from each death. Eventually, if you don't give up, you will become a experienced player and more with a hunter mindset, than a newbie mindset.

This doesn't mean you will kill other people, just means you will get better at surviving. Most people don't realize how long (not steep) the learning curve in DayZ is. You could spend months playing the game and have yet not faced situations like gunfight confrontations or different player interactions.

Your persistence will dictate what type of player you will be.

Thanks for the advice

[Fabiolus]

Get a grip young man! Get out there and start shooting that rifle! You can geared up in 20 min and its the fun part of the game cause seriously once you have about 100's round and full gear there aint much that can stop you :-)

[-(HB)-Buddha]

Go to one of those high pop servers and lose your gear. Once you do, don't leave. Go and play on the high pop and learn the real way of DayZ because you haven't been playing DayZ this whole time. Low pop servers are for getting used to the mechanics a little bit and for server hoppers to get gear and balance the loot system since that seems to be one of the biggest challenges for the devs.

[TheLegend711]

Quit being a baby about your gear. Man up.

[Jawz]

I felt the same way when I first started. I would be heartbroken when I would lose a character I spent a bunch of time gearing up and being stealthy with. So you know where that got me? It got me playing all stealthy trying to avoid people and when I did encounter someone I'd be killed instantly because I had no PvP experience. The longer you play the game for the better and more efficient you get at looting and once you know what buildings / items / signs to look for you can get a geared up character in a half an hour or less and then you start to care about dying less and less. My advice...keep at it....stop playing overly stealthy and take the time to learn the map and learn where specific items spawn and you will not care about dying. Also, take the time to learn PvP, target practice on zombies and animals, melee practice. You will lose your fear of death eventually my friend.

[BORDER OF PURGATORY]

Originally posted by Colton:

Quit being a baby about your gear. Man up.

I was asking for legitimate advice, not "man up"

[Potatoes]

I had to spend a couple weeks bumming around Elektro getting brained by bandits to break my fear. It was healthy. Sometimes you get your legs broken with a wrench, sometimes you meet a cool guy and team up.

I shall not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

[Biggi0001]

I play on low pop servers all the time because I like the PVE more than PVP. I go hunting and fishing and kill Zombies - thats also fun, I don't particularly need it to be shot in the back from someone who is not man enough to look me into the eyes ;)

[[BRE] Vauquelin]

I'm not good at combat, but when i am fully geared i don't mind to lose my stuff and start all over again. I have never been kidnapped in dayz or being hold hostage. thats still on my todo list on dayz :P

[[IFC]Mjollnir]

As for me, the fun part is "shadowing" other players without being noticed by them..you don't have to shoot other people to have fun in the game...
Imagine you being followed by infected that just decided that you look tasty enough to have you for dinner, than suddenly out of nowhere three shots, all of your uninvited dinner guests fall down, and you are left without knowing if the next shot may hit you... ;-)

[[BRE] Vauquelin]

i prefer roleplaying my death when bandits spot me, much more fun and dramatic than bandits that run at you and yell ''U FRIENDLY???'' and 2 seconds later you are dead.