You only spawn with a pistol, you gotta find a rifle. As a tip for when you find a gun, Stay clear of the silenced stuff, for some reason they use a different ammo type that is so rare you'll have more chance seeing a dinosoaur, because of that they are pretty useless. You'll most likely find a winchester first which is pretty good, but attracts a lot of attention so avoid using it in a dense area.

The controls is something that has always let the game down imo, theres just so many controls that even i have to look em up from time to time and iv'e been playing since 09.

Im getting issues atm with the new patch so im gonna wait it out for a new one, but i'd love it if we could get a HH posse together.

I've read all the beginners' guides and I did find an AK once, but I just could not find a way to use it. Instead, I rose up from my prone position by accident and got shot.

You can equip a gun via the gear page, press G pick the gun and equip it, there is an action key to do it alot quicker and with less hasle but im not sure on the default control, It is possibly Enter, but dont hold me to that.

Just bought Operation Arrowhead again to get the steam version with BAF, (im such a nice guy iv'e given my existing OA to a friend).

I'm waiting for the summer sale. I'm sure it's already ruined by the same thing that ruins all online games; other people.

Well my master plan back fired, i kinda broke my dayz with a mixed install ( Arma 2 still retail and OA is now steam). Can be sorted but tis a pain in the ass.

Who else has Dayz?

Another tale to tell.

My last guy was doing fine, i was set to live forever basically. I was looting a toilet outside a cabin but was having trouble picking up a bandage. To cut this story short i accidentally closed the door while i was in the doorway. I broke a bone, fainted from the trauma then bled out.

Yes i was killed by a bloody door.

So i started a new charecter, i spawned in the dead of night to the SE corner of Chernarus my initial scrounging rewarded me with the bare basics but then i got lucky, i found a working bike (the peddle kind), not one to look a gift horse in mouth i took the bike and rode along the treeline following the coastline stopping of at various houses to get what ever goodies i could, i did not find much but basic supplies to see me on my way to a larger city.

I eventually stumbled upon familiar ground. The outskirts of Balota Airfeild. Now there are 2 kinds of places you want to avoid in dayz, airfields and cities. both know as PVP murder central. Unfortunatly these places are also where the good stuff can be found. I decided to risk it and raid the millitary camp on the airfield having scouted the place for some time and seeing no human activity. I slowly crawled towards the gate across a large expanse of nothing. dodging various walkers by mere meters. I eventually made it to the camp got through the gate and closed it behind me, i was in. I was not certain what i would find but hoped it would be good. It was.

I found a large backpack to store more items, a shotgun with ammo, an AKM with 4 magazines, an UZI with 2 mags, binoculars and various medical supplies. I could not believe my luck i was delerious untill i was brought crashing back to reality, the unmistakable growl of a walker approached from behind me, i did not have time to get away quietly,I had no choice, I fired my shotgun, almost imediatly the entire camp erupted with life, or should i say death. the deafning howls and screaches of the dead bearing down on my position forced my hand,i bolted running into the darkness with the beasts all over my ass, I somehow got enough breathing space between us managing to seek refuge in a camp guard tower where i could pick them all of with headshots. While i cleared most of them out un aided, i had to use a flare to light the remaining walkers up before i could escape the hornets nest.

The coast was eventually clear of walkers, i was about to make good my escape when i heard footsteps approaching, i peeked over the edge looking directly at the front gate and was mortified to see a potential new threat arriving on the scene. A human no doubt investigating the flare (aka the beacon if come kill me). I peeked over the edge one more time to see he was holding a pistol, a new guy, most likely only just spawned. I have not killed any humans yet in this game but was seriously considering commiting the most heionus of crimes. To shoot first and ask questions later, i trained my sights on the unsuspecting survivor below but I just could not do it.
I steped back and hid in the shadows of the tower hoping he'd look around and leave me an oportunity to get out with him none the wiser. But i was wrong.

His first point of call was the check the very tower i was sitting in. I hear'd him begin climbing I trained my shotgun at the tip of the ladder ready to blow him away, when the sound stopped, what was he doing i asked myself? various ideas were runnin through my head when over chat i read, "Hi person in tower, pls don't shoot me", was he bluffing, was he really friendly? he began to climb the ladder once more. I braced myself to meet the guy face to face.

Tune in next time to see if i was a massive C*** and killed the guy or if he was a mssive C*** and killed me instead.

I'm holding my breath!

I got killed once by opening a gate that swung inwards.

That was retarded.

Part 2 of my story so far,

Lying prone in the corner of the tower with my shotgun pointed at the ladder i allow this person in, he stands at the top of the looking down at me, my gun pointed straight at him, he crouches down and walks to the adjacent corner still looking at me, my aim follows him. There is a nervous few seconds where he looks atm me and does nothing. He has not pointed his gun at me at all during this time, no doubt knowing that if he does i'll blow him away.

He turns around and begins to pick up my disguarded ammo, to my surprise he asks if he can have it rather than just taking. Still guarded i say he's welcome to it, to which im again suprised to read in the chat the guy saying thanks. He backs away and leave the tower and starts looting the zombies I had dealt with. He did not seem too bothered by my presence. And so went about his business.

because i like to be the good guy i told him that in the left hand tower at the back of the camp has and AK and a few mags for it, he asked me if i could accompany him to which i did, he got the AK and gave me food in return. It's normally around this time you get stabbed in the back but this guy genuinly did seem friendly, he suggested that we go and look at the airfeild together to which i turned down the offer, i warned him that there is always a sniper waiting around there to pick players off.

After some deliberation i agree'd to check it out but warned him that it is a very high risk area and you should keep your head down. we made our way to the south end of the airfeild and sat in the trees for a while, i scouted the darkness of the buildings for any sign of life with my binoculars, it seemed clear, aside for a few walkers wandering about the runway.

Lying down on the tarmac we both began to crawl out into the open, still covered by darkness we slowly made our way towards the first building, suddely i noticed movement atop of the control tower i froze. walkers cannot spawn up there so it had to be a human. Before i could warn my partner the sound of bullets whizzing past my head and snapping into the ground around me was heard, it was a bloody sniper but thankfully he was a rotton shot. It was suicide to shoot back given the first bullet would alert our undead friends giving us multipel threast to deal with and a human player who could pick us off at his leasure. We got up and sprinted bck to the tree lines, zig zagging crippled walkers and bullets on the way to the tree lines, I looked behind us as we ran to see we'd agro'd 6 - 8 walkers and they were now chasing us into the pitch black darkness of the woods. We made it to the tree's but it was at this time i realised my buddy had been hit and was bleeding out, before anything could be done he collasped on the road, i tried my best to fend the walkers off but it was too late, he died.

I had a split second to decide if i'd mop up at get his stuff, or if i'd just get the hell out of dodge. The sniper could still be giving chase so i just ran, along the coast to Cherno.

The first actual firendly person i met where i was in charge and he gets killed by a bandit. Was a sad day.