Day Z: Persistant world zombie survival mod - Page 69

jk lol, that is becoming so unbelievably rare nowadays, im glad its happening a little more now.

It was just after the change to starting gear and I still had a makarov and a winnie from the 1.7 days. I was checking the fire station at the north edge of Elektro, but wasn't really finding much of interest. As I get ready to exit I hear gunshots. Time to hit the deck and find a good vantage point to see from. There! A survivor heading my way up the road from town with a handgun, and dragging four or five zombies behind him. I just wait in my little corner for him to go by with his train of death when he goes down, obviously a broken bone. Taking pity on the poor soul I come out and quickly dispatch the hoard around him. As he is bandaging up I tell him about the morphine I saw in the fire station. As I turn around to make my exit from this bloody scene I hear more gunshots, this time accompanied with the horrible flash of being hit. I spin around to see him still on the ground firing at me with his handgun. I fire off a couple shots with my trusty shotgun and the incoming hail of bullets ends, but too late. Before I can bandage myself I see my life pass before my eyes. "You Are Dead".

Sigh. I wasn't really looking forward to starting with no weapons, but respawn I do. I come to on the beach by the Cherno factory. Not too bad a starting spot I guess. Making my way towards town with naught but a flashlight, I first hit up the supermarket. Winchester! This life may not be as bad as I first though. I continue on towards the apartments by the hospital hoping to find a pack and some survival gear. The find: a Czeck pack, 1911, and everything but nvgs and gps for survival. After stocking up across the street at the hospital I thank the loot gods as I quickly depart north for my next great adventure. I consume great quantities of meat on this trip as I have several close calls in some of the villages. Wandering aimlessly north without any clear target in mind I find myself near Novy. It is finally time for my first trip to Starry to see the great tents of wonder. I work my way slowly around to the north side of the tents and from a couple of tree lines away I scope out the place. There is the expected assortment of dead bodies on the ground, but several upright as well. Not only have zombies spawned at the tents, but they are all clustered inside two of them. Someone else had obviously been there recently. I watch a bit longer but see no movement. Wanting my first foray to be successful I decide to call it a night and try again the next day. Bad move.

When I next log on I watch the familiar loading process as the tents and trees around Starry pop into view on my screen. One last screen and poof! Where did they all go? I look in the lower right hand corner and see it . . . Wilderness. Crap. I try relogging on another server but to no success. I also notice something odd. No gun. I check my inventory and cry out in shock. Not only am I miles from even a tree, but I have absolutely nothing. My 3 day old character is more naked than when he started. Not even a pack. I hop on the forums to find a solution. Having killed 100+ zombies and making it 3 days with this character, I don't want to try and run for an hour just to dye of thirst. It turns out that you can instead wind up in the Debug Forest, just off the map, instead of the Wilderness if you go onto a 1.7.1.4 server instead of 1.7.1.5. Nice. I try one just to check, and what do you know trees. I quickly find a download of the prior version and relog to see many others in the same place as me. Only one other person apparently reverted versions though, as no one else moves and they are all lootable. SCORE!!! I reequip myself with what I can find, which isn't much as most have nothing more than the starter gear. I do find an alice pack though, and a CCO. Deciding it would have to do, I make my way east. After 3 days of traveling north, I find myself in essentially the same place I started. I hit Balota and find a G17 with light and a couple more mags for my rifle. Back to the apartments again and I am now once again ready to venture north. Now to see if day 5 treats me any better than day 1.