DayZ through the Phases

[swfwebmaster]

This is through the whole process. Some folks enter at different levels while some enter at the top with an established team.

The phases of DayZ as seen by the eyes of sfscriv: (the bottom of the list is the starting point)

PHASE FIVE
Hunt humans as a team
Little to gain with a minor impact due to loses
Tents established and stocked
Multiple vehicles stocked
Have all wanted items
Map fully explored
User Interface / Controls understood
Zombies are a nuisance
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PHASE FOUR
Harvesting high value sites as a team
Harvesting high value sites as an individual with lots to loose as an individual
Tent with some basics
Possess a vehicle to move around the map and pick up other team mates
Have most wanted items
Some areas of the map still need to be visited
Still some User Interface / Controls yet to be incorporated into gameplay
Zombies are easily avoided
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PHASE THREE
Trying to get team consolidated
Looting most sites as an individual
Need to find a Tent and a good place to hide it
Need to get the repair parts to get a vehicle operational
Have the basic survival items
Big areas of the map still need to be explored
Need to learn some basic User Interface / Controls
Zombies no longer feared; still cautious
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PHASE TWO
No team yet; maybe matched up with a buddy
Looting all sites to get basics as an individual
No Tent
Find a vehicle
Need better basic items
Most of the map unknown
Need to learn to use the basic User Interface / Controls
Zombies will batter you badly from time to time; still hard to break contact
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PHASE ONE
No team; no buddy
Looting to survive another 10 minutes as an individual
No Tent; would be great to find someone else's tent
Not worried about acquiring a vehicle
Need basic items
Very little of the map is known
Do not yet know the basic User Interface / Controls
Zombies are scary and deadly

In the beginning, the thirst for knowledge is great and the environment is very hostile

[PhoenixKsE]

I would say this is pretty accurate, however personally I'd move find a vehicle to phase 3, and repairing it to phase 4... and high value sites should come down to phase 3. One more thing, I felt I had lots to lose in phase 4 rather than in phase 5.

But that's just me personally. And if we were going with JUST my view on the whole thing, phase 3 would not have 'Need to learn some basic UI/Controls', if would be more like 'Fairly comfortable with UI/Controls -- Has even changed some controls due to usage based on play style.' Also, zombies being problematic wouldn't be in phase 3, it would be more like 'zombies are no longer feared -- player is still cautious around them though'.

Just my opinion.

[sfscriv]

Thanks, Phoenix. I made some edits. It is based on personal experience, so some will be the same and others different. For example, U/I controls where a challenge and I was still learning through a good part of the phases. One of the last things I learned was once you click your right mouse button to use your sights, you can zoom in farther by holding the right mouse button. That would have been extremely useful if I had known that sooner.

[pershainovitsh]

Funny, that was one of the first things I learned.

My advice would be to try and get used to the Arma 2 controls before going into the hostile Day Z world. Just load up the boot camp, finish at least the infantry courses and you should be ready to go. You should also check the controls from the options menu and try them out, maybe write down some important ones on a piece of paper, or even, heaven forbid, open the physical manual if you have one. Arma games aren't ones anyone can just pick up and play.

You can also zoom by holding the right mouse button even when not aiming through the sights.

[sfscriv]

Feb 11, 2013 10:42:28 GMT 1 pershainovitsh said:

...You can also zoom by holding the right mouse button even when not aiming through the sights.

I knew that and frequently use the zoom when not using the sights. I just did not know that once in the sights you could zoom-in.

[PhoenixKsE]

I also use the zoom very often. One thing I wish I would have learned quicker was the middle mouse button function, say as you are looking at a ladder or at the driver side door of a vehicle to do the 'default action' rather than using the wheel and clicking on the first choice in the menu.

[sfscriv]

Didn't know that one.