Last night I had one of the most awesomely lucky and amazing yet epicly frustrating lives of DayZ ever. Warning: Lots of text.
I spawned just outside Elektro and made my into town. Literally the first building I check yields and Alice Pack and upon checking the fire station I hit the jackpot and find a DMR and M9 SD with 2 mags each. This was the first time Id ever found a sniper rifle that wasnt the CZ so I was pretty excited.
Upon surveying the area from the top of the the fire station I notice 3 guys with pretty good gear chilling on top of the building opposite the school. At least 2 of them have sniper rifles, one of which is an M107 so I decide this is the perfect chance to test out my new toy. I wasnt really too sure if there would be any bullet drop from the distance I was at so I just aimed my first shot for the head of the guy with the M107. The shot dropped him instantly and he died moments later. My second shot just wounded the second guy while the 3rd guy hit the deck. Luckily, they werent completely concealed and I managed to pick of the 3rd guy with a few shots as he tried to crawl to cover and killed the 2nd guy as he foolishly tried to bandage himself.
At this point I was pretty fucking happy with myself, 3 kills with less than 1 magazine and 2 of the kills registered as bandit kills so I felt like I was doing a public service. Just as I was wallowing in my awesomeness, I got hit by automatic fire and had to sprint downstairs, taking out a few zombies who had come to investigate my gunshots. Id only lost around 3k health, but not knowing where the shots really came from I couldnt really retaliate so I snuck out the back door and sprinted off into town.
The guy took a few more shots at me but none really came close so I just high-tailed it to loot the 3 guys I had just killed. Upon getting to the roof I took a quick look at the bodies and jizzed from seeing all the gear they had: M107 with 3 mags, grenades, matches, rangefinder, NVGs, shit tonnes of medical supplies and just about every useful bit of loot there is. Just as I started to loot I noticed a guy with an AK (who I assume was the guy shooting at me before) climbing up the ladders to the school roof and lieing down. I was laid down at this point too. He took a few shots at me but neither of use actually had a shot on the other. We sort of stared each other out for 30 secs or so until I remembered one of the dead guys had nades on him. I chucked one pretty accurately as it exploded about 5 feet above his head and he proceeds to shit himself and tries to stand up to get to cover but I managed to put a few shots in his back for the kill.
Again, adrenaline levels through the roof, Im feeling pretty damn happy with myself and begin looting the dead bodies. I consider logging out and going to a less full server to escape the city but instead decide to do it like a man and stay in the server. MISSTAAAAAAKE! Upon finishing looting the last body I turn toward the ladder and see a guy with a DMR just reach the top of the ladder and aim his DMR at me, about 5 feet away. Cue much LMB spam and both of us dying simultaneously leaving some lucky fucker with an absolute treasure chest of loot.
I respawned at Cap Golova so decide to sprint back to Elektro to see if I can salvage my gear. While on the way, some guy in a UAZ drives past me (first time id seen a car) and picks someone up and drive off into the town, attracting a hoard of zombies who then decide to chase me instead. I manage to lose most in the side streets and make my way back up to the roof only to find all of the bodies gone and a single guy in a ghillie suit and what I assume to be my M107 lying up there waiting. Im unarmed so in full rage mode I just decide to troll him by running around him in circles. He wastes 5 shots before switching to what I also assume is my M9 SD and taking me down to half health with one mag. Just as I am about to give up and let him kill me, another guy climbs the ladder armed with a revolver and shoots the ghillie suit guy in the back and then finishes me off.
At the time I was pretty angry losing all the cool shit I earned but looking back it was truly one of the best game experiences Ive had for a long while. If only I had a friend to watch the ladder while I was looting it all