what should a new person know /Tips

[Dakota M J]

hey i had just been whitelisted a few days go but due to my computer being broken i will have to wait like a week before i can play. what are some tips or things i should know walking into this DayzRp world 

[Hofer]

https://www.dayzrp.com/newcomer-guide/

Please check the guides section on the forums for more

[Mugin]

If you do your utmost to bring RP to the server, it'll probably go well for a short while and you'll enjoy yourself here long enough to form some kind of Stockholm addiction. In that head space you will most likely play until you hate this game and the people who inhabit it.

Best of luck, really. Find friends who do their utmost to RP. Don't break character, and don't use VOIP to talk OOC. 

[Roman]

Don't start out as a bandit, It takes a lot of knowledge and experience to really provide good hostileRP. Don't take things that happen In Character personally and don't bring it OOC. Join a group and make new friends, it will hopefully provide more roleplay and make your stay more fun. Welcome to the community and enjoy your stay sir.

Edited April 25, 2020 by Roman

[Dakota M J]

29 minutes ago, Mugin said:

If you do your utmost to bring RP to the server, it'll probably go well for a short while and you'll enjoy yourself here long enough to form some kind of Stockholm addiction. In that head space you will most likely play until you hate this game and the people who inhabit it.

Best of luck, really. Find friends who do their utmost to RP. Don't break character, and don't use VOIP to talk OOC. 

i have played on alot of rp servers never on dayz. im new to dayz and have a fear of not knowing how todo something and starting bad Rp over it .any advice on how i should go about learning the game while on the sever ? and what should i do if i dont know or undrstand what someone is saying in Rp

Just now, Roman said:

Don't start out as a bandit, It takes a lot of knowledge and experience to really provide good hostileRP. Don't take things that happen In Character personally and don't bring it OOC. Join a group and make new friends, it will provide more roleplay hopefully and make your stay more fun. Welcome to the community and enjoy your stay sir.

yeah im starting my first guy being a medic that dosnt kill people. altho i want to have Rp where i meet a group and then  when they need me the most i do shoot to kill someone but i want to stay away from killing and make my first kill really really special.

 

[Mugin]

4 minutes ago, Dakota M J said:

i have played on alot of rp servers never on dayz. im new to dayz and have a fear of not knowing how todo something and starting bad Rp over it .any advice on how i should go about learning the game while on the sever ? and what should i do if i dont know or undrstand what someone is saying in Rp

yeah im starting my first guy being a medic that dosnt kill people. altho i want to have Rp where i meet a group and then  when they need me the most i do shoot to kill someone but i want to stay away from killing and make my first kill really really special.

 

There used to be a mentor program, that might be able to gain more activity given the circumstances of the world. That being said, I really recommend just playing public to get the game mechanics down first.

Going ig can be tough in terms of figuring out game mechanics, and not breaking character. If you are able, just do not break character when figuring out how to work game mechanics. If you find someone able to help you ig, all the better.

[Roman]

3 minutes ago, Dakota M J said:

i have played on alot of rp servers never on dayz. im new to dayz and have a fear of not knowing how todo something and starting bad Rp over it .any advice on how i should go about learning the game while on the sever ? and what should i do if i dont know or undrstand what someone is saying in Rp

yeah im starting my first guy being a medic that dosnt kill people. altho i want to have Rp where i meet a group and then  when they need me the most i do shoot to kill someone but i want to stay away from killing and make my first kill really really special.

 

Before you even think about killing someone you need to understand how things are done first and really understand the rules, so put that thought way back in your head for now.

Join a group and learn from them or just observe peoples roleplay so you get a better understanding what to expect.

[Whitename]

6 minutes ago, Dakota M J said:

where i meet a group and then  when they need me the most i do shoot to kill someone

just keep in mind you can't just up and shoot people

 

just be a nice guy and wait for your character to get caught up at the wrong end of a gun to see how more experienced players handle it, then you should have a better idea of how to go about things. just keep in mind 99% of the reports are related to hostilities so you shoud place the most care in that area.

[Dakota M J]

3 minutes ago, Roman said:

Before you even think about killing someone you need to understand how things are done first and really understand the rules, so put that thought way back in your head for now.

Join a group and learn from them or just observe peoples roleplay so you get a better understanding what to expect.

yeah that didnt come out how i wanted i just ment that im not thinking about killing everyone even threw roleplay i want to stay away from it for as long as i can so when i do kill someone threw Rp its a big deal for my guy to handle 

3 minutes ago, Whitename said:

just keep in mind you can't just up and shoot people

 

just be a nice guy and wait for your character to get caught up at the wrong end of a gun to see how more experienced players handle it, then you should have a better idea of how to go about things. just keep in mind 99% of the reports are related to hostilities so you shoud place the most care in that area.

yeah like i said to the other guy i came out weird i meant i just wasnt trying to kill people threw Rp at all till i really have to. and i have read the rules and watched some videos on dayz rp so i feel like i some what know how to rp killing when i need to 

 

[Noble]

A quick bit of advice: Never get attached to your gear. Never get angry cause someone stole your Grandpa's M4 or something like that, it's just items and you don't need them to RP. You should always value your own life over a gun.

[Combine]

12 minutes ago, Hammond said:

A quick bit of advice: Never get attached to your gear. Never get angry cause someone stole your Grandpa's M4 or something like that, it's just items and you don't need them to RP. You should always value your own life over a gun.

This.

I feel it's funny for me to say or highlight because in all my time here I wasn't robbed in the classic sense at all. I was taken hostage maybe 2-3 times I can recall and then died later because big shootouts happened or so. But no robbery type of shit in the classic sense.

But the point I want to highlight is not getting attached to your gear. While I may not have been robbed much or at all I lost enough shit due to looted bases or storage containers or dying in fights. To be honest, it took me a while. While I have years of RP experience (usually in other genres or those you don't really have to loot your equipment from specific places, like ARMA RPG and shit) and played a lot of DayZ before joining DayZRP, this was still a new experience.

 

But the game is more fun if you don't value gear too much and not to a level you're willing to die for it despite high probability of dying because you are outnumbered or in a bad position. It's just gear in the end. Focus more on the roleplay, how stories develop, what your character (and you) witness and go through.

 

Other than the tips provided or linked already, I am sure you'll get the hang of some things eventually.

[neom]

Read the rules, read the rules, read the rules. I can not stress how many new people have skim read the rules and think they know they all. 
Not just read them but understand them, speak to people, ask questions if you aren’t sure. Don’t sit there and think you know them when you don’t! 
 

Don’t get attached to your gear, it’s just gear you’ll get more tomorrow, 

 

Focus on RP rather then PvP 

 

Lastly know when to stop, it’s a game it’s not that deep 

[groovy lamb]

18 hours ago, Dakota M J said:

yeah im starting my first guy being a medic that dosnt kill people.

If you're planning to do medical situations with this medic character, you could read up on how to properly do medical RP! It can be a little confusing at first, but very rewarding and makes for cool character development!

This is helpful guide for you to read!
Best of luck!

[Dakota M J]

7 hours ago, Lamb said:

If you're planning to do medical situations with this medic character, you could read up on how to properly do medical RP! It can be a little confusing at first, but very rewarding and makes for cool character development!

This is helpful guide for you to read!
Best of luck!

thanks man that was a good read and helped me 

 

[Jade]

Take a gander through some of the recently solved reports. Reading through reports helps you get a better understanding of the rules and how they should/shouldn't be played out, especially if you're worried about badrp.