DayZ Official. The Reality Of DayZ Official Servers.

There are indeed plenty of days where you don’t see a soul.
Maybe some base hunting to keep you entertained? Either that or some community servers.
I play on console and the PC version really seems like such a different game.

You can always hear the players you just can’t find thrm

lol, go play Fortnite,

Gear fear at nwaf

Use the baby ak to clear building not sk. Sk is longer than baby ak so you'd get more muzzle lift.

You need to get on Namalsk, you won't be running around bored on there

Play in ps5

Last week I played on a server that showed 60/90 players. I ran from Tri Kresta to Tisy, and continued eastcoast to Svetlojarsk, went south all the way to Elektro, so basicly I ran across the whole map.

The only "encounter" was a single gunshot I heard miles away! Didnt see anyone, didnt see a single dead z, didnt see even a single aggroed z.. Where are everyone?! 🤷🏼‍♂️

North west air field, that's where the loot is

If the Infected are more than 300m they are most likely spawned by another player. Unless the server is modded for more or less.

It’s funny coz me and a mate where on a official full server yesterday. We camped some high traffic areas (2hours in total) and didn’t see a sausage. In all that time just 1 solitary shot was heard in the distance. Couldn’t believe it!

It is odd... In the old days you were pretty much guaranteed encounters. These days, even playing on full pop servers I rarely see a soul... I've wondered if everyone's fallen in to different ways of playing than they used to.. going direct, cross country to places (cos we all know the maps) rather than taking the roads.. who tf knows...

Bro the quality is ass😭 please fix🙏

i mainly play on rearmed, modded pvp focused server and trust me it do be like that on there aswell haha

its people being overly scared and a bit paranoid i think, for sure left the area after shooting etc

Best bet is to crank off some rounds at VMC. In my experience this has been the only reliable way to find people inland

I think the biggest problem with new players looking for PvP in this game is a box type of tunnel vision.

Everyone limits themselves(frm my perspective) to such a tiny portion of land when looking for someone.

Most ppl on official with gear know how to move & quickly, easily covering 1000M in 1-2 mins, I’ve noticed since most newbies come frm games like siege & cod etc with maps only ranging 100-150M tops they tunnel vision about the same distance in a box fashion(most the time) not realizing the dude they just saw could’ve already made it 200+M from them

I play exclusively official

In my opinion...there's no way to go looking for PVP in DayZ. It finds you.
It depends on the server, but when there's 50+ people online...I think there's always a concentration of people at NWAF/Tisy and Coastal Spawn Towns. So it's just up to which type of player you want to be.

Try Livonia for pvp. The map is smaller and most people concentrate in the cities near the river. Chernarus is too damn big.

The only problem is hackers

Yeah i try meeting my brother on the coast. Mf dude playing as a ginger woman trys to kill me with a bone knife. Had to shoot them with a shotgun. Then we left started playing a different game. . official is Not realistic

Walking simulator 😂

Did you pick a high pop official server???

bro official servers are pretty much dead and in my opinion, this game is a masterpiece, and the way people are enjoying it, myself included, is by playing community servers, the best example other than cheaters is code locks, we currently have a base in a server with 75/75 gates (including barricades which aren't destroyable) and I couldn't imagine myself opening every single one by placing the 4 digits of the lock every time i wanted to get in or out of base 😂. Dayz has been here for too long, the updates they've made and stuff they've added to the game is nothing like the modded community did, another example is boats which already existed in modded servers, and they're bringing them to the game in 1.26

No matter how hard I try, it seems like other people are always able to spot me before I can spot them.

I was on a public server from update at the beginning of 2024 until the 1.25 patch. I had a base camp with no walls and nobody ever found it. It was averaging 20+ toxic people every single day and they hardly ever left the coast. Those that did were alt accounting dupers that could not keep a base because they built WAY too big. Then they would harass the server for playing the game. WYA? Is the only communication from anyone. If you challenge them to figure out how to play the game they cry foul but if you don't give them your exact location they act butt hurt. Figured out everyone's play times and made the NWAF a tripwire trap mecca. 90% of the time I'm hunting. If I track a player I will follow them acrossed the map just for them to log out anyways. And 100% of those toxic players that brag about how awesome they are have no directional sense and will combat log so fast its like they have a log out cheat

Why not eat all the food u have on u? It makes no sense to run around with it.. it take om slots and it is heavy..

That base was a hack 💯

If they were hackers you would have just gotten the "you are dead" screen. Sounds like a possible fire fight and as you hang around they drew more attention.

I think they could double or triple the amount of players on the map at one time.

I got killed at kamensk last week. Second attempt and im super geared with nods now, thanks random guy for helping me out lol

Hang around or build a base in high pop areas more. Players will come to you. Simples