A Story of the DZ (How to survive)
There are endless stories of people getting ripped off in the DZ. From people getting killed at extractions to the same rogue killing people over and over again. I play solo a lot until I find a cool group of guys in the DZ to invite me to join. Playing solo is risky but there's an easy way to pull it off. Don't be an idiot. So many people spawn at the same safe house over and over despite knowing there's a rogue player standing right outside waiting to kill you for the 4th time in a row. Players try to extract in DZ 1 knowing there's a group of 4 waiting to rip them of their loot. Then they'll come to the forum and complain. Bottom line is, you're dumb. So I figured I'd tell one of my many tales.
While in the DZ last night there was a group of 3 that continued to attack everyone trying to extract. I was completely aware of this and decided to play it smart. Anytime they went rogue I would hit landmarks that were on the other side of whatever DZ area they were in. I never got attacked once and was able to farm for PC and loot easily. Then came extractions. I switched over to pulse with concealment. If you're in the DZ solo and there are rogues your priority is no longer killing. It is surviving! A bunch of people don't seem to understand this. I went down to DZ 1 and called in an extraction. I quickly left that extraction as quickly as I could and made my way to a different one. False extractions are the easiest way to keep rogues away from you. I made it to the other extraction called it in and then hid. The group came and do to concealment they could not find me. Included below as a video. I'm not a huge gamer so I don't stream so excuse the xbox DVR link.
https://account.xbox.com/en-us/gamec...9-5f12046dcb16
Next came the supply drops. I made my way over to the first one and killed the boss. There was another player present so I ignored the box since my Survivor Link was not active. I played smart and let the other player take the box. I made my way to the second box along with the other player and realized he was part of the group of 3 that was trying to kill everyone. I killed the boss and, knowing I was outnumbered, let the 3 man group claim the box. AFTER they claimed the box they went rogue on me. I'd like to take a moment to address not only the a$$hole move this is but how much it harms the game. I'm all for going rogue, but it takes no skill whatsoever for 3 guys to kill 1 innocent player after he was NICE to you and helped you claim a supply drop. I also have video of this entire encounter. Definitely watch this one.
https://account.xbox.com/en-us/gamec...9-5f12046dcb16
I proceeded to go to extract and the same group came towards me. At this point I was tired of them and went rogue myself. I wiped all 3 again and killed another 2 man group and was on a solo manhunt. I ended up killing 6 more players and surviving the manhunt on my own. Unfortunately I have no proof of this but feel free to watch my other xbox clips and I think I can back up these claims. Attached is also my Division Tracker.
http://divisiontracker.com/profile/xbox/XxCPTcalzonexX
My stats are also nowhere near perfect. At the time of this encounter my stats were 180K DPS, 65K health, 15K electronics, and 60% damage mitigation.
Bottom line is the DZ can be rough, but if you play smart you can survive. I hope this helps some people.