So i been playing for about a month maybe 2 months now i have a gear score of 220-240 i try to farm the dz and soon as i step out boom i get hit with 4 stickies or 4 shotguns,before i can even load into the darkzone
or i see a group of about 10 people all rogue standing and running around in a circle popping heals then soon as i try to pass boom i have 10 people throwing stickies and bussing shotguns at me. Then i try to go to another checkpoint farm a little go to the extraction point away from the group of 10 pop off the extraction hide then next thing you know there are 10 rogues and npc's and the crazy part about it the stuff i drop they don't even take except the loot that is automatically dropped and given to first person to run over the body. Also whats the point of toughness if you still get killed by 1 shotgun blast a block away from the shooter. I noticed that even if your in a group of 4 you really have no chance in the dz because there will be those 10 rouges that are working together to destroy you before you can even get loaded into the dz from the checkpoint
1) checkpoints are there so players can be killed easily by rogues. this was an intended design decision by massive. They want you to be slaughtered instantly while you're loading, its been this way for 6 months. If they wanted differently they would have changed something. Turrets at the entrance, whatever. Its very clear they want things to be this way. utilize the alternate entrances if you're feeling brave. But you shouldn't waste your time, as my next point will explain.
2) the people killing you the second you enter have all the gear they could ever want. they don't care about whatever you pick up, its junk to them and they will happily dismantle it all for lols. Been there done that, love when I kill someone and they drop something nice, i dismantle it so they can't possible revenge kill it off of me.
Again, this is an intended design decision or else it would have changed by now. Like I said, 6 months, plenty of time to fix these things.
The DZ is a private playground and you are NOT INVITED. If the experience is too hardcore for you then please, return your game.
good day.
Well, I see it a bit differently. It's endgame. PvP with ai bots and loot. Currently it's a broken idea which may never be resolved. Did you hear that massive? PvPve doesn't work.
Anyway, the PC is currently bugged and has hackers up the azz, griefing is common place in lower dz brackets. Try 3-6 entry points or change servers, or wait until 1.4.
Personally, prior to 1.3 the dz was decent, no where near what it is now. I farmed the dz due to having best loot locked behind dz. However, 1.3 destroyed this game and players left in droves, thus leading to 1.4 nerf / buff hype train. At this point dz is PvP, if you can find randoms in mm, be sure and ask what they are doing. 50/50 PvP or PvE.
I still dz, hoard teal cache's. Waiting for 1.4.
1. There is nothing to change. There are DZ entrances that are not checkpoints and are to difficult to camp.Originally Posted by BrokenLance Go to original post
Not to mention not all checkpoints can be camped at once and you can see rogue timers, deployed skills etc when you are at checkpoint so you have fairly good chance to know before you go if there are campers or not.Originally Posted by sandpants Go to original post
But as for gearing purposes you should probably do FL or Horseman in the live version for now since they are way way faster than DZ even if you manage to find server without rogues.
Nothing. Just like life,death,pain and joy.Originally Posted by javonjw Go to original post
There's no point. It is all meaningless. So you can either enjoy it or not. But that too is pointless.
Thus spake the nihilist.
What's the point?
There are so many.
Make some up if you're bored, like baiting rogues by shooting them in the head from max range and running away....repeatedly. Triggering extractions and sit back and watch while they scurry about like rabid rats after.....well.....nothing.
Antagonise the fatties at DZ5 and make them run.
Heck, do whatever you please. It's Anarchy at it's unadulterated finest!