McJib and I play DayZ as well (though we haven't played in a little while due to all the KoSers); my last "adventure" was short-lived, but fun nonetheless. I started out near the shipwreck, so I decided to explore it to see what I could find. After doing so, I managed to find a blue checked shirt, a blue cabbie hat a blue backpack, some food and a wood-splitting axe. At that point, I decided I would just roam around and see who I could find, thinking that, if I didn't have a gun, I wouldn't be such a prime KoS target. I traveled for a bit, until I came across the smaller Northeastern airstrip; since I had run into other people almost every time I explored this area (or any other airfield, for that matter), I decided to take position a little ways away in the bushes and scope the area out to see if there was anyone there. After only about 10 seconds, I saw 2 people run towards the jailhouse building. A few seconds later, I saw them and a third person exploring the control tower. I could see that one of them only had a melee weapon as I did, and wasn't wearing any clothes (besides the default undergarments). At that point, I figured it was probably a group of friends that were just roaming as a pack to avoid being KoSed, and that they were probably relatively harmless. So I decided to approach the airstrip (cautiously, of course). As I did, the one with no clothes came around the corner of the jailhouse building and apparently saw me approaching, so I waved and said hello. He returned my gesture, so I figured all was well. I approached him and struck up a conversation. I saw that he had nothing except a UN helmet and a baseball bat (most of the people I've encountered wearing UN gear were helpful, so I assumed the same of him). He said they were just roaming around looking for stuff, and I said I was basically doing the same. As I was talking to him, I turned the camera to see one of his friends behind me with a rifle on his back and a fire axe in his hands, apparently at the ready, like he was about to attack me. So I turned and said hello to him as well, as as I did, he started strafing around me in a circle. This seemed suspicious to me, so I turned with him so that I kept facing him. He then put his axe away, so I figured I was out of danger. I was apparently wrong, because, as I continued the conversation, the nearly-naked one put up his fists and punched me in the head, knocking me unconscious. When I came to, all of my gear was gone (including my clothes), having been replaced with the UN helmet and the baseball bat that the first guy had. To make things worse, I was bleeding. Since I didn't even have a shirt to tear into rags, I decided to head into the jailhouse to see if I could find any rags or bandages. As I rounded the corner of the hallway, I came upon another person (I'm assuming the 3rd one in the party), who instantly drew his pistol and killed me on sight.
In hindsight, I believe it might have been only the 2 people I was talking to at first traveling together, and the third person was already there, and when they came across one another, they decided to call a truce. Unfortunately, I will never know the truth.
That being said, I would love to group with some of you guys some time and explore again; especially since my first character that I had died with so much awesome gear (I had a motorcycle helmet, a fire axe, a Mosin-Nagant (which I actually own in RL, which is why I kept it) with a pristine PU scope, bipod, compensator AND bayonet (even though the bayonet is currently useless; I just thought it looked cool, as my RL Mosin also has one), an FNX45 WITH a clip (the clip took forever to find; since they've added the Colt I try to find one of those instead), cargo pants, a tactical vest, a tactical shirt, a mountain backpack, 2 pairs of handcuffs w/ keys, and a ton of ammo and food. Unfortunately, I lost it all to the first KoSer I ran across. :(
