Set the tent a medium distance from the high traffic areas. In short: once you have a tent and some spare loot of moderate to almost-high quality, you’ll need to use it as bait. The good players instinctively consider all tents as containing some real choice loot, or at least a couple things worth swiping. Finding just one’s not much less impressive. Finding a full camp of them is like finding a lost pirate’s treasure. Option 1 (Tent Alone): One of the things to remember is how rare a tent really is. As I usually do, I want to help you outwit the guys with the good sh*t, using psychology. And in the next section I’ll talk about that in detail. When you find a tent somewhere, your first thought should be where to put it and what to put in. The idea is simple: make the tent a lure for experienced players. However, I think it bears a larger audience, one which may not have played DayZ. This is by no means a new idea, and I’m sure it’s been better executed by better strategists than me.
Hanging around Cherno, waiting for some guy in a ghillie to go into a church so you can get his suit is one option. DayZ is a game based ultimately on outwitting both the zombie AI and other players. I want to discuss how to properly use camping tents for defense and offense. This article is something of an addendum to my last one talking about tents and what’s in them.
Note: I’ll talk about the DayZ-is-now-a-game topic next time.
