Do a raid weapons stash to re-gear, everyone open the stash at the same time without looting, then everyone takes what they need. Gear up a full squad quickly. Though you won't always get a 3-Plate and a large bag in one go.
canal apartment 103 and South bank apartment keys are my go to re-ups. both easily accessible by water, and a great escape route, if you get in trouble.
I've said it before, but I would love to have a solo only DMZ mode. It's a type of game mode I want to sit back and play by myself occasionally, but running into 3 man teams doesn't exactly make it the easiest thing to do. I rarely ever get a nice exfil streak going because of it.
Biggest tip is to play with others and don’t get too greedy. U can always extract and run again. And check a map for where spawn locations are because u may get spawn sniped
3 Tips come to mind: (1) Hostage rescue - Sometimes the rear chopper ramp isn't quite low enough to walk the hostage onto, so just plop him down below the ramp, hop on the ramp and pick him up again. (2) Sinister Idea - I never see peeps doing this and I keep forgetting to! Snuggle a mine or claymore near the body of your downed victim and wait for carnage when their mate goes to revive him. (3) Proximity Chat - Don't leave it on all the time unless you want to advertise your position - instead set a favourite in Quick Settings so you can flick it on when you want to chat with potential new mates, etc.
Armor boxes actually provide 6 plates. When dropping an armor box, drop any equipped plates first and make sure you have at least one empty slot in your backpack. When you use the armor box, it will fill your equipped plates and provide an extra 3 plates in your backpack. If you dropped your plates before picking up the box, then you pick those back up.
The only few bits I of advice that sometimes work for solo players is: Pretty basic, I know, but headshots on armored boys will half the time to kill. It's hard in the moment, yet practice makes perfect. Find a favorite weapon with controllable recoil. Start at the upper chest, maybe the neck and the recoil will set you up for consecutive headshots. Check your corners. If you're in a city, you've gotta take it slower than usual. Cover is vital. If a gunfight is too much, reposition yourself. They may lose sight of you, and you can get the drop on them from a different angle. Stealth can be used to take out half the enemies, that way when a firefight breaks out, only five guns are after you, not ten. Takedowns, throwing knives, and suppressors. Having fun is the most important part. If you are willing to be friendly to real players and you see them before they see you, you can use the command to ask to join their squad. However this may alert the not-so-friendly players to your location and they may gun for you. High risk, high reward. And above all else Drink. Some. Water.
@@MyMaxKitty very true, been happening more and more because of that since games like this came out, perfect example is the first few months of the mod DayZ. People try to be friendly but get destroyed, which in turn makes that friendly person not trust anyone and blast people on sight. The thing is though, if we all adopt that mentality, than no will ever trust anyone and we create a never ending cycle of betrayal. We have to be the example that breaks the mold. I've had people take out my friend, but gambled my own life saying friendly, no gun in hand and pray they won't shove a shotgun up my nose. It's worked a few times. Good luck out there everyone.
that friendly guy is always me, sucks to be one tbh, i get gunned down still, bcz mostly i m spawned with players who dont cooperate a bit, everyone being rambo, whenever i find a squad i always dont shoot first or just down him if he is alone and ask to squad him up, but mostly it doesnt go well, despite this i still try to be friendly every match, who know maybe i could find long time friends there, as cod for me is better if u have cooperative company
@stodeh - I watch all of your videos with Westie, and there is one thing I don't think you know about since you don't ever plead for help. When you plead for help, you actually leave your teammate cam and the camera goes back to your body. This allows you to spy on your body and any looting that the opponent is doing on you. You can tell your teammate that you are being looted and that enemy is therefore at risk. I don't think most people plead thinking they will get the help - they use it as a spying tool. Thanks for the amazing content!
I've been thinking on doing this one but I always forget to do it. Not sure if it works but I'm glad that you mentioned that it works exactly as I imagine it.
Despite the spotter scope being currently reworked and disabled you can still use it for free 'glint-less' thermal vision. Helpful for marking enemy squads and identifying players from long often useeable ranges.
Quick heads up for tip #14 if you downed with a self revive if you have a team use the self revive till your almost fully revived but don’t use it all the way and you can get saved in 2 seconds by your teammates and keep your self revive as well works every time .. and you can also use the spotter scope to find enemies or other players without hinting them to you location by exposing the rifle glare ping with them a scope and them swap ….awesome video..cheers
One loot tip I’d add is that hard drives are underrated loot. Lots of places like banks, office buildings, and police stations have lots of computers to find them. $500 apiece and you can stack ten of them in a lot
Another tip I learned recently is when using keys and you have teammates. Unlock the door and have one of your teammates open the locked space. It will not wear down the key. I am uncertain if they have fixed that by now, but it has worked recently in DMZ for me.
Its amazing! this is how I played the game realizing this weeks ago by myself (because I came from playing a lot of the division games so I got the hung of it quick), I just started watching this vid with tips last weekend and realizing this is why people are starting to play like this and go places and doing stuff that I used to hang and do to be stealth as I only play solo. I wish people get the hang of it soon would be great that you only engage if you're engaged (shoot at). There's no need to be always agressive killing just because.
Here's a big tip, you can make your insured weapon a contraband weapon by dropping it, have a team member pick it up then drop it again, and when you pick back up make sure it goes in your secondary slot. To do this just drop both guns at once, pick up your original secondary while holding nothing and it becomes your primary. That way, after you exfil, you can store it as contraband or just build yourself a completely new insured weapon and roll with two amazing guns. AI can actually show up at that mini gas station but I've never seen more than two be there. Thing is some teams can clear them out just driving by easily so you can hit it numerous times and never see anyone. I see you covered that contraband insured weapon at the end now but I'm leaving how to do it anyway.... It's extremely useful. You can also stow a weapon in your backpack and I've found that doing this with other operator guns, or even the suppressed M4s that some Tier 3 armor bots drop, is nice for contraband. Suppressors make a huge difference in DMZ, not just for other operators but hiding from bots as well.
The police stations (like the one just east of Mawizeh Marshlands on the river bank) are fantastic for regaining especially when they're strongholds. If you also have the police armory key, you get a ton of cash, too. Armory key plus Police Locker Master Key yields some great contraband weapons with multiple attachments that don't spawn anywhere else on the map.
Dunno if this has been mentioned before: If you have an ammo crate equipped from the start and you find yourself in a longer lasting fire fight you can actually use your ammo crate a second time after using it, by right klicking on the icon in your inventory where it usually sits. You will drop your 'used' crate and you can pick it up again.
Tip number 1. the moment you spawn, run to cover. There are a couple spawn points where you are out in the open in direct line of view of other players spawning, if you know the spawn points and have a good sniper, you can drop a player before they even move from their spawn points. Many players will instantly go to their map to plan out where they want to go, while you are standing there, it only takes a few seconds for someone to snipe you down. I do it and it has happened to me. Spawn, take cover then get into your map.
So many players just sprint the nearest spawn for ambush these days . I’ve had my squad wiped in the first minute or so . Update : I’ve found it to be pretty good strategy at most spawns to just run about 100 meters in land before engaging anything . Seems to prevent the spawn sniping
TELL ME ABOUT IT..IV HAD DIRTY TWATS DO THAT TO ME AND MY MATES...ALL THIS COMPLAINING OVER THE YRS ABOUT SO CALLED CAMPING..YET NOW ITS A THING...THEY ALSO DO IT TO EXFIL SIGHTS NOW..JUST (CAMPING) AT EXFILS... DIRTY BUGGERS
@@therpp9183 yea I firmly believe any player that doesn’t move for a minute or so should be hunted down by that big foot looking thing they use to put in Christmas maps
Been waiting for this one. Specially from the people that regularly plays DMZ and does it better than anyone else. Half of the tips I already know but the last half of the tips are very useful. Thank you so much for this one! This will improve my DMZ gameplays even further. Also a tip(also currently a bug), if you use your Ammunitions box, there is a bug that the box will remain in your inventory slot, it will stop you from using a new one. You can actually right click on the slot(the one that has the trophy icon) to drop it, it will drop the box.. but you can loot it again and use it again. Basically allowing you to use 1 the same ammo box twice. It's useful in a lot of scenarios and missions. They may fix it in the future but until then, it is helpful, specially to get more smoke nades.
@@googleuser2607 idk, it always works on my end. I sometimes hate it coz it prevents me to use other utility, it only gives a purpose for me when i need more lethal equipment. But there are times though that it doesn't just glitch out, but most of the time it is.
Great video, learned most of that from watching you, Westie, Tomo,Jack, and Stone all playing together in various VODs. Love the DMZ content keep up the good work!
I’m not advanced but getting better. I already use a lot of your tips so I know I’m doing something right. Great content to check my progression. Only started playing this 7 month ago as a 41 yr old. Cheers for the tips
Solid tips and some good stuff in the coments too, especially the one about cancelling the self revive at the last minute to make it quicker for someone to revive you. I've seen people I downed get picked up really quickly and wondered how they were managing that. Also very interesting one about being on the roof vs passenger seat. My top tip: Always try and take a vehicle to the exfill for the extra cover and the ability to escape if you get outnumbered.
As someone who usually plays solo... the truck storage was new... And i have died so many times because I res'd right after getting downed and didn't think to move away... So that's two tips for sure I have learned from this... Plus watching you and Westie play has taught me a TON more... (I am sorry... You're a Brit... TONNE) :-) Thanks for helping this OG Gamer - and OLD MAN in general - Get better at DMZ
I thought I already knew it all when it came to DMZ, but this had a lot more extra info that will be super helpful moving forward!! Thanks for the help!!
Using a ledge you can get a hostage onto many of the vehicles. When you have a squad and you partially use a self revive but don’t finish it all the way a teammate can pick you up faster (needing only the remaining time you didn’t fill on the circle) and when they get you up you still have your self revive. So never fully use it unless all squad mates are downed or in pvp and need to.
Wish more randoms understood this . Many will assume your are self reviving and not get you. Also if you go down and you suspect you may go all the way down. Get to cover of some sort , very difficult to bring someone all the way up in the middle of the street
Hostage tip:when you're solo or just with randoms,you can drop the hostage next to the car and jump onto it,then look at the Hostage while on the car and you'll be able to pick them up whilst still on top of the vehicle where you can drop them on it and drive the hostage to the helicopter
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That last tip was something I'd never considered and we'll be doing that every single last round from now on. Also I was unaware of the distances for proximity chat, that is useful information. Thanks for that
- lighthouse key for resupply - if you mark the hunt contact and it turns from green to white, it means you are last team - I agree with riding cars if you have no plates, but if you do have plates, you will lose them if any bots start shooting -Teir 3 bots can be one shot with snipers, aim for chest above plate carrier or armpit both kill without breaking armor so more plates drop too. - If early you can plant c4 in final exfil then hide. Always look at ceiling when entering final exfil - I have a post it for mission keys to save even though I'm finished with all, as having keys is a great way to help/make friends. -The game is more fun with a 6 man team and people are more likely to join if either not shot at all or completely down. Choose before starting a fight you don't need. -People seem more likely to join at start of match too. Knowing spawns can then allow you to send 1 player to negotiate joining them. Then have the prior teammate run back to team and get the two left to join. -If you are in a fight and losing badly, try to join the other team, sometimes you can still rez your original team even if the other team lets you join. Then you can either combine or rejoin old. -You can climb to the top of exfils from the side wings by jumping at center and spaming climb. - Bringing a riot sheild for strongholds/building 21 it is basically cheating against ai including wheelie - Building 21 spawns one team in each corner of map (but on different levels either 1st or second) use this to figure out where other teams are and where they are going. Doors can tell a tale not just by being opened but by which way opened. - close doors in building 21 especially staircases after you - If losing in building 21(ie dead teamates and enemy team have grenade launcher or other op thing) run back to staircase and head up or down a level then run across map to staircase behind them and go back to level you were on. Most likely 1 is watching old staircase and other 2 are looting bodies. You might even have a new team fighting them. Wait for the right moment where you can hopefully down looters in one burst. Oh yeah don't shot (at bots) on other floor and 9 out of 10 times you won't get any aggro. -Finally, pay attention to names/voices. Just saying the enemies name seems to make them trust you more in offering a team up.
Your point about shooting Tier 3 bots in the chest/neck above the armour/armpit and then harvesting their plates is gonna be a game-changer for me, so thanks dude 😁👍 I was wasting time and sniper ammo on multiple headshots and then maybe getting 1 plate, maybe none, and recently had been trying to get neck shots, but above the plates and in the armpit are gonna be way easier 😊 Also, I try to close EVERY (external) door that I open behind me, because the bots WILL come and investigate any open door, but 8-9/10 of the Tier 1 and 2 will walk straight past if you close it behind you... 😉
Weapons case tip, especially useful for solo players- when the case spawn is observatory or akdar village, you can fly a heli into the zone just enough to land on the far northern telescope roof at observatory or onto the top of the tower in akdar, from there you’ll be able to take easy headshots at the jug, and he won’t respond or fire back. He always spawns in the same spot, so it’s actually really easy to farm him and get the weapons case. Don’t forget to bring a meta XMR and grab a heli ASAP off spawn!
@@IKARUS_ because the jug spawns in the same spot in the locations I mentioned, so landing on the aforementioned high point gives you direct line of sight to him, keeps you out of reach & doesn’t trigger AI reinforcements. This strat got me all 7 weapons cases (solo) in an afternoon
Great video! I’ve watched probably a dozen different tip videos for this game, but this one was by far the best in terms of fresh insights! Awesome content, as usual.
A fantastic loot spot accessible without a key is the stronghold that can generate in Al Bagra Fortress, the one directly in the center of the fortress compound. Obviously it will not be there every game, but it's pretty common, about 30-40% of the time it's there. There are 8-10(?) orange crates inside and you don't even need a stronghold keycard -- if you enter through the roof (where the buy station sometimes spawns) the doors there are not locked for some reason. If I spawn anywhere on the south of the map and need gear I check the map for that and head straight there if it's in the right place.
Not a major tip, but if you aim down a weapon and approach a closed door, you will get a prompt to peek inside. You can then slowly open a door depending on how fast you move. Can be useful if someone is hiding in a room and they are waiting for the door to open, or you are trying to be quiet.
Westie- your vids are amazing and just really well done with tons of info for players at all levels. It’s very cool that you are genuinely, and noticeably excited about being a partner to all of us. Your vid’s are always fun to watch and utilize. Thanks for what you’re doing to make mine and my fellow players experience better Brother!
Take your M13 into DMZ and give it to someone … that’s it. I pried it out of someone’s dead fingers and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks everyone should have the bloody thing. So I just drop it for people. Great gun as well🎉
The only few bits I of advice that sometimes work for solo players is: Pretty basic, I know, but headshots on armored boys will half the time to kill. It's hard in the moment, yet practice makes perfect. Find a favorite weapon with controllable recoil. Start at the upper chest, maybe the neck and the recoil will set you up for consecutive headshots. Check your corners. If you're in a city, you've gotta take it slower than usual. Cover is vital. If a gunfight is too much, reposition yourself. They may lose sight of you, and you can get the drop on them from a different angle. Stealth can be used to take out half the enemies, that way when a firefight breaks out, only five guns are after you, not ten. Takedowns, throwing knives, and suppressors. Having fun is the most important part. If you are willing to be friendly to real players and you see them before they see you, you can use the command to ask to join their squad. However this may alert the not-so-friendly players to your location and they may gun for you. High risk, high reward. And above all else Drink. Some. Water.
In all of my DMZ games, I've exfilled solo the most. Over 200 times as a solo, probably 100 in a squad. Squading up with random loud mouth kids will get you killed quick. Prox chat must be hard to understand.
Not sure if this one is common knowledge or not. But if you’re playing with a squad and you have a self revive kit, you can start reviving yourself and stop right before you get up and it’ll only take your teammate the remainder of the time that you had left on your self revive to get you up
I figured it was probably common knowledge by now, but I’ve ran into a lot of people in DMZ who didn’t know lol. Just trying my best to help other people
Amazing guide. Not really a tip, but knowing where every spawn point is can be valuable because if you start to travel around too much, you could quite easily meet another squad. So knowing where people spawn and the possibilities of where they might go can be helpful in either finding them or avoiding them.
One tip that really saved me and my teammates not just in DMZ but also in BR; is when downed, to do a self revive but not finish it completely (unless you entire team is in dire straits), if you just stop before the end, your teammates can instantly finish your revive (keeping their exposure short), and you keep your self revive for the next time.
If your vehicle is damaged and low fuel, it uses part of it's "proc" to do each. However, if you put a case can in a damaged vehicle,, filling it, it will repair twice as fast if it only has to do 1 of the 2. Same that it refuels faster if it doesn't have any damage. Not sure if there's was a hunt squad? towards the end, mark one, usually the one in Al Bagera.
There are two gas stations south of Al Sharim pass (east side of Ahkdar Village). The one farther east, closer to the dead drop, has been free of enemies every time I've been there. I use that one (and the one you mentioned in the video) quite frequently.
Another tip (it also applies for BR): If you have self-revive and you're downed, you can heal yourself leaving 1mm of progress bar, so your teammate can revive you in one moment. You won't lose self-revive. It's super convenient. Nevertheless, it does not apply for self-revive gun. If animation starts you won't be able to cancel it.
My best way of exfil due to the brutal PvP mindset everyone is currently in with DMZ… Koshi Complex is sometimes the safest exfil…although there are a surplus of 3 plate bots… getting through them can be a better option rather than fighting teams also trying to exfil or worse exfil campers
NO ONE takes guns out of boxes or backpacks when they see no attachmens on them right? This may be a glitch... you have to take the gun out to see its attachments, maybe 6 or maybe 1 but usually 3 attachments! Take em out people! also if you know youre about to be looted but friends coming, hide your best gun in your backpack and no one will take it cuz it looks like a pickup gun! unless its a named gun like pendulum or cinder those show the name.
I worked out / knew about the majority of the info in this vid however there were a few good ones I didn't....so thanks for the update. Also to everyone else, another easy loot spot after dying or to bulk up your gear etc is when there is a strong hold in EL BAGRA. This only works when its a strong hold at the castle. You can get in through the roof without a key card. Majority of the bots can't get up to you because all the doors are locked below however to get to extra boxes means unlocking the doors....let the mayhem begin. 😂😂
Why push the hostage when you can just drop them on the ground next to a vehicle, jump on the vehicle, then pick up the hostage while stand in the back/on top of said vehicle.
If you go down with a self revive you can use it on your self right up to coming back then stop. When you team mate gets to you they pick up where you left off. So it can save a lot of time
My Squad and I were on top of the mall doing the Kill operators in Sai'd Mall. We sniped a bunch of people outside of the mall and they were full dead, but it didn't count. So, it could be a bug or it just doesn't count. We spent a week waiting for people to go to the mall, eventually someone did.
ok ngl some of these are pretty big brain like dropping stuff on top of a car finding the preview contraband button in the god awful UI is equally impressive
My favorite loot spot is airport. No key needed and almost always has either a 3-plate vest or a large backback, sometimes even both, in addition to mostly good weapons. Also there is enough cover to fight AI in the airport.
currently still watching at tip number 3 and all of the 3 tips you gave already made me realize I haven't played DMZ a lot. These are very good tips. I'm stealing your content and will put them on my channel
Can’t get enough of this game. I clapped a 4 man myself, killed another 2 man, and another 2 man. Team ended up with like 16 player kills and a weapons case. Most epic game I’ve played since my 1700hes of tarkov
Pro tips 4 pvp from a DMZ solo god: 1) always spawn in with a sniper. 2) use bots to ur advantage. They can tell u where enemies are and arnt. They can also protect you when being hunted by enemy teams. 3) when killing a player on an enemy team be sure to reposition and come from a different position. Most DMZ players have mics and will call out where you are. Do not push from the same angle. Always reposition.
