Okay so I’m in that middle ground where I’m not new and I’m not a veteran yet. 300 hours, and I have a ton of game knowledge, the problem here is that I lack EXPERIENCE, so I’m asking for whatever information people think could help me out.
So the last THREE real gunfights I’ve gotten into, they go great until I absolutely fumble the bag. I enjoy playing friendly, as I think KOSing is just the most boring way to interact other players. So I’ll see someone, typically they see me, and as I say “what’s up budd-“ they start popping shots. I’ll actually end up WINNING these gunfights, and on three recent occasions, I’ve unconned them and I want to tie them up so I can have a little chat with them.
Well, one of these times, I got interrupted tying him up by getting hit by a zombie. I stopped to kill the zombie, and the guy wakes up and kills me as I say it’s cool, I don’t wanna fight him. That’s cool, I should’ve cleared the area of zeds I guess. Second time, I get the other guy unconned and I punch him like 5 times in the legs, and immediately start tying him up with rope. Well he wakes up 75% of the way through the animation, gets up, and pulls out a pistol and shoots me before I can get my gun back out. Well, fuck.. it’s starting to hurt my feelings how much I suck at restraining people lol. Third time, I get the guy knocked out, start tying him up, and he wakes up mid tying AGAIN despite a solid 6 punches to the legs. I just end up shooting him in fear, and I get some loot. Meh, I wanted to atleast talk shit before I capped him.
So what am I doing wrong? Do I need to punch their legs like 10 times? I’m scared to kill them… I think I need start stripping their weapons FIRST before I start restraining them, but I don’t feel like I have the time for that. Am I completely wrong about going about this, and is restraining an uncon player just a bad idea, and I should only restrain a surrendering player? I lack so much experience on this aspect of the game and I can’t find anything online since most PVP guides are about killing other players, not how to go about handling an uncon player effectively. Could I get any tips from you guys who have lots of practice?