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Fumbling in the Woods - Raids 30 and 31 - Level 12

All my quests are just find and fetch, with the exception of Shootout Picnic.  I was hoping to double up that quest with the Jaeger ones, but I still haven't found him his snacks.  The Woods map is a good place for finding a bite to eat, and if I don't do anything stupid I can probably avoid conflict and just focus on looting. So maybe there?

Raid 30 - Cutting Oneself

I have an AKMSN that I've modded. The thing looks dangerous ... to its owner. It's all exposed edges and rusted corners, and requires gloves and a tetanus shot to handle. 


I've got that and some class 3 armor, meds, ears. Plus 3001 rubles for extract. 

I spawned between the scope shack and the water. I made a quick plan: I'm going to hit ZB-014 in hopes of getting those 60 round magazines, and then hook around towards the village and take either the vehicle or northern UN checkpoint extracts.  

I looted the body by the water, and began to make my way to scav house.  Someone was firing somewhere in front of me. I peeked out a bush, and there was a player standing over by a big rock, firing at the scav house. I aimed down sight, held my breath, and dropped him.  Nice.   I stayed put for a bit, listening for friends.  Scoped the rock again, where was the body?  I went over there and couldn't find the body. Oh well.  Continued.

Just as I was approaching ZB-014 I saw a scav standing in some trees, looking toward the road. I kneeled and started taking aim when a different scav shouted something from behind me.  I ran. Shots rang out, but didn't land. I took cover behind the wall.  I moved up the wall and found a gap, and peered through, looking for that scav. Where is he?  A shout from directly in front of me.  There he is!  But I didn't take the time to set up the shot, I scooted and just in time. He fired and then started advancing. I ducked around a smaller wall section. I went to fire on him, but forgot about the range. I aimed down sight and the scope came up - he's too close. Oh well - I landed shots on him, and on his head. But he didn't go down.  Come on! I know I should move, but just give me a second to get this shot on him ... or him me.

Time In Raid: 11 minutes, 45 seconds
Exp: 561
Ammo Used: 14, Hits: 5, Accuracy: 0.21, Damage to Body: 203
Kills: USEC Level 11-30.  
Killed by: Arni Stilyaga (AI Scav) with Magnum Buckshot.  

Mistakes

  • bringing up the scope when I should have used the laser
  • taking on a scav in a head to head shoot out
  • staying still trying to fire while under fire and having difficulties

Successes

  • killed a PMC
  • correctly took cover from first scav (rather than trying to fight an unseen enemy)
  • changing the wall position was smart

Raid 31 - Getting Cut

Loadout: AK-105 with PSO and laser, ears, meds. I have the ZB-014 key and 3001 rubles for extract.

Spawned near the village.  Entered the village - there were scavs in the street, but I didn't see them before they spotted me, so I ended up pulling away rather than engaging.  I entered one of the houses from the garage - there's a scav in the living room. We fought. And as we fought a second scav ran into the front of the house from the street. Shooting into that room requires a left lean and it's just too dangerous - every time I go to get a shot I have to duck to cover again. I finally lured one forward a bit, and then I right leaned from the garage and killed him. I went outside the house, hoping to kill the other through the windows, but couldn't see him clearly - and god help me if he sees me.  So I slowly lured the other one forward and then killed him the same as the first one.  Whew!  

My arm was blacked, I was bleeding. I used my car kit to heal and stop the light bleed.  I was about to use my CMS for the arm when I realized my car kit had only 20 points of healing left.  What? It was full at 220 when I entered the raid, and I've used it only twice total. I know an extra 50 was taken for the bleed, but this doesn't add up.  Oh well.

Suddenly I had real world concerns - I need to get out of this raid ASAP.  I re-checked my extracts. The car extract is 5000 rubles, not 3000 like last wipe. What? I'm an idiot.  ZB-014 is my closest.  Let's go.

Going to ZB-014 straight from here requires crossing the central area of the map, directly below the mountain peak. I normally avoid this area which means I don't know it well. I headed out. In my attempt to avoid being sniped I ended up getting too close to the sawmill. A scav shouted, dropped to his stomach and fired on me. I went to run but accidentally hit the right mouse button and ADS'd instead. Damnit! I was hit - nothing bad, but I have a new light bleed, and nothing to fix it.  Annoyingly, I have an esmarch for a heavy bleed.  Is there a way to open this wound so I can use the esmarch?

I continued to ZB-014. The extract was closed to me. I forgot to look for the smoke - instead I went down into it and found out the hard way. Wasting precious time.  I continued to Outskirts, and bled out and died just meters from it. 

Time In Raid: 36 minutes, 34 seconds
Exp: 1193
Shots fired: 67, Hits: 10, Accuracy: 0.1  Damage to Body: 327
Kills (AI Scavs): Vano Lavanda and Vanya Bolt.  Godspeed gentlemen.
Killed by: Garik Mongol 

Mistakes

  • should have checked extract requirements
  • fumbling with right mouse button  - killed me in both raids today
  • not knowing map better - I got lost a few times and didn't always take the best course
  • forgetting to look for smoke at ZB-014 extract
  • what's going on with the meds? I normally don't use car kits, but was hoping to save slots.
  • why, exactly, am I going to Woods? 
  • why do I just keep dying on Woods? 

Successes

  • though awkward, the firefight with the first two scavs was successful. 
  • kept my battle to one scav at a time, rather than trying to take on two at once. That was smart.

Postscript

I hope everything comes back on insurance.

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