Forum:Gun shopping will get you killed

As the gamer addage, Gun shopping will get you killed is a truth in this game: The dead are not searched until all opfor have been eliminated the battle concluded. The Stalingrad rule stands as an exception to this rule.

As a Loot'Ho, a hoarder of loot, once all the opfor's been dealt with, it's the time to pile up the loot from the engagement. When traveling by foot the loot is carried to a location where it can be later picked up without alerting any opfor. If traveling by UAZ Jeep (immho, the only suitable means of travel the Zone), it's parked close to the nearest doors. Gear salvaged from the dead is ferried to one of these locations and deposited. To reduce the number of trips needing to be made, excess personal equipment is dropped off to allow more loot to be carried. Typically this means all that is carried is a silenced hand gun, some extra rounds, knife, a water, a loaf of bread, a medkit and a bandage.

If there is a BUNCH of gear being salvaged, (even though it'll curse Marked One to a protracted stint in GameDev hell), any of the dead faction member that can be searched, can also be used to store gear. Once loaded up, they can be drug around without exceeding the 60kg weight limitation, albeit slowly. As the going is slow, being aware of critters and opfor in the area is essential. Even ground preferred over rough terrain as the latter will cause you to lose your hold. This has proven to be a much faster method of moving large amounts of gear around as the gear is only handled twice and moved once.

Dragging a loaded up dead guy through a transfer point from one map to another will result in the dead guy disappearing with all the gear they contained.

This has been done playing in Stalker, Veteran and Master modes.