OP here, back with another story.
>playing DMM:AE
>the rookie who had just an anorak is now #1 in the ranking system, with 800k rubles, a stash with enough to form a faction, and a SKAT suit
>after countless hours of selling mutant parts and rare artifacts to the scientists, i manage to gather up the balls to get to the red forest
>before I even get there, a chimera attacks me
>manage to kill it without losing too much
>get to the starting area of the red forest
>i hear chimeras and bloodsuckers
>i ready myself and rush in
>all of a sudden i see probably 15+ chimeras and psuedogiants
>pic related is my reaction
>i instantly leap onto cover, as the mutants roar and rush towards me
>i think to myself how will i take out all these mutants
>and then i realise i have 8 grenades
>i use them all, and yet there are still some left
>manage to take them out, but used 200+ 556, 20 45 acp, and around six medkits
>sigh in relief as i check out the stash nearby me
>its a seva
>i get surprised, but think to myself to wait to grab the loot cause i'd be going into pripyat and exploring
>keep it in there and store the mutant parts in the same stash
>thinking i should grab the mutant parts and sell them in exchange for restocking, again
>seemingly randomly, a blowout happens
>rush to get out my PDA and see that there is no cover nearby in red forest
>i go to the military warehouses
>pull out my pda again
>no nearby cover in sight
>there has to be cover nearby, right? i think to myself
>sprint towards the warehouses as fast i can, but the attempt as futile as the effects begin to kick in
>stand completely still as i quickly die from the psi damage
>again, pic related is my face
Such is life in the Zone.