Only been player killed twice. Both times I could have avoided it by listening to the little voice in my head. I have no intention of deliberately seeking confrontation with other players as a first option as it removes one of the most interesting risk/reward dynamics from the game.

For example, you are alone, injured or struggling and see a survivor, do you risk seeking help, will he just shoot you and take your loot, will he help you, enabling you to stay alive and keep your hard won gear?

If every player just shoots to kill on sight, which isn't difficult, then eventually it becomes standard practice. This will remove any chance of a cooperative interaction between strangers. For me that makes the game a lot less interesting, its just coop deathmatch with looting.....yawn.

I am not saying that I will greet every stranger with open arms, I won't, there will be tension, that juicy standoff when it could go either way etc. I would rather lose a bit of loot once in a while than have that whole side of the experuence removed from the game for me.

That being said I will of course ruthlessly hunt down any player that kills me, and if I'm in a particularly bad mood and they don't disconnect I may do it more than once to ensure the message is tattooed firmly to the inside of what remains of their skull.