Got a little frustrated in the beta but..

100% sure I wasn't playing correctly.

Forgive me and my buddy who I was playing with -- but neither of us have played ARMA or anything like this before.

Generally speaking, we were both playing with sniper rifles or assault rifles and we focused on getting inside the big circle and then trying to work towards the small circle.

We pretty much avoided towers completely and we're just roaming around looking for combat.

The problem was we never found any consistent combat situations. Frequently, we'd get ambushed by a random player or two hiding in a bush or a building -- but it just seemed like we weren't finding the "flow" or something. We both mentioned to each other that we were painfully aware that we were doing something wrong or playing the game incorrectly.

I was frustrated. I play a lot of Battlefield and other shooters and I was more than aware that this was not those games -- but it never clicked with me.

I am definitely hooked in this game, but I just wanted to get some input from the community.

Did any of you have a similar experience? How did you play?

Anything obviously wrong with how I was playing? What should I be doing differently? I typically do not enjoy hard camping, but I understand the difference between camping and holding a tactical area, tactically, with tactics.

I appreciate any input!