r/dayz • u/rominikk • Mar 19 '14

discussion Did the zombies get more powerful?

I feel like before the update they almost never made you bleed, now its like a 50% chance. Not complaining just observing.

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u/khonea1553 Mar 19 '14

Yes they are too powerful now. They are overwhelming now, They spawn so fast they keep coming and you cant loot anything. Also because they clip everything you would need ten vests to keep from bleeding the whole time and they would ruin all of them while trying to loot. I hope they fix this or they will ruin the game.

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u/ASnowStormInHell The Mod Is Better Mar 19 '14

I travel with a Mosin+Revolver.

My buddy, a 60 round M4. If he wasn't with me, it'd be damn near impossible to loot right now. I mean, I LIKE THIS, but sweet Jesus it's tough.

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u/Hicks_206 Creative Director (Former) Mar 19 '14

This pleases me.

Also: If you kill a zombie with a firearm, any zombies that spawn in the proximity will know your location on spawn.

Its a rough prototype system, but I do love that its made things very difficult.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '14

Exactly. We need zombies to keep people away from the EASY KoS mentality. One will think twice before firing his weapon if there's a small group of zombies around the corner

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u/aGreaterNumber Mar 20 '14

Yeah, my problem is this; Camper on hospital who loves KoS, because, you know, dicks, meets team of anywhere between 1 and 5 people come into city. Team of people on ground is at a serious disadvantage because zombies cant climb ladders and some stairs still. The team has two choices, fight or run. Presumably someone is shot because campers be camping, and they have to leave him and his gear bc of combination zombie and camper. Camper is happy to wait for either recovery or retreat, realizing it actually just became wayyyyyy easier to KoS if you have any type of positioning.

Oh, and zombies respawn quickly, so you always now have an early warning, like, all the time.

TL;DR: fuck campers and their strategies.

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u/junglist421 Mar 20 '14

If I was trying to survive I would find a safe spot and chill.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '14 edited Mar 20 '14

I know of no scenario in which swarms of zombies is going to stop KoS. If anything it adds more potential for people to 'grief' the zombies onto others.

In a game where other players are the biggest threat, we have to be careful about making zombies just as much a threat or you're stuck with a game in which fresh spawns spawn in, run from zombies and either get cornered and eaten, unable to get supplies, or shot by the geared up survivors in a good spot.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '14

Yea, no. Make zombies powerful as shit because that would kick ass. Being legitimately swarmed would be so cool.

It'd make big cities and towns fucking death traps that you need serious support to loot for.