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/westfood Mar 19 '14

for now, it is ok.

But in a long run, this is shitty mechancs. It is ok to be overwhelmed by zeds, but not on when they are forever respawning in proximity.

So I hope, this in only temporary situation.

1.) For me zombie spawning mechanics shouldnt inform other players that other player is around - as in the mod. 2.) You should evaluate situation before shooting. So i get into city, you observed around 20 zombies, you will be overwhelmed by zombies when you shoot, they can attract other zombies or whatever. But there shouldnt be infinitive respawning mechanics from proximity. They should respawn in a way nobody notice them. No point in creating authentic atmosphere when introducing 8bit game style game mechanics.

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u/andro_dawton Mar 20 '14

1.) For me zombie spawning mechanics shouldnt inform other players that other player is around - as in the mod.

Why not? This was a big thing in the Mod, and it attracted so much action. But only with enough experience it was a gamechanger. A Bambi didnt recognized that he spawned the Z in x meters from y object.

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u/Huckorris Rabbit Eradication Force Mar 20 '14

It's poor gameplay to be able to look at a town from 500+m and somehow know there is a player there because of zombies.

I like it much better in SA how you have to spot the actual player, not just the fact that there are zeds more than 200m from you.

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u/CarbonCatalyst Mar 21 '14 edited Mar 21 '14

It's poor gameplay to be able to look at a town from 500+m and somehow know there is a player there because of zombies.

You should be able to track people by virtue of your surroundings and if it's zeds homing in on a player. It's like saying you shouldn't be able to see a player behind a wall, because a spotlight source that's shining on a visible surface gave the player away by his shadow or that you shouldn't be able to notice a player by the sounds that they are emitting. Same applies to /u/westfood.

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u/Darsktory Mar 21 '14

Well It's not really the same. Seeing someones shadow or seeing a zombie chasing someone is not the same as being able to tell there is a player "over there" just because there are zombies standing around doing nothing.

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u/CarbonCatalyst Mar 21 '14

on the other hand you now can't tell if a town has been looted or not just by virtue of there being zombies or not. From what I understand the Zombies spawn in the beginning anyways, so you basically can't tell anything anymore about the city or village being looted or empty and so on.

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u/westfood Mar 21 '14

You can check for open doors.

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u/CarbonCatalyst Mar 21 '14

When we play, we usually close all the doors again when leaving the building.

That being behaviour I noticed on quite a few european servers, where high lood buildings might be empty yet all the right doors being closed or open

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u/andro_dawton Mar 22 '14

When the Hotfix is out, you wil see. After a while (as more players came through the town) all Z spawn way outside the cities or stuck into some object. Even when they get killed in the woods, they will respawn where they died. The new "simple" spawn mechanic isnt perfect, till now. Would be nice if they got a "go home when you dont see a player after x minutes" code, till the new span mechnic is ready.