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^Agreed that running animation could use some work, pathfinding aswell if it is possible. But the speed of Zs is perfect for balance reasons. If Zs are nerfed in any way it would be wayy to easy too survive, a simple easy-to-find winchester can already kills loads of them. We can't compensate speed with Z numbers either, as that would introduce lag and make the beautiful stealth redundant. Sneaking through a horde in this game to get some loot is tense as hell! Thats the beauty of their speed; when you are spotted you know this could go wrong very fast. Zs are there to be feared. And Zs are not very aware at all, I don't know why you keep getting spotted. Their vision is really bad, even in broad daylight you can stand almost right next to them as long as you don't make a loud noise. Creeping/crawling enables you to zigzag through a horde no problem, even when dead close to several of them. Just stay a little farther away from those hopper Zs as they seem to be better at spotting you. Spawning of Zs could use some work though. Their numbers are fine in general, but a bit more randomness in numbers from town to town (and time to time) would be great. As it is right now you are almost never suprised at how few/many Zs a city holds. Also, spawning Zs in front of/around players need to stop.

Well, this is not a pure coop game, but its not pure PvP either. It's about survival and my first advice would be: don't trust anyone. That being said I don't share the same experience as OP. I have meet many friendlies, even in cherno and elektro, probably more than I have meet bandits and PKers. Some I have teamed up with, but mostly I have just shared a few momenents with them before moving on. There are those out there who kill for fun (bandits), some for supplies and some to be safe themselves. Once I meet a survivor in cherno general store, he immediately opened fire with his marakov. I panicked, shot him a few times, and ran around a corner. From there I told him that I would leave him alone if he left me alone. He said he was sorry, he had bad experience with other players and wanted to defend himself. We healed up, had a chat, and went on in different directions. I never kill another survivor, even if he is out to kill me. The reason is that I never want that bandit skin. My mission in-game is to hunt bandits, I can't be one of them myself. There is actually a very interesting art to survive other bloodthirsty survivors when you are not allowed to kill them yourself. All i can say is always make sure your are not spottet first. Hail the other survivor by name and ask if he is friendly. If you are social about it you lessen the chance of him wanting to kill you, everyone enjoys a good conversation. People in survivor skin have never killed another survivor before, why would they start now? If you see a bandit; run or shoot! Also, don't just run into a building and begin looting it. Be smart about your movement and remember its okay to skip a good loot if you think it's too dangerous.