YES. I don't get all the complaining about it being too hard at all. Spawned 3 times, even with 1.7.1.0, so zed were respawning like hell and eagle-eyed , made it into towns like cherno and elektro without a weapon, found some basic stuff there and headed north. It gives you the feeling of vulnerability, which is just awesome. Now you actually have to go prone way more and try to evade the zombies rather than crouching unseen right in front of them. Also, its so much more rewarding now to find your first can of beans or you first weapon, even if its just a makarov. Apart from that, I think it encourages cooperation rather than banditry. Had a aks and met a player without a gun. As he was no threat to me, it was save to meet up with him and I then proceeded to get him a revolver and some ammo. All in all: Great feature, keep it! To the guys whining, go man up. Its a fucking zombie apocalypse. You NEED to be careful and dont have all the stuff you want from the beginnig.