Badsteel

I wouldn't very probably even try playing if there is no 3PP available. I'm pretty sure there are many more like me, who would rather drop the game alltogether unless we find a way to play in 3PP. There are many games I haven't played just cos there was no option for 3PP.

Lets breadown DayZ as a simplified scheme of main factors in the game - Hunger, Resources, Zombies, Players, I think getting the right balance here is the key to how will game play out - as a "deathmatch" or "survival" It's a balance between the amount of resources in relation to hunger demands, amount and strength of zombies in relation to amount of players/weapons. It's all interconnected, nerfing zombies makes resources easier to come by, which leads to players not having a challenge surviving, except other players, that becomes the only challenge left in the game and we got DM again, Imho zombies should absolutely be a threat, at least equal to that of other players - this leadsto a situation where shooting down a players is no longer a simple choice, survival actually becomes the motivation, not fragging.