Survivor_Spark

DayZ to me was always about the 3 way interaction between Survivor/Bandit/Zombie. While ultimatly the emphasis is on the player interaction, the Zombies an defining enviromental element, they decide how this game experience will play out and feel. they cant be ignored without detriment to the overall product I would say that the zombies need to be a Threat to people with firearms - So respond to loud noises - gunfire etc, To make bandits make meaningful decisions about when and where to attack people, Also make people question the logic "shoot first ask questions later" Not as a punishment for doing so I might add, more as a deliberate decision, Do I know how many zed's are nearby? will anyone else hear? should I back off and catch them coming out of town? do we job them in the town with quieter weapons? - At present that decision making process isnt there. Threat to people without firearms - Deadly enough in melee combat to be a problem (bleeding, infection, other nasty effects) so that scavenger types have to tread carefully, Do I know where to run without triggering more Zeds? Will that expose me to bandits nearby on the hills? If I get hit where will I find aid? Facilitate engaging interaction between Survior/Bandit encounters - After all this is what the game is about, once the zombies can function as a meaningful element to the experience then the game will be better because of it.I'd like to see reasons to collaborate and do stuff other than survive, previously people had goals that they could achieve such as build/repair a vehicle or a helicopter if you had the parts. Something to complete would be cool, even if it had no ingame mechanical benefit. Its the element of surviving long enough to see a piece of work come to completion, depsite the odds. But this needs a stable method of storing things between resets, something that they have been working on for some time Once these two elements are in place, and stable I would say this is now DayZ Thats my personal opinion anyway, cheers for reading. Good Luck and Have Fun