Beam17

The way the zombie spawns are to random and breaks the immersion. We should be able to scout an area, count how many zombies, and decide if we want to conserve ammo and sneak around, or waste ammo and risk our life to clear the area for a few minutes(give the zombies a 5 minute revival timer). example of what i experienced. -My buddy and I were checking out this hospital when we saw 2 armed players. So we decided to take them out, Knowing their was a few zombies around, we scouted and decided it was possible to do this. We managed to kill one of the players, but the other took off running. As this was happening zombies came sprinting at us(as we expected) so we started to fire and kill them. But zombies were spawning everywhere, 4 zombies turned into 20 zombies. They kept spawning until we ran out of ammo and were dead. So basically guns are useless again zombies, because they will just keep spawning until you are out of ammo. You cant rely on scouting, they will just spawn more. Game is great, but this is really the only gripe i have with it. This also happens in small areas as well.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21361 I made a big post about it with link above. post on my thread and bump it =). it is rather a headache.

Just a suggestion, but what if you found a radio and it allowed you to talk into some kind of radio(global) chat. Only people with the radio are capable of using it.

I dont mind it in huge towns, but the really small towns and isolated buildings is a bit much.

Here i made a topic on this. it is pretty ridiculous. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=21361

i never found one =(

Read harder..... I dont mind zombies getting in the way.

I have NO complaints on this game, i love the whole sandbox world ran by its players. BUT one thing really bugs me and really ruins the immersion for me. Zombies. I love zombies, but i don't like how they just keep spawning and spawning. You should be given the choice to waste your ammo and risk breaking bones or dieing. You cant shoot zombies, if you shoot they will come at you, and spawn over and over until your out of ammo and die. This includes very small areas, isolated buildings. It can be a real downer sometimes, i was thinking maybe just limit the amount of zombies spawned in that particular area, and if they die put a 5 minute revival timer on them. That way it gives you time to walk around an area a bit that you cleared, without the worry some zombie will spawn next to you and cheap shot you. Just a suggestion.

I like your idea, but not exactly what i want. I just want the choice of clearing a mob of zombies for a few minutes to loot around the area.

Yep and another thing im noticing is even though the zombies dont spot you... they still slowly walk or crawl to you like your some kind of magnet.

I have NO complaints on this game, i love the whole sandbox world ran by its players. BUT one thing really bugs me and really ruins the immersion for me. Zombies. I love zombies, but i don't like how they just keep spawning and spawning. You should be given the choice to waste your ammo and risk breaking bones or dieing. You cant shoot zombies, if you shoot they will come at you, and spawn over and over until your out of ammo and die. This includes very small areas, isolated buildings. It can be a real downer sometimes, i was thinking maybe just limit the amount of zombies spawned in that particular area, and if they die put a 5 minute revival timer on them. That way it gives you time to walk around an area a bit that you cleared, without the worry some zombie will spawn next to you and cheap shot you. Just a suggestion.

I check the perimeter , ill see like 3 zombies this is a small village of course. So i take the 3 out, then the zombies just start spawning everywhere, 30-50 of them it seems. This meant to happen or is it a bug with the spawns? Kinda takes away the immersion. We should be able to risk our life and supplies to take down zombies. I think there should be like a 5 min respawn timer or something after you clear an area. gives you the option to save ammo and sneak around, Or make noise, waste ammo, risk dieing when you want to clear an area.

Been playing for about 4-5 days now and me and my buddy are enjoying it A LOT. Now for my question, it seems like the zombies are very inconsistent sometimes. Like in a small village we will see about 10-15 zombies, so we decide to take them out so we can move around a little easier. But it seems most of the time once you start shooting, zombies come out of nowhere. 15-20 will become 50 zombies. Now i understand this is hardcore, but i feel as though there should be other alternatives other then using stealth the whole time. We should be able to risk death and ammo shooting up zombies. Maybe put a 5 minute respawn timer or something? Or tone it down on the smaller towns and villages. Like i said though im new, maybe im not doing it right, but this is what it feels like to me, seems like if you shoot just ONE your in a lot of trouble, because 50 other zombies will just spawn out of nowhere, kinda ruins the immersion a bit. Any thoughts or advice?

Been playing for about 4-5 days now and me and my buddy are enjoying it A LOT. Now for my question, it seems like the zombies are very inconsistent sometimes. Like in a small village we will see about 10-15 zombies, so we decide to take them out so we can move around a little easier. But it seems most of the time once you start shooting, zombies come out of nowhere. 15-20 will become 50 zombies. Now i understand this is hardcore, but i feel as though there should be other alternatives other then using stealth the whole time. We should be able to risk death and ammo shooting up zombies. Maybe put a 5 minute respawn timer or something? Or tone it down on the smaller towns and villages. Like i said though im new, maybe im not doing it right, but this is what it feels like to me, seems like if you shoot just ONE your in a lot of trouble, because 50 other zombies will just spawn out of nowhere, kinda ruins the immersion a bit. Any thoughts or advice?

For the record, i just started playing 4 days ago. This is by far one of the best games i have ever played, and cant wait to see the final product =D. OK now for questions, i tried to look for answers but no luck. Hopefully you guys can help me. 1.Tents -I found a tent, but for the life of me could not place it. I tried object free flat areas. Is their a trick to this? -From my understanding if you save your tent, the tent only shows up on that particular server? Does the tent also get deleted after a server restart? 2.Vehicles -I have yet to have any in this game, but if i were to find one, how would i secure it after i log out? -Ive yet to see a vehicle, are they super rare? 3.My Corpse -How long does it take for your corpse to decay? Recently i died so my buddy guarded the house my corpse was in. It was a LONG way out so by the time i got there, i went in the house and i saw no body. I heard flies buzzing around, was my body just bugged out, or did it decay? 4.Loot -I heard different things on this. Does the loot change once per hour? Does it stay the same until a server restart? If it does change once an hour do i have to loot whats their already for it to change? 5.Maps -Can never seem to find one, is there a particular place to find them? Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer these questions :)

Sweet thanks for all the help guys.

Maybe its just me, but my friend and I can NEVER find anything useful outside of the large citys. I think the supplies should be bumped up a bit outside of the bigger areas.

even the enterable buildings have nothing, only tin cans. They should atleast bump up food and water, and really weak weapons. nothing more boring then running for hour or 2 to not find what you need.

Just started playing yesterday, i been on 3 diffrent servers. Every time someone does this MASS murder hack thing where everyone dies. Is this normal or just bad luck?