Arsynik

For all those bringing up the hearing of zombies please read the line: * [FIXED] Audibility is far to high (completely rebalanced, in line with how it was in previous updates)

I feel like I am playing a different game than everyone else. I am having none of these problems. I do not have zombies aggroing from extremely far away. It always seems to be within reasonable distance and while they are facing me. I've also never had to run very far from zombies before I can cut LOS and they give up chase. Now I'm just confused and not sure what I am doing differently.

I have been alive in this mod for about 17 hours now and don't exactly have insanely good equipment (Winchester, 1911). I played for about 4 hours today with the 1.7.1.4 patch and had a blast. I seem to be able to sneak around the majority of the zombies still and if I do alert them I am able to dispatch them rather quickly by either getting into a building and picking them off or simply gunning them down in a field. I had a way harder time getting rid of the zombies when they borderline teleported on top of you. I understand that I already have guns and new players do not, but weapons don't seem very hard to come by these days... Pretty much any farm building I enter has an Enfield or shotgun. Yes, the zombies are more fearsome enemies than in previous versions but that's GOOD. Zombies are the focus of the game and should be feared instead of shrugged off. This also brings more realism to the game since the survival rate in real life would be pretty low. Many survivors wouldn't survive very long and the ones that were lucky enough to find supplies would carry on. Additionally, this should give players a greater sense of accomplishment when they do find a weapon or food or water. It should be that glimmer of hope like it would be in real life. All in all, I am having an absolute blast with this mod. I hope the difficulty makes the ones that can't handle the heat, leave the kitchen and that the hardcore fans keep playing. Rocket, keep up the great work and don't let the complaints discourage you. You are doing AWESOME.