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I am not exactly sure. I think it is zombies alive/dead. In the current patch when someone leaves or dies the zombies that were spawned my them get stuck in place. I think that's why the zombies/alive ratio is out of whack right now. It used to be more like 525/515 meaning there were 10 zombies on the ground "dead".

This game is in an alpha state. To put it simply, there are a lot of bugs and all we can do is test and report. This kind of thing will happen over and over until the devs fix it. All we can do it test, report, and wait. I for one am learning how to play the game right so that when the exploits are closed I will be happy.

Some really great ideas here, this is more what I was getting at. Never played WoW myself but I totally get it. I am NOT saying I want tiers/levels/grinds/unlocks/perks, etc. per se, but maybe some under the hood type of skill gathering like in Oblivion where you level up just by doing things. It could be like crazy high numbers too, like needing to do 500 blood bags, 1000 morphine, or 2000 bandages before the "perk" can be used. Just enough of a light grind where you are going to do those things anyway, but you get a reward for it much later.

These types of short term things is not really what I meant, but they are all great ideas. If I put together a list of fun things to do i am adding your ideas to it.

I have found 2 Dew's and 2 Antibiotics. Good suggestion though.

I know he has said that. I think maybe more skins/rarity/objects would only keep me happy for a little longer. I am no completionist. I have my certain load out I need then after that I stagnate.

This is exactly what I have been doing for a week. God help the new players these days. No rifle, you might live but swing that thing my way and usually over watch has them dead before I can even shoot.

Wow dude some detailed info there... Now I just wonder how I can use it all.

Sometimes it's scattered around, sometimes right under the tail. You gotta hunt, just be ready for a sniper to take you out at any time.

Came here to post this, give this guy some beans.

I am 99% sure that zombies spawn near loot nodes. One of the reasons why I think this is I have been on messed up servers where there were no zombies *OR* loot. They seem to be intimately tied together.

Try DayZ Commander, it shows a lot of good info. I reviewed it here.

The whole roaming zombie mob has been suggested so many times, however I agree that random events would be cool. If for nothing else it would keep people on their toes who spend all day/night in the woods away from danger.

You could also try DayZ Commander, I reviewed it here.

Big no for me.

Just added DaSquirrelsNuts

If you log out when you are in shock you get like a 5 minute unconscious timer. Just wait till that's over and do not log out when you are in shock. The shock indicator looks similar to the broken bone icon, but is bigger, and right above.

I like your sig.

If the wire is in a low doorway you can not vault over it. Otherwise you usually can. If you have a tool box just look at the middle of the middle post and select "Remove Wire" or something like that. Takes a few seconds.

In general, do not eat or drink until they flash. Once they start flashing you have about 30 minutes before you start taking damage. It has never happened to me, however, and should not be a problem if you always keep 2 canteens and 2 food on you at all times.

I wrote about your heightmap here. Thank you, it is very useful.

Me too. Not a zombie drop though, just mixed with the regular skins. Make them all like 3 times more rare (make ghillie only spawn in military) and make the BDU's right under ghillie, above the "cammo" brown T-shirt guy.

I get you on the realism part, but they should be much more RARE game-play wise. It NEVER takes me long to find matches or a knife. Matches are more rare for sure, but I usually have a rifle, pack, hatchet, knife, matches, watch, compass in my first hour. Usually more like 30 mins to get 3/4 of those items. Gotta brave the cities, get your kit, then get out. Or hit the higher values like offices, stores, or castles more to the north. If you are crawling through every outhouse, shack and lean-to then yeah, it's gonna take a while.

If you don't see them then clans might be hoarding them, but it could be pure luck. Every single vehicle could be moving around 24/7 and you might just be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I would bet money that they are held by clans. That's one of the things clans like to do. The Ural and V3S makes a great base.

Added this morning, thank you I never heard of SideStrafe before.