Spawning without a weapon encourages the thought of aborting to despawn Zombies. Who wants to run around a city with no gear, already under threat from other players who kill on sight, with zombies chasing them? If they had a gun they might try to actually shoot the zombies, thus actually making them play the game the way it's supposed to be instead of exploiting the game. I personally don't mind it because i'm not that new... but it's not very attractive for new players who have no idea of zombie mechanics. 99% of the time if you're making your way to a town or a city, you will aggro something unless it's empty and/or you get a lucky path... I am referring to new players of course. I can run around any town and lose zombies as well as collecting gear to fight them off etc. The game is incredibly easy at the moment but it's still an AMAZING game which I genuinely love to play. I'm not one of those people who kills new players but from past experience I will shoot people with good gear in high PVP areas and anyone who points a gun at me will get shot unless they call friendly. That's the most challenging part of the game at the moment... dodging other players. It's not supposed to be like that but unfortunately it is. Zombies should be at least doubled in the server, maybe even tripled.