SneakStrafeShoot

Mod, not game. DayZ is not a standalone game.

Aha..Today was an interesting day. I ran across three players in Elektro. Two of the players were heavily armed with assault rifles, but seemed friendly. The third had only a Winchester and appeared friendly as well. After roaming briefly with the heavily armed two, I decided to break off and ran into the third person. We roamed from building to building in Elektro. After eventually ending up the church, we came across the original two men, and identified ourselves as friendly. I expected the encounter to go as before, without a single shot fired...At least, that's how I expected it. I love this mod.

+ I would just wait for people on the outskirts of said safe area and kill them. lol. This is a SURVIVAL game, the only purpose of the game is to survive..not kill zombies or kill people. You can do both, or neither. Whichever floats your boat. day z is like a social experiment..and everyones opinion is valid. It is sad to see so many people trashing this guys thread with comments like "IF YOU DONT LIKE IT GET THE FUCK OUT FAGGOT''. Those people are just as guilty of being close minded and ignorant as to the "purpose" of the mod. There literally has never been a "game" (and I use this term based on the popularity of the mod in comparison to base ArmA) like this since the zombie genre was spawned after George A. Romero's first major flick fifty years ago. I used to be on this guys side, thinking that people should not instantly kill each other and that it was annoying how "humans are more dangerous then zombies". But now I am on the other side. Of course humans should be more dangerous! A zombie can't stalk you for fifteen minutes, watching your every move. A zombie can't examine what type of weapon you have before attacking you, planning its strike. A zombie can't make a judgement call on whether or not to LET YOU SURVIVE.

Don't buy ArmA JUST to play Day Z. Buy ArmA to play ArmA.

I agree, but maybe the girl is more likely to shoot you in the back because you are less likely to shoot them in the front?

^ And ontop of that, the "I like to look at females" argument is nullified by the fact that this isn't a mythical fantasy based Skyrim copy where there are thousands of different sexy armors and clothing types available - It's a post apocalyptic simulation where there is scarcity, murder and infection. If you would rather stare at the back of a dirty, stinky and unshaven woman then feel free, friend ^.o

Great tutorial for new players, thanks for keeping it brief and posting this one up!

Please stop comparing this game to a non-existent real world zombie apocalypse scenario. It is a video game. It isn't as much the number of zombies that upsets me, its the consequences: 1. They cannot be evaded 2. They will never stop chasing you unless you kill them 3. They run fast and zig zag 4. They respawn before you can clear them all 5. They teleport into buildings With lower zombie population, the above problems were bearable. Now they are not. Maybe if some or all of those points are fixed, it will make the increase in zombies tolerable. Until then the mod has been undeniably nerfed, anyone claiming otherwise either has a teamspeak 3 server with 15 people in it or is ignorant to the truth. The game SHOULD be playable solo. It should not require a group of 10+ people to survive.

The current number of zombies is a bug, as he CLEARLY STATED IN THE TITLE OF THIS THREAD.

You are forgetting the fact that this IS A GAME. This is not real life. If the purpose of the game is to never fire a single shot and always run away, which it is rapidly becoming, then about 3/4 of the playerbase enjoying this mod /is/ going to quit. The game should be balanced. If there are going to be this many zombies, perhaps some should not be able to run. More should hop, some should crawl by default, some should only walk but take more then 3-4 shots to kill. There are many ways to balance the game out, but just adding tenfold the amount of zombies that existed before not only breaks the game, it is taking the fun out of "playing" it. You aren't even "playing" anymore. Anyone who says "well it's a survival based game, if you want to shoot everything that moves go play call of duty" with all due respect go take a flying leap off a fucking cliff. I am not against the idea of hordes upon hordes of zombies roaming about (as it is now), but it needs to be balanced. The gameplay right now is not fulfilling. It is cruel and boring, which is not how a fucking video game is played. If you want to go sneak around and never attack anything, go play Amnesia. I play DayZ so I can meet up with my friends, loot M16's and shoot zombies, not try to meet up with my friends, die 20 feet after spawning, find two Makarov clips, meet 1 zombie, sneak past, 16 more start chasing me, die, rinse, repeat.