I admit, my first instinct is to open fire or run away, but I'm a little jaded after playing this game so much. The couple times I have met a survivor and neither of us have opened fire were very enjoyable. SCHOLAR, I'm with you. There is am very satisfying subtlety to not shooting and the rarity of it's occurance might be realistic even. After all, when the dead rise to walk the earth, who can be trusted?