Senrain

I don't think the zombie spawns need to be reduced, they just need to have the whole attacking through walls thing fixed.

DayZ is the wet dream of many a nerd, so it doesn't surprise me that it's brought ArmA2 to the top.

I tend to gun them down because I don't lose humanity for doing so, though I just avoid survivors.

I avoid ALL players, I've died far too many times trying to make contact with other survivors. The only people I trust are those who I group with in Teamspeak. A group of 4-5 survivors looking down their barrels at you is enough to make any bandit think twice, though that hasn't stopped some groups from attempting to take us on. We've been in four skirmishes with bandit groups so far, and we've come out okay each time in the end. A close call at a hospital once, but I fortunately happened to be on the roof when the ambush happened and I promptly peppered them with bullets.

I would not shoot a helpless player.

I have a feeling I've been shot at by you once.

I've snuck up on a bandit once and from a decent distance away I told him in direct communication, "Turn around and you're dead, drop both of your weapons." He used free look to check if I was really there and seeing me aiming an AK at him he promptly started sprinting away. One bullet to the back of the head as he ran away, he dropped dead as he turned the corner to take cover behind a house.

I think our character's eyes should have to adjust to a sudden change in the level of light. If it's dark, you'll have to wait for your eyes to adjust until you can see a small distance in front of you, and if you light a flare you'll be blinded for a moment or two as you adjust to the sudden light. This is definitely realistic enough to be implemented, and could allow some additional gameplay mechanics such as throwing a flare to blind an enemy for a few precious seconds, and quickly extinguishing a campfire to throw off a sniper.

I've been eaten by a stump before.

While I still haven't managed to earn a bandit skin due to me avoiding most other players rather than shooting, my first kill was near the construction site by Cherno at night time. I was looting all the houses and there was a sniper around who was picking off players in the city whom I managed to evade. I was making my way out of the city when he spotted me and started firing. The bullets were landing close to me and I was forced to run back and forth between cover, keeping out of his crosshairs as I attempted to make my way to the safety of the trees in the distance. I was hiding behind a crane, plotting my next course of action when another survivor comes running full speed toward the city with a flare in hand. The sniper takes a shot at him and I see blood start spewing out of him. He then makes a beeline for the closest hiding spot, which was the crane I was hiding behind. He didn't see me, but I sure as hell saw him. I opened up on him with my AK and down he went, he made a great distraction as I ran off for the trees while the sniper shot his body a couple times to make sure he was dead. If you're reading this then I'm sorry for killing you, but I'm pretty sure only one of us was going to get out of there alive either way. I wasn't able to loot your corpse, so take some solace in that.