Zombie Hoard/Herd

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

I think it would be awesome to have a Zombie Horde/Herd that traveled around the map.

There would be like 40 of them, they would always run and scream, and they would be Persistent. They would follow a random path in between major and minor cities and towns. They wouldn't only spawn because of players, but would be a real, mobile threat that wasnt going anywhere.

The Horde would be possible to destroy, but then they would simply restart at another random location on the map, not inside cities, woodlands somewhere, and follow another random path to cities and towns. And if you simply destroyed 10 or so of the zombies, and had the rest of the horde chasing you, and got away, those 10 would respawn at the hordes current location and join the path say once there are no players within 200m of the hordes location.

This would create for some tense and exciting moments. Say you're looting the firestation in cherno when all of a sudden you hear the unique sound of the horde screaming and running towards you. A normal looting just turned into the fight of your life, or the run of it.

This could also create the oppurtunity for a new item, the Tracker.

The tracker would actually be a special non-lethal round that you could fire at a member of the Horde and then have their location tracked on your map. This would not be usable on players, or maybe that could be good too, but I'm not sure

The only downside I can see is Horde kiting as a form of griefing.

Please post with a reply regarding your thoughts on thsi suggestion.

Thanks.

Edited October 20, 2012 by Wallace

[Zeppa 562]

This has been suggested much, try the search for others opinnions..

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

Ah will search in future, but I still would have posted it to give my idea the exact way I wanted it explained.

[kingochaos 131]

Yes.. but change horde o Z's, for pack o rabid mutant zombie hounds.. Howling etc, maybe able to track the path o a recent player.. but yea i think it is a good idea... but i think dogs would be more scary in the open than Z's... (and Z cows/sheep/goats... would just be silly.. but on a side note i saw a cow once IRL with a mix o grass staggers and acidosis... and she acted like a Z.. was eating holes into the ground, eating dirt.. wouldnt notice yah till yah gave her a shove, then she would attack yah in slow motion... was funny shit at the time.. just reminded me o it) Or the Z's need steriods, that would also be acceptable

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

Maybe 5 or so hounds at the front of the horde, seemingly leading them to survivors, thats a good idea!