Its so much better..

[Shroud8 3]

So DayZ was starting to get a bit stale and boring.. Go through a few towns.. Zombies amble around.. I just crouch or crawl past them.. I rarely killed zombies because they were not worth the bullet. DayZ basically became a hunt fot loot and occasional PvP duel with a camper. I was getting bored of it.

1.7.1 has breathed new life into the game for me, zombies are actually a threat now. Last night I respawned fresh in Kamenka, I zipped north immediately and stopped at a few deer stands on the way to the first town along the road. I found an AK 74 and some mags. I noticed Deer Stands have about 8 zombies around them now too. I also noticed a lot of zombie corpses around these deer stands. Someones having trouble.

I don't know the name of the first town just north of Kamenka but I aggroed some zombies trying to search for food. I bandaged up and killed about 15 of them with the AK. Unfortunately the last zombie got a hit on me and caused me to bleed again, and I had no bandages left. I had no choice, I had to charge through the town and search each house for bandages. About 4 houses and 10 zombie kills later, (I sprinted through) I found a bandage and bandaged up with about 4k blood left. I'd survived, but I still had no food or water.

I made my way north and stopped at a barn just south of zelenogorsk. I found some drinks there but no food. I told myself I would make it to the convenience store in the centre of town without aggroing a zombie.

I made it, it took about 20 minutes, you basically need to make sure the zombies arent looking in your direction, I never cross paths with zombies anymore, I will distract them with whiskey bottles, change route or wait for them to amble past, no more open crawling straight past them 5m in front.

This is a big improvement in the game and makes searching a town much more exhilirating rather then the dull boring and empty experience it was before.

1.7.1 is a glimpse of the future & I love it.

BTW I've found about 8 AK74's since 1.7.1 came out and only one handgun, makarov. Anyone else noticing increase in AK74 spawns??

[agathangalos 0]

Oh sure they're an actual threat now, that is pretty cool actually. Just don't aggro them before you find a weapon. Unless, that is, you enjoy playing Arma as a cross-country running simulator.

[JinxX 11]

I like you TC you are smart man.

[frankhertz 2]

I hope they can increase the food/drink spawn a little.

[RedAxiom 0]

I agree.

There are a few weird problems. Super hard to find food for some reason and stealth doesn't seem to be right yet, sprinting is still the best technique.

Really fun now though!

[Promagnum 1]

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I agree.

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[Gravelsack 3]

I agree. Now we're actually Running from the Zombies! I mean, that's what zombies are for!