Viral infection and Player corpse reanimates

[Nem3sis 11]

idea 1)Since the plot behind the zombies(or infected) is a virus, have a very low chance of contrating the virus to turn zombie. After getting the virus, the player would have only a short time left to live before death. If you want to add a 'cure' to this(not a fan), it must be administered quickly.

idea 2)After player dies, by whatever means, the corpse reanimates as zombie after X minutes. corpse can then be killed and looted.

ps: Couldnt find topic via search, sry if duplicate.

[zfleming12 395]

Actually I am all for this. I mean.....I can't imagine everysingle one of us suvivors being immune at all.

[GBTP 114]

I have been thinking this must be on the 'long list' for a while, and definitely agree with you.

I would love to be scavenging a small town and hear that familiar fly buzzing, turn the corner looking for the corpse to see if it has any much needed gear and find it has already reanimated.

I would really love to see the reanimated dead players be substantially tougher than the traditional herders (Mini boss status difficult?)

"I need a coke bad... But do I need it bad enough to engage that hero walker...? ... I could just die of thirst.. it's cool."

Edited for clarity.

Edited June 20, 2013 by GBTP

[cautoad 216]

It has not been stated officially, but rocket has claimed that every player is immune to the virus. That is the main reason why you are alive and well in Chernarus.

[GBTP 114]

Maybe the genetic difference that grants us immunity only protects us as long as we are alive?

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

It's been stated many times, and discussed many times. These are 28 Days later type zombies, not Romero Zombies. They are not dead, just rabid, which is why we can kill them with a shot to the chest rather than headshots only. If we were to die we would be dead, no reanimation.

*Edit*

Rocket has said it would be just too difficult for Player zombies to be put in. People would use it to grief others. Players have a different model than zombies (zombies are skinned as opposed to players in SA which will have different sets of clothes on and other entities. IF players did get turned into zombies after they died all their gear and clothes would be lost in the conversion process.) It would break immersion a little bit, but hell finding your own body kinda does that already.

Edited June 21, 2013 by BigMike

[cautoad 216]

Maybe the genetic difference that grants us immunity only protects us as long as we are alive?

Its all up to rocket, allthough i dont see him as a big fan of the player zed thing.

[liquidcactus 719]

this has been suggested sooo many times but who cares its a good one...

I dont really care how detailed it could/would be just as long as dead player corpse reanimates and keeps all the same items in their back pack of course..

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

It has not been stated officially, but rocket has claimed that every player is immune to the virus. That is the main reason why you are alive and well in Chernarus.

It has been stated officially, it's on the floppin' website...

Anyways, I figured all the survivors were immune because the virus is airborne or something.

[GrumpyGat (DayZ) 497]

I like the idea of us being reanimated when we die. Sorta like in The Walking Dead, how everyone is already infected it just doesn't present itself until they die. It beats having 200 bodies littering the coast.

[Nem3sis 11]

I like the idea of us being reanimated when we die. Sorta like in The Walking Dead, how everyone is already infected it just doesn't present itself until they die. It beats having 200 bodies littering the coast.

Exactly! Its a way of removing bodies without them randomly disappearing. Rocket is all about immersion, here ya go...

[Jars (DayZ) 63]

Your idea can't happen , there is no such thing as resurrection or reanimation , dead people are dead , that is all .

Having the bodies eaten by the living infected human beings ( they are not magical creatures like unicorns ) and perhaps having their bloodied and possibly infected ( not with the Z virus which survivors are immune to , but just regular bacterial infection ) gear scattered about , makes sense .

[SoulHunter (DayZ) 233]

It is a nice idea, if it was only possible the dead characters skeleton to be ruled with the zed system in the game, then it would be pretty easy though. I'd love to see such a system implemented into the game =)) It'd be great to see a friend dying and then turning into a zed just behind me while I cry fro him haha xD

[Jars (DayZ) 63]

No , it wouldn't be great , it would be ungreat , the opposite of great .