Survivor Zombies NOT DEAD ONES

[CommanderX (DayZ) 52]

I think maybe that zombies have like a worm in them which controls them so when your player falls down instead of dyeing

he falls over than a worm goes in to him/she the body starts to shake violently than a blood curdling scream than it gets up and acts like a zombie what do you think?

[CommanderX (DayZ) 52]

oh and he might have like a 5% chance to pull out a pistol (if you have one) and randomly shoot (most likely miss any target)

[CommanderX (DayZ) 52]

also please say why yes/no

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

First of all, have you heard of the 'edit' button?  Second of all No.

While there's been very little background given on the 'zombies', its been confirmed that it was a virus of some sort, and that all Survivors (players) are immune to it.  It's been stated many times that the 'zombies' are not actually dead, just rabid.  A rabid human/animal isn't going to stop once your infected and be on its way, its going to keep attacking you until it's forced to stop (usually with death) or you're dead, and probably won't stop for a while after you're dead.

Player Zombies have been pretty much confirmed as a no by Rocket, for a number of reasons.  Players would use it to grief.  It would be something players would exploit, and really how can you control how a player plays?  The 2nd part of that is 'oh well what if we just have the player corpses become zombies', first part of that is that the zombies in this game are not the undead, once you die you die, which is why 2 shots to the chest with a rifle round will kill a zombie, instead of headshots only.  Second, player's models are different from zombies (edit: at least in Standalone they will be).  Zombies for simplicity are models that may have very minor variations to break up the monotony (not 50 Jammie Heinemen Zombies barreling down on you).  Players on the other hand are much more detailed, we will have our own clothing and equipment layers (since we will have custom clothing).  If we were to be zombied when we 'die' we'd lose any gear we were wearing and be reset to a default zombie skin and break immersion for a lot of people.

 

TL;DR?  BECAUSE ROCKET SAID NO!

Edited August 4, 2013 by BigMike

[Korsbaek 1778]

Please use the edit button to edit your first post instead of spamming.

[enforcer1975 1111]

ehm... Stargate ftw...?

[lvg 1690]

They're not dead to begin with they're infected, meaning the AI are already being controlled by the virus so no.

[King of kong 1117]

ARRGGHHHHH HATE STARGATE!

[CommanderX (DayZ) 52]

what the heck is stargate?

[Tumoa 359]

what the heck is stargate?

only one the most boring scifi series ever

as for suggestion in short no

long answer nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747]

Damn, I forgot about Stargate. That's just how bad it was.

[harley001 315]

So the zombies are suffering from resident evil syndrome?  

 

As time goes on they shall become less zombie like and more mutant like!    :P

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

So the zombies are suffering from resident evil syndrome?  

 

As time goes on they shall become less zombie like and more mutant like!    :P

No, they're more like the infected from 28 Days Later.  Still human, still alive (to the point where they'll starve to death if they don't find anything to kill/eat ((28 Weeks Later)) ), just VERY angry and murderous.

[RedTailedLizerd 12]

The point of DayZ is that you are immune to the ZOMBIE virus, ergo, this thought makes no sence.

[Chaingunfighter 917]

*N/A*

Edited August 9, 2013 by Chaingunfighter

[dutch_miller 159]

And to the graveyard it goes..!