Al Bobo 53 Posted December 20, 2013 If you catch a disease that you can't cure fast or are injured, it's easy to kill yourself in some hidden place and then run back to your corpse to get all gear. One way to discourage this could be if your corpse would turn into a zombie and wander away with all your gear. Perhaps it could break and drop off things along the way, too. Personally, I would love to see a fully stacked corpse lumbering on my way :) Or maybe your dead body has a chance to contaminate the stuff you had? If you died because of some illness that can transfer between people, it would be likely to linger on clothes and items. Or maybe the smell of a corpse could attract animals or zombies that would eat and move your body elsewhere and destroy items? Other ideas are welcome, too. Anything to stop corpse runs... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wookieenoob 191 Posted December 20, 2013 i'd quite like to see zombies with lootable gear, but not a whole survivor full. maybe if you die from infection you come back as a zombie but only your backpack(with the top line of items only) shirt(emptied) pants(emptied) remain in a decayed state. otherwise perhaps a 30 minute timer for the body? i dunno. looting your own body is against the idea of having to survive but there's not really an issue with it. it's just a dead guy. perhaps all your items should decay when you die? (i think they already do actually?) also, there's a probability somebody else stumbles across your corpse and takes your loot anyway. no real need for change, but room for change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pants! 83 Posted December 20, 2013 I really like the idea of players 'coming back' when they die.You could run with friends and then, if they die, have to do the "brain" thing to stop them coming back as a Z and attacking you. Perhaps too much for the engine to handle, I don't know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wookieenoob 191 Posted December 20, 2013 I really like the idea of players 'coming back' when they die.You could run with friends and then, if they die, have to do the "brain" thing to stop them coming back as a Z and attacking you. Perhaps too much for the engine to handle, I don't know.i used to always run with one buddy at once. i'd just collect his gear if he got shot and sneak away, to give it him back later. actually forget my first post. body loot should decay some, but the body shouldnt go away. if you die later on in dayz you'll just be able to come back to your base and refit your gear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mercules 1290 Posted December 20, 2013 The zombies are not dead people. They are living people infected with a virus that makes them zombie-ish. However we have disinfectant spray and such which I believe at some point in time will be used to clean items that might have germs on them from an infected player. This means you could die from an infection, run back to your body, loot your gear, and end up infected again from your infected gear. It isn't in yet, but in the future I believe this system will be there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wookieenoob 191 Posted December 20, 2013 The zombies are not dead people. They are living people infected with a virus that makes them zombie-ish. However we have disinfectant spray and such which I believe at some point in time will be used to clean items that might have germs on them from an infected player. This means you could die from an infection, run back to your body, loot your gear, and end up infected again from your infected gear. It isn't in yet, but in the future I believe this system will be there. nicely made point perfect system if implimented correctly with correct consequence 10/10 if this actually works Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Bobo 53 Posted December 20, 2013 I'm concerned about looting your own corpse, because that way you can ignore many survival aspects of DayZ since every time you spawn you get rid of ill effects and you get your loot back, if you hid your body well enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bubbajones 238 Posted December 20, 2013 60 second delay before your body gets up and attacks the nearest living being. that would be great! if you're with friends (or enemies), they may have to damage your gear to kill your zombie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rkelt 46 Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) They are infected people like in 28 days later Edited December 20, 2013 by XjoseX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inexorable 26 Posted December 20, 2013 "Players will never turn into zombies, this is an anti-idea"-rocket 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
