pappy55 2 Posted January 8, 2014 Hey all. I have been away for 6 months. playing both the SA and the mod now and the mod is at 1.8 now with a lot of nice shiny things..It could be just me but the zombies seem harder to evade now in 1.8. I used to be able to get into a town and out pretty easy. Now they seem to see me from quite a distance. Not complaining just need to re evaluate the way i deal with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TedZ 424 Posted January 8, 2014 Walk in towns, crouch near zombies Fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pappy55 2 Posted January 8, 2014 Walk in towns, crouch near zombies Fixed I was doing that. I Could of just been really unlucky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TYS 25 Posted January 16, 2014 The crouching in foliage trick still works. They will perform the attack animation but no harm will come to you. Listen for the hit sound to know if they're getting you. I prefer the evergreen trees over the bushes as they have a larger safe zone. In DayZ 1.8 you can now move a melee weapon to your back. I use the hotkeys (1-Prmy, 2Scndy, 3Melee) to swap to this when a zed is near, swap to secondary when running/sprinting and swap to primary in case of player engagement. Melee weapon desc. Crowbar - Largest hitbox, lowest dmgHatchet - Medium hitbox, medium dmgMachete- Smallest hitbox, highest dmg I personally prefer the Crowbar. I find it a most efficient dispatcher of Zeds, especially if you aim towards the head and shoulder area. Also the blood dmg system has been reworked. Now you don't bleed as often, instead you take blood dmg on-hit and have a chance of infection. Viral Zeds (distinguishable by additional blood on model) deal a lot more dmg and have 4x the chance of infection. You will bleed a lot less, so half-bandages and half-wipes is good. Also having some antibiotics in case you get a full-blown infection is another good idea. Also blood regen has been tweaked so if you eat everything at once you will not receive all the blood (it will instead enter a pool and you will get a reduced amount). Instead wait until the little chevrons next to your blood icon disappear completely then you can consume another item. If you want more info read all the changelogs up from when you went away to the current one. Goodluck.. SobakaTYS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2014 Thats good bro! Glad to have you back, at least you have been playing. The SA has definitely seen the zombies step it up a level, I much prefer them tbh! Challenge yourself and try take on as many as you can with your fists P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
