A Zombie Type That Could Shoot?

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

I just watched a clip from the movie Day of The Dead were a zombie named Bub was able to understand how to use a gun. He had a military background

before being turned into a zombie. What do you guys think about having a type of military zombie in the game that could use a weapon?

I'm not talking about very accurate shooting here, but the risk of you getting you head blown off by a zombie who managed to pull the trigger

just as you run past it. These zombies could be put around military structures, which would most likely be were they would move around.

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[rustledmyjimmies 361]

Please; you must be trolling - please tell me you're trolling..

[odin_lowe 3686]

No. Please. No. :(

[Guest]

I don't think they would have the muscle control to pull the trigger

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

I think I'd have myself some good laughs if i got shot by a zombie who was "playing" with a gun and it accidentally went off:)

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[APs247 0]

It'd be nice if Military zombies dropped things like weapons, but them using one?

 

These Infected individuals have lost all sense of practical intelligence, to the point they run through walls just to get to 'food', so the possibility of a Bub zombie would be slim to none practically

[Combine (DayZ) 247]

Operating firearms requires certain physical and mental skills, which infected individuals lack mostly now. They would, if there was a gun on them anyway, probably not pay much attention to it. It would be on a sling and hang around, and they would eventually just drop things in their hands.

 

Addition: Rocket ruled out special infected. That's what I heard multiple times. So I think we won't see any of that. No "gun zombies" either.

[flygamer1 176]

Is this shit for real?

[terminal_boy 860]

Nope, their course motor control is poor, their fine motor control is gone and their hand/eye co-ordination is patchy at best.

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

Operating firearms requires certain physical and mental skills, which infected individuals lack mostly now. They would, if there was a gun on them anyway, probably not pay much attention to it. It would be on a sling and hang around, and they would eventually just drop things in their hands.

 

Addition: Rocket ruled out special infected. That's what I heard multiple times. So I think we won't see any of that. No "gun zombies" either.

 

Ahh, did not know about the special infected thing. I guess the fine motor skills would depend on what type of zombie that was implemented into the game.

 

 

Is this shit for real?

 

No, it's fiction;)

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[Syphax4Ever 15]

This shit ruined Resident Evil. No...NO...HELL NO!

Edited January 29, 2014 by Syphax4Ever

[Westerburg 41]

Bub only learned to shoot anyway because they were training him for months as an experiment as to weather zombies could be taught to do menial tasks. Fuck, Moses only learned to shoot after a decade or so of watching his zombie friends get shot in the face and pulling the trigger on accident once. And that was only because after years of idling in towns, zombies started to go back to doing things that were muscle memory for them, which is why he spent the beginning of the movie trying to fill cars with gas every time the bell dinged. while it's cannon in most zombie movies and books these days that the walkers recover some semblance of their lives, in almost all cases it's limited to only a very special few who were 'more alive', or otherwise takes more than a decade of continued survival of the zombie in question to relearn anything, and even then it is limited to things that the zombie in question did almost constantly while alive.

 

If there's going to be ai shooting at us, I'd prefer it be roving bands of survivor/bandit AI as has been added in the mod, and even then I'd prefer straight up human interaction.

[twinturbonet (DayZ) 294]

Lol, DOOM re-make.  Where is the DOOM mod for DayZ?

Edited January 29, 2014 by twinturbonet

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

Bub only learned to shoot anyway because they were training him for months as an experiment as to weather zombies could be taught to do menial tasks. Fuck, Moses only learned to shoot after a decade or so of watching his zombie friends get shot in the face and pulling the trigger on accident once. And that was only because after years of idling in towns, zombies started to go back to doing things that were muscle memory for them, which is why he spent the beginning of the movie trying to fill cars with gas every time the bell dinged. while it's cannon in most zombie movies and books these days that the walkers recover some semblance of their lives, in almost all cases it's limited to only a very special few who were 'more alive', or otherwise takes more than a decade of continued survival of the zombie in question to relearn anything, and even then it is limited to things that the zombie in question did almost constantly while alive.

 

If there's going to be ai shooting at us, I'd prefer it be roving bands of survivor/bandit AI as has been added in the mod, and even then I'd prefer straight up human interaction.

 

He, he, yeah it seems like most people don't want the "more alive" zombie type for Dayz. Understandable, even if i still think it could have made some interesting scenarios:)

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[Combine (DayZ) 247]

Well, apparently according to the new patchnotes, infected soldiers will be tougher. Just physically, as one could expect.

 

No guns (used), but as close at it'll get :P

[Westerburg 41]

He, he, yeah it seems like most people don't want the "more alive" zombie type for Dayz. Understandable, even if i still think it could have made some interesting scenarios:)

that's mostly because this game isn't about the zombies. Think of it more as 'The Walking Dead'. This game is about people surviving and the things they do to each other in order to survive. The zombies are just the background. An obstacle or a hinderance to be overcome in some cases, and avoided when possible. The only 'special' zombies I'd like to see have already been added to the new experimental server as of today, and that's the Military zombies being tougher to kill, which makes sense because they are wearing military gear. Only real changes after that that should be done is improve the ai slightly, increase the pop cap for them as it becomes possible down the road, and a bit more Horde-ing in high zombie population areas.

[e00c 84]

Maybe a zombie pistol whipping you, but surely not shooting  :|

[Gdaddy22 299]

I'm the last post b4 graveyard, I win

[StayAlive (DayZ) 169]

that's mostly because this game isn't about the zombies. Think of it more as 'The Walking Dead'. This game is about people surviving and the things they do to each other in order to survive. The zombies are just the background. An obstacle or a hinderance to be overcome in some cases, and avoided when possible. The only 'special' zombies I'd like to see have already been added to the new experimental server as of today, and that's the Military zombies being tougher to kill, which makes sense because they are wearing military gear. Only real changes after that that should be done is improve the ai slightly, increase the pop cap for them as it becomes possible down the road, and a bit more Horde-ing in high zombie population areas.

 

Yeah, i love that he is implementing tougher zombies! Make them make us NEED to run away:)

 

 

Maybe a zombie pistol whipping you, but surely not shooting  :|

 

I would not mind some pistol whipping by a zombie:)

Edited January 29, 2014 by StayAlive

[TEST_SUBJECT_83 465]

If zombies were to have any weapon, it should be just a pistol and they would have to have zero accuracy.

Like they see you and just stick there arm out or up or even down and just start shooting.

They would only have 6 to 14 rounds (sorry don't know the max mag size) and you would most likely not get hit, and if you did you would just bleed a little, lol!

Maybe 1/50 chances they get a head shot on you or something.

I'm not sure how I feel about this to be honest.

[o5pr3y (DayZ) 77]

They could be like the zombies from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

 

They carry a rifle still, but can't really aim it. Sometimes they just shoot straight downward as they come after you.

I guess it's more of a muscle spasm than anything. 

This could work as a believable "Screamer" type, where his gunshots would draw the attention of more zombies.

[fox0rz 56]

Maybe something like this?

[razguul@gmail.com 80]

Noooooooooooooooope.

 

Edit: Well I guess I should add something more, imagine running across a field/street/courtyard, and bang. You are dead.

It wasn't a player, it wasn't someone getting the drop on you, it was a zombie, a zombie that hit you right in the head from out of nowhere, no matter how bad their aim is, they will still hit people even with a 1% aim chance, they are going to cause kills.

Edited January 30, 2014 by Covent

[Daemonowner 1]

How about fuck no.

 

+1 for better zombies, including better AIs and Kevlar zombies being physically better protected (and maybe slower?), but this idea is better left for L4D2 and other zombie games that are designed not to be realistic.

 

How in the hell would a soldier be bitten or otherwise infected, die and come back to life and still have their weapon, draw their weapon, make sure it is ready to fire, aim, and fire even one round at anything. Even a barn wall. Goddamn....

[DMentMan 707]

WHAT THE FUCK?! NOO! THIS IS FUCKING HORREBLE , THIS IDEA SUCKS DICK,  sorry