My Theory on how zombie hordes

[over9000nukez 199]

In the walking dead, the comic, or the TV show (happening right now) they explain how zombie hordes work a "herd", basically when you shot a guy,

 

 The sound would travel, say, 1-2 miles, every zombie who heard that will starts heading to that noise, it means people, which people mean MEAT, some are close, and when your in a stationary camp, that's a problem, most cant walk in a straight line because they're as dumb as a fence post, and walk in the wrong direction, but sometimes, not every time, one will walk by another, and that one will get up and follow, then they meet more,and more and more and more, see where im going?

 

They'll form a big group, and sometimes they encounter another group, and merge, and you end up with hundreds of them, following a sound they all forgotten. They're walking because everyone else is walking and everyone else is walking because they're walking, they're about as smart as a rotting corpse.

 

But these groups are massive, you call these lone' zombies roamers? That's cool, We call these HERDS.

 

There bad ****ing news.

Edited February 28, 2014 by over9000nukez

[thelonewarrior 886]

Well I like the idea if it were to be put in the game

Only problem is people can log out as soon as they see a horde on the horizen, especially snipers (of which many still try and combat log)

Edited February 28, 2014 by Regulator Lone Warrior

[Bearserk 57]

ok

[over9000nukez 199]

Well I like the idea if it were to be put in the game

Only problem is people can log out as soon as they see a horde on the horizen, especially snipers (of which many still try and combat log)

meh, I don't think its something that can be stopped,unless you had a system like "you cant log out, theres someone too close to you", which obviously would give away your in the area :/

[over9000nukez 199]

Bearserk, on 28 Feb 2014 - 06:31 AM, said:

ok

contribution! :P

[DMentMan 707]

i want hordes, but i think it would be to hard to make.

[Gandolaf 81]

i want hordes, but i think it would be to hard to make.

We want zombie hordes not because it is easy,but because it is hard!

[liquidcactus 719]

HORDES are going to happen at some point I can guarantee that...  I don't think it will be anywhere near as intricate as you have explained though.. I imagine it will just be a random chunk of zombies spawn on the map then just start drifting in a large group to another part of the map rather than "rallying" together when hearing sounds and following each other and stuff that would take a bit of memory i think 

[So Sexy 259]

I just want groups of wild dogs travelling across the map :D

[DMentMan 707]

We want zombie hordes not because it is easy,but because it is hard!

no, i mean it will be hard to program and code

[ramstormrage 15]

Good idea. As we know, DayZ zombies arent the slow moving corpses that we see on TWD. They are more akin to the infected in Left 4 Dead or say World War Z (minus infecting other players). Once zombie AI is improved, they can prolly program them to be sensitive to noise and other zombie reactions.

Say 3 zombies spot you loot a building, they come at you and chase you down the street. Five other zombies in the area should now be alerted coz somethings stirring the other zeds and they now join the search. This reaction triggers other zeds and you get more and more zeds looking for you. Im getting goosebumps thinking of the possibilities.

[over9000nukez 199]

this would definatly cut down the sniper number, making shooting a gun more risky, dealing with the aftermath of a firefight.

[ramstormrage 15]

The new respawn thingy is one step forward to this. Ive played with a few dudes earlier and we were in Elektro, happily drinking from a well. We shot 3 zombies only to be attacked from behind by 3 more. Imagine being in a horde situation, I dont think we'll even be able to drink from that fountain.