Animals, Ghosts and a different flare

[LordHussyPants 6]

Wolves & Bears.

Already been suggested, but to go further:

When you kill them, they should yield a skin that can be worn over clothing/with clothing, that will stop your temperature dropping below a certain level, maybe 40 degrees.

As well as this, they'll be the colour of the animal, so dark grey or brown, and will still be camouflaged in the forests.

Ghosts.

Given by Joaby at GameArena. Suggestion is that every now and then, there'll be a coughing noise, or some unintelligible language spoken along with footsteps in the ambient sound. Could be running or walking.

Flare Gun.

Like Team Fortress 2's, but more realistic. A flare gun that is able to be found, and then fired directly up in the air, will rise for a few hundred metres and come down to earth slowly, illuminating softly as it goes. This is how real flares work, and it'd be a great deal better than the current ones which only illuminate at ground level.

Alternative is some sort of parachute flare, like the ones dropped by airforces especially during WWII to illuminate bombing targets. Would be great for the big cities.

[joaby 25]

Haha I jumped on to pitch the ghosts idea earlier dude. It was received... poorly. Apparently this zombie game is too realistic to feature ghosts.

[LordHussyPants 6]

In that case, I remove ghosts from my original suggestions and return to flare guns and bear skins.

[Bat (DayZ) 230]

they should yield a skin that can be worn over clothing/with clothing, that will stop your temperature dropping below a certain level, maybe 40 degrees.

Oh yeah craftable clothes :)

I want to dress ingame like johnny depp in Dead Man => http://data0.eklablog.com/aureliedaout/mod_article74557.jpg

But man, no wolves.

IRL you would never approach a wolf closer than 1 km. These animals avoid human presence, and scent you from really far away. Pack of dogs/infected dogs instead.

But it's been requested like a thousand times before.

[Greasymullet 7]

1. Wolves and Bears - Yes this, bears can have like 20 meat and to balance out the skin that keeps you warm you dehydrate at 2x normal rate.

2. Ghosts - No, thank you

3. Flares - Yes, especially now that you don't start with flares and I can never find them. Why not make it an actual gun that does what you say, but also take the pistol slot and can cause decent damage within say 10 meters idk.

[t3sla 0]

Pack of dogs/infected dogs instead.

But it's been requested like a thousand times before.

This game would feel too much like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and if I stumbled upon a ghost in a forest while going some place, I'd probably shit myself.

[Bat (DayZ) 230]

Pack of dogs/infected dogs instead.

But it's been requested like a thousand times before.

This game would feel too much like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

I don't know, I'm not thinking that way. I'm thinking : what would I stumble across if I were in holidays in Czech republic, and if suddenly a zombie apocalypse would take over the world. I guess people in that country have lots of dogs. Those dogs would become feral and be a potential threat. Dogs could become infected because of their proximity to humans. Or they could be immune to the virus.

Anyway, it would not make the game feel like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. It would make the game feel more realistic, more living, more challenging. You see wild dogs and you think : are they infected ? will they attack me or run away if I approach ?

[grittafu 1]

Zombie howls would be awesome... and creepy just to hear that howl echoe between the mountains and in the forest.

[LordHussyPants 6]

I think rather than infected dogs, wild dogs would be an option. Once a zombie apocalypse happens, and everyone escapes, the animals will often be left behind and I can imagine dogs grouping up into packs.

Just imagine a poodle tearing down the road at you as the vanguard of a mob of Alsatians. It's brilliant!

[Zeromentor 169]

Aggressive animals? Please no. The last thing I want is to be engaging a bandit at 200 meters with my Enfield, dodging zombies, just to find I've run into a bear the size of an SUV.

Ghosts? No.

Different flare? Flare gun? I think M203's attached to many different rifles have flares they can fire (I could be wrong) so some kind of similar mechanic with a flare and "Flare Rounds" (single per stack) might work. Extra bright, but burn out in ~30 seconds. Could work to light up a town for a few seconds, but would easily give away your position to other, not-so-friendly players.

[Validuz 0]

Flaregun would be awesome. Semi-superrare that spawns in super markets with 3 shots. Effects super similar to m203's flare shots.

[LordHussyPants 6]

The reason I want a flare gun different to the M203's one is because of an experience a few years ago on Guy Fawkes. Our house is on the top of a ridge that runs along for about a kilometre before meeting with another one that is directly opposite, forming a V shape. Someone had gone up to the park at the point of the V and fired off an emergency flare gun and it left a trail of red about 2-300 metres long and a bright red flare that constantly burned as it went for a good minute. The best part was that it wasn't a fast firing projectile, but it crawled out the distance over the valley and was perfect for illumination because of it's slow speed. I think this would be much better.

As for the ghosts, it was just meant as ambient noise. You hear some footsteps. I'm revamping that suggestion and putting it back as a 2.0. Watch out for it!