Remove the head or destroy the brain,

[islipaway 1]

This is classic zombie lore. Only way to kill them is a headshot, body shots may slow them down/make them drop but they don't stop till you put a cap in the cranium. Okay, maybe these are more infected/28days later style enemies but the mod is called day z, that's suggesting zombies more than infected?

I think a slight decrease in movement speed coupled with headshot only kills might up the tension. Imagine trying to headshot while you struggle to hold the gun steady due to exhaustion, that would make for some intense gameplay.

[KWilt 157]

Sorry to break it to ya, but they're not zombies.

Lore says they're in fact infected humans. Or they've been sniffing bath salts. Something like that.

Anyways, the point here is that we can't apply Romero-logic here because they're not the risen dead. I don't have a quarrel with a slight slow-down (since we've already gotta deal with their silly strafing maneuvers and their teleportation at close distances), but most of us don't want shamblers.