So, my opinion, anyone else agree?

[soLch 1]

I have played this game for about 3 days now, and pretty much have a full understanding of it (not that hard)

This game is absolutely incredibly fun and addicting and I can't get enough of it.

I have realized though that its more of a human vs human survival. The zombies have a little effect but not a big one (in my OWN opinion)

***Now again this is my OWN opinion***

Do you guys think this game would be more fun without the zombies? ability to create squads (actual squads, not just hey lets team up, but ability to identify one as a squad member with a certain skin/color) and start the survival against others. I understand it would defeat the purpose of a post apocalyptic world, maybe some servers dedicated to 0 zombies?

It just seems, like stated above, that I am finding this game more of a human vs human survival with the zombies having little effect, and possibly boosting FPS if zombies were removed considering sometimes there's 500+ in a server.

Now no need to flame the post with 'oh well if the zombies have no effect just ignore them' yes obviously....

Again my OWN opinion and I love this game regardless and will be continuing to play.

I'll just be surviving by any means necessary :dodgy:

[oktyabr 53]

In the "old days" (lol) 500 zombies was nothing. 1200+ would make you rethink things a bit ;)

[fox808 40]

Before the latest patch there were 1000+ zombies on some servers. I once killed 70 on my own before I ran out of ammo, when I accidentally fired my weapon in a big town. Trust me, zombies are really dangerous when in groups.

About PvP... while I agree with you that the ability to create squads and team up would be great I am totally against servers without any zombies. It would defeat the whole purpose of the game.

[elite3444 0]

Assuming you recently bought ArmA 2 for this mod, what you described is close to certain missions in the unmodded game. Without the zombies, there is no reason to be scared because it would feel just like the normal military sim feel of ArmA 2

[Sonicle 2]

I can honestly see what you are thinking, this game would survive well on it's current state as just a PVP game.

However the zombies do add a certain edge, it's a bit harder to gun someone down whilst the zombie legions are coming after you. Zombies add a bit of edge to the game, makes going through towns a lot harder when scavenging for loot.

Without zombies I think this would die out quicker, since human interaction is less than zombie interaction.

[Zarathustra (DayZ) 87]

No, I disagree - what you're asking for is a different game. We need the zombies AND the PvP aspect. The problem right now is not enough zombies! We need many, many more zombies - back to the 1000+ in the previous patches. Ideally the game should rarely drop below the 1000 level and certainly never to the pathetic 100 - 200 level we're seeing at the moment.

[Jaleno 4]

I agree it would be fun with no zombies.. However, zombies at their former levels were too sick, the threat of firing at another player in a city was thrilling..

[soLch 1]

I agree with you guys, more zombies would be good (hopefully they get patched soon and aren't so glitchy)

but the thing is with 1000+ zombies doesn't that drastically drop FPS?

someone pick this up for a stand alone game, k thnx.

[oktyabr 53]

I agree with you guys' date=' more zombies would be good (hopefully they get patched soon and aren't so glitchy)

but the thing is with 1000+ zombies doesn't that drastically drop FPS?

someone pick this up for a stand alone game, k thnx.

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Nope! I can't say it wouldn't IF you were "looking" at all 1000+ at the same time but that never happens. What you end up with when you have that many on a server is MUCH bigger threats going into towns. A city like Elektro doesn't have 6-12 like it does now... it has 60-100+

One server host claimed the high numbers were hard on his server and that could be... but those of us that have been here from the beginning remember 1000+ being the rule of thumb, not a special occasion.

I would much rather see around 500-600 spawning like they are now and maybe waves of 100 starting at the dry edges of the map and moving towards the coast, in search of fresh food.

[tremanarch 42]

they could add some rare intelligent zombs that can climb ladders and sue you into houses everywhere ;)

[oktyabr 53]

they could add some rare intelligent zombs that can climb ladders and sue you into houses everywhere ;)

You haven't ran into any zombies lately I guess ;)

They are smarter than before and I had two of them climb the ladder to the roof of an apartment building after me last night... even scurry up the drain pipe thing at the city hall.

[FreedomTea 9]

they could add some rare intelligent zombs that can climb ladders and sue you into houses everywhere ;)

Trolling right?

They already do.

[rinaun 26]

I enjoy the game but I feel the changes taking place are making this more and more of a pvp game and not a zombie game. I pretty much only play MPpvp games but when there are hardly any zombies it literally turns into camping in buildings waiting to kill people PVP. As a bandit, I basically am forced into a different skin (so if I kill someone I dress different? roflok) if I defend myself. The bandit skins need to be fixed ASAP or else pvp is going to turn this game into a huge player shitfest.

[Alex LWG 2]

Without the zombies, what you're describing sounds like basic ARMA 2 or maybe another modifications. This mod would still be good without zombies as it adds the feeling of seriousness and survival, but still the zombies are the essence of this game.

[Dronin 5]

all zombies can already climb ladders and will follow you into buildings

when you have 800+ zombies you really have to consider if taking the pot shot at that player is worth it. Pulling 10-20 zombies for one player is often more dangerous than its worth for a tin of beans