Ubercritted by zombie?

[taxi driver 9]

Well i got killed by a zombie, didn`t happen for a long time so i should be ~happy.

The thing is the way it happened. I had an SKS on my back and the shottie in my hand and i wanted to get rid of it. So i decided to shoot some zombies. It´s in the nature of things that the more i shoot the more Z`s are hunting me from everywhere.

 

So far so good, i used all my shells and wanted to kill the remaining three Z´s with the axe. They hit me three ot four times before, but i wasn`t bleeding. I was energized, hydrated and healthy, all in light-green.

 

Then i was dead. No warning, no unconsciousness, just black. I´m always in for a new experience, but what happened? Did i evoke an uber-zombie by killing like ~12 of them before?

 

Overall i`m really glad about Z´s seemingly being a threat now.

 

PS. Also thought about the possibility of a sniper, but the chance was so low as i was running around in circles like an idiot, and all the Z´s too. If so, it must`ve been the shot of his life and a sight for the gods.

Edited May 5, 2014 by taxi driver

[Lordbafford 13]

Did they fracture your arm? I had that happen before from 2 zombies and then i went unconcious from the bleeding.

[.Ender. 42]

Ive had that too. I was hacking at one, full health, not taking on any damage. I had already hit her about 10 times with my splitter axe, so she was close to dying.

She got one blow on my arm and it just went to insta-death. No broken limbs, no unconsciousness, just dead.

 

I think for now until the next patch (or later?), the zombies are still super fast/strong and a pita. I just run in circles and they pretty much cant hit ya (when one on one)

[taxi driver 9]

Did they fracture your arm? I had that happen before from 2 zombies and then i went unconcious from the bleeding.

No i was still hacking at them and died instantly.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

A sniper is definitely an option. The shotgun is a very noisy weapon, and firing off several shots for an extended period of time is as good as posting your position on the survivor noticeboard.

[gearjammer 97]

I haven't been killed by them but I've experienced the hard hit. My character was complaining about leg pain for hours on end. He was still moving around okay so I told him to rub dirt on it and take a lap... I am more cautious about how I fight them now though. I kite them to an out of the way place and stick and move. I read somewhere that they can't climb steps and this is not completely accurate. They clip out and fail to climb them most of the time, but I've had two of them do a bang-up job of scampering right upstairs after me.