Are zombies still exactly the same?

[NaZz1 9]

Hello, 

 

I bought the alpha the second it came out. I played a little and I didn't like that there was so few zombies and those very few were running through walls. So I stopped playing the game after few days and first few updates and now I am waiting for this crucial fix (for me) is fixed/ more zombies implemented. I just checked updates that came out and I'm not sure any of this is fixed/improved so I'm just asking to be sure - is there anything improved with the zombies? Their numbers increased, running through walls fix, their glitched running etc. or is all of this still the same? Since this is zombie survival game, zombies are very important for me and are the KEY part of the game. I know many of you will disagree.

 

Before all of you "ITS ALPHA" guys start posting let me just tell you - I understand its alpha, I'm just asking if the game became playable for me? I have nothing against waiting for 7 more years for these fixes / improvements to be made. I bought it, I didn't like it, I stopped playing. Now I'm waiting for this basic fundamental things to work. I think that's fair.

 

Thank you.

[Gdaddy22 299]

The zombies are still walking through wall.

 

The developers decided to re-do everything from the base so it will take a little longer but the effect will me much better. You have to be patient

[NaZz1 9]

The zombies are still walking through wall.

 

The developers decided to re-do everything from the base so it will take a little longer but the effect will me much better. You have to be patient

lol

what about numbers? did they add more zombies or are there still just a dozen per server?

[Knock (DayZ) 111]

lol

what about numbers? did they add more zombies or are there still just a dozen per server?

From what I remember, there is definitely more numbers. They also respawn now.

 

Whenever I played a few days ago, zombies were hard to kill with melee weapons, so you actually had to punch them out. Go figure, the update that makes them respawn is when they become too much of a pain because you have to beat them to death (again).

 

I stopped playing DayZ for now. I'll wait until some more improvements are made. :)

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

I believe they respawn now, but it's very basic.  And yes there's more than 3 per server now.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

lol

 

With such a reply why should we ever take any of your questions seriously again?

[Cute Carl Grimes 84]

Good job on missing the time when they were all over the place and respawing. Fire once and you would be chased by 5-15 of them.

[UltimateGentleman 355]

They're actually worse now.

 

Now they take many non headshots to go down with melee, can still run through walls AND can go up stairs. Omnipotent zombies ftw.

[applejaxc 2500]

what about numbers? did they add more zombies or are there still just a dozen per server?

 

A dozen per server? That's a world record, I think. Good luck finding 1 nowadays.

[thelonelyone 103]

Yes yes, the zombies are bad.

 

But as the Staff Members said more than once: The zombies, at the moment, are place holders. They are just there... to be there. They are not even close to being finished at all.

[Salva (DayZ) 52]

 

lol

 

 

With such a reply why should we ever take any of your questions seriously again?

OP stated he knows he has to be patient and doesn't mind waiting even 7 years before its fixed. The next post someone tells him to be patient. I can see why OP perhaps decided to respond like that ;).

 

Edited May 18, 2014 by Salva

[NaZz1 9]

OP stated he knows he has to be patient and doesn't mind waiting even 7 years before its fixed. The next post someone tells him to be patient. I can see why OP perhaps decided to respond like that ;).

Exactly.

[Hetstaine 10852]

 

Hello, 

 

I bought the alpha the second it came out. I played a little and I didn't like that there was so few zombies and those very few were running through walls. So I stopped playing the game after few days and first few updates and now I am waiting for this crucial fix (for me) is fixed/ more zombies implemented. I just checked updates that came out and I'm not sure any of this is fixed/improved so I'm just asking to be sure - is there anything improved with the zombies? Their numbers increased, running through walls fix, their glitched running etc. or is all of this still the same? Since this is zombie survival game, zombies are very important for me and are the KEY part of the game. I know many of you will disagree.

 

Before all of you "ITS ALPHA" guys start posting let me just tell you - I understand its alpha, I'm just asking if the game became playable for me? I have nothing against waiting for 7 more years for these fixes / improvements to be made. I bought it, I didn't like it, I stopped playing. Now I'm waiting for this basic fundamental things to work. I think that's fair.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Thought this would have been the first reply..but anyway, check HERE NaZz. 

[PhillyT 554]

A dozen per server? That's a world record, I think. Good luck finding 1 nowadays.

 

I had an odd thing today.  I had no zombies from Polana to the inland construction site, all the way up to the village west of Berezino.  This was during the rain.  Rain stopped and I was forced to kill 7 just in that little town.

[applejaxc 2500]

I had an odd thing today.  I had no zombies from Polana to the inland construction site, all the way up to the village west of Berezino.  This was during the rain.  Rain stopped and I was forced to kill 7 just in that little town.

 

Rain is stopping zombies from spawning? I guess rain = a lot of server stress (zombie spawns are supposed to be dynamic, to save system resources if the server can't handle more than X zombies, from my understanding).

[PhillyT 554]

Could be.  Similarly, it seems like it can even be raining in areas nearby and spawns reduce.

 

Not sure there is anything to it but that has been what I have noticed over the last week.

[Glenn4Z 0]

I hope they add more zombies in the countryside, its seem unless you are in a big major city everywhere is so empty, and I get bored just trying to move from one area to the next and all I could see are grass. some wildlife would be helpful too. I dont feel like my character is in any danger majority of the time, only once when I came across a military air strip but thats about it.

[Hetstaine 10852]

Atm you can run across a few a long way from where they are meant to be, this i put down to what we do sometimes, drag a bunch of five into the forest and leave them there then go back and loot the joint.