Zombie Mechanic Preferance (Regular-Smell)

[Damnyourdeadman 1045]

As i was playing the last time,i found myself in the woods,completly free of any presence.

I took my time and read a book,i stayed for an hour in complete silence.

 

So i thought to myself:

-Should i be able to stay in the middle of the forsest for an hour without no real danger?

-Or zombies to be able to track down my general position regardless of where i am and search for me?

 

So i took the liberty to make a poll to see your view on this.In my opinion a DayZ survivor should constantly be bombarded with a massive number of zombies.So i found it a good idea for zombies to be able to have a general idea of the players location,regardless of line of sight or noise.It would be good to have a smell mechanic as it will make the game more challenging,survival driven and entice the need for shelters/safehouses.

 

[d.walker43 196]

I agree that in a busy area you should be "bombarded with zombies", however I disagree with them always tracking me. I think that if you make noise they should immediately become interested, and If you do something loud like fire a shot or something then every zombie within several miles should immediately start to walk/jog to the location, but not flat-out sprint. There should also be some in the forests, but not nearly as much as in cities. The amount that's in cities now should be in the forests, maybe some more then that, but then the cities should be around 15 on every street. I think if they made them always track you though, it would be too much like COD black ops. There would be no stealth element at all.

[BeefBacon 1185]

But if zombies are in high numbers everywhere then what'd be the point in going into the countryside? I go into towns to loot knowing full well that I'll be getting pestered by zombies, but I do so for the loot. I go into the country either to travel from point A to point B, to log out or to hide. If there are a load of zombies in the countryside then why would I even bother if there's nothing to loot? There's no reward, just zombies.

 

Besides, I like the desolate nature of the countryside. I don't want the atmosphere spoiled.

 

However, loads of zombies in towns that can hear a gunshot from a kilometer away? Yes please.

[Death By Crowbar 1213]

If these are the "infected" type I don't expect they'd have any heightened sense of smell. To be honest I'd expect them to be a little dumb because they're sick.