Creating or "crafting" Zombie "safe zones"

[Necro_Prime 0]

This is an idea I had some time ago to help ambiance to stay how it is.

By killing a number of zombies, corpses could be stacked up to create a pile of bodies that could be set on fire. This, in-game would represent the effort survivors put together to "clean" a zone from the infected. In the game's mechanics, this would simply stop zombies from spawning in a specified area around the pile for a time, wich can vary of size and duration depending of where it is, for example: in a small village 1 or 2 piles of burning bodies would be enough to simulate a "cleaned village" and prevent the spawning of Z's for some time, but in a big city such as Cherno, you would need to make several piles jut to keep a portion of the city "safe".

 

If the KoS problem is one day dealt with, this would give players the possibility to hole up in cities and villages instead of hiding deep in the woods, this would allow survivors to create "strongholds" "safe from zombies" inside cities, and not to mention, would look very cool.

[Conrad_The_Comrade 577]

I like the idea, but we'd need more zombie corpses as the amount of zombies are up'd. 2 corpses shouldn't cover a whole village, especially once we've got the zombie count rising.

[degude 133]

Two reasons why a definite NO!

1. No safe zones

2. The more zombies the better. There won't be the day when the "KOS problem" is "dealt with". KOS is part of the game and gives the game it's thrill. Imagine how boring it would be, if you know that the players you spot won't shoot at you anyways... Besides, a reason for the large amount of KOS is that we have NOT ENOUGH zombies. There is no real thread besides other players and shooting around has no consequences. What DayZ needs is more zombies and under no circumstances any safe zones. This just increases your "KOS problem".

Captain obvious for haters: I have nothing against KOS!