Kayback 3 Posted June 21, 2015 Are they really scarce? I haven't played much since the update, mostly just getting food and water near the coast and moving to meet up with clan mates. I assumed the Zed's had been killed by other players and I'd seen one or two. Since then I've moved inland and I don't even carry a weapon any more when I go into towns. Sure I have one but it isn't deployed. Was in Novy Sobor (I think) and when I hadn't seen any zombie in ages I emptied my SMG into the air on full auto and waited for 5 minutes, nothing. No zombies, no attack. Why are they so scarce? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frosti 2165 Posted June 21, 2015 I think zombies currently do not respawn, so if someone kills them they appear again on server restart. Also zombies are known for hunting animals, so it is possible that they went after some poor bunny rabbit into the forests or something. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtberry2000 27 Posted June 21, 2015 Are they really scarce? I haven't played much since the update, mostly just getting food and water near the coast and moving to meet up with clan mates. I assumed the Zed's had been killed by other players and I'd seen one or two. Since then I've moved inland and I don't even carry a weapon any more when I go into towns. Sure I have one but it isn't deployed. Was in Novy Sobor (I think) and when I hadn't seen any zombie in ages I emptied my SMG into the air on full auto and waited for 5 minutes, nothing. No zombies, no attack. Why are they so scarce?For me it seems I go for long stretches without seeing ant, then see a bunch and get chased by 2 or 3 at the same time. Kinda hit and miss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SaveMeJebus 164 Posted June 21, 2015 Are they really scarce? I haven't played much since the update, mostly just getting food and water near the coast and moving to meet up with clan mates. I assumed the Zed's had been killed by other players and I'd seen one or two. Since then I've moved inland and I don't even carry a weapon any more when I go into towns. Sure I have one but it isn't deployed. Was in Novy Sobor (I think) and when I hadn't seen any zombie in ages I emptied my SMG into the air on full auto and waited for 5 minutes, nothing. No zombies, no attack. Why are they so scarce?Pretty sure it was a server performance issue with the masses of zombies they had on the test servers ( there were actually quite a bit) I'm just very glad they didn't COMPLETELY remove them like they were saying, at least you still get jumped randomly every so often. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadjuice 64 Posted June 21, 2015 For me it seems I go for long stretches without seeing ant, then see a bunch and get chased by 2 or 3 at the same time. i'm picturing you getting chased by literal ants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tux (DayZ) 325 Posted June 21, 2015 For me it seems I go for long stretches without seeing ant, then see a bunch and get chased by 2 or 3 at the same time. Kinda hit and miss. If you were in a town that a player was just in before you, the zeds probably lost sight of the player but were still grouped together. If you were in a town that no players have been in since a restart, there should be a lot of zeds in the town, assuming that they do actually only show up on restart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtberry2000 27 Posted June 22, 2015 i'm picturing you getting chased by literal ants. OOPS! That would be Fallout 3 ;). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death By Crowbar 1213 Posted June 22, 2015 With the .57 update which landed a week or so ago zombies became pretty rare - a lot less of them spawn, and they don't respawn until the server is restarts. This is temporary, a work in progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sachad 1016 Posted June 22, 2015 Yup. Went to Cherno on a private server with about 20 people on it, the place was deserted save for a few isolated creepers. The server restarted, and Cherno was full of zeds once more. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pandema 352 Posted June 22, 2015 Have they fixed the whole "You shoot a zombie and it respawns already aggro'd and chasing you" thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solodude23 649 Posted June 23, 2015 Have they fixed the whole "You shoot a zombie and it respawns already aggro'd and chasing you" thing?They don't seem to respawn at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stinkenheim 249 Posted June 23, 2015 Have they fixed the whole "You shoot a zombie and it respawns already aggro'd and chasing you" thing?That was fixed several patches ago, as for this patch zeds don't respawn once killed so it's a moot point at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
