PVE gameplay - map clearing

[pharoah 6]

This is what i posted on reddit: 

I play pretty much 100% on a PVE (no PVP) server and have quite a lot of fun, however once you've done everything (kitting up, base building, target practice on zeds) it does get a bit boring. What would be excellent would be to have a mode which is based on the old insurgency mod for ARMA3 (ie. the map had read areas which had lots of insurgents so you had to clear each area which removed the red from the map) - would be great to have something similar for DayZ. Not sure how difficult it would be to implement but imagine that - each of the cities has a LOT of zeds that spawn when you're there so you have to team up and clear them up, but starting with smaller towns on the coast then making your way towards say TISY or NWAF which would be swarming with zeds.

You change the game from just 'lets survive' to 'we've survived, now lets get our land back'!!

One of the replies i thought had excellent ideas is below:

A really good PvE focused server can be done. It would be something different at the very least. The only drawback about increasing zombie count is server performance, max players would have to be reduced.

Maximum 40 players instead of the usual 60-80 players but with dangerous zombie amounts.

Heavily infested cities and military camps. Cities so crowded that one mistake will bring down a horde onto you. Looting NWAF should be like going through hell where you need to join up with other survivors.

More common civilian weaponry/ammo (You need something to defend yourself with). It's not going to help much cause in this server, shooting a gun is the last thing you want to do.

Very scarce food and water (DUG like)

Plus whatever B.I. introduces on the upcoming survival patch

I really think the amount of zombies forcing gunshots is going to offset the lower amount of players. Everyone's going to be running and gunning and someone nearby is bound to hear. Or make handheld walkies spawn with batteries and very common on the coast. Anyways, I'd definitely play on that server. Just don't know jack about hosting lol

link to reddit: 

 

[andysuter 40]

for me, while the PVE is good, the real threat is PVP or rather avoiding it. With PVP included the threat of death is multiplied massively, eg did anyone hear those guns shot as you took out the Z's? are they now on their way to you? should you run for it or hide or fight it out?. Im not a pvp player but the threat of pvp is what makes this game for me, even on roleplay servers.

As you've found out, the game becomes very static once you remove pvp. What youre suggesting is basically Days Gone from PS4

Edited May 30, 2019 by andysuter

[repzaj1234 126]

I'm the guy that replied to you, you might want to wait for Namalsk as that might scratch your itch for actual zombie survival.