Zombies can't swim

[ZomboWTF 527]

At the moment, zombies can swim, which is REALLY bugged

They cant properly track paths in the water, when you go on a peer, they cant track you, and if its a wooden peer they can swim beneath, they hit you through it

When the player goes into the water, he starts swimming very late, and cant stop swimming until he is washed onto the shore like a seal... which gives zombies a huge advantage over players in water (since also your visibility and hearability somehow go to 5)

Also, getting zombies off from you by walking into water seemed balanced to me when at the beach at start

And to get some reason into this:

Zombies have some kind of disease similar to rabid, now, when animals or humans get rabid, they very often get an intense fear of water and feel bad when drinking or even looking at it

also, swimming is not an instinctive behavior for a human when grown up, and i see the zombies making swimming movements like a normal human in perfect sportsmanship

[Chambers (DayZ) 27]

Zeds should have an increasing chance of death by drowning while in the water. Most should die in the first minute or two of swimming, but every now and then, there's one that has enough mental capacity/body coordination to keep going.

This could be done without hogging the server by doing one calculation when a Zed enters the water - a continuous rate of damage while swimming. The monkey Zeds take a higher rate of damage while swimming, so they die sooner. But each Zed has a small chance of taking either no damage or just a small amount once they start swimming.

The Zeds don't stop coming if you shoot them, why should a fear of water get in the way of their murderous rage? The Zeds should jump right in and start swimming after you without a care in the world.

However, drowned Zeds should not add to your kill count.

So for kicks or as a distraction tactic, get yourself an Enfield, go into a big town, fire off a few rounds, and be the Pied Piper of Zeds.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I think a psycho infected killer would swim like an Olympic champion.

[Chambers (DayZ) 27]

I think a psycho infected killer would swim like an Olympic champion.

They may want to, but their rage is writing a check that their staggering, awkward motor skills would not be able to cash.

[Bosko_PT 0]

I totally agree with Zombo, no way a zombie could swim. Any movie you've seen about zombies, they usually lack any type of coordination or cohesive movement both of those being mandatory requirements for any kind of swimming.

[Quartermaine 34]

Swimming is no more complicated than running.

[BSB Jimmy 360]

http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2010/10/20/35427dd2-c39a-4bf3-80da-51a2c24f2ab2.jpg

[Quartermaine 34]

http://i.chzbgr.com/...1a2c24f2ab2.jpg

I was gonna say the same thing, but I think DayZ zombies are infected (i.e. live and die) as opposed to good ol' fashion undead (reanimated corpses).

[DemonGroover 8836]

I'd like to see Zeds just rush into the water and start swimming arms all flailing rather than a nice casual breast stroke.

[Larry F 29]

Or they start screaming manically when they come in contact with water, would be hilarious ;)

[whatsmynameagain 31]

At the moment, zombies can swim, which is REALLY bugged

They cant properly track paths in the water, when you go on a peer, they cant track you, and if its a wooden peer they can swim beneath, they hit you through it

When the player goes into the water, he starts swimming very late, and cant stop swimming until he is washed onto the shore like a seal... which gives zombies a huge advantage over players in water (since also your visibility and hearability somehow go to 5)

Also, getting zombies off from you by walking into water seemed balanced to me when at the beach at start

And to get some reason into this:

Zombies have some kind of disease similar to rabid, now, when animals or humans get rabid, they very often get an intense fear of water and feel bad when drinking or even looking at it

also, swimming is not an instinctive behavior for a human when grown up, and i see the zombies making swimming movements like a normal human in perfect sportsmanship

what if you could lead zombies in to the ocean and they would sink to the very bottom and walk until they come up to a shore