Enfrozt 4 Posted July 17, 2012 A month ago I couldn't even play this game. So many zombies agroing from a mile away.Now I'm actualyl enjoying the game and the zombies seem retarded.Was there a nerf to the zombies? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caviano 287 Posted July 17, 2012 Yes there was, they're still being tweaked. Game is in Alpha. Calling it a game is wrong as well... I fucked up. OH well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flacidman 5 Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Zombies got stupid 2 patchs ago.....that will probably change.You'll probably notice there are more zombies alive at any give time on a server than before. Edited July 17, 2012 by Flacidman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enfrozt 4 Posted July 17, 2012 I actually like it way more like this O.o It's actually playable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KennyNZ 121 Posted July 17, 2012 It was playable before they "saw you from a mile away" too. And now it is playable again. I expect the next patch will make them overpowered. It goes back and forth like this until they find a sweet spot that seems to work. Then other stuff will get changed and it will be adjusted again. Enjoy it while it lasts :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Worrun (DayZ) 108 Posted July 17, 2012 If we are starting with absolutely no means to attack, not even with our fists then the zombies should stay the slow, retarded meatsacks that they are. :) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
instynct 99 Posted July 17, 2012 Still sometimes they see me from far far away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrducky (DayZ) 33 Posted July 17, 2012 Yeah, they have some weird random probability of seeing you from far nowadays..Makes them more unpredictable... Which could be good I guess.The real issue is that they often seem to just lose the last bit of their AI when some player has died in the area or something. They just stand still. At worst, I've seen basically the entire elektro populated with zeds that just don't know how to move. It turned out to be a total PvP deathmatch there, when the zeds weren't even trying to slow down the players running around the streets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HalloweeNGT 23 Posted July 17, 2012 The game as its programmed with zombies and resources needed, its easy, the most harder thing to survive is glitches/cheaters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djkling 5 Posted July 17, 2012 I actually think the aggro is just about sweet spot right now. I can play, but i can not be careless. Its better than the superman aggro from before but not as back as pre 1.7.1 era. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thisisbleep 32 Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) The real issue is that they often seem to just lose the last bit of their AI when some player has died in the area or something. They just stand still. At worst, I've seen basically the entire elektro populated with zeds that just don't know how to move. It turned out to be a total PvP deathmatch there, when the zeds weren't even trying to slow down the players running around the streets.I think this is more to do with them not despawning after a player leaves the game, which could also be tied to dying as well because of the respawn mechanism. Patch 1.7.2.1 (which was not a full public release) mentioned that they had made the deliberate intention for them not to despawn and people were noticing that the zombies were freezing in place. It seems that some of this is still present in the latest build.I have seen it happen once, whilst in Cherno, but there was a mixture of frozen and normal zombies. Edited July 18, 2012 by thisisbleep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M O N S T E R 599 Posted July 18, 2012 Zombies stumbled upon a survivor that was actually made of ice-cream. They ate his entire body in a single go, giving them the ultimate brain freeze. And them being zombies compounds the effect of the ice-cream and thus results in their total loss of mobility and function. In the mean time, I'd really like to know where I can get some ice-cream survivors of my own. ;) -MONSTER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh225 129 Posted July 18, 2012 On topic with zombies seeing me from far away i havn't noticed this because i happen to be sitting on a ton of ammo for my revolver so now i just sprint everywhere and take out zombies that follow me. But there was an instance where i was crouch walking and two hoppers seemed to see me from well over 50m, wasn't even on a road i was just scoping the area and they saw me, still no idea what happened with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
z-layrex 175 Posted July 18, 2012 The mod gets easier and harder with different updates because they're testing different ideas, we're currently on one of the easier versions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atamawood 22 Posted July 18, 2012 Honestly it seems some loot is way to easy to find now. I remember it took ages for me to find decent loot in supermarkets and such. Now every time I go in one there are Alice packs and maps all over the place.When I first started it took me a few days to even find a map. Even then once I had it I still never could find a compass to even use it. I straight up had to learn how to navigate using landmarks! When was the last time you played a game like that? My first Alice pack game from when some guys (whom now I play with) needed an epipen and that was about a week in. I love this game I really do but it seems the challenge is wearing off. Maybe cus we have two big vehicle camps and just about every piece of loot in the game including a portable generator and antibiotics! Believe me, we have worked hard for what we have gained, however, with the tents duping things we pretty much have unlimited amounts of gps and nvgs and everything. And we dont even want it to be like that because it really takes out the challenge and when the challenge is taking out it gets stale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankFisher 46 Posted July 18, 2012 A month ago I couldn't even play this game. So many zombies agroing from a mile away.Now I'm actualyl enjoying the game and the zombies seem retarded.Was there a nerf to the zombies?I think they have and i'm not complaining, i pretty much sneaked past a zombie 1 metres away in broad daylight without it detecting me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
