Zombies are seriously too fast.

[Rising (DayZ) 99]

Their speed is not the problem- it's their shitty pathfinding and glitchy movement.

It's near impossible to kill them because they unrealistically switch directions in an instant and when they're up close they've start moving to your left and right at the speed of light.

I thought that was intentional hahaha fckin ridiculous how i line up for a headshot and bam the bastard zig zags out of my shot

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

The zig zagging just make them harder to shoot which makes them more threatening. This is a cheap solution but better than having them run straight at you making it easier to shoot them.

Run backwards, when they stop to swing, aim and fire. Still too easy if you ask me.

Since this is a simulation and people always quote that to argue against me I'm gunna' pull it outa' the bag and tell you an infected, crazed Zombie is gunna' run straight towards you IRL :)

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

It's not really collision. It's the line of sight. Zombies were given eyeballs a few patches back and reduced superman hearing. So now all you really need to do is break their line of sight while trying not to make too much noise.

By collision I mean you cannot pass through it, it's a developement term :)

Sorry

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

I thought that was intentional hahaha fckin ridiculous how i line up for a headshot and bam the bastard zig zags out of my shot

Yeah man, especially with ammunition being so scarce and important in this game it's a real pain in the ass.

I had 2 Zombies on my tail and 3 shots, I missed the first 2 and killed 1 with the last bullet :(

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This thread is still going?

[Rising (DayZ) 99]

Yeah man, especially with ammunition being so scarce and important in this game it's a real pain in the ass.

I had 2 Zombies on my tail and 3 shots, I missed the first 2 and killed 1 with the last bullet :(

That's why I only use a hatchet when im serious about pwning zombies. I only have my gun out when i want to defend myself or if im looking for a fight. And thats how i view other players too. If they haev a hatchet i keep my distance and talk to them.

But thats just me, if you want to kill zeds with guns, then i highly suggest you shoot them before they close the distance. Like you said, it's a real pain in the ass when they are literally right on your ass.

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

That's why I only use a hatchet when im serious about pwning zombies. I only have my gun out when i want to defend myself or if im looking for a fight. And thats how i view other players too. If they haev a hatchet i keep my distance and talk to them.

But thats just me, if you want to kill zeds with guns, then i highly suggest you shoot them before they close the distance. Like you said, it's a real pain in the ass when they are literally right on your ass.

"Literally right on your ass"

Literally? Lmfao, now that would be scary.

Anyhow, yeah. I guess it makes sense to have your gun out whenever there is a possibility of players being around :o

[thecandyman21 0]

I agree 100% to the zombies being too fast. If the zombies were only as fast as a survivor than you'd be able to slowly out pace them by making better turns on this and that. You already do it by dodging between trees and bushes or around/through buildings so why have the zombies be so unbelievably fast?

It's not like it makes the game any more realistic having the zombies zoom at twice your speed. The zombies are only dead people and they should only run as fast as a person right?

It's also not like it makes the game any harder really, because they stop to attack and if you keep running away from them than they'll never hit you so all it does it make you run until you find a hill or building to run up or through respectively.

If the zombies were as fast as a person than you'd be able to zig zag in between trees or the zombies would zig zag (because that's the only way they run) and fall behind you then finally you'd be able to get away.

[Albatros (DayZ) 40]

Learn to play.

Silly noobs complaining about things they don't even understand.

[shadowsky (DayZ) 0]

Zombies in Day-z are too fast they are like Usain Bolt. Ok maybe not the speed is most annoying but the super acceleration they have, btw animation of zombies is completly unnatural - the acceleration iam talking about.

Sorry for my english xD

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

Zombies in Day-z are too fast they are like Usain Bolt. Ok maybe not the speed is most annoying but the super acceleration they have, btw animation of zombies is completly unnatural - the acceleration iam talking about.

Sorry for my english xD

Yeah my point exactly, they should be like 75% of the players running speed.

[Tenderness 30]

Logically i don't think zombies would be able to sprint as fast as a player do. Seeing as players are already something like super soldiers, capable of flying choppers, using various kinds of weapons aswell as having a medical knowledge, it wouldn't make sense that a half rotten corpse could move at the same speed.

In DayZ Zombies tend to be faster at times, and if thats the way Rocket wants them, we will just have to do with those Zombies. I think the pathing will be fixed and made better at some point, but i don't think health should be changed however.

Making zombies slower is an option, and i don't even think it will make them that worse. It's not like you outrun a zombie in less than a minute, if you are just running a few km/h faster than it.

[bnblue@hotmail.com 40]

What? Zeds can't catch you unless you run up a steep incline or are slowed by obstacles you can literally out run them forever, not counting hunger/dehydration and then LOS, building technique is more than enough.