Is every gun the dinner bell now?

[ZomboWTF 527]

Maybe they should change zombies AI so that when you fire a gun, they can hear it from a distance, but instead of aggro-ing, they investigate the general area of the sound. If you're smart you can kill a few zombies while dodging any investigating zombies.

i thought thats how hearing should work for zed, didnt rocket post that somewhere?

When having sight of you they run, when hearing something they just investigate...

[KennyNZ 121]

I know plenty of people in the army that don't know crap about history of guns. It is important to know battle history and all that but not weapon history. It is more of a hobby of many soldiers. He could simple change the Winchester to use .45 ACP rounds since they commonly used .45 Long Colt. Slightly more realistic.

If you just do a little searching on the forums here, you can find out the answer to most questions etc.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7390-the-winchester/#entry77415 - Here we have them knowing it is an issue back in May, and also another member of staff basically owning up to it.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4266-winny-changes/#entry43340 - Winchester is a placeholder

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5375-winchester-is-a-placeholder-but-for-what/#entry54896 - Rocket repeating the above, almost indicates that the sound and other features do not match the gun model BECAUSE it is just a placeholder.

https://dev-heaven.net/issues/30545 - Bug report, closed by Rocket. Fairly sure he is aware of it.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/597-ai-death-squads-bullet-lethality-and-delayed-disconnect/#entry7140 - Is clearly aware of this.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9452-many-players-are-quitting/page__st__40#entry102870 - Not about realism, about an emotional response/connection.

[Badderz93 2]

Its called realism, get over it

Real guns don't sound like pea-shooters, you know

brb, got to reload my hatchet!

[JKflipflop 40]

brb, got to reload my hatchet!

Owned.

[Gustav Mahler 40]

brb, got to reload my hatchet!

The game didn't have melee mechanics to begin with. I say its rather creative that they managed to hack it in.

[eldritch (DayZ) 17]

Me and a squad mate pulled a zom into 1 of the red brick houses today. Dispatched it in the hallway with my LMG. Suddenly infinite wave after wave of zombies.

Ended up going through 600 m240 rounds myself before both of us were out of ammo and we had to run for the truck. Probably 99.9% hit ratio(straight down a hallway). Zombies have to be respawning in town well we're killing them.

[The_Man 393]

The game didn't have melee mechanics to begin with. I say its rather creative that they managed to hack it in.

Beans for the pun!

[puppetworx 474]

I was just in Elektro and surprised by the lack of zombies. I get to my destination - the Hospital - and fill up with supplies. As I moved to the Southern end of the building I hear an ungodly noise, it sounds like a whole pack of zombies immediately outside at the back of the building. I leave by the North end and walk round to see what it was. Yeap, 20-30 zombies stood together, presumably over a body.

I go to the police station and there are player bodies EVERYWHERE, I'm talking about 12-15 in or around the station. I clear the place and there isn't a soul inside. Okay I think, maybe it's a glitch and bodies aren't despawning because there were no zombie bodies at all and these bodies are fully geared. I can't imagine it was a gunfight in which everyone died, but it is possible. Then I hear someone shooting and it's close, I retreat and see that the zombies have moved from their pack at the back of the hospital. So I climb up to see if I can spot the shooter. I'm up there for a couple minutes, no sign. Then a new player climbs up the ladder behind me, starts to heal himself and 'thwack-boom' gets sniped. I see the sniper now on the grassy knoll, somehow he hasn't spotted me on the roof but it's only a matter of time. Zombies are closing in from all sides on him, I only have an AKM so I zero in and wait until he's distracted by the zombies before I start shooting. Unfortunately he gets up and sprints down the hill and I can't get a clear shot. Damn.

I anticipate the two players going into the police station, a couple minutes later one appears on the roof. I zero in and shoot, he's unconscious. But I cant get another bullet in to him where he's fallen on the roof. Then I see the other one inside, second floor looking right at me through the glass. I send a few his way before hitting the deck. He fires back - 'BOOM' - he misses, so he's the sniper. Then shit gets real: around 40 zombies from all over town descend on the police station. He cannot get out of the building because I have him pinned. As the zombies come up the stairs and get close he starts shooting them with his pistol. This aggros yet more zombie from even further afield, somehow. Then the guy on the roof regains consciousness but I don't have a shot. He then starts shooting the zombies while pinned down, with his Enfield! 60 zombies I estimate are surrounding the police station, entering from all sides. Somehow the sniper survives. No such luck for the bloke on the roof. A few minutes pass, I'm waiting out the guy on the second floor, finally he walks up onto the roof and starts looting the bodies up there. My AKM has different ideas, 4 rounds and he's dead.

Bear in mind I had seen almost no zombies before I got to the middle of Elektro and then I found them all huddled together in a pack. Other zombies spawned only once people started shooting. Except the 5 rounds I fired from the roof of the hospital aggrod zero zombies on me. I have never seen so many zombies attack like that. I'm kicking myself for not screenshotting it really. I don't know if it's a bug or a change - but I kind of like it it really necessitates quiet.