Player's body becomes zombie and runs away with all his gear?

[polar (DayZ) 5]

Hi guys,

I think it should be an interesting feature to implement as it can solve the death loot problem partially. Player zombies will be controlled by AI and runs far away.

Moreover, it adds more fun that you can run into a random player zombie, kill it and get some nice loot. For loot balance, player zombies should drop their gears one by one so that you won't find everything he got before death. This also deals with performance issue as player zombie despawns after all his gear is dropped.

Do you think this is a possible option?

Thanks!

PS: Bandits can loot victim's body as it only turns into zombie after few minutes.

And maybe this should only happen for players ever wounded by a zombie before. If they haven't taken antibiotics then their bodies become a zombie few minutes later after death.

Edited August 1, 2012 by polar

[PlanetAwkword 23]

I like that idea. It should, however, only be a player that was killed by a Zombie related incident.

[david.mcentee@live.co.uk 46]

there are so manny of these posts. but that would defet the purpose if a bandit.

[ooTITANoo 4]

I'm gonna assume only people who die by zombies would get this fate and Idk about most players but I really only ever die from other players. And most people that do die from zombies are probably new spawned, which wouldn't have any loot worth getting anyway. Cool idea but I don't think its very practical for gameplay.

[polar (DayZ) 5]

Yeah, right! For realism, one turns into a zombie only when he is infected by another zombie. And bandits who kill others should got his loot

Edited August 1, 2012 by polar

[PlanetAwkword 23]

Right... not many Zombie deaths, but, it does happen. Also, there should be a chance when getting bit to actually get sick with the virus, sort of like when you get the cough and need antibiotics, except for this, there will be no cure, you will gradually just have your blood drip away until you become one. In what Zombie movie/story have you seen it where if you get attacked by a Zombie you're perfectly fine?

[XentriX 15]

And there was me thinking that all the survivors were immune because of the genetic defect causing osteogenesis imperfecta..... :D

[nobody 31]

okay,nice idea.. but i think, the zombie should run away only with gear like: backpack,food,drink,morphine,magazines,... simply, with everything but the weapon should stay on the ground near the place where his body was lying and maybe sometimes, a little chance to backpack stay on the ground.. more reallistic, but everything else, the zombie will run away :) i think it could be more "reallistic"

Edited August 1, 2012 by Ladas325

[Partywaffle 24]

It would make no sense if you were killed by a bandit or survivor and turned into a zombie.

If you received an infection from a zombie bite/scratch, and died before you cured it with antibiotics (by a player) then it would make sense.

However it would also be dumb to become a zombie if you were shot in the head.

I feel that if it was death by zombie it would be more plausible, but the zombie bugs/glitches should be fixed first.

Also the player shouldn't be punished so harshly for dieing from a zombie, and the zombie should just hold the gear, look like your player, stay in the same area, and not despawn. If there are no players in the area that you were at when you died the zombies will shortly despawn.

Edited August 1, 2012 by Partywaffle

[RudestBuddhist 76]

It would make no sense if you were killed by a bandit or survivor and turned into a zombie.

If you received an infection from a zombie bite/scratch, and died before you cured it with antibiotics (by a player) then it would make sense.

However it would also be dumb to become a zombie if you were shot in the head.

I feel that if it was death by zombie it would be more plausible, but the zombie bugs/glitches should be fixed first.

Also the player shouldn't be punished so harshly for dieing from a zombie, and the zombie should just hold the gear, look like your player, stay in the same area, and not despawn. If there are no players in the area that you were at when you died the zombies will shortly despawn.

Well if you take The Walking Dead's idea that everyone is infected, and death turns you, then it would work.

How about a body is dead up until a certain amount of time; say 20 minutes. After that time, the player's corpse becomes a zombie with a 40% chance of looting when said zombie is killed.

It would be pretty cool seeing a survivor zombie limping around in the distance!

[Prion 61]

I like that idea. It should, however, only be a player that was killed by a Zombie related incident.

or also the bodies could stick around for some time prior to the bodies disappearing, and blood could attract more zombies. once they eat part of the dude the dude could get infected and become a zombie.

also it would be good to change the 'hide body' option to 'burn body' to prevent dead players from becoming zombies.

[PlanetAwkword 23]

It would be pretty cool seeing a survivor zombie limping around in the distance!

Hell yes it would.