Zeds grabbing you

[kirai 18]

Instead of having a one hit from a Zed and then start to bleed (happens almost everytime and that is not realistic) you could have the Zeds be able to grab you and hold you for a short period if your close enough then bite you (eat on you) untill you break free. That would make the bleeding more realisitc and it would sure make it more scarrier imo.

[h3retic 224]

meh

[Publik 404]

I like it. They'd have to be right on you and both of you would have to be standing, but it'd be nice. More diversity = better.

[libertine 351]

Sounds great! As it is, i can run off and lose zombies behind trees/bushes fairly easily contributing to make their status *annoying* right now. I think it should be *deadly high level threat*.

I play on veteran, for the first time, i just got a M4 Coo, the big backpack with tons of food found at the NW airfield and i just shelved the game because its just too easy.

I know its an alpha, so this is just feedback and chat...

Edited August 2, 2012 by Thane

[Torakka 12]

maybe the crawling zombies could grab your legs and make you fall to the ground

[kirai 18]

Sounds great! As it is, i can run off and lose zombies behind trees/bushes fairly easily contributing to make their status *annoying* right now. I think it should be *deadly high level threat*.

I play on veteran, for the first time, i just got a M4 Coo, the big backpack with tons of food found at the NW airfield and i just shelved the game because its just too easy.

I know its an alpha, so this is just feedback and chat...

I can't say it is to easy right now but then I'm not a hardcore gamer. The thing is I wan't as much realism as possible and it's not realistic to start to bleed that much just from one hit (unless you get nosebleed from your nose falling off) but if they could grab you when you are really close and take a bit out of your shoulder, then the bleeding is realistic.

Edited August 2, 2012 by Secutor

[kirai 18]

maybe the crawling zombies could grab your legs and make you fall to the ground

Good idea

[libertine 351]

Yup, good idea. Some could make you slow down for a bit too, some could make you stop completely and/or change your direction of travel a bit.

[necroslord 73]

They already have a chance to knock you down and eat you. Almost like grabbing you.

[Grodenn 53]

Sounds great! As it is, i can run off and lose zombies behind trees/bushes fairly easily contributing to make their status *annoying* right now. I think it should be *deadly high level threat*.

I play on veteran, for the first time, i just got a M4 Coo, the big backpack with tons of food found at the NW airfield and i just shelved the game because its just too easy.

I know its an alpha, so this is just feedback and chat...

Maybe it is a bit too far to shelve the game (best gaming experience I ever had tbh), but I agree it is way to easy we need more challenge and really fucking deadly hard zombies would help a lot. I really like the suggestion by the OP beans too you!

Edited August 2, 2012 by Grodenn

[0013 10]

I don't know if the Arma's engine can do this, but if they grab you, you have to spam a key to go free... I know there are a lot of games like this, but I think it would add more realism. And other zombies can still hit you while you are pushing the button

[libertine 351]

Maybe it is a bit too far to shelve the game (best gaming experience I ever had tbh), but I agree it is way to easy we need more challenge and really fucking deadly hard zombies would help a lot. I really like the suggestion by the OP beans too you!

I was thinking about not running off the zombies and instead, shooting them until i run out of ammo. Maybe i'll try that to make it harder.

[Womb Raider 92]

They already have a chance to knock you down and eat you. Almost like grabbing you.

What do you mean?

[dra6o0n 15]

If you want grabbing, you gotta remove the zig zag running they do, and make them actually shamble.

Then give them 8000 blood/health, and make headshots kill them outright.

That's right, you turn every single walker into walking tanks (bulldozer in this case).

Edited August 2, 2012 by dra6o0n

[necroslord 73]

What do you mean?

When you are under 9,000 Blood any hit has a chance to drop you unconscious and they start eating you until you get up. Knock down duration is very random but sometimes is somewhat long and if you are alone it can easily get you killed.

Edited August 2, 2012 by necroslord

[ooTITANoo 4]

Good idea for stand alone but right now it probably wouldn't work. Plus right now I think rocket is mostly concerned with optimization.

[Grodenn 53]

I was thinking about not running off the zombies and instead, shooting them until i run out of ammo. Maybe i'll try that to make it harder.

Interesting idea how ever it will attract much unwanted player attention as well :P, personally I'm more into stealthy/surgical hits than rambo style type of game play (which is why dayz is great it lets you decide how you want to play).

[libertine 351]

One problem with human nature though, is am i really going to risk fighting zombies if i get under 9000 units of blood [risking fracture or knockout] and then just go run them off through the tree? I doubt i will, so i hope they make them harder to run off.

[kirai 18]

I don't know if the Arma's engine can do this, but if they grab you, you have to spam a key to go free... I know there are a lot of games like this, but I think it would add more realism. And other zombies can still hit you while you are pushing the button

Yeah they use that system in another game or games so that could work.

Good idea for stand alone but right now it probably wouldn't work. Plus right now I think rocket is mostly concerned with optimization.

I totally agree with you. I don't want this before DayZ is working properly.

Haha when I read some of the posts I see that many think I wan't to make this game even harder and thats not what I meant, I just wan't more diversity and more realism. I think this game is quite hard anyways or might just be me ;)

[hulahuga 29]

OP: this is a much better way to do it. Good suggestion! :)

[JamesButlin 108]

I completely agree, with OP and the other suggestions, grabbing, biting you. Grabbing your legs etc. I would love to see a degree of ragdolling implemented into the game for stuff like that but I don't think arma's engine can handle it (not until Arma III atleast).

[Quaby 93]

Yeah, it would be cool, but considering zombies are just bastardized animals right now, this may have to wait until either arma 3 or standalone. would be sweet tho.

Edited August 2, 2012 by Quaby

[Dickhat 99]

Only if they make it reliable to shoot at zombies as they advance onto you. The way it is now and how they almost teleport to your side, adding this would be horrible.

[kirai 18]

Only if they make it reliable to shoot at zombies as they advance onto you. The way it is now and how they almost teleport to your side, adding this would be horrible.

Totally agree with you and this must be fixed even if they don't inplement the grabbing thing