Make everyone infected from spawn with just 24 hrs till they turn...

[zonn44 25]

Upon spawning in every survivor receives a message saying that they have been exposed to the sickness and will in 24 hours become a zombie.

The debug screen should include a 24 hour countdown timer.

When you consider that the average life expectancy is about 40 minutes some might argue that it won't affect anything.

But this suggestion may fundamentally change the way people play the game as everyone now has something in common and the 'loot' will be less valuable as it will only last till you become a zombie.

You could add sidequests that may extend their time or make the 24 hr period an average with some turning sooner and others later.

It would be very interesting to see the way this affects peoples' behaviour.

Edited August 4, 2012 by zonn44

[ThatGuyCalledReptile 314]

Nope.

There'd be no point to play if you're fucked from the beginning.

[tonybravo 4]

What a bad idea :D really.. why then play?

[fonetica 6]

not looking forward to throw myself off a building every 24h

[Baelethal 102]

Deathmatch. Deathmatch everywhere.

Why try to survive if you know you're going to die.. there's no challenge to stay alive. It'd be run and gun everywhere.

[EndlessNight 103]

Maybe this could happen if you are unconscious while a zombie eats your brain and u still somehow survive, and you could take an antidot to stop the infection , but being infected since spawning is just pointless

Edited August 4, 2012 by EndlessNight

[necroslord 73]

I'm not that sure on that 49 minute stat on the DayZ page. I have lived way longer than that except maybe on my first life and I'm pretty sure a lot of people do too. If that stat is correct I'm sure it is "contaminated" by first timers quick deaths, buggy deaths, debug forest deaths and the old respawn until out of kamenka deaths.

[Quaby 93]

Welcome to DayZ! Here's a pack, bandage, and some painkillers to get you started. Try to scavenge, loot, and survive! Also, in a day, you are going to get fucked no matter what. Happy Trails!

A-durp

[The True Nova 22]

I would rather have you being far more capable of being infected rather than starting with the infection because your not really a survivor if your going to become a zombie... Also, antibiotics are rare as it is and I have only found 1 box and with this people will never find them because everyone will constantly hoard them.

[Treynok 0]

First time post on here but the game has me hooked and I hope it will go far and I'm willing to stick with it and hope to give positive feedback to the benefit of the game through various stages all the way to release.

My take on this though would be if we were susceptible to the disease or able to catch it while alive, we wouldn't be alive right now to be a survivor as with a persistant world this wouldn't make much sense. It seems like it could be used in some way though as in a different type of server where maybe getting hit by a zombie at all gives a chance for infection that if not cured will turn you within 24 hours. Maybe not make all servers like this but it would be interesting for a "hardcore" or increased risk type of game.

[thinknegative 1]

terrible idea would be no point to the game

[MinxinG 50]

If that is implemented, WHY THE FUCK would we play this shit?!

[Mos1ey 6301]

Translation: I can't survive for more than 24 hours, so no one else should be able to either.