DayZ Insurgency

[Mobeus (DayZ) 0]

Just like most of my friends I have stopped playing dayz because of the amount of, well... you know what. We have been looking at the other mods and game modes for arma 2 and started to really like the mod called ACE. For those who don't know what it is, it adds more realism to the normal arma game play, such as better voice chat with ACRE, radio chat, and specific classes and squads.

Anyway, the server we have been playing on is running Insurgency, a game mode where you start off at a base or airfield and go through city's, deserts, etc. and clear them from AI bots. (If you ever played Grand theft auto:SA, its kinda like the gang wars when you capture squares around the city.)

To get to the point of all this, I was wondering if something like this could be added to Dayz! For example, you would start off at the shore with no weapons just like it is right now, only instead of just surviving, you would clear the city's of zombies and make them safe zones like in Insurgency. As you go through the city's and small towns you would find random weapons, food, and supplies just like normal.

To give an objective maybe you would be looking for heli parts to repair a heli up north that randomly spawns and once you repair it the game ends and continues on other new maps. Maybe have only one part per city that randomly spawn in any building so you have to go and clear most of a city.(maybe less if your lucky)

Also, BANDITS! (Who doesn't love bandits?) Maybe have them just as AI that run around the map in cars and jeeps or even let players take control of them like in insurgency.

Idk. I think it could be awesome if done right.

What do you guys think?

[fosty99 160]

Insurgency with zombies would be pretty cool.

Perhaps if certain zombies dropped intel to the location of a special item or vehicle part, just like how in insurgency the enemy drops intel on the location of the weapons cache.

[tad@tadshackles.com 75]

I dont like it. It makes it a video game and takes away the realism for me.

As Dr Wasteland did, he created a purpose. Entire clans and servers are at their leisure to do this. All you have to do is plan the event. Go to youtube and look up "Cherno Church Service" it was a wonderful event.

I don't want the devs forcing me to play in events. Its up to us to make the experience what we want it to be. If you have ever been thunder-domed you would know how awesomely interesting these events can get.

[Mobeus (DayZ) 0]

I'm not saying change the game completely. Just a game mode you could play off the hive just for fun.

[dallas 5195]

When the standalone goes live, the mod can open up to more experimentation.

I don't see why you can mix DayZ with Insurgency at that point. Either make it so the players are a rescue team, cleaning up all the red squares of the remaining infected, looking for "intel" or hints where to find remaining encalves of civilian survivors. You can also assign a few players to play as opfor, controling zombies.

But I don't think this will be relevant untill the standalone is released.

Edited August 18, 2012 by Dallas

[Jurkey 7]

Well, while I love this mod, I don't agree - but what I would agree with, is that you could clear zones for zombies (atleast for like, 15 minutes). So they won't constantly respawn all the time.

[Lavadm 4]

Yes.