Future Technology.

[Smarbury92 1]

An interesting thought occurred to me earlier... During the Zombie Apocalypse in Chernarus, a lot of military technologies that were originally top secret before the outbreak would probably have been issued to soldiers as the government rapidly became more desperate to keep the infestation under control.

When the US/UK relief force arrived, I would imagine they would have done the same, but would also have quickly begun developing entirely new weapons systems, explosives or even vehicles designed specifically to combat zombies.

And I suppose I was hoping that one day we would see some of these entirely new systems in the stand alone.

Now, obviously I'm not suggesting they go Call Of Duty crazy and start dishing out rayguns and freeze-rays, but perhaps a few more plausible ideas would be interesting and enjoyable.

Obviously the British SA80 weapon already has a brand new 'Future Soldier' technology weapon sight, so perhaps they could go down that route or realistic, but also fun.

Perhaps ammo that has little effect on humans but can punch through a line of 7 zeds and cause all of them to combust or gas grenades that can be used to either attract or repel zombies, for the purposed of clearing out buildings before you raid them, luring groups of zombies into open ground so you can pick them off easily, or, if banditry is your thing, throwing into a building in which a hapless survivor is hiding, bringing an entire horde down upon your hapless victim. The possibilities are only limitless really.

I understand that people enjoy the realism of Dayz and that nobody, including myself, wants to see it go down the road that other zombie games and films have gone into and become unbelievable nonsense.

But perhaps a few small items both wouldn't hurt and would possibly even add to the realism of the game.

I mean, given the situation... It would probably seem stranger if there were no weapons designed for zombie combat left over from a zombie apocalypse.

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

In reality, during a zombie apocalypse, I would expect to see the government use drones to go and kill and round up the zeds. Personally I think things like this would make it unrealistic. If very advanced weaponry was added, it would have to be extremely hard to obtain and there would have to be a huge risk involved to get it.

[Marshmallow (DayZ) 33]

If you're asking for rare, cool weapons, I think being able to find weapons like a DMR and FN FAL ANPV S4 is pretty far out as it is without breaking the realism of the game. Plus, how would a player find ammo for such weapons? They'd basically become cumbersome because you can only make a few shots and that's it, no more ammo.

Also, if the zombie virus outbreak enveloped all of Chernarus, why would there be top secret weapons under development in the very place where the outbreak has occurred?

Nah, sorry, but it's just too farfetched to start making up weapons.

Edited September 2, 2012 by Marshmallow

[Smarbury92 1]

I've thought about how rarity/where to find them thing.

And I'm thinking they would have to be very rare.

I'm thinking one location at the game where they could potentially (and I need to emphasise 'potentially') spawn at.

Perhaps add a science lab hidden away in the mountains and surrounded by zeds.

Or even a new crash site, perhaps an AC130 that was transporting this technology over, that only spawns at one random location on the map.

[starwarsfan@gmx.de 450]

gas grenades that can be used to either attract or repel zombies, for the purposed of clearing out buildings before you raid them, luring groups of zombies into open ground so you can pick them off easily, or, if banditry is your thing, throwing into a building in which a hapless survivor is hiding, bringing an entire horde down upon your hapless victim. The possibilities are only limitless really.

Uhm.. like the smoke grenades already do? Or did they patch that out while I wasnt looking?