Random Coughs just to face punch the player for no reason?

[Narn]

I like this game and have survived hundeds of days in some of my play thoughs but ...

So let me get this straight...

The game wont let you fight a lot of Zombies at once. You can die from just one bite. Thick clothing cannot protect you from human bites. Guns are nerfed for no reason. All this leads you to focus on stealth and sneak a lot. But the makers of the game now think that sneaking makes the game too easy and want to nerf it by making you cough and sneeze at random times to attract zombies. Are you serious right now?

Like what can you do in this game?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

It seems to me you attract zombies no matter what. Even with the right traits to counter that, they still are attracted to you like a magnet.

[njs]

Thick clothing can do a decent job at protecting you from bites.

Guns can be usable if you're strategic about it, especially for herding hordes.

If you're coughing and sneezing, that means your character caught a cold. Use a tissue or roll of toilet paper to mute the sound, or just stay inside and rest until you recover.

[katsuragi]

I just kill zombies with whatever I can hold in my hands. Stealth won't get you very far. Dead zombies won't see you

Also, you only cough and sneeze when you are sick. Carry a towel and keep yourself dry and you won't get sick so much

Also, I don't know why people think stealth should be so reliable. In a stealth game you have some specific guards patrolling a specific area that was designed for there to be a specific path that's best for the player to move through. Here we have 500 random guards, turning randomly while being randomly placed about town. There is absolutely no guarantee at all that there is any path you can take and not be seen no matter what you do.

[Narn]

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

[clover <3]

Originally posted by Narn:

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

where do you see that? im new to this game

[njs]

Originally posted by Narn:

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

They never said this.

[The Spoon God]

Originally posted by Narn:

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

I dunno what you read or where you read it, but this is entirely false. Sneezing/coughing only occurs (unless modded) when you get sick. As someone else said you can use tissue/toilet paper to mute the sound as well. Sneaking in this game isn't impossible but it's definitely not as advantageous as most games with stealth. You're not meant to be invisible you're meant to be less visible.

You can definitely win against a few zombies just practice the combat and pick your fights carefully, sneak and remember that just because you're sneaking doesn't mean they can't detect you, it's on a tick-by-tick basis and it lowers the chance that any particular tick to detect you will be successful.

[Puppers]

Originally posted by Narn:

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

I dont recall reading anything about medical system changes anywhere in the blogs and honestly it sounds annoying like dayz medical system and i absolutely hated that feature(cholera). Yuckers

Could you provide a link maybe its being interpeted differently?

[ureaditwrong]

yeah, I mean this is pretty common in game development these days, ever since "souls-like" became a genre. Devs just love making games overly difficult, fun and logic be damned. All so neckbeards can feel proud of themselves for learning how to cheese the system and being able to parrot "git gud" 9000 times for any and all criticism levied at their poorly designed time dump, despite the critics being better than them half the time lol

[Quineloe]

Originally posted by katsuragi:

I just kill zombies with whatever I can hold in my hands. Stealth won't get you very far. Dead zombies won't see you

Also, you only cough and sneeze when you are sick. Carry a towel and keep yourself dry and you won't get sick so much

Also, I don't know why people think stealth should be so reliable. In a stealth game you have some specific guards patrolling a specific area that was designed for there to be a specific path that's best for the player to move through. Here we have 500 random guards, turning randomly while being randomly placed about town. There is absolutely no guarantee at all that there is any path you can take and not be seen no matter what you do.

Also allegedly sentient and intelligent guards in stealth games are a lot worse at detecting the player than zombies in PZ are.

I loathe the entire genre of FPS / 3rd person stealth games. It is your typical zero effort AAA garbage for developers who don't care about an immersive game. People praise TLOU, but I couldn't stop laughing when Joel crouched behind a 2 feet wall, his backpack clearly sticking out on top and visible to the guard right behind it but because it's a stealth game he wasn't seen.

[Aragon]

1) U can fight alot zombies at once. If ur character is trained well enough (strength and stamina) and u have enough experience with the chosen weapon, u can also fight larger groups successfully.
2) Yes, 1 bite can kill u. But good clothing, if ur good enough at sewing, can be upgraded with cloth, denim or (best) with leather and works like armor. The zombies have to bite off the armor first when they bite at the appropriate spot. This can safe ur life.
3) When u start a game u suck with firearms. But u only improve your shooting skills if you hit. It's best to start with a shotgun, u can always hit with it. Once you reach level 3 or 4, u can switch to pistols and rifles.
4) If u cough and sneeze means u catched a cold, a mild infection. As others mentioned already, tissues or toilet papers helps to prevent it. Best is, stay in ur base and get healthy first.

[Sir Nils Olav]

Originally posted by Narn:

Originally posted by Narn:

The game wont let you fight a lot of Zombies at once.

Have you had any experience in fighting? Anyone who has ever sparred can tell you fighting 1vs1 is exhausting - especially if someone is a larger and stronger build than you. Anyone Now imagine trying to fight say, 3 people who are clustered in a group- it wouldn't be easy. The reality is you'd be looking to pick off stragglers and isolate individuals to make it more manageable. If you tried to fight 3-4 Zombies at once you'd get tired and likely overwhelmed.

Originally posted by Narn:

You can die from just one bite.

I mean, that's like every Zombie film/TV series/book ever.

Originally posted by Narn:

Thick clothing cannot protect you from human bites.

Thick clothing *does* protect you from bites but it's not like wearing plate-mail. There are always going to be weaker parts of the clothing, such as the seams etc - plus clothing degrades over time, particularly if you are wearing the same items of clothing all day every day.

Originally posted by Narn:

Guns are nerfed for no reason

How are they nerfed? They seem to work just fine....

Originally posted by Narn:

All this leads you to focus on stealth and sneak a lot.

That's one strategy - but it isn't the only one. There plenty of other ways to survive - e.g. lure zombies out of the area you want to live in; a car with a horn blaring is a good way to get them to follow you. Alternately, petrol bombs can work wonders too if you can get the zombies to congregate in a general area.

Originally posted by Narn:

the makers of the game now think that sneaking makes the game too easy and want to nerf it by making you cough and sneeze at random times to attract zombies.

Where have they said this?

[hardy_conrad]

Nowhere. The makers of the game have said that nowhere. And surprise surprise when asked to provide a source for said assertion the original poster decides to disappear. Not difficult to figure out what's going on.

[Kobato]

Thick clothing is the problem, if you start at summer the temperature is quite warm, with thick clothing you will overheat and sweat A LOT, when the wind is blowing into you, you have chance to get a cold, yeah. fix your cold or get a tissue

[Gena Cider]

Originally posted by Narn:

No I remember reading that in their newest version of the game they have yet to release yet that they are making it so the player just sneezes and coughs randomly for not reason now.

u just got a cold/trait/mod that makes you sneeze/cough. its not normal to have a healthy human character """randomly""" sneeze and cough