Best helmet and vest for protection against ZOMBIES?

[HOLY_YH4]

ive done a lot of research but i could only find outdated information or off topic videos, what would be the best helmet and vest to fight against zombies in?

[Kimmaz]

For the question in the title: Zombies only needs a helmet to protect the brain. they dont care about fashion. They are incapable of using any fire arms, their arms and teeth is enough.
For the question in the post: any fire arm would do, you dont need armor to fight zombies.

[Enforcer]

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For the question in the title: Zombies only needs a helmet to protect the brain. they dont care about fashion. They are incapable of using any fire arms, their arms and teeth is enough.
For the question in the post: any fire arm would do, you dont need armor to fight zombies.

LOL

I see what you did there.

[HOLY_YH4]

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information from that site is outdated and inconsistent. And the higher the number, the weaker the protection is. Why would a simple skate helmet have more protection than a military helmet?
the way the amount of protection is measured is by using 0 - 1, but i dont agree with this because it is confusing to almost everybody. 0 meaning you will take no damage, and 1 meaning you will take full damage. For example 0.8 means you will receive 80% of the damage dealt to you, 1 means you will receive 100% of the damage, and the opposite when its 0. But as i already said information from that site is outdated and inconsistent. it still has some of the information that was back in the beta version of DayZ, which is why i asked the community to see what is the best item to wear, but i either got something that was off topic, or idiotic. I only got 2 legit answers which were from Wolf and X, but as X also said, the info from that site is screwy and we dont know for sure if the devs changed the values of certain items because most unofficial wikis arent maintained very well. DayZ needs its own official wiki that is kept up to date 24/7 so people know where to go to or look for.

Then i suggest you grab some files out of the game and look for the values. It's the only way to find out.
Also some things do make sense. Some helmets are just better absorbing certain damage than others. A ballistic helmet might stop a bullet but still leaves you with a big concussion.
And if you read how i got to my conclusion it should make sense. A welding mask doesn't protect you therefor a value of 0 but an enduro helmet which is made to protect from impacts to the ground of obstacles has a value of 0.8.
If you are not happy with my sensical approach and want exact numbers you have to do what i wrote in the first sentence. Nobody can help you there.

alright, how do i do that?

[Enforcer]

You need a pbo unpacker and open the appropriate pbo file containing the armor.

[HOLY_YH4]

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You need a pbo unpacker and open the appropriate pbo file containing the armor.

is there a video on how to do that?

[SinKing]

I honestly think helmets do little to nothing for your protection when it comes to melee attacks. I've been knocked out and killed by bambis while wearing helmets in the past. From how I understood it they mainly serve to prevent headshots as there is a chance the bullet will deflect, which you only get while wearing helmets.

With melee attacks however - especially bare handed - helmets seem to have zero effect, unless that was changed a lot. Your best bet is to wear protective layers of cloth and a helmet on top to help prevent headshots. Also, cans, etc. stuffed into your clothes will absorb some damage, but again it is unclear if this only refers to projectiles.

It's puzzling, but after all these years these things are unclear, because they were changed so often and the old team was great at writing long walls of text that contained little to no useful information. So who knows? Definitely the Dayz devs, maybe they'll tell us someday...

Also, sneaking to avoid infected and not engaging groups seem like reasonable strategies, in other words: behave like you would in real world and don't sprint everywhere attracting zombies.

[Sarcasteik]

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some people dont care about steam levels . the question is why would you?

Pretty sure he's using a PUBG reference rather than what you assumed.

[BAMMARGERA]

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some people dont care about steam levels . the question is why would you?

Pretty sure he's using a PUBG reference rather than what you assumed.

oh ♥♥♥♥ if thats true then im sorry Comma Definitive-Network and thanks for letting me know steikums ... i should do a little research before i open my dumb mouth