Zombies

[Namtar]

Are they adding functioning zombies anytime soon or just more annoying features no one asked for?

[STATIK]

They have functioning infected, I don't think we need to add zombies to this game, too.

[Apocryphox]

What "annoying features" do you actually mean? In the last update came the crossbow which is tbh one of the most wanted things since the release of DayZ. In addition to that the last update was pretty helpful. It made the game a bit harder, because it's still a survival game an not a PUBG clone without zones. It also made light sources finally useful, you can't see a flashlight miles away anymore.

The only annoying thing in the next updates would be more explosives and guns which we don't need since we have TONS of it in the mods and also in the base game.

The most important thing over an AI enhancement would be the base building. It's still FAR too easy to raid a base in the vanilla game, since you only need some grenades or bullets which you can find on MASS in military bases. I really like the Breaching Charge mod and i would love to see it in the base game too. With it you can only raid bases with special C4 charges which have to be crafted first. Imho BasebuildingPlus and BreachingCharge are the #1 mods to enhance the base building and making raids more difficult.

In vanilla you simply can't build a normal structure without it getting destroyed in mostly 2 days.

[Kisamefishman]

I'm not sure if they already did it or not they were talking about a zombie update.

[etwas]

from the "dayz in 2023" article:
"We also plan on focusing more on infected AI this year. We’d like to change the way they move through the environment, as well as how you battle them. There are a number of factors regarding this subject that require further investigation, so we can’t share much more info with you at present. But suffice it to say that the changes we’re considering have great potential to change the PvE aspect of the game for the better."
https://dayz.com/article/developer-updates/DayZ-in-2023

[Jackie Daytona]

I think by functioning OP means a threat, no they are not a threat. though like an above poster stated they are working on them again. Come back in two years they'll be done by then. and they still won't be a threat because there will never be enough. Look at Zomboid and the amount of zeds they have and the amount it takes to be a threat. AI bandits are the only way you will get a PVE threat. they need to emulate Tarkov IMO.

[String@Tanga]

Oh YES They improve it, they added mummies. 20 Shots from the scorpion and they are still alive...
I saw a video where a guy shots 5 Bodyshots with a AR to kill them... Dont know what to say, the mummies suddenly appears and are now randomly spawning, the problem is sometimes u did not identify them as a mummy and shot once at the head, but they just turn around and alarm all other Z´s...

I got 3 fights and was near to death, running away saves me... thats no fun at all, thats a PVE-Killer :(

[etwas]

Originally posted by String@Tanga:

Oh YES They improve it, they added mummies. 20 Shots from the scorpion and they are still alive...
I saw a video where a guy shots 5 Bodyshots with a AR to kill them... Dont know what to say, the mummies suddenly appears and are now randomly spawning, the problem is sometimes u did not identify them as a mummy and shot once at the head, but they just turn around and alarm all other Z´s...

I got 3 fights and was near to death, running away saves me... thats no fun at all, thats a PVE-Killer :(

the mummies only spawn for like a week on official servers during the halloween event.
its up to community server admins to add them or not to their server.

[String@Tanga]

OK, thx for the info. I should talk to the admin then...