Let's Talk About Zeds

[Raven]

There are some good questions that are coming up from this a feedback topic about zeds defending themselves from attack. So I'd like to get the opinion of the masses on a few questions.

Do the zeds feel pain?

Do they feel fear?

Do they have any instinct to defend themselves?

Do they need to eat humans in order to continue living, or is it something they are doing as some sort of goal set by a superior (boss)?

- They may gather and eat you after you are all dead, but no zed stops after a kill to feed if there are other players still alive. So it's not like they are killing to feed, but killing just to kill. Some zeds just want to watch the world burn.

Now generally I'm thinking of clots, which don't appear to have much going on upstairs. However, husks and fleshpounds clearly have some level of intelligence. Thoughts?

[Spiffo]

They do feel pain as the Fps and gorefasts went mad because of pain.

[LinaLina]

I don't think they feel pain (from our shots at least).
I don't think they feel fear.
I think their only instinct is to kill.
And I think they probably need to eat. Not exclusively humans tho.

[DarkFalz]

They definitely don't have much in the way of a self preservation instinct or fear. They just keep charging towards these 6 people shooting very big guns at them even while the other ZEDs around them get cut to pieces.

Even if they do feel any pain, it obviously doesn't bother them much as they can get shot in face or have their abdomen sliced open but as long they can still move, they'll continue pursuing their target no matter how severe their injuries are.

They do seem to have some single overriding instinct to kill any living human they see. Whether Hans gave them this instinct or it's just a side effect of their extremely heightened aggression is hard to say though.

[2PIKACHUNO]

The ZEDS were most likely made to be used as military weapons, or as a way to make an army.
Their is a high chance the horizine tech company never intended for ZEDS to be used in any other way.
Maybe at one point ZEDS were going to be used as medical research test subjects for the betterment of mankind to help cure diseases, its also possible that some scientists truly were interested in playing god and making a real living being through unnatural means and make something that could be considered a child to them. But subjects like gorefast,scrake,fleshpound really hint that horizine was mainly making them to be used as weapons.

Why else would they be so intent on killing?
In the animal world killing something that you are not going to eat is considered odd in some cases.

[Jäveln]

what differences are the cyst and clawer from regular clots

[2PIKACHUNO]

Originally posted by Jäveln:

what differences are the cyst and clawer from regular clots

I think when grabbed slasher deals damage the fastest and clots middle speed and cysts slowest speed.
Not quite sure though. Im sure there are reasons TWI wanted more zeds that function as clots other then JUST variety.

[Sharkdude]

They do feel pain, Gorefasts love the feeling of pain so much they took off all of their skin, their jaw, an arm, then split their hand in half and jammed a machete into it. Have you seen a gorefast's arm/hand up close? Most people assume it's just strapped on but that's not the case. http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/595863935710110470/3B274195DD4BFD2A91926B146A5198F4C014F76C/268x268.resizedimage

That's what I Think anyway.

"The original story behind the Gorefast is that they were the end result of a project similar to that of the Fleshpound, but toned down to an extent, designed to create extremely strong and fast soldiers. While the project was a success, the soldiers became insane, consumed with constant rage and an obsession with pain. " according to the killing floor wiki.