Are silencers broken?

[kre59962]

I have'nt played for a while so not sure if silencers have changed. I was using the Micro Dot PPK (22 pistol) with a professional silencer and every time i took a shot zombies ran at me from quite a distance away. Is this how silencers work now or are they bugged?

[THEREALSHRIMPO]

probably playing lethal.

[kre59962]

Oh wow, so they pretty much don't work on lethal....damn. Cheers for the reply.

[Sc0rpiTr0n]

They work on lethal but zombies will still hear gunshot from 5-6 meters away.
Most importantly shooting with silencer will not spawn additional zombies.

Use crossbows if you want completely silent, ranged stealth kills.

Edit: one more thing. Some curveballs spawn zombies with better hearing.
Some special Plague Hearts as well.

[Demian]

Originally posted by kre59962:

I have'nt played for a while so not sure if silencers have changed. I was using the Micro Dot PPK (22 pistol) with a professional silencer and every time i took a shot zombies ran at me from quite a distance away. Is this how silencers work now or are they bugged?

Zombies can hear silencers in a radius of 20-25 meters (as min) on lethal.

The best choice for Lethal:

1) You will have a quest where you find 3 dead bodies in the house and tip about their killer.
You go to met with that killer and you need to take Option - To kill him. So in this case you
will loot his body and get one of the best weapon in the game - echo crossbow with 10
arrows clip.

2) You will have ECHO traider sometimes on the map. This traider can have that echo
crossbow with 10 arrows clip. The cost of crossbow = 750.
Also this traider has mod that increase amount of light arrows x1.5 that you can make in
workshop. The cost =250.


So you can carry that crossbow for zombies and some amount of extra arrows + pistol (better with big clip) with silencer if you will met ferals, But you can also kill ferals with that crossbow ofc.

[the BIG sloppy]

Originally posted by Sc0rpiTr0n:

They work on lethal but zombies will still hear gunshot from 5-6 meters away.
Most importantly shooting with silencer will not spawn additional zombies.

Use crossbows if you want completely silent, ranged stealth kills.

Edit: one more thing. Some curveballs spawn zombies with better hearing.
Some special Plague Hearts as well.

Yes - in my experience on Lethal it is worth noting too that if you discharge your firearm WITHOUT a suppressor; the game literally spawns more zombies in existence. Like I've seen them materialize after taking a few unsuppressed shots in a clear area.

Lethal has horrendous spawning issues unfortunately but at least suppressors are pretty easy to get your hands on i 'spose!... If you have a suppressor it'll draw nearby zeds but thankfully it won't *spawn* new ones!

[Stardustfire]

i guess the missconcept of the TS is that he thinks "silencer = complete soundless" .
and that isnt the case.
silencers only dampen the sound volume of the weapon you install it onto, so when you use a weapon that makes a gigantic racked, a silencer will in best case half the noiselevel, but the noise will still be there.
Even Melee Weapons make noise, as long you dont Use the Echo ones.
Echo Firearms/Silent Night Revolver of the Bounty Broker are the way to go if you want shooting with minimal Noise as long you dont want to depend on a Heavy or Sport X Bow.

[jamesglen7]

Knowing where & when you can open fire is essential regardless of difficulty selected until all plague hearts are snuffed.

Mastering the ability to go in and out of stealth to confuse your enemy will advance your goals. Zeds are easily confused and experimenting with this may open new strategy doors.

The only problem with silencers is the risk you take using it while the audio signature of bow use carry no risk at all and you remain undetected.