How Dumb Are Zombies In Arma 2 Dayz?

Well Besides the fact that in Arma 2 Dayz they are brain dead walking corpses, how are they smart enough to open doors and kill victims has always been a struggle for me to comprehend. I think it is their primal nature and instincts that still somewhat exist somewhere in that old brain. Arma 2 Dayz has made zombies a tough adversary to understand.

Appropriate Function For Doors/Barricades

I can see all of the great possibilities that a door barricading system could provide, but  I also see the possible negative effects. The positives in this case would definitely outweigh the negatives and could be a great implementation into Arma 2 DayZ. In Nazi Zombies the zombies are not intelligent, they are thrashing animalistic creatures who are hungry and will do anything to get their fill of BRAINSSSS. In Arma 2 DayZ and the Standalone release Doors should slow down zombies. I can see a sturdy door holding a zombie horde at bay for at least thirty seconds to a minute. One zombie could possibly be slowed down by a door for almost three minutes. So if doors need to be broken down instead of opened then the Door Barricade would be in vain or would it? People can still open doors and that poses a threat to any survivor who is wounded or bleeding and needs to bandage or heal one’s ally. I can already see someone being shot by a bandit and closing/barring a door shut behind them hoping to be able to hide and heal before the next volley of gunfire.

E-how.com shows us how to stop a door in a real life situation. http://www.ehow.com/how_6104957_stop-door-being-opened.html

What About Combat Logging In Arma 2 Dayz

This has been the question and one of the easiest ways to get banned by an admin on any server on Arma 2 DayZ besides hacking of course. In order to prevent combat logging and abuse of the safely barricaded room Rocket could simply implement a few stipulations in the mechanic.

1. Anyone in a barricaded area is unable to log out for five minutes.
2. Alt+F4 will result in an exponential time ban from the game the more times you exploit the system.
3. The barricade will only last a maximum of ten minutes, enough time to call reinforcements or bandage wounds.
4. The barricade can be repaired, but it will not add more time, a barricade can only be used on one door every 30 minute to an hour.
5. The door can eventually be worn down by multiple zombies/loads of gun fire and then opened.

Conclusion

This would be just the basic structure of a door barricade and not something that would be a final product. Rocket has been great so far in dealing with the problems of the Arma 2 Dayz community and I would really like to see this or something similar in the Standalone release. If you have any comments or ideas don’t hesitate to put them below!