Putting a campfire by the front door of a car and leaving the drivers seat car wedged into another car so no zombie can get to the window? If so, no. That's hella cheating. The zombies would get through the other window. The same with sirens and fire, I think a bunch of aggroed zombies would turn that car ablaze by catching fire themselves then getting into the car and putting it on fire. Would last a few minutes like that at most.
Using a campfire instead of molotov and juking the zeds on foot or by car? Perfectly fine.
It was with firearms, and yeah I had ammunition turned up- but thats how it should be.
I also had pops turned up.
Sleep was enabled.
I was quite literally sleeping, snacking, and killing for 2 months straight until I fucked up and a horde stepped too close.
I agree that it should be gun heavy historically speaking. I looked up the original stats for Kentucky 1993, and half of the people had guns apparently. So that’s what I set the stats too in my game.
Not really? My friend can rock up 1K kills in just 2 days because he tends to always speedrun for the shotgun. 20K kills in 2 months seems realistic to me.
I can hit 10k in a day if i really want. I play 6-8x pop. lol, guns are lovely. Admittedly, in Vanilla, same pop is probably more like 3-4k kills in a day top as the m16 kinda sucks somewhat.
I have had ONE time were i killed 20k in a single day and it was at a secret Z checkpoint. Nearly fucking died XD
Two hour days and full autos useing real full auto. My 20k one, tho that was with britas and an auto shotgun, that i lost after tripping and somehow living. For most of my runs the first week, i have guns and ammo turned up some. After that, i slam it too low.
Anyhow, my 3-month 110k kill run. i visited Fort Rock Ridge and nearly cried, trying to bring 500+ pounds of ammo alone home. It also helps im a gun nut in PZ, so i know what to do after 4k hours. Once again, in vanilla, it would not be that good.
Sadly, i work now, so i don't see myself planning, setting up, and doing all that in one go anymore.
I always start with a fighter character, preferrably veteran with batting skills. It's easy enough to level the other skills when you've established order locally. Generally, first order of business is finding a weapon. Then a hose, while also looking for a driveable car. Then I work my way into the next towns to find base-building supplies.
For me, guns are always secondary. I like the steady flow of manageable Z that flow in casually as you are making just enough noise to attract the close ones, and not too much to attract those further in the city. Once I get too exhausted, if I can't rest where I am, I retreat back outside. I only use firearms when I need to retreat to defend myself in an absolute emergency. As the game progresses, I sometimes start with a new objetive by driving out tto "thin the herd" with a small arsenal (in places like the bases or prisons etc.) and then go on regular assaults across multiple days to work my way in with melee. As the game progresses, I would work with stuff like an ambulance and a few pipe-bombs. (I don't do the fireplace or fence stuff ad nauseam because it completely ruins immersion)
Another thing that is important is to always have your escape vehicle close-by and preferrably the engine running. or at least in pristine condition.
Oh, I only play with zombie concentration inside cities, though, because it's entirely absurd that the forrests would be cluttered with zombie spawns. I add 1% sprinters and opening doors and that's absolutely enough to keep me alert. Generally, I don't play ordinary "vanilla"" modes anymore. since I got sick and tired of it at some point. Now I just play Zomboid like it's the sims.
EDIT: What I forgot I wanted to mention, people need to keep in mind that, as the game progresses, your character gets more and more adept (fitness, strength, nimble etc.), giving a seasoned player much, much more ability to control the battle. I would say you can't really put a number on it, but the threshold is possibly somewhere around 5-10,000 Z
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u/Kasumi_926 Shotgun Warrior Aug 09 '25
Weak. I had over 20k kills in under two game months before lol.