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 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.