PC Why don't zombies bite?

[Adam the Waster]

Why don't zombies bite? Because they suck.

i didnt know they were lampreys!

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Dare I mention....the zombie combat in State of Decay is awesome.

thats my game right here!

 

[Eliphas the Inheritor]

So TFP has made it crystal clear, with this last alpha, that in the lore of their game, the zombie infection is transmitted by bite. It is spelled out perfectly in the description of the fists perk line.
So....why does every zombie humanoid swing their arms?

Why not give zombies a separate attack type and animation that is a bite? Maybe roughly 1/3 of their attacks and/or immediately after enraging.

Give it a 100% chance to cause or increase infection (modified by effect resistance).

It would:

1) make the infection/bite relationship make more obvious sense

2) be a cool new visual for the zombies

3) make infection slightly more frequent/persistent, BUT also more predictable, and thus, able to be planned for

4) give players a brief/temporary break from the professional boxer/MMA fighter-level of ducking, weaving, and head bobbing...they'd finally do a straightforward attack for once that didn't jerk their head wildly to the side...albeit at a significant risk if that's when you decide to go in for a swing.

5) finally fit the zombie-bite trope from virtually every zombie movie ever.

Yes, it would be undoubtedly a lot of work to add a new animation to each zombie, but now the lore is irrefutably clear - the zombie's bite is what infects, it seems like it really ought to be in. And the tradeoff of a straightforward attack that lines up and exposes the head seems to be a perfect risk/reward balance of dramatically increased infection chance (or severity boost) if they land that bite.

Because they are lazy about it. End of story. They always find excuses when this is brought up. They said that most of the basic game is done, so there is no excuse that "Oh, we don't have time, we have other important things to work on", yeah, right, like they postponed npcs so many times.

So yeah, no time, but you take 1 year or more to make an alpha, but you don't have time. Now that the game is close to completion, you'll have lots of time to do this because there are less and less features to implement, but again, they don't want to, because lazy, but ofc..."TIME IS THE PROBLEM".

I sooo regret not being able to refund 7 days to die, TFP get more and more stubborn and barely take the time to listen to their fans, especially that Madmole who is so ignorant. And no, I don't want to refund the game because the game is bad or anything, but just TFP's attitude makes me wanna do it.