Zombies! What are you going to do when...

[Raptor1]

I wouldn't go into the sea. It might be safe there from the zombies, but you're absolutely depndent on fuel and a boat or helicopter to bring in supplies. Cut out the supply at the wrong time and you are dead.

[Turbografx]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

I wouldn't go into the sea. It might be safe there from the zombies, but you're absolutely depndent on fuel and a boat or helicopter to bring in supplies. Cut out the supply at the wrong time and you are dead.

No. Set up on an oil rig, you can get to and from shore with a sail boat.

[SteveW1]

well let me thinkLuxury Item: A decent swag to sleep inMelee Weapon: A decent samurai sword Ranged Weapon: Being I'm only allowed a hand gun then a Glock 22Transport: Toyota Hilux as there unbreakable and I can mount a bullbar to mow the zombies down with that get in the way.Then I think I'll try to find a decent place to hole up in and fortify on top of a hill with clear space around that I could set up some good old fashioned booby traps and razor wire fences.

[August]

I think riding a horse leaves you open to zombies jumping on you from overhanging bluffs and trees and even on the flat your legs are wide open for bites from hangers on, and what happens if the horse throws you?

Now while it would certainly be a good means of transportation after the zombies are all dead i'd want the protection of bite proof armor around me until then.

[Task Force]

Hmm, well...

Id find a building (perferable a castle) on a hill, and as said before id turn it into a fort. Barbed wire, bear traps, and plenty of guns/aamo. I would also keep a good storage of fuel in a tank, being that you could just steal it from a gas station.

In the fortress id have a small farming area, and a cold storage place for stuff that needs to be cool. (maby underground.)

Im pretty sure since we have acouple of military bases around here I might be able to get a armored vehicle. and if I cant do that id Take a pickup truck and put steel plates on the side, and wire on the windows.


IMO this castle posted by Turbografx would do good, or something similar. Being that there is water surrounding it. and only one enterance that I would keep closed/ pull up.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by August

I think riding a horse leaves you open to zombies jumping on you from overhanging bluffs and trees and even on the flat your legs are wide open for bites from hangers on, and what happens if the horse throws you?

Now while it would certainly be a good means of transportation after the zombies are all dead i'd want the protection of bite proof armor around me until then.

I wouldn't plan on riding it into a chivilric melee a la Mount and Blade.

[August]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I wouldn't plan on riding it into a chivilric melee a la Mount and Blade.

Well not by choice certainly but the only real defense you got on a horse is speed. The problem though is you can't keep at a full gallop all the time or you'll kill the horse and put yourself afoot.

So what if you're just trotting down the trail after a long day of foraging? You're tired, the horse is tired, you're hauling a whole case of twinkies and suddenly a dozen or so Zombies pounce out from the bushes on either side and glom onto your legs and saddle? Seems to me there'd be a fair chance that at least one of them would sink a tooth somewhere before you could accelerate out of there and knock them all off. - checkmate.

Me, I prefer an armored roadwarrior type vehicle like Task Force envisions. Even stationary you're only vulnerable if you have to leave it. You can carry more weaponry, more loot, more people, more everything, and if zombies get in your way you just run them down and squish them.

[Task Force]

Well... if I got encircled on a horse, I would want to have a good sword with me. Chop off some heads...

CHARGE!, I guess you could make some kind of leg aurmor if you had to have a horse.

But, like I said before, vehicle with aurmor would make me feel better.

are main issue here is we dont know what kind of zombies were goin up against, the stupid slow ones, or the ones who took classes in running?

[Turbografx]

Originally Posted by August

Me, I prefer an armored roadwarrior type vehicle...

The last of the Interceptors perhaps?

[Feuer Frei!]

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[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Turbografx

No. Set up on an oil rig, you can get to and from shore with a sail boat.

And what happens when the wind decides it doesn't want to blow strong enough to get you to shore? Or there's a storm on and your sail boat probably wouldn't survive it? It's way too dicey to be reliable.

Originally Posted by August

I think riding a horse leaves you open to zombies jumping on you from overhanging bluffs and trees and even on the flat your legs are wide open for bites from hangers on, and what happens if the horse throws you?

Now while it would certainly be a good means of transportation after the zombies are all dead i'd want the protection of bite proof armor around me until then.

Nah, zombies can't jump, at least not on purpose. A zombie might very well be able to survive a fall like that, but they're not smart enough to use that to their advantage.

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

For those who ask what sort of zombies we are up against:
Let's make this a little bit more challenging...
We are all up against "runners"! NOT your shambling, slow-moving type.
Zombies that move fast, are very good at adapting, learning as they go along, can swim and not sink, they roam generally in groups of ten and upwards.
Barely do you see them roam by themselves.
They have adapted extremely well in that they seem to "copy" or "mimic" human behaviour, eg. firing guns, behaviour when challenged (ducking for cover etc).
Good luck!!!!

Bah, nonsense. I hate those, take all the fun out of fighting zombies.

[August]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Bah, nonsense. I hate those, take all the fun out of fighting zombies.

Definitely. I figure it'd be the middle road as in the movie Zombieland, fairly quick afoot but with dulled senses. If they have their act together enough to start planning and organizing then I'd say they ain't likely to be dying off any time soon.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Bah, nonsense. I hate those, take all the fun out of fighting zombies.

Originally Posted by August

Definitely. I figure it'd be the middle road as in the movie Zombieland, fairly quick afoot but with dulled senses. If they have their act together enough to start planning and organizing then I'd say they ain't likely to be dying off any time soon.

Well, there's always a rifle range, where you can advance towards Figure 8's with a Mag 58, shooting from the hip!

[Raptor1]

No, there isn't, rifle fire unless properly aimed at the head is ineffective against zombies.

If your zombies are fast and can use weapons and such, it becomes something like turning 3 thirds of the population into terminators and then asking you to fight them.

It also makes pretty much anything you can think of to survive moot.

Hide in the hills, castles, whatever? Nah, they'll figure out where you come from and hunt you.

Raid for food? Nope, they know you need food and will guard it.

Try to run? Nope, they can shoot you and probably use vehicles to chase you as well.

It's just not zombies anymore...