I personally can’t imagine anyone surviving long-term around running zombies. Even if fighting them was relatively easy, it’s statistically inevitable that sooner or later you’d get bitten. This applies to walking zombies too, but at least with them, you have the option to avoid physical altercations altogether, at least for the most part. That’s what I think most TV shows get wrong about zombies: even if there’s just one, and you could easily take it down, just don’t. It’s almost never worth the risk. In my view, the best way to survive is to avoid them as much as possible. Fighting is the last resort and should only be done in self-defence.

  • tty5@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s a balancing factor that is supposed to make escaping to a secure location feasible. If zombies maintained full speed we’d basically have a force that is dumber humans with the ability to exponentially force-recruit and not caring about personal safety. This would be a very short struggle for everyone not physically separated from them at the start. It would be normies vs a growing crowd off their rocker on pcp.

    On the other hand if you want to introduce any degree of realism:

    1. if it’s a disease a vast majority of infected will be dead within a week. Fill your bathtub with water and barricade the door - it’s going to be pretty much over by the time you really have to leave.
    2. If it’s supernatural bs but decomposition still applies see above - you’ll be down to facing skeletons
    3. In both cases extreme climate is your friend if it doesn’t affect you