Just a few fun ideas. Don't know how hard they'd be to implement as I have no idea about coding for actions. And lord knows Death spends weeks every month fixing stuff so it still works after each "Update" but thought one or more might really make zombies more exiting, not necessarily much more difficult, just more fun
1. Something fun may be to add a random chance (maybe 10-20%) that the zombie will simply stand back up and attack so you have to kill them again? Itll scare the heck out of people if they aren't paying attention 😱ðŸ˜.
2. Also if they spawn more often by player homes just like monuments which'll make it more interesting when trying to build? Maybe link it do distance from tool cupboards?
3. How about if the zombies had very small amounts of radiation so if you get swarmed u also have that to worry about?
4. Undead Dogs? (can add glowy eyes to wolf one?) Have them roam in packs?
5. Possibly a timer in that the longer a zombie is active, the stronger its stats (base + x per day not killed) so if you are out in the far reaches of the map you may encounter a much stronger one. Or even just make them all progressively stronger as the month goes on (at beginning base each week add 10-20% to stats (so either half or just less than double the strength by the end before the wipe.
6. Also a small chance to spawn a zombie when destroying barrels/opening crates
7. .....even more fun a random chance to spawn a zombie in your base once larger than a certain size or when u have lvl 2 or higher bench (which would imply you have better gear to survive finding one in your base all of a sudden)?
8. Soldier zombies - 2x as strong or even 3x but have better loot table (like military boxes vs basic wooden ones when u open them) - keep them by large monuments, HQM mine, basically areas youd frequent more as you have at least some gear?
and one non zombie issue, you have stocking on the site to buy, and lord knows ive gotten enough from free gifts but they have never, ever given me anything inside them. Is that a glitch or am I just not using them properly when i hang them above stone fireplace.
Also a question, is the level of loot linked to the level of bench you have? i always seem to get better loot towards the end of a wipe from basic crates/drops once ive built my lvl 3 one.