How To Survive Zombie Outbreaks in MMORPGs

I'd be terrified to see an undead outbreak in an online text game. There'd really be nowhere to escape, unless you went up north to the tundra like tekla said.

Well Dalerio is generally scared of his own shadow, so he would likely find the most dragons he possibly could, fashion a saddle out of his commodities and then tell them to take him to the Parthren gare place.  Either that or just fashion a bunch of balloons and float into the skies like bubble boy until he ended up somewhere kind of safe!  Who knows where they would end up to be honest, so I reccomend moving quick and taking a big weapon!

I think I'd end up hiding on my ship using my crew of friends to ward off the zombies. That or as the author suggested, remain in the village and team the hell outta them. Stormhammering 3 at a time  while having a novice elementalist cast reflect on those that are fighting.

I think i'll go hide. Please mail me chocolate so I don't starve. Don't forget to message me when its over!

It's already happened! Some Mayasween's ago! We all survived, not a single guard was killed.

If I could, I'll live in the Inferno until the zombies die. That or just Gare. Unless they take over a Dragon and come up. Eek.

"Another thing to remember is that zombies move slow."

Ah, but I prefer the 28 Weeks Later variety.

Coming from someone who has studied and obsessed unhealthily over zombies for years, I believe that this would be the most amazing thing ever. Fun fact. As zombies feed, they absorb the materials of their victim, gaining strength both physically and mentally. As well, they will regain some cognitive ability, however minimal. We could just pick a city to leave alone, and watch from afar as the zombies hunt rats and feed on them, as we disallow them any other source of sustenance. //endnerd.

Also, ZOMBIES.

I'll be on my ship, Druid isn't a very effective class against zombies. Mauling a zombie? No thank you.

I absolutely abhorr zombies. ABSOLUTELY! So if a massive horde comes around.. I'll be no use cause I'll be hiding. Trust me.

Join them.

Radakail says he would survive but would he be able to take on a zombie red dragon? Hmm..

Please nooo.

In such a situation, I would be glad that I was a knight class. Arc, to take out multiple zombies at once. Impale them to stop them from coming after you, cleave and disembowel them, use your falcon to seek out clear areas, etc.

wonder if zombies would be able to get to Parthren Gare

Well, it would definitely give a new outlook on RP if that happened!:)

Nope! Not fighting. Going to hide in my manse and turn all my privileges off!

Aetolia already -has- undead! Aetolia's filled with undead folks who feast on other peoples' organs to keep themselves alive- so essentially we deal with a zombie apocalypse on a daily level! If any game's going to survive it, clearly it will be us.

is either an incantation or a stormhammer to their faces (or a big old holocaust!)

@Ruth if I get zombiefied I'll come hang out in the Gare ^.^

I'd hide in a manse. I don't need food and sleep, and zombies clearly lack the rights to access the manse. Winner.

make popcorn.

step 2: Cast liveforest and demesne effects.

step 3: Enjoy the show from afar.

Lusternia already done a random disease infecting everyone event. It was terrible, and a zombie event would really just be a grind which you'd hardly care about seeing that no matter what you always revive again. And zombies have been overused everywhere already. Keeping things fresh is what draws new interest.

Sorry, Lucine, but I think the zombies would probably DIG you up.

Also, whoever said MIND CRUCH zombie = fail. If we could use adventurer only abilities on these zombies, there would be many more interesting ways to deal with them!

I think I'd be happy with aerial holo-bombing :) Hey, it works on Eleusians..

Simply warping time in an area and making already slow zombies more slower would work great while pyroclasming them at your leisure. Otherwise simply rift to my cosy tower or to an unpopulated island where I'd be safe.

Hmm, if there were a zombie apocolypse, Hallifax in lusternia could always just recall their bridges and watch as the cities/communes below them were devoured.  However, most people say it will be our fault anyway, so if we are going to be the first to be infected, let me just say "BRAIIIIIINNNS!"

I still remember when this happened, actually. Not just zombies, but all sorts of undead--when Slith attacked Shallam and stole the essence in the Decanter of Light. People held their own pretty good, but just like in any zombie scenario, less-skilled fighters were quickly swarmed and overrun. It was quite dramatic, really! I wouldn't mind another event like that, especially now that we've got these tips. Stay together, stay smart, and survive!

Anyone with the necromancy skill has the ability to grant undeath to themselves or others... So would undeath serve as a veritable camoflauge?

Dear IRE:

Well done! You've managed to post yet another thinly veiled advertisement with no actual value as an article.

While the "article" claims to be relevant to all MUDs, it's actually entirely focused on your games, with references that only make sense in their context.

"No one can remember the last recorded mass zombie attack in an online text game." Really? Because I'm pretty sure there are several MUDs and many browser-based games that are text-based and that have constant zombie attacks. Oh wait, you don't care, because you're only talking about IRE games, and the real point of the article was to get buzzwords in anyway, so the content doesn't matter.

In summary, please make your articles real articles (like you claimed you would in a recent UStream), or stop posting them.

Thanks,

Khezar

If you stay anywhere NEAR the zombies, they will eventually overrun you. My plan:

• An oversized aethership
• As many non-infected and not annoying people as will fit
• A load of food and cooking commodities.

Camp out in the middle of nowhere in Aetherspace. I'd like to see a zombie try and get past a black dragon.

Greatest IRE event idea ever. Mass zombie mobs to smack around and gain points. Zombies for every level! Here a zombie, there a zombie. Everywhere a zombombie.

Hah, I'll be fine I can just - wait, they don't breathe? So garroting them wouldn't help?

Well what about - no bloodstream to spread venom you say?

Hmmm.

*phases*

Are zombie ears even partially functional? Because I think any music-based assault would make a useless blank note against zombies if they aren't.  /shudders...

Zombie Apocaylpse Please!

Good thing zombies can't fly. I say everyone sits on clouds until the zombies starve to death. Unless of course they have reached Logosian. Then you're screwed.

My claws are fierce, zombie or no zombie :P

bone ward alarms at the ready.

This made me very happy and have a big lol

This is a super cool scary idea. A zombie plague? It will be awsome; they should not be able to swim, though. I hope the dragons will burn them, I do not think I can take more than one zombie at a time. Maybe herbs and salves will become very expensive, who knows? Merchants be fair please!

Awesome. Would be very neat to have one. Even if they made it a one day event or something, like for halloween, just unleash flesh eating zombies on us for the night and see who survives. would beawesome fun

+1

of corse there are artifacts

Loved the way you put a little lesson in there but kept it light and funny.

Throw Runeguards at them till they go away!

This would seem silly if there weren't actual Lusternian zombies.

And their ability to eat.  Walking Dead people!

While this I enjoyed this article, I'm slightly dissapointed in the inccorectness of the facts. This is very Iron Realms-specific, as not all MUD's provide channels for their cities, have classes with the skills listed, or are even zombie-apocalypse free. In fact, I believe there is more than one MUD dedicated to Zombie Apocalypse and fighting such, which refutes the stated fact that nobody can remember when the last 'zombie attack in an online text game' was, as they clearly happen on a daily basis in those MUD's that cater to them.

However, if this writer were talking specifically of the Iron Realms, instead of MUDs in general, I'd heartily commend the advice. As well, I might suggest investing in a ring of flying, or for those Atavians, simply fly away from the hungry hordes.

I would not suggest, however, hiding behind the big, locked gates of your city, because while the horde may be outside, the virus (if such is how it is spread) could easily spread to the guards of your city, who would undoubtedly make strong zombies, and even the thugs within the sewers, who would then come pouring out to murder you before you could unlock the gates and escape into the world at large.

Islands, however, should be relatively safe... While zombies CAN swim, the farther you get from the mainland, the less chance that they will be swimming out that way looking for a fresh meal. Thus, an island such as up near the northernmost boundaries of the realm would be far better than even your own (supposedly safe) city.

Even better, as long as your crew is not infected, would be your own little ship in the middle of nowhere. However, checking your crew for infected men can be cumbersome and dangerous in its own right, and therefor should be largely avoided - simply keep your ship far off from mainland, and that way if there should be an outbreak, you can reach your ship before the virus does, and escape to the middle of the ocean for some nice, peaceful fishing. Unless, of course, the Tritons or other water-dwellers become infected as well, in which case you're just a sitting duck, same as behind the big (solidly keeping you in) gates of your City.

-Lynara

Be a bard and sing them away!

I can tank 10+ zombies

amusing

....I'm already preparing for various kinds of apocalypse IRL..do I REALLY have to start considering preparing for a zombie one in achaea?!?

BYOB ...b...y...o...barbque sauce.

what is this even?