Okay.
Instead of having weapon skill...
Make weapon skill hard to get, different weapons take more skill.

Basically, I think there should be "Strength"

Strength would be able to let you carry more weapons, and do more damage with your axe, (and if wanted a sprint feature which allows marines to more 25 percent faster, at a cost of stamina)

All of this might cause some lag though.
But I think it would be cool to carry more things, and have a level for it.
Different weapons could have a weight value.
Each level increase would allow so much weight.



This would also let you carry more ammo, which would be a vital skill.


There could be a small meter on the screen that would tell you how much weight you have, and how much weight you can carry.

What if weight could slow you down?

with addition of strenght they should add a stamina bar (like DoD).
and the more strenght the person has, the more stamina he has.

so that people can RUN away from zombies... instead of them running constantly... or jump

I like the stamina bar idea... but this post just shows a huge problem... YOU ARE NOT MARINES IN THIS MOD, YOU ARE SURVIVORS! The fact that you spawn with marine npcs and marine weapons makes everyone think you're a marine .

Well I just call them Marines because I play Doom3 , Natural Selection, and it's hard not to.

Fine then.

"Survivors" get this bonus.

i think that even if ur not marine u are getting stronger by killing the zombies.....just i what im thinking..

If a strength skill is included I want a charisma skill, too, just like in a real RPG. And just like in a real RPG the skill would be totally worthless but players are forced to invest at least half their skill points into it or otherwise they'll be constantly struck by lightnings, since the gods can't stand such uncharismatic persons.