Loyalist Spies
This article is specifically about a form of zerging for the purpose of spying. Simply put, a living player with a true loyalty creates an alt for the purpose of spying against the dead.
While related to ZKers and Life Cultists, they only kill when they have to. This groups consists of survivors that have died, and are using their death to benefit the living by means of espionage. See here for the mirror term: Zombie Spies, or 'Renfields.'
History
All though much less common, they have roughly been around as long as their counterparts, Zombie spies. Their work occurs during their death, while awaiting revives. Due to the near complete lack of info on precise actions of LoSp's, History for them is scarce.
They are alluded to have Participated in the Battle of the Bear Pit, the First Siege of Caiger Mall, and the Battle of Santlerville.
Methods
During death, they join Hordes and their forums, purchasing needed Zombie skills to camouflage their intent. Some work as full time Zombies and avoid revives. Info is then seeped from the Zeds to the survivors, giving them an edge.
Pro's and Con's
While Loyalist Spies give a great benefit to Survivors, enamoring oneself in the position of being a Zombie Spy can be a lot of work due to many setbacks for appropriate skills; though this often makes a better spy (Seeing as the only ones that succeed would be ones that are very experienced).
Pro's: 1. Benefits Survivor Coordination, immensely.
2. Allows the Player to be involved in two styles of gameplay at once.
3. Excellent self-training involved.
Con's:
1. It may take a while to gain all appropriate skills, which can be frustrating when attempting to camouflage intentions.
2. Once a skill is bought, it cannot be reversed.
3. Many skills bought by the player that are required will get them killed by the Faction they actually work for.
4. Choosing the right amount of skills in each Faction will determine how extreme you will be in terms of spying, which cannot be reversed, and is relatively difficult to make the right combination. •For example, said player may wish to be play while being human, often. He/she will therefore will have to sacrifice many skills that make being one easier in order to keep doing their job, or risk losing should they buy to many (or the wrong ones, notably Headshot).
