Very annoying, although in 35 hours of play, its only happened twice to me. Still, game breaking, when 15 hours of gameplay is lost over a glitch

I disagree. That's not what they intended for this game. I could see the player turning in to an AI zombie, however, and if killed you could get the loot back.

never had an issue with water pumps

Very annoying, although in 35 hours of play, its only happened twice to me. Still, game breaking, when 15 hours of gameplay is lost over a glitch