My own (hopefully helpful) ideas for the trees (free help
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HUMANS
Civilian: Armed with the basics; a crowbar, a handgun or perhaps a hunting rifle, maybe knives?
Policemen/woman: Armed with handguns or shotguns, decent proficiency with firearms.
Soldier: Armed with trench knives, SMGs, rifles, recoilles rifles or UMP 45s. Maybe chainsaws?
ZES (Zombie Elimination Squads): Highly trained soldiers who were once SWAT, SAS or other highly skilled soldiers for inflitration or heavy assault missions. They are armed with chain guns, M4 Carbines, Rocket Launchers, Flamethrowers and sniper rifles.
Elite ZES: The best of the best, deadeyes who can hit a zombie's eye from about 1000 metres or more. Their only two weapons are the Barrett or a more advanced form of the medieval sword, made partially from steel and partially from titanium, among other things. The 'sword' is called a 'slasher', due to its primary use as a slashing weapon. (I hope you don't mind that I made that up.
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ZOMBIES
Cadaver: Corpses recently affected by the disease (or whatever it was that caused the zombification), these bodies have been dead for years and so are quite infirm, slow and weak.
Recently Dead: Zombies who died recently, these horrible creatures are more durable, tough and agile than their lesser kin.
The Unliving: Zombies who were alive at the time of 'infection', their speed, strength and durability are comparable to those of humans.
Afflcited: These unfortunate horrors were close to the source of the infection at the time and so it has affected them in a far more intense way. They are driven by their maddening pain and seek to end it by consuming the Endorphins within the human brain...
Former ZES: These are truly fearsome zombies; their unnatural power augmented by the strength, agility and skill that they developed in life. They can move with frightening speed and can slaughter humans with terrifying efficiency.
Afflcited Former ZES: These zombies are the ultimate horrors. Their close proximity to the original affliction combined with their former skills make them both powerful and disciplined; their cunning is not unlike that of a deadly predator. The only reason why the humans have not been wiped out by these creatures is because they are few in number.
If you want to use them then they're all yours...
I hope y'all like these descriptions...