One of the things that has kept me coming back to this game for 2500+ hours is the fact that the enemies (zombies) carry no moral ambiguity - they're pretty much mindless monsters intent on eating me. And there's the gratifying idea of building a world people can survive in.
So when bandits (humans who in theory could be contributing to the survival of the species) are introduced, I don't want to be forced to kill them (even in self defense).
So I'm very much hoping that the main game options screens will have a switch to disable them.
Thanks!