Tactics!

[Puscifer]

Ok ive started to think of tactics already! i know...sad! but i couldn't give a fuck! i'm so hyped about this game. Ive been picturing working as a team with fellow survivors eg, ur all slowly walking down a corridor in say...a school. gun to your face, one up front one covering the rear, u can hear moans from infected coming from outside grrrr aggrrr etc one smashes a window through and grabs one of ya forcing u to shoot! but the sound of the gun shot triggers a horde camped up in a class room somewhere!......ohhh happy days!

[squerl]

Yeah.. it'll be weird to actually have to trust your teammates to cover your back say if you were covering the back.. kind of like staring backwards when someone else is driving.. unless I'm the only one who gets real uncomfortable with that.

[Puscifer]

lol its right, i'd say about 70% of the game u will be placing ur life in ur team m8's hands, cant wait! hope u guy's can aim ffs!

[squerl]

Haha.. I have a feeling this game will have a lot less tolerance for morons playing than others..

[Puscifer]

yea it will force ppl to search for good players if they wanna survive lol. which is a good thing! is there one boss infected each map or can 4 be on at the same time hunting the survivers? hows it work?

[squerl]

Four at the same time.. not sure on the specifics but it'l basically 4 boss + dozens of infected vs the poor 4 survivors.

[Puscifer]

yea sounds good!l, i wanna play as a boss infected! why cant u be the witch? what can it do to disfigure u? lol dont u think its getting a mettle gear solid feel to it with these boss's haha

[The One]

Oh man the game is gonna kick a**

[squerl]

You can't be the witch because the tank is already powerful enough :P

[Puscifer]

what can the tank do to ya?

[The One]

The tank is one big ass boss infected that can smash through walls, throw cars, and just by looking at a picture of him, you should be able to tell that he will be hard as hell to kill.
But what I wanna know more about is the witch, can someone tell me exactly all the info on the witch? or give me a website that talks more about it?

[The One]

Oh yeah I heard the witch can "disfigure you"? how?

[frogopus]

yea it will force ppl to search for good players if they wanna survive lol. which is a good thing! is there one boss infected each map or can 4 be on at the same time hunting the survivers? hows it work?


Four players playing as the boss zombies, so four bosses at one time. You will be able to choose from either the smoker, boomer, or hunter. The tank zombie will be on a respawn timer and a player may be randomly picked to be the tank when it becomes available (it is much more powerful than the other three).

Oh yeah I heard the witch can "disfigure you"? how?

My assumption here is that the disfiguring refers to the Witch's ability to kill a player in one shot. Very possible that the Witch will be able to turn the player into one of the undead.

[The One]

It would be cool if the witch can turn you into the undead, i doubt that you will be able to control your character if it turned into one of the infected because they said that when you die you go into spectator mode (depending on how early you died). But I dont think that the witch can do that, they said that
"The witch will stay immobile until the player flashes the flashlight on it or engage or fire the weapon near a witch. This will wake up the witch, in which it will kill in an instance."
So I dont know if it will be able to turn you.

[frogopus]

That was my understanding of it as well One. I hadn't heard anything on disfiguring. But if you have heard that the witch can disfigure the player in some way that is still my best guess. I would imagine it would be something simple such as the player dying and an npc zombie rising in its place.

[The One]

probably, I just wish we had more info on it.

[maaatt]

Fuck that im going solo LOL ill run in to the darkness

[squerl]

Haha.. maaatt won't be someone I play with a lot! :P

[The One]

maaatt would require more than enough rescue missions just to save his a** lol

[Puscifer]

haha, is there any hiding places for survivors? like the ability to get in lockers.

[The One]

haha that would suck if you were in a locker and 50 infected were right outside bangin on the locker. that would be a miracle if you can get out lol.

[maaatt]

right whats gonna happen is your all gonna give me your ammo and guns and im gonna say come with me if you want to live :D

[Puscifer]

haha, and then u die so i take all the guns and ammo and i say get to the chopper!

[maaatt]

dont worry i will leave you behind i mean i wont :P!

[Flagstaff12]

Then when you get us all killed with your lack of cooperation I will say "You son of a bitch!"

[Stupoider]

Im not sure about tactics... from what I've heard, its mainly thinking on the balls of your feet/Run and Gun, but I guess you can devise something at the beginning. I have the urge to think up of a nice tactic... like when someone gets the Hunting Rifle. It would be something like...

--\-----S-----/--
P-\_______/-P
-------P---------

P is where players are, and S is the Sniper... I know I shouldnt be calling him sniper, but oh well, sue me. Its basically used against a wall or an open door, so that the Sniper is fully covered. Players should be crouched, and firing at the Infected heading towards them. They should be... firing at the infected heading towards their side of the Trapezium.
And if a Tank comes towards them? Move.

[squerl]

Yeah, that's the right thinking Stupoider. L4D isn't like CS where you can plan out specific movements, since you never know when they're going to come. The real tactics are being able to form up and move around as a group, and being able to adapt to every situation.

[Stupoider]

Im not sure ill be able to implement the tactic much, when a Tank arrives and your all bunched together, it could get ugly. But the good thing about the tactic is that it can be turned into a triangle in your in the open, possibly waiting for the helicopter rescue. Lots of potential for tactical manuevers when you have to think on your feet, but they will probably only come into action at the end of the map.

[maaatt]

hmmm well i could create a gun outta cookies (::)

a ventrilo would be a good idear
or teamspeak or somthing :P

[Stupoider]

yeah vent could work. I find vent easier to navigate than Teamspeak.

[maaatt]

yea to much feedback in teamspeak tbh tbh but theres a new Teamspeak coming out ZOMG!?!?!?

[Stupoider]

I think my headset is bust. I need new ones for my Birthday!

[maaatt]

heres a good site for headsets www.headphoneworld.com (http://www.headphoneworld.com) i think seach it google if that aint it :p

[Stupoider]

KK, but I was just thinking of going to PC World xD

[blehh]

egads! I have a vent server!

[Stupoider]

You have a vent server :O

[maaatt]

ip me up dog