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Left 4 Dead 2 |OT| The South Rises Again
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CrookedRain
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Which is like walking 10 steps out of the saferoom in a map?Rahk said:
Guess I missed your edit. Hmm, fair enough. I suppose the current system is fine for separate maps, but when you combine them there's a problem. I'm not sure having health bonuses is the answer though. I suppose it would more likely give the win to the team that deserves it though.vertopci said:
Gotta agree with most of you that the new scoring system sucks. At first I thought we were just getting a slightly more detailed version of the old one, and then realized it only matters how far you make it.
They need to redo the system so its in between both games. The first game, more often than not, there was just too big of points differential after the 3rd or 4th rounds, making finale's almost pointless most the time. In this game you can rape the shit out of the other team, and yet they can still score max points.
They need to redo the system so its in between both games. The first game, more often than not, there was just too big of points differential after the 3rd or 4th rounds, making finale's almost pointless most the time. In this game you can rape the shit out of the other team, and yet they can still score max points.
dragonlife
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Why you all up on Papercut's state-of-the-art grill, yo? Don't make me pull out mah George Foreman and collect yo drippings in the innovative and easy-to-use drip tray!vertopci said:
I do see what he's trying to say, though: I recall seeing 25 x 10 but I have no idea what it is since I can't read the text on my SDTV for the scoring. Fill me in.
Jet Grind Radio!
Banned
I finally beat the first campaign in single player. I swear to God, the AI sucks. I was trying to run out the store with the cola, after taking an adrenaline shot, when Rochelle gives me pills and causes me to drop the cola. =/ Not to mention the times when they get IN FRONT of me when I shoot. It's not like I'm running and gunning. I'm crouching still, and they get in my way.
SMH.
SMH.
Shake Appeal
Member
Not a fan of the scoring system over here.
Shake Appeal
Member
The main thing I noticed on PC is that it does this billowing cloud effect of water being swept by wind. This doesn't appear on 360, so you don't get a sense of the storm gusting around you. It just rains more heavily/gets darker.Letters said:
Red Scarlet
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Tremis said:
I asked every single time, and your team said no, and I invited about 20 people while being survivor anyway.
Charger would have killed the guy being Rochelle, but I'm not sure who was shooting at him. We were busy being boomed and spat on after already stating what the problem was.
I'm just going to wait until that issue is fixed, left a really sour taste in my mouth.
timetokill
Banned
Red Scarlet said:
I had the charger issue happen to me tonight, where I got stuck in the ground. Such an infuriating bug. But luckily I got hunter pounced and released
Red Scarlet
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The main thing that was annoying was we were up the escalator, fallen couldn't move, went from about 80HP to dead while standing still, and the guy that to me, is kind of a dick player, is all OH I HAD NO IDEA...who really stands alone for 2+ minutes and isn't lagged out or stuck?
drkOne
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Charger bug really sucks, got stuck on the last GAF game, Infected helped unstucking but then got spit on while I was still getting up, it really kills a game when it happens.
And yeah, scoring system sucks, 25 points bonus to untie teams is like nothing at all.
I think they based this point system around the idea it'd be almost impossible to arrive to the saferoom. But that's not exactly how it happens. It really needs some tweaking, add Health bonus and remove every random medkit would be a nice start I think.
And don't reward for incaps, Infected will stop going for kills and just focus on incaping over and over in the same place.
And yeah, scoring system sucks, 25 points bonus to untie teams is like nothing at all.
I think they based this point system around the idea it'd be almost impossible to arrive to the saferoom. But that's not exactly how it happens. It really needs some tweaking, add Health bonus and remove every random medkit would be a nice start I think.
And don't reward for incaps, Infected will stop going for kills and just focus on incaping over and over in the same place.
While I think infected teams have more room for improvement (some maps will likely be really hard to complete once the infected teams figure out the good ambush or even instakill spots) , they really should double or triple the survival bonus and accordingly the tie breaker bonus.
Haha hell no, that will just make speed running even more enticing. I'd rather have them search every corner as all it takes is one really well executed attack to paralyze and eventually incap the whole team. There shouldn't be any health kits however but that's never going to happen.natjjohn said:
My ass as been getting kicked on the second campaign at the roller coaster part! Last time I got totally nailed by a charger and actually laughed cause it was pretty funny watching me getting dragged halfway down the roller coaster. Still when I died and realised I had to start all over again I switched it OAF
fallengorn
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Was I bobbing up and down, or was it just me?Red Scarlet said:
syllogism said:
Yea. Speed running is already fairly prevalent since it's hard to stop since spitter can't do anything about it. Boomer is made fairly useless as well with all the pipebombs and mollies around. Hell, Parish 1 takes a full 30 seconds to run thru. That's shorter than NM1 ffs
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Deleted member 30609
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to be fair, Parish 1 is like a warm-up.
At least most maps are harder and longer than l4d1 maps. Spitter can still do decent damage by timing the spit just right so someone gets pounced/smoked on the spit.vertopci said:
e: and to be fair, it's at least much easier to stop people (at least people who don't know what they are doing) on Parish 1 than it was on NM1
BenjaminBirdie
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MNC said:
"You ever start to feel like babysitters?"
I swear, his reaction to the Kiddie part of the part, holy shit man.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Target has this game for 44 bucks.
Yeah, as much as I hate to agree with the Twiglet, vert, it sounds like if you want more points you should just kill them at 30% instead of at 99%.RocketDarkness said:
LEARN 2 PLAYAlternatively, help make Frusmod 5.0, to take out medkits. Are defibrillator thingies even in versus mode?
I haven't become a fan of the Boomer Bile on a Tank technique that everyone seems to be taken with.
In most cases, the director gives you a break in the zombie action whenever you're engaged with a tank. Throwing a boomer bile seems to spawn a decent number of zombies on top of attracting some in the vicinity (like a real boomer). So if you're in a 1-on-1 situation with a tank, why bother throwing a bile? If the only zombies the bile attracts are the ones that are spawned as soon as it's thrown, then they barely have time to get to the tank before it wears off. And now you've still got a beefed tank with a bunch of zombies you've invited to the party, and they're looking for a new target.
There have only been a few times where i've even seen enough zombies attacking the tank to make it seem worthwhile. It's nice to have them impede his movements, but you usually end up killing the zombies with collateral damage anyway. It's a nice idea in theory, and somewhat amusing at times, but does anyone think it's viable?
In most cases, the director gives you a break in the zombie action whenever you're engaged with a tank. Throwing a boomer bile seems to spawn a decent number of zombies on top of attracting some in the vicinity (like a real boomer). So if you're in a 1-on-1 situation with a tank, why bother throwing a bile? If the only zombies the bile attracts are the ones that are spawned as soon as it's thrown, then they barely have time to get to the tank before it wears off. And now you've still got a beefed tank with a bunch of zombies you've invited to the party, and they're looking for a new target.
There have only been a few times where i've even seen enough zombies attacking the tank to make it seem worthwhile. It's nice to have them impede his movements, but you usually end up killing the zombies with collateral damage anyway. It's a nice idea in theory, and somewhat amusing at times, but does anyone think it's viable?
Did you not play Frusmod? That's what we keep joking about. They'll probably adjust the scoring and take out the medkits.
I don't get the desire for a huge survival bonus though. Seems like to me that the issue is with medkits (despite powerful infected now), and with random items, and the larger bonus for the finale, if that's what vert was complaining about last page with the win he shouldn't have had. So, if you just award everyone percentage points for how far they make it, and don't keep increasing the multiplier so much for each map, then there you go. Otherwise you end up like the old CEVO config or whatever, where if one team survives NM1 with four kits and other makes it 90% with four kits, you have like an 800-1000 point lead the entire game, barring something dumb.
LunaticPuma
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Is Valve going to fix the 360 servers today?
MidnightRider
Banned
Rubashov said:
Boomer Bile on tank???
pshhhhhhhhhhhhh
Have at least 1 person in the group grab the first chainsaw yall come across. Have them NOT use the chainsaw for anything but witches and tanks.
Chainsaw rips tanks to pieces as well as witches.
I always just run straight up to the witches and let the chainsaw do the work....
MidnightRider
Banned
LunaticPuma said:
We can pray..........
I just love how there is an achievement and band in this game titled like my username.
MidnightRider
Banned
Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
Best Buy black friday sale has it for like 34.99
ThaiGrocer
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There are videos, but no instructions on how to get 100% Jimmy Gibbs Jr. zombies (population) without cheats. Back up your vpk file!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipkyrc8UJyc
edit: servers and local hosts can play this mod with other players without any need for sv_cheats 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipkyrc8UJyc
edit: servers and local hosts can play this mod with other players without any need for sv_cheats 1
MichaelEM3
Banned
Wishful thinking or have you heard something I haven't?LunaticPuma said:
darkpaladinmfc
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These stat resets are getting really annoying. I love seeing my total zombie kills, now when I look at them in a couple of months I will know that it really should be higher.
LunaticPuma
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TenshiOni said:
Rhetorical bitching (more or less).
darkpaladinmfc
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I'll try in a sec. But on the other resets I recall getting random stats - like one game played, three finales completed which came up with 300% :lol .TheOneGuy said:
ThaiGrocer
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I haven't had any issues with local achievements. Online stats/achievements keep on getting reset, which is not a major problem.