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Wizman23

Banned
Red Scarlet said:
It's been discussed a few times, but yes, it appears a number of 360 players refuse to play with people that don't use mics. Not all, but likely a good amount.
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considering communication is a must I see no problem with this
 
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Sibylus

Banned
If a new campaign comes out, I hope it's drastically different than the 4 we have now. Wide open spaces, lots of cliffs, maybe it could be a winter woodland type of deal with frozen rivers and ponds.
 
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Varna

Member
Botolf said:
If a new campaign comes out, I hope it's drastically different than the 4 we have now. Wide open spaces, lots of cliffs, maybe it could be a winter woodland type of deal with frozen rivers and ponds.
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Same here. The four existing campaigns are pretty much identical as it is. Maybe some REAL objective bases gameplay like what's in the Zombie panic mod.

Honestly. I remember thinking L4D was gonna destroy The Zombie Panic.... but it just made me really wish they had gone done that route... or at least have a similar game mode.
 
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MrDaravon

Member
Red Scarlet said:
Let's not go down this path again for a third or fourth time. Some people insist it's a requirement for success, others do not.
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I usually don't mind playing with people with no mics, but just about every other person on my friends list will insta-boot anyone without a mic, and I really can't blame them.

Shake, who did you guys wind up getting for your fourth? If you'd let me know the day beforehand I could have gotten off :(
 
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starchild excalibur

Member
Red Scarlet said:
It's been discussed a few times, but yes, it appears a number of 360 players refuse to play with people that don't use mics. Not all, but likely a good amount.
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thanks for the clarification. Most of my opposition to using mics on the 360 is due to the horror stories i hear about stupid shit being said in many games. maybe i'll try L4D with mics sometime though and see for myself.
 
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Slathe

Member
You can always put the mic in, and then turn the volume all the way down. Usually that's enough to deter a boot even if you refuse to talk (as long as you're playing competently). They just want to make sure you can hear their inane statements like "HUNTER ON ME", which for a good player is usually redundant (not always).
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Volcynika said:
Going for anything higher than Bronze on a lot of these levels is crazy!
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Like what? After playing all the maps I thought the hardest was Death Toll Drains, but earlier today me, Tack and 2 bots got to 6 minutes without really breaking a sweat. After that I can't really imagine any of the maps being terribly difficult to get Silver or Gold on with a team of 4 coordinated players.

(That said, I only have 2 Silvers so far but I haven't really had a good team to play with yet except for 2 or 3 rounds yesterday)
 
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Pikelet

Member
Me and my friends got a gold on last stand on our third try :\

I'm pretty sure they will patch this out soon, but i am surprised playtesters didn't pick it up.

Don't read this if you don't want to know the easiest way to beat the level bar using noclip

someone figured out that you can get the whole team to stand up on the gas tanks in the room where you turn on the lighthouse. Special infected kept hitting the wall next to us but were not able to break it for some reason. tanks went down in seconds because 4 people autoshottied him as soon as he entered he room. We only used pistols unless a tank came to save ammo. we finally died when two smokers came about whilst everyone was boomered, we all just scattered because none of us could get back up top when our health was that low due to run speed. It was fun just trying to squeeze a few more seconds by running into the staircase room and leaping onto the roof via the window.


Kinda wish i hadn't beaten it this way because it is a great level and now i have no reason to keep trying to best my score.
 
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Sibylus

Banned
Varna said:
Honestly. I remember thinking L4D was gonna destroy The Zombie Panic.... but it just made me really wish they had gone done that route... or at least have a similar game mode.
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L4D has killed Zombie Panic, at least for me. All Zombie Panic has now is a few cool maps with some cool objective play (find item x to activate machine y), and that's about it. The combat is still slow, the gun/ammo system is beyond clunky, and playing as a zombie is not much fun at all if you're against somebody with a power weapon.
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Pikelet said:
Kinda wish i hadn't beaten it this way because it is a great level and now i have no reason to keep trying to best my score.
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How did you get all 4 on the gas tanks? When my team tried we were only able to get 2 on there.
 
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dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Botolf said:
If a new campaign comes out, I hope it's drastically different than the 4 we have now. Wide open spaces, lots of cliffs, maybe it could be a winter woodland type of deal with frozen rivers and ponds.
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You won't have to wait for Valve.

http://l4dmapdb.wdfiles.com/local--files/contribute:posters/coldblooded.jpg

They gave Irish Taxi Driver (who made cp_industrial in TF2) the SDK a little while ago and he's been working on an arctic campaign.
 
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this guy

Member
Pikelet said:
Me and my friends got a gold on last stand on our third try :\

I'm pretty sure they will patch this out soon, but i am surprised playtesters didn't pick it up.

Don't read this if you don't want to know the easiest way to beat the level bar using noclip

someone figured out that you can get the whole team to stand up on the gas tanks in the room where you turn on the lighthouse. Special infected kept hitting the wall next to us but were not able to break it for some reason. tanks went down in seconds because 4 people autoshottied him as soon as he entered he room. We only used pistols unless a tank came to save ammo. we finally died when two smokers came about whilst everyone was boomered, we all just scattered because none of us could get back up top when our health was that low due to run speed. It was fun just trying to squeeze a few more seconds by running into the staircase room and leaping onto the roof via the window.


Kinda wish i hadn't beaten it this way because it is a great level and now i have no reason to keep trying to best my score.
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That's nothing! There's another glitch that renders you and your teammates nearly invincible. Normal infected stand around, hunters stand around, and tanks instantly die.... Only smokers even make an effort to attack by grabbing you or your teammates with their tongue, but this doesn't do damage unless your teammates go out of their way to not save you.

I'm fairly certain that this glitch is the reason why the number one team for lighthouse on the 360 leaderboards lasted for 151 minutes.

Don't ask me how people lasted so ridicously long on the other maps though because I have no idea yet.
 
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Volcynika

Member
Orellio said:
Like what? After playing all the maps I thought the hardest was Death Toll Drains, but earlier today me, Tack and 2 bots got to 6 minutes without really breaking a sweat. After that I can't really imagine any of the maps being terribly difficult to get Silver or Gold on with a team of 4 coordinated players.

(That said, I only have 2 Silvers so far but I haven't really had a good team to play with yet except for 2 or 3 rounds yesterday)
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I'd say my team is pretty coordinated but we barely even get bronze.

:(
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Volcynika said:
I'd say my team is pretty coordinated but we barely even get bronze.

:(
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It's nice playing with bots because they follow you wherever you go, never split up, and let you use all the medkits/pills for yourself. They just tend to ignore when you're caught up by a smoker.. and take a really long time to help you up after you've been incapped. And they don't waste mollys/pipe bombs either. It's a nice alternative to playing with real people sometimes.

Edit: Which is kinda weird because I couldn't think of anything more boring than playing through campaign by yourself.
 
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ThaiGrocer

Member
I'll give Valve ten years before there's a ValveCon. Zombie cosplay, counter-strike LAN parties, Gabe Newell memoriam, official announcement of delays. I'll be there!
 
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Oreoleo

Member
ThaiGrocer said:
I'll give Valve ten years before there's a ValveCon. Zombie cosplay, counter-strike LAN parties, Gabe Newell memoriam, official announcement of delays. I'll be there!
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You're on the right track, but come on man, if there's any cosplay it's gonna be a bunch of TF2 teams and Gordon Freemans running around.
 
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Flynn

Member
Played two great rounds of 4v4 on the new maps tonight. They were tons of fun. Is it me or are there new destructible areas on the maps. I feel like I pounced through the a piece of plywood on that two story building at the far end of the trainyard.
 
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Vormund

Member
Yeah I did that trick in Last Stand. Also showed 3 other people about it last night, since they were having trouble staying alive.

I'm happy we have a new campaign coming :D

I would really like quite a few more, perhaps with one released ending up in some laboratory to give an idea on where the zombification started. Nothing scripted as such, maybe just lots of hints written on whiteboards or stuff on projector screens :D
 
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billy.sea

Banned
I like the new maps for Versus more. I am not really into the Survival, it seems like the time setting up is longer than actuallly playing...
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Oh man, 3 tanks sucks. Crane is the hardest one that I've played so far. :(
l4d_airport02_offices0042.jpg


Smokers realllllllllllllly like me. :(
l4d_hospital03_sewers0012.jpg


:lol
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
Yeah, I found that with my friends, actually. Surely not the first. We used it to get Gold, then I killed them and went to die. >.>

And yeah, rooftop is ridiculous. What configuration did you guys go with?
 
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Veitsev

Member
Crane is actually ridiculously easy. If you position your team on the ledge behind the crane all you have to worry about is a few zombies here and there. Hunters jump off to the ground below you, tanks jump out of the window onto the ground, and smokers just run around confused. I am pretty sure boomers jump off too. The only thing that can kill you is a stray hunter that (if he hits you) will cause your entire team to go down if they aren't spread out enough. I am sure it will be patched out because as it is you could conceivably hold out there forever.
 
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MNC

Member
Pikelet said:
Me and my friends got a gold on last stand on our third try :\

I'm pretty sure they will patch this out soon, but i am surprised playtesters didn't pick it up.

Don't read this if you don't want to know the easiest way to beat the level bar using noclip

someone figured out that you can get the whole team to stand up on the gas tanks in the room where you turn on the lighthouse. Special infected kept hitting the wall next to us but were not able to break it for some reason. tanks went down in seconds because 4 people autoshottied him as soon as he entered he room. We only used pistols unless a tank came to save ammo. we finally died when two smokers came about whilst everyone was boomered, we all just scattered because none of us could get back up top when our health was that low due to run speed. It was fun just trying to squeeze a few more seconds by running into the staircase room and leaping onto the roof via the window.
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I don't see why you need noclip for that since you can easily jump there.
Kinda wish i hadn't beaten it this way because it is a great level and now i have no reason to keep trying to best my score.


Edit: Wait, sorry, bar noclip :D
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Veitsev said:
Crane is actually ridiculously easy. If you position your team on the ledge behind the crane all you have to worry about is a few zombies here and there. Hunters jump off to the ground below you, tanks jump out of the window onto the ground, and smokers just run around confused. I am pretty sure boomers jump off too. The only thing that can kill you is a stray hunter that (if he hits you) will cause your entire team to go down if they aren't spread out enough. I am sure it will be patched out because as it is you could conceivably hold out there forever.
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We tried a couple people behind the ladder of the crane, but smokers would get us, so I'm not really sure where 'behind the crane' you mean otherwise. Unless you mean that side 'hall'..we tried there and got 8 mins or so the first try, but after that we'd die from different stuff.
 
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Shake Appeal

Member
SailorDaravon said:
I usually don't mind playing with people with no mics, but just about every other person on my friends list will insta-boot anyone without a mic, and I really can't blame them.

Shake, who did you guys wind up getting for your fourth? If you'd let me know the day beforehand I could have gotten off :(
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I think you explicitly told me you wouldn't take the afternoon off for something so trivial! Could have used you, since it was on an American server as feared. We took Gl3n in the end, and it worked out well because he All 4 Deaded Valve twice.
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Veitsev said:
Crane is actually ridiculously easy. If you position your team on the ledge behind the crane all you have to worry about is a few zombies here and there. Hunters jump off to the ground below you, tanks jump out of the window onto the ground, and smokers just run around confused. I am pretty sure boomers jump off too. The only thing that can kill you is a stray hunter that (if he hits you) will cause your entire team to go down if they aren't spread out enough. I am sure it will be patched out because as it is you could conceivably hold out there forever.
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Yeah this worked pretty much flawlessly. Definitely felt cheap getting gold that way though.

No Mercy 4 and 5 on the other hand, were great fun lasting for 10+ minutes. Who'd have thought a team with no microphones could coordinate so well.
 
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Prime crotch

Banned
Anyone knows where to get this for a low price on PC? Been waiting on Valve to make a promo, and thought with the new patch this would be it but don't seem like it.
 
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MrDaravon

Member
Shake Appeal said:
I think you explicitly told me you wouldn't take the afternoon off for something so trivial! Could have used you, since it was on an American server as feared. We took Gl3n in the end, and it worked out well because he All 4 Deaded Valve twice.
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No, I said I couldn't call out sick (or whatever) for that, but if you'd let me known a day earlier (Monday) I could have used flextime.
 
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syllogism

Member
On maps where you kill infected quick and they rarely get stuck, you get nice kill counts

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Unfortunately tanks stopped spawning at around 13-14min mark, but it was still pretty hectic due to the constant stream of hunters/smokers/boomers

E: that was nm4
 
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Shake Appeal

Member
syllogism said:
Unfortunately tanks stopped spawning at around 13-14min mark, but it was still pretty hectic due to the constant stream of hunters/smokers/boomers
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Survival is so broken past a certain point.

Once we got to about 12-13 minutes on DA4/Terminal we only got tanks and horde, then a brief burst of smokers all at once, and then back to just tanks and horde until we died just short of 19 minutes. We had one (1) boomer in that entire time.
 
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Majora

Member
I had a weird glitch on Blood Harvest 2 Survival yesterday. In the room where you open the door and there's like 3 wooden boxes under a vent, I tried to jump on the boxes, which normally works fine in campaign/vs and I died instantly. I just heard my neck crack and I was gone. This was before we had even started.
 
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Caesar III

Member
I cannot remember if I asked before but anyway:

is there a way to lower the graphics settings even more? I don't mind an ugly game but I want to be able to play the game on my notebook aswell (integrated intel graphics)
Even on lowest settings the game looks great but doesn't run at all. I just want to deactivate some more settings like post processing or the facial animations or something like this.

I hope someone can help me, thanks :D
 
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Halvie

Banned
What is everyone's highest time on the airport level? I got a bit over 12 yesterday, but haven't been able to break 10 since.
 
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