Tips & Strategies to survive in Left 4 Dead
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Yeah, I always go uzi, and short bursts of fire into their heads - crouching where possible for improved accuracy.
My tips:
- Shoot Robert1986 (or any other team mate really) in the back whenever possible, not blatantly, just cheeky little digs in the middle of a swarm to knock his health down.
- If you see molotovs, pipebombs get them and use them as quick as possible, silly to have useful things burning a hole in your pocket.
- When a tank comes, turn in a random direction then run and don't stop running, hopefully he will go for someone else, you can live out the next few minutes in glee as you watch your team get smashed to a pulp, I recommend turning your gun on yourself when he comes for you though with a console->kill.
- Horde healthkits and pills, you and ONLY you will need them - those aren't teammates you see limping around, they're liabilities
- Map going a bit slow and boring? theres plenty of cars to shoot that will bring a horde of fun bearing death upon you all, enjoy!
- Buttons that start events are there to be pressed and its a damn race to press them, make sure you're the first!
- Seriously, shoot robert1986
- Shoot Robert1986 (or any other team mate really) in the back whenever possible, not blatantly, just cheeky little digs in the middle of a swarm to knock his health down.
- If you see molotovs, pipebombs get them and use them as quick as possible, silly to have useful things burning a hole in your pocket.
- When a tank comes, turn in a random direction then run and don't stop running, hopefully he will go for someone else, you can live out the next few minutes in glee as you watch your team get smashed to a pulp, I recommend turning your gun on yourself when he comes for you though with a console->kill.
- Horde healthkits and pills, you and ONLY you will need them - those aren't teammates you see limping around, they're liabilities
- Map going a bit slow and boring? theres plenty of cars to shoot that will bring a horde of fun bearing death upon you all, enjoy!
- Buttons that start events are there to be pressed and its a damn race to press them, make sure you're the first!
- Seriously, shoot robert1986
LOL, very good advice there.
Agree with the Tank issue. I had a game on the demo with Dreaded Cheese where we were right at the end of the 2nd section (about to go up the stairs to the warehouse) and a Tank appeared.
Dreaded Cheese got nailed and so there were 2 of us left with about 30% life, at which point we proceeded to run all the way back through the level with Dreaded Cheese shouting instructions to us and laughing down the microphone unti lwe managed to get back to the safe house and hide in the toilet.
No idea what happened to the Tank, but we died shortly after due to Boomer and Hunter combo i think
Agree with the Tank issue. I had a game on the demo with Dreaded Cheese where we were right at the end of the 2nd section (about to go up the stairs to the warehouse) and a Tank appeared.
Dreaded Cheese got nailed and so there were 2 of us left with about 30% life, at which point we proceeded to run all the way back through the level with Dreaded Cheese shouting instructions to us and laughing down the microphone unti lwe managed to get back to the safe house and hide in the toilet.
No idea what happened to the Tank, but we died shortly after due to Boomer and Hunter combo i think
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Only level I've had issues with tanks is the rooftop one. Usually I circle straife head shotting them with the uzi, a few people doing this takes them down in around 40 seconds.
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The stairway tactic works wonders on the rooftops in chapter 1. We cleared it first time on expert doing that.
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the best tip i can give in all seriousness is to get a mic.
In this game having the ability to say FFS rob thats my pills you stole!, or FFS rob thats my medkit!, or FFS rob get your fat ass outta the way!
Seriously tho the mic makes the game so much more fun, even if people do have to listen to my irish slang, geet outta mi wai ya fekkkin eejit! whadda bout ye!!
In this game having the ability to say FFS rob thats my pills you stole!, or FFS rob thats my medkit!, or FFS rob get your fat ass outta the way!
Seriously tho the mic makes the game so much more fun, even if people do have to listen to my irish slang, geet outta mi wai ya fekkkin eejit! whadda bout ye!!
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the best tip i can give in all seriousness is to get a mic.
In this game having the ability to say FFS rob thats my pills you stole!, or FFS rob thats my medkit!, or FFS rob get your fat ass outta the way!
Seriously tho the mic makes the game so much more fun, even if people do have to listen to my irish slang, geet outta mi wai ya fekkkin eejit! whadda bout ye!!
I should have a mic by now but haven't bought one yet.
We would probably do better as I wouldn't have to type so much and end up dying because of it. Another tip, only type when you think its safe!In this game having the ability to say FFS rob thats my pills you stole!, or FFS rob thats my medkit!, or FFS rob get your fat ass outta the way!
lol
last night was the first time i played the full game
on the first level, where the chopper turns up, there were two of us left alive, the other guy was on the floor with zombies all over him
and i'd just killed the last Tank, in a cowardly move i ran to the chopper and took off, to get the achievement
on the first level, where the chopper turns up, there were two of us left alive, the other guy was on the floor with zombies all over him
and i'd just killed the last Tank, in a cowardly move i ran to the chopper and took off, to get the achievement
I hate PC's. Don't even own one. Can't stand games either.
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Yet your in a PC game sub-forum =/
when ya need to reload and there's loads of zombies, press R to reload and swipe for ya life as you still reload when swiping so once ya see the ammo come up you can start spraying again dunno if it's comman knowledge but just incase some people didnt know 
dunno if it's comman knowledge but just incase some people didnt know Of course it's common knowledge. Everyone in the 21st century can beat someone over the head with an assault rifle and reload it at the same time. Do it during airsoft all the time. Seriously it's a crazy thing to put in a game but makes it so much feasable to live.
Right, anyone got any tips for killing tanks on Expert?
We were playing No Mercy last night, holed up in the staircase at the end, were doing really well, and everytime the tank killed all of us.
What's the best way for dealing with 'em?
We were playing No Mercy last night, holed up in the staircase at the end, were doing really well, and everytime the tank killed all of us.
What's the best way for dealing with 'em?
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I was playing last night, and tried that same tactic on No Mercy. All was going well, until the Tank got into the staircase with us!
Run and shoot, run and shoot... worked for us. Not very pretty, but we got there in the end!
My tips for killing Tanks :-
Set him on fire via fuel tanks or molotovs.
Whoever hes attacking keep running around avoiding him with your team mates backed off firing at him.
Jump on something high (truck for example) wait for him to climb up (whist shooting at him) when hes up, jump off. Run around the truck or whatever and climb back on top. Repeat until hes dead.
Obviously doesnt always work but its better than just standing around shooting at it.
Set him on fire via fuel tanks or molotovs.
Whoever hes attacking keep running around avoiding him with your team mates backed off firing at him.
Jump on something high (truck for example) wait for him to climb up (whist shooting at him) when hes up, jump off. Run around the truck or whatever and climb back on top. Repeat until hes dead.
Obviously doesnt always work but its better than just standing around shooting at it.