left 4 dead DLC

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<div class="IPBDescription">soon! preview inside!</div>ign did a preview of the dlc, including the new survival mode. it sounds pretty interesting. there are videos as well

<a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/959/959549p1.html" target="_blank">http://pc.ign.com/articles/959/959549p1.html</a>
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    Can't wait looks fun great patch.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    It does not seem possible to survive a tank among a horde... even the game as it is now only spawns a tank once the horse is gone (Not counting boomers). Crapload of pipes anyone?

    I'm going to save myself from playing til this gets out, a player controlled tank at dead air is quite hard to face I'd imagine . All you get is height advantage piles of luggage.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    from the damages that were done in the video, it looks like the difficulty was at normal, and since it gets increasingly difficult i bet you can't change that difficulty. and at normal, tanks are much easier to kill. i think they only have 3k health instead of 5k on advance/expert/versus
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    I'm just wondering, why didn't they just stand in a corner and spam melee like all other 'pros' out there? No special or regular zombies will get to you. When a tank comes around you simply leave the corner momentarily to deal with it.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    <!--quoteo(post=1702201:date=Mar 7 2009, 09:45 PM:name=Svenpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Svenpa @ Mar 7 2009, 09:45 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702201"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm just wondering, why didn't they just stand in a corner and spam melee like all other 'pros' out there? No special or regular zombies will get to you. When a tank comes around you simply leave the corner momentarily to deal with it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    You haven't played L4D in a while.

    A patch a few months ago added a limit to the number of times you can melee inside a given timeframe.

    I'm looking forward to playing some new maps. I don't play much versus, having an extreme aversion to playing on pub servers. I can rarely get close to eight of my cohort together on the same server.

    --Scythe--
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1702211:date=Mar 7 2009, 02:27 PM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scythe @ Mar 7 2009, 02:27 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702211"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You haven't played L4D in a while.

    A patch a few months ago added a limit to the number of times you can melee inside a given timeframe.

    I'm looking forward to playing some new maps. I don't play much versus, having an extreme aversion to playing on pub servers. I can rarely get close to eight of my cohort together on the same server.

    --Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    "Fixed an exploit with melee where swapping weapons ignored the intended delay between swings." - Latest patch

    The above just fixed extreme melee spamming, it still works perfectly well to sit all four survivors clipped inside each other in a corner to fend of 99% of all attacks and smoker tongues.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1702211:date=Mar 7 2009, 02:27 PM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scythe @ Mar 7 2009, 02:27 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702211"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You haven't played L4D in a while.

    A patch a few months ago added a limit to the number of times you can melee inside a given timeframe.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I do believe this is a serverside setting.
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  • BadMouthBadMouth It ceases to be exclusive when you can have a custom member titl Join Date: 2004-05-21 Member: 28815Members
    I'm a bit out of the loop but besides the survival mode, what else new is coming to L4D?
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Dead Air and Death Toll, VS adaptions.
    Dunno if there was anything else of interest.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    Achievements? Surely they must add stuff like "Be last one to survive" and such. I think I read something about medals for survival mode, bronze, silver and gold. No new weapons or anything :/.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Yeah, achievements of course, but who gives a ######?
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited March 2009
    Unlockable weapons., I vote for a Flamethrower or DEWM (spraycan with lighter)? Would be overpowered though as the infected are made of self-combustible wrapping paper <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    I'm so bad at this game that I was booted from 3 versus servers tonight for being bad.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1702405:date=Mar 10 2009, 03:36 AM:name=moultano)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(moultano @ Mar 10 2009, 03:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702405"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm so bad at this game that I was booted from 3 versus servers tonight for being bad.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You might say you were <i>Left 4 Dead</i> hahahahahahahahaha
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  • BadMouthBadMouth It ceases to be exclusive when you can have a custom member titl Join Date: 2004-05-21 Member: 28815Members
    he was kicked 4 dead. Left 4 dead is when everyone else is in the safe room and you're not.
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  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1702458:date=Mar 11 2009, 12:08 AM:name=BadMouth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BadMouth @ Mar 11 2009, 12:08 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702458"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->he was kicked 4 dead. Left 4 dead is when everyone else is in the safe room and you're not.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Or if everyone left the server because he was so bad.
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  • BadMouthBadMouth It ceases to be exclusive when you can have a custom member titl Join Date: 2004-05-21 Member: 28815Members
    Did valve say when we can expect the downloadable content to be released? Or is this still an "out there" kind of thing?
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    mid april is what i believe was stated in that article.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->March 12

    Fixed sv_search_key appearing in server browser

    Fixed issue where changing the sv_search_key did not update the master correctly

    Fixed master server issue with Linux fork mode that affected availability of Valve dedicated servers

    Tank melee attack can now hit multiple Survivors in one swing

    Missed from the previous list changes: Fixed acheivements to match stats. Past achievements not previously awarded will be shown in the game UI


    March 11

    Versus Mode Changes


    Tank melee attack can now hit multiple Survivors in one swing

    Fixed Tank punch being able to hit targets behind walls

    Fixes to 'Tank parking'. The Tank will now run back and attack the Survivors if he becomes AI due to two players expiring the frustration meter

    Fixed a case where a Tank frustration meter could run out right as he was in his death animation and he would come back to life

    Fixed a case where the Tank was moving too slowly while crouching and being shot

    Tanks now have the possibility of spawning in a slightly different position for the first and second teams

    The order that the teams play as Survivors is now determined by which team has the higher overall score. The winning team will play as Survivors first <- !

    The Smoker tongue can now target and grab victims through common infected

    Increased the cone in which a Smoker can grab a target

    The Witch no longer cuts Smoker tongues in a radius around her

    Boomers that explode in mid-air will now hit Survivors directly below them with Bile

    Reduced the damage that burning Hunters do to pounced victims

    Adjusted the time at which players take over from bots to avoid 5 seconds of the bot standing idle while the player finishes connecting.

    Fixed some cases where versus score was not being recalculated properly. It is no longer beneficial to pass pills between players at the end of the round or heal other players and then shoot them

    Fixed a case where it was possible to spectate an AI infected and hit +use to take them over<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Haven't really managed to swipe more then one survivor with a tank punch though. Regardless, the smoker and boomer buffs are always welcome.
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    They fixed the fix, Tank can multi-bam for reals now.
    <a href="http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs537&d=09116&f=itsboppantiem310.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://xs537.xs.to/xs537/09116/itsboppantiem310.jpg.xs.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
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  • BadMouthBadMouth It ceases to be exclusive when you can have a custom member titl Join Date: 2004-05-21 Member: 28815Members
    It's good that they fixed the tank moving too slowly when crouching and getting shot at. Gets rid of the many vent exploits you use to kill a tank. However, from the previous post, it only mentions that the tank has this change in versus mode. What about campaign mode? Is it still unchanged.

    And I just played a game where team A went thru area A, and activated 1 tank. But team B went through area A, and activated 2 tanks. Is it supposed to be like that? Because I had the impression that both teams would now have the same number of tanks and witches.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    Well, I played a game yesterday and team A got a tank above the elevator in no mercy 4, before we had pushed the button. We (team B) got one after they left the elevator at the top. Their tank had died/vanished when we got up.

    The more fixes the merrier bugs!
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Fixes to 'Tank parking'. The Tank will now run back and attack the Survivors if he becomes AI due to two players expiring the frustration meter<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This is really really lame. Now when the tank comes the survivors just run full speed to an earlier part of the level. The tank can't catch up, and then it gets turned over to the AI who ###### it all up.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1702707:date=Mar 14 2009, 09:21 PM:name=moultano)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(moultano @ Mar 14 2009, 09:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1702707"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is really really lame. Now when the tank comes the survivors just run full speed to an earlier part of the level. The tank can't catch up, and then it gets turned over to the AI who ###### it all up.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That sounds hilarious. "Tank's here, leg it to the beginning guys!"
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    *survivors run past camera, screaming and throwing molotovs over their shoulders*
    *tank runs past camera, bellowing*
    *yakety sax*
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