Thoughts on latest changes to zombies ...

[MESSIAH]

Hi,

Thought I'd see if anyone else is finding the recent changes to some of the zombies as difficult as I'm finding them. The instant or almost instant deaths, with often full health, from mainly the Wraith and Gasman and less so the Anarchist and even Emo are almost impossible to counter.

Just have to respawn and try again I suppose ... that Wraith is really sucking me off!

[Dog]

Nothing has been changed since....the last update, ages ago.

[MESSIAH]

Hey Dog,

I think it was after one of the servers was down for a day or so, a few weeks ago, that I noticed the 'instant/quick deaths' or that zombies were quite a bit stronger and more accurate. It seems like a random thing, because it doesn't happen every time they attack you.

Noticed in some of the chat that others have also commented on it.

I'll try and work out if it happens on both servers and if on all maps or just some of them. Definitely happens on Santos so it might be that server because I think only one server has Santos?

Maybe I just suck more and not the wraith.

How long ago was the last update to the zombies strength/accuracy?

Cheers

[v.o.c]

sometimes if the server needs a restart things go a little mental, but if that happens usually the zombies kill each other too. but i will say that the wraith does seem a little stronger lately not in the fact it kill us quicker but he seems to take more to kill him, especially if your punching him. Before if you were in close action with the wraith you could empty your clip (thompson) then punch him to death, but now he usually gets me before ive punched him to death.

[Rico[CotC]]

There are other things that are different when it's a "strong zombie" map. The Wraith suck-ray is more solid, and more red. The Witch teleport line looks like a red lightning bolt, as does the Grey Dude spawn ray. Jagged, solid red color.

Get hit from behind by any zombie, and it's like getting hit by the UNG - your body just goes flying. All the zombies are harder to kill, but the Gas Man and the Wraith are particularly difficult.

I have not noticed this on all maps, but I will now pay closer attention to map/server.

[Rico[CotC]]

OK, it's on IV. And the change followed the map changes, so it appears global to me.

Try it out.

[MESSIAH]

Yeah I tried server 66.240.202.11 today and it seems normal on all its maps so stayed on that whereas 66.238.135.142 (is that iv?) has the 'instant deaths and stronger zombies' on all its maps.

[DasWolf]

I noticed the same thing everyone else has reported...Wraith is killer..instant gas man kills.

[Boss Llama]

I haven't been on L4DoD in a while, but I recall there being something that made zombies get stronger, the more wins the players had. Is it possible that that coding has gone haywire and is upgrading things to the max without cause?

[the creeper]

The Wraith is unbearable at times but the gas man i think is worse. One of the things that people have been complaining about is not being able to use the forward advance. Instant death in the air from the gas man. The witch will teleport up to you and kill you before you can even get halfway down. But other than that i like the way it's running now. Gives you more of a challenge. Everyone is saying the Wraith is the new UNG