1701

whatever that graph is supposed to show, i’m not getting it. So if there’s no intervals between tank spawns, the survivors last 14.25 minutes?

1702

The longer the survivors live, the shorter the time between spawns for those 3 things gets.

1703

Constant tanks, if they survive 15:00? Yikes

1704

They said none of their internal testing teams had made it to the 10 minute mark.

1705

It’s ridiculous, even if you turned on a god mode so that you couldn’t take damage, you would be swamped by special infected and tanks so that you would be unable to function. That’s going to be so hardcore.

1706

Any news regarding the release of SDK?

1707

next week with the expansion…or so they said a month ago.

1708

Seems a bit much, re: the survival mode curve. It’s going to come down to bragging about making it to 11:12 where your previous best was 11:10. I propose that at 9:00, we all start running in opposite directions.

H.

Edit: Wait, is survival mode locked to Normal, like VS.? If so, I could kinda see it being doable for a minute or two more. Four autoshots + napalm could take a reasonably spaced stream of tanks. For a few seconds.

1709

Got the word from Doug. It’s coming. Tomorrow. 2am Pacific, August 21 on XBL. PC later in the day.

1710

Right when you get that second tank, I predict that shit completely hits the fan depending on what other special infected and hordes are out.

1711

So I just gave survival a go with 3 AI (my group are all at work, while I lounge in unemployment) - I lasted 3 1/2 minutes and in that time killed ~160 common, 2 Hunters, 2 Smokers (who were both out at the same time) and 2 Tanks. I saw some Boomers, but never managed to get the kill in.

Played on Last Stand (the lighthouse) and once I figured out how to trip the start (in the garage, turn on the generator) I managed about a minute in the garage (the AI refused to leave, in fact, they busted in the windows to get in there with me) - but I had to leave once the first tank turned up. From there I climbed to the top of the lighthouse, with its stockpile of mollys and pipes.

My final act was running round the light with a flaming tank chasing me, he caught me with a lucky swing and knocked me clear off the roof to my death. I lost Bill to a Smoker, Francis to a Tank and Zoe was left clinging to the edge of the building when I last saw her as the tank knocked me for six.

It was, in a word, frantic.

1712

Posse Up! I expect to see folks on tonight to test this beast out. Co-op against AI can be fun, I promise, I still play campaigns for the calming effect.

H.

1713

I’m there around 9pm EST

1714

Has this update been released for the 360 yet? If not, I might actually fire up my PC copy of L4D for the first time just to check out Survivor mode.

1715

It is only out on 360 right now. Sometime later today for PC.

1716

Just played some Versus on Death Toll. Yeah, good luck with that, humans. It’s a zombie special paradise.

1717

Just picked this up (360) and I’d love to give it a shot with non randoms tonight. Give me a shout (friend request) if you don’t mind playing with a beginner.

1718

I’ll be on tonight after 10 to check it out.

1719

I should hopefully be around 6PM EST if the PC patch is up by then.

1720

You’re playing L4D while the sun is still out?

You’re doin’ it wrong.