Noob level up

[Dolphin Buff Man]

Why the hell is it that I can join onto a server and find a that their are level 6 people that are unable to work effectively as a team?! All they do is draw more zeds and leave them to me to fight! Just to set the scene, i was a medic (not that high, only level 3 but i was on normal) and i got stuck with 50 zeds on wave 8 or something, while the rest of the team waite at the trader. I was not impressed to say the least.

right, now that i've got that out of the way, we can get down to the problem of people being level 6 not due to teamwork and skill, but simply hours played.

I suggest some achievements that are required to go up to level 5 or 6 and without them, you cannot go up past level four on any perk. This will sepereate out the people who can work effectively as a team and those who just play for ages.

here are some achievement ideas.
- Kill 100 Fleshpounds that are pounding a teammate.
- Heal 100 teammates who are below 20 health,
- Survive 20 waves where your entire team survives.
- Destroy 200 Clots that are grappling teammates.

etc, etc, you get the idea. these values are all made up and I don't care if they are altered, all i want is more teamwork!

 

[HaTeMe]

Ive suggested something similar a lot but lets face it, they arent going to change the leveling system. The current one has its flaws but its working so theres no real reason to change it.

We can only hope theyll have something better worked out for a possible sequel, if theyre ever gonna make one.

 

[driftwood]

Its definately a nice idea.

Though if it were up to me there would be no persistent perks, and you would become more proficient with your weapon over the course of each game from wave 1-10.

 

[Dolphin Buff Man]

i don't quite understand what it is that you're saying?
And I don't believe they should make a sequel, i really think that this is the near perfect game. Besides, bringing out another killing floor on a new engine Eg UT3, would change the graphics and the feel of the gme. I don't like the idea, just keep updating this one.

 

[Spicy]

Generally, you'll find fewer fail "teams" in hard (and especially suicidal/ HoE) than on normal.

I feel your pain Dolphin. A lot of the servers will have at least 1-2 people who stick together and work as a group and have mics. Try to add those people to your steam friends list. That way you know you'll have at least one "battle buddy" when you join the game.

 

[C_Gibby]

I support acheivements that enforce teamwork 100%. :IS2:

 

[Dolphin Buff Man]

thanks for the support guys. I'll try and find good people to go onto my friends list on STEAM. Team work achievements would be a short term solution, but until I'm a high enough level for hard, i'm just going to have to put up with my dilemma...

 

[C_Gibby]

That way you know you'll have at least one "battle buddy" when you join the game.

My battle buddies are s***e...

... But I wouldn't not play with them.

 

[Dolphin Buff Man]

I've got my brother and my dad, but they can't play at the same time because they us the same profile. Since we are in the same room, our team work is extremely effective. We have very little problem together.
We tend to join empty servers and by wave 3 it will be full. And that point you'll have at least two people who don't give a crap about anything other than themselves. It makes it very difficult for everyone else.
By the way, I'll be on holiday for the next week and a bit, so any threads that i've created I'll bump when i come back and make sure to reply to all suggestions. Enjoy the holidays everyone!

 

[HaTeMe]

i don't quite understand what it is that you're saying?

That theres no point changing something that works. TW is a small and busy team of developers, I highly doubt they're gonna change the leveling system, EVER.

Thats why I said you can hope to see it in a possible sequel or a similar game like this by Tripwire, but I wouldnt count on the fact that they are making one.

And I think they should definately make a sequel, imagine all the possibilities. They cant just change everything in this version of the game every year you know.

 

[Spicy]

My battle buddies are s***e...

... But I wouldn't not play with them.

If they at least manage to get you killed in fun ways, I'd count that as a plus.

 

[E(rik)]

- Survive 20 waves past wave 6 where your entire team survives

Fixed, because this would be way to easy to get from first starting games.

 

[Dolphin Buff Man]

You could make it so that ithad to be at a certai wave or on a certain difficulty or something, I'm not certain, simply an idea. Other achievement ideas would be very welcome!

Any way, i'll catch you in a week guys. Til then, have a good time.

 

[smalldemon]

Excellent idea Dolphin! Teamwork's always welcome

 

[Sammers]

This game used to be a lot easier before the Xmas update and it was too easy for players to reach level 6.

 

[ph30nix]

i only started playing this a few days ago but i can say any game ive joined so far any time there was a team work problem just chime up and say Hey lets Go here or lets try this. Solved the problem most of the time and people would work as well as their skills allowed.

 

[Johnny Darko]

This game used to be a lot easier before the Xmas update and it was too easy for players to reach level 6.

To be completely honest it's still just as easy to reach level 6 normally. Hard is pretty much no different than it used to be save for Sharps having to use 2 Xbow shots on an FP, and it's what most people levelled on anyways...

The problem was, before a patch a while back, console commands existed that made levelling a joke and everyone abused them to bypass the system. There were also the Fleshpound, Clot and Bloat mutators that were whitelisted that people abused but they didn't make it that much easier to level.