Left 4 Dead 2 Update Adds A.I. Bots to Special Infected Team, Removes Auto Spawn from Versus Finales
February 6, 2010 - Valve released its promised Left 4 Dead 2 update on Steam which will add Special Infected bots in Versus mode and gets rid of the “auto spawn” feature during finales.
The patch was released on Steam for PC users and will be coming shortly to Xbox 360 owners of the game in an “upcoming title update.” The patch also fixes map issues, prevents cheaters from quitting before vote to kick them out goes through and reduces the effectiveness of melee weapons against the tank.
There had been complaints aplenty about spawning halfway across the finale map in Versus campaigns and numerous issues where the Special Infected team would lose a member or two and bots wouldn’t take their place. The patch should even things up a bit but I can’t help but wonder how the Special Infected A.I. will work into team strategy. You know, like, when you’re waiting at the perfect ambush spot with all of your buddies and then suddenly the A.I. infected comes rumbling up from behind the survivors ahead of schedule.
The good news is that Valve is tackling cheating head-on, improving the game’s functionality and listening to fan complaints. As per usual, good job Valve!
Source: Valve
Awww, I rather enjoyed using the Chainsaw on the Tank. It was a risky yet rewarding thing to do.
You can still do that. You just need to be a little more careful and clever about it. Melee weapons used to do 10% of the Tank’s mac health, now they do 5%. It just takes twenty whacks of a frying pan to kill take the big guy down instead of ten. All that means is that each player needs to his the tank five times.
I was always distraught that melee weapons did so much damage. A clip of shotgun rounds to the face wasn’t as effective as a guitar. Seems a bit unbalanced when you look at it.