LFD2 question

**kANG** · 03-10-11, 07:31 PM

I've noticed in game when I melee several times in a row...a loading status bar that is circular pops up and it delays me for a sec...anyone know how to fix this

**Raush** · 03-10-11, 07:33 PM

It's not broken, that's how it's intended to work.

The way to fix it would be to not melee as much or shoot the zombies after you melee them.

**kANG** · 03-10-11, 07:40 PM

ya but I have seen (spec) people that melee 20 times in a row with no problem...

**kANG** · 03-10-11, 07:41 PM

glad its not just me having the problem

**Cojiro** · 03-10-11, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by |dN|jOHNSON

ya but I have seen (spec) people that melee 20 times in a row with no problem...

its basically your character being tired, if you swing like crazy then you get tired pretty fast.

**kANG** · 03-10-11, 07:47 PM

makes sense...I thought maybe it was my graphics or something

**maximusboomus** · 03-13-11, 10:29 AM

DJ - Try bumping then firing a few shots, when people first start hordes destroy them because they get swarmed and the situational they end up in is being pinned down. Right click left click is a really common combo ingame and you'll find you'll be able to melee then move into a better spot.. Use walls or objects for covering your back, jump over stuff to confuse the horde, pipe out approx 2s after getting boomed, read the tutorials in the L4D2 section, they'll really help you excel and become a horde master!!

**Thorsen** · 03-13-11, 11:15 AM

There are several ways to deal with horde.

1) If you're badly horded, in the open, and don't have teammate support for whatever reason you should shove, turn and fire at the zombies on your back, turn back and shove the front zombies again, and repeat. You will still take damage this way (especially in RVS) but it will help. Not much you can do in open with no support

2) You're in the open, but your teammates are nearby and ready to support you. Crouch, stand still and call that you're horded. A good team will then slide their line of fire across the stationary horde smacking you and decimate it. Just make sure your team knows this technique before you execute it.

3) In an enclosed space or near a wall. Smack zombies from your front, then smack from your back as you move toward the nearest corner. Once you have your back to the wall start alternating between shove-melee-melee or if you have no melee weapon, shove-shoot-shove-shoot. If you do this correctly you can take VERY little or no damage even in RVS with a melee weapon.

4) Use a pipe bomb. Just make sure you

Call it out before you throw it

Allow for a delay between being boomed and throwing, especially in outdoor open areas.

Aim your pipe in the direction the horde is coming from.

And yes, there are a lot of good tutorials in the L4D2 section of the forum.

**maximusboomus** · 03-13-11, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Thorsen

There are several ways to deal with horde.

1) If you're badly horded, in the open, and don't have teammate support for whatever reason you should shove, turn and fire at the zombies on your back, turn back and shove the front zombies again, and repeat. You will still take damage this way (especially in RVS) but it will help. Not much you can do in open with no support

2) You're in the open, but your teammates are nearby and ready to support you. Crouch, stand still and call that you're horded. A good team will then slide their line of fire across the stationary horde smacking you and decimate it. Just make sure your team knows this technique before you execute it.

3) In an enclosed space or near a wall. Smack zombies from your front, then smack from your back as you move toward the nearest corner. Once you have your back to the wall start alternating between shove-melee-melee or if you have no melee weapon, shove-shoot-shove-shoot. If you do this correctly you can take VERY little or no damage even in RVS with a melee weapon.

4) Use a pipe bomb. Just make sure you

Call it out before you throw it

Allow for a delay between being boomed and throwing, especially in outdoor open areas.

Aim your pipe in the direction the horde is coming from.

And yes, there are a lot of good tutorials in the L4D2 section of the forum.

Just as an addon when boomed bile bombs do nothing at all, the horde always goes for the boomed first.

**Walkerxes** · 03-13-11, 01:48 PM

Also, it should be noted that there is a difference between "shoving" (right clicking) and using a melee weapon's primary attack (left clicking). There is no fatigue (unless they suddenly added that within the past 2 days since I last played) for using a melee weapon's primary attack, but there is for shoving... not sure why they thought that swinging a baseball bat would be less tiresome than pushing people away, but there it is.