Should be something between Expert and Advanced.

**Sorkenlol** · 01-28-09, 12:07 AM

Anyone else feel like this? I've mostly played advanced, and while it's not easy, it isn't that hard, and we usually make it with 1 or no re-playes. But then I moved on to expert one night when the servers were quite empty and that was all I could find, and it was incredibly hard, we died all the time and had to re-play each act several times, we didn't finish it either. I'm feeling there should be something between Expert and Advanced, like "Challenging".

**Scott :D** · 01-28-09, 12:14 AM

Yes, friendly fire and normal infected damage increases too steeply between Advanced and Expert.

For those who are unaware:

Infected Damage [Min] for Advanced: 5
Infected Damage [Min] for Expert: 10

Friendly fire is relatively forgiving in advanced compared to expert. If you hit a teammate in expert then you will end up ripping off about half their health, if you are lucky.

**David Hill 76** · 01-28-09, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Sorkenlol

Anyone else feel like this? I've mostly played advanced, and while it's not easy, it isn't that hard, and we usually make it with 1 or no re-playes. But then I moved on to expert one night when the servers were quite empty and that was all I could find, and it was incredibly hard, we died all the time and had to re-play each act several times, we didn't finish it either. I'm feeling there should be something between Expert and Advanced, like "Challenging".

Play more versus.

AI's on expert act like players would on versus.

**Shatakai** · 01-28-09, 12:16 AM

They shouldn't add another difficulty between the two, they should have originally had the original infected damages like so:

Originally Posted by Shatakai

I know! A little bit too big of a gap, if you ask me. It should have been:

Easy:2 Damage
Normal: 5 Damage
Advanced: 10 Damage
Expert: 20 Damage

All with Specials' damages unchanged from how they are now.

This allows Easy to still be a walk in the park, normal still be doable for anyone with two thumbs, Advanced challenging to the point where you may have to restart a few times, but you most likely won't get stuck and never move on.

Meanwhile, Expert is still as impossible as ever