Boomer Vision

**Vooodu** · 07-27-10, 10:23 AM

Man i remember when this game 1st came out..

Boomers would terrify me..

If i got boomered on i would have ran into a closet and spam melee until i could see again and all the zombies where dead. Basically I would be useless for about 15-20 seconds.

Things changed months after month,, I started to be a lil faster on my feet and started to be able to see abit through the bile and dodge the commons better.

Then L4D2 came out, a game where you can't CAMP or you may pay with an incap. Also L4D2 had realism and rolling cresendos that can force you to play through boomer biles wether you like it or not. Also it teaches you how not to rely on camping anymore, ever.

And now, for the most part getting boomered on doesn't even really blind me at all anymore, to the point where i can save players faster then the ones NOT boomered on. Even the zombies that come with it, barely even faze me unless they catch me at a bad moment. As in have to reload both weapons, melee fatigue, trying to help someone, smoker smoke in the eyes or mud in the eyes

Most of the time i don't even mind getting boomered on and will run through an area trying to act like a human pipe bomb.

Anyone else here still actually get blinded by the boomer and held by his horde? Cause i know alot of players have been desensitized to it and alot of others look like deers caught in a head light.

**ShotgunJustice** · 07-27-10, 11:41 AM

I usually get a melee weapon and turn whenever I see red arrows.

**lahaldeman** · 07-27-10, 01:19 PM

1 thing they did about Boomer Bile on L4d1 and L4d2 is that on L4D1 U can see names so its easy to tell when a person was pounced since their name goes down.

On L4D2 though they made it like Realism they removed ur ability to c names when ur boomered.

**Zoeyyyy** · 07-27-10, 03:18 PM

I have found that to a certain degree I can see through the boomer bile. The hardest part for me is not the vision, but keeping off the infected.

**Infested_HawK** · 07-27-10, 06:08 PM

I have similar problem. There is only a slight difference in my effectiveness in saving my teammates but I just fail vs common infected. I always get slowed and I'm often left behind... ;/

**theruss007** · 07-27-10, 07:15 PM

When I first got boomered it realy scared the crap out of me( as much as a game can). Now I back against a wall and try and detect movement. It realy doesnt bother me now. Its more of a nuisance.

**Crimson** · 07-27-10, 11:28 PM

Its my worst nightmare on Expert besides a Tank. Of course I could always go on idle and come back but by the time I do that, the horde is there and I'm incapped.

**assistndestroy** · 07-28-10, 01:28 AM

When I get boomered, I usually try to find a wall or some kind of choke point so that the infected can only come from one side and work my way from there. If you stay out in the open, it becomes a lot more difficult to defend yourself as well as identify friends from foes because you're going to be constantly spinning around to keep the infected off. Once you gather yourself and take out the first big rush, it becomes much easier to orient yourself and quickly ID and pick off rushing infected while not shooting teammates.

**Belthazar666** · 07-31-10, 11:56 AM

The only people who back into corners when they get boomed after played for a couple of months are those who can't clear zombies. Trust me, I'm a scientist.