Thread: Nothing special

this achievement is a pain in the ass if you dont have a solid team of four and bots just wont cut it even on easy mode. If you still need to tackle this achievement hit me up on xbox my gamertag is also YanmegaPro.

Here is a some information about this achievement I thought looked useful the Authors screen name is NTAender.

"You will need 4 good players total for this probably. (Most efficient) and play Easy.

Play any campaign, one that you all want to practice.
I believe Blood Harvest to be easiest.

Rush, and move swiftly, whilst staying close together, especially when Hunters, Smokers, and Tanks are nearby.

Spam melee when Hunters and Smokers are nearby to hit the hunter or your ally to release them quick enough to avoid damage.

Smokers grabbing you, will not do damage until he is next to you or traps you against an object.

Hunters don't do damage until a little bit after they pounce you.

Boomers can only damage you by melee which doesn't happen often. NORMAL INFECTED DAMAGE AFTER BEING VOMITED/EXPLODED ONTO DOES NOT COUNT. That is commonly not known...

Tanks damage you by melee or thrown objects. Kill them by everyone shooting him quickly. Molotovs help. Make sure to use pipebombs and molotovs to keep infected away or else they will flank you and trap you so the tank will hit you.

Witches can be avoided or killed with shotgun, your parties choice. When they run past someone and stun them, it does not count.

UPDATE: This can also be done on the DLC map Crash Course. It is much easier since there are only 2 chapters."

Originally Posted by YanmegaPro

Play any campaign, one that you all want to practice.
I believe Blood Harvest to be easiest.

That's just plain crazy talk right there, young fellah!

Blood Harvest has to be the most difficult to get Nothing Special on because of all those trees. Way too many hiding spaces for specials to get up close and personal.

I'd rank the campaigns in the following order from easiest to get that achievement on to the most difficult :

1.) Crash Course. It's wide open and, most importantly, it's short. The finale can be tricky, though. A potential problem is that many of the Crash Course specific achievements are buggy and won't get awarded to you. I'm not certain that Nothing Special is buggy in that campaign.

2.) Dead Air : I can often get through the first map on expert with 100% heath, so it's like a free map. Map 2 is the only problem cuz you have to get a good weapon early. Once you get past the crane it's smooth sailing because you can hide in the saferoom for the panic events in the next two maps. Camp in the dark corner or the ropes of the finale and they can't get close. Don't do the hill cuz a hunter will get in a lucky pounce from your left side.

3.) No Mercy. Lots of really long halls and straightaways allow you to see them from a distance. Another campaign with a quick and easy first map. Allows for an early restart if someone screws up. Map 2 can be tough if you can't get tier 2 weapons before generator room.

4.) Death Toll. Too many hiding spots up close. Too many trees in some areas. The church guy panic event can be tricky, in fact, all of map 2 is tricky for Nothing Special. I wouldn't even attempt it on this campaign.

5.) Blood Harvest. Too many trees. Probably the most difficult first map of any official campaign. You can wait out the panic event of map 2 in the safe room if your fast. An early tank in map 3 can be trouble. Save a molly for him and run after you light him up. He can get way too close for comfort in that map. Don't even enter the "bad news barn" at the beginning of map 4. That's ALWAYS trouble. Pass right by that evil place. The finale has too many hiding spots. You can easily blow it all in the cornfield after working so hard to get there. Nah, I'd never try it on Blood Harvest. It's weird that you heard otherwise. But to each his own!

I haven't tried this trick, but it may be possible to get the achievement on versus if you don't mind earning it with an exploit. Just have a buddy control the opposite team and ask him to never spawn. You just zip through the campaign killing the commons. When a tank auto-spawns, he'll have to either find a way to suicide or get close to you guys so you can unload on him before he goes AI. Not sure if it would work, but it might be worth a try. Especially on a quick campaign like Crash Course.

Good luck!