Thread: INFO: Weapon Damage (mostly to Tanks)

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Originally Posted by DiggerDogg

Just saw these: A GREAT WEAPONS THREAD. Another good weapons thread.

Wish I'd waited 'till Nov. 4th before considering this...

But being occasionally obsessive compulsive...nope...only occasionally...

The L4D2 Tanks are wimps, but it's still SOME sort of damage-standard that's easy for me to remember.
The first 2/3 of what follows deals pretty much ONLY with Tanks.

Surprises:

• Silenced SMG (at short range) much MORE powerful than regular SMG
  Another thread from Steam:
  
  http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...9#post11863059
  
• Explosives don't hurt Tanks
• Yes, Melee weapons are THAT deadly

Following is Damage Against EXPERT Difficulty Tanks
(at extremely short range, against blind, still Tanks)

Pistols
45 seconds - fast dual pistols - 8 clips (slightly less than 8 clips)
63 seconds - dual pistols manually fired - 8 clips (slightly less than 8 clips) (one trial only)
63 seconds - magnum pistol - 13+ clips (1-2 shells into 14th clip) (one trial)
lotsa seconds - single pistol - 16 clips

Ranged* clips required:
dual pistols 8/blah
magnum
pistol

SMGs
35 seconds - silenced smg - 7 clips (slightly less than 7 clips)
45 seconds - smg - 9 clips (about 8.5 clips)

Assault Rifles
26 seconds - ak47 - 4th clip (more than half way into 4th clip)
31 seconds - assault rifle - 5 clips (slightly less than 5 clips)
33 seconds - triple-shot assault rifle - 3+ clips (second burst from 4th clip)

Sniper Rifles
31 seconds - military sniper rifle - 3 clips (59 rounds)
42 seconds - hunting rifle - 6 clips (59 rounds - same with head-shots)

Shotguns
25 seconds - combat shotgun - 4+ reloads (41=40 & 1 shell)
27 seconds - auto shotgun - 4+ reloads (41=40 & 1 shell)
46 seconds - pump shotgun - 4+ reloads (34=32 & 2 shells)
48 seconds - chrome shotgun - 4+ reloads (35=32 & 3shells)

Melee Weapons

10 swings - Machete (10 swings in 7 seconds)
10 swings - Frying Pan (8.5 seconds)
10 swings - Electric Guitar (8.5 seconds)
10 swings - Police Baton (6+ seconds)

(Editorial: More proof that melee weapons are meant to be noob-friendly)

Expert swings to Incap a Survivor with FF

15 hits - Frying Pan
15 hits - Electric Guitar
20 hits - Machete
20 hits - Tonfa (and it's VERY hard to hit a survivor with the Tonfa, between 6 and 24 extra swings were required to get 20 hits)

Swings to Kill other Infected
2 swings - charger (reported: 1 head hit)
1 swing - all other infected besides tank, witch (below) and charger

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CHANGED from Left 4 Dead 1 Campaign mode:

Fire and Weapon Damage COMBINE (like in Left 4 Dead Versus)
Fire SLOWS the Tank (like in Left 4 Dead Versus) (but a flaming tank can catch you if you're under 40 health)

Tank burn-to-death timers:
Difficulty - Time to Death (no gunfire)

Easy - 65 seconds
Normal - 70 seconds
Advanced - 75 seconds
Expert - 85 seconds

Waiting for the Tank to burn out is no longer an option.

Pipe Bombs, Oxygen Tanks, Propane Tanks stumble but
DO NOT HURT TANK AT ALL

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General Strength of Tanks (measured against normal difficulty)
Difficulty - Sniper Rifle Shots to Kill (Military or Hunting)

Easy - 34 shots (75% Normal)
Normal - 45 shots (100% Normal)
Advanced - 89 shots (200% Normal)
Expert - 89 shots (200% Normal)

Headshots did no extra damage (one trial - maybe saved 1 bullet)

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Witch Kills

4 Mellee Weapon strikes
12 Sniper Rifle hits (1st shot in head stuns)
(safest kill is now military sniper rifle from a long distance)
1 shotgun shell down through head into torso
2 shotgun shells into upper back
3 shotgun shells if you mess up
Once startled, witch is sometimes immune to frontal attacks

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Pistol Shots to Kill Following

Shooting at Head/Front torso/Back torso/Calf/Arm

Easy Common Infected 1/1/1/1/1
Normal Common Infected 1//2/2/2/2
Advanced Common Infected 1//2/2/2/2
Expert Common Infected 1/3/3/3/3
Expert Boomer 1/2/2/3/2
Expert Spitter 1/3/3/immune*/3 (*lower legs do not register hits)
Expert Smoker 2/6/6/10/8
Expert Hunter 2/6/6-7/10/8
Expert Jockey 10/11*/10/10/10 (*to shoot torso, had to put him on a rooftop)
Expert Charger 5/18/17/18/17* (*most hits to smaller arm do not register)

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Mostly measured in L4D2 Demo, on afternoon of Nov 3/2009

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