Talk:Weapons

Reloading with melee
Weapons will continue to reload if you start reloading before using melee attacks, for example, you can press reload with a shotgun and keep using melee attacks, the number of shells in the shotgun will keep increasing until it's full or hen you fire again. Give it a try. Glahardt 13:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

headshot damage factor
anyone know the exact damage factor for a headshot [2:1, 4:1, etc]? is it different for each infected?
 * It would be different for each infected, if it makes a change at all. It also seems to be different for each weapon. Any headshot from any weapon (including pistols) on a regular infected seems to kill them. Headshotting a Tank seems to have no effect at all, and headshotting a witch only seems to do a difference if it is from a shotgun. --HarrisonH 14:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * thanks. i also do not understand the damages.  if a pistol does 35 base damage and you need several body hits to kill a common infected, why can the hunting rifle pierce and kill multiple infected with 90 base damage?  ive seen discussions of the hunting rifle killing 3-4 common infected with one shot, but 90/3 = 30.  the bullet would have to pierce and not lose full damage to kill that many infected in a single shot assuming these base damages are correct.

damage per second/damage per clip/total damage
to help users best compare the weapons, i think adding these categories would help. they are simply derived from the existing values which have already been provided on each weapon main page.

damage per second = rate of fire / 60 x base damage; damage per clip = base damage x clip capacity; total damage = base damage x [carry capacity + starting clip]

pistols; damage per second = 175; damage per clip = 525; total damage = infinite

dual pistols; damage per second = 350; damage per clip = 1050; total damage = infinite

shotgun; damage per second = 276; damage per clip = 1920; total damage = 32640

submachine gun; damage per second = 316.67; damage per clip = 950; total damage = 10070

assault rifle; damage per second = 373.33; damage per clip = 1600; total damage = 13120

auto shotgun; damage per second = 960; damage per clip = 2880; total damage = 39744

hunting rifle; damage per second = 337.5; damage per clip = 1350; total damage = 17550

i think these values are worth adding, particularly "total damage" since ammo conservation is clearly a concern of a submachine gun or assault rifle user. again, the raw values for carry capacity are already on the pages, but one does not get as strong a sense of the disparity in total damage between guns just by eyeballing a carry capacity stat. most people probably would not guess that the pump shotgun has 2.5x the total damage of the assault rifle, for instance, or that the submachine gun's total damage is only about 5 shotgun clips, or that dual pistols have more damage per clip and more damage per second than the submachine gun [making the submachine gun rather redundant :)].

Melee Weapons?
Although I kinda disagree with it, some players say the game would be better with them, does anyone else agree with them? Give good ideas for weapons in your response. I personally would like either a baseball bat or a switchblade. --User:Monobrow1
 * I must admit, that would be kind of cool, especially a baseball bat. I could pretend to be a Scout on Left 4 Dead! - §tigma-231  ♠ ৳ hаt i ɯill nəvər escaρe [ łalk  ][ ςont ] 01:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I mean, I don't hate the idea, it sounds kinda cool...but where would the creators put that into the game? Also, funny comment about the Scout :D --User:Monobrow1
 * "*runs up to Tank and smacks it with a baseball bat* Bonk!" "*Tank turns around, smashes*"


 * I'm not entirely sure where they'd put them, exactly. - §tigma-231 ♠ ৳ hаt i ɯill nəvər escaρe [ łalk  ][ ςont ] 16:02, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

To put there?Safe Rooms-I don't know what I would do with it...I mean running around with a pistol and baseball from a tank!I tried mleeing a tank in the back before;and I regret it.--SPARTAN-124 22:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)SPARTAN-124

Melee weapons would need to have some kind of advantage over pistols, otherwise why would you ever use them? The only use they could possibly have is making your melee attack have a wider radius and do more damage, but switching weapons in the middle of a horde attack is not usually a good idea. They would also promote the kind of gameplay you wouldn't want to see in a game like this. Players would grab a golf club and run through the level swinging at everything, charge into huge groups of zombies without regard, and probably try to go one-on-one with a tank. These are the kinds of players I wouldn't want to see in my game. When you are trying to stay as far away from zombies as possible, giving the players a weapon that forces them to move in close is a bad idea. --MadDawg2552 15:04, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

This may be but when you think about it, guns in the game also influence how you fight. The shotgun forces you to be up close for effectivness, and to help out on the battle field. Hunting Rifles force you to stay behind, and be used to watch over other players. Uzi's and AK47's make you stay in the middle, as up close, and as snipers. Adding melee weapons isn't FORCEING anyone to jump into a horde, or fight a tank or ect. That is what the guns are for. Melee weapons just give a wider variety, and give for possibly better gameplay.

I could see them doing melee weapons as a bonus unlock with some future update. They could just deal more damage, push back more, or stun longer than pistol whipping. Or perhaps make it easier to stop being downed by something. If you melee while a hunter is jumping at you then perhaps you bat it out of the air and insta kill it (hard to time), or maybe you can break the tongue of a smoker easier. Personally I just wish they make it so if you down a survivor as a Special, you can volunteer to break off the attack. Hate getting pouncing someone and knowing that if I could just break off the attack I would live and cause more damage later. Stoan04 15:54, 31 March 2009 (UTC)