L4D2: new infected ideas

[kidigus]

I was just wondering if anybody had any new zombie ideas for L4D2 that they wanted to get out there.

I had an idea for an infected crab, that could latch onto the necks of other common infected as a primary attack and take control of them increasing their claw damage so that of a hunter. To repace the primary attack while latching onto the host, the crab thing could force the host zombie to produce an extremely loud sceam spawning a small horde to the area but consiquently killing the host under the strain.

Again, leve a comment if you have any new ideas.

 

[madcap2112]

Something that could fly would be cool, maybe something akin to an airborne Smoker or Spitter.

God forbid an airborne Tank, though.

 

[manythings]

All I heard was head crab.

I really ccan't think of a zombie that wouldn't just ruin things or just be ones that exist already with a slight difference.

 

[MorsePacific]

I really would've like them to put the Screamer into the game, but make it easier to spot.

 

[danosaurus]

2-Headed Tank in a wheelchair with a gun that fires Enya albums.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

How about an Infected that Could Imitate a Witch's cries? Could easily confuse players, and quite possibly cause them to activate a witch in the belief that it was the Imitater. This works both ways, with the Fake witch making the survivors more cautious about it, possibly making them wait while choosing whther or not to chance it, giving other Special Infected ample time to strike.

 

[Tdc2182]

Don't mean to be a spam nazi but this has been done before. Like I said in the last one, A crippler. He is a homeless Nam vet in a wheelchair and chases you and makes you feel sorry for him till you give him change.

 

[S.R.S.]

 

[Internet Kraken]

I really can't think of a zombie that wouldn't just ruin things or just be ones that exist already with a slight difference.

Hence why all suggested special infected are usually terrible. When you try to put thought into them, you realize just how heard it is to make a special infected that does not upset the games balance or compete with another special infected for the same niche.

I really would've like them to put the Screamer into the game, but make it easier to spot.

Like this. Screamer is completely unnecessary now, since the Boomer serves his original purpose and more.

 

[The Great JT]

Fireproof and very-fast zombie.

 

[manythings]

Already firproof ones.

Chaaaaaange.

 

[Spiner909]

I think a copycat infected would be cool. It would morph into one of the other infected soon as you see it. How about a spawner infected? It makes common infected.

 

[DtDust]

Honestly,
The Haggard someone came up with in the contest would be amazing as a tank alternative.
http://www.moddb.com/events/left-4-dead-concept-art-contest/images/haggard
I would personally also love if there were 2-3 variants of every infected.
And you would pick before spawning, or randomised when the computer spawns.

Like if there was a standard hunter, one that pounces much faster, with more pounce damage but with a longer cooldown and the hunter has less health.
Then one with more health but a shorter pounce range for scratching.

Smokers with longer range, but slower dragging.
or one with less health, but faster dragging.

A good original idea i would like is a zombie that buffs the normal infected around it, and its primary would be to send them at a specific survivor, but only the ones near it are controlled.


OH! NEW IDEA!
Zombie that covers a survivor with a hallucenogenic goo,
Basically scrambles the skins everything has.
So a normal infected my look and sound like a teammate, a medkit may look like a Molotov, fore appearing randomly. Then it scrambles controls so that suddenly your fire button is reload, or push becomes fire.
(This would only last for about 8-12 seconds, then it wears off within 2 seconds)

 

[MorsePacific]

Like this. Screamer is completely unnecessary now, since the Boomer serves his original purpose and more.

That is indeed true, my dear Kraken, but it would at least add a little more variety to the game. If you stash it in the right places and make it more stealthy than the Boomer, it could add a whole different element to the game, though.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

I wouldn't mind an infected that made the Survivors disorented. I know it sounds strange on paper, but I would like to see an infected that would make the survivors dizzy, throwing off their aim and inverting their movement controls basically for the legnth of a Boomer Vomit blind. I still don't know how the infected would do that, prehaps one that could grab the infected like a Smoker and use spin them like a Yo-Yo.

 

[e2density]

airborne Smoker

I want a Tank that can pounce like a Hunter.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

airborne Smoker

I want a Tank that can pounce like a Hunter.

Same, but I want a Boomer with the agility skills of a Hunter.

 

[DtDust]

airborne Smoker

I want a Tank that can pounce like a Hunter.

Same, but I want a Boomer with the agility skills of a Hunter.

Boomer should be able to puke on a hunter, charger, jockey, or smoker to attract zombies to the survivors they touch.