What about the option hide and wait until it starts pummleing your friend and then shoot it in the back
Poll: L4D Tank responses.
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thats awesome anyway I would run in circles till it goes for one of my close-by teammates then shoot itMGlBlaze said:Yahtzee might be able to ignore the tank to death.plastic_window said:Who voted for "ignore the Tank"? When would that ever work?
I'd do what everyone else does online: run away and perforate the hulking beast with bullets.
It depends on the type of Tank. Campain Tanks and Newb Verses Mode Tanks, I tell all my allies to back off, get out whatever gun looks the best for melee, and Ninja the mother fucker. 
(Ninja'ing should be an option, since against newbs, dodging their fists with sporatic movement is quite awesome to do and watch. I've watched a few Tank duels happen this way, with both sides sitting out and just watching. XD)
If it's a Smart Tank (or one on the Advanced+ difficulty), I usually moltov it and run around trying to kill the Special Infected in the area, forgetting the Tank exists (until I get carless and it puts me off of a building, which is probably the funniest way to die).
(Ninja'ing should be an option, since against newbs, dodging their fists with sporatic movement is quite awesome to do and watch. I've watched a few Tank duels happen this way, with both sides sitting out and just watching. XD)If it's a Smart Tank (or one on the Advanced+ difficulty), I usually moltov it and run around trying to kill the Special Infected in the area, forgetting the Tank exists (until I get carless and it puts me off of a building, which is probably the funniest way to die).
Heave a Molotov if someone else hasn't already, and unload my primary weapon on it. The Hunting Rifle is surprisingly effective.
My response? Back up. Back the HELL away and keep backing up as fast as possible. The Tank can only move so fast and it tends to focus on whatever Survivor it comes into contact with first. In single-player, I generally do what I just mentioned, only I begin hurling everything I've got at it once it's fixating on one of the A.I. Survivors and I've backed up far enough away from it.
It's not a gaming myth, you can test it. Normally the Tank runs only slightly slower than Green-health survivors such that if you keep running in a straight line, he can't catch you but you'll be hard pressed to get a safe distance just running straight. On fire he runs slightly faster than green health survivors, and will catch you if you just run straight.Sneaklemming said:
I saw one's arm sticking past a corner and thought it was a charger. I ran right up to it and then went "oh, shit! you're not who I thought you were.".
Edit: I usually go with adreneline and melee if I know it's coming. Which is 9 times out of ten pretty much.
Edit: I usually go with adreneline and melee if I know it's coming. Which is 9 times out of ten pretty much.