Infected Swap

Just an idea but maybe we could have a server where you are able to switch from one infected to another while still alive. It would be really brutal. Maybe to balance things out survivors could access any weapon at any time, or maybe M-60's with unlimited ammo. I dunno just an idea that maybe someone else can refine on.

Example: I Jockey the guy in the back and he falls down but everyone else is still in the front so I switch to the Hunter and finish him off.

 

Sounds like it would be a be frustrating server lol

 

The idea sound somehow awesome, but it would be really unbalanced,

 

the idea sounds cool but it would be waaaay too unbalanced

Boomer > smoker > hunter......finished /rinse repeat

 

The survivors should be balanced out with some powers too. Like very fast sprint, unlimited ammo, and such.

 

I agree it would be unbalanced but each team does get their turn so not really, and yes give survivors extra perks, maybe fire ammo or extra hit points or longer spawn time, I don't know. Just an idea, I got it because there are so many times I wish I could spawn as a different infected. It couldn't be any more hairy than Rush Hour. But it seems that people want it more hairy all the time, thats why Rush Hour and Points Reloaded are so popular. It's just a whole new breed of gamer out there now days, I'm getting too old for this shit, darn punks.

 

I like this idea very much. Another variation to that idea, Vulcan, is L4D Disguise. With this, theres a chance that you might be disguised as another infected! Even Marvel's familiar with this as he's posted on the topic at AM, but sadly banned

 

I wholeheartedly agree with wishing oh so many times to be a different infected. Your example of Jockey -> hunter is all too well known. But then the thing that hits me is, once you get the survivor and start riding him to his death, you hump him till he can't stand anymore, and switch to a hunter ASAP to finish him off.
Basically, once you're caught, you're done for.
Easy case scenario I see is Smoker pulling in some finales (dead center, e.g.) and ninja-switching to hunter to quickly end the suffering and licking.
What's also to look into, is the limit of infected... typically if you're given the right to switch, you could switch to any you wanted. Would there possibly be a way for all infected to be hunters at one point of the game, be at at spawn selection or switching during the game ?

Overall it is a funny idea , what advantages could the survivors really have ? They'd have to be really outstanding to keep balance between teams... or else everyone would just want to play infected and probably teamswitchers will appear. I'd love to be the jockey humping ellis' head, and switch to a hunter to pull his guts outs after, but if I were the survivor, the only things that come to my mind that could really help me are :
- the berserker mod, where you can set the stuff around you on fire
- PR knife

On the bright side though, the rounds will be very quick on this server, and I'd love to try it out