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Unexpected buy-menu behavior

Discussion in '[L4D2] Points Reloaded' started by Nova, Apr 15, 2011.

  1. Nova

    Nova Senior Member

    I think people would agree with me that it is quite unexpected.

    Twice now, I've witnessed failing finales to the extent of not being to downgrade the difficulty anymore, but the health item sub-category doesn't reset to the initial prices.

    So we're in easy mode, don't start with med kits or anything, and the price of a med kit that round is 49 bounty... over 50 for the defib... which is way too expensive, it's like impossible to get to 50 bounty before the first tank shows up and smashes everyone to the ground.

    Since I've only seen this case twice, I'm unable to discern the circumstances for this to happen, so I don't really know if it's normal, a glitch or a bug.
     
    Nova, Apr 15, 2011
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  2. marvel

    marvel Head Administrator Staff Member

    This is on coop?
     
    marvel, Apr 15, 2011
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  3. Nova

    Nova Senior Member

    The second time was, I can't remember the first, it was a while back.
     
    Nova, Apr 15, 2011
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  4. Fa!l

    Fa!l Senior Member

    well i think it was ment for Points reloaded VS instead of coop the reason why honorcode did that was because all high lvl players could easily get back up because the medkits where so cheap and that kinda ruined the game
     
    Fa!l, Apr 15, 2011
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  5. marvel

    marvel Head Administrator Staff Member

    Ur right, since u never play the same map twice on versus the bounty prices don't reset if the same map is still on.
     
    marvel, Apr 15, 2011
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  6. Nova

    Nova Senior Member

    But it's only happened twice for me, out of all the times I've had to repeat some finales.
     
    Nova, Apr 15, 2011
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  7. Stefeman

    Stefeman Head Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, when you play for example: no mercy final, and buy med kits during the first round, and then you all would somehow die.. The next round, when you try to buy med kits again, they costs more becouse you already bought them in the first round..

    The more you buy them, the more they will cost.. i think, that this is good thing, becouse otherwise player's would just buy tons of med kits and drop them to the ground for everyone.. things would be too easy.. this way you could only get 3 med kits with 90 points instead of 5.
     
    Stefeman, Apr 15, 2011
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  8. Nova

    Nova Senior Member

    The first round is advanced mode though, and we start with medkits, once we fail, it downgrades the difficulty to normal, and I beleive we still have the medkits, then it's easy, and no more medkits. If this were to happen on this finale, we'd be without medkits, and buying one would cost 49 bounty.

    Not everyone can get up to 49 bounty that easily on such a map, especially the lower levels who have a harder time and die like flies that got sprayed with insecticide.

    Technically, 90 points is 4 medkits at the most too, provided you're the only one that purchases them. since buying a medkit increases the price for everyone each time.
     
    Nova, Apr 15, 2011
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  9. Edward Marlus

    Edward Marlus Senior Member

    i know what he's saying. basically bounty doesn't reset on coop even after you die. and since i bumped his topic and not mine, i basically bitched about safe rooms needing wait time to give people time to load.
     
    Edward Marlus, Apr 18, 2011
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  10. Edward Marlus

    Edward Marlus Senior Member

    ^saw this and i had to make a double post as a means to retaliate fast: WTF? have you ever played versus? nobody ever has the time to drop medkits for everyone else and even if you did, you would keep the medkits to yourself for use when incapacitated. all the upgrades, skills and buffs make it unnecessary for you to give medkits to your teammates. at worst you could help them up with a maxed out helping hand, for example....
     
    Edward Marlus, Apr 18, 2011
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  11. Stefeman

    Stefeman Head Administrator Staff Member

    .. For example, no mercy final.. Everyone rushes to the radio with half health as soon as the map loads.. whoever makes it to the radio, uses all the med kits on himself.. This is stupid of course..

    But when you play on coop or versus on that final map for example: you may find like 3 green toasters, with 20 points each..(or otherwise you may get 40-60 points with a good team after some shooting.) once you got the points, you just run to the others, and im sure the player has time to open buymenu 4 times for 4 med kits when others covers him.. if he already carries 1 med kit, and he buys another, it will drop automatically.. so you just have to spam med kits, as people spams for hunters in versus mode.. That will take more like 5-8 seconds for 4 med kits.. You telling me theres no time? :P

    it's true, that there are no time, but only if you are unable to use keyboard.. (For Example: Cerebral palsy "CP")
     
    Stefeman, Apr 18, 2011
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  12. HonorCode

    HonorCode Head Administrator Staff Member

    Thanks for reporting, the issue will be archived and revised as soon as possible.
     
    HonorCode, Apr 20, 2011
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  13. Nova

    Nova Senior Member

    Here's a screenshot, took it today at the no-mercy finale:
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    Nova, Apr 20, 2011
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  14. Tyler

    Tyler Member

    Yes, please fix ASAP :)
     
    Tyler, Jun 3, 2011
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