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True Veteran Difficulty
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Olde  [developer] 29 Jul @ 1:04am
Balancing Discussion
Any discussion of balancing this gamemode needs to come from an informed place. Here is the breakdown of infected damage values of True Veteran as compared with default L4D2 Expert, Advanced, Normal, and Easy difficulties:

Damage Values
Expert
Veteran
Advanced
Normal
Easy
Common Infected - Front
20
10
5
2
1
Common Infected - Behind
10
5
2.5
1
0.5
Boomer - Scratch
20
12
5
2
1
Hunter - Scratch
40
30
20
10
10
Hunter - Pounce (per 1/2 sec)
15
12
10
5
5
Jockey - Scratch
20
12
5
2
1
Jockey - Ride (per 1 sec)
12
10
8
4
4
Smoker - Scratch
20
12
5
2
1
Smoker - Grab (per 1 sec)
30
25
20
10
10
Charger - Scratch
20
17
15
10
5
Charger - Initial Impact
20
17
15
10
10
Charger - Pound (per 1 sec)
15
15
15
15
15
Spitter - Scratch
20
12
5
2
1
Tank - Punch/Rock Throw
100
49
33
24
24
Tank - Pound (on incapped survivor)
150
100
75
75
75
Witch - Instakill?
Y
Y
N
N
N
Non-Headshot Damage Factor
0.5
0.66
0.75
1.0
2.0
Common Infected Hit Interval (sec)
1.0
0.75
0.5
0.33
Last edited by Olde; 14 Aug @ 7:42pm