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[Pandarsenic]

Compared to an Outstanding Execution run, speedruns are stressful. At least in a no-deaths campaign you have as much time as you want to chill out, reload, heal up, etc.

x_x

[nenjin]

Anything coo been made by fans for this yet? Kind of just stopped playing after running through the main mission on normal several times. Everyone kept getting frustrated at the higher difficulties.

[Lumbajak]

New patch added all kinds of harder difficulty stuffs.

[forsaken1111]

New patch added all kinds of harder difficulty stuffs.

Can you be more specific?

[Lumbajak]

Since release, we've received a ton of feedback and feature requests from the Alien Swarm community. The most requested additions are more variety and greater difficulty.

With that in mind, we've added "Onslaught" mode, which introduces an AI Director that dynamically generates swarms of aliens based on several factors, such as the squad's stress level. Onslaught works with any difficulty setting and ensures no mission plays the same way twice.

Speaking of difficulty, we've also added a "Brutal" difficulty level for those of you who told us "Insane" wasn't insane enough. How brutal is Brutal? Nobody on the Alien Swarm team has managed to complete a mission on it.

If for some crazy reason Brutal is still too easy for you, there's now a "Hardcore Friendly Fire" toggle. When enabled, friendly fire deals full damage immediately, flamethrowers set teammates on fire much faster, and turrets will hurt you if get caught in their crossfire. HCFF truly tests your team’s ability to work as a elite squad. Coordinating movement and firing lines become an even more integral part of the game.

Finally, to reward the most dedicated players, we've added 3 new IAF Promotion Ranks: Platinum Star, Osmium Star, and the coveted Iridium Medallion.

[forsaken1111]

Well, onslaught mode sounds like a blast. The rest is meh and stuff I will never see or use.

[Pandarsenic]

>:[ They still haven't made Assault Jets and Blink Pack unlockable with promotions.

[forsaken1111]

Neither of them are all that useful, but it would make sense to at least be able to unlock them I suppose. I'd like it if they added in some additional customization options.

[Sowelu]

You know what would make me play this game compulsively, instead of like...a couple of hours a month?  (Or play L4D more, for that matter)

Random goddamn maps.

Why more games don't have them is beyond me.  It's not like the architecture is all THAT good.  It's not really a competitive game, so it's not like it'll be unbalanced (though some maps may be fairer than others).  But seriously...yeah...

...I'll probably enjoy Onslaught on easy.

[forsaken1111]

Random maps is easy

GOOD random maps is difficult

[Pandarsenic]

Neither of them are all that useful, but it would make sense to at least be able to unlock them I suppose. I'd like it if they added in some additional customization options.

They're not fantastically useful but they're FUN.

Even if they would shake up the speedrun times violently.

[Virroken]

Neither of them are all that useful, but it would make sense to at least be able to unlock them I suppose. I'd like it if they added in some additional customization options.

They're not fantastically useful but they're FUN.

Even if they would shake up the speedrun times violently.

Because the flashlight attachment is clearly the greatest thing to unlock. EVER.

Assault jets = lolspeedrun

[Alehkhs]

You know what would make me play this game compulsively, instead of like...a couple of hours a month?  (Or play L4D more, for that matter)

Random goddamn maps.

Why more games don't have them is beyond me.  It's not like the architecture is all THAT good.  It's not really a competitive game, so it's not like it'll be unbalanced (though some maps may be fairer than others).  But seriously...yeah...

Just about every game could benefit from random maps...

[Mindmaker]

So who is playing this actively?

I'd like to get into it again and play it regularly.

[The Scout]

So who is playing this actively?

I'd like to get into it again and play it regularly.

I'll play in a minute.