infected-front

[remote verge]

First

[void pecan]

[covert estuary]

[earnest rampart]

Is the mode out?

[thick pawn]

"From the 9th of October [...]" >_<

[earnest rampart]

Okie
It's been a few days off the game and I only remember seeing "in 4 days" in the mode tab

[nocturne plume]

Cool video, I think the new mode will be just as interesting.

[rotund roost]

Toing

[spare island]

🫡

[bold trail]

10th :)

[bleak gyro]

11th lol

[haughty heron]

👀

[kind mantle]

If Survivalist-turned-Undead is counted as Undead, then every Survivalist should quickly get destroyed to become Undead to win?
If destroyed Survivalist is still counted as Survivalist, then every Survivalist destroyed should be AFK or even block the Undeads to help the remaining Survivalists, right?

[echo spoke]

how come you can't platoon in the mode

[sleek hazel]

you change teams, you win if you are on the undeads

@kind mantle

[kind mantle]

So Survivalists should quickly get destroyed to become Undeads, and to win with Undeads?

[sleek hazel]

thats what im understanding, yes

[lyric hearth]

what about running out of ammo?

[orchid spindle]

its basically 13v1 mode but i think ammo will stay same

wg listened about team complain so much that they literally made everyone enemy of urs lol

[livid token]

I'm dead

[sharp nimbus]

just like Big Boss, i strongly recommend only using tanks with high ammo capacity

at Tier 10, the T-22, AMX M4 54, Chieftain Mk 6, XM66F, FV4005, and VK 90.01 P all have a super high ammo capacity. VK 90 in particular has the most shells at Tier X (tied with a few others) and the longest reload of the ones with 90 shells

[brave grail]

hmm

[sage oriole]

Seems like it

Honestly I feel that this mode makes everyone win, I’m not sure if that’s intentional

The real guy who loses is the last survivor (yet sometimes it makes more xp than me who did the most dmg)

I wonder how does the reward system work

[orchid spindle]

best way to rectify is to also buff the hull and turrent turn rate of the tanks when dpm is getting buffed

[sage oriole]

Did anyone figure out how is xp given out

Does a role switch from survivor to undead penalise my xp gain

Is it just me or chat function and quick commands are disabled in infected front

[wide willow]

How to win undead team?

[sage oriole]

Kill all survivors before they cap the base

[lyric hearth]

thanks

[reef rampart]

Fun as hell especially in the e50m

[toxic wing]

Game mode sucks in nearly every tank because you immediately run out of ammo if you're having a good survivor game

Even ran out of ammo in my T22

[low grail]

wth??

this mode is amazing

[glad jackal]

Lol

[long pond]

The win/loose system dosent really make sense... Practically everyone wins most of the time, Unless ofc the survivors capture the base. But most of the time the infected win which is practicaly everyone.

Maybe would make more sense if the 4 infected at the beginning manage to infect everyone, only those four win the game while all survivors loose. But if the survivors manage to cap the base, all survivors win and the four infected loose.

[echo spoke]

absolute money printer

[sleek hazel]

that's a good thing that almost everybody win

[long pond]

yeah but theres no real challenge to win.

[sleek hazel]

if you win as survivor you get way more credits

[long pond]

Also the last man standing for the survivors should be rewarded, and not be the only one to loose

Yeah but it doesnt make sense that the one who manages to survive the longest is the one who looses

[craggy spire]

has anyone managed a win through cap?

[echo spoke]

yes

[craggy spire]

it feels like its way too long and almost impossible

[lean sky]

yeah, totally nonsense game mode

[long pond]

Yeah but only twice out of maybe 10 games

[long pond]

I like the gamemode, its fun but would make more sense if wg changed how the victory/defeats worked

Would be cool if the survivors had different classes like healer or a survivor with extra hp but slower, maybe a survivor with more movement.

Something like that

[vital stream]

Oh baby we making BANK with this game mode

[sage oriole]

Well the xp earned do reflect this if you observe carefully

[sage oriole]

It is like that currently

[eternal swan]

Very strange mode. First game everyone won

Spawning In base etc

[sleek hazel]

survivalist should have a small chance of not being infected when dying

[sharp nimbus]

how would that work tho, they get to respawn as a survivalist?

personally i wouldn't be a fan of adding that RNG element

i'd like to see gradual health regeneration from the Survivalists somehow. whether it was constant throughout the match and accelerated as more and more Survivalists went down, or if it was vampire based and you healed based on the amount of damage you deal to the Undead

[sharp nimbus]

different classes for Survivalists could be really awesome. i'm a little concerned that that would go down the Big Boss approach and you'd end up getting players not fulfilling their role effectively. but it's not a bad idea at all. could be nice to see

[sleek hazel]

same as a chance where a zombie spawns in your cap and has increased health

[sleek hazel]

they can only do it once per tank imo

[sharp nimbus]

thematically, i still don't think it makes a lot of sense to give Survivalists an extra chance at life

obviously that's just my opinion, but i think it diminishes the point of the Survivalists being really strong-- their weakness is their single life

[eternal swan]

Yeh nah this mode isn't balanced, most battles are very quick. it's fun though

[long pond]

The abilities do not need to be exactly like big boss. It could be like random buffs each survivor spawns with randomly. A few may spawn with the ability to heal other survivors, A few may get a boost to their mobility and maybe another ability gives extra hp but reduces mobility.

[fleet pebble]

Some maps r ridiculous, should change base cap area for some of the maps such that it is not extreme for both side

[devout dirge]

Interesting mode

[meager token]

😂

[sharp nimbus]

LMAO the 3 speed boosts!!!

https://tenor.com/view/el-rayooo-gif-12843805238466879949

[eternal swan]

Noticed a pattern in this mode. A lot of survivalists players that use fast tanks, leave the base and get infected, won most of mine this way.

[uneven ridge]

Me when I got placed as infected in a 183:

[winged heath]

Maybe WG should add rewards when survivors win the battle, that would prevent people from doing everything to get infested...

[worthy finch]

The one thing I hate, if you are a zombie and get hit by so much as a breeze from a fart, you lose all speed

[fluid wren]

"Mario Style!" ahh type of kill 🙏

[eternal swan]

Yeh it's very unbalanced, more than 90 percent of games are won by infected.

So just get infected

[eternal swan]

Yeh lol, feels like graviton in big boss

[fluid wren]

Survivalist as Sheridan in LMS (Last Man Standing) and with just HE deals like.. a lotta damage, practically oneshotting everyone. I remember dealing 27k (being runner + being camper) with each shot dealing 1k+ damage yet had lost but rewarded me 400k+ creds lol

Though yeah, it is way too unbalanced ngl.

If WG devs thinking a little deeper about this, then this shoulda been more balanced.

[trim sphinx]

Healing based on dmg sounds cool

[trim sphinx]

Any info on why we can't platoon in the mode?

[runic brook]

Because players switch teams when they get infected.

[long pond]

Yeah but in late game, when you can practically one shot the infected, wont that be kinda unbalanced. You would instantly regain all your health coz you deal 1k+ damage every shot.

At the same time though It wouldnt make a big difference coz you could still get rammed and killed instantly from max health to zero.

[trim sphinx]

Then like... don't heal the damage you deal. Heal only a percetange of that. Or make it dynamic

[long pond]

Also noticed you dont have quick commands like "Attack" "Affirmative" "Negative" and also the markers.

[trim sphinx]

Not necessarily, been in some situations where I got rammed for half my hp or less, since then didn't have enough momentum

[long pond]

They could add classes and make one of the classes a medic or healer.

[long pond]

True but in the chaos theres a good chance youll end up getting one tapped,

[trim sphinx]

That is extra infuriating, give us at least the pin pointer 😭

[trim sphinx]

Smells like even more credits 🫡

[long pond]

yeah.. so you can tell your allies to cover certain areas.

[long pond]

I mean they could make it work with proper balancing.

[trim sphinx]

Hmm, interesting point: one mechanic from reforged should be implemented ASAP (imo before this gamemode)
And that is: unlimited base and HE ammo.

[long pond]

That wouldnt be bad for this gamemode.

[trim sphinx]

Still can't see the problem why. Is it hard to implement?

[long pond]

Once you run out of ammo as a survivor, your practically useless

[long pond]

Or if not infinite they can increase the amount of ammo you carry

[trim sphinx]

In Reforged limited is only gold ammo, so like, it's possible balance wise apprently...

It's not like it would destroy the whole game, same goes for being BigBoss

[winged heath]

Waw

[trim sphinx]

I've seen 29 lol, M41D btw

[winged heath]

Not bad not bad

[glad jackal]

I did 30k

[gusty cosmos]

This mode is zero

[night carbon]

worst mode ever

i dont like it

[eternal swan]

It's fine, just needs major balancing, majority of games end really quickly, mostly in favor of the infected.

[grand ingot]

just got this super sick drifting-double kill

[long pond]

Its a fun mode where you can just have fun but it needs to be balanced in certain aspects.

[tall timber]

What ya think needs to be balanced?

If u ask me I think the only main tanks used during this gamemode are only fast lts and mts , hardly hts or tds are used especially slow ones

[flat lantern]

Tried to hold the line 🫡

[tall timber]

Dang

[west ruin]

Man I'll see if can do the clip as its too big e en for max rank servers I was by myself running out if ammo all had was lucky damage for 1 shot HE for 10 rounds

[winter comet]

We survived while 9 mins

[west ruin]

Clip to go with it dont know how even survived the last part

[long pond]

Number of shells somehow. As a survivor if you run out of shell, you become useless.
Maybe add classes, each survivor spawns with a random class.
Change base locations on some maps.

[west ruin]

If see the clip it almost happened to me at the worse moment

[long pond]

Although the classes isnt a balance but would make gameplay interesting.

[west ruin]

Or maybe if in the cap circle you get # shell per second based on ammo capacity that could help

[long pond]

Yeah it happened to me when I was the last survivor with the E50M

I could have held on for longer if I had more shells

[ebon epoch]

praise be to the AT-15A on the gamemode

actual bunker gameplay (also panic attacks)

[pine hound]

E50, TVP, Leo all good choices, fast and fast shooting

[west ruin]

sir the rear flank has fallen your backdoor is wide open wha should we do

Just you literally have to hope your team can carry their side otherwise it will fall apart

[ebon epoch]

it can't be wide open if I glue it to a corner with only 1 way in

yea it's kinda ineffective sometimes but man is it fun when you get a low reload time and have to spam fire praying you can live long

plus, minimal moving around needed

[west ruin]

Also size can be a issue cause cant even shoot effectively

[pine hound]

just survived for the first time, in a TVP, do not stop moving, zombies flying have a hard time turning

if you can find some cover it helps, then your DPM goes up as the game progresses. Smaller, lighter, faster shooting tanks FTW. The big tanks I've taken in are just plain painful to me on both sides

[west ruin]

Really need to balance the damage and rof otherwise be wasting the damage buff since people will use derp guns

[ebon epoch]

comfy corner ❤️ (until I got overrun)

[west ruin]

At least the mode is actually enjoyable since you dont need to worry bout mm as you get alot of people for both sides depending how it goes

[ebon epoch]

mode is a whole lotta fun, minus the servers randomly just having a seizure and locking a input causing you to die

[west ruin]

Not had that issue yet did on Uprising hopefully they will fix this issue soon otherwise could be worse on reforge

[ebon epoch]

had that issue a few times on my end during the move and it got me ganged ⚰️
Uprising was smooth tho

[pine hound]

Zombies spawning INSIDE the base is messed up

[ebon epoch]

don't they get like instantly murdered

https://youtu.be/l13HCCx5KQU

I love roleplaying a stationary bunker 🔥

[eternal swan]

Lol happened to me, I didn't know what the heck was going on. As soon as I spawned I just got pommeled lol.

[pine hound]

I've rammed a few survivors from spawning right in base

[ebon epoch]

spawning in base only has 2 outcomes
1: free kill
2: instantly being mauled

[pine hound]

SOOO coaching team to constantly keep moving and not just camp base seems to help. Reminding them Zombies go too fast and cant turn. I just survived 2 in a row in Leo 1. Now that I'm suriving it's more fun...

[ebon epoch]

the chat in the mode is still broken on my end so I and many people still can't chat

not even quick commands work so it's 80% of the time dead silence in chat

[pine hound]

interesting, my chat works fine but it's only Global chat. I'm on PC though and have to press G

[ebon epoch]

I think the issue is affecting other people still aswell from what I'm seeing in the server

[sinful wind]

i really like the infected mode but the problem is that we cannot play in PLATOON and its really sad because i wanted to play with my brother.

[ebon epoch]

only issue I got with infected is simply just, not enough ammo. if the ammo cap was raised even alittle it'd help especially during last man standing where you NEED to spam fire

[eternal swan]

Hmm had a few games so far, if we had some commands to attack a tank, attack or chat anything just to spice up the mode a bit, it gets a tad boring after a few games tbh, I've won all of mine too all infected. No challenge. I suppose if you're in a strong heavy you could create a personal challenge for yourself as a survival, to stand right till the end, but you'd end up just losing, if you have gold boosters or missions to complete then it's no good. Thanks for the new mode though

Some maps are really strong on base though, horrorstadt for example.

[west ruin]

Honestly the spawn in cap nonsense does need to be removed very unenjoyable when someone can literally get a free kill with 0 effort as your helpless

[ebon epoch]

I'm mixed on this one tbh
on one hand yea

you can die like instantly

on the other the infected can just get instantly mauled by everyone

[west ruin]

That the point of bein the dead ya gotta be cannon folder as wear them down as people will all look to 1 side and some maps are bias to the undead

[ebon epoch]

I mean like the one who ends up spawning at the base

[west ruin]

Again too op as well ya mostly see infected winnin only some maps like Dynasty Pearl has the best dependable spot while Copperfield is laughably 1 sided

[ebon epoch]

Death.

(he spawned on base and got mauled instantly)

[west ruin]

And infected can still shoot their guns which can easily kill low HP people

[ebon epoch]

I think that's the point

[west ruin]

But barly any utilize it

[vernal berry]

WHERE IS AVATAR FOR INFECTED FRONT?

[runic brook]

Yeah, double checked, reading the announcement, so yes, only one goal really: cap the base to win.
Camping corner won't help ...

[west ruin]

Technically if camp a zone you can easily lock places down just players rather look everywhere beside work effectively

[thin hamlet]

Not promoting any channel
https://youtube.com/shorts/e9qY1d7bkDA

[tawdry bough]

The first 5-10 games in this mode are fun. After it's boring as you always win except if you're the last "not infected". I played 20-30 games, all won. Just be infected in the beginning of the game and it's 100 % win. So too simple and boring. Mode designed just for kids and yolo players.

"Survivors" team has no chance to win as it's too disproportionate between survivors and undeads.

[verbal summit]

Wheres the biter tank

[runic brook]

Coming soon

[tawny crane]

This game mode is so lame

[viral holly]

But then you get the games like this where you win as survivalists :D

(It's my 5th? game in this mode so I haven't got bored of it yet)

[fierce dragon]

I have mixed opinions, but at least I’m getting missions done quickly.

[flat lantern]

if you cooridate w a teammate it can get super crazy

[fierce dragon]

It seems that survivalists have a better chance in a place with not a lot of open space. Just lost a game as an undead in Ghost Factory because the base was in the factory and the survivalists managed to hold us off. Not a lot of space to maneuver at high speed.

[west ruin]

That is Myan Ruins a easier map to win as survivalist plus got 3 great dps tanks to use the damage buff otherwise maps like Canal, Lagoon en probably a few others are bias to infected since can spam jump and you cant do much as they get a free kill most of the time

For Lagoon either the beach or heavy side ruins be a better cap point easier to defend Canal kinda unbalanced as a map in general for this mode

[sharp nimbus]

Lagoon is so insanely unbalanced towards the Undead, its not even funny

look, as unbalanced as the mode is, i do appreciate that its basically the easiest way to farm wins that there ever has been in this game

because the Undead win 90% of the time and 13 out of 14 players win as Undead, most people should be averaging at least a 80% winrate

i've played 11 games so far and i've won all of them, including 2 back to back matches as Survivalist (Ghost Factory and Castilla accordingly)

i definitely think WG should rebalance the mode to give the Survivalists a greater chance at winning, but overall I'm pleased with the technical aspects of the match and that it's by far the easiest way to farm wins that this game has ever seen

[sharp nimbus]

on Ghost Factory, there's only 6 entrances. most people only use 2 of them, and they're the two that you can shoot tanks while inside the cap as they are approaching. there's also some cover around the edges of the cap, so i was using that

[small ether]

Infected is stupid, unbalanced, illogical, maddening, and great fun for a Halloween event!

[sharp nimbus]

that's what im talking about 😂

[west ruin]

Main plus is can actually use your gold boosters en win without the hassle

[eternal swan]

I'm exploiting this in tier 10 atm.

[sharp nimbus]

oh shoot that's a good call

only one problem for me

[viral holly]

Ran out of ammo lmao

Missed some shots but I don't care it was awesome

[sharp nimbus]

crazy numbers

can you post the replay?

@viral holly that may be eligible for some rewards 👀 take a peek through the active challenges in #may-competition-news-n-rules

[viral holly]

I saw someone with 44k earlier why would mine be eligible?

[sharp nimbus]

there's more rewards than just 1st place

might as well enter that replay

[viral holly]

O I read the rules now for that one, I was 2nd to last survivalist alive but ran out of ammo and died, that's why it's a win for me.

nvm theres like 4 competitions

[eternal swan]

Good grief, most I had at one time was 500 odd.

Just use them win or lose any tier, it's still goldno use stashing them.

40k even for losses

But 4 k battles good luck with that xD

[kind mantle]

How is XP calculated, if you changed side (from Survivalist to Undead)?

[remote verge]

I don't think it matters

[neon shell]

anybody else got this? when in aiming mode on the undead hertbreaker iand it is killed if get stuck in the aimmode and you see a black plate in your aimside. Only zoomin/out can get you out of this.

[eternal swan]

Yeh every time

Cool way to play this if you're a survivor, want some damage and a win, defend base as long as you can if the game starts to swing heavily towards infected towards the end, say 3 of you left, leave base and yolo.

[green tide]

WG pls fix this

[shy jetty]

love the mode, but only downside you can't platoon

platoon seems unbalanced for the matchmaker , then separate the platoon into the 2 teams then like 1 infected and 1/2 survivalists

[distant hornet]

no

[sly estuary]

The game mod is cool but it have one big problem, some maps are just unbalanced, like impossible for the infected/survivors to win

[green tide]

💀

[wide willow]

17k damage

[tawdry bough]

There is an update today. Something has been changed so it's not so easy to win when undead now.

SO it looks like a lttle bit more interresting as the chance to win is no more 90 %

[autumn ember]

I ran out of shells lol

[long pond]

Castilla is unfair for the infected. Survivors have a big advantage as there are only two main entrances to the base area.
Also feel like copper field is unfair for survivors. Undead can just jump onto the base from the cliff and survivors can do almost nothing to stop them from jumping down.

Winter Malinovka also has so many different sides from which you can get rammed. Base is quite open.

[runic brook]

Zoom out / leave sniper mode

[sly estuary]

Yeah fr, Castilla is literally impossible because survivors are camping on the edges of the wall or in the top of some cliffs, Ancient Land is almost impossible with wall protecting from everywhere. I agree for Copper field being painful for survivors. I never played with this mode on Malinovka yet (even after 30 games)

[sleek hazel]

people just get smarter

[finite willow]

Is it possible for some kind of building mechanic to be added into this game mode? Like prop placement with set amount of hp: cars, crates, etc that would disappear after being destroyed

[echo spoke]

kinda annoying that the undead can shoot you, like bro I just wanna play some HvZ

[long pond]

Thats a temporary fix though. The game mode is quite glitchy. When the infected respawn, their icon shows on the map before they spawn. Also sometimes when you spawn, your tank randomly rotates.

[vital stream]

That's just the characteristic of being undead. You go underground, rise up and then continue like nothing happened

Also why is chat disabled?

[west ruin]

Was just global which to me is dumb cant I just talk to the said team am on to me the mode seems very rushed though

[west ruin]

And abit of troll armor

[mystic root]

Why can't I chat in infected mode

[runic brook]

Because chat may be disabled for the mode, which may also have to do with the uniqueness of the mode and team switching

[mystic root]

mt 25 with the 8 shot gun is insane when you're one of the last survivors (you can fire almost continously)

[west ruin]

Never had that problem it always was just global

[mystic root]

I swear that there are tanks that always get placed in the infected team

[limpid knoll]

I found a glitch. Look at the zombie e75 hp

3.4k hp

[mystic root]

Probably using sandbag armour

[wanton spoke]

No that is a feature

[mystic root]

Isn't health usually halved though

[wanton spoke]

Feature

[limpid knoll]

something like that

[mystic root]

Let me guess we're gonna need to get 5,000 or so wins in this mode to get biter

[bleak gyro]

Not a glitch, some time the undead will get special effects at random in battle one extra health, other is in spawning the camp circle.

[cloud crypt]

some map r soo heard for infected mood

[karmic shard]

quick commands and chat are unavailable for pc, i have no idea if its intentional or not but disabling comms in a gamemode where you have to rely on allies to survive/infect survivors is not a good choice of design

[west ruin]

Chat just global but everything else off

[dusty parrot]

bring back Team Chat in Infected Front, having nothing but Global Chat removes the Survivalists ability to communicate effectively

for example, the 183 is the most important tank as a survivalist, due to it being able to one shot the Undead lights and mediums, but if i try to tell my team to protect the Survivalist 183 the Undead will see that as well, which makes talking to my team useless. The problem is, Infected Front is COMPLETELY team oriented

[keen falcon]

Electrofiy, on EU we can't even chat at all in the infected front game mode. I can't even use quick commands

AFAIK, global chat is just flat out disabled on EU. I don't really understand why, because WG have the ability to chat ban people who are abusing the chat system

Currently, my feedback on the infected front game mode is that it needs work. Some maps are very unbalanced, and the game mode overall feels very frustrating for anyone spawning as an infected.

The survivalists can sit in corners, some of which are virtually impossible for the infected to reach without being instantly killed. The only way to reach them is to A: use blinding speed, or B: attack as one group. The current physics engine just makes you slide if you try to turn when driving at a high speed, so that strategy out the window. Still to this day, I don't understand why the tanks in blitz slide on soft and medium terrain. Irl, tracks would be more likely to dig in and possibly flip the tank over than slide on soft and medium terrain. With hard terrain, depending on track type, it is reasonable for tanks to slide.

That leaves option B, which isn't really possible on EU at all, as we have no way of communicating with our allies to attack as one group. No quick commands, no chat at all. This really should have been thought through before pushing out the game mode. It feels half baked in my opinion.

There are also bugs such as dead tanks ram killing survivalists if they have remaining momentum and contact the survivalist after their tank is destroyed. This has happened to me twice now. I suspect this is likely to be a limitation with the servers, and as such is likely not possible to fix. But it's still something I thought should be brought up.

I also feel that there should be the ability for survivalists to heal under certain conditions, and that infected should have some sort of ability to aid them whilst there are a lower number of infected.

For the infected, an ability that diminishes as the number of infected increases could be worth looking into. For example, slow down from survivalist shots could be reduced whilst there is a low number of infected and slowly increase as more infected are created

I should add here, this is obviously my opinion. People may agree, and people may disagree. This is purely my views from my time playing the new game mode.

[keen falcon]

also, ammo count should be increased for survivalists

maybe there could be a "supply camp" of some sort where you could gain additional ammunition reserves and a percentage of your original HP?

Would require leaving the base and travelling a certain distance to reach, so it wouldn't be without a risk

[jaunty depot]

Sliding is a problem for some tanks, i had to remove fuel and speed boosts so i can control turns. And some slide even then.

[keen falcon]

Sliding is a problem with the DAVA engine in general. I severely hope that the switch to unreal engine fixes this issue. It's extremely frustrating. On gravitizing, I can understand the sliding. Tracks won't be biting into the ground, they can feasibly slide. But in a mode such as infected front, uprising, mad games, etc. Tanks should not slide on soft or medium terrain. They should only slide on hard terrain such as paved roads, cobblestones, etc. Tracked vehicles bite into soft ground. If they are going sideways, those tracks are going to dig in. They aren't going to slide over the top. They might slide a little bit whilst they're going over the top layer, but it will act like a shovel and dig itself further in until either the track breaks or the tank stops / flips up

[keen falcon]

this is why I say ammunition needs to be increased for survivalists

I ran out of ammo and could not continue fighting as a result. If I had more ammo, I could have continued fighting. There is a possibility that I could have won. If the infected have infinite respawns, how are we supposed to counter that with limited ammo? There is no way you can say "Select your targets carefully". The enemy respawns indefinitely.

[fierce sequoia]

how to win infected front on winter mal:

[strong lion]

you almost got CS 63

You have no idea how massacre Undead and desperate of that bro 💀

[winged sluice]

Did it end up working out or nah lol

[fierce sequoia]

yeah, the game is won in the ss

[winged sluice]

Sorry I’m a blitz player using my eyes is not one of my strong suits (and neither is spelling apparently 😭 )

[jaunty depot]

You can see he is bad because he has minimap enabled. Distracted driving isnt something i can support.

[karmic shard]

On pc there’s no chat or quick commands though

[west ruin]

Honestly quick commands would help considering the severe tunnel vision problem which leads the backdoor getting violated

[crimson ridge]

How did you climb up there

[fierce sequoia]

magic

u can just drive up lol, just dont get rammed

[crimson ridge]

Yeah

[crimson ridge]

I had a game where mts get on the mountain in castila and killing infected from their

[fierce sequoia]

yeah castilla is very easy for survivalists

[crimson ridge]

Btw Light tanks are really fast in this gamemode

[fierce sequoia]

i got up to 180 in the ru 251 one game

[crimson ridge]

I had a dumb idea and use double speed boost on the Soviet pancake.

[crimson ridge]

Middleberg and oasis is where I just yoloed full speed and killed someone under 15 sec. In the Soviet pancake.

[sleek hazel]

finally 1 castilla infected win

[long pond]

The chat is kinda bugged. If I type something, It sometimes appears in red. The chat colours are messed up (green/red).
Also why are quick commands removed, thats just dumb.

[bleak gyro]

I did that once, some tried to get me but I was at the top and spotted them and shot them down and went back to hitting them from above.

[crimson ridge]

Damn. You're one terrifying camper

[bleak gyro]

lol

[crimson ridge]

Better than 95% of campers i get

[bleak gyro]

Some maps I get somewhere good and just start farming for the mission

[crimson ridge]

To be honest, I don't like the mechanics of a juiced up infected spawning inches away from my face

[bleak gyro]

That’s true and that’s why I kinda camp away from the cap for that reason

[crimson ridge]

I died because of this feature.

[bleak gyro]

That’s sucks

[crimson ridge]

But, I will spam lts with high top speed cuz they are ridiculously fast

[bleak gyro]

Facts

[crimson ridge]

I killed multiple people under 15s if the map has a straight cut to base

Like middleberg and oasis

[bleak gyro]

On copper fields I was and infected Dracula and jump in to the base like a wrecking ball and infected a few players at a time, so fun.

[crimson ridge]

Yeah. Not letting them react to the storm that is approaching.

[bleak gyro]

True and have a great day.

[crimson ridge]

Ok. Have a great day comrade

[dusty parrot]

you are speaking nothing but facts

[dusty parrot]

yeah, and since the only chat available on NA is global chat, it's completely impossible to communicate with your team effectively as a Survivalist, cause the Undead will see what you say and prevent it from happening

[sage oriole]

Guys important question

Anyone facing fps drops and sudden freezes during this mode

[keen falcon]

to add onto my post from yesterday, I really do not think that heavy tanks should be able to spawn on the 4 initial infected. If they die as a survivalist, sure. Make them infected. But 2 heavy tanks spawning as the starting infected? It makes it 100% impossible to win for the infected team, beacause the heavy tanks are too slow to get any survivalists before they are killed

[still copper]

I have never seen a more lame and useless "fun" mode like this in ANY game i have played over the 40 years i am playing pc games.
It adds nothing at all to the whole game experience
Not only it does not promote or educate the players to be better, but encourages to play worst.
You need absolute zero skill or brains to play this mode. You only have to be able to press W and sometimes click the button.
What is wrong with you Wargaming? Why are you so incapable of making the game a little better?
The game designers. game directors and all staff that take part in the decision making for developing this game should be fired yesterday !

[runic brook]

Which fun modes have actually had an educational benefit to the overall game?

Which brings the question: what would you actually design as a fun mode? And then what about one that is both fun and and educational?

[eternal swan]

Lighten up mate it's a fun mode.

[keen falcon]

Homie. The mode is a bit of fun. It's not meant to be competitive. There are issues, it's unbalanced, and it's a bit repetitive. But these things can be improved over time. Criticism is supposed to be constructive. Throwing insults around and saying people "should be fired" is not constructive criticism.

I have made it clear that I believe this mode needs changes, and that I am unhappy with certain aspects of the mode. I have given my opinion and my thoughts relating to the mode, which the developers can use and build from

[keen falcon]

this is constructive criticism.

[sleek hazel]

you can...not play it? this gamemode's a mixed bag, so there are some that like it and some that don't

[still copper]

Indeed this constructive criticism. But, pointing out the negatives, while referring the luck of the expected, it is also constructing criticism. It's just a little bit more aggressive than yours. Take care

[still copper]

If you could only pay a little bit more attention of what i am saying, you would be in a position to understand my suggestions. It's not my job to come up with ideas that other people are getting paid to. I am just here to try point out the negatives of the game and place my expectations, which in general most of the players agree.

[runic brook]

I think I fully read what you wrote.
TLDR: this is the worst mode of any game in 40 years. Adds nothing. Does not educate. Everybody at WG should be fired.

Which actually adds nothing.

[still copper]

Congrats my friend ! You surely know how to read ! Take care !

[runic brook]

So, lots of hard talk, but no suggestions, at all?

I would have thought there might be a suggestion or two for a better game mode, based on 40 years of gaming experience.

Plant a seed, and it may grow.

[sleek hazel]

40 years of waste

[unkempt yacht]

Bug

[wind snow]

355pm 11 Oct. iOS iPad 11pro
In WOTB. There is a 4 notice in store indicator, Has remained for 3 days. In containers this 4 remains for the 3 days.

[small ether]

Love the mode for Halloween. Not sure what I’d suggest to make it better except to make it a little more balanced. Should still be about 50/50 to keep it competitive. Some are using mode to use up stored up gold boosters to get 20 gold per battle by throwing the battle to the Infected side.

[wanton spoke]

Infinite gold glitch

[stable kestrel]

65 kills 💀

(i was protecting the harry hopkins till the end)

[mystic root]

Gravity

[surreal crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/obi-wan-kenobi-of-course-i-know-him-hes-me-gif-12774102

[small ether]

Yeah, you got to go with the house odds. Even so, I try not to get infected…Covid avoidance habit I guess…but I make sure I’m not the loser that’s infected last!

[lucid sky]

Lazy tank hitboxes

[potent aspen]

I've had that happen before lol

[vital stream]

This game mode gonna inadvertently produce some of the most situationally aware players by the end of it. It's amazing how quickly players have adapted, its no longer steamrolls of one side over the other (except on castilla and copperfield)

[covert remnant]

"It went right through" 🤦

[bleak gyro]

Facts, I have been playing a few games and are noticing how the last players left and me are able to watch one side and holed the undead to win the games.

[west ruin]

Cant tell ya how many times tell people to literally watch 1 side yet they all act like the seagulls in Finding Nemo when a enemy shows up and says I'm getting a shot and leaving the rear open for a easy kill on someone

Port Bay one I might lock down park road with me and 1 other but 7+ others cant hold bridge side

[haughty patio]

hit a crazy trickshot on canal, unfortunately i have replays off

so no proof 😔

[haughty patio]

maus be so peak in this gamemode

[green tide]

Carro is a hidden gem in this mode, has lots of ammo

[jaunty depot]

You need to fix low credits and experience we get when we die and win as zombie. 12000 credits and 400 exp with premium in carro for 2-3k dmg is terrible. Doesnt even cover consumable cost...

[west ruin]

If a survivor cap as you can get a good amount just by cappin alone

[sage oriole]

hi all, this is my two cents on this mode after trying it out since the release. I welcome any additional discussions below my post

areas for improvements

1. bring back team chat and quick commands
2. fix the sudden fps drops

suggestions that are realistic in my opinion

1. allow a special ability for undead to become invisible for maybe 5s. some maps are simply too easy for survivalist to win as long as they find a corner that has 2 sides blocked and the corner is too tight for sharp turns due to the speed of the undead.

2. allow healing for survivalists. the amt healed can be a percentage of the tank's alpha dmg, and this percentage can be dynamic to account for the increase in their alpha and reload speed as more survivalists die

[west ruin]

At least with healing some people can be more useful besides lookin down only 1 side of the map mostly helps heavies survive a sudden cap spawn ram or a ally already low en could survived a botched ram

[surreal crystal]

great MM.... if theres 60 people in queue, how can i not find a game

[fresh reef]

my game does not let me back into the battle if my internet cuts out... I can't even get into the game until the infected game is done...

[runic brook]

Those two things should not relate …

Are you playing on mobile internet ( aka data ) or broadband home internet?

[west ruin]

To me feels more like the internet for that moment of time is down for the moment so wouldn't do it again when is cleared up

[potent aspen]

This game is crazy buggy

SOmetimes when I spawn as an infected I"ll just get spun in a random direction, forcing me to turn around and waste the increased acceleration time to get going the right way

[haughty patio]

oh yeah sometimes it spawns you in the ground n stuff

[runic brook]

Maybe give some actual points what you dislike or would like to see improved next time around; instead of insulting players and developers @ornate crag

[potent aspen]

Another thing I've noticed: In some tanks, mostly heavies it seems, once the acceleration bonus wears off you lose almost all of your speed as if the game thinks you're still in a normal mode and your tank isn't supposed ot have increased speed

[runic brook]

Heavies are just harder to play in this mode. Pick a light tank or medium, maybe switch equipment to double speed boost 😅

[mystic root]

I suspect that the speed limit is about 120 km/h

[surreal crystal]

makes me miss the mad games hellcat with it's 220km/h speed

[mystic root]

pics or it didn't happen

also why hellcat specifically

[fallow marsh]

What- Why?
I haven't seen anyone talking about tanks having more hp instead of less and it's never happened to me, and it's also really annoying...

[fallow marsh]

^ nvm it was mentioned, but it's still really annoying

[mystic root]

135 km/h reached

[fallow marsh]

also I do like this mode, the only problems are:

1. it's very buggy
2. rewards per battle are bad, you get positive credits only if u do really well or use boosters (and even then u often lose credits)
3. it's fun but unbalanced, based on ur map and tank u might be doomed from the start of the battle
4. people often throw just to use gold boosters (I do use gold boosters in this mode but I don't just throw to get a few gold)

Most of these problems could probably be solved through fixing bugs and tweaking where the base is and tank spawn points.
And ofc also tweaking battle rewards, they are somehow worse than regular battle rewards in most cases.
(smth can probably be done with players throwing to get gold, but idk)
Here's my attempted constructive criticism because I've never written it before :3
rams you

oops I wrote an essay

[hybrid warren]

It's a feature! Take it as a "Zombie Boss" e.e

[fallow marsh]

lol

[delicate zephyr]

I think infected shouldn’t be slowed when they are penned.. they should be only slowed if survivors don’t pen them or bounce them… and infected shouldn’t deal that much damage by shooting, I would personally like if they could only ram

[mystic root]

Just like chat not working on PC?

(even though it works on mobile)

[delicate zephyr]

And I tough it’s perma disabled in this gamemode lol

[mystic root]

I've seen people chat in Infected so it has to work on at least some platforms

[west ruin]

Most the silver and exp are from cappin but if automatically a infected its definitely poor

[fallow marsh]

same

[west ruin]

Although doesn't do much as people wont listen

[mystic root]

Would giving some survivors random abilities (repairing allies, "shotgun" shells, increased spotting range) be unbalanced

[west ruin]

why spotting range we literally can see em before they get close with the maps bein boxed in
But healin would be helpful and help make more silver

[fierce sequoia]

its closer to 200

ive gone 170+ many times

[mystic root]

I ran out of ideas tbh

[hybrid warren]

I don't think that's a good idea, the last one.

[fierce sequoia]

is this the highest ram dmg ever?

[hybrid warren]

I speak on global so IDK.

[mystic root]

Faster turret rotation for survivors would help

[fierce sequoia]

also 7 kills spawning as infected

[hybrid warren]

I think I got a little bit higher than that.

[west ruin]

Just to me some maps can also be redone to be more balanced as some maps hugely favor 1 side more then the other plus gotta fix the issue where infected might lag jump cause they goin to fast like with gravity since its a issue there as well makes it harder to hit em

[foggy cypress]

how did I die…?

[fierce sequoia]

Dead tank respawned directly where u were driving

[runic brook]

Most likely, given the location.

[fierce sequoia]

@remote verge

imma just send u the clips i get, i enjoy going for these

[remote verge]

Yes, do send. You are THE stuntman

[fierce sequoia]

@remote verge want me to send normal drift kills too or just jumps/doubles

[remote verge]

Send whatever you want

I enjoy watching these clips

[crystal bough]

survivors should get slightly increased turret rotation as more allies die.

Undead's tracks should be unbreakable against terrain impacts

the slow survivors inflict on the undead should have a very short duration early game, and as survivors die it's duration scales. (early game it should basically be a momentum breaker, and then the undead can speed up again)

drifting in a tank is fun... to an extent. undead need something to help reduce the sliding and give more control.

as a bonus, tanks with less than 60 ammo should get their ammo count set to at least 60 for this gamemode. (this includes multi shot tanks like the FVE, 400/10 is only 40.)

[fierce sequoia]

@remote verge

[remote verge]

You make it look easy lol

Can't believe you got the T22 on dynasty tho

[surreal crystal]

Imma have to go with the "trust me bro" on this one because I don't have too many hellcat games/moments recorded from back then. I've shared this one often but we unfortunately can't see my speed in it.

[mystic root]

Is this something that only happened with Hellcat or could other super fast tanks (like the AMX 13 family, Dracula, and Ru 251) go that fast

middleburg survivor win (ultra rare)

[surreal crystal]

pretty sure only hellcat since the others didn't have a speed boost. Hellcat was the only thing light enough to go so fast. 263 was probably a close second

[fierce sequoia]

I think i went 230 or 240 in the panther m10 (it has super speed boost for some reason)

[mystic root]

is this "super speed boost"

[fierce sequoia]

Yes

[mystic root]

this is the actual name for it

[fierce sequoia]

Yeah im not saying allat

Super speed boost is enough

[fierce sequoia]

@remote verge

[mystic root]

Destroyed by myself?

[surreal crystal]

did you ram into a building or something?

[mystic root]

i was at spawn in lagoon

[echo spoke]

if you were afk you get auto destroyed at the end of the battle

[vital stream]

Dusted off my M4 54 to become infected fun police, was not disappointed, things cooked in this mode especially when you use reactive lol

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-17729711691959966457

10/10 although it would be nice if sliding wasn't so easy to counter some of thr awkward position otherwise no notes

[mystic root]

I was fighting until I got destroyed

[echo spoke]

no idea then

[mystic root]

Idk why I posted an irrelevant screenshot when I responded

[tawdry bough]

Worst mode ever imagined by WG. To forget once finished.

[surreal crystal]

You're objectively wrong

[sly estuary]

Why there is a lot of AFK players? This really sucks because most of the time, you can’t win as Undead when like 3 players are AFK in your team, it’s very frustrating

[errant roost]

need rebalance this mod

undead need more hp when rising base point

[vital stream]

If you keep spawning in base (dying alot) your HP seems to double. Ive seen a Vickers Light with more HP than maus

[vital stream]

And the camping undead 🤦🏽‍♂️

[loud fractal]

The NA servers were glitching outrageously last night. Weird stuff kept happening over and over.

[jaunty depot]

If you spawn as undead on castilla, might as well go afk. Most maps do favor undead , but when you get 2 slow heavies or td as your starting 4 tanks, it will be hard to infect anyonee on maps where you need to climb hills.
AFK is big problem in blitz in general, every fun mode match has 2-4 afk players recently.

[haughty patio]

they gotta give everyone infinite ammo or somethin ngl

cuz at some point theres just more undead coming at you than you have bullets

[teal ginkgo]

C'est un peu nul! Gg

[hybrid warren]

Personally, I think they're doing "retry".

[hybrid warren]

For what I saw, if the Undead team are losing so hard, they keep spawning there with more HP each time they respawn while hard losing.

[vernal berry]

WHERE IS AVATAR FOR INFECTED FRONT?

[surreal crystal]

bruh, as if Castilla wasn't hard enough

[loud fractal]

The V39 mischievously tries to burrow into the dirt to avoid my shot. Seriously, SO MANY glitches in Infected Front, it's hard to play.

[hybrid warren]

Guys! Actual footage of Undead winning on Campstilla! 😱

[quasi silo]

Average fight be like

[worthy finch]

Infected mode should have a shrunken cap circle, to force survivors into the open rather than hog a corner that the circle covers, at least on maps like ghost factory, castilla and mayan ruins

Also, the boss infected that spawns in the cap circle to force some infections, needs to have increased damage resistance and not be affected by the slowed on shot effect, only because of how toxic it is on Castilla

[vernal berry]

WHERE IS AVATAR FOR INFECTED FRONT?

[wide willow]

Wow got a 20k damage

[crystal bough]

If you start as undead you should get a (tier x 3k) credit bonus so that making credits is possible.
I've been undead more than survivor the last couple days now and every game is a loss of credits or like less than 10k. regardless of how much I do.

[runic brook]

What tier? Tank?

I know first hand that gaining credits as an undead is not going to be very profitable ... but I have yet to lose credits.

[willow arrow]

I guess I lost money as undead using even collector tanks

[sharp nimbus]

no premium time nor credit booster will put you into the red often

i have both so im gucci

[willow arrow]

I must try using T95E6 again

[sharp nimbus]

i recommend Rhm Pzw for ramming

[crystal bough]

most recently.
T-22 on fort despair.
did 4.4k damage after starting as undead. only popped tungsten ONCE. lost 700 creds.
(win)

T-22 on ghost fact.
did 4.8k as a starting undead.
maybe popped repair kit once to get a bit of damage.
4k credit loss
(loss)

I have no credit boosters. i do have premium time

[sharp nimbus]

what the

[winged sluice]

lol haven’t seen the replay bug in a while

[crystal bough]

E 50M final boss lol

[willow arrow]

Infected big boss mode confirmed

[small ether]

I’m finding battles a bit more balanced, in general, now that players are getting the hang of it. The map is the major factor now in who wins. I suggest only using maps that are shown to be reasonably balanced. That will reduce frustration levels and AFKs since many players just give up when it’s a map they know they will lose on.

[west ruin]

Really Canal and Lagoon worse in bein unbalanced since people can just jump off of ledges to take 1 at a time

[noble briar]

Infected Front is the absolute worst game mode. Completely unbalanced maps, XP is a total joke where you can make more XP in a win in Rating with only one shot of damage than thousands of damage and kills in IF, beginning as Infected game after game after game and barely being survivor once to the point of total saturation. Barely any strategy, just camping on one spot all game or die thirty times without making anything significant and the list goes on. Really wish this mode is scraped after this total failure. How can this be compared to Big Boss. Uprising, Gravitizing, Realistic, Burning Games and the rest?

[eternal swan]

Yeh had a few more and it gets boring, starting as infected is the worst, find I'm losing a lot of games now.

[bright willow]

I lost a match on Castilla as a survivor cuz 5 out the 10 survivors on our team made a beeline for the church hill. Then a boss zombie spawned in the middle of the base and killed me. It's a testament to how bad Campstilla is that even in a fun mode it SUCKS.

And I lost a match on Yukon as an infected cuz 2 out of the 4 infected were afk

This game mode is a wet dream for AFKers man it just sucks

[eternal swan]

I must admit, when I'm on castilla and similar maps, as infected I play a bit and when you see it's an obvious loss, I just go afk, I know it's wrong but no one cares it just seems pointless a lot of the time.
There's also no comradey amongst players as you're always switching sides and no commands etc. Very few people give reactions at the end of battle.
I appreciate the mode it has potential, they need to work on balancing maps add some special commands or something.

[hollow shuttle]

Can't even ping or chat in this mode. Move all flags into the open. Some of the maps are impossible to win as infected

[eternal swan]

Perhaps multiple caps like supremacy, that would be interesting

[runic brook]

Interesting; cap points could go up faster ... but also harder to defend?
Two or three people going to a cap, could get eliminated rather quickly.

[sly estuary]

1 winner, 13 losers 😎

[agile walrus]

good mode, best for gravitation, but not ready

[dense rock]

Worst game mode ever
Winning is always defined by the map

Also starting the game as infected 8 matches in a row isn't fun at all

[zenith notch]

How long will this mode go on until a better fun mode appears

[thick pawn]

As long as the Herdbreaker event lasts, after that we'll have uprising

[covert remnant]

@dense rock Please no abbreviated swearing. It may fool the censor bot but we all know what you said.

[dense rock]

Then what should i say about this matchmaking? Why do i get 12 matches in a row as infected?

[covert remnant]

That's better. Expressing frustration and voicing an opinion civilly works. 👍

[small ether]

Still loving this messed up mode…winning 8 outta 10 battles & earning 20 gold per battle…ok 18 gold, but still good money 💰

[mystic root]

Is it just me or does the MM tend to put light tanks on infected and TDs on survivor

[safe spade]

So how come I can't talk in game in infected on any of my accounts yet I can talk on normal matches and in clan chat? Also none of my commands work either??

[mystic root]

Commands don't work, and on PC you have to go into keybinds and bind general chat to a key

breaking news, survivors win on copperfield

[safe spade]

Oh thats odd ty

[wary breach]

Depends on the tank. Sometimes I wanna be a disgusting infected MENACE and then I'll do silly stuff like Triple Speed Boosts&yolo into the Zombies after getting a lil bit of damage in, for like 20 matches inarow.

But when you just wanna go pewpew&rack up stupid high damage&kills and keep getting those 4/14 odds it suuuucks

[mystic root]

Dracula is basically an ICBM as infected

[wary breach]

Interesting. For me I can send stuff in global in infected, and so can some others. I'm on mobile so there aren't any keybinds anyways

[mystic root]

It's because by default, global chat isn't bound to any key

Since only global chat works in this mode, you can't use the other chat keybinds then switch to global

If you bind a key to general chat, you're able to use global chat in Infected

[hybrid warren]

I think until Octuber 19th.

[eternal swan]

I pretty much throw in the towel at castilla as infected, pointless.

[remote verge]

You really shouldn't be giving up at the start of the game

[eternal swan]

Not at the start I try, but you just yolo most the time with minimal results, like 5 or 6 infected at 80 percent, happens a lot and more 90 percent loss. Ye know, the only time you win at those op maps is if survilists are poor players.

[loud fractal]

Castilla is terrible, but Molendijk is the worst. If we can convert even one survivor into a zombie at Molendijk, I consider that a win.

[sly estuary]

Why does my tank rotates randomly while respawning?

[astral flax]

Sooo it says in the news tab at the wotb joe thingy at the end Activate the bonus code to get a special quest, complete it by dealing damage...

What quest and what bonus code

[bleak gyro]

Watch his live stream

[jolly vector]

54 seconds

[upbeat arch]

Speed demon

[sinful wind]

Ye bro i got dracula its so OP

[molten crane]

0% to win

All enemies on high ground, infected can’t do any damage. I hope map will be fixed for this mode next time

[hybrid warren]

Canal is hard for Survivors… I don't know how u can't win on that map.

[jolly vector]

slowest game ever, 6 min 40

[void pecan]

6 seconds of cooldown per survivor shot is damn eternal

[worthy gale]

Bro the T-22 is the most op against what you can fight

[hybrid warren]

I struggle to pen that tank with APCR Standard T_T

I really like E-50 M on this mode :)

[worthy gale]

E50 M so funny ramm

[hybrid warren]

Yes it is n.n

[worthy gale]

Which do you consider to be the best tier × to win?

[hybrid warren]

X.

[loud fractal]

WG needs to remove Castilla from the Infected Front rotation. Period. I am seriously considering closing the game when I spawn as zombie at Castilla. That's not me by any means, but it is ridiculous. I feel bad for the zombies when I spawn as survivor and playing the map is infuriating as a zombie. ENOUGH!

[lucid sky]

⌛

[north ermine]

Ghost factory is the worst map in this entire mode xD (castilla too)

[runic brook]

New Bay is horrible too

[echo spoke]

yeah if they have a couple tanks on the bridge facing both ways you cant really do anything

[runic brook]

First it was maybe one tank, or two, later it became four five six on the bridges

And when you depend on ramming for damage; not much you can do

[willow arrow]

forces the zombies to do regular gampleay with tier V HP and tier III damage...

thats why I think infected may need more special classes, not only the base "miniboss".

[celest lodge]

Why isn't there an updated list of all Halloween tanks...this is the best conglomeration I could find....

[keen geyser]

The ‚lore‘ Halloween tanks are all in the Bad Company container you can currently find in the shop

[sterile crown]

win on castilla with zombies from the start 😈

[hybrid warren]

Castilla is the worst map, personally.

[hybrid warren]

That's why I focus the players on the bridge early on :)

[misty timber]

There are not all of the Halloween tanks in the container. In my remembrance, it was like this:
Halloween 2015/16: Dracula, Helsing
halloween 2017: Tankenstein
Halloween 2018: Scavenger, Gravedigger
Halloween 2019: Nightmare, Lycan
Halloween 2020: Spike, Annihilator
Halloween 2021: Titan Mk.I, Titan H-Nd
Halloween 2022: Pharaoh
Halloween 2023: Forest Witch
Halloween 2024: Lightbringer, Souleater
(Halloween 2025: Herdbreaker, Reaper)

[thick pawn]

The only thing missing would be the Medjay iirc.

[misty timber]

Correct, from the 2022 event along with the Pharaoh

[astral flax]

The Medjay is mid and the Nightmares is a nightmare to use cuz of slow shell velocity

[sleek heart]

You mean Biter for Halloween 2025 not Reaper

[mystic root]

Dracula's real special ability is its insane acceleration

[mystic root]

only like 18 hours before infected is finally deleted from wotb

[brisk wyvern]

The best battle in Infected! 10 survivors! Incredible! 💪 💪 💪

[runic brook]

No self promotion ...

[hybrid warren]

Sad. I need more. It's fun :(

[jolly vector]

So… what’s gonna happen to this channel

[runic brook]

It will pause, until the mode returns

[north ermine]

Bro atleast in castilla u can spawn as boss zombie and get a kill in ghost factory they just camp the corners of the cap :/

[hybrid warren]

U can also spawn as Undead Boss on Ghost Factory.

That map has many gates to ram the center, u have to think outside the box and u can ram pretty good there. Well, u still need a decent team to help u pushing so I say it's 50/50. A good challenge for both teams. I like it n.n

[glad jackal]

Bring back mode

[empty coyote]

I really enjoyed the "Infected" mode — I love ramming, and I had a great time being able to ram continuously and often one after the other.
Please don’t blame me for saying this 😄 — it's just my personal opinion that I liked it (though it's true there were one or two maps where it was a bit tough).

[hybrid warren]

Same. Hope it returns soon :)

[loud fractal]

• It was mostly fun, thanks for a new mode
• Some maps were a challenge for one side or the other, but Castilla needs to not be in the Infected Front rotation
• We need to be able to platoon - my buddy and I counted in every battle. A mix of both zombie, both survivor, or opposite teams. It doesn't matter if we're on the same side or not, we just want to play together. Playing by yourself just isn't as fun as playing with a friend.

[haughty patio]

gamemode so peak

[clear shadow]

I want infected front to become a normal appearing game mode

[civic mesa]

Just throw this into the rotation of game modes

[waxen briar]

Castilla was pretty unbalanced and was hard for undead because of how much the undead had to drive through to even get near the base cap, and Winter Malinovka is a little too open, resulting in an instant steamroll for the undead most of the time. Other maps are alright

[brisk mirage]

for undead?

you mean zombies ?

[waxen briar]

Yes

[brisk mirage]

based, but that's alright for me

they can counter balance with surrounding the base

[civic mesa]

I haven't had a winning streak like what I had a few days ago.

[mighty halo]

Castilla should NOT be in map rotation, god awful map

Give infected stronger tracks, and higher terrain resistance so people don't drift out as easily or get tracked from minor falls

Change it so that bounces/no pens don't do a 100% speed loss, it should do a little bit but of a speed loss but not the amount that a penetrating shot does

[waxen briar]

Also, I don't understand why chat is removed in infected front?

[hardy oyster]

Yeah

[civic mesa]

It was fun playing as survivor later into the match, when you could blow away zombie after zombie without aiming. Most of the team's gone and your reload is near instant. Satisfaction, especially when your tank has an awful reload speed. You just have to make sure you aren't the last to die as by that point, survivors have no chance to win.

[long pond]

Or they could change the capture point on castilla more towards heavy side maybe.

[hybrid warren]

This!

[hardy oyster]

What

[long pond]

Also they should add quick commands, its dumb they removed it, you have no way to communicate ONLY with your team as there is only global chat.

You cant even tell your team to position somewhere without your opponent knowing.

[spare island]

My honest opinion for this Infected mode is >> i not like it << why ? Just sitting around base each battle and all shooting on each side , others try to ram you cuz with shot not can do almost anything !!! 🍻

[mystic root]

which maps were the worst for survivor

[hybrid warren]

• Winter Malinovka.
• Middleburg.
• Yukón.
• Canal.
• Fort Despair.
• Lagoon.

Can't remember more.

[mystic root]

Working on Infected Front bingo

[jolly vector]

Maps that were trash for survivors:
Oasis Palms
Middleburg
Yukon
Copperfield
Fort Despair
Port Bay

Trash for Infected:
Castilla
Ghost Factory
New Bay
Mayan Ruins

Neutral:
Dynasty’s Pearl
Lagoon
Molendijk
Canal
Horrorstadt
Winter Malinovka

Overall, it is a pretty unbalanced game mode, the only way to get xp from it was winning and doing a lot of damage as your role, and if you changed roles you immediately lose over half the xp you would normally get. Some maps were so unfun as infected, and some were boring as survivors. We need more maps like Lagoon, which was fun for multiple sides. Some maps like Castilla and new bay could have the survivors camping for minutes on end until they run out of ammo or get shot, and some maps like middleburg could literally end in 54 seconds. Sure, this game mode was fun, but it had a lot of downsides that need to be fixed. One of the best things about the mode was that you could get a bunch of gold with gold boosters, winning most of the time, but if you become infected on one of the maps I mentioned, you might as we’ll cry. I did like the fact that infected bosses could spawn in the base (unpopular opinion I know) but sometimes they just didn’t lose speed even when they were shot which is just stupid. What was even more annoying was the bug where you just got spun around off of spawn.

[mystic root]

Any suggestions for the remaining spaces?

[jolly vector]

Sub 1 min middleburg (it’s happened to me twice)

Also ghost factory infected

Ramming double kill

Jumping on someone or getting jumped on canal or copperfield

Get spun around after spawning (this might as well be a free space)

[mystic root]

That one is the "violent shaking"

[jolly vector]

Fair

Ramming someone who missed you like 3 times

Getting killed by someone who barely clipped your tank on the corner

[hybrid warren]

I'm pretty sure I had a game where it ended in less than 1 minute :)

[next sky]

Pearl of the Dynasty, as there were only 4 access-points to defend when other maps had a bit more plus it was easy to defend as survivor

[jolly vector]

Yea I would say dynasty’s pearl was easy to win for either role

[next sky]

if you had a decent team, it was an easier win for the survivors than the other maps tbh

I often had a trashy time as an infected on that map

[mystic root]

Update

[hexed elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvTIHbi6aSY

[waxen briar]

Canal and lagoon are ok, you just get to a high spot and camp

[jolly vector]

15k plus dmg

Someone using you as a shield and you die

Getting shot while at low hp

5 consecutive ammo racks

[mystic root]

update 2

[jolly vector]

Add pic of drac lol

[mystic root]

just one more

[jolly vector]

less than 1k dmg

[mystic root]

complete

[bleak gyro]

I will use this when the game mode comes back

[jolly vector]

yae now if it ever comes back we got bingo

[wary breach]

RIP Infected Front....gone too soon for being one of the best Modes the game had ever had :(

[mighty halo]

Platoons don't work in infected that'll be a freebie

[mystic root]

I should move it, but what would I put in its place

[jolly vector]

camping on castilla

[mystic root]

I put camping on bridge (New Bay)

[mystic root]

this better

[jolly vector]

fair and what do the ones like castilla (infected) mean? Winning on castilla as infected or just being infected on castilla

[mystic root]

Spawning as infected

Winning on castilla as infected is widely known to be impossible

[jolly vector]

what’s this then?

[mystic root]

Man was blessed by rngesus

[jolly vector]

yea i mean just look at my ign

[mystic root]

Divine intervention

[jolly vector]

real

Still no pics of survivors winning on middleburg or port bay tho

[mystic root]

I think I have one

Lemme finish a battle rq and I'll check

[jolly vector]

mmmm

[mystic root]

Here

[mystic root]

<@&481447501690568709> nvm post got clobbered

[hybrid warren]

I won on Middleburg as a Survivor one time I think but I don't have the replay or screenshot. Didn't save it.

Same history goes for Port Bay.

[wary breach]

I've done it a few times. It's rarer than Survivor Wins on Yukon&Canal, but they all happen

[hybrid warren]

Way too open on Canal. Eventually u get nuked by Undead by any means.

In Lagoon u have to survive every flying tank over the edge of the base cap :)

[wary breach]

Here's some of my most notable Infected Front Games. I even had one on Castilla in the VK90 as one of the first Zombies and the Zombies karking won!

[cobalt shadow]

I like the haunted one night version with the jack-o-lantern.

[wary breach]

I checked every Replay&screenshot of this Mode I have....saw no Survivor Wins on Lagoon, Canal, Yukon, °Desert Sands,

I know I had a really really good Survivor Win on Oasis Palms lastnight, but I didn't favorite it and played legit over 150 I.F. Matches yesterday so I don't have the Replay or any Screenshots.

And yea, I do like the Spooky Versions of the Maps. Tho Horrorstadt is insanely dark&thus more difficult to navigate

°I meant Oasis Palms

I have had a few dozen Matches where the Survivors got within 30 points of Capping on the harder maps to Cap

[hybrid warren]

I don't know if I have the replays or screenshots from these maps. I played like +700 games in 8 days.

Maybe I have something on my profile. Let me check.

[hybrid warren]

Bad luck. I couldn't find them.

[mystic root]

Did Vineyards ever appear on Infected Front?

[jolly vector]

nope, just like desert sands

[jolly vector]

ive seen wins on all of those except yukon, and desert sands wasnt playable

[wary breach]

*Oasis Palms

[jolly vector]

no its desert sands trust me i know the map names

desert sands has the train

[mystic root]

Why did they bother to block Desert Sands and Vineyards from appearing but still allow Castilla to appear

[jolly vector]

Idk

Rock field also would’ve been interesting

[wary breach]

I know.

I meant Oasis Palms.

[wary breach]

Mirage and that OG Madgames map with all the cargo containers&ships would be funny af if put in Infected Front&Gravitizing

[haughty patio]

gravity + infected would go crazy

idk how I feel about gravitising tho

and

the superheavies going 60+ km/h

[wary breach]

BigBoss Gravity Force would be interesting.

Oooohhhh here's a thought:

A mode where the survivors are basically doing Uprising and the Zombies BigBoss, both sides with unlimited lives. No Bases to capture, no "get X amount of kills/damage to win". Just a raw 9 minute contest.

Events where it's like one Team is playing one Mode and the other Team a different mode, or each player gets the benefits&downsides of a random Special Mode.

That'd be so gloriously chaotic

[limber berry]

Infected mode accumulative avatar would be sick

[sly estuary]

Bouncing shells shouldn’t slow down an undead. Damaging or critical hit can slow down the undead but also while bouncing shells sounds a little unfair and could add more challenge for the undead to angle and the survivors to have better aim than just shoot randomly

[sly estuary]

A Mad Games/Big Boss vs Uprising could be fun

[wary breach]

It should depend on the caliber of the Shells. Shots that hit at a 90° angle should slow more than ones that hit the tank at a different angle. Penetrations should slow more than nonpens. Infected Tanks should have crew that are easier to damage/kill but will automatically heal like 10-20s after the damage was dealt.

A mechanic that could be interesting would be something like the survivors having a finite amount of consumable uses and being able to use them whenever they want, to reflect that they're a bunch of people pooling their resources to survive better. Having the Survivors each get 1 or 2 random abilities from othsr Modes, like Heal Pulse&Poison Shot from BigBoss, Armor Regenerator&Damage Reflector&Irradiator from Madgames would be super neat, obviously some abilities would be way way too strong like the Gravity Wells and Blast Waves from BigBoss

Ofc, stuff like this would probably be ridiculously hard to get functional without causing tons of super disruptive glitches&bugs&other errors

[mystic root]

Bold of you to assume that glitches, bugs, or other errors would stop WG from pushing things out (cough cough Ke-Ni Otsu)

[orchid spindle]

channel about to rumble now

[keen falcon]

Would be nice to see the mode rebalanced slightly, but no news of any rebalancing thus far

Previously, I remember human tanks ran out of ammo quite often

I am very much looking forward to using my ELC AMX 901 to ram people though... its so small that people will struggle to hit it in the fast paced nature of the mode

[foggy cypress]

infected front will finally return!!!

[limber berry]

We are so back

[queen pasture]

A video verifying the maximum speed buff amount (from the first event).
The normal buff amount is supposed to be 1.3x.
It looks like it's increased by an additional 72km/h.
Heavy tanks should have "Engine Boost."

[somber sundial]

Lol, i won a game and i lost a game…but couldnt tell how.

[somber sundial]

…good to see how the camping at myan ruins is still a thing.

[queen pasture]

Has the debuff resistance of Enhanced Zombies been buffed? At least, it doesn't seem to be half the base max speed.

[limpid forge]

This might be the worst game mode there is.

[queen pasture]

I didn't realize since I only used E25, but did the debuff effects become uniformly 0.6x?

[glossy wind]

isn’t the speed just the same ✌️ 😂

[foggy cypress]

interesting

[glossy wind]

wow

[shut copper]

Is there a petition to remove this gamemode and replace with something better

[covert remnant]

We don't have a petition function here, but Wargaming does do surveys #surveys message and monitors player's reactions in these channels.

Some of the surveys are by regions, so visit the Channels and Roles channel (top of the list) to give yourself a region role (NA, EU, APAC). Once you do that an additional channel wil be available to you.

[sharp nimbus]

this game mode is great idk what the issue is

[somber sundial]

Step 1, spawn, step 2 become infected… step 3 wait for the gold. Its a gamemode the playerbase can easily get their head around because the tactic is drive and ram, or camp and sit.

But something better would be an excellent idea.

[restive roost]

It’s great for the winning games part of the event, but boy it is a miserable experience to play

[somber sundial]

Miserable woukd be mundane boring realistic…this is merely a chore like watching ad after ad after ad for gold

[sharp nimbus]

i love it because i can turn my brain off and just ram the crap out of people

i already sweat pretty much every other mode available, so its nice to not have to think too hard

[somber sundial]

Theres definitly no thinking, since you are removed as soon as you make a mistake…they could have done alot of other ideas but this one was what they went with

[sharp nimbus]

of course, when I say there's no thinking, I'm not being entirely correct. there's some strategies I've already picked up on in terms of approach and timing to get the best rams

but in general, yes, this mode is more about the driving and not the shooting

[somber sundial]

Its the right direction for fun, but they missed the mark on any objective lol

[sharp nimbus]

what kind of objective would you like to see added?

for me, i like this approach because the fun modes are supposed to be pretty unserious. all sorts of goofy mechanics or abilities to make gameplay very crazy compared to the grounded, regular 7v7

on one hand, i like that Undead win 95% or more of the matches, because it means I can finally start using my gold boosters efficiently. on the other hand, it really makes me avoid playing anything but light tanks. playing tanks with slow turret and track traverse is the #1 reason you can't survive as a Survivalist. the reload becomes shorter as you survive so that you can put down Undead faster, but your traverse speed doesn't increase. so you can't turn to shoot all of the enemies despite you having the reaction speed to handle it

because of that, even when you play a light tank, trying to play as a Survivalist is a lost cause most of the time. you may as well yolo suicide into an Undead right off the bat unless you get Castilla, New Bay, Ghost Factory, or Mayan Ruins. Those are the only maps you can consistently win on as Undead, especially Castilla. Sometimes Canal as well.

My thoughts on balancing the mode would be to grant Survivalists a temporary traverse boost whenever they deal damage to an enemy. This means as long as you can shoot the first target, the next targets will be easier to keep up with. Another idea would be to grant a slow HP regen to tanks that are capping the base instead of hiding in a corner. Survivalists in the corner are actually helpful to protect someone in cap, but being in cap is generally more dangerous. HP regen wouldn't help against a well placed, 1 shot ram attack, but would mitigate the chip damage that's accumulated and also make shooting out the capper a worse tactic for Undead

[somber sundial]

I think survivalists outside the circle might benefit from a speed boost, but inside reload and regen so they could chase done the infected, and the infected would be better with better traction. The modes not popular as it is though, not full. Of players like gravity or boss

[sharp nimbus]

its definitely not a good idea for Survivalists to roam the map

there's no need to chase the Undead, their goal is to take out the Survivalists that are capping. they're always going to come to the cap

the only good use for Survivalists that aren't on cap is placing themselves in corners that are hard to reach for Undead, but are close enough to the cap that they can shoot Undead that are trying to enter the cap

[summer herald]

I’ve been trying this mode for the last 8 hours and I’m not sure how I feel about it

On one hand it’s kind of fun you get decent damage if on the survivor team but on the other hand it kind of infuriating when your on the zombie team because all you can do is ram people in tanks that are incredibly difficult to control
Plus when I lose I always lose credits

And not to mention that when you’re on the survivor team and you get destroyed and put on the zombie team if the zombie team wins technically you don’t win just based off the rewards and xp from what I can tell plus you won’t get those acorn things that you receive from winning matches

[keen falcon]

There are a few minor issues with the mode that still haven’t been sorted, which I find quite frustrating.

Number 1, when respawning as an undead with certain tanks, O-47 being a main culprit, a lot of the time you end up spinning 180 degrees when you respawn, which costs you a bunch of your increased engine power time just turning back towards the survivalists.

Number 2 is the fact that, as a survivor, you can be absolutely nuked by an undead sometimes, simply because the slowdown effect doesn’t apply to them after being shot. This actually made me rage quit the game after the match ended last night.

I shot a leopard 1 and dealt 344 damage, was at a 90 degree angle to him so I could easily dodge him with the slowdown. Except he didn’t get the slowdown. He continued at top speed for at least 4 seconds, so I had no way to avoid him and got destroyed. That’s not a “skill issue” on my part, that’s a bug with the game mode that is extremely frustrating.

Number 3 is that certain unskilled undead players decide to sit at the back and snipe, instead of ramming humans. They tend to finish the battle with sub 1500 damage by doing this. I don’t really understand why they do this, I can only assume they don’t understand what the mode is about and need a prompt to remind them that they are supposed to ram the survivalists to get more damage

Generally doesn’t cause too much of an issue, but it can be quite frustrating when it’s one or two of the spawning undead.

Can also cause significant annoyance when you’re in a light tank and you’re constantly being pounded by shell after shell doing 40 damage. That gets pretty dang infuriating

[green tide]

51K dmg 💀

[shut copper]

I feel like this gamemode could have been turned into like a chase mode when its down to one survivor. Like give a speed boost that way you actually can have a challenge to get him. Increase the grip on treads so instead of slipping as a survivor you have a bit more control. That way the infected have a decent challenge that's not to hard. Same premise as this mode. Just better imo instead of sit and wait

[sharp nimbus]

won on Castilla as Undead, probably the fastest win ever

[glossy wind]

winning on castilla as undead is crazy

[hybrid warren]

Indeed.

[sharp nimbus]

guess I'm just Like That

hey i carried

😎

[glossy wind]

fair enough

[sharp nimbus]

Ghost Factory

love this gamemode

why u hating

[glossy wind]

ghost factory is trash

[sharp nimbus]

i mean

its one of the only few balanced maps for either side to win on

i think that makes it one of the best maps for this mode

most maps are just free for Undead and Castilla is free for Survivalists

[glossy wind]

castilla is the worst map for this mode

[sharp nimbus]

for Undead, yes

[hybrid warren]

I think the only map with 50/50 is Mayan Ruins. Ghost Factory is a little bit up to Survivors because of the choke points it has.

[sharp nimbus]

probably yeah

its really the barriers on either side that prevent entry unless you go through the exact middle of the cap

[nova rain]

I find this mode the least fun out of everything that has come out in blitz in terms of modes. Lose, you get nothing, fair. Win and you also get almost nothing.
If the point of a game is not to get rewarded with being entertained and engaged, then that is a crappy game. In this case, crappy mode. Whoever enjoys this unbalanced, unrewarding and just-to-add-something-new mode must be really bored out of their mind with the game itself. I do not recall if anything changed in regards to the rewarding system but either way, it's horrible. And with this being said, I will leave behind this mode never to look back. Peace ✌🏼

[summer herald]

This mode is terrible there are so many things I want to say but I would get banned from this server for saying them

[coarse canyon]

Well designed mode, actually managed to run the clock to zero

[glossy wind]

how did u not run out of ammo

[sharp nimbus]

T-22’s got 90 shells

[glossy wind]

ok

[coarse canyon]

I did run out of shells, but at that point there was 30 seconds left and they couldn't kill me

[nova rain]

They did kill you tho

[sharp nimbus]

it says “Survived”

[nova rain]

It says defeat

[sharp nimbus]

yeah because the only way to win as Survivalist is to cap the base to 100

[digital moss]

Who even came up with the idea of infected front. It's bad, boring and sometimes miserable

[sharp nimbus]

you can survive and still lose

[sharp nimbus]

don’t play it 😂

idk man

im having a lot of fun ramming people to death

if thats not your thing, that’s fine

[digital moss]

If it didn't exist we could've had something good like uprising instead of this garbage

[sharp nimbus]

💀

[nova rain]

So it's like dying, because you gained nothing in the end if you lose. Pointless

[sharp nimbus]

brother we have like 10 different fun gamemodes, and there is always pubs and ratings

[digital moss]

I capped the base till %95 then turned into a zombie and lost

[sharp nimbus]

this is true, yes. pointless farming but big numbers

[nova rain]

Love me some numbers. Look, a big number 9999999, impressive right?

[sharp nimbus]

i don’t think it’s that serious

its just a gamemode at the end of the day

[nova rain]

I believe as long as we dismiss more and more crap things as "not that serious" we will eventually accept everything they come up with. I guess we have different tolerances for crappy ideas

[sharp nimbus]

wow

just because you don’t like it, it doesn’t make you the sole determinant of whether the mode is “crap” or not

its pretty arrogant to assume so

[nova rain]

I guess you haven't read all the comments about this mode then.

[coarse canyon]

I raise you 74 kills

[sharp nimbus]

yeah, of the hundreds of thousands of people that play this game daily, i don't think WG is gonna be too concerned about a couple of people giving positive or negative feedback to shape their feedback

if no one wants to play the gamemode, then eventually I could see them not putting it in the rotation

if it's popular, they will keep it in

[coarse canyon]

💀

[sharp nimbus]

...it's a gamemode. it doesn't make them any money, and it's not to be taken seriously

i don't understand why people can be so negative about it when they can simply ignore it exists and play a different mode

i think the mode could use some changes for sure, to make the gameplay more interesting and fair for both teams

aight we're not gonna do that

[nova rain]

Lol, the censoring is real. Offended much from a gif?

[sharp nimbus]

if your only criticism of the mode is that it shouldn't exist, i can't take you seriously

you don't have the capacity to engage in a useful discussion

[nova rain]

I did bring arguments in a previous comment but don't bother looking it up. You might delete that as well

[sharp nimbus]

additionally if you think im censoring you because you sent a GIF telling me to shut up, and I deleted it, i don't know what to tell you

[nova rain]

You clearly have biased thinking. You cannot recognize irony and are offended like a snowflake. Womp womp then

[sharp nimbus]

this was your only feedback. ok. i agree the gamemode should grant more credits to all players. the XP should be more balanced, beause currently its skewed towards winning on your original team and Undead wins 95% of the time or more.

is that it?

there's more criticisms of the mode that I can think of, and I already like the mode as it is, even with its faults

any suggestions for making the gameplay more interesting?

any suggestions for making it more profitable?

no, all you have is lame GIFs and excuses

i've nothing else to say

[nova rain]

Wow, are you really from NA? Cause no offense (altough you might get offended at everything I say at this point) but it looks like you fit the criteria.

[sharp nimbus]

also, Uprising is up next, so you can enjoy your favorite mode very soon

[uneven ibex]

enemy undead m103 respawned inside the rock so stopped cap and we could not shoot him, had to switch sides to win the game haha

[uneven ibex]

this mode is quite nice to grind and farm gold boosters. especially now with the x4 from the event. you just switch to undead late if you cant win to farm as long as you can

[sharp nimbus]

that's what I'm doing as well

grinding Rhm Pzw's Rank and earning 20 gold pretty much ever match

sorry that happened on Hellas, i've seen it happen before too. hopefully they make a fix for that specifically

[nova dew]

@sharp nimbus I wanted to clarify what to do with the reusable x4, there should be an option to remove the x4 multiple times, but currently you can only remove the x4 once?

[sharp nimbus]

hmm. i'll answer you in #1443995773191717086

[hybrid warren]

Maybe.

[glossy wind]

i mean the mode is fine imo just some maps are so one sided for either survivors or infected

[vagrant moss]

Love starting as infected on new bay or castillia

[summer herald]

I start a formal petition to remove this mode

[astral flax]

Where to sign

Because you have my vote. This might be the worst mode other than 10 vs 10

[runic brook]

Number one thing I dislike about the mode is the selfish play on several maps, with several players going to camp a corner ... farming everything;
and two that infecteds can't win by cap to counter a selfish player.

There is a spot on yamato where one guy was hiding, pretty much every shot was a kill

So all we could do was a big lemming train ... and try to fire a shot

Three or four of us sat in cap, and all the bar did was flash yellow.

[sharp nimbus]

corner campers can be useful if they're covering the cap. because they don't have to watch behind them, they can react faster to entry points where cappers would have to do a full turn to shoot there. but corner campers that are away from the camp ruin the mode for the Survivalists, that's for sure

[summer herald]

Something else that’s annoying is the infected like to jus sit and shoot and when your in a tank with low health it can be very annoying

I’m just trying to win in my M41 bulldog and I’m constantly being bombarded with shots from camping infected

[runic brook]

Oh, I have done a few games, as infected, where I will peck & shoot at survivalists ... get them to pay attention to me ... only so others can ram and infect 😉

Some guys will strategically take some sniping & farming position, ... yeah, let me see how we can turn that around 😄

[summer herald]

That’s all you can do when on some maps where the survivalist camp
Like port bay where players like to go to the ships

[runic brook]

That was one of the battles, I hated the most.

And where a few infected in the circle should be able to run the cap.

[hybrid warren]

This and above.

[hybrid warren]

Exactly because of the choke points. It is good and sadly yeah.

[hybrid warren]

It is a good strategy. It can stop a little the base capture.

[hybrid warren]

Sounds good o.O

[sharp nimbus]

personally, i think it would be better if the cap ran up faster if multiple tanks were in there. maybe like, 2 cappers gives a 15% bonus, 3 cappers gives a 33% bonus, and 4 cappers gives a 50% bonus. any more than 4 wouldn't help

[coarse canyon]

I mean, the "issue" with the mode is that the general design is incredibly boring. There's zero tactical play or anything because you're just trying to ram people, and the only part that is kind of skillfull (surviving as survivalist) just means you lose

It's also incredibly repetitive as the cap location on each map is always the same, and the spawn locations of the zombies bar a few that spawn in the cap are also always the same. Varying those would be a little better, for ex. using supremacy capsinstead of encounter

Being the last survivalist and camping out the games are like the only way to actually have fun in the mode right now. Because otherwise it's extremely repetitive and requires zero thinking

If they keep the mode boring, then I will simply continue to enjoy extending the game to 8 minutes and getting 74 kills

[sharp nimbus]

i disagree with that. this is pretty much the only gamemode available where the objective and win condition is different than pubs. that by itself doesn't make it less tactical. just because the Undead are trying to ram the Survivalists to death and the Survivalists have to hold a certain part of the map doesn't make it less tactical. i would argue the opposite, it's significantly more tactical than any other mode.

in pubs and other fun modes, you roam the map and kill enemies when you see them. in some modes, you have to be mindful about not pushing too deep into enemy spawn because of respawns, or you use that to your advantage to kill tanks as they leave spawn in some cases. for the most part, how you work with your team is irrelevant. there's almost no team play, because trying to coordinate people to do things is nearly impossible. you may be going to the same area as your teammates, but there's almost no coordination about when the team pushes together, HP sharing, staying put, getting spots, none of that. you have to play tournaments for any sort of organization. when you factor in abilities and respawns, even less teamwork is utilized.

in Infected Front, most of the map isn't used and you instead focus on all of the entry points to a certain part of the map. the coordination of the team is made much simpler because the objective is narrowed down. there's only 1 way for the Survivalists to win, and short of letting the time expire, the Undead have to prevent the cap from reaching 100 or they lose. the tactics for the Survivalists become clear: figure out how to cover all of the entry points in the most efficient way possible while still having some tanks sit on cap. for the Undead, the goal is to figure out how to breach the entry points and secure kills without being shot first

I wish WG had put more effort into making each map viable for either side to win, because I agree that the most "boring" part of the mode is that Undead are winning 95% of the time. maybe making some Supremacy caps be the cap instead of only Encounter ones could do it. but ultimately, I think the "real" solution would be to release 3-5 Infected Front maps that are custom made for the mode. obviously, that'd require a lot more work, and maps would be more repetitive. but it would probably be the only way to guarantee that each side has a roughly even chance of winning

Being the last survivalist and camping out the games are like the only way to actually have fun in the mode right now. Because otherwise it's extremely repetitive and requires zero thinking

this doesn't make any sense at all. going to a corner and pressing the fire button on enemies that will inevitably rush you endlessly after a few minutes of your teammates dying is more interesting, and requires more thinking, than actually playing the mode legit? how does that require any thinking at all? you can do that with 1 hand. i totally get it if you find the ramming part unenjoyable and repetitive, but there's no way you can convince me that corner camping until you run out of ammo takes more brain effort

this is what people are missing out on

last minute of this was the most intense gameplay i've had in Blitz in years, possibly ever

[coarse canyon]

corner camping at least requires precise shooting. On maps where you cannot abuse the map to make yourself invincible, one miss means you die. I find fighting the horde more engaging than anything else you do

What would make the mode better would just be variety. I don't want to play rammer on the same map with the same cap, and most cap circles are either too open or too restricted which results in very clear-cut survivalist and zombie winning maps

[coarse canyon]

Also, "coordination" being easier doesn't make the mode more interesting. 90% of the playerbase still struggle to react anyway

I see the lack of chat and any kind of comms system in this to be a detriment to teams as people in general have zero awareness per usual

Oh and then the other big thing which is lack of platoons. That kills the replayability in this mode

Farming gold boosters gets old really fast

[hybrid warren]

I don't know.

[magic current]

I wish WG would have infected front more often.

[hybrid warren]

This.

[fluid wren]

yeah but its imbalanced as heq..

[fluid wren]

hey, may I ask; is your gun sound a mod? and from where?

[sharp nimbus]

its a mod yeah

i dont remember where i got it

[thick phoenix]

WG should decrease the speed lost from infected after they get hit. In return, survivors should get increased turret turn rate or traverse as the game gets longer.

[queen pasture]

I forgot to record the replay. Sad.
I won at E25 in this location on the new map.

[sharp nimbus]

how do you even get in there?

that's crazy

also, they didn't just shoot you?

[ashen heron]

this game mode is the best with gravity, who agrees?

[hybrid warren]

Please no...

[olive adder]

Aw but it would be funnn…
Living players get the jump boost ability…

[alpine magnet]

When is the next time this will be launched?

[ashen heron]

yea true

[thick pawn]

Not too long to go I reckon =)

[ashen heron]

i hope so

[median reef]

Comes back😼

[wind fjord]

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[flat cloak]

✅ kotukku was banned.

[potent aspen]

I actually like this gamemode unlike everyone else

[olive adder]

I think most people just don’t like it because of the weird way it credits win/lose extra rewards on xp. As a mode made for fun, I find it highly entertaining

[summer herald]

Who all is ready for possibly the worst mode ever added to blitz

[mighty halo]

Honestly a pretty bad gamemode, and needs several optimization and QOL to actually be a fun gamemode, specific maps are either overpowered for infected or survivors, track damage slows down to a crawl which imo shouldn't be the case, I understand a shell that pens slowing ya down but a track damage(not break) slowing you down to a crawl is annoying, as a zombie, if you play a tank a fairly light tank, jumping off small things(such on ghost factory) Can kill you, or break your track, not to mention your speed causes you to drift making it even more difficult to play as zombie, I've had small moments where ramming someone does very small damage, example, if I'm running a teir 10 WZ, and I ram into a mauschen and it only does 120 damage, at full speed, presuming a bug, happens often and is annoying, probably one of my least favorite gamemodes to play as zombie &/or survivor, survivor is annoying but tolerable

[thick phoenix]

Why does qeue take so long

30 in tier 10 still have to wait like 2 mins

[lunar hinge]

nice first person lol would actually be fun if i saw where i was going

[olive adder]

Worst part is just the maps being so one sided so often. The speed drop is IMO, needed, especially as more infected are going quicker. I think that if track crits didnt slow infected down, people would be more likely to rage at the game instead of how it is currently, seeing as how many track crits everybody already gets in regular games.
It still factors in a weight a bit is my guess as why you aren’t getting great rams against a Mauschen or other heavys. Speed still is the most important factor, as I’ve run the HWK 12 and gotten a lot of double kills of heavys, same with the E25

Is it a fair gamemode overall? Not really, the maps don’t allow for that. Is it supposed to always be fair? It’s a gamemode, not really, it’s meant to be fun more than anything. Mad games isn’t very fair, but is still fun even with that

[mighty halo]

I'm fine with a track damage shell slowing down the tank but it shouldn't be as punishing as getting hit normally, it should reduce your speed a little but not to a absolute crawl like you got penned, it means survivors aren't punished for not aiming properly, and if they go for a track, it needs to be a high enough caliber to break it in one shell

[olive adder]

That part I do agree on, because it should slow you down a bit, but not as much as currently does, being the same as a normal shot that pens

And as for punishing survivors for not aiming properly, that’s just called being the last few left, you don’t have time to aim at that point, it’s just turn and fire

[crystal hedge]

and is the WG team going to keep on the bug on Hellas where an infected tank can just spawn in the rock in the cap circle, be protected by the rock, and just give an autowin to the infected side ?
Happened 1/2 games i had on that map

50 secs into the game. It was already lost.
Real fun.

[reef rampart]

Remove ghost factory in this mode plsssss 😭😭😭😭

[crystal hedge]

easiest one to defend imo

[reef rampart]

That why

Infector cant do sheit

Cannot drift

[crystal hedge]

you need to coordinate with your teamates
Except you cant because they dont allow team chat
it just sucks.
Hence why there's 42 people in the queue on EU right now

[thick phoenix]

u literally cant do anything as infected on castilla and ghost

[crystal hedge]

Castilla is more winable than ghost fact imo
You can get high, snipe to reduce the HPs, then ram and get kills.
Still not easy but doable

Ghost fact is too easy to block.
4 angles that cover the entrances, and 2 in the middle can carry all day long

[thick phoenix]

ye ghost is the worst

[crystal hedge]

and on some maps it's instant win for the infected. How do you want to defend Black Goldville or Naval Frontier ?
The cap circles are totally open and you can jump, rush, and snipe the defenders... they have no chances of winning

[thick phoenix]

middleburg

[crystal hedge]

This one is still somewhat closed so you cant snipe the defenders

But yea lots of ways to reach the mid, 1vs13 it's unwinable

[loud orbit]

Castilla needs to be removed in this mode

[thick phoenix]

Guys HE only infected is so fun

[somber sundial]

The infected traction is too slippery, and their damage is too weak compared to a high level survivalist and its reload

[summer herald]

i was playing infected front and as an infected i died while using the sniper scope and when i respawned it was like this and it stayed like this for the rest of the match the tank is a T54E1

its like a first person mode but not very good

[sharp nimbus]

yeah that's a funny bug

[sharp nimbus]

you can just unscope and it fixes itself. i hope you knew that

idk if that works on automatic for PC, but on manual zoom, you just spam the zoom in and out until it fixes itself

[summer herald]

I tried but it didn’t work had to go the whole match like that

Restarting the game didn’t fix it either

[summer herald]

@sharp nimbus when is it expected to get fixed

[ivory heron]

I think infected formt is the perfect mode for credit and XP farming

[summer herald]

Bro what are you on this mode isn’t good for anything

[ivory heron]

Idk, but i made million credit using that mode.

[vagrant moss]

This mode has very interesting team assigning. I just bought the hwk 12 and done 12 battles and I spawned as an infected 10 of those 12 times. So my theory is, it looks who is performing the best as infected on average on that given tank (with others I seem to have more balanced spawn rates) and just assigns the player to that team.
If it’d be purely random, most of the times it would probably pick afks, or people who camp and shoot as infecteds, and WG wouldn’t want giving out free wins, xp and credits to survivalists for doing nothing, right?

[foggy cypress]

shot this Sheridan twice and he didn’t get slowed at all why?

[hazy tinsel]

What are the best tier X to use in infected front ( from the tech tree)

[covert remnant]

The players stats and past performance are not considered by MM.

WG doesn't want to give out xp or credits to passive players, but they accomplish this through the xp and credit formula's. https://wargaming.net/support/en/products/wotb/article/15415/

[loud orbit]

So would that explain this?

[covert remnant]

That could be because your tank didn't balance well with the tanks other players have chosen. Whatever the reason, WG staff have recommended exiting the queue after 2 minutes and reentering. If that doesn't work try changing the tank or tier.

The balancing requirements are softened at 30 and at 60 seconds. I'll give it 90 seconds before trying again. The second try usually works for me.

[loud orbit]

I tried multiple times and this is the only tank that this happens to

I finally got a match after I waited for 8:45

[somber sundial]

I get joining issues only with the lights and meds, looking at how popular they are in the sidebar ive just found tds and hts to almost instantly join… seems a bit obvious of course but the mm would seeminly prefer me to not join in my mt and make someone else submit instead. But thats tin hat stuff and coincidental surely.

[vagrant moss]

So being infected is just a 4 in 14 chance then (like 30%)? Those are some rare odds for 10 out of 12 games to be infected at start.

[vagrant moss]

Nobody plays tier 5

[summer herald]

Can anyone explain to me how it’s possible for the infected to still kill you even after you kill them there were a few infected jumping off a cliff ontop of me I killed them before they got me but there destroyed tanks landed on me still killed me somehow

[covert remnant]

@loud orbit Abbreviated swearing is still swearing. Please repost your answer without it.

[covert remnant]

30 tons of anything falling out of the sky onto you will leave a mark?

[loud orbit]

Kinda hard for me not to swear when there are too many inexperienced players in top tier, WG never should have made it easier to advance in the game

[covert remnant]

Work hard at not swearing. It can be difficult, but it's needed to comply with the server rules.

[loud orbit]

I’m a mechanic by profession, we have the foulest mouth of any blue collar worker. Swearing is our first language, irl or in game

[sharp nimbus]

tank corspes aren't supposed to kill, but it seems like there's a tiny delay, maybe 100 ms at most, between a tank having its HP fully depleted and it being registered as a corspe instead of a live tank. its happened to me before like you described, but there's also been times where i've seen dead corpses smash into tanks and deal 0 damage. if you're a survivalist, gotta shoot a tiny bit earlier

[sharp nimbus]

i hope this isn't an excuse man, at the end of the day, you're the one choosing to hit send on these messages

[loud orbit]

And?

[sharp nimbus]

just play it cool by the rules and we'll be fine. having a certain profession is not gonna give anyone a free pass

also, you mentioned you like to play tier 5, as if that's gonna have more experienced players than tier 10? doesn't make any sense

its fine to have gripes at the lack of skill present at the highest tier, its just not gonna be any better at lower tiers

my last match at tier 10 had a guy with 500 battles, one with 2700 battles, one with 8800 battles, and the other 11 players had more than 10k battles each. sure, its not perfect, but its better here than anywhere else. only 3 players had a winrate of under 50% as well, not even the same players as the ones under 10k battles

[loud orbit]

More old accounts playing their unique or removed tanks that should be brought back, and just messing around not caring about the true objective of the game

[loud orbit]

A persons we has no connection to their ability as a player and nobody has any right to have a tier 10 under 1k battles, we vets of this game worked hard and took forever to get to tier 10. New players shouldn’t have an easier time than us, they should have to suffer like we did

[summer herald]

It’s just a game chill out I got my first T10 at about 1.2k battles that’s just because I got lucky with a free container
Then a couple hundred battles later I got my first tech tree T10 the 183

What would you do if you got your first T10 from a container for free and you have under 1k matches?

[somber sundial]

Theres swearing and then theres absolutely making someone feel worthless. I also swear alot. How its said and how soft the recipient is becomes crucial to what happens later… wrapping everyone up in wool has helped absolutely noone. Not long ago the FAFO ruled. And that system worked just fine lol

[vagrant moss]

Ultimate infected move - softlock

You can tell me now this is a feature

[jolly vector]

Infected lineups will always be
1 heavy/td
Any type
Light/med
Light/med

[vagrant moss]

Nope, often see just meds and lights

[jolly vector]

Yes but most of the time there’s a heavy or td

[vagrant moss]

Not most of the time

[jolly vector]

I went through 25 replays dude

All had a heavy or td

[thick phoenix]

bruh whats taking so long

final:5:38

[summer herald]

That’s rookie numbers I’ve waited just over an hour before just to lose the match

[sinful crow]

Worst mode ever ! in some maps, it's no way ! Bring back the yellow ducks fight !

[somber sundial]

Does our tank have to catch fire and get tracked so easy as infected also, we cant turn and the spawn points are weird, the flag needs to move every minute

They just set up a nest in most maps

[fresh pulsar]

Not really a fan of this mode. I don’t get into the specs of this game like a lot of players do - shot rate, armor, etc. - I just play the game for fun. Cons: Infected is difficult to get into unless the tank selected is a med/light tier X; tank breaks when going over terrain or cliffs; the one shot slowing the tank is fine but the track breaking and spinning you out is an easy kill for the other team; regenerating with the zoom on is very buggy; if the tank makes it to the base, trying to ram someone is difficult at the very slow speed. Pros: it’s not Realistic, 10v10 or Skirmish which are not fun “fun modes”; one side gets tanks that go fast. Just how I see it. If it wasn’t for Gravity Force, I’d have deleted the game by now.

[potent aspen]

I think that WG needs to fix the various bugs in this gamemode before they bring it back again.

sometimes your tank gets spun in a random direction when spawning as infected, camera clips into the turret when scoped after you die

I also think that the infected should have more durable tracks, that way going over a bump doesn't just immediately nuke your track because you're going fast

[flat cloak]

✅ f1reguy was muted.

[fervent condor]

What's taking WG so long to offer an avatar for this game mode?

[astral flax]

I think they offered a profile backround about this game mode in the event "Rotting Bay" (Biter event)

[brazen juniper]

[torpid cloud]

Whenn next infected front? Have any information?

[ashen heron]

No

[oblique shell]

yes