Written by Administrator | 10 September 2009
Posted in Weapons and Items - Health Items L4D

Tags: health | l4d | l4d2

Pain Pill Stats

• Pain Pills add 50 temperary hp..
• Pain pills can be excanged to other survivors.
• Pain Pills will for the exchanged player to drop any props and equip the pills automaticly.
• Pain Pills' Effects happen near instantly and do not have a charge up time like first aid kits.
• Pain Pills do NOT reset Incapacitations
• Pain Pills fill the secondary health item slot.

Physical Description

Contained in a child proof container this white plastic bottle contains a unknown amount of pain pills with a yellow and white informative label. Survivors can take an entire bottle of this virtual medication and never have any worries of overdosing.

General Information

The Pain Pills have some advantages and disadvantages when compared to the first aid kit. Pills take up the secondary health slot in left 4 dead. depending on the situation a quick temperary fix will keep you alive longer than a slow but rewarding health kit. While each have their own respective uses the pills shines in speed.

1. Pills restore temperay health instead of regular health
2. Pills can be used nearly instantanously compared to the slowly charging meter of a first aid kit.
3. Pills restore only 50 temp. health instead of 80% health

Healing Efficiently

In left 4 dead you will eventually take some damage and become incapacitated or worse. This in inevitable however you have healing items to regain lost life. You can only carry one primary healing item and one secondary. both have very different advantages, for example the first aid kit heals 80% of perment health vs. pain pills restore 50 tempory health that will deplete over a period of time. The first aid kit clearly wins as far as rewards are concerned. However pain pills have little to no time to take and can be taken in most dangerous situations without having to slow down at all or spend a few moments of charging like the health kit where you can take no other actions until it is completed or interrupted. Another area should be mentioned when covering health movement. The movement of a survivor is directly associated with remaining health. Most intelligent players if they are low in health will heal before engaging a Tank so they can escape him more easily. The tank is faster than a survivor with less than 50 total health. However the survivor has a minor movement advantage when above 50 health. In expert mode effective judgement calls considering when to "heal" become far more important than other difficulties.

Written by Administrator | 10 August 2009
Posted in Weapons and Items - Health Items L4D

Tags: health | l4d | l4d2

First Aid Kit Stats

• Heals 80% of Remaining Health ( Rounded Down ).
• Resets Incapacitations counter.
• Fills the Primary Health Item Slot.
• Takes 5 seconds of dedicated time to heal yourself or another survivor.

Physical Description

The First Aid Kit is roughly the size of a small backpack. It is colored red and white with a large logo of a cross on the center. It features various zippers to hold specific medical supplies in each section to find the right medical tool for the right illment for the job in a timely manner.

 

Healing with the First Aid Kit

While healing yourself or a fellow survivor you will spend 5 dedicated seconds to healing. You can interupt the process at any time but you will have to start over. With the First Aid Kit in hand left click or the binded fire button will heal yourself and The right click or binded shove button will heal a fellow survivor in close proxcimity. Any survivors you heal are unable to move but can take other actions normally until the process is complete. They are rewarded with 80% of remaining health restored and will always put them back into the green.

First Aid Kit Locations

In official campaigns without changes in it's coding, you will always be given four first aid kits in a starting safe area or safe house. Although always be on the look out for them during your adventures through campaign chapters. They may not always be there but if they are, they help you and your fellow survivors be able to make a few more "mistakes". First aid kits are one of the single most important items in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2.

 

Healing Efficiently

In left 4 dead you will eventually take some damage and become incapacitated or worse. This in inevitable however you have healing items to regain lost life. You can only carry one primary healing item and one secondary. both have very different advantages, for example the first aid kit heals 80% of perment health vs. pain pills restore 50 tempory health that will deplete over a period of time. The first aid kit clearly wins as far as rewards are concerned. However pain pills have little to no time to take and can be taken in most dangerous situations without having to slow down at all or spend a few moments of charging like the health kit where you can take no other actions until it is completed or interrupted. Another area should be mentioned when covering health movement. The movement of a survivor is directly associated with remaining health. Most intelligent players if they are low in health will heal before engaging a Tank so they can escape him more easily. The tank is faster than a survivor with less than 50 total health. However the survivor has a minor movement advantage when above 50 health. In expert mode effective judgement calls considering when to "heal" become far more important than other difficulties.