{"id":216850,"date":"2010-01-23T16:06:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T21:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/23\/next-l4d2-update-adding-versus-bots-tweaking-auto-spawning\/"},"modified":"2010-01-23T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T21:06:26","slug":"next-l4d2-update-adding-versus-bots-tweaking-auto-spawning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/216850","title":{"rendered":"Next L4D2 Update Adding Versus Bots, Tweaking Auto-Spawning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><!--Begin feature--><\/p>\n<p><!-- for syndication --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/l4d.com\/blog\/post.php?id=3362\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5c25e_media?id=3784649&amp;type=lg\" alt=\"Left 4 Dead 2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valve has announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/gameOverview?cId=3171224\" title=\"Left 4 Dead 2\">Left 4 Dead 2&#8217;s<\/a> next update won&#8217;t be out for another few weeks, but at least they let us know what to expect: Infected bots and auto-spawning tweaks in the game&#8217;s popular Versus mode.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing the two major aspects of the update in a post on their official <a href=\"http:\/\/l4d.com\/blog\/post.php?id=3362\" >blog<\/a>, the L4D2 team explained  how both the bots and auto-spawning tweaks are intended to smooth out issues with the Versus mode. The bots will &#8220;help out the Infected when they are down a man or two,&#8221; the post explains, and &#8220;will also make 1v1 Versus a bit more fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for tweaking the auto-spawning in the finale events of Versus mode, Valve says one thing they&#8217;ve been experimenting with is disabling them altogether &#8212; and crunched some numbers to show why. &#8220;Across all finales in Left 4 Dead 2 currently, a single survivor has a 34.56% chance of escaping,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;That includes the Concert Finale in &#8216;Dark Carnival,&#8217; which boasts close to a 50% escape rate (and yes, a fix for everyone&#8217;s favorite cheese spot is coming). 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