Am I the only one that HATES Smoker?

[AquilliusRanger]

Past threads indicates that people hate Jockey...but I actually don't have a problem at all with the Jockeys, in fact, they're so easy to deal with for me, they might as well be like the Hunters (If I can shoot a Hunter mid-air, I can ambush a Jockey no problem)...

But the Smokers? Hoohoohoo, no no, you're gonna have to get an 8TH sense for yourself to even shoot that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in time before you can even react! They're just an incredible pain to deal with because most fights are chaotic and you usually have to adapt to situations from time to time...but these guys? They just give you NO TIME at all, it's not even fair that on harder difficulties they cling their tongues at you like it's the speed of light the moment you're in their line of sight, and it's fun to be the one to get caught by that guy in the corner while everyone's getting attacked, right?

And while I don't have a problem with Chargers (they're pretty balanced, so long as you know you're not an idiot for standing near a ledge, same logic applies to Tanks), but oh boy, give me a Smoker, and I'll freaking chase these guy to the ends of the world...cheapshots are not welcomed.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by ☣Aquillius✯:

And while I don't have a problem with Chargers (they're pretty balanced, so long as you know you're not an idiot for standing near a ledge, same logic applies to Tanks), but oh boy, give me a Smoker, and I'll freaking chase these guy to the ends of the world...cheapshots are not welcomed.

And this is how you die in versus mode ladies and gentlemen, never do what this guy does to smokers as he would likely be found with his neck snapped.

[Evil]

My guess would be yes, since you just have to step behind literally anything but an infected to block it's tongue. Even your own team mates block you from getting smoked half the time. Anything else that can grab you will almost always get a slap on you when you melee it. It is pretty funny seeing people get quick smoked on expert though.

Btw, don't chase smokers in versus games, that'll get you kicked pretty quick usually.

[Milk_Shaykh]

I hate boomers tanks jockey's hunters and smokers. Oh boy and spitters are something else

[bear]

Yeah theyre annoying but moreso form the other prospective. When I have clean vision on someone standing out in the open nearly half of the max tounge distance why does it refuse to give me the "red" light? Then theres the inconsistency with distance people can self clear from. I swear when im getting smoked unless were close enough to hug I dont get the self clear and Ill see people get a self clear after theyve been getting dragged for 8ft.

[Jimmeeehhh]

Last time, I was playing L4D1 on Blood Harvest, Expert. We're at the finale and we're fighting the Tank in the barn. Me and someone else stand on the support beams, and we're open firing on the Tank.Oh yeah, a molotov was thrown. Out comes a Smoker pulling me off the support beam into the fire, starting a chain of events that get me killed. I was not in the best of moods after that.

[SynthUsami]

They're mostly annoying due to how difficult it is to counter them properly.

[Shaelent]

Originally posted by ~Ren~:

Probably, I don't see the smoker jumping around corners, auto lock-on from 3,000 metres, able to jump vertically and still land on your head and have such a low profile it's like trying to hit a ping pong ball with a tree.

Nope, I still hate the jockey more

[Senpaija]

I hate playing as the smoker, mostly because the red ring doesn't show fast enough, so even if the survivor is in reach, you have to wait for the red ring and I hate that. L4D2 is a game about seconds, it only takes the survivor a half second to get out of reach again, so why does it take twice as long for the ring to get red?
Jockey is still the most hated though, also playing as it.

[S E X Y]

I hate playing as jockey and if there are toxics on my team charger....
But smoker no,the problem is that i ll need a spitter...

[BubblestationCPH]

Only thing i hate about smokers is theyre so cheap.

Its puff-puff-pass guys.. dont sit on it for too long

[Magnate]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by ☣Aquillius✯:

And while I don't have a problem with Chargers (they're pretty balanced, so long as you know you're not an idiot for standing near a ledge, same logic applies to Tanks), but oh boy, give me a Smoker, and I'll freaking chase these guy to the ends of the world...cheapshots are not welcomed.

And this is how you die in versus mode ladies and gentlemen, never do what this guy does to smokers as he would likely be found with his neck snapped.

People who purposely go out of their way to hunt a special infected are worthy of a kick...
In some cases there may be exceptions, but in general it's usually a bad idea.

I don't mind smokers too much as much as Jockeys... My problem is they never smoke right...
Sometimes you cannot get someone who is "out of range" yet in some cases you can easily get away with it when you'd least want it to, or it targets someone else who it wasn't trying to target for some reason, the Smoker has it's flaws, but I still hate the Jockey for being a buggy mess.

[Blaquicat]

Lol, one.of.the easier to deal with.
Learn to cut smoker tongue, it's relatively easy, smoker is no threat if you can cut it, takes few seconds to recharge, more than enough to kill or leave it.

[IgnacioLuchaLibreNacho]

I usually want to say, "Oh soo now you want to come out and tongue me, not before, not when I am near the team, only when im trailing behind." And I don't recall being jumped by a hunter if for whatever reason im behind the team, only the smoker. And if you get a sight on the bugger he cowards behind something. But anyway what I really despise about Smokers is if you manage to "get out of the way" of the tongue, say just next to it, it didn't touch you... and you still get sucked into the nicotine cloud. Other than that I don't really mind them. I hate the Jockey if anything

[AsbestosIsPoison]

I mean, I can easily take the smoker down with akimbo pistols. Magnum. Sniper

But last man on earth? thats where they are annoying

[saranacX]

I find smokers to be one of the easier specials to deal with.