If you play the levels enough times, you should start seeing the best places to fall back to when an incoming horde comes after you. And remember – if you’re in front, crouch! You may have to follow through on your word once or twice, but they will stay behind you for the rest of the game. If you have a particularly carefree bunch, threaten them that if they get in front of you as a shotgun holder, you will shoot them. Shotgun holders should never be behind SMG/Assault rifle holders. The shotgun player should be up front, and almost always crouching and off to the side in a path or tunnel to allow the other team members behind him to get shots in. The easiest way for this to be adhered to is to have all of the players follow one member, who should be holding a shotgun. On Expert difficulty, it is imperative that your squad of four stick closely together. Apparently the Tank makes his own noise when he dies, and it’s useful to know the moment he dies so you can heal up/prepare for the next steps. You’ll even see stuff like “Incoming attack”, which refers to a horde about to rush you or “Tank Death”. No longer do you have to be like, “Was that a hunter I heard?” Now you’ll see text on your screen like “Hunter growling” or “Smoker coughing”. Once you turn it on, you will often be alerted with text on the screen whenever there is a Special Infected in the area. *corrected by Frijolie – it looks like you can go idle at any time and still get the corresponding Achievements as long as you’re not idle when you finish the campaigns. If you are alive and one of your teammates needs to take care of something in an Emergency, kill him yourself so he goes to the Death screen and you can just rescue him in the next closet when he’s ready to play again.
If you do need to take breaks to use the bathroom or get a drink of water, the best way is do it between stage loads or if you are dead. It sucks the way it was implemented, but there are certain benefits: everyone will always be paying attention all the time. One of my friends says it’s about 30 seconds, and if you’re just opening up your friends menu to reply to a message, that may be all it takes to put you Idle and kill your Achievement. I’m not sure how long it takes to go Idle, but I’ve definitely gotten it a few times by accident. The moment you go Idle once throughout the Expert campaign, you will not get the Achievement.
Make sure everyone is on board because on Expert, the moment someone leaves, the run might be done. That means three hours to complete a campaign on Expert. For planning purposes, expect the finale to take about an hour, and give your team half an hour for each of the other four levels. While playthroughs on Easy or Normal will take less than an hour to complete a campaign, on Expert it will generally take half an hour to complete one of the five acts in a campaign. I’ll break the tips up into various categories: General Tips, Dealing with the Special Infected, Weapons, and the Expert Finales. These tips will be useful on any difficulty, but I recommend studying them carefully if you want to tackle Expert. Having recently gotten the Achievement for completing all of the Left 4 Dead campaigns on Expert difficulty with my gaming crew, I figured I’d share some tips while the game is still fresh on my mind.
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