Erisnas:
Run and fire. But use panic as an excuse to hit your teammates with just enough damage to reduce them to 49 health so they take the speed penalty. Then just outrun THEM.

You don't have to be faster than the tank, you need to be faster than your teammates.

Always throw a moly. I have a moly on me at all times for occasions such as these.

I do the "Duck,Shoot,Run,Duck,Shoot,Run".It works rather well,atleast from my own experience.

runtheplacered:
Why would you do anything other then molly it/gas can it.. then shoot at it while running backwards in circles?

So you can make a thread about it.

I do exactly what you say, usually with auto shotty.

Taerdin:

LordCuthberton:
Run past it and hide. Team kills it for me. I then have enough health for the trek, they do not.

Exactly this. Except half the time I get smokered/huntered and think to myself "man I really should see this coming considering this happens so many times..."

Reaperman64:

Assassin Xaero:
Molotov's suck now that we have bile bombs... :D

havent tried that yet...would be awesome though if tank started hitting itself on the head...

Bile bombs are more of a double edged sword. After its effects wear off the horde again realizes how tasty you all are, and now they are all formed up on the tank ready to swarm/smash you down.

So are bile bombs a L4D2 thing? I don't really understand what you mean

Sneaklemming:

So are bile bombs a L4D2 thing? I don't really understand what you mean

Yes. And its boomer bile in a glass container. You throw it and it smashes open, effectively boomer vomiting on whatever it hits

May I ask, what are "resposes"?

Taerdin:

Sneaklemming:

So are bile bombs a L4D2 thing? I don't really understand what you mean

Yes. And its boomer bile in a glass container. You throw it and it smashes open, effectively boomer vomiting on whatever it hits

That sounds awesome potential for griefing and friendly fire

My teammates and I usually save a molotov for the occasion so one person throws one while the other distracts the tank. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Sneaklemming:
Well seeing as L4D2 is about to release- all us vets are going back to L4D to brush up. Thought this might be fun.

So what do you do?

Personally I either run at the tank screaming hysterically or RUN AWAY! - depends on my mood tbh...

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So this is kinda search bar approved- but my forum-fu is weak; and I'm almost certain there must be an old thread like this- but I think it's time for a fresh view on the topic now that it's been out a while.

EDIT: Other option removed... tis boring
Ed:Ed: New option added which I forgot

I scream don't molly the tank, it makes him faster. no-one ever listens though.

Run away is good.

I usually turn around when he stops bothering me.

Sneaklemming:

Taerdin:

Sneaklemming:

So are bile bombs a L4D2 thing? I don't really understand what you mean

Yes. And its boomer bile in a glass container. You throw it and it smashes open, effectively boomer vomiting on whatever it hits

That sounds awesome potential for griefing and friendly fire

Except that it doesnt affect your team just like a boomers bile doesnt affect the infected.

Raaaaaamboooo!!

I backpedal and fire for as long as I can, since he seems to favour me no matter which character I'm playing. I usually get snagged on something or run out of ammo, though, so I always get squashed. -__-

I want to necro this thread because its epic lols, and to see if people have new tactics now that L4D2 is out!

I usually scream like a little girl

I shoot at it and if it runs towards me, run away screaming as long as someone else has its attention I stand far away and just unload into it (great thing about the rifle is that distance doesn't matter) the only time that sucks is when I get pounced or trapped by a smoker.

Depends on difficulty. (Co-op offline on Xbox.)

Easy- 'Oh look, i think a tank was going to jump us, but was killed by the computers before we got a chance to see it.'
Normal- 'Tank! Incoming, fire at it!'
Hard (or whatever)- 'Holy shit, that tank just jumped me and has killed zoey... But we are still alive.'
Expert- 'FUUUUUUUUUUUU.....'

My option: Run screaming towards the tank with either A) Chainsaw B) Katana or C) Fire Axe That's always good for some fun.

I run and let my team-mates kill it.

Autoshotguns are overrated. Real men hit the tank with grenade launchers from a mile away!
And does anyone think melee weapons might be just a little too...effective...on the tank?

I just shot it and try not to get killed.

Ryuk2:
I just shoot it and try not to get killed.

Well that is the basis idea behind FPS games right?

Shoot and retreat. Easy money.

I pull the Criken2 style Ninja tank dodging move - I rambo it, dodge its attack, repeat until I get knocked off a cliff :P

I usually run backwards while shooting and screaming "S-STEROIDS ARE BAD, MM'KAY!"

In L4D2 i actually have adopted the "charge him and hit him with a Ninja Sword" strategy. So far he's usually interested in one of my teammates at first, so I'm free to get in a good 4 or 5 hacks on him before he starts to turn around, by this time we almost have him down. Usually i get swatted away to a safe distance, at which point I switch to my guns and, so far... He seems to die before he can get me a second time.

plastic_window:
Who voted for "ignore the Tank"? When would that ever work? :P

I'd do what everyone else does online: run away and perforate the hulking beast with bullets.

if you ignore it the tank will go away eventually... (and you'll get yelled at for ignoring the tank)

In my experience, I seem to be much better at killing tanks when I'v got a sound mod that switches the Tank music for the Benny Hill theme.

From experience... Go through a window, shoot, and repeat as neccesary. Poor tank seems to have trouble going through those.

I noramlly run at it shooting then jump and see how far i can get ahead in the level while my friends finish the damn thing off. and you you do it just right to can get wayyyyyyyyyy out front and then get eatin by a hunter

I usually run straigh at it, and «try» to dodge around it. That way i keep it busy, i often get pulped but my allies always survive.

I was playing one time. It was the finale part with the house on the shore. I was the last guy alive. There was a flaming tank running at me. I shot it once and it fell to my feet. I felt like a God. Then a tongue raped me from underwater.

Easy: Shoot
Normal: Shoot
Advanced: Run and shoot
Expert: Run and shoot (if with AI..rage quit)

Molotov it- miss it half the time and then accidentally set myself on fire while fleeing the distinctly un-burning tank.