So if I play a game and then leave half-way through a level (without dying) then shut down my PC, empty my PC of all temporary files then log back onto coopordie, will I still have my EXACT stats? Health, armor, items, guns ammo, everything? And what about my progress, will that be saved as well, down to the last light guard corpse? Third off, can I adjust the difficulty level down to normal, as I'm not a fan of nightmare as it makes my memory of where every last monster is off and is really too action-packed for my taste. The only game that has that many badies and is truly fun is CoD4. Thanks for your time,
Rodrigez.

You'll have the exact same stats, but your progress will be saved up to the entrance of the last level you have been to. For example, if you made it through the lift in Lost Station (Train), and you want to continue, it will pop you at the entrance of the current level, which is Train. And no, you cannot change the difficulty level. It's too easy anyway.

Thats what I assumed. Too easy my butt. Monsters appearing behind you in most alarming manners and iron maidens in the first unit! It's so out of place. "There's an issue with the difficulty curve, in that there isn't one." - Yahtzee.

Hi Rodrigez,

The iron maiden in the first unit is due to the random redistribution of monsters made by the worldserver. It is very rare to have one of these bitch in this level, here are the current coefficients for an existing monster to be replaced by an iron maiden :

• blaster soldier 1%
• shotgun soldier 1%
• machinegun soldier 3%
• infantry 3%

The purpose of this feature is : "don't think you know a level, you can always be surprised by an unexpected event".

And about the level of difficulty, if you think it's too hard, there is a solution, find a teammate and co-operate

I have seen machinegun soldiers being replaced by an Icarus, thus making some Icarus stuck in the floor, LOL!

Wow, I actually had 3 maidens in the first map once. What are the odds of that, 1 in a million?
But the game is still moderately hard. Just yesterday I played for 2 hours without any major problems only to die in the laser trap at the end of the factory unit.

"The purpose of this feature is : "don't think you know a level, you can always be surprised by an unexpected event"." I understand this as I've played Q2 alone (no other games) for two years and know the normal game inside and out. Down to the Lost Station duck secret. I've seen a Light Guard replaced by a medic before... This replacement feature is most disorienting. As for co-op, that makes it harder in a way, cause if one of you dies, you both loose

I admit, but in fact the main problem with this feature is the one cited by Teo where sometime a bigger monster could be stuck.


You are right, but in 2008, compared to the tons of multiplayer's games with high speed gameplay, Quake2 seem pretty easy. Monsters are moving slowly and don't really follow you if you decide to retreat. You can even kill the final boss with a blaster !

Try Tremulous in solo mode against alien bots, and you will understand what is pain

No, 1 in a million could has been the probability if there were only 3 soldiers (shotgun or blaster) in the first map.

In fact there are 6 blaster soldiers, 8 shotgun soldiers and 5 infantry. I give a cookie to the one who give me the correct probability to have 3 or more iron maiden

* ouch my statistics lesson seem very far *

Pat, why not make the possibility of Light Soldiers being replaced by Makron 100%?