insanelich said:
Shamus, you're showing your lack of playing time here.
I have 4 Survivor gold medals, survived 2 campaigns on expert, and have all of the survivor achievements aside from "Nothing Special" and "What are you trying to Prove?". I even have the Zombie Genocidist achievement. This is to say, I've logged some hours on this sucker.
Certainly getting into a corner is the way to go, but that's not how newcomers act. Their tendency to blind-fire is a really interesting study in human survival instinct gone sideways.
They are especially likely to do this if they've been playing a lot of single-player before jumping online, as the bots are less helpful than humans and they are more forgiving of your errant bullets.
Once a player knows what to do they can usually be counted on to behave, but there is nothing like watching a first-time puke victim freak out.
I love this game.