After a few days of playing online, i've come to the realization that about 9 out of 10 people playing zombies have no idea what they're doing. I figured a topic with some tips from zombie vets could help out people just starting to play zombies, or who want to start but dont want to look like a total noob. I'll start with a few, please add more as im learning the new maps as well.

- Try not to steal other players' kills. The best way to start is to guard your own window and stay there. Even if zombies dont appear right away, they WILL eventually. Plus, theres nothing more annoying than to have a teammate stealing your kills while a separate window they COULD be watching has been overrun. Not smart playing, guys. If someone's guarding a window, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
- For the first 2 or 3 rounds, the zombies arent very hard to kill. To get max points, as the zombies are breaking off the boards, shoot them 3 or 4 times in the legs/chest, and then let them in. A single knife swipe should kill them, and you get the knife kill points on top of the points for shooting them a few times. Then rebuild the boards for more points.
- Its important to let the zombies inside for the first 2 or 3 rounds. When inside and killed, thats when you get things like max ammo and insta kill. its also best to hold off as long as possible before buying a weapon. (dont know how many times i played where someone bought a gun right off the bat. Not too smart)
- OPEN DOORS. I dont know how many games i've played where no one is opening any doors, and they die with 4K points. The points do you no good if you're dead; use them and open up the level.


-Never, EVER put your back to a wall. It will only lead to failure.

-Stick with the team. I'm sorry, but if your team is in the alley and you're inside the stage, don't you think you should move?

-Buy weapons. Seriously. These guys were still using the Colt and Olympia when we turned on the power

- Don't use the Sino teleporter for no apparrent reason. One team even all teleported.... leaving me down in the stage to deal with the zombies alone. Some teamwork. They didn't even shoot at the zombies from above, just looked at me in amazement at how I was kicking zombie *** alone.

-Buy perks. Seriously, I got downed once, and you get downed 11 times. Know why? Cause I buy ****ing Juggernog. I have little sympathy for people too dim to buy perks.

-Be aware of your surroundings! Know why my team made it to round 4? Because no one (except me, but then it was too late), bothered to check and see if any zombies were going at them, they were just fixed on the window.

defcons activae the pack a punch, ive only found 4 so far though, you need to activate all 5
all other tips i have for zombies are standard and dont need to be repeated, then again im usually in the same group of 4, and we're pretty damn good, got to round 26 first time playing
Source(s):
22 straight hours of gameplay

However my personal tips

1. share - if you have the most points, open the bleedin door, take it in turns who has the most points
2. early rounds dont kill steal,people will get pissed off and wont revive you because your a douchebag
3. minimum of sticking in pairs, ealry rounds not so important, but usually try and stick your best player with your worst player, and middles stick together
4. escort people to perks if you have them, this is invaluable and helps build up trust
5. once again dont be stingy with points, use traps if you need to
6. Use the mystery box as much as you want if your by yourslef, however if theres other poeple waiting, especially in earlir rounds, take what you got and controlthe perimeter
7. look back, countless times people have died on me becuase they walked backwards into a zombie. you cn indeed sound whore zombies, use that to your advantage