>>1539the main idea in the hardest difficulties, is to keep the enemy from shooting you.
>survival tipscutting weapons, fire, stunning, and instant-killing weapons are your life-savers. all of these things make them stop shooting you, but if you stun them, be sure to kill them.
recovery items that aren't dog treats can't be hoarded, so leave em or eat em.
fire is wonderful for crowd control, but be sure to put them down while they're burning- you don't want them to put themselves out and start shooting at you again.
the scissors and any melee weapon that isn't a chainsaw are all stealth weapons. These weapons will not alert other enemies to your presence.
hell, scissors are awesome for starting infights on insane-o.run your survival on an all or nothing basis; avoid everybody or slaughter the entire map. All NPCs drop food more often, you can get out of the mess with a map-full of fast food and pizza.
hoard the dog treats and the catnip, these are your life savers and panic buttons.
exploit the hell out of the chompy game cartridge if you're surrounded.
avoid using explosives and the sledgehammer against military and swat, they're resistant explosives and their helmets FUCKING BLOCK A SLEDGEHAMMER TO THE SKULL.
you are safe in the gimp suit outside of the brewery, exploit this to your advantage before you lose it during wednesday. remember, the police uniform, which you are normally safe in, does not spawn on POSTAL and impossible.