In Alien Swarm, is there an easier way to get rid of infestation/parasites other than massive healing

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I realize this is a fairly new game, but a handful of friends and I were playing last night and got to the first level where you can get "infested" by the parasite head-crab aliens.

The game prompts you to heal to counter it, and even on normal difficulty our Medic was going through 2 group heal beacons each time just to prevent death. I feel like either we're missing something or this is just a rather annoying game mechanic that feels a tad overtuned at the moment.

Note that our medic did not have the medic gun, as we weren't high enough level to unlock it yet.

Best Answer

Healing seems to be the only way, but there are some methods that can help avoid infestation or - if you got infested after all - get enough healing in time:

  1. Area-of-effect weapons such as the flamers or tesla cannon seem to work pretty well against those face-huggers, as do tracking weapons.
  2. If you repeatedly get infested during a specific mission, consider taking a self-healing pack with you.
  3. Have somebody in the group carry adrenaline. When anyone get infested use the adrenaline to allow the medic and the infested enough time to rendezvous - that way there will also be less demand for healing.