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jeffadkins51 10-23-2004, 04:09 PM ok im playing through single player on the hardest difficulty, being a tribes veteran and a big quake / ut fan. this is fun, and still provides a challenge. which is nice.
but i've come to what seems to be an unbeatable part of the game on this difficulty.
for anyone who has played through the game (i didnt even try on an easier difficulty first) please help me out
im on Trials for julia. where you have to do the 6 (maybe 6 i dunno) trials to get the "information you want". i breezed through every trial no problem untill... stamina.... ya know, the one where ya gotta keep the enemy from touching your flag...
the stamina trial on the hardest difficulty must be impossible. b/c ive breezed thru the rest of the game upto this point, and now ive tried it like 25-30 times... i cant even get 1/2 of the timer up before a corpse or something lands on my flag and i lose... someone please give me info on how you did this... if anyone has... page me on AIM: jeffadkins50 or just respond, thx ~jeff
blast of death 10-23-2004, 04:10 PM Take a grapple, place the turret and rep station, grapple the ground right next to the flag stand and you can't get knocked away, shoot people.
Asura 10-23-2004, 04:16 PM oh my god, me too.
BitRaiser 10-23-2004, 04:18 PM Here's a major hint...
Only the mediums are programmed to cap. Kill 'em first! The rest to the troops are just cannon fodder.
jeffadkins51 10-23-2004, 04:22 PM ooo, only mediums cap. this makes me happy. imma go kill a bunch of mediums XD. brb ill post results
Tanked 10-23-2004, 06:25 PM NO! If you simply don't pay attention the the lights, they WILL sneak up and cap the flag behind you. I tried that and sure enough, as i was concentrating on a medium, a lite capped it behind my back.
Here is what i did.
1. Deploy the turret and repair station close to the flag.
2. Grapple so that your hanging above the flag, but close enough to get repaired.
This way you can see ALL the entry points, and can sometimes mortar the mediums before they have a chance to get close. If they DO get close enough, they will MA you, but all you do is swing back a little bit, or can even dodge them if you're quick enough.
If you conserve your ammo, you won't even have to drop down for a reload.
Plague 10-23-2004, 06:29 PM I grappled myself to the ceiling and spammed the flag with mortar/burner shots when I felt like a Medium was around. Otherwise I could see everything, so I just obliterated everything that came in range.
krustyy 10-23-2004, 06:30 PM I beat it on normal by using, I think, a speed pack and lots of mortars. as people got closer, i switched to the disk primarily to divert their path so they don't get the flag right away. It still took several tries even on normal, but I eventually got the hang of where they would come from and how much to shoot.
JestrzPlague 10-23-2004, 06:32 PM I beat it by grappling the roof and dropping motors and what not. Paying extra attention to Mediums helped too..
What I had a hard time with was killing the "trainer". I did it... but I had to exploit the AI to do it. :-/ Anyone else have a hard time with this?
Nonie54 10-23-2004, 06:35 PM I beat it by pure skill and awareness, unlike you grappling jerks.
Antares Reign 10-23-2004, 06:38 PM Yeah, I beat on normal just by watching for the mediums. The grappling strategies might have helped but I didn't need them for that difficulty.
Thriky 10-23-2004, 06:44 PM This sounds fun.
SelfOwnage 10-23-2004, 06:53 PM The lights never grab. They just stand there and chainwhore you :shrug:
Piata 10-23-2004, 07:34 PM I saved every 30 seconds :p
Tanked 10-23-2004, 07:36 PM The lights never grab. They just stand there and chainwhore you :shrug:
Back off and watch, they WILL grab the flag. You can't just ignore them.
Theres a spot right between 2 rocks where you can stand and mortar.
pyrot3chnic 10-23-2004, 08:37 PM Just HoF.. wtf. Someone gets close, shoot them. This is one of the easiest trials.. :\
SelfOwnage 10-23-2004, 10:59 PM Back off and watch, they WILL grab the flag. You can't just ignore them.
It was probably another medium :shrug:
Senty 10-23-2004, 11:13 PM The only hard part on hard was the fact that the mediums would take so much damn dammage while heading for the flag.
It's easy enough to shoot them pyro, but when the effer can take 3 direct disks and all it takes that he touches it even if he has 1 health it gets hard.
pyrot3chnic 10-23-2004, 11:29 PM I dunno, I found it easy enough.. I set up those two turrets on the back rail( the one that's away form the big wall ). That took care of the lights in the back, while the medium came from the opposite side. When I saw him come up, I nailed him with a mortar, and when he came into the flag area, 2 discs and he was gone. Then just turn around the finish off the lights. The second wave sent two meds, and I basically did the same thing. Killed one before he even got near the flag, and the second one sufferd the same fate the very first one did. :shrug:
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