Finally beat blake on Godlike!

Yay! After several dozen frustrating attempts I figured out how to beat Blake on Godlike in DM-Oblivian, the dirst deathmatch level in the game ladder. For all you other less than Gods, like me, I thought I'd share my findings:

1. You can't outrun, outdodge, or outgun Godlike Blake. Well, If YOU can then my hats off to you.

2. Stay away from the front and back ends of the ship. If you get caught there, there is no way out. Just grab the pickups if you get a chance and run. The same applies to the central chamber.

3. Hang out in the corners next to the front of the ship where the long side halls connect to the room with the shock rifle. You can keep track of three different possible directions of attack there, so you cannot be surprised.

4. Don't hunt for Blake. Wait for him to follow you into the hallway corners and blast him with a shock-combo, flak-grenade, or a couple rockets. He'll usually walk right into them.

5. If he DOESN'T follow you into the corner, watch out: he is probably circling under the low connecting passage to surprise you from behind. If you catch him here he is extremely vulnerable.

6. If you die, getting a weapon can be a problem unless you spawn next to one. The RL in the side alcove us the safest to go for, you usually won't get pinned there. However, you can easily pin blake if he goes for the RL.


Thats about it. If I ever get past Stalwart on Godlike I'll let you know (I can't even get past it on Inhuman GRRR! 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-0 :-( ).

Errr, human players ALWAYS outrun, outdodge and outgun Bots. At least those i know (including self ).
Just try to do this with Phosgene or XS|Pain Online play is the true challenge in UT.

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Well, normally I use brute skill (?) to beat the bots, but i just couldn't get the edge on Blake. I found outsmarting him worked better. I agree online play is where its at, but since I never tried the game ladder at Godlike, I thought what the heck. After this exercise my online skill went way up (even on my lowly 56k). I used to average about -2 .

NOW: Since I finally finished Stalwart, I have to say that this level requires a totally different strategy. You HAVE to outrun and outgun Kryss and Calameth. Here's my observations:

1. Stay ON TOP of them, even if you have an enforcer against flak and SR. After about 10 seconds, the safest way to get a decent weapon is to kill one of them and nab theirs. If you run off trying to get health and weapons, they will kill each other faster than you can catch up.

2. Take advantage of the fact that they are trying to kill each other. Shoot them from the sidelines, while avoiding their crossfire.

3. Their are no safe spots you can guard from on this map that I could find, but their are definitely a few spots to avoid: The center room with the thigh pads, just grab em and hightail it; and the junction to this room where the shock is, you are exposed to 3 avenues of attack and no cover.

4. Learn to get the armor quickly and safely. You don't need the Hammer Jump to reach it, their is a smaller box in the corner of the room you can use to jump onto the big crates. Do a forward dodge to cross the gap. With practice, you can do all this in about 2 seconds.

5. Thats about it. Theirs a crate with a keg o'health, but the bots almost always get it before you can. You can hammer jump up to the RL, but considering the time and damage lost, its hardly worth it. Just let one of the bots grab it for ya and waste 'em.

Fractal Completed.

OK, no big surprise with Fractal Reactor. The same strategy I learned for Novice works well at Godlike. I beat Luthienne on Godlike on the first round. She is more predictable than Blake (or maybe the layout is easier for humans). Heres the rundown:

1. Keep Luthienne following you. If your on the ground, take the lift up. When luthien follows, tag her at the top of the lift. You can also jump down and tag her when she drops to chase you.

2. Use grenades, grenades, and lots of grenades. It is safer at the top, you can look down and see which lift she is taking up, then lob of volley of grenades to greet her on the way out. If she makes it to the upper ring, keep bouncing grenades along the sides as she persues you. I usually follow a round of grenades with a rocket or two to bounce her back in case she manages to avoid them.

Thats about it. This level is pretty easy with this strategy (although lots of fun IMO ). As for Phobos...I had more trouble with this than any other level, don't know if I can possibly beat it on Godlike. And no, I'm not going to bore you with details of all the levels, just the ones I think require different kinds of strategies.

Yep, in the final challenge ladder all your opponents are War-Machines. Phoboss is the first and the bots make kills at a remarkable speed. Staying alive isn't the problem, keeping up is. All the following levels are easy in comparison, including Xan.

OK, well I just can't get past Turbine on Godlike, but the Domination levels are all pretty easy. After all, you're teammates are all Godlike bots too. The same strategy for domination in general apply:

1. Survival isn't that important. You're going to die, so figure out how to do it efficiently (i.e. make it count). Stand in the opponents way. Make suicide rushes.

2. Learn the fastest routes between domination points. That should be obvious, but its always surprising what shortcuts you might have missed.

3. If your team already has the majority of points, stop rushing around and DEFEND your point. Its easier to defend a spot with the shock rifle or biorifle than trying to take a spot from enemy bots.

4. Try different combinations of orders with your bots (Defend, Freelance, Cover) on different maps. Some work better than others.

That's all you really need. I've had no problems beating the Domination ladder.

Finally beat Turbine on Godlike!!

Turbine is a nightmare level. And it was pretty easy on inhuman. On godlike, the bots just hawk the udamge and chase you with flak, every where you turn some bot is launching something into your face. I think this level requires a certain amount of luck as well as skill. You need to spawn near good weapons, and hope none of the bots outstrips the rest of the pack.
Here are my observations:

1. You really need the shock rifle to win, and lots of shock ammo. Getting the shock is very hard because the shock spawn location is a terrible place to be. If you don't get it right away, the bots will probably pick it up every time it respawns anyway. So...

2. Use the RL in the "central melee area". This is the area around and below the bridge with the thigh pads. There is usually a lot of action going on here, and you can lay a lot of rocket ambushes. But as soon as you see a dropped shock rifle, you should go for it.

3. Don't run up the steep stairs next to the SR spawn spot. In fact, avoid that spot altogether, it is a deathtrap. Exit this lower area on the other side of the room and take the lift up to the higher deck.

4. Only go for the shield belt if you are not being chased and you don't see or hear anybody nearby. It's also a dangerous spot (and you'll have to find it yourself). The upper area with the minigun and armor is safer. Resist camping this spot though, its not worth it.

5. Good fraggin' luck.

I just barely beat Codex on Inhuman, I'm not looking forward to it on Godlike.

Coool pic man.

Well....

I don't think I'll ever beat Codex, although I've twice lost by one-frag, 20-19, so I suppose I might get lucky. What amazes me is that on Godlike, each level can still be harder than the previous one. In the mean time, here's my advice for beating CTF-Niven.

1. Send your teammate to get the flag. Its much easier to defend. If you can't wait it out, both of you go for the flag.

2. DEFENSE: wait at the end of the tunnel where the SR is. Whenever the door opens, let loose a combo. Pretty darn easy. Probably why its so difficult to get the flag. Exception: if your teammate has the flag, move back a bit and wait to see who comes through the door before shooting.

3. Thats it. It's a war of attritition. Wait it out, be patient. You'll win eventually.


FWIW: I am much further along on inhuman and masterful, and the levels DO keep getting harder and harder.