Is it me or is Malcolm far too good

[legacy-TitaniumAlloy]

its not you. took me ages to beat him!

finally, in one match i beat him, :bulb: but only because i killed him once and hid for the rest of the match... and he also killed himself and killed me once, so the end result was 0 to 1

but, i have beaten malcom on two different difficulties but i still havent unlocked him, or Xan or Clan lord...:weird:

[legacy-Tiberius_51]

Originally posted by Gumbypants
Yes, the bots are extremely difficult in this game. Yes, the last boss on the last level (Hyperblast) is on auto-adjust skill, so the difficulty increases every few frags you get. Trust me, getting stuck there because some bot has Aimbotted me with the link gun alt fire right after I used Health Adrenaline is VERY annoying and frustrating...

My strategy for beating Hyperblast:

Like most DM players will tell you, the trick to winning DM is to come up with a Route. In UT, you will die if you ever stop moving, so you always need to be on the move, but in a big map with lots of stuff, where do you start? If you start picking up items, you can begin to figure out good routes by which to time the spawn of weapon ammo and health so as to 'not' allow Xan/Malcolm/clanlord to get it. If you deprive the final boss of a shield, they will be VERY easy to kill. So, when I start on this level, I do the following:
Try as quick as I can to get the weapons that I am used to and the weapons that I am most efficient with. Then, I start the route...The route in Hyperblast is only upstairs and is pretty much a circle going from the supershield to the 50 shield, and back to the super shield, and back to the 50 shield. If you are only moving in one direction, this route should end up as a large circle, running through one corridor past the link gun and left turn at the grenade launcher, just to left turn at the mini gun and follow teh corridor around past the super shield and ending up back at the grenade launcher. Rinse and Repeat. The 50 shield should respawn every "other" time you run past it. This way, you get 100 shield in the corridor, 50 shield on the other side, the adrenaline that accompanies the 50 shield and the health vials that accompany the 100 shield. If you keep this route up, (ONLY fighting the main boss if you have enough health/armor and when he approaches "you") then you will effectively deprive the end boss of both shields, a hefty portion of adrenaline, and health bonuses. If you maintain yourself at 199 health and 150 shield, (which shouldn't be hard using this tactic), if you have relatively good aim you should be able to take out the boss in a firefight every time.

Worked like a Charm in UT99 too

Sounds like the strategy I use in Halo, as do most other good players in any FPS: Powerup whoring.

How does the saying go? Works great, more killing.

[legacy-search161]

Malcolm inthe final match IS a few difficultly levels above your starting choice if I remember correctly. Play the last match again - hit F1 for the scoreboard. It will tell you what the difficulty level is. I could swear it's 2 or 3 higher than what I chose to start the single player at....

As for the Assault ladder - it went much better for me after I started taking the good players from the other teams. Lauren and Rapier are my favorites to grab.

PacMaan - how did you get Malcolm? The team leaders are never options for me in Bloodrite matches!

[legacy-warlord1209]

so as to 'not' allow Xan/Malcolm/clanlord to get it.

I thought it was only malcolm u faced.

[legacy-DaJMasta]

and the reason? malcom was the winner of the first tournament i believe.

[legacy-warlord1209]

so u dont go against Xan or clanlord then.

[legacy-CaTdAeMoN]

Originally posted by warlord1209
so u dont go against Xan or clanlord then.

yes you do.

[legacy-warlord1209]

when? does it depend on which difficulty level u are playin on?

[legacy-CaTdAeMoN]

Originally posted by warlord1209
when? does it depend on which difficulty level u are playin on?

im not sure, i think it is in order. like you defeat malcom, then the next time you get there you defeat xan...

[legacy-warlord1209]

ok thanks

I never played them. I just edited a line in my User.ini file to get the characters I want. I earned them in UT2003, so I shouldn't have to do it again.

EDIT: The line I edited was TotalUnlockedCharacters=
I changed it to TotalUnlockedCharacters=Malcolm;ClanLord;Xan

[legacy-Devil69]

i reckon it could have something to to with how well ur've done up till then, coz i started on novice, didn't lose a single match and had to fight xan on hyperblast.

[legacy-warlord1209]

OR maybe its just chosen randomly

[legacy-Harsh_but_Fair]

any tactics for malcom? i jsu camped the shock rifle like hell. as soon as he was near me combos all the way. found that works very well, need to be a good comboer though.

though i found a good route on ut2003, i don't normally camp, and yes u i also got malcom on my team, along with laurne and brock.wootage. i could literally just dit back and watch them win.

Harsh

[legacy-Duffman]

Malcolm did 35 damage to me with one shot from the minigun.