UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 ----CONVOY----- Type- Assault Mission By – (NightTrainQ) Patrick Quinn quinny1187@gmail This is my first FAQ as you can probably tell. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1A Beginning Game 2A Attacking - Stealing the Weapons Cache 2B Defending - The First Objectives 2C Attacking- Boarding the Platform 2D Middle Game 3A Attacking-Setting the Explosives 3B Attacking- Opening the Rear Door 3C Attacking- Opening Side Doors 3D Defending- The Back Door Switch 3E Defending- The Side Door 3F End Game 4A Attacking-Infiltrating the Nexus Trailer 4B Defending- The Nexus Trailer 4C Attacking- Stealing the Missiles 4D Conclusion 5A This FAQ is only permitted to be displayed at the following sites: GAMEFAQs - http://www.gamefaqs.com DISCLAIMER: This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. *************************1A-INTRODUCTION**************************** This is NightTrainQ's guide on the convoy assault mission in Unreal Tournament 2004. I am writing this guide mostly for PvP but you can use the same tricks on the computer players as well and because this my favorite map, and Gamefaqs did not have a guide for it. There was a general one there, but that did not go into the specifics of the Convoy mission, as I will. Getting connected to a good Internet PvP Convoy game in my opinion is always better then playing the computer. First off, you have to decide if you want a stat tracking server or not. I always play on stat tracking servers just because I like to contribute to my ranking. I played the computer when I had dial-up but now with a faster Internet I can beat up on other people, which I like more. Well, if you want a stat tracking server the easiest way is set the filter on the internet section to include only servers with stat tracking enabled. Then there are usually 2 or 3 servers running convoy loops that you can play. There is almost always one where an intense game is going down. Pick one that has people in it. If they all do, pick the one with the best ping, or if you play a lot, pick one with people you know. Once connected the game will automatically place you on a team. You can switch however, if the other team is getting beat up. This mission takes place on a moving convoy of vehicles. The object is to get to the other side of the convoy and steal the nexus missiles that are inside the farthest vehicle. Any jump over the edge is instant death (if you hit the ground) so be careful with your jumping and dodging. You may be on a moving vehicle but there a more then one way to do almost every objective. Here I will list all the hints and tricks that I have learned. I will try and group together tactics that will suit the beginning player up to an advanced player. Many people have their own techniques, which they use and I don't have listed. Feel free to e-mail me with any of your own strategies. *************************2A-BEGINNING GAME************************** ===================2B-Attacking-Stealing the Weapon Cache=========== In the beginning game one of the most important objectives is to access the next spawn point, which is much closer to the boarding platform then the first one. To achieve this easily teamwork is best. Have one person hop in the turret to your immediate right and start blasting away at the turret near the weapon cache. It doesn't matter whothis person is preferably some one who doesn’t have very good accuracy. You also want to destroy the turret on the middle vehicle's ledge. Do this by having one or two people stay behind and blast away at it with rockets. If you don't have many people on your team don't stay. Just fire rocket spirals on your way to the weapon cache. Your first strike team should include your best players, which will give the best chance to complete an objective on your first try. You can either go the regular way which is under the cage, or if you want to take a different route hop on the back of your spawn car and dodge jump up onto the top of the cage, then proceed to jump onto the huge metal tube then onto to the top half of the next part of the vehicle. You can also jump onto the unboarded platform that hovers just above it. If you took the bottom route watch out for bio-rifle and shock rifle campers that sit and wait for you. You might want to switch to a faster gun if you want to take them down. Once you jump over the little blockade at the end of the tubes switch back to the rocket launcher and give em hell. After you kill them you can go to the left or right up steps. Try and preload your rockets to fire at the top of the steps (better idea in a crowded game, not so much with fewer players) because the end of the defenders jumper point is right on the upper half of the platform. You can also stop on the top of the ramp and backtrack by running down on the extra border on the other side of the railing, then double jump onto the upper ledge. I would advise if you are playing good people not to do this on the right side because they usually camp this spot with shock rifles not allowing any cheap passes. You can however, do it on the left as well. There you can jump up to ledge, at this point the boarding platform switch should be on your right. Don't touch this unless your positive you can get it. Otherwise, jump on the backside of that vehicle (the side opposite the switch) and from there proceed to jump to the vehicle where the weapons cache is. Preloading your rockets here is also a good idea if you have any left. Aim that at the landing in the front of the vehicle where those campers I talked about earlier mostly hang out. Also watch and make sure no one is manning the turret if they are, stick close to the wall to the very end until you reach it, then unload on it with whatever you have. Most people are smart and jump out at this point, if they don’t move to the landing in the back of the turret and just unload until they die. Switch to your shield gun and pop a squat on the weapons cache switch. Congrats you have just completed you first objective. ===================2C-Defending-The First Objectives================ First off have your weaker players hop into the two turrets and rain hell on everyone who can't dodge. You can also camp the spot next to the turret with any good snipers you have. Next the two or three best attackers should immediately load up their bio rifles or warm up their miniguns and head up to the cage. Once there rain slime and shells on everyone you see. Then pick off people with your newly acquired rocket launchers. This is a highly effective tactic to break up first strikes and it totally decimates newb players because they have no idea what's going on until they’re slimed to death. You can also rack up huge numbers here against newbs by camping this spot and unloading a alt rocket spray on anybody that passes. If you have somewhat decent accuracy you can also camp the top of the cage with a sniper rifle. This is a great tactic because even if you don't kill them they are low on health heading towards the bulk of your party. If these tactics are failing, back up a bit to the end of the tube. If you like shock rifle combos then camp the top platform. If you feel more comfortable shooting bio-rifles I suggest camping the bottom and getting 1 or 2 full blobs off when the people come down the straight away. If you are playing against good players they will back up or jump on the railing to avoid it. If this happens immediately fall back and change your weapon cause the are charging up their rocket launcher to kill. Switch to a link gun or minigun and try and dodge their rockets don't be afraid to go back up the steps and fire down on them. Some other miscellaneous tactics are to camp the health spot on the cache vehicle. At this spot you can view the boarding platform as well anybody trying to get to the cache. Be careful of the turret near the attackers spawn point though, if that player that is operating it is worth anything he will be constantly trying to pick you off. When things get ruff you can drop back to the turret next to the cache if need be. Another tactic is sniping from the platform above the boarding switch from here you can save your team by picking off any one who gets by your campers. And you can also drop a bio blob from this spot to save the boarding platform objective if any players get to cocky. Once the weapons cache has been opened all hell breaks lose. They now have the better spawning point then you do. I would recommend camping this area heavily with fully charged shield guns and fully loaded bio rifles. Also a rocket launcher if you have one. Camping the platform above it now becomes a necessity because from that spot you can harass people coming up the ramp. If you are really good this spot is a great one to rack up a lot of shock combo kills. If by chance they do get it crossed new camping spots immerge. The one above the platform still is a good one and to the backside (where the other armor is) is great for firing flak cannon balls and bio blobs right into the entrance of the bridge. Just launch those suckers as much as you can at everybody you see. This is great tactic because even if you don't kill them guess what, you spawn right above where they are to be in just a few seconds! I know some brave soles that also camp the inside of the boarding platform. This is dangerous especially if there is only like 6 people playing because they will pass you by the time you spawn. However if you got mad back and can dodge especially good and have some reckless abandonment this is perfect for you. Just rain down the link gun on everybody that comes through. If you are a little less daring you can camp the ledge where the boarding pass leads to and where people need to go to plant the explosives. Just sit there and fire bio blobs and whatever else you have on the end of the boarding platform. Try and time it up with the person’s speed going through it so that it will hit right before they get there. You can also camp the platform overlooking the opening outlet with the explosives door. Switch to sniper rifle and start pickin people off. If they do however get below you switch to the bio rifle immediately and jump down and fire a bio blob right where the explosive setting point is.(about the middle of the door) because thats where they will probably be. =================2D-Attacking-Boarding the Platform================= This is going to be short. Just rain down flack cannon shots and rockets and shock rifle combo's on the boarding platform spot to provide cover for anyone who might be trying to complete the objective. Also be sure to pick off campers as well on the top platform. When going for the switch using your shield gun is a must. One tactic that is sometimes effective is to have 1 or 2 people go and provide cover fire at the health spawn. Then two people with shield guns equipped and full charged head in. If the 1st person encounters any one camping he immediately dodges forward and kills them and then shields up and squats on the switch. The next person covers anybody else that comes to close to the first and blows them up with the shield gun. This works great if you have some douche bag who camps the backside of the that platform where he cannot be killed with cover fire and he only comes rushing out with his shield gun when he sees the platform move. The second guy might sacrifice himself but the other guy would have been blown up too or severely weakened where the 1st guy can take him out or anybody providing cover could as well. This sounds complicated but just hook up your mic and get a friend on your team. It will make this part a lot easier. ****************************3A- MIDDLE GAME************************* ==================3B- Attacking-Setting the Explosives============== This part in my opinion is best done with speed. If you can get the boarding platform crossed and have everybody immediately crossing it you are in good shape. If you take to long the other team can become entrenched with camping on the ledge leading the door and it will make it so much tougher. If you are good at firing rockets you can rack up a lot of kills here. Not much to say, just try and stay together as a team and also this piece of advice. PEOPLE LIKE TO RUN AT YOU WHILE FIRING THEIR ROCKETS IF THEY GET CLOSE TO YOU DON'T FIRE YOURS BECAUSE THE SPLASH DAMAGE WILL KILL YOU, INSTEAD JUMP BEHIND THEM AND FIRE WHEN YOUARE AT A SAFE DISTANCE. This goes for pretty much every level but this a perfect example. Eventually someone will get by and start setting them up. Also if somebody is setting the explosives up don’t be a dumbass and stand next to them, face where you just came and try and fend off anybody jumping down at you. ==================3C- Attacking- Opening the Rear Door============== In my opinion this is the hardest objective. Basically the whole other team just camps that room and the opening of the door and just tries to destroy anything that comes threw it. And most of the time they do. The only advice here is to use your shield a lot. You can almost always tell a newb from a pro by watching how much they use the shield. Pro's use it a lot more, newbs almost never. One tactic is to use it when you first enter and immediately head away from the switch, most people don’t follow you, once there just rain down rockets on the side of the other team, even if you don't bring down the switch someone else will. And there is always the more direct approach by preloading you rocket launcher hoping for the best then immediately switching to your shield and heading over to the switch. Don't be afraid to come away from the switch and fight if their is only like one guy too, just switch guns and polish him off, a moving target is much harder to hit then one that is just sitting there. ==================3D- Attacking- Opening Side Doors================= Wow, this easy if you play your cards right. This again is also about speed and sometimes a little foresight. If you can manage to stay back closer to side door switch before you get the back one done, you are money. Just hop onto the boxes on the sides then double jump onto the ledge where the switch is. Throw some flak shells up there while you are jumping because there might be someone who spawned really quick and is trying to mow you down with a minigun. Switch to your shield gun and no matter what don’t leave this switch. It is a very short one and when it look like you want make it don’t go for the health just stay put. That’s really it for this one. ==================3E- Defending- The Back Door Switch=============== What can I say, just blob and link to death anybody that comes through the hole. One common tactic almost everybody uses is just to shoot a full blob at the switch whenever some comes in so they cant get to it right away. When you die, immediately load up a bio-rifle or get your link gun out and fire at the switch right when come out of the hole, this could good give your team a lucky break by mowing down someone who otherwise would have brought the switch down. Also when it does start to get hectic, camp near the switch with you shield gun fully charged. Don't stand still cause you will be like cake to shoot down, move around as much as you can but stay close to the switch. A person with 100 health and a shield up thinking he has this one in the bag can be rudely destroyed by this tactic which makes it one of my favorites. ==================3F- Defending- The Side Door====================== Pay attention here. Somebody that comes through when you turn back for one second can switch this thing. Have one or two people down below firing away at oncoming people. Everybody else should camp the top platform. AND PLEASE don’t stand right next to the switch you are just asking to be shredded with a shield gun or shrapnel. Stay a little ways back, enough to kill anybody that jumps up from the boxes and far enough so you don't get hit with shrapnel. That’s it pretty much. Whenever they do throw the switch head down and start firing at door opening up most people just wait there like idiots for it to open wide enough for them to fit. If you can get out before anyone else, go right outside but instead of jumping, head to your left and turn back around, anybody that comes through just annihilate with your weapon of choice I prefer the shield gun or link gun. ****************************4A- END GAME***************************** ================4B- Attacking-Infiltrating the Nexus Trailer========= Speed is critical here as well. If you can get out quick and jump from that little platform on the next vehicle to the nexus vehicle you might be able to sneak by right away. Most good players will however pick you off before get a chance. First things first, DESTROY THOSE TURRETS. Stand on the ledge on the car you spawned from. Fire the link gun at the far turret until it blows up. Then turn your eyes upward there should be another one right above you. Fire the link gun up there or a flak ball until that one blows up as well. Next is how to get across, there are 3 different routes. One is the quick route I described earlier. The other believe it or not is pretty fast as well, see that car moving all around. Hop on that thing when it is close to you, then stay on it until it goes all the way up next to the nexus trailer then jump off. I suggest playing bots on novice mode and practicing this jump until it becomes second nature. You might suicide a lot but it is worth it when you finally make it most of the time. The last is the newb route. Where you jump off onto the next vehicle and go to the opening to the right where the health spawn is. Then hop onto the nexus trailer. From there you can either go right and down the other side or left I usually go right and pick up the shock rifle, however the quicker route is just going left. If you aren’t good at dodging this is the point where you will probably get blown up by rockets. Remember to dodge and don't be afraid to use your shield. Your shield is your friend not a worthless gun. The opening you will jump down into is on the far left of the trailer. Hop down in there and you just completed the next objective. ====================4C- Defending- The Nexus Trailer================== Grab the rockets immediately on the top of the three huge boxes. Then switch to your minigun and start mowing down anyone you see on the ledge shooting you turret. Plop 2 people in the turrets, and make sure the enemy doesn’t get in one if they do however try sniping him out instead of destroying your own turret. You can camp the health spawn point on the newb route, however I recommend against this only because most good players don't go this way. However if you are playing newbs that’s a great spot. You can also camp the ledge right in front of the turret on the nexus trailer. This is probably the best spot to be because you can see everything and everybody has to go through you to get to the objective. Another good camping spot is on the first pipe, behind the turret, on the nexus trailer. Grab a shock rifle and head up there. Shock combo anyone that comes close. Once the trailer is opened up a new route appears, from the ledge to the moving car to rightinside the nexus trailer! Good players almost always use this route because of how quick it is. If you can, most people hang out near where you jump near the opening, whip out your minigun or sniper rifle and fire at them, sometimes they die before they get to the trailer, and also it might knock them off their jump which is very frustrating. If you are playing really good team I would suggest hanging out inside the trailer preparing for war. However, if they are not so good just camp near the near rocket on the boxes. =====================4D- Attacking-Stealing the Missiles============== The final objective, now that the side compartment doors are opened on the nexus trailer you can jump from that moving vehicle to right inside the trailer. While you are waiting fire down inside you might just kill somebody. Dodge jumping is necessary here, if you aren’t good at I wouldn’t recommend this route. I have just double jumped this route before as well but let me tell you it is not easy, your jumps must be perfect. You can also go the old way but instead of going all the way to the back just hop over the side and land on the compartment door, the opening should be right near the health spawns. Also when you are down their on the switch save your shield until you see somebody, when they get closer switch guns and let them have it. Their is no worser feeling then dying by the person squatting on the switch, having them leave it, killing you, then getting back on it because you know you just lost the game. So make them feel as bad as possible! Stay strong and this will be a piece of cake. *****************************5A- Conclusion*************************** I am sure you may know more tactics on how to attack or defend this mission but this is what I have learned. If you know of any I don't or failed to include please email me, my email is at the top. I know my spelling is horrible and my grammar as well. I don’t need e-mails about that. Happy Hunting! © Copyright 2005 Patrick Quinn