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This page presents some (useful ?) XBlast tactics :
there are 4 main categories
- basic stuff : beginner (stupid ? ;) stuff
- attack : kill kill kill
- defense : don't let them kill you, defend your life
- suicide : this is bad, very bad.. but sometimes very useful
Some tactics take advantage of the new extras which are only available in
the EPFL-XBlast version, d/l it from the MODs : Downloads page.
See the In Action (demos) page, Help/Tricks section, for some illustrated "tricks" and cool "moves".
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Tip #1 |
As long as you're alive, you can still win !
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #2 |
When you're dead it doesn't mean you've lost, the other players can still
die !
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #3 |
Avoid the shrink, it is lethal.
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #4 |
If you die, don't do it alone : press space.
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #5 |
Last hope tactics : turn your opponents monitor off, move his mouse on
another application, hit any (possibly the drop-bomb) key on his keyboard... of course some
players consider this as "cheating" but well... it works :-)
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comment : from VVL (I do NOT encourage this ;)
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Tip #6 |
Don't use the same "move" too often... your enemies will get used to it.
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #7 |
Don't show your "weaknesses" (few bombs, no extra).
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comment : from VVL
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Tip #8 |
If you see you won't be able to reach an extra before your opponent try to destroy the extra.
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comment : from VVL
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No I don't have it |
Make'em think you don't have the special extra... don't use it or
use the "no, no I swear I don't have it" secret-weapon (ok, it IS a lie, but you are here to
WIN, isn't it ?)
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comment : from VVL
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push push push |
Push 4 or 5 bombs in a "corridor" ... maybe someone will get stuck in
your bombs... and it is a good training !
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comment : from VVL
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Coalition |
Sign a temporary 'peace treaty' with one of your opponents to kill someone
else easier (of course, you will break the treaty as soon as it can get useful for you)
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comment : from VVL
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Retour de flamme (back-burner) |
Kick one bomb at each end of a corridor, when the first bomb explodes it
will hit the other one and the explosion will go through the corridor again in the other direction
(ie. the corridor will be 'on fire' twice as long as normal)
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comment : from VVL
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Schwarzenegger-Willis-Stallone |
Also known as SWS-tactic, a tactic, where you run around, blindly dropping bombs and kicking and blowing
everything in reach, in the desperate hope that either you or your partner will be the survivor in the end.
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comment : from Stn
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Sniper |
A tactic, where you concentrate on a particular player and try to neutralize him.
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comment : from Stn
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Triangle-move |
If one of your opponents is in a corner, drop 3 bombs forming a "L" to block him
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comment : from VVL
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Pusher-stop |
In a level with the push-bombs-extra don't forget you can trap your ennemies
in a corridor by dropping TWO bombs (does not work if bombs are snooker-bombs)
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comment : from VVL
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Hasenfuss |
Named after the famous hunter Johann Hasenfuss, a tactics, where you keep at the edges of the field,
trying to avoid any attention from the opponents and to survive long enough to be killed by the shrink
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comment : from Stn
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Hide |
Hide in a corner and wait... (this sucks but there seem to be some hide-
specialists everywhere where xblast is played)
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comment : from VVL
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Time-out |
If you are in a bad posture (no extra, only 1 life left, ...) run around
until level time-out (only works if quake-mode is off)
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comment : from VVL
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Bomb Protection |
In levels with pushable bombs and contact between player and bombs but NOT
between bombs when someone throws a bomb in your direction drop one too, it will stop the other one.
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comment : from VVL
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Why use suicide ? |
Suicide is bad, but suicide can be useful :
- if you have more lives
- if you want someone's extra
- because you're dead anyway, so why not kill someone
- to annoy the other players ;)
- for fun !
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comment : from VVL
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How to suicide ? |
There are many ways to suicide, here are some :
- when you die in a flame, drop a bomb, it will explode instantly and might kill someone
- when you "resurect" after having lost a life, you are invincible for a short time, use this moment to detonate bombs everywhere
- when you loose your last life, try to drop a bomb just after the explosion that kills you, this might be enough to reach the time-out
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comment : from VVL
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