Armadillo tricks?

[signofzeta]

Do you know of anything to do with the armadillo other than using the MG and for transport? I'm trying to figure out really neat things to do with my, er um, THE armadillo, so far, the best place to use the armadillo is quarry so far for me. As the strogg were bringing in the cells, I accidently fell off a cliff, and my armadillo rolled onto the strogg, thus killing it, and I got off and returned the cell.

Got my dillo up there to protect the first cell, but alas I slipped.

[Das_Paradoxon]

i made a loop at slipgate once!

[MadMarkus]

Yes, someone (not sure who...sorry) showed me you can drive up the right hand cliff on Valley hack obj. full of coverts ...line up to the roof of the strogg spawn point...FLY off the cliff...roll across the roof...land in the hack obj area (killing a few defenders in the process)...everyone exits AFTER IT STOPS MOVING...hack in seconds.

looks neat from outside view and gets a lot of people talking and laughing about it as well.

[signofzeta]

Yes, someone (not sure who...sorry) showed me you can drive up the right hand cliff on Valley hack obj. full of coverts ...line up to the roof of the strogg spawn point...FLY off the cliff...roll across the roof...land in the hack obj area (killing a few defenders in the process)...everyone exits AFTER IT STOPS MOVING...hack in seconds.

looks neat from outside view and gets a lot of people talking and laughing about it as well.

Yeah, I was figuring out how to do that, except I actually land where the strogg spawn in, unless you mean a different cliff.

The one I'm mentioning is directly behind the third strogg spawn, behind the shield gen.

If that does happen, there is a reason to say "mind if we drop in?"

[Sniper47]

On Area22,there is a way to get armadillo inside the generator room,just need to use handbrake.

[Strzelecjb]

On Canyon, at the last objective there's some way to drive the armadillo inside the base and place it near the entrence from the Strogg side. I saw it, tried it myself and failed:D

[Rampager]

Treat the Armadillo as a hog. Seriously, i'm not joking.

I've killed stationary Hogs by ramming them with the Armadillo (90% of its health), and then swapping to the MG nest to finish it off :P

[mcire]

Both the armadillo and the hog can do backflips on the bridge near the GDF spawn on Sewer. The hog can sort of do a double backflip, but only 1.5 flips are in midair. This doesn't really have any use, especially because it throws the machine gunner out of the vehicle, but it looks cool :)

[Lemiwinks]

Yes, someone (not sure who...sorry) showed me you can drive up the right hand cliff on Valley hack obj. full of coverts ...line up to the roof of the strogg spawn point...FLY off the cliff...roll across the roof...land in the hack obj area (killing a few defenders in the process)...everyone exits AFTER IT STOPS MOVING...hack in seconds.

looks neat from outside view and gets a lot of people talking and laughing about it as well.

That was me. :cool: Here's a demo of me doing that. (http://www.mediafire.com/?5cf9tjdm1xy) It's the only one I ever made of it, never really tried making demo's of that jump, but it should give you the basic idea, even though I died quickly because of a couple of proximity mines.

I've seen it done with other Vehicles, and haven't tried it with the dillo yet, but if you like it up with a wall just right, you can arm trip mines on the front of some Vehicles, then ram things, and watch the fireworks. ;)

You can also make combat jumps using the armadillo on Canyon on the first OBJ. I have a demo of myself trying various angels of it, so here it is. (http://www.mediafire.com/?xdyh5e02nxh) It isn't always successful, but you get the idea. The point is to jump inbto the hole to the right of the bridge at the first objective.

[GanjMahal]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

[DugDanger]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

Iv watched that about 20 times now, never gets old.

[signofzeta]

That was me. :cool: Here's a demo of me doing that. (http://www.mediafire.com/?5cf9tjdm1xy) It's the only one I ever made of it, never really tried making demo's of that jump, but it should give you the basic idea, even though I died quickly because of a couple of proximity mines.

I've seen it done with other Vehicles, and haven't tried it with the dillo yet, but if you like it up with a wall just right, you can arm trip mines on the front of some Vehicles, then ram things, and watch the fireworks. ;)

You can also make combat jumps using the armadillo on Canyon on the first OBJ. I have a demo of myself trying various angels of it, so here it is. (http://www.mediafire.com/?xdyh5e02nxh) It isn't always successful, but you get the idea. The point is to jump inbto the hole to the right of the bridge at the first objective.

Its like playing basketball or golf. You must go "swoosh" with the armadillo through the hole.

[Stroggefier]

On Canyon, at the last objective there's some way to drive the armadillo inside the base and place it near the entrence from the Strogg side. I saw it, tried it myself and failed:D

The 1 you saw could have been me;) It's actually very annoying for the Strogg, walking around the corner with 3 men, nothing suspicious, and suddenly you get flattened by an Arma. :/

[nick_ss]

The MG on the armadillo does good damage, I like to use it inside objectives like Area 22, but usually it gets killed too quickly by obli stroggs.

[StarkRavinMad]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

WHOA! I didn't know there were superballs in this game :O

[b0rok]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

I have done the same trick on accident, just like the video.

Then I started doing it on purpose, not easy though, you have to learn paths.

[porktoss]

Treat the Armadillo as a hog. Seriously, i'm not joking.

I've killed stationary Hogs by ramming them with the Armadillo (90% of its health), and then swapping to the MG nest to finish it off :P


You can follow a hog ramming a deployable and pin him to it, then MG it to death. Easy kill!

I find the best place to hit a hog for maximum damage is the brace attaching the rear wheel to the midsection. You can sometimes hit them so hard there they flip over. The front side sort of acts like a ramp. While its really cool to ramp off an enemy vehicle, it doesn't help you kill it much =)

[nick_ss]

You can follow a hog ramming a deployable and pin him to it, then MG it to death. Easy kill!

I find the best place to hit a hog for maximum damage is the brace attaching the rear wheel to the midsection. You can sometimes hit them so hard there they flip over. The front side sort of acts like a ramp. While its really cool to ramp off an enemy vehicle, it doesn't help you kill it much =)

Or you can just arm three proxy mine on the armadillo, I remember doing that on a husky, and it was some RAM against the hog.

[SamsLembas]

Plant a charge on the front of the Armadillo or Husky. Wait a while, then charge at an enemy vehicle or deployable ;)
It is not actually very practical, but it can be useful now and then, mostly just for the shock.

[Sniper47]

Or you can just arm three proxy mine on the armadillo, I remember doing that on a husky, and it was some RAM against the hog.

Interesting,,Hog will be suprised:p

[Kalbuth]

Interesting,,Hog will be suprised:p

It works like a charm even against dessies or cyclop, provided they didn't see you first

[nick_ss]

It works like a charm even against dessies or cyclop, provided they didn't see you first

Well if they see you, you will be turned inside out three times over. But, the funny thing is that even if they kill you. You will die of your own proxy mine or whoever puts the mine on there and not the plasma cannon or vehicle explosion. So you don't have much to lose.

I remember you can also arm trip mines on a husky, but I don't know how to do it. I heard it can be done, but I wonder if you can do it on a armadillo.

[SamsLembas]

I remember you can also arm trip mines on a husky, but I don't know how to do it. I heard it can be done, but I wonder if you can do it on a armadillo.

That has always been my problem with that strategy. I can't get trip mines to work, an proximity mines are too slow. You have bounced off the Cyclopes and rolled away by the time you go boom.

[DrFunkenstein]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

That one is still great. Did you ever manage to repeat it?

Dr. Funkenstein

[k00pa]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

You can reguest husky to almost same effect. If id lands example to ladders, then it will jump back to air very high.

[Reaper989]

Take an Armadillo down the shortcut on Canyon i think and enjoy!

[SuperHappyCow]

Treat the Armadillo as a hog. Seriously, i'm not joking.

I've killed stationary Hogs by ramming them with the Armadillo (90% of its health), and then swapping to the MG nest to finish it off :P

I regularly kill hogs with armadillos...even once with a husky...and another time with defibs...

but anyway, the armadillo is awesome. If you're a good driver you can get it into so many tight places, like the final OBJ on A22 or Canyon. It's awesome for blocking entrances because it fits perfectly between many doorways.

[zig-zag]

Have 3 engies each place 3 mines on the underside of the front bumper.
Toss a nade under it and watch it rocket skyhigh!

[forkYEAH]

Armadillo discoveries:
Area 22: I've seen it on the first obj but havn't pulled it off yet
I always bring it in to the last obj but I can not get it to the upper balcony, I can get it pretty much everywhere but there
Slipgate: spawn at the gdf base take the dillo out the front gate up the hill all the way until your to the right of the slip gate, now you can jump down from behind the slip gate or the side, generally i find it fun to throw a third eye on the dillo first then throw it off then detonate.
Island: on the last obj you cant take the dillo up the water route stairs, can't take it around the back but you can take it up the hill to the front and hope you dont get naded
Canyon: last obj: take the dillo to the left and into the bomb room and i found it better with a driver and a gunner in order to avoid nades
sewer: can't get it into the 2 + 3rd obj place at all, can't get trojan either

HUSKY, this may be a little off but the husky can pretty much go everywhere
funnest place in area22 up to the upper balcony because its so small and every1 stands in a line

[MadMarkus]

That was me. :cool: Here's a demo of me doing that. (http://www.mediafire.com/?5cf9tjdm1xy) ....

THANKS!!
Sorry i forgot it was you Lemi:o

I still try it when the time permits .

[ArR0tTa]

This (http://www.vimeo.com/798535) is still the best Armadillo trick. :eek:

Ive done this before, but not on canyon.

[Lemiwinks]

THANKS!!
Sorry i forgot it was you Lemi:o

I still try it when the time permits .

NP on forgetting it was me, I am still happy that you remembered me doing it at all. :D