Virtual On:Operation Moongate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VR Belgdor Guide/FAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright ¸ VR Belgdor Guide/FAQ David Tan Y.K. 2004 By David Tan Y.K. (Siphon_Mage@hotmail.com) Version 1.0 Note: I am apparently trying my best to really master the game perfectly and if you have any advice and such, don't hesitate to drop a line to my email address (^above), and we can discuss, thank you. This guide will be updated from time to time. This Guide/FAQ is done by me alone with the help of some other friends of mine. It should suffice that only this guide/faq may be found ONLY at sites which are authorised and have been given permission to host it. Using this faq on any sites without MY acknowledgement will be found guilty of violating copyright law, and legal pursuits will be on your tail. Reproduction/ alteration and the distributing of my guide/faq without my consent will cause serious legal actions be taken against you. 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Currently am doing the tips section now and would soon finish off the Guide/FAQ with the credits. 26/3/04 (Version 1.0) Completed all the basics requirements for a guide/FAQ of mine, will update it on Belgdor tactics such as rowing and auto pilot. =================================================================================== ~~~~Table Of Contents~~~ 1). Introduction 2). Weapons 3). Against The Computer 4). Against Human Players 5). Tips 6). Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hmmm.....enough of those disclaimers and sorts above, anyways, back on track on the Guide/F.A.Q. If any of your beliefs or opinions differ from mine and you want to clarify, just drop me a mail and I expect your words to be at a more matured level and not about whining and crap. Thank You. As Virtual On is an old game, there can be lots of different ways and opinions to look at it, thus causing misunderstanding between players. I am by no far a professional player and am trying my best to help players, not to flaunt nor exalt my own skill. 1). Introduction BELGDOR was developed as the firepower support VR for replacing RAIDEN which is way too much expensive. It's a simplified version of high-level virtuaroid RAIDEN, but it's fighting ability is pretty high. The body of RAIDEN is used for the base body, but the inexpensive lower capacity generator is mounted in it. As the armor weight is reduced moderately, it has a better mobility than it is expected. However, the center of gravity is rather high because a series of sight and guidance systems for homing missiles are incorporated in the head of the body. Therefore, the stability during running is inferior to other VR'S of the same type, and it's liable to falling down (Got that from the game manual, lame is it?) Anyway, here's my opinion: In layman terms: Temjin >All VR's(in VOOM only, since he's overpowered with his beam rifle.) I'm just writing this Guide/FAQ in courtesy of my best friend Lance Taliesin (Grysvok on gamefaqs) and boy is he still an avid and good Belgdor/Grysvok player and this rare breed of players who choose the least popular virtuaroid should be praised as they do not follow the crowd. VR Body Data: Height: 17.2m Body weight: 10.4t Full-armed weight: 27.8t Generator output capacity: 5270kw Overview: I would prefer using Temjin than to Belgdor(duh!) but either ways a good Belgdor player can thrash those "suck00b" temjin players any time of the day. Using napalm and homing missiles effectively can put an end to other players and focus-fired grenades are powerful enough for knockdown and heavy damage. 2). Weapons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Left Weapon: Napalm Standing Napalm: Napalm is thrown and moves in a straight line at direction of being thrown at, normal damage, can be used as bomb barrier. Walking Napalm: Belgdor slows down to throw down a napalm similar to standing napalm, but i prefer standing as it is more accurate, but walking napalm gives you more chance to run afterwards to dodge projectiles. Crouching Napalm: Once again, no difference except for the fact that Belgdor crouches than he throw the napalm. Maybe this way, opponent can't see the napalm just as clearly?(Making a wild guess) Forward-Dash Napalm: Throws Napalm forward, and since you'll get enveloped by napalm explosion in forward dash, aren't you more bold in doing a forward dash attack immediately after that? Napalm explosion acts as barrier against enemy attacks. Back-Dash Napalm: Nothing happen. Surprising is it? Jumping Napalm: Belgdor jumps and throws napalm, don't use it, you'll get hit. Explosion effect is the same as Standing Napalm. So you must as well use it. Side-Dash Napalm: When dashing right, napalm is thrown to the left and explosion is curved from the left to the right. When dashing left, napalm is thrown to the right and explosion is curved from the right to the left. Napalm in close-combat: Belgdor trys to shoulder tackle the enemy, not quite accurate, you must as well use the right-weapon CC. The Napalm is a fairly damaging weapon and can cancel out attacks in it's explosion radius. Though it is not as efficient as temjin's bomb, it is slightly more damage(I expect.) As you can see from the information above, all the damage of the different variations of Napalm do around the same damage, and the purpose of this weapon is to when to use the correct version of napalm against the enemy. An example is using a normal napalm to hit the opponent during the freeze time instead of doing a jump-napalm which would affect your freeze time. So the weapon information could be summarized by saying that it depends on your circumstances and when and where you should use the various kinds of napalm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Center Weapon: Homming Missiles Standing Homing Missiles: Belgdor opens his missiles launcher(Delay time!) and shoots out 2 pairs of homing missiles one after the other. Quite useful if you know how to time it well so that you don't get hit during the freeze time. Walking Homing Missiles: There's no point in doing this, Belgdor stops everything that he is doing and does the same thing as a standing homing missile. You must as well do a standing homing missile attack than. Crouching Homing Missiles: Commonly known as "Blue missiles", this version of homing missiles are used to knock enemies hiding behind buildings, though the damage dealt is slightly lesser than a normal homing missile. Forward-Dash Homing Missiles: Quite effective, as you forward dash, you turn to face the enemy, thus the missiles are yet even more accurate. Back-Dash Homing Missiles: This puts you in danger of getting hit, don't use it unless as a last resort to finish the enemy. Jumping Homing Missiles: Quite accurate as well if you use this version of homing missiles, the risk is up to you. Side-Dash Homing Missiles: Missiles curve to hit an enemy, but if they are dashing, the missile would probably miss, use it when you are sure it will hit. Homing Missiles in close combat: There is no such thing as this....but either way if you use it when you are next to the enemy, it'll hit.(Duh! this is common sense anyway,lol) As usual, the weaponry of Belgdor packs a punch if you use it right. Use the less significant grenade and napalm to flush out the enemy and trap them before using the homing missiles. To use homing missiles to the optimum effectiveness, make sure the enemy are far from you. I've heard that when you are further from the enemy, the homing missiles do more damage. This is partly true, but only for a slight damage increase. You want heavy damage or knockdown is when either they are dashing or jumping. Use this to your full advantage. Remember the blue missiles for use when people are hiding, use it in accord with napalm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Right Weapon: Grenade Launcher(Grenades for short) Standing Grenade: Grenades are shot out. Tap the button/trigger for more grenades. Don't hold trigger, just tap for focus-fired damage. Quite good if multiple of grenades hit. Walking Grenade: Since Grenade ain't homing, using this will be to your disadvantage as you can't see whether they hit the opponent or not, either way, you have more chance to dodge attacks if they are sudden. Tap for focus fire damage as usual. Crouching Grenade: First time I tried it, shoots a volley of three quick grenades in rapid succession. Quite average damage, but it's good and useful. Freeze time isn't all that long. :) Forward-Dash Grenade: Can't see that properly but Belgdor shoot around 4-5 grenades cluttered together, guaranteed knockdown I think and the damage is good. Back-Dash Grenade: Haven't you learn that in VOOM, MOST backdashing attacks put you in a disadvantage? But either ways, same thing as forward-dash grenade which knocks people down. You must as well use forward-dash grenade. Jumping Grenade: Same like forward/back dash attacks, knockdown, good damage and grenades are cluttered up together. Side-Dash Grenade: Unless due to freeze time, the opponent are more likely to be hit by this variation of attack. Clutter of missiles shots sideways which tries its best to curve in the direction to the opponent. knockdown as well. Grenade in Close-Combat: Most people call it the "Karate chop". But I rather call it bashing. Belgdor uses his grenade launcher to smash the opponent in a downward motion. Try your best NOT to use side-dashing grenades. I would mostly rather use homing missiles combo and when they freeze up, I bombard them with focus-fired grenades which guaranteed for knockdown/heavy damage. Forward-dashing Grenades are powerful(though not as powerful as temjin's forward dashing beam rifle), but they still pack a punch but make sure, as most of belgdor's accurate and strong attack variations always put him in a risk of getting damaged, such as the forward-dash grenade ability. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3). Against the computer Belgdor is good against Dorkas, Apharmd, Viper II, Belgdor Belgdor is bad against Fei-Yen, Temjin, Bal-Bas-Bow, Jaguarandi Belgdor is neutral against Raiden, Z-gradt (All these are my opinion, so that do not mean necessarily it is correct.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Temjin Temjin is easy to be dealt with on those typical easy/normal difficulties. Just play foolishly and you would still prevail. But seriously though, the main purpose of the Guide/FAQ is to enlighten you in various aspects, and in this case, versus a "very hard" difficulty temjin with a belgdor is no easy feat. As I said in VOOM temjin> All. The temjin would just normally dash sideways or start with a forward dash beam rifle! Which will hit you.....and that is just so stupid, as your can't evade that. I can only say that I have luck to win this guy or that i try to do walking-dashing attacks to hit him which means that i fire projectiles at him and before his projectiles hit me, i do a dashing attack. I know most VO prodigies would discourage this, but if you are a VO prodigy, don't mind sending in some helpful tips. And besides, look at freeze time and go to mid-range to engage him. At far range, the obstacles in flooded city would make your attacks miss even more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Viper II Viper II with his weak armor but yet high speed is considered an easy foe if you hit him once or twice with some hard weapons and he'll(she?it?) fall. Just be wary of the homing beam as it tends to hit Belgdor easily. Focus-fire from vulcan ain't that strong compared to your grenade focus-firing. Using homing missiles when a viper II jump is effective as it usually knocks the Viper II down(except for jump-cancels.) Use Napalms to effectively counter his 7-Way Missiles/Homing beam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Dorkas As I would say, Dorkas would probably be the "brother" of Belgdor. One is tougher than the other and excels at close combat, while the other is more agile and excels at far range. (I won't consider Raiden, because Dorkas and Belgdor structure is made out from him.) Try mostly to dodge Dorkas hammer as it is fairly homing and it will knock you down if it connects. All of Dorkas weapons are very damaging if you consider it against you. The only way to defeat him is to play far range with him, but make sure that his hammer rarely connects with you. If you are at far range, you are more likely to dodge his phalanx and fireball attacks in that case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Belgdor Are you kidding? this is one of the simpliest part ever, and do I have to write on this? XD Anyways back to point, the computer uses Belgdor in a very pathetic fashion and you could kill him easily. Advice to kill him with 3-4 homing attacks: Just somehow knock him down. After he get up, he'll get a temporary invulnerable effect, time it so that once that effect goes off, your homing missile will hit him. As you are standing still and you launch faster, the homing missile of yours WILL hit him while his missile will miss you(dash away after that). He has a freeze time and thus is stuck, and he'll get hit. Rinse and repeat, he dies. When fighting comps of your same kind, you must outwit their stupidity and that can be so easily done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Bal-Bas-Bow I hate this guy when I'm using Dorkas or Belgdor to go against him. Hit him with something hard and fast a few times and this guys down. It's easier said than done, and that weapon is none other than homing missiles. BBB(Bal-Bas-Bow) loves to fly when your weapons are just about to hit him, but whatsoever aim your weapons in his freeze time and it's more likelier to connect. As with Dorkas, force BBB with napalm/homing missiles and if you are able, pack in a combo of focus-fired grenades but beware of focus-fired ring laser. They are powerful. Just play running about when going against floating mines, and just dash when hand bit comes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Apharmd Apharmd is just as quick(though slightly slower than temjin) and playing close range with him is hazaradous by far and that is common sense, and that would tell you not to engage him in close combat. Either way, due to the lack of V-armour in the game(play Virtual On:Oratorio Tangram for it, it's an armour which block off newbies pathetic side-dash right weapon killing enemies at far range in a pathetic way), and because of that all of Apharmd's weapons do average to tons of damage to Belgdor. That's why i hate slow Virtuaroids in VOOM, but either way, I'm here to help you cope the problem with that. Pit your napalm against your bomb and know when and where to regulate your fire. He always throws the bomb at the precise timing to block out your attacks. One thing Apharmd is bad is in VOOM, forcing him seriously will kill him and do just that by going in for the kill, but beware don't get into close-combat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Fei-Yen Even harder than Apharmd is Fei-Yen, not only she do those pathetic far range bombardment of Noobs which often work(literally!) which end up killing you. Just try to blue missile your way out and napalm at far range. If she somehow enters close to mid range fire and unload with all that you got, but using those grenades to knockdown and stall for time is useful as you can plan what to do next in the battle. Usually I win fast virtuaroids in late game with slow virtuaroids by stalling till the time runs out. Unglorious it seems, but that's a sure win,lol. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Raiden Prior to Z-gradt, Raiden is so pathetic, unless somehow or his standing/side/forward/back or (whatever) dash laser seems to hit you countless times. If he wants to play far fire, he has the disadvantage because his laser ain't going to save him, as it can't go through walls. Going near for the kill is also useful, forcing him will drive him to his graveyard quick enough. his G-bomb is no real threat, his bazooka is average, and his laser is terrific, but it rarely connects unless it is those 4 way lasers. Even if it connects, it should serve as a warning for you. Homing Missiles will own him seriously if you bombard him from a further range though, and most likely it should work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Z-Gradt Ok, fine Z-gradt is tough to fight against while using Belgdor, I presume he was easy before because somehow or rather I killed him by thrashing the attack triggers,lol. But i've researched and somehow I find that to kill Z-gradt with Belgdor, just rotate/walk to always face him while firing him with grenades. When his projectiles are most likely to hit you than do a side-dash attack. Before he turns golden form, do a forward dashing homing missile(standing homing missile is less effective though) for more damage and make sure that somehow or rather, you don't dash head on into his projectiles/large beam cannon or you'll get kill. So timing is important if you want to hit him, hit him hard at the back, so the cannon will be no additional problem for you. Meanwhile after that, use napalm as napalm is more effective against him compared to grenades. Since you dash close to him with your forward dash homing missile, his large beam cannon is both at his front part of the body, and as well as it's too big to hit close virtuaroids, you are safe . After that, just thrash him with grenades, and with another napalm and yet another volley of homing missiles and that should do it. If you are slow, don't do a second napalm, rather you do a second homing missile attack. Rinse and repeat afterwards, he's dead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against Jaguarandi All in all, I do not like slow virtuaroids at all cost, and using Belgdor to go against Jag is tough work. Just make sure that he's far from you and use your napalm to buy you some life(time= life.) Homing missiles should work to knock him down and besides if he's far, you can use grenades as bait and if he comes close just try to walk away firing still. If he dashes, you dash as well. But Jag won't dash UNLESS you dash, I've heard of it, but either ways, jump-cancels work pretty well as well and that should do the trick when you are all surrounded. Napalm can also improve the distance between the both of you as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4). Against Human Players Uh-huh, this should be hard work. Most people would either choose the famous 4, Temjin for his infinite beam rifle. Viper II for his speed and still fairly strong abilities. Apharmd for his legendary Tongfer and Raiden for his Laser despite his slowness. And well, Belgdor can be classified as a slow virtuaroid and that's what makes him seriously bad. His homing missiles ain't that capable to take down the meaniest of meanies, but as all cost using your skills against the AI and using them on players is bad work as players are known for their capricious nature. Either way, don't try to do dashing attacks. Do plenty of dash cancels to avoid attacks from them as well, and if you have the chance fire from afar with blue missiles, and forward dash grenades/homing missiles into the fray to knock them down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5). Tips -As I have said before, Belgdor has different kinds of attacks, those that are neutral, those that are risking himself to hit, and those that trade lesser damage for more accuracy, and you should learn when and where to use each. -Players often think that they are safe to hide from Belgdor from afar, do a crouching Center- weapon which is blue missiles to hit them. Most of the time it would connect, unless the player is very alert and vigilant against your sudden attacks. -Use dash cancels/jump cancels frequently and do not try to do jump attacks unless you are sure they will hit. -Do not overuse the napalm gauge, once it is finished up, it takes a longer time for it to recharge. -Make the full use of homing missiles by targeting the enemy at the end of their freeze time. -The using of the Grenade/Napalm combo or the Missile/Napalm combo can be used to force the enemy. -Use napalm to neutralize attacks if possible. (That's all for now in the tips section. It'll be updated.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6). Credits -To myself for making this guide -To all who read this guide and learn from the information stored in here. -To Lance_Taliesin/Grim_Frostfire (AKA. Grysvok on Gamefaqs) for being my best friend. -To Eizaz Azhar, the very good guy who helped me weeks after weeks to sort out my FAQ/Guide -My mum for letting me play VO -CJAYC for some guy who host a game site called Gamefaqs