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Half-Life 2 Hints
Lighthouse Rocket Strategy
1 of 11: As soon as you park the jeep and leave the garage, run for the lighthouse.
2 of 11: Go in through its door, then block the doorway with the two large wooden crates that are nearby so that no Combine soldiers can run up the stairs after you.
3 of 11: You should leave the door open, and put the crates one on top of the other across the doorway. That way no one outside can see in.
4 of 11: ALTERNATIVE: You could instead block the bottom of the staircase with a crate or two, but that would allow a few soldiers into the lighthouse, even though they couldn't go much of anywhere.
5 of 11: After your barricade is set up, run up the stairs to the top floor, where you'll find infinite ammo crates for the SMG and RPG. Those soldiers will soon be RIP!
6 of 11: Fill up on rockets if you need to, then go up onto the lighthouse roof and fire rockets at the soldiers you can see down on the ground.
7 of 11: TIP: Remember that you can use zoom mode after firing a rocket to help you steer it to a far-away target.
8 of 11: When you use up all three rockets, run back to the rocket crate and get three more, then go back up and rocket some more soldiers.
9 of 11: Try to get all the soldiers before they can approach the lighthouse, since they're much harder to rocket if they're directly beneath you.
10 of 11: You can still come under fire from the third and fourth dropships as they approach, so watch out for that.
11 of 11: The fourth dropship makes itself a pain by dropping soldiers right next to the lighthouse, so jump up on the roof's railing and fire rockets down at them as best you can. (And remember that your rockets may destroy your path-blocking crates if you put them anywhere near the door.)
