What is Siege?

Siege is a fast-paced, class-based multiplayer gametype in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.

With a dedicated community that has been evolving the game for many years, players continue to develop innovative strategies and tactics.

Goal

While the concept is simple, the strategy is deep. The offense runs through a map to complete a set of objectives, while the defense must kill and delay them for as long as possible to prevent this. When the attacking team achieves an objective, the defending team is pushed back to a new location with a new objective to protect, meaning the game generally changes scenery over the course of the match.

Teams switch sides after the first round. If the offensive team had won the first round, the new offensive team has a time limit equal to the time it took the first team to win. For example, if the offense in round 1 took 14 minutes to complete the map, in round 2, the teams swap sides and the new offense has a maximum of 14 minutes to complete the map.

Maps

There are five main siege maps, ranked from most popular to least popular as follows:

• Cargo Barge 3 (community map)
• Urban (community map)
• Hoth Assault 3 (improved version of default map)
• Strike on Nar Shaddaa (community map)
• Mission on Cloud City (community map)

With Newmod, you don't need to worry about downloading community maps manually. It offers automatic HTTP(S) downloading, eliminating the hassle of missing maps and managing pk3 files. Newmod will automatically download missing maps over a fast HTTP(S) connection on compatible servers.

Classes

Siege allows players to choose from a variety of classes, each with its own specialty. Every character contributes with a unique skill set. You should familiarize yourself with all class selections on all maps. As you play, you will learn when it is most appropriate to use each class. Although every map may feature different classes, they can usually be described as follows:

• Assault: A balanced class with decent weaponry and health.
• Heavy weapons: Generally slower but equipped with better weaponry.
• Tech: Heals teammates, provides ammo, places shields, and uses the DEMP electric gun to disable enemies and the AT-ST.
• Demo: A powerful class with excellent weaponry, but easily disabled by DEMP blasts from enemy Tech.
• Jedi: A very fast class with great attack and manueverability, but low health. Effective only in close-quarters combat.
• Scout: Offers excellent speed and a fantastic weapon but can be more difficult to use and less practical in close-quarters situations.

Objectives

The objectives in Siege are easy to learn. You can read about them in the 'Objectives' menu in-game, practice on your own, or simply play the game. Most objectives fall into one of these categories:

• Destroy an object
• Grab and item and deliver it to a specific location
• Physically reach a certain location
• Physically reach a certain location with the AT-ST
• Use or hack a control panel

Additionally, using Newmod, you can enable cg_drawSiegeHelp 1 to display instructions for the current Siege objective on screen.