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Beating the game on Legendary takes a number of things:
1-PATIENCE! You cannot just run and gun on Legendary. If you do, the now more numerous Jackal Snipers will just keep pinging headshots to ruin your day. Your best options are typically to keep close to cover and let the enemy come to you, or let them come out into the open and pick them off with either the BR or the Carbine. If you are weak on headshots, practice. I find it helps much to take out the grunts and jackals first and then work down the elites. Elites, if they offer themselves as better targets of opportunity, go for them. The BR PP combo works best here. I prefer NOT to double wield because it is quicker to get a grenade off without having to dump the 2nd weapon. There is alot of cover in the game, and using it, including backtracking to it, is a very good way to keep from dying alot in the outdoor portions of maps. Indoor map parts offer just as much (especially if you have Sputnik). USE IT.
2-Sputnik............it is the easiest skull to get, and one of the most useful. It makes life easier in getting up into good hiding spots, and moving objects to make more cover if you need it.
3-MEMORY.......you will die from Jackal Snipers if you are going through on Legendary the first time. You have to have a good memory in order to remember where they are spawning. Unfortunately the only way to learn some of them is to get dead.....alot......Once you have learned where they spawn, it is alot easier to make it through.
4-Recon-In many places if you have either sniper rifle, you can use it to scope out the terrain in front of you for a good distance. Find a good safe place to look out into the upcoming map area and use the lower power first, then the higher power of the scope. Alot of times you can spot them before they spot you. Then you can move up from cover to cover and repeat. This makes life easier when you can pick them off before they scope in on you. Keep in mind that if you fire, WAIT before you poke your head out, better yet, poke your head out the OTHER SIDE of the cover you shot from if you can. Jackal Snipers have a keen sense of where shots come from and they tend to be ready to end you when you look out from your cover. When you are taking your shot, always go for their heads, usually a one shot kill. If you have to wait for them to stop moving, or for them to turn a different direction to get a better shot, then wait. Remember, Legendary is first and foremost about PATIENCE. If you do not have anything more than the BR scope, use the other weapons increased magnification view. It is stronger than the BR 2x zoom. Anything is.
5-Your Marines are fodder, it is ok if they die, but arm them well first!-Your marines are there to die so that you do not. If you have a chance, always give them better weapons. Take away from them SMG's as they are a useless medium and long range weapon. Even a needler is better for them. I give them the Rocket Launcher right away on Delta Halo, it gives me the BR and makes the RL last alot longer than my weak six shots. Give them anything long range, sniper rifles, beam rifles, carbines, BR's. Always the most powerful first choice. Be aware, when you do this, they are more deadly to you and other marines. Do not be surprised if it seems like these better armed marines are sometimes playing for the other team!
I will post some more if I think of anything as general. If you have specific ?'s feel free. I do not come online more than once every few days, so good luck!