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Well now, this could be fun! I think I would need 2-3 posts of all 10,000 characters! I will start with a basic one for all those players out there who have not taken on legendary settings yet (yes, I know you are out there!).
All of the map areas are designed with an abundance of cover and a lack of cover at the same time. When you are playing on Legendary you have to know which kind of environment you are in to either take the most advantage of cover, or not be caught with your pants down. All of the parts of maps that have forerunner built structures are rife with great sighting angles to allow you to shoot without exposing much of yourself at all. With either pistol (PP or Human) you can take out alot of enemies while taking little in the way of damage. If you notice almost all of the individual interior structures (pillars, posts, ramps and curbs, covenant crates)of any map are wider at the base and narrower at the top, this provides great cover to crouch and fire off your shots. The pistols are accuracy weapons and are designed to be most effective in this type of use.
Also, specifically to the last major battle of Two Betrayals.......the reason the sniper rifle is there is not to kill very many enemies (just look at how few rounds there are!) but to use as a distance scope to help you use the rocket launcher. You can take out both wraiths from a very long distance with less wasted shots by using the SR to scope your target on 10X and then switch to the RL and loose off two shots, you can even reload and switch back to the SR to watch the rounds impact! It is pretty darn cool! The wraith that hides behind the tree requires more patience to kill because you have to wait for it to stop moving around so much each time you spank it. The scope allows you to get your shots past the tree without losing so many shots to the trunk.