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Posted by: Vincent K
Posted by: Tyrant122312
Posted by: dude527
Tyrant: A thing for you to put in your guide.
One thing I've learned about The Hive is this. All the bodies you leave laying around at the end of Hive I, will be Flood at Hive II. Now, one thing I've learned, is after Hive I, if you move around the remaining bodies, making sure they're clear of weapons within reasonable radius, they will be weaponless when they spawn. This should get rid of some of the Mauler Flood, and a Sword Flood when you take your second trip through the Hive, I've learned.
They work like this: When they regenerate as Flood, they automatically are wielding the weapon closest to them. If you separate them from weapons, they, theoretically (and in my own practice) will not have a weapon. Somewhat like how if you separate Johnson or the Arbiter from their weapons, they will regenerate without them. (In their case, with their default weapons, but you get it.)
EDIT: My patience and persistence has rewarded me. I successfully rescued Cortana from the dreaded hive, and made it out alive.
Ha! See? I told you! :-)
As for your observation, while it doesn't include anything specific regarding Hell's Hallway (as it's called in the guide rather than Hive I), the walkthrough leads the player into not having any Flood remaining in the entire area. Check out my video. Part of the strategy when running back to the Projector Room for equipment is killing all the now confused Flood forms. And yes that does result in less competition in the actual Hive (what you are referring to as Hive II). Good observation.
No, no. His observation does deal with the return through, though. I understand what he's saying.
See, when you originally go through there, there are some Brute and Elite corpses lying around, even after Infection Forms have revived a good deal of them, they usually leave at least three Brutes: one has a Brute Shot next to him and another has a Mauler. I'm not sure about the third, but what he is saying is that when you are going through, those corpses will have been reanimated by Infection forms (thus picking up the weapons nearby). So you can just move the corpses away from where their weapons are...they don't get any weapons and the return is a hell of a lot easier. It also means you don't need to try and rush through there with enemies taking pop shots at you.
Good observation!
Yep, that's exactly what I mean! Thanks VK :-)
I've found it, for the most part, works! On my way back through there last night, there was one Brute in the left hallway, one that should have been re-animated with his Mauler, but wasn't because I moved him. He didn't even notice me run through, and there were only enemies in the opposing doorway, for the most part, caught between my two shields that I successfully laid as a trap.
EDIT: It seems I can't type at 6 in the morning xD This is the fifth spelling error of mine I've corrected.
[Edited on 10.15.2008 4:53 AM PDT]