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  • 04.25.2009 6:28 AM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

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Posted by: Badd0g360
I've done halo 2 on mythic. It's a shame that the skulls disappear when you turn of your xbox.


It is. It just seems far to complicated to enjoy. I mean really... invisible Halo 2 Jackal Snipers?! Come on now! At least Halo 3 Mythic is fun, and if you know how to play it, it's totally fair. Halo 2? Heck, even without the skulls, some of those things should have just been left out of the game.

  • 04.25.2009 6:30 AM PDT
Subject: Official Halo 3 *Mythic Difficulty* Walkthrough (ALL SKULLS ON!!!) ...

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  • 04.25.2009 6:46 AM PDT
Subject: My Quest for SLASO (Updated 5/22/2008)
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Posted by: Badd0g360
I've done halo 2 on mythic. It's a shame that the skulls disappear when you turn of your xbox.


It is. It just seems far to complicated to enjoy. I mean really... invisible Halo 2 Jackal Snipers?! Come on now! At least Halo 3 Mythic is fun, and if you know how to play it, it's totally fair. Halo 2? Heck, even without the skulls, some of those things should have just been left out of the game.
Have you seen the Halo 2 Legendary pros out there?

If you practice a lot, then you can turn on the skulls that only promotes the enemies, makes them stronger etc....

Then you can just practice with the Blackeye skull, then turn on Blind, etc...

Remember how people (even myself) thought that Halo 3 Mythic is so hard that you can't possibally complete it?

  • 04.25.2009 10:07 AM PDT

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Halo 2 Jackal Snipers... Why the hell would any sane person want them to be invisible? At least on Halo 3 Mythic the core gameplay is the same and still has clear boundaries between sane and insane. But invisible snipers with magically magnetic headshots... *shudders*

Also with regard to Gazas' above point: The Halo 2 skulls were secret objects which were only found by those who actually knew about their existence or wanted to just explore. On the other hand Halo 3's skulls have achievements associated with them and can be avtivated at will after being obtained once. It's a safe bet that these skulls were meant to make gameplay more difficult or interesting but not impossible.
Undoubtedly Halo 2 is possible with all skulls active but the strain it would put on the Xbox to obtain all the skulls and then play the game in a single sitting just isn't practical and therefore doesn't seem intentional.

  • 04.25.2009 1:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Halo 2 Jackal Snipers... Why the hell would any sane person want them to be invisible? At least on Halo 3 Mythic the core gameplay is the same and still has clear boundaries between sane and insane. But invisible snipers with magically magnetic headshots... *shudders*

Also with regard to Gazas' above point: The Halo 2 skulls were secret objects which were only found by those who actually knew about their existence or wanted to just explore. On the other hand Halo 3's skulls have achievements associated with them and can be avtivated at will after being obtained once. It's a safe bet that these skulls were meant to make gameplay more difficult or interesting but not impossible.
Undoubtedly Halo 2 is possible with all skulls active but the strain it would put on the Xbox to obtain all the skulls and then play the game in a single sitting just isn't practical and therefore doesn't seem intentional.
Sure not. In Halo 2, they were easter eggs after all.

BUT, it still doesn't seem to be impossible. As for collecting and activating skulls, sure, you can just activate them in Halo 3 without having to pick them up again. But in Halo 2, you can make profiles for each skull and have one profile have it's own skull so you would save and quit right by a skull on one profile so you can just go in and grab in. You know what I mean.

I'm not saying that Halo 2 Mythic is doable (lol, Jackal Snipers makes it not doable). I'm saying that it's not undoable.

I bet that made sense right?

  • 04.25.2009 1:46 PM PDT

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Amazingly I did actually understand that oxymoron.
As for the profile trick I never knew about that. Anyway Jackal Snipers and Elite Ultras put me off Halo 2 on Legendary, I really wouldn't care to try Mythic on that game; it would just be more frustration than fun.

  • 04.25.2009 3:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Amazingly I did actually understand that oxymoron.
As for the profile trick I never knew about that. Anyway Jackal Snipers and Elite Ultras put me off Halo 2 on Legendary, I really wouldn't care to try Mythic on that game; it would just be more frustration than fun.
Which is why I really wanted Bungie to add Elites in ODST, that would give Halo 2 a second chance, sort of. Imagine Halo 2, Halo 3 style.

  • 04.25.2009 3:24 PM PDT

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I'm with you there, ODST would be near perfect if we could fight both Elites and Brutes, and not the bullet sponge Chewbacca style Brutes from Halo 2 either.

  • 04.25.2009 3:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Badd0g360
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Amazingly I did actually understand that oxymoron.
As for the profile trick I never knew about that. Anyway Jackal Snipers and Elite Ultras put me off Halo 2 on Legendary, I really wouldn't care to try Mythic on that game; it would just be more frustration than fun.
Which is why I really wanted Bungie to add Elites in ODST, that would give Halo 2 a second chance, sort of. Imagine Halo 2, Halo 3 style.


What do you mean?
Halo 2 with Halo 3 graphics?
Halo 2 with Halo 3 concept, gameplay, weapons, everything.

And I don't like how I have to protect every Elite from dying in The Covenant just so I can betray two so the Elites will turn against me so I can fight Elites in Halo 3.

  • 04.25.2009 3:58 PM PDT

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Granted I've never betrayed an Elite, what with them being harder to kill than marines. But I can't see how it would be a fair fight anyway, because if you betray marines or Arbiter too much they kill you in a single shot. Not much of a fair or fun fight is it?

  • 04.26.2009 1:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Granted I've never betrayed an Elite, what with them being harder to kill than marines. But I can't see how it would be a fair fight anyway, because if you betray marines or Arbiter too much they kill you in a single shot. Not much of a fair or fun fight is it?
Not really, up in the tower, only The Arbiter can kill you in one blow, you could always give him a Spiker or Plasma Pistol so he can't hit you as easily, or just push him off the edge so he can't see you.

  • 04.26.2009 3:45 AM PDT

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In that case my list of things to do in Halo 3 just had "Fight some Elites in Campaign" added to it.

  • 04.26.2009 5:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
In that case my list of things to do in Halo 3 just had "Fight some Elites in Campaign" added to it.
On Mythic.

Although the Elites have really low shields on Mythic too, which I think is crap. They should have as much health as Arbiter has.

  • 04.26.2009 5:35 AM PDT

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Then the Brutes would all just commit suicide because they know they're outclassed and it would be less painful than being owned by a gang of Elites.
But yes, on Mythic I shall fight some Elites once I get time, what with my exams starting next week I may be scarce online for a while.

  • 04.26.2009 5:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Then the Brutes would all just commit suicide because they know they're outclassed and it would be less painful than being owned by a gang of Elites.
Still, I don't think the skulls should make exceptions. The Elites in The Covenant should all throw grenades, the Major should be promoted to Ultra or Zealot, and the skulls should affect them too.

  • 04.26.2009 8:03 AM PDT

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I see what you're getting at and agree, all AI should be affected by the skulls, not only the enemies. Next thing you know the Marines will be lining up for promotions and we all know to refuse if it makes them throw even more grenades.
Also it would be cool to have both Arbiter and an Elite Ultra or Zealot on your team for a while.

  • 04.26.2009 9:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
I see what you're getting at and agree, all AI should be affected by the skulls, not only the enemies. Next thing you know the Marines will be lining up for promotions and we all know to refuse if it makes them throw even more grenades.
Also it would be cool to have both Arbiter and an Elite Ultra or Zealot on your team for a while.
Right, the marines! They're AI too, they should be promoted as well. Imagine if they would get promoted to Spartans.

Seriously though, the marines can be whatever they want to be, but the Elites should get what they deserve, they only fight by your side in two levels after all.

  • 04.26.2009 9:18 AM PDT

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It really makes me wish for some more Arbiter story. I mean what exactly does he do when he's not with you during Halo 3? It would be a good avenue to explore, possibly starting a mission somewhere else and then turning up to help the Chief for a while like at the end of The Storm and The Ark and playing those particular levels form the perspective of the Arbiter and his Elites.
Shame there's no Campaign DLC for Halo 3...Maybe they should do a counterpart to ODST; Halo 3: Elite. Or something like that.
Mythic would be really interesting on such a thing if only to see how the Chief behaves as an AI.

  • 04.26.2009 9:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Mythic would be really interesting on such a thing if only to see how the Chief behaves as an AI.
Maybe having Chief as an AI on Mythic would be overkill. You wouldn't get any points since he would kill everything before your eyes.

But isn't it such a shame to see the Elites get owned by the Brutes unless you help? If the skulls would affect the Elites, we would see some epic stuff right there. And some moments to rest your hands so you can just watch them kill the Brutes.

  • 04.26.2009 9:35 AM PDT

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That would be quite nice actually to see Elites and be able to think "I'm safe... at least for now." Unfortunately instead you think "Well they're better than marines but I'll still need to bend over backwards to keep them alive."
And Chief as an AI probably would break the game with his skills... kinda makes you want to see what it would be like if 117 was reunited with his surviving team mates and they got some story to themselves. Would be a bestseller for sure.

  • 04.26.2009 9:43 AM PDT

Why would you say Halo 2 mythic is un-do-able? Jackle snipers are easy once you know where they come from.

Hell, back in the day I would go through outskirts with blind on for fun.

Halo 3, imo, is just too easy. Jackle snipers always seem to miss their first shot or 2 and the A.I is crap. Atleast Halo 2 was a challenge.

  • 04.26.2009 9:44 AM PDT