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Subject: Official Halo 3 *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (ALL SKULLS ON!!!) on HBO

Congrats to everyone who made it through the storm (no pun intended) because i didn't. I personally have a difficult time on Tsavo High in one of two places at the beginning; 1) when you first drive the Warthog and have to drive through the enemies and avoid getting Jackal sniped. 2) the part right after that where the 2 choppers, sheild door, and flying/bug covenant thingies. Any tips would be greatly apprietiated. Thanks, see you all on the battlefield.

  • 07.03.2009 8:53 PM PDT
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Tsavo Highway is the most random thing ever.

I got to the end of the level in about 6 minutes, destroyed the turret and killed the captain, I was hoping it would do the scene as others have said but it didn't. All I got was a brute shot in the back.


"Were it so easy."
Did you use a Wraith at all? That seems to not trigger the cutscene. Also never expect the easy ride in Mythic. Say there's a Brute between you and the end. Just one, and you could skip him but could possibly die. Don't take the chance, kill the sucker then end the mission.


I went in on foot. I just jumped by the wraiths with grenade jumps under the bridge. I beat down a few Brutes at the watch tower then died at the end after both the Captain and Turret were finished off.


Not sure then. All I know is that taking chances is exactly that, personally I prefer to know that if I've died it was from a mistake I made and not something random such as the game ending for moving forward when we aren't sure how such a thing works yet. Either way there are lessons to be learned if you look deep enough.

This almost happened to me. At the end, I got lazy, blew the door open with my wraith, killed the shade and sped on threw. I thought the cutscene would trigger, but not as fast as I hoped. I began taking heavy fire and barily survived, but the cutscene finally started. Boy was I pleased.

  • 07.03.2009 11:31 PM PDT
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I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago, drove all the way to the end but the cutscene didn't trigger. I wasn't even damaged so I stood there for another 20 seconds killing Brutes.

  • 07.04.2009 3:28 AM PDT
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Wow. Got Tsavo first try today. Got very lucky aswell, had to run on foot from first Shield Door. Jacked a Chopper and took down the other one after skipping the Wraith fight on foot. Finished the mission in a Wraith which was close.

  • 07.04.2009 5:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: DarkDEVASTAT10N
Wow. Got Tsavo first try today. Got very lucky aswell, had to run on foot from first Shield Door. Jacked a Chopper and took down the other one after skipping the Wraith fight on foot. Finished the mission in a Wraith which was close.
I managed the same thing on one of my practice runs, since I started it up and then realized that the Rally point started me without a vehicle. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, you just had to make sure you took down the brute sniper quickly.

On a somewhat unrelated note, I just got a Turtle Beach headset, and they are... Awesome. Very awesome.

  • 07.04.2009 7:14 AM PDT
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When is the winner announced for The Storm?

  • 07.04.2009 8:42 AM PDT

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When is the winner announced for The Storm?


I believe they said it would be after the holiday weekend.

  • 07.04.2009 8:47 AM PDT

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Wow. Got Tsavo first try today. Got very lucky aswell, had to run on foot from first Shield Door. Jacked a Chopper and took down the other one after skipping the Wraith fight on foot. Finished the mission in a Wraith which was close.
I managed the same thing on one of my practice runs, since I started it up and then realized that the Rally point started me without a vehicle. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, you just had to make sure you took down the brute sniper quickly.

On a somewhat unrelated note, I just got a Turtle Beach headset, and they are... Awesome. Very awesome.


Happened to me too on my first try. I lost the 'hog part way over the mountain (I tried to go over it instead of through the tunnel) and had to kill the Brute Sniper, jack the Wraith and get the hell out of there in less than a minute. I'm not actually sure how I survived.
And yes, the headsets rock.

  • 07.04.2009 9:10 AM PDT
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  • 07.04.2009 9:19 AM PDT
Subject: Official Halo 3 *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (ALL SKULLS ON!!!) on HBO

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When is the winner announced for The Storm?


He said they would be announced after the weekend. So my guess is probably Monday or Tuesday.

  • 07.04.2009 9:50 AM PDT

Gazas said : Are you saying that you can stream videos on Fileshare? That is the Render-to-Video Beta for those who have Bungie Pro. I think it's going tomorrow or something.


you meen to get our video on our computer we need Bungie pro?!

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  • 07.04.2009 10:24 AM PDT

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Excuse me, Is it just me or does Tyrant change the rules for submiting our entries every week, yeah, your all uptight about the rules, be when it seems kinda awkward for you change the way of how to submit our entries, I'm just saying this cause I submited my entry for the storm hours away from the due date, and so did my friend, buy he had his titled, Mythic Storm, while I had mine titled The Storm Mythic. I don't know if little things like this is a big issue; but I also saw the post about the IV challenge on Tsavo Highway, and the different submission rules, which kind of alarmed me becuase I didn't do this for my other submissions.

  • 07.04.2009 11:09 AM PDT

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Posted by: ElementL09
Excuse me, Is it just me or does Tyrant change the rules for submiting our entries every week, yeah, your all uptight about the rules, be when it seems kinda awkward for you change the way of how to submit our entries, I'm just saying this cause I submited my entry for the storm hours away from the due date, and so did my friend, buy he had his titled, Mythic Storm, while I had mine titled The Storm Mythic. I don't know if little things like this is a big issue; but I also saw the post about the IV challenge on Tsavo Highway, and the different submission rules, which kind of alarmed me becuase I didn't do this for my other submissions.


He's simplifying things. When admitting people into the group most of them had entries on their file share which didn't meet the previous criteria (they were supposed to mention Mythic in the description) and therefore weren't eligible. By changing the title it'll be both easier to remember for players and easier to check for Tyrant.
Personally I think it's easier and after the competition you can rename your films to whatever you want.

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Well my xbox broke, which may seriously hurt my chances for The Covenant. I hope to send it in my monday, giving my about two weeks before it is back. Lets hope I can make up for lost time with The Covenant and complete it along side Cortana, keeping me in the running.

  • 07.04.2009 7:45 PM PDT

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First off, congrats to those who've completed The Storm and are sticking on their Mythic quest! You've conquered the first level of the 2nd tier!

"But Shadow, what are these Tiers you speak of?"

Well, my fine sir, I've decided to estimate how many people will drop off each Mythical week. My first basis was on my new "Tier" system. Allow me to demonstrate-

Tier 1
Floodgate
Halo

Tier 2
The Storm
Tsavo Highway
Cortana

Tier 3
The Covenant
The Ark

Tier 4
Sierra 117
Crow's Nest

I believe others will agree with my Tier system. Basically, it lines up the levels according to difficulty, mainly where there is a big jump between each level's difficulty.

As for my estimations of each week... well... those I'm keeping to myself. They're for my personal enjoyment. But I will say, be proud if you've made it to the elite few on the final Tier.

Posted by: ElementL09
Excuse me, Is it just me or does Tyrant change the rules for submiting our entries every week, yeah, your all uptight about the rules, be when it seems kinda awkward for you change the way of how to submit our entries, I'm just saying this cause I submited my entry for the storm hours away from the due date, and so did my friend, buy he had his titled, Mythic Storm, while I had mine titled The Storm Mythic. I don't know if little things like this is a big issue; but I also saw the post about the IV challenge on Tsavo Highway, and the different submission rules, which kind of alarmed me becuase I didn't do this for my other submissions.


Dont worry about your film too much. As long as you are including a link to your video, and that it's got a clear description, that's all thats required. Really, he's just hoping that people wont have videos named "The Storm 001" in their fileshare. It's hard to distinguish videos that way, and he's not here to sift through your fileshare. With having 100's of submissions to go through, some quick organization goes a long way.

What really matters is that he can see that you've beaten the selected level on Mythic, and that it shows in your Game History.

The reason he keeps posting the rules is because... would you imagine it? People still dont know how to read. I think it's funny when I'm talking to him, and he opens up his inbox, and he's got 40 something messages all asking how to submit the video!

Luckily, Tyrant has more patience than I do. If it were me, I'd post the rules once, and if you didn't follow them, you're blocked from the competition. One more aspect to the game.

But luckily for many people, Tyrant has a nice side hidden under his evil exterior. But be wary, Tyrant's rage is like none seen before when his rules are blatantly disregarded.

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  • 07.04.2009 9:05 PM PDT

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Gah! I hate tsavo highway! The storm went down with little difficuilty, but tsavo highway is proving to be a huge step up for me. I'm just not that good with warthogs! I've been trying to do it the same as tyrant's 2.0 guide, any advice on alternate tactics that might work well? I've tried kamakazie btw.

  • 07.05.2009 2:32 AM PDT

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Posted by: SHADOWSTRIKE10
First off, congrats to those who've completed The Storm and are sticking on their Mythic quest! You've conquered the first level of the 2nd tier!

"But Shadow, what are these Tiers you speak of?"

Well, my fine sir, I've decided to estimate how many people will drop off each Mythical week. My first basis was on my new "Tier" system. Allow me to demonstrate-

Tier 1
Floodgate
Halo

Tier 2
The Storm
Tsavo Highway
Cortana

Tier 3
The Covenant
The Ark

Tier 4
Sierra 117
Crow's Nest

I believe others will agree with my Tier system. Basically, it lines up the levels according to difficulty, mainly where there is a big jump between each level's difficulty.


Hmm... I agree mostly, but I'd swap Crow's Nest and The Ark as far as tiers go because The Ark requires a lot of patience which does't seem to be too common these days. Otherwise I agree with your system, Sierra should definitely be in the top tier.

As for my estimations of each week... well... those I'm keeping to myself. They're for my personal enjoyment. But I will say, be proud if you've made it to the elite few on the final Tier.

It seems there's been a massive decrease in participants each week since Halo. It's quite interesting really, hopefully we'll get at least one more Mythic conqueror out of the whole thing though.

[Edited on 07.05.2009 4:15 AM PDT]

  • 07.05.2009 4:14 AM PDT
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Swap Sierra 117 with The Ark. Sierra 117 is a walk in the park compared to Crow's Nest so Crow's Nest should stay.

  • 07.05.2009 5:49 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gazas
Swap Sierra 117 with The Ark. Sierra 117 is a walk in the park compared to Crow's Nest so Crow's Nest should stay.


That's your opinion. Just like how my opinion was that Crow's nest is easier than Sierra 117. That's just from my personal experiences, but there are a lot of new tricks which make CN easier IMO.

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Here is how to skip the second S117 fight on Mythic. I even went ahead and rendered it for you.
*Warning* I recommend you do not use this method unless you really are prepared to die many times.

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Swap Sierra 117 with The Ark. Sierra 117 is a walk in the park compared to Crow's Nest so Crow's Nest should stay.


That's your opinion. Just like how my opinion was that Crow's nest is easier than Sierra 117. That's just from my personal experiences, but there are a lot of new tricks which make CN easier IMO.
I wish I was you then, I hate Crow's Nest so much.

  • 07.05.2009 8:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: DarkDEVASTAT10N
Here is how to skip the second S117 fight on Mythic. I even went ahead and rendered it for you.
*Warning* I recommend you do not use this method unless you really are prepared to die many times.


Do the enemies you skip despawn at all? If not it'll make backtracking for Carbine ammo a pain in the ass. Nice find all the same though.

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Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: DarkDEVASTAT10N
Here is how to skip the second S117 fight on Mythic. I even went ahead and rendered it for you.
*Warning* I recommend you do not use this method unless you really are prepared to die many times.


Do the enemies you skip despawn at all? If not it'll make backtracking for Carbine ammo a pain in the ass. Nice find all the same though.


No they don't. You will basically have a full Carbine anyway. And with the 2 Jackal's in the following area with Carbines you have plenty of ammo.

  • 07.05.2009 8:39 AM PDT
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It looks easy, how many times did you die and what can you die of?

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Posted by: Gazas
It looks easy, how many times did you die and what can you die of?


I got it on my 3rd try. But the second time was a bit harder. It all depends on the setup of the Jackal Snipers. Also, if you assassinate the first Brute at the start and grab his Bubble Shield, you can use it to make that jump a bit easier.

If you don't make the jump first time, you are guarenteed to die. The layout of the Snipers as shown in the video is perfect. But if they are all behind you shooting you, it wont end so well.

I've also been owning online today. Got 2 perfections. 1 was 25-0 and the other 15-0. Both on Squad Battle.

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