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Posted by: Green Salsa
.... and then there will be cake.
The cake is a lie! The cake is a lie!
;P
Posted by: DarkTriforce
yeah but when?
If you got nothing by Tuesday, assume you've lost. Actually, just assume you lost anyway.
Seirra 117 is starting to annoy me. Still haven't done it. A grenade here, a brute shot there. The deaths keep on adding up and I keep failing to get to the end. My practice runs (without iron) go smooth but all my real runs keep handing me crazy annoying failures. I even died to a Carbine Jackal today. I haven't died to any jackals on Sierra 117 since the first day I started practising it!
One thing I will mention though; I don't like either the 1.0 or 2.0 guide method for conquering the dam at the end. With the 1.0 I feel trapped on that tiny ledge with no good firing angles on your main threats (the enemies right below you). Constantly grenade spammed or shot at. While 2.0 brings me too close to the enemy for my liking in a mission where for the entirety of it, we've been playing strictly from a distance. Plus going under the dam wall leave you open for two angles of attack. I don't like that.
One method I had a little mess around with in a practice run and had surprising success with, was rushing to the top of the 3 storey tower on the nearside of the damn (protip: pressing the jump button while on a ladder will make you climb it faster). Then just melee out a little square of glass at a time to get a shot on the snipers. Then BR / snipe / range shoot your way to the other end of the damn while the Arbiter cleans up a bunch of the enemies for you. Safe from harm: more my style :)
Then, after rescuing Johnson, high-tail it back up the stairs to the dam and jump onto the ledge where one of the jackal snipers were. Then, smash your way through the glass (it may take a bit of 'wiggling' with the crouch button to get through) and drop down onto the ledge there. From here, you are completely safe from damage. If you feel like, you can even jump back up to the windows and take a few shots at the enemies coming across the dam. I do. Arbiter, Johnson and the marines should be able to clean up enough enemies for the pelican to come anyway.
If you need guys need a visual I'll be sure to include this in my run once I eventually do it. Unless I find a way that works for me better along the way, of course.
[Edited on 07.24.2009 6:01 PM PDT]