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

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Slide jump? How could a slide jump get you onto something as high as a Scarab? Or is it like that one on the Ark you showed me which allows you to ride the Scarab out of the map and kill it before it spawns?

  • 05.24.2010 9:57 AM PDT
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The one in this speedrun.

  • 05.24.2010 10:59 AM PDT

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Posted by: jew man man
The one in this speedrun.


I see. That's pretty amazing, I wouldn't have ever thought to try something like that.

In other news I've just finished Halo 2 on Legendary. That means that I've finished every Halo game on Legendary (including Halo Wars and obviously H3 and ODST on Mythic).
I just never want to see another Jackal with a Beam Rifle again. :-P

[Edited on 05.26.2010 9:16 AM PDT]

  • 05.26.2010 9:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: jew man man
The one in this speedrun.


I see. That's pretty amazing, I wouldn't have ever thought to try something like that.

In other news I've just finished Halo 2 on Legendary. That means that I've finished every Halo game on Legendary (including Halo Wars and obviously H3 and ODST on Mythic).
I just never want to see another Jackal with a Beam Rifle again. :-P

Without watching I bet it is the one where you jump on the ledge then slide off the ramp that you walk up. If that is the jump then it can be pretty hard to get right.

  • 06.02.2010 12:20 AM PDT

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Yeah it was. :-P
You guys all seem to know a lot more trick jumps etc than me.

  • 06.02.2010 4:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN


In other news I've just finished Halo 2 on Legendary. That means that I've finished every Halo game on Legendary (including Halo Wars and obviously H3 and ODST on Mythic).
I just never want to see another Jackal with a Beam Rifle again. :-P


I've only ever finished ODST Solo Legendary.
Did H3 & Halo Wars Co-Op Legendary.
Halo 2 and Halo 1 Normal.
I'm pro like that. :P

  • 06.09.2010 10:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: a Hall Monitor
I've been booted from ever sending any videos on file share does this mean i cant join this group cause even if i do this the only way to prove it is to look up my stats on bungie.net on campaign. Is all hope for me lost? what if i just pay a penalty fee and get my file share back to my account?


No such thing as paying a penalty fee. You get file share banned if you had modded content on it and it's permanent and there are no appeals.
Game history can be proof though, link the games here because searching through someone else's history is tedious.

  • 06.09.2010 1:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: a Hall Monitor
I've been booted from ever sending any videos on file share does this mean i cant join this group cause even if i do this the only way to prove it is to look up my stats on bungie.net on campaign. Is all hope for me lost? what if i just pay a penalty fee and get my file share back to my account?


No such thing as paying a penalty fee. You get file share banned if you had modded content on it and it's permanent and there are no appeals.
Game history can be proof though, link the games here because searching through someone else's history is tedious.


You also recieve a warning first time. So you have to ignore the warning and try to put modded content on again.
Just post history here. Or make a second account and just use that fileshare.

  • 06.10.2010 12:54 PM PDT

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Hey guys, idk if you remember me from SMRC and my Cortana faceoff w/ Pahis, but I thought this might interest you. I know MATCLAN and Dark saw this already in the general forum, thanks for the posts :)

I conquered the entire campaign Zero Shot, with 8 of 9 record speedruns (all except Floodgate; see highspeedhalo.net). Check em out:

Halo 3 Campaign (Zero Shots, No Deaths, Legendary):
Sierra 117 in 24:59
Crow's Nest in 26:03
Tsavo Highway in 5:05
The Storm in 9:55
Floodgate in 4:32
The Ark in 54:02
The Covenant in 29:31
Cortana in 7:39
Halo in 13:07
Total time: less than 3 hours

This marks the first game in the Halo series to be completed this way. For me, it was much more difficult than Mythic/SLASO. Think about getting past the Sierra jackal snipers, or the Nest drones, or Scarabs, or entire rooms of Brutes without being able to fire a single bullet.

Hopefully you'll find new tricks in there for Mythic as well.

Cheers,
N8ked Eli

  • 06.14.2010 11:06 AM PDT
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I have to say. I am indeed impressed. And I WILL be trying this.

Lets start, Sierra 117, I've been trying this one myself. Doesn't seem all that difficult. The Snipers can be a problem, but with the Arbiter, grenades and a few Bubble Shields they are no problem at all. The pre-dam area is probably the hardest in this mission. As the dam area can be rushed straight to Johnson and it isnt hard to do this. Just going to say, you better watch your time on this one. I LOVE speedrunning this mission.

Crow's Nest... This and The Ark seem to be extremely hard to me. The Hangar, and Drones room.. how are these even possible? I think I'll have to watch your video to see how you dealt with this, I have no idea. For the rest of the mission, I have an idea how its possible. But still; very well done on this mission.

Tsavo Highway, well.. not much to say about this one. Seems simple enough. The only part that I think would require a touch of luck would be the very end part.

The Storm in 9:55 with NO shots fired is very impressive. How would you do the first lakebed without shooting? I can only think of few ways how this could be possible, and they would require a lot of skill. I beat this mission on Mythic in 10:55 or something. And Pahis did it in 9:47 I think. But to keep UP with Pahis without shooting, well done. I think this mission isn't all that difficult as I've practiced it a LOT in order to get my time < 11minutes Mythic. This time will not be getting any competition. Unless I watch your video and see if I can improve any methods, which I may have to do sometime.

Floodgate; easy.

Now, The Ark. I can understand how most of this is possible. But the part with the two AA Wraiths.. How the hell did you do this part? I really will have to watch your video and take notes. Dont expect much competition on this time, if I beat it, it'll be purely chance.

Some parts of The Covenant will be easy. And some parts could be quite difficult. But it doesn't really seem all that difficult. Like Sierra 117 and The Storm, I practice this mission a lot playing Mythic. So it shouldn't be "that" hard.

The rest of the campaign is fairly easy. Don't expect any challenges on the times of Cortana and Halo. I'll never beat them, I know how good you are at Cortana.

Overall, I really have to say; congratulations! This does seem like a challenge and I'm up for it. It will give me something to do for the next few weeks.


  • 06.14.2010 1:59 PM PDT

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That's some really good work Eli. I'll check out the videos sometime.

  • 06.15.2010 6:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: jew man man
I have to say. I am indeed impressed. And I WILL be trying this.


Happy to hear it :)

Lets start, Sierra 117, I've been trying this one myself. Doesn't seem all that difficult. The Snipers can be a problem, but with the Arbiter, grenades and a few Bubble Shields they are no problem at all. The pre-dam area is probably the hardest in this mission. As the dam area can be rushed straight to Johnson and it isnt hard to do this. Just going to say, you better watch your time on this one. I LOVE speedrunning this mission.


haha great b/c I HATE this mission, so I look forward to you crushing my time. Its all easy until the sniper forest, gotta get lucky w/ arbiter and have perfect nades. then pre-dam you will die A LOT, gotta get lucky w/ the brutes holding bubbles. you'll see i run around like an idiot for 4 minutes at the end to blast the pelican into a safer spot, but i took the risky jump and made it. you can easily get this mission under 20 min, assuming you can make it to the end w/o throwing your controller into your TV.


Crow's Nest... This and The Ark seem to be extremely hard to me. The Hangar, and Drones room.. how are these even possible? I think I'll have to watch your video to see how you dealt with this, I have no idea. For the rest of the mission, I have an idea how its possible. But still; very well done on this mission.


They seem hard because... they are lol. But they are doable. The drones are easy, watch my technique. Basically, you get close to them, they shoot at you, your AI take them out. Carry a bubble for safety if u can get one in the hangar, where you should take out the dropships right as they come in. Expect a lot of deaths before getting the "hang" of it... sorry bad pun.

Tsavo Highway, well.. not much to say about this one. Seems simple enough. The only part that I think would require a touch of luck would be the very end part.


Its a regular Tsavo run, yes, until the end. After you get through the cave, half the time your marines are alive, half the times they are dead and u see what i do in my video to get a new hog of marines. BUT, I was wondering if you could grab a chopper, head past the brutes, deploy a bubble on top of the pelican, and nade both the turret and the shield door to finish the mission much faster w/o the help of your marines, who you really dont want to depend on. I got to the end so many times, and the marines stood there like idiots not even shooting at the turret...

The Storm in 9:55 with NO shots fired is very impressive. How would you do the first lakebed without shooting? I can only think of few ways how this could be possible, and they would require a lot of skill. I beat this mission on Mythic in 10:55 or something. And Pahis did it in 9:47 I think. But to keep UP with Pahis without shooting, well done.


Thanks, but remember it's not on Mythic lol. If you could do the whole campaign Mythic Zero Shot, that would be insane.

Floodgate; easy.


Yes lol very. To get a time on the level of Rorcin's runs though... not easy. I didn't even try. He told me he had a 3:41 he hadn't submitted, so aim for that time if you want the record.

Now, The Ark. I can understand how most of this is possible. But the part with the two AA Wraiths.. How the hell did you do this part? I really will have to watch your video and take notes. Dont expect much competition on this time, if I beat it, it'll be purely chance.


The Ark is hard, no doubt. I got past the Scarab and died several times, very frustrating. I think this run can go under 35 minutes easily if you do these 3 things:
1. Chopper to the scarab and grav lift up, see http://highspeedhalo.net/?time&id=271
2. Chopper up the side and drop down to go inside, see http://highspeedhalo.net/?time&id=283
3. Kill the chieftain in the end fast (don't screw up like i did lol), hopefully he'll have invincibility, use it to take out all 6 brutes w/ nades and melee, then camo the last brute or two as well as the jackals.

Some parts of The Covenant will be easy. And some parts could be quite difficult. But it doesn't really seem all that difficult.


The hardest part for me was getting the first ghost w/ a good nade, then getting inside. The Chieftains and their cohorts of filthy brute captains require some good stickies. And the final corridors take some good nades to kill the fuel rod grunts. Other than that, its home free. I look forward to any runs that beat my time.

The rest of the campaign is fairly easy. Don't expect any challenges on the times of Cortana and Halo. I'll never beat them, I know how good you are at Cortana.


True that ;) Although my Halo run can be improved if you can keep your auto sentinels alive, theyre pretty beast.

Overall, I really have to say; congratulations! This does seem like a challenge and I'm up for it. It will give me something to do for the next few weeks.


So are you going for Mythic Zero Shot or Legendary Zero Shot? I would try it Mythic myself, but unfortunately I'm away from my xbox for 2 months and then Reach is debuting along with a new busy school year, so I prob won't be attempting it.

Good luck on your journey to Zero Shot Conqueror ;)

  • 06.15.2010 10:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: Naked Eli


So are you going for Mythic Zero Shot or Legendary Zero Shot? I would try it Mythic myself, but unfortunately I'm away from my xbox for 2 months and then Reach is debuting along with a new busy school year, so I prob won't be attempting it.

Good luck on your journey to Zero Shot Conqueror ;)


I'm firstly going to go for Legendary Zero Shot. Going to do it in Campaign order, so Sierra 117 first and finishing up with Halo.

I have a week untill my next exam, so hopefully I'll get Sierra 117 and Crow's Nest done leading up to that. Going to try to have it beaten mid-july.

Expect competition on Sierra 117, Crow's Nest, maybe Tsavo not so sure yet, The Ark and The Covenant. The other times for the missions are fine. After all, even if you beat me, my aim is to get the times as low as possible. So competition is good.

I really doubt Mythic Zero Shot is possible to be honest. Missions like Crow's Nest and The Ark would be so hard it'd be unreal. Its too hard to moniter all the things it would require. You need a HUD for Zero Shot. You need to know what grenades you have equipped, if you picked that bubble shield up from the Brute you just killed etc, would be too hard.

I watched your Sierra 117 video. Everything you do is the same as me. Even the river part, you walk through the water in the exact same path as me. Although, I like your idea of meleeing with the Brute Shot. I never thought of doing that, so its helpful. I've also learnt, bubble shields are extremely helpful throughout the entire mission.

Once again, congratulations on completing this, and watch those speedrun times. If I can, my first aim is to complete the entire game Zero Shot in order to see what is possible and what isnt. Then I'll get to speedrunning it, because then I'll know whats possible and what isn't.

  • 06.15.2010 10:45 AM PDT
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So that's what you're busy with. When will you have time for me, Dark? I never see you. You never call me.

...

I wanna break up.

No but really, come on, 2 more missions left!

  • 06.16.2010 6:57 PM PDT

Does anyone have lotion?
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Is mayonnaise a lotion?

all the people who have completed it have no life...

  • 06.16.2010 7:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gazas
So that's what you're busy with. When will you have time for me, Dark? I never see you. You never call me.

...

I wanna break up.

No but really, come on, 2 more missions left!


Shutup noob.

Um, I'm free all this week. Next tuesday I have an exam though so I can't do it then. But anytime is good. Lets get this finished.

  • 06.17.2010 5:32 AM PDT
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all the people who have completed it have no life...
Listen to this prophet, he's watching us.

  • 06.19.2010 5:35 AM PDT
Subject: My Quest for SLASO

when i went to the store someone looked at me, then i ate them...... yummmm

ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wonder if this is hard..

  • 06.19.2010 3:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: KillahBrigs
i wonder if this is hard..


Load up Halo 3 and find out for yourself?
Otherwise I'd say yes, it is hard but once you adapt it's really not that bad and actually makes certain battles become quite enjoyable IMO.

  • 06.19.2010 6:05 PM PDT
Subject: Official Halo 3 *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (ALL SKULLS ON!!!) on HBO

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Posted by: Naked Eli
Halo 3 Campaign (Zero Shots, No Deaths, Legendary):
Sierra 117 in 24:59
Crow's Nest in 26:03
Tsavo Highway in 5:05
The Storm in 9:55
Floodgate in 4:32
The Ark in 54:02
The Covenant in 29:31
Cortana in 7:39
Halo in 13:07
Total time: less than 3 hours
N8ked Eli


I bow to thee, very nice Eli.. Stunning.

  • 06.19.2010 6:47 PM PDT

i dont think would be able to resist trying Mythic, although i know i would fail miserably and i dont see myself actually trying to get it, i just want to get a feel for how hard it would be, as for SLASO and Zero Shot on Legendary, i could see myself trying for real and speedrunning would be realy fun (id probably try it on easy first, lol) the only thing im gona hate is having blind on, i -blam!-in HATE that demon that you call a skull, and honestly i think that if its silver it shouldnt need to be on (atleast for SLASO, Mythic i could understand), it would also help if i had my own copy of halo 3, so i guess ill try the odst campaign first, mombasa streets would help get me used to it

  • 06.20.2010 5:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: chaomera888
i dont think would be able to resist trying Mythic, although i know i would fail miserably and i dont see myself actually trying to get it, i just want to get a feel for how hard it would be, as for SLASO and Zero Shot on Legendary, i could see myself trying for real and speedrunning would be realy fun (id probably try it on easy first, lol) the only thing im gona hate is having blind on, i -blam!-in HATE that demon that you call a skull, and honestly i think that if its silver it shouldnt need to be on (atleast for SLASO, Mythic i could understand), it would also help if i had my own copy of halo 3, so i guess ill try the odst campaign first, mombasa streets would help get me used to it


Blind does nothing. Its purely psychological, it doesn't alter the game in any way. The only thing Blind does that affects gameplay is remove the reticule, which you will soon learn to adapt to. None of the skulls make you take more damage, its all the same as Legendary.

Mythic really isn't all that difficult. Once you have the basics down you've got it. It takes a while to adapt to, but once you've done it, it becomes a lot easier.

Zero Shot legendary on the other hand. From my experience, it requires a lot more luck and involves factors that you, the player cannot control. For example at the river part of Sierra 117. I normally skip the river as its too hard to fight. Half the time, the snipers will pick you off as you make a dash to the hiding spot at the end of this area.
Another example; is the encounter with 4 Jackal Snipers with Carbines in the trees. The positioning of these and the fact that they sometimes dont shoot at you is chance. If they all notice you and shoot, you're dead. If they don't; you'll live.

Also for the above area; half the time if you are able to get the bubble shield in the previous area (which is surprisingly low), you wont need it. Where as sometimes you do, which is very annoying.
Mythic and Zero Shot Legendary both require adaptation to the game style, but once you've done it, it becomes much easier. That is all.

  • 06.20.2010 6:13 PM PDT

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^ What he said. Blind seems bad at first, but if you just keep at it you can eventually appreciate the wider field of view and the fact that by not being able to see your own shield bar you develop an instinctive feeling as to how much more damage you can take before needing to drop a Regenerator or melee something. It's all in your head and shouldn't be the main reason for not trying something you want to do.

Start with Floodgate on Legendary with just Blind until you're comfortable then either add all the other skulls or experiment with them gradually and Blind shouldn't be a problem after a little while.

  • 06.20.2010 11:32 PM PDT
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The reticle is the only problem I have with Blind, once I adapted to it, I didn't even care about Blind.

  • 06.21.2010 3:02 PM PDT