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Subject: Did YOU too hated Truth and Reconciliation on Legendary?

Loose talk is noose talk.

Here's how I did it:

PP'ed the bastard goldies, then rained more PP fire on them. I always end up having five marines at the end of that battle.

Posted by: womyfts
I have yet to see anyone else recommend my course of action in dealing with the sword elites at the beginning of "belly of the beast". The first chance you get to go up into the doored and connecting tunnels, TAKE IT. You have a much better chance of surviving without taking even a close shave from the elites if you use the tunnels as cover and a way to put distance between your MC butt and their charging maniacal behavior. You can toast them with just a PPistol when you can keep backing up, without even having to use an overcharge. Your marines never survive to the hunters anyway, so do not feel guilty about abandoning them, they do have guns after all! It is a rare day when I find myself getting pasted by anything but a hunter these days ( I melee those, it is alot of fun with bare fist!).

  • 07.26.2008 5:11 PM PDT

I have a very good technique on into the belly of the beast that works wonders for me. I've come out of it even with marine survivors, but I was lucky on those occasions.

Firstly, you should have a sniper rifle with full ammo and either a plasma rifle or AR. If you threw your Sniper away, you're a complete idiot and want to do things the hard way. Kill the first sword elite before he can kill any of your men. Whenever a door opens, toss a grenade at the entrance and let your marines take care of the grunts and jackals. If a gold sword elite comes out, focus all your fire on him. It should take about 3-4 sniper headshots to down him, or one well placed stick. Get his attention on you so he chases after you in a straight line, amking for easy headshots. Always focus on killing the elite, your marines can handle themselves and divert fire away you from the grunts. It's the elites that can decimate your squad in a few seconds.

After all your marines are dead and you are about to be overrun, grab the invisibility. It takes a few seconds to work, so wait until a moment BEFORE the last possible moment. Go around whacking all the enemies on the back and sticking them, but not shooting. Then go down one of the corridors to get cover. You can take out the enemies in here and lure any remaing elites. Once the hunters come, use the corridors to flank them and snipe them in the back.

I managed to survive into the belly of the beast without even having to go for the invisibility or health pack, with two marines left. however they instantly got killed when the hunters came. I was quite lucky though as I did not get many elities.

  • 07.27.2008 5:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: womyfts
I have yet to see anyone else recommend my course of action in dealing with the sword elites at the beginning of "belly of the beast". The first chance you get to go up into the doored and connecting tunnels, TAKE IT. You have a much better chance of surviving without taking even a close shave from the elites if you use the tunnels as cover and a way to put distance between your MC butt and their charging maniacal behavior. You can toast them with just a PPistol when you can keep backing up, without even having to use an overcharge. Your marines never survive to the hunters anyway, so do not feel guilty about abandoning them, they do have guns after all! It is a rare day when I find myself getting pasted by anything but a hunter these days ( I melee those, it is alot of fun with bare fist!).

I'd do that but I'd feel way guilty :D
Though I did it once.

  • 07.27.2008 8:58 AM PDT
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I'm with the people who say the hangar room is worse than the gravlift room. Well... the hangar room was tougher for me on solo. The gravlift room on Legendary was toughest for my husband and I on coop because you die awfully fast if your strategy and coordination isn't there. (And yeah, I use the tunnels too. I've got mad respect for anyone who can hang out in the middle room and just take them down, but I like my cover!)

I also prefer a needler for taking down zealots. Needler was best in CE, it tracked better and it was easier to estimate exactly how many you needed to down something.

  • 07.28.2008 10:47 PM PDT

Bungie is the best.

Simple as that.

I love it, the sword guys make the point of "save your sniper ammo" quite clear. ;)

  • 07.30.2008 4:24 AM PDT
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On Legendary I've always done it by holding the middle room at the top of the gravlift I didn't realise you could take cover in the hallways. I never saved my sniper for this part but perhaps thats a good idea I just loved picking off all the enemies earlier on.

I usually grab camo straight away and stick or assassinate as many elites as possible, this way most of the marines should survive the first rush. The only weapons I use are plasma pistol and needler ,perhaps AR until it runs out can't remember if one is available, because that's pretty much all I've got so I try to keep the grunts and jackals at bay with grenades and be as aggressive as possible each time the doors open then pp charge fire elites or stick them if I can. If I get overwhelmed I use the cover at the edges and try to take as many grunts/jackals out from range as possible.

Very difficult though.

The hangar areas were also difficult however you could always run and take cover.

I didn't hate the level I enjoyed it a lot it was just very difficult on legendary.

[Edited on 07.31.2008 3:10 AM PDT]

  • 07.31.2008 3:07 AM PDT
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Sword Elites!!! I remember the yell they made as they ran at me like a bull.

  • 08.01.2008 4:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Boomologist
I'm with the people who say the hangar room is worse than the gravlift room. Well... the hangar room was tougher for me on solo. The gravlift room on Legendary was toughest for my husband and I on coop because you die awfully fast if your strategy and coordination isn't there. (And yeah, I use the tunnels too. I've got mad respect for anyone who can hang out in the middle room and just take them down, but I like my cover!)

I also prefer a needler for taking down zealots. Needler was best in CE, it tracked better and it was easier to estimate exactly how many you needed to down something.

The trick is to pre-empt the waves. When watch for the little red dots and toss a plasma or too as soon as the door starts to open. Than you and your marines can easily clean up.
And when you see a sword guy work that assault rifle!

  • 08.05.2008 11:33 PM PDT

One of the best halo levels ever. The depth of atmosphere, the tight pacing, the variety in environment and the way the encounters were varied according to the level design. Anyone else notice you get a lot less 'hold this position and defend' type encounters in halo 3? In this level you've got the landing pad and the grav lift bay which are both huge and awesome.

  • 08.06.2008 2:56 AM PDT

This is one of the hardest level I've face so far (on legendary of course). Luckily I manage to find a way to beat the Sword elites although not always work.

  • 08.06.2008 3:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: Rhudebaker
It's tough, but I'm not going to complain because I still haven't beaten the Library on Legendary to this day...


great level, but the library on legendary is tougher, I did it a while ago, but it took me a LONG time, The trick is to pick up all needlers and shotguns, and to use ARs and Plasma rifles against little flood. And throw grenades like a baboon throws poop. And always back away when your shields are almost down.

If you do this, you can finish the level in 4 hours. After words you wont play video games for a year.

  • 08.06.2008 10:44 PM PDT

Campiagn Kill Count :31,745. And growing.

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Posted by: womyfts
I have yet to see anyone else recommend my course of action in dealing with the sword elites at the beginning of "belly of the beast". The first chance you get to go up into the doored and connecting tunnels, TAKE IT. You have a much better chance of surviving without taking even a close shave from the elites if you use the tunnels as cover and a way to put distance between your MC butt and their charging maniacal behavior. You can toast them with just a PPistol when you can keep backing up, without even having to use an overcharge. Your marines never survive to the hunters anyway, so do not feel guilty about abandoning them, they do have guns after all! It is a rare day when I find myself getting pasted by anything but a hunter these days ( I melee those, it is alot of fun with bare fist!).


That's exactly what I did.

I loved that level on Legendary. Definintely one of my favorite. It was hard, yea, but that's what made it great.

  • 08.12.2008 9:34 PM PDT

4 hours to complete the Library!? That was one of the easier levels on legendary. Flood are much easier to kill than covenant.

On all difficulties apart from legendary, I find Tand R the most boring tedious level ever. However Legendary just makes it so tactical that I now find it one of the best on legendary. A real hard challenge, where you need to think, conserve ammo and not make any mistakes. On other difficulties, it just becomes a boring mow your way through all the enemies in boring identical corridors.

  • 08.15.2008 3:29 AM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

No....

  • 08.15.2008 9:01 AM PDT

Just message me on live.

I still haven't gotten into the ship.

  • 08.16.2008 2:59 PM PDT

Posted by: Constince Donkey
I still haven't gotten into the ship.
you need to get better. :D Try using the turrets. Oh, and the enemies don't follow you back through the crevice you get to the Grav Lift from.

  • 08.16.2008 4:56 PM PDT
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No Way, thats the best level in the entire halo series except halo, pillar of autumn, metropolis, delta halo and the covenant.

  • 08.17.2008 5:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: The Last Man
I didn't think it was particularly hard. I saved my sniper ammo when I was on the ground and then once I was inside the elites no longer posed a threat. Legendary was difficult when I first got it but I did it about 2 months ago and it was surprisngly easy.


I had 60 sniper ammo lol.... basiclly, ah zealot bam bam, another one! bam bam

  • 08.27.2008 8:57 PM PDT

A wise man once saw a weed struggling to grow under a rock, one month later he returned to see the weed flourishing, only to put the rock back on top of the weed (dooming it), when his his advisors asked why he he simply exclaimed; "That was its fate."

Think.

I beat it on coop I'm working on solo I've saved the 1rst 3 marines And in the second group I have Johnson and the italian marine alive and I'm at the hangar bay and I find it a nice challenge.

[Edited on 09.03.2008 6:31 AM PDT]

  • 09.01.2008 5:42 PM PDT
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I alternate between taking the sniper rifle and not. It is sometimes more challenging (yes, making it harder for myself) without it, but with it, it can become a crutch. There is an absolute keister load of ammo for it on the actual covie ship T & R. Marines carrying it died all over the place. There are 5 boxes in the hanger, 2 boxes outside of the control room, and I do beleive another 3 boxes in the cell blocks. That is alot of sniper potential! The long corridors make for some very cool shot trails, and there are numerous opportunities to try and set up one shot multiple kill scenarios where enemies line up for your scope so very nicely.

  • 09.03.2008 3:05 PM PDT

Posted by: womyfts
I alternate between taking the sniper rifle and not. It is sometimes more challenging (yes, making it harder for myself) without it, but with it, it can become a crutch. There is an absolute keister load of ammo for it on the actual covie ship T & R. Marines carrying it died all over the place. There are 5 boxes in the hanger, 2 boxes outside of the control room, and I do beleive another 3 boxes in the cell blocks. That is alot of sniper potential! The long corridors make for some very cool shot trails, and there are numerous opportunities to try and set up one shot multiple kill scenarios where enemies line up for your scope so very nicely.
Like after the first Brig with the Active Camo. 2 Jackals - 1 shot.

  • 09.04.2008 5:54 AM PDT

Just message me on live.

I just noticed the grammatically incorrect title...

  • 09.04.2008 1:43 PM PDT

Chill out - dude, you really need to

Bring back Final Run!

it was tough but amazing. i remember sticking one Elite right in the face and watching him dive right off the cliff face trying to get away. unbelievable

uneven fields of varied enemies... no vehicle support, just you and your sniper. can't beat that.

  • 09.08.2008 11:56 AM PDT

Posted by: Rainmann7
it was tough but amazing. i remember sticking one Elite right in the face and watching him dive right off the cliff face trying to get away. unbelievable

uneven fields of varied enemies... no vehicle support, just you and your sniper. can't beat that.
Yep. A battlefield that forces you to think rather than just charge in blindly.

Donkey - *slaps*

[Edited on 09.08.2008 12:09 PM PDT]

  • 09.08.2008 11:57 AM PDT

Chill out - dude, you really need to

Bring back Final Run!

absolutely right... just like Two Betrayals!!

I played Halo 3 waiting for a field battle to parallel Two Betrayals' "Final Run"... there were contenders but none to surpass

  • 09.08.2008 12:03 PM PDT

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