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Subject: The Library on Legendary
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Posted by: Acres 057
I disagree. Cortana is fairly easy if you play it tactically.


That's what ChickenLitlle said. A granite wall isn't hard. It's easy to knock down.

  • 11.20.2008 12:08 AM PDT

Posted by: jordanJ
Posted by: Acres 057
I disagree. Cortana is fairly easy if you play it tactically.


That's what ChickenLitlle said. A granite wall isn't hard. It's easy to knock down.
Exactly. All you need is a lot of really, really, really sharp drills and a -blam!-load of time.

However; the thing about tactics, is that they usually allow you to do better and advance, whereas in Cortana, this usually fails, except in areas where the Flood don't pass a certain point.

[Edited on 11.20.2008 11:45 AM PST]

  • 11.20.2008 11:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Acres 057
I disagree. Cortana is fairly easy if you play it tactically.


That's what ChickenLitlle said. A granite wall isn't hard. It's easy to knock down.
Exactly. All you need is a lot of really, really, really sharp drills and a -blam!-load of time.

However; the thing about tactics, is that they usually allow you to do better and advance, whereas in Cortana, this usually fails, except in areas where the Flood don't pass a certain point.


The only hard parts in Cortana were those ranged pure forms. But they died easy from 1 plasma grenade. Weird balancing...

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Posted by: jordanJ
The only hard parts in Cortana were those ranged pure forms. But they died easy from 1 plasma grenade. Weird balancing...

Yeah, I agree. Cortana isn't hard after the first two or three attempts. The Library is a lot harder and more rewarding. It's also the 'original' Flood level.

  • 11.20.2008 1:03 PM PDT
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The only hard parts in Cortana were those ranged pure forms. But they died easy from 1 plasma grenade. Weird balancing...

Yeah, I agree. Cortana isn't hard after the first two or three attempts. The Library is a lot harder and more rewarding. It's also the 'original' Flood level.


When I first did "The Library" On Legendary I felt great when I had finished it.

  • 11.20.2008 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: S2 Black 0ut
I actually thought this level was pretty easy on Legendary.

The pistol and shotgun make quick work of everything. 2 headshots (?) w/ the pistol will make the combat forms drop their weapons.


I agree. The key is to keep your distance and be patient. Constantly backtrap for ammo and do whatever you can to make sure they don't surround you.

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The only hard parts in Cortana were those ranged pure forms. But they died easy from 1 plasma grenade. Weird balancing...

Yeah, I agree. Cortana isn't hard after the first two or three attempts. The Library is a lot harder and more rewarding. It's also the 'original' Flood level.


With Cortana I just had to be patient, use cover, and backtrack a lot. I believe I ended up firing almost every single weapon in the level.

  • 11.20.2008 4:31 PM PDT
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aaaaaaaah my spine it burnnnns

i did the cortana level on legendary alone some bits were annoying but i did get through eventually (days)

  • 11.20.2008 9:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fatso
You can hide and wait for the monitor to open the doors without firing a shot.


Cheap but effective.

  • 11.22.2008 12:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Fatso
You can hide and wait for the monitor to open the doors without firing a shot.


Cheap but effective.


Where's the fun in that?

  • 11.27.2008 8:18 PM PDT

Part of the "fun" in that is outsmarting the Flood and the game.

  • 11.28.2008 10:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Part of the "fun" in that is outsmarting the Flood and the game.


lol *jumps behind wall* muahaah stupid flood ;)

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Cortana on Legendary is a "strong" challenge to achieve, but I beat-it alone on Halo: CE.

Tip: Make sure to use one tactic through-out that mission; Always try to hide and or out-smart the Flood (which is easy to do). By that i mean you can skip killing half of the flood in the whole mission if you try hard-enough to out-smart the Flood.

  • 11.28.2008 7:22 PM PDT
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To play or not to play....

Library TACTIC shoot first ask questions later.

  • 11.28.2008 11:24 PM PDT
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Now, the Library on Legendary was pretty tough for me to beat solo. So, I got my good friend LuckyPlayer26 (BNet name), and he and I beat it together. He's seemingly real good at Halo: CE, but not Halo: 3, lol.

  • 11.29.2008 8:48 AM PDT

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Get a pistol and a Shotgun. Assualt Rifle is good for cleaning up the Infection forms. Dig yourselves into the corners and cover each other well. Ration you gernades and helathpacks. When one guy frags, let the other know so you both don't frag and deplete your stash uneccesarily.

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Frags are very effective against the Flood. Don't waste them, at all. Use Frags when only large Groups on Human/Elite infection forms are close-by. Like General Nelson said, use an Assault Rifle against the small infection forms when they are in large numbers of groups. I prefer not to use the Pistol at all in that level, but definitly keep the Shotgun at all close-combat risks.

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Frags are the best grenade for combat forms, but plasmas are best to set off a chain reaction of carriers due to their lack of speed in bringing the MC grenadey gift back to the thrower!

As far as weapon combo, I used to be a big believer in the shotty and the pistol (for picking them off at distance), I have changed that to shotty and plasma pistol. The reason is that the PP is more plentiful, easier to find a replacement in the dark and has the added bonus of making the flood drop their weapons quicker than a normal pistol or AR does. The PP is fine for infection forms as well. Since the PP is all over the place, the battery capacity does not matter since you can pick them up regularly. It is also very cool to send charged shots down the long hallways while they are sending needles your way, just a very cool thing to see visually!

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Wow, I never thought of using the PP on enemies like the Flood, but always the Covenant.

Womyfts has some good reasons why you should use the PP (Plasma Pistol) on Flood combatants. Personally, I might use the PP and Shotgun now for when I play Halo: CE against the Flood. Good thinking once gain Womyfts.

  • 12.01.2008 3:52 PM PDT

I remember first playing it with my cousin on legendary. We had our best Halo moments on that level. =)

  • 12.04.2008 1:59 PM PDT
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Lol well this level wasn't that hard on single player, so all I can say is, as you are on co-op when you do get into vents camp one each, much easier, what screws you up is how there are 2+ of them, also, shotty pistol, don't use much else except swapping with plasma pistol to fully charge shot those slow moving carrier forms, or flood forms that stay on top of places and won't come down, they are generally a waste of ammo otherwise, also, the AR is the tank for infection forms if you have one handy, don't use shotgun ammo as it is a rarer weapon and you will probably end up regretting it later (any power weapons you get, such as the rocket launcher, I like to use straight away, so try to kill carrier forms with it to create chain reactions and then swap back for other weapons that you swapped out for). Also, Guilty Spark will end up annoying the crap out of you, try not to waste ammo on him :) (Have fun!).

  • 12.06.2008 6:07 PM PDT
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EXTREME PREJUDICE

Just finished another playthrough today and took some advice from this thread.

Plasma pistol works fine! Just keep a shotty, because you can get overwhelmed quick. Plasma rifle overheats too fast.

  • 12.06.2008 8:55 PM PDT
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Keep shotgun and Pistol/Plasma Rifle. Stick to the walls where there's cover (if Combat Forms tries to rush you, just sit behind a large cover spot and shoot them with the shotty, but if there's a Carrier Form, let it get close enough to you where it falls down, then back/jump away quickly and melee the Infection Forms one by one [or until they kill eachother]).

Killing every enemy is crucial so you can get more checkpoints. I actually beat this last weekend on Legendary wither dying once!

  • 12.07.2008 6:56 PM PDT

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Grenades are helpful, AR is good for killing the little exploding flood, and keep your shotgun/pistol (When out of ammo for shotgun)/AR ready at all times.

(Upon further review, the pistol is quite alot more useful than I thought. You can shoot the gun wielding limbs off of the flood, and when they play dead you can grab their grenades to finish them off, simply do not ever shoot their head.)

[Edited on 12.20.2008 5:05 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2008 4:38 PM PDT

You'd probably shoot back if i wasn't T-bagging your dead body.

he beginning is the hardest part....other than that, hang back and always have a pistol and shotgun.

  • 12.19.2008 9:28 AM PDT

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