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I prefer to make levels as hard as possible wherever I can, limiting my use of the power weapons like the sniper rifle and rocket launcher when they are available.
Opening:
I typically go just far enough to trigger the d/s and then turn around and go back to the edge of the dropoff by the back end trees. This puts me in a great position to lob a grenade at the bluff side grunts as they exit. I trade the AR for a needler and goad the remaining elites out to turn them into big pink explosions of teeth and flesh! Once they are gone I take out the grunts that have crossed the bridge with the pistol. I use the inside of the escape pod to duck and cover while getting both banshees smoking nicely with the pistol in order to make sure I take both of them out rather than letting one escape. The next batch of covies gets taken out with pistol and needler rounds.
The second dropship area I typically use a PP and the pistol and stay right at the level where you jump down to trigger their arrival. I take out what the marines do not without leaving that initial area. For fun, often times I will lure all of the remaining to the big boulder area so that I can take out the grunts in one area and create a huge pile of dropped plasma grenades. One elite taken out with a full clip of needles and the whole shebang goes up, I have to sit back and watch how many others go down from the blasts with a big arse grin on my face!
After all of the d/s have come and gone I then move through to the light bridge. I really do not worry about keeping my marine chain gunner alive, but I do make sure that he does not get to have any fun by parking far enough away and taking on these covies on foot. I typically have a needler and a pistol since PP's are easy enough to just pick up from the dead jackals.
The main part of Halo I do on foot, since I park the hog at the downed escape pod and pick up an ammo pack for my pistol. From there on, it is pistol, plasma pistol and needlers only. My goal is to finish without dying once, nor picking up a health pack from here on out. I probably am gonna go to hell for not caring how many marines survive, but that is how I roll on this level. What the heck, since more marines made if off the ship than Cortana expected, we have a few to spare right???
I take the landing zones in any order that tickles my pickle, lob alot of grenades (see how many long distance sticks I can get!) and use alot of cover to get close enough in the rockslide area to pick off grunts and jackals. I use my frags tossed past fallen enemies to blow their weapons back to me so that I do not run out of Plasma Pistols or needler ammo!
Loads of fun!