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Subject: A Guide to Survival in Firefight

Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)

  • 08.20.2009 9:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dark Ismo
Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)


Win.

  • 08.20.2009 9:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Dark Ismo
Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)
I'm not inviting you into my games.

=P

  • 08.20.2009 9:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dropship dude
Posted by: Dark Ismo
Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)
I'm not inviting you into my games.

=P
You do know who to invite though, right Dropship? =)

  • 08.20.2009 9:59 AM PDT
Subject: A Community Guide to Survival in Firefight
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" Truth? You will Never know Truth!"

"My tears cannot cover the blood that has been spill."

"I lead my troops into battle. With strong morale and man power, we will overcome the invaders!"

Um... Make use of cover when your stamina's low? Back up your teammates from cover? Thats pretty much what I've got. Lol

  • 08.21.2009 8:31 AM PDT
Subject: A Guide to Survival in Firefight

lucky member no.999 of SAS Halo3

this will make everyone get far in ff nice.

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Posted by: Uncle Kulikov
Beam Rifle:
Pretend you have unlimited ammunition with this weapon. Since you get a limited number of shots, and you cannot reload it, holding onto this one "just in case" severely impacts your ability to help your teammates.

Remember: Beam rifle blasts pierce enemies.


sniper rifle rounds pierce too

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Posted by: Dropship dude
Posted by: Dark Ismo
Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)
I'm not inviting you into my games.

=P


Seconding that

  • 08.22.2009 1:40 AM PDT
Subject: A Community Guide to Survival in Firefight

Don't use the rocket in the first round use it in later rounds against chieftains or hunters

[Edited on 08.26.2009 9:34 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2009 2:32 AM PDT
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I aint neva had -blam!- but I could -blam!- a bad -blam!- quicker than you could count to six 1 2 3 4 5 6 ya here I dont play I lay law u my size I break jaws I get disrespected at all I set if off.

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Mythic Conquer # 23 baby
I've beaten ODST and Halo 3 on Mythic.

I so can't wait to play some firefight with other Mythic Conquers the Covenant are going down!

Only thing I would change is how you kill the Brute Chieftan. The best way is to let some one run at him, the cheiftan will run swing. You rush to the right as he swings and he'll miss and you go for the assasination.

= health back if you have black eye on as a bonus.

Damn way to put some meat on somthing you've never played. you get a Gp in my book.

[Edited on 08.23.2009 6:17 PM PDT]

  • 08.23.2009 6:05 PM PDT

Keep it classy Flood.

The save ammo part made me laugh. In the Halo 2 campaign, I was so scared that I was going to run out of ammo, I litteraly finished each level with almost full ammo.

[Edited on 08.23.2009 6:41 PM PDT]

  • 08.23.2009 6:40 PM PDT

great guide dropship also when u r on legendary do not waste your ammo i mean when a brutes shields/armor is down and if u know u cant get a headshot look down jump and fire at his head helps conserve ammo really good with berserking brutes again awesome guide:)

  • 08.23.2009 7:52 PM PDT

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Nice guide, Dropship Dude. Just thought I'd mention that Weapons Chieftains (the ones with a Hammer) have a particular weakness which allows you to kill them even when invincible. Simply let them charge then sidestep to the right as he swings the hammer you spin around and assasinate him. It sounds difficult but is really easy to do with a little practice. The only way I can see this not working is if ODSTs are too slow to sidestep the swing, otherwise these guys are only a threat if you don't notice them until they've bashed you off a wall.

EDIT: Thug Nasty beat me to it by 2 posts. :-(

[Edited on 08.24.2009 8:43 AM PDT]

  • 08.24.2009 8:42 AM PDT

Thanks for the guide! Will be sure to use it when I pick up ODST.

  • 08.25.2009 7:35 AM PDT

What has taken you millenia to create, I erase in seconds.

Grunts die from a few plasma pistol shots?
Maybe so on normal, but not on mythic.

  • 08.25.2009 8:27 AM PDT

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  • 08.25.2009 1:54 PM PDT
Subject: A Guide to Survival in Firefight

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Spammed group invites or recruitments are NOT WELCOME!Unless i know you, DO NOT SPAM ME without a bloody good reason.

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Posted by: Dropship dude
Posted by: Dark Ismo
Teamwork? No such thing exists in my vocabulary.
I'm going to kill steal like crazy. =^)
I'm not inviting you into my games.

=P
Of course you do know to invite Elite ODST squads in!
That dont smell. Obviously.
;D

  • 08.25.2009 2:03 PM PDT
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very nice guide the matireal sounds very affective I'll be sure to refer to this guide when the game comes out

  • 08.25.2009 2:57 PM PDT

I think this guide is very nice. Killing Jackals with the Automag will be so much easier than with the BR. I think you should mention that Wraiths are not much of a threat up close if you finish off the Turret man: you would only have to worry about boosting.

  • 08.26.2009 1:26 PM PDT

“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” - Ernest Hemingway

Ok, here are the best tips I have heard so far:

Stay as a group. If you stay as a team, your chances of survival are higher, but don't stay too close.

Specialize your squad. If you have the sniper with an AR/Laser specialist to cover them, then the other two can take Rockets and anything else.

Try to filter the enemies through a choke-point. The less adversaries you have to deal with at one time, the better.

Abuse the turret placement on the map. From what we can tell, ODSTs aren't slowed down when carrying the turret, so abuse that.

Make some traps and fall-back points. Establish a safe zone that is easy to kill enemies in and also create trap zones (zones in which the enemy enters, but doesn't come back out because you killed them so easily).

Save your ammo. When Famine comes on and the big boys are on there way, you will thank me.

Keep a safe distance from the Chieftain. 1 slap, and its over....

Well, that is all for now. I will post more later.

-Dom-

  • 08.26.2009 1:39 PM PDT
Subject: A Community Guide to Survival in Firefight

" Big green radiation gun up and running right next to my face! " - Buck ( Halo: Reach )

FireFight on Legendary: Grunts, Jackels will be easy to take care of, Drones are a different story when you are faced against them stay behind cover with your team ( if your playing with other people, hopefully you are ) pop out, short burst with SMG and get back down and reapeat till their dead.

Brutes I suggest Two people have Plasma Pistols to take out their sheilds and the other Two Auto Mag em in the head ( quick and easy )

Hunters: 3 ways 1: have Two people distract them and throw Nades while the other Two nade, Rocket, Chaingun them from behind 2: SPARTAN LASER!!!! 3: Rocket in the face.

Wraiths: Take out the gunner by any means then eaither blow it up with Rockets or Laser or have Two people ( if your not being shot at in the prosess ) disable the Wraith with Plasma Pistols and have the other Two board it and use it.

Ghosts: Depending on whos using it Grunts: Auto Mag + Good shot = BOOM HEADSHOT!!! easy kill Brutes:.... I've never face a Brute on a Ghost on Legendary sooo i don't know.

Choppers: Nasty Bastards. The way I do it ( if i don't have a Sniper, Rockets, BR ) is Disable it with a Plasma pistol then shoot the driver with w/e gun i have or nade it if you don't want to use it.

Chieftains: ( Hammer and Plasma Cannon ) Hammer: at a distance make him use his invincibility generator then if he's still a good distance away have everyone Auto Mag or SMG him in the face and if he gets close throw Nades at his feet. or Rocket or Laser his ass ( if you have them )

Plasma Cannon Chieftain: Sense i've never seen them use an invincibility generator, take out his shields with Plasma Pistol, Energy Drain and the same with as the Hammer Chieftains Auto Mag or SMG him in the face and throw Nades or just blast his ass with Rockets or Laser.

Edit: Try and do all of these at a distance when Black Eye, Catch. ect is turned on.

[Edited on 08.26.2009 7:37 PM PDT]

  • 08.26.2009 7:35 PM PDT
Subject: A Guide to Survival in Firefight

Wattup?

Just throwing this out there but if you throw a any kind of Sticky Grenade at a chieftain's legs they get stuck and die

  • 08.29.2009 6:33 PM PDT
Subject: A Community Guide to Survival in Firefight - Added Engineers to Pt One

Engineers explode? Well, there you go....

Good guide here-nicely done.

EDIT: Also, with Chieftains-just go for their helmet. Eventually it will fall off, and a well-placed headshot with a Carbine or something (BR would be ideal :P) will kill it easily.

[Edited on 08.29.2009 6:46 PM PDT]

  • 08.29.2009 6:45 PM PDT
Subject: A Guide to Survival in Firefight

Halo 3, not just A game. Instead its THE Game.

Wow nice guide! Dropship you must of seriously done your research to do such an awesome guide even before release. Good job!

  • 08.30.2009 8:12 AM PDT