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Posted by: Dropship dude
Engineers - These poor creatures are now Covenant bombs, and moving shield generators. Take them out ASAP, or you'll find your enemies have more shielding than before. Kill them over a group of Covenant, and they will fall onto them, creating a nice explosion, and helping calm the Covenant assault. From gameplay videos around the net, it appears that they have a lack of a headshot-spot, so you'll likely have to spray and pray. Drain their shields with Plasma, and finish them.
A single overcharged plasma pistol shot will kill these. After getting hit they'll float upwards for a few seconds then explode. No need to waste valuable ammo.
Posted by: Tenth
Secondary tactics to keep in mind to get the most out of your weapons isn't just a good idea, it can completely change how you use some weapons in Campaign, Firefight, and even Halo 3 multiplayer. This venerable tactic is almost never used, but I swear to god, you put it to good use, you'll learn that even the MA5C and the M7 have their advantages. Short, controlled bursts completely change up the ranges you can use certain weapons. If your reticle is covering the enemy completely, and not splashing over too much, you can shoot, accurately, in short bursts no matter the weapon. Aside from that, Plasma Rifles and Pistols can put rounds down range surprisingly accurately, if you take into account how slow the shots travel. Plasma rounds are slow enough, no matter the weapon, to be easily dodged while charging towards the enemy. ...Now, then, it would be absolutely lovely if someone could direct me to a forum post regarding the Classic Achievement. I swear to god, that mother-blam!- who said, "I bet you're stupid enough to try beating ODST on Legendary only using Melee" should die. Make note, that was abridged quote.
Just play the mission Uplift Reserve. It's the vehicle oriented one. Get in the hog, grab some marines, and let them do your shooting for you. Just don't honk your horn - it'll glitch the achievement. Give your pasenger your laser. It's a cake-walk.
Posted by: Das ZERST0RER
i wonder if aanyones got to the 4th set on heroic yet its -blam!- tuff any one want to try my gt is das zerst0rer
Lost Platoon is by far the easiest (if you're at least half-decent with a chopper). Dedicate one person to laser wraiths, 2 in the hog, and another doing whatever he can. Use the hog to kill the drivers of choppers until you can get everyone but your laser guy in them (and even him as long as he knows what he's doing). Once you get 3/4 choppers up, it's brain-numbingly simple. Only gets difficult when black-eye turns on, but then you just have to work together to isolate jackals or grunts whenever someone needs stamina. A good spot to laser from is the elevated circular section you'd enter the area at in campaign. Enemies rarely travel up there and you can see both wraiths.
My friends and I just got the achievement using this tactic, and at one point we had 32(!!!) extra lives. It only ended because someone needed to get off and we all ran around purposely dying.
PS: Leave your choppers somewhere once the bonus round starts. Dying might be OK, but having your vehicle destroyed isn't.
[Edited on 09.23.2009 9:33 PM PDT]