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Subject: Mythic ODST: Culling the Covenant

So after a good long amount of playing Coastal Highway with everything but Iron, I managed to plan ways through the hellish highway and made it through to the final fight which was no trouble at all. I set up Buck with a Rocket Launcher and eventually gave Dare one too. Once the coast was mostly clear, save a Brute or two, I sneaked to through the parking lot, dropped down on to a car and avoided fall damage, and had a fight with the Chieftain. With his hammer I went and killed the rest of the Brutes.

So the end fight will be easy. That's the good news. The bad news is that the whole ordeal on the highway is such a long-shot. If the slightest thing goes wrong on any of it, you die...and the second to last part of the highway just so happens to be where you'll most likely die, even with the tank. When you've got three Ghosts surrounding you and firing, you lose stamina and health pretty quickly.

That portion alone is perhaps the part I fear the most.

  • 09.28.2009 4:40 PM PDT
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Vincent is a beast. =)
I finnally started today. Uplift reserve was taken first try, with a total time of 4:58. Tommorow, Uplift Reserve will fall. What is the next easiest?

  • 09.28.2009 5:01 PM PDT
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Hi

My prediction was that the first completion would be within 3 weeks after the release... I think you can do it Vincent. Even if it is Coastal Highway, which I think is going to be next to impossible when I get to it.

I completed Uplift Reserve easily today. I did a practice run of Tayari Plaza without the Iron and Blind skulls and didn't die once. I'll complete Tayari Plaza next weekend.

As for Legendary Firefight, Lost Platoon seems to be the easiest. If you are going about it solo however, Legendary Firefight can be a real pain. On Lost Platoon, I died once in my chopper by a fuel rod grunt and proceeded to be spawn killed by a fuel rod chieftan. At point blank, they never miss and it's a one shot kill. The same deal happened to me on Crater.

  • 09.28.2009 7:06 PM PDT
Subject: Mythic ODST: Culling the Covenant (Now with NEW TIPS!)

Posted by: Gazas
Has anyone tried Legendary Firefight yet? I tried two games on Crater and Crater at night (offline so it's not visible). It was well annoying, not because it was difficult, just the fact that this game has a couple of WTF stuff as well.

A Hunter took away 6 Lives from me on the second wave. It wasn't even close to me, I remember dying before it even did its animation, not to mention the fact that it wouldn't hit me at all even if it did the animation. So damn annoying.

Other than that, I got it all in a jar, only problem is that Crater is so tight so I have to retreat when 5 Jump packs attack me at once. Sucks, because every time I do that, I accidentally pick up the health kits. One of the reasons I do not like Crater anymore.

I was just gonna try Lost Platoon but I'll do that later. To be honest, getting a good score on Lost Platoon isn't even that impressive, only time consuming, the map is so big that Wraiths are your only concern.


I tried Solo Legendary Firefight on Crater (Night) and got about 560,000. I could handle everything with not too many problems. Armor Chieftains still give me a hard time as it's a lot harder to assassinate them now than it was before, and at a certain point in the Firefight, a wave of Drones and two Hunters come out at the same time, and if you try to out-melee the Hunter, the Drones will come out of hiding and kill you.

EDIT: I also saw Pahat got a score of about 1,500,000 on Solo Legendary Firefight, which is nuts.

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  • 09.28.2009 9:45 PM PDT

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Achronos: And what's this about a "design team" I've been hearing? Apparently stosh is so awesome he's now considered a "team".

I will download your ONI Alpha site video Vince It should help me a bit. But before I do that I have been thinking about tayari plaza and well I have a crazy idea. I saw a video on youtube showing a way to get out of tayari plaza at the begining. Which might allow the entire level to be skiped?

  • 09.28.2009 10:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: MATCLAN
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I forgot to mention, I'm having a much tougher time killing Armor Chieftains since you get knocked back about 10 feet whenever you get meleed, making assassinating them in a melee battle much more difficult. Anyone found any good ways to take them out yet?


So far the only one I encountered without a vehicle was the one in "Data Hive". Thus far, it has been as easy as running up to him, waiting for him to melee, circle around, and land the assassination, even without hitting him with a charged plasma bolt first.

With the Weapon Chieftains, it's the same ol' song and dance. Wait for them to lunge, side-step, turn around, and assassinate.


I agree, whilst getting some friends through Endure again today I was the anti-Chieftain guy. I got loads of assassination medals. :-P
Anyway, if all goes according to plan, I think I'm starting Mythic at the weekend. A college schedule unfortunately leads to more homework than I had last year, meaning that I'm gonna be pressed for time on weekdays meaning less Mythic. :-(
Regardless, my mind is set and that means it'll be done one way or another.
And good luck Vincent, it looks like you're gonna be the 1st conqueror this time. :-)
I hated it so much when I worked my ass off to go around and melee every single Hunter when we did Endure, and I only got Yin-Yang medals for it. Damn you guys! lol.

  • 09.28.2009 10:49 PM PDT

I'll take a look at it.

  • 09.29.2009 12:00 AM PDT

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Achronos: And what's this about a "design team" I've been hearing? Apparently stosh is so awesome he's now considered a "team".

Srsly MATCLAN why wait until the weekend you can finish like 3 levels in 2 hours on mythic.

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  • 09.29.2009 12:11 AM PDT
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Yeah Muzza, but in 2 hours, a lot of homework can be done.

And after some Legendary Firefight, I've decided not to play Firefight on any difficulty other than Legendary, I will play Heroic for the Skull Trophies and with friends.

This will make me pro right? :P

And I still think it shouldn't count to ignore Mombasa Streets.

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  • 09.29.2009 1:50 AM PDT

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Thing is Gazas, that Mombasa Streets doesn't end. It just continues indefinitely until you wither quit or start a mission meaning the length would be variable and pointless if you have enough audio logs to have Mongoose and Rocket acccess. You could simply speed past most obstacles and blow up those you couldn't rush. Add that tot he fact that there's no goal and it's kinda pointless. Still fun, but pointless nontheless.

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The mombasa streets isn't really a level. I would ignore mombasa streets.

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Finished my first map on mythic today, Uplift Reserve

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/ODSTg.aspx?gameid=32336188&pl ayer=badd0g360

Yeah it's me Badd0g360 ;)

  • 09.29.2009 5:11 AM PDT
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Shut up MATCLAN, I'm a Mombasa Streets Fanboy! ;P If anything is NOT pointless, it's Mombasa Streets, got that? (I KILL you!)

  • 09.29.2009 8:00 AM PDT

No no.
That's far to easy.

For impossible mode, you go and activate all skulls, and no VISR mode, at all. Makes it VERY challenging.

For uber-impossible mode: Use only the SMG.

  • 09.29.2009 8:23 AM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

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Actually, aside from Firefight, Mombasa Streets is my favorite part of the game, though I can see why this would be difficult to incorporate into Mythic due to technicalities such as not being able to restart.

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I dont like that part of the game. It's not really a level. Almost no enemies and when you've unlocked all the audio files you get good weapons / if you happend to find the ghost nothing can stop you.

  • 09.29.2009 8:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: DrunkenBeer
I dont like that part of the game. It's not really a level. Almost no enemies and when you've unlocked all the audio files you get good weapons / if you happend to find the ghost nothing can stop you.
It's the main core of the game, hell I thought the game would be all about Mombasa Streets when the Trailer came out, which made me excited for Mythic. The Flashbacks are basically like Halo 3 missions, nothing too different there, and I like variety.

Tyrant took the words out of my mouth and made them look better.

  • 09.29.2009 9:38 AM PDT

I made it to the second to last battle on the highway area, but without warning the Olifant died. Yeah, I knew it was being attacked, but there was no "I need help" message.

Oh well. The more I play it, the easier it becomes. The only portions that seem like a complete toss up are the two areas where you use the Gauss Hog.

  • 09.29.2009 10:34 AM PDT
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Doesn't surprise me that you're stuck on an escort mission. You can never complete those on higher difficulties. Reminds me of Halo 1 when Captain Keyes died every damn time. Grow some balls Captain!

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Uplift Reserve Speedrun.
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Mythic Mission #1 down. 4:11 aswell.

  • 09.29.2009 11:57 AM PDT
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Now do 3:39.

And I can't do crap anymore, I even have to work on the weekend. That's just slavery.

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Now do 3:39.

And I can't do crap anymore, I even have to work on the weekend. That's just slavery.


I wanna do the Tayari Plaza mission. I got to the VERY end with no Pistol ammo in 8minutes and got stuck by a grunt. I was by the drop pod. I think its called Tayari Plaza.

  • 09.29.2009 12:13 PM PDT
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How do the hell do you get killed by the...oh right, you had no Pistol.

Still, sucks pretty bad.

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Its possible to skip a lot of fights on Mythic you wouldn't expect. I can skip 3 fights on Tayari Plaza mission. The one with like 5 Brutes, the one with the Sniper in the tower. And the Hunter area.

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I want to have the fastest time in the world om uplift reserve on mythic, haha. I know where all the health packs are now and all that so I shall give it another try in a couple of days.

  • 09.29.2009 12:21 PM PDT