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Posted by: StaroceanZero
UGH! I had a 2.2 M solo, Legendary game with 14 lives on set 8 last night, took a nap, woke up and my xbox shut itself off!
I think there is a setting on the console where if you have 6 hours of inactivity, the console automatically shuts off. You just need to disable that.

And Tayari Plaza down. I've been practicing Kizingo Blvd, but I haven't had the time lately to get a true attempt in.

Congrats to Legendary Smile for making the list.

[Edited on 10.04.2009 2:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 2:24 PM PDT
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My God StaroceanZero, I feel for you.

I've learned this: Start a serious Firefight game in the morning - end it in the evening.

What map was it?

  • 10.04.2009 3:09 PM PDT

Posted by: Gazas
My God StaroceanZero, I feel for you.

I've learned this: Start a serious Firefight game in the morning - end it in the evening.

What map was it?



Yeah, I fixed the 6 hour auto shutdown earlier today. I'll start my next game in the morning next week.

It was on Security Zone, which is the perfect map for long Firefight games. If played right, you could last forever on that map. I jumped out to about 12 lives right at the start and never went below 10. Even with 6 skulls on, The Covenant were no match for me.

[Edited on 10.04.2009 3:30 PM PDT]

  • 10.04.2009 3:28 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".

Well I have given up on kizingo blvd for now. Im going to try data hive again I got up to the hive yesterday. Then I got overwhelmed trying to run past the drones.

  • 10.04.2009 4:22 PM PDT
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Official Mythic Conqueror.
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Lord of the Rings.

Conquered.
Tayari Plaza
Uplift Reserve
Kizingo Blvd.
Oni Alpha Site
NMPD HQ
Kikowani Station
Data Hive
Coastal Highway

Films
Coastal Highway
Data Hive
ONI Alpha Site

Well, another Mythic journey has come to an end. Thankyou to Vincent K for giving me some tactics which I used in my runs. I felt this was a lot more rewarding than Halo 3 Mythic, as for the most part this was all me. Journey's end has come.

  • 10.04.2009 4:41 PM PDT
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Crater is very easy on Solo, never went below 10 once all Skulls got turned on.

  • 10.04.2009 5:03 PM PDT

I found Crater to be the 2nd best. Problem is, it has Engineers, and there's not enough room to outmelee Hunters, and when you try to outmelee them in the wide open, the Drones have a bad habit of sneaking up on you. None of that is a problem on Security Zone, plus you get the added bonus of being able to laser 2 Wraiths inbetween rounds. With all skull on, that's over 40000 points.

  • 10.04.2009 5:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: StaroceanZero
I found Crater to be the 2nd best. Problem is, it has Engineers, and there's not enough room to outmelee Hunters, and when you try to outmelee them in the wide open, the Drones have a bad habit of sneaking up on you. None of that is a problem on Security Zone, plus you get the added bonus of being able to laser 2 Wraiths inbetween rounds. With all skull on, that's over 40000 points.


Wait, 4 thousand or 40 thousand? Also, the same thing happened to me. I was playing normal and got up to 3.6 million in 10 hours. My xbox lagged me out of xbox live and then out of my profile, causing the game to end. Because of this, I lost all of my game data and my score was not saved. Worst day ever!

  • 10.04.2009 10:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: StaroceanZero
I found Crater to be the 2nd best. Problem is, it has Engineers, and there's not enough room to outmelee Hunters, and when you try to outmelee them in the wide open, the Drones have a bad habit of sneaking up on you. None of that is a problem on Security Zone, plus you get the added bonus of being able to laser 2 Wraiths inbetween rounds. With all skull on, that's over 40000 points.


Wait, 4 thousand or 40 thousand? Also, the same thing happened to me. I was playing normal and got up to 3.6 million in 10 hours. My xbox lagged me out of xbox live and then out of my profile, causing the game to end. Because of this, I lost all of my game data and my score was not saved. Worst day ever!


With all skulls on, each Wraith nets you about 20000 points via laser kills. Since it's too hard to defend the front parts, I have to do it inbetween rounds to avoid getting killed.

I feel for you, 3.6 M is a lot. Losing my 2.2 M on Legendary was a heartbreaker, but next weekend, I plan to do it again. I have a method that works and as long as I don't screw up, I can go on indefinitely.

  • 10.04.2009 11:32 PM PDT
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I wonder how you do it on that map...wanna hit each other up and play some firefight some day?

Anyway, Engineers go down with a Plasma Pistol shot so what's the problem there?

Oh, and I never play on Crater Night, I play on Crater. Day. Only two spots where Jackal Sniper can see you, if it's on the third spot, you can ignore it since it won't be able to see you if you're standing on the right places.

So the only problem with Crater would be the lack of points you can gain.

  • 10.05.2009 3:39 AM PDT

Posted by: Gazas
I wonder how you do it on that map...wanna hit each other up and play some firefight some day?

Anyway, Engineers go down with a Plasma Pistol shot so what's the problem there?

Oh, and I never play on Crater Night, I play on Crater. Day. Only two spots where Jackal Sniper can see you, if it's on the third spot, you can ignore it since it won't be able to see you if you're standing on the right places.

So the only problem with Crater would be the lack of points you can gain.


Yes, but if you've ever played a long game on Chasm Ten on Legendary, you'd understand why I hate Engineers. They hide constantly and make all the enemies around them virtually invincible. Crater isn't too bad, as the Engineers don't have many places to hide. Security Zone has no Engineers, so that isn't a problem.

One of the other problems is the Drone-Hunter conundrum. When fighting Hunters, you pretty much need to move outside to be able to have enough room to outmelee them. When you do, however, this triggers the drones to come out of hiding and spam you with plasma. If you move inside to get away from the drones, you don't have enough room to kill the Hunters.

Crater is one of the better maps, no doubt about it, but IMO Security Zone is the best. I always play Crater at Night too, so I can use my VISR to my advantage.

Yeah, sounds good. I have you on my friends list. My schedule is a little messed up though, so my time on LIVE will be erratic, plus I have plans to take down OWA 000's Firefight record next weekend :P

[Edited on 10.05.2009 10:19 AM PDT]

  • 10.05.2009 7:11 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!

Best Regards,
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I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)

  • 10.05.2009 7:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: Tyrant122312
I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)
*Sees the chance* Uh yeah, for starters, put me on number one, Tyrant!

And I didn't have a lot of trouble when they did the Drone-Hunter strategy against me, sure it's -blam!- how one Hunter waits for you while the Drones are hiding. But I've found a tricky way to just lure the Hunter inside your spawn room. Inside, it's trapped. So are you though. But only the Hunter can hurt you now, so do the ol' melee strategy to take it down.

Not to mention the fact that you have a lot of Rockets on Crater, only hard part is to go down there and pick it up, which I do after Bonus rounds or Chieftain rounds.

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Posted by: Gazas
My God StaroceanZero, I feel for you.

I've learned this: Start a serious Firefight game in the morning - end it in the evening.

What map was it?



Yeah, I fixed the 6 hour auto shutdown earlier today. I'll start my next game in the morning next week.

It was on Security Zone, which is the perfect map for long Firefight games. If played right, you could last forever on that map. I jumped out to about 12 lives right at the start and never went below 10. Even with 6 skulls on, The Covenant were no match for me.


Wow! Incredible, what strategy did you use man? I'm having trouble with coming up with solo strategies ;)

On-topic, I'm gonna try mythic this weekend! How is it? Never did it on Halo 3

  • 10.05.2009 8:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)
*Sees the chance* Uh yeah, for starters, put me on number one, Tyrant!

And I didn't have a lot of trouble when they did the Drone-Hunter strategy against me, sure it's -blam!- how one Hunter waits for you while the Drones are hiding. But I've found a tricky way to just lure the Hunter inside your spawn room. Inside, it's trapped. So are you though. But only the Hunter can hurt you now, so do the ol' melee strategy to take it down.

Not to mention the fact that you have a lot of Rockets on Crater, only hard part is to go down there and pick it up, which I do after Bonus rounds or Chieftain rounds.


I tried luring them into the spawn room, it's just a little bit too small for me, I need more space.

@ above post: I have a different strategy for each Covenant, but most of it is pretty straightforward. I play the entire game in the spawn area, never moving past the stairs except to laser Wraiths inbetween rounds.

Grunts: Headshot
Jackals (Shields) (No Mythic skull): Magnum shoot hand, follow up with headshot
Jackals (Shields) (Mythic skull): Back away from them, headshot them while they're running at you.
Jackals (Shields) (Blackeye, low health): Overcharge plasma pistol, beatdown, headshot.
Jackal (Snipers): Headshot
Drone Minors: SMG
Drone Leaders: SMG (No Mythic skull), Carbines, Needlers (If desperate)
Hunters: Rockets, Fuel Rod Guns, only melee if necessary.
Brutes: PP + Headshot, quick beatdown/assassination if necessary. Sticky grenades when out of PP ammo.
Hammer Chieftains: Sidestep + assassination
FRG Chieftains: Let them see me, hide behind the corner, wait for them to come within a few feet, overcharge PP (if available), outmelee/assassination.

By doing all this, I had 14 lives going into set 8.

From what I've seen so far, Mythic ODST is significantly easier than Mythic Halo 3, with the exception of Coastal Highway, but it appears that the guys here have found ways around it.

  • 10.05.2009 8:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)


1. VincentK
2. Aurasoldier313
3. Legendary Smile
4. The MoleN
5. I'm almost there, 1 mission to go so watch this space. :-)

[Edited on 10.05.2009 12:20 PM PDT]

  • 10.05.2009 11:16 AM PDT
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Posted by: Tyrant122312
I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)


1. VincentK
2. Aurasoldier313
3. Legendary Smile
4. The MoleN1
5. I'm almost there, 1 mission to go so watch this space. :-)

No, just TheMoleN please. =)
Matclan, you almost get it?

  • 10.05.2009 11:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: Tyrant122312
I haven't been following much this past week, but I hear we have some new ODST conquerors. Gratz gentlemen!

Would someone care to post a chronologically correct list so I can update the OP?

:-)


1. VincentK
2. Aurasoldier313
3. Legendary Smile
4. The MoleN1
5. I'm almost there, 1 mission to go so watch this space. :-)

No, just TheMoleN please. =)
Matclan, you almost get it?


Almost, at least I've come up with a plan but unfortunately I feel really ill today so I'm not gonna hedge my bets and make a mess of it until I feel better.

Pretty much I realised that Buck wasn't killing everything quick enough at the last Gauss section and I also realised that I could ditch hm and make a run for the Tank which could speed things up a little to the point that the Olifant will survive and I can blow everything up. Even if Buck doesn't get in the secondary gun I should have enough firepower to handle the rest of the mission.

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Talking about Firefight is on-topic in this thread, don't worry.

  • 10.05.2009 12:31 PM PDT

This may be a little off topic, but while playing on Security Zone the other day, I SWEAR I could hear these strange, cryptic voices from inside the spawn room. Oddly enough, I only heard them at the start of sets. A possible easter egg I'll have to delve into soon.

  • 10.06.2009 11:36 AM PDT

Posted by: StaroceanZero
This may be a little off topic, but while playing on Security Zone the other day, I SWEAR I could hear these strange, cryptic voices from inside the spawn room. Oddly enough, I only heard them at the start of sets. A possible easter egg I'll have to delve into soon.


I was trying out your tips on Security Zone (helped me get the achievement and I have a game paused right now), but yeah, sometimes I think I hear things there too.

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Posted by: StaroceanZero
This may be a little off topic, but while playing on Security Zone the other day, I SWEAR I could hear these strange, cryptic voices from inside the spawn room. Oddly enough, I only heard them at the start of sets. A possible easter egg I'll have to delve into soon.
I think they are analyzed in Youtube by being played backwards.

  • 10.06.2009 2:48 PM PDT

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Conquered.
Tayari Plaza
Uplift Reserve
Kizingo Blvd.
Oni Alpha Site
NMPD HQ
Kikowani Station
Data Hive
Coastal Highway

Films
Coastal Highway
Data Hive
ONI Alpha Site

8 Missions, 3 films in fileshare.... are we dropping the requirement to have films for each one or something?

  • 10.06.2009 3:53 PM PDT

Posted by: Vincent K
Posted by: StaroceanZero
This may be a little off topic, but while playing on Security Zone the other day, I SWEAR I could hear these strange, cryptic voices from inside the spawn room. Oddly enough, I only heard them at the start of sets. A possible easter egg I'll have to delve into soon.


I was trying out your tips on Security Zone (helped me get the achievement and I have a game paused right now), but yeah, sometimes I think I hear things there too.


Good to hear it helped, although I doubt you really needed it.

  • 10.06.2009 5:48 PM PDT

I don't normally do too well on Alpha Site when playing Solo, actually.

  • 10.06.2009 6:17 PM PDT