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Subject: Mythic ODST: Culling the Covenant (Now with NEW TIPS!)

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Posted by: Gazas
Never cared about going in fast in Uplift, the mission is pretty damn fun to play.


Agreed. I just like being in control and blowing everything up with the Lasers.
Rushing it just seems unsafe & unfun when you can just kill everything in sight from the get go.

  • 10.22.2009 4:18 AM PDT

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Posted by: Muzza777
EDIT: Pahat's time was 2:48 and I just got 2:48. It's going to be near impossible to get under 2:30

Is 2:34 close enough?

  • 10.22.2009 4:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: RC Master
Posted by: Muzza777
EDIT: Pahat's time was 2:48 and I just got 2:48. It's going to be near impossible to get under 2:30

Is 2:34 close enough?
That's 5 seconds too slow. What a noob.

  • 10.22.2009 4:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gazas
Posted by: RC Master
Posted by: Muzza777
EDIT: Pahat's time was 2:48 and I just got 2:48. It's going to be near impossible to get under 2:30

Is 2:34 close enough?
That's 5 seconds too slow. What a noob.

Lmao.


Also, it urks me that Bungie is okay with escort missions, but hates time limits. WTF is with that? I mean I like the scenery in Costal a lot, but the gameplay blows.

  • 10.22.2009 4:44 AM PDT

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IMO the time limit on The Maw was pretty annoying. Sure it was possible, but it got so repetitive getting right to the end only to time out several times over.
Where could a time limit fit in with ODST anyway? And isn't this the first attempt at a real escort mission in Halo? If not please jog my memory.

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Captain Keyes...

  • 10.22.2009 4:53 AM PDT

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Well I never had him die except in co-op when player 2 counted as a 2nd Keyes. I didn't even know he could die on solo.

  • 10.22.2009 4:54 AM PDT

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I can't really compare Coastal Highway to The Ark in any way except that they were both the toughest Mythic missions of their respective games.

With enough practice, The Ark is actually quite fun. The two toughest segments (the Ghost area and Rally Point Bravo), are rather simple if you come prepared. Really the choke point of the mission is the over all length which leaves more time to screw up. Thats it. Even with that, though, it's still my favorite mission in the game, and heck, Vince and I were able to do it on our first night of really trying on Multi-Mythic. I love The Ark.

As for Coastal Highway, it would have been a superb mission had the Oliphant (what the hell is an oliphant?!) been invincible just like the rest of the AI. Instead of being able to enjoy all the hard work they put into the surroundings of the mission, I'm stuck cursing at the damned girl and her alien pet for trying to plow through a blockade of Covenant vessels.

There seems to be WAY too much luck involved whereas The Ark is all about strategy and skill. In Coastal Highway, those things are good to have, but they'll only get you but so far.

It's amazing how one simple thing not only changed, but also completely ruined the dynamics of the mission.

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  • 10.22.2009 5:24 AM PDT

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Olifant is Afrikaans for Elephant I think. :-P
Otherwise I'm sure that there'll be a reliable method somewhere, there's only so much that luck can contribute. IMO it's got more to do with decision making than skill or luck. If you second guess yourself, hesitate or make the wrong decision you're dead.

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Posted by: MATCLAN
Well I never had him die except in co-op when player 2 counted as a 2nd Keyes. I didn't even know he could die on solo.
Really? When he dies, you get a death cam on him right away and Cortana says "No! Without the Captain, t.." *Last Checkpoint*


@Tyrant, completely agree, I will most likely never play this mission ever again on Mythic. To be honest, only one Skull ruins it all, and that's Iron. I have the skill to stay alive for the Iron skull to equal 0 but when Dare is there, you're screwed. I can understand Master Chief, he's a supersoldier so he had to protect Keyes but a normal soldier to protect an Oliphant from everything...no. I got to the tank, the damn tank that I finally deserved after so many fails and Dare dies for the first time in my runs. I start from the same checkpoint in frustration and I complete the mission with no deaths.

  • 10.22.2009 5:30 AM PDT

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What kills Dare the most for you Gazas? I'm just wondering if you're maybe having the same problems I had when I first tried.

  • 10.22.2009 5:33 AM PDT

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On a few practice runs, I was able to reach the tank as well. Like I said, if the Oliphant was invincible just like every other friendly AI ODST in the game, the mission would be fine, but having to protect Dare reminds me of that time we were trying to play Quad-Mythic on The Covenant and our fourth non-Mythic player kept trying to hijack on of the Banshees at the beginning one the mission...

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  • 10.22.2009 5:42 AM PDT

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I've just realised that we've been wrong to compare Coastal Highway with The Ark this whole time. As Tyrant says, they're only similar in that respectively they're the hardest mission in each game.
Rather I think that Coastal compares better with Cortana in that most people simply despise it whereas others find it bearable but nobody particularly likes the damn thing.

Also, before I forget, Mombasa Streets (B) is down on Mythic. Shamefully I only killed 5 enemies and gave the rest the slip.

  • 10.22.2009 5:55 AM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
I've just realised that we've been wrong to compare Coastal Highway with The Ark this whole time. As Tyrant says, they're only similar in that respectively they're the hardest mission in each game.
Rather I think that Coastal compares better with Cortana in that most people simply despise it whereas others find it bearable but nobody particularly likes the damn thing.

Also, before I forget, Mombasa Streets (B) is down on Mythic. Shamefully I only killed 5 enemies and gave the rest the slip.


I'd say CH compares more to Cortana in the sense of the randomness factor. But even with Cortana it can be controlled to an extent.

If you've seen my two walkthroughs for that mission, you know that it's pretty typical for me to draw the low card in the sense that I always seem to get the shotty-Elite Flood, the Sword Elites later on, the Brutes with Brute Shots and Maulers, and the inconvenient Ranged Flood. But someone who is skilled enough with Mythic, as demonstrated, can still manage. The only real varying factor there is how easy it will be for the player, over all.

It seems like the only real thing you can do in CH is ping-pong the Ghosts, Wraiths, and Banshees back and forth between you and the Oliphant which is ridiculous.

  • 10.22.2009 6:34 AM PDT

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Point taken. You do seem to get the worst luck in Cortana and I would also agree that CH is less to do with killing the enemies than it is to do with manipulating their AI which as stated doesn't always work.

Also for anyone who hasn't yet made it to the holding out part of CH: Keep an eye on Dare; she slugged a Fuel Rod into my back once, luckily Vergil had me shielded but if not I'd have died.

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Posted by: MATCLAN
What kills Dare the most for you Gazas? I'm just wondering if you're maybe having the same problems I had when I first tried.
Plasma. Loads and loads of plasma that should have been aimed at Buck but Buck didn't even shoot at them and they didn't even look at him.

Anyway, is anyone aware of the fact that I have also ALL night segments, including the one between Kikowani and Data Hive under my belt? Wished for being the first one completing it but of course Coastal Highway stops me while people who have all missions completed on Mythic are doing the night missions. lol.

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  • 10.22.2009 8:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
Point taken. You do seem to get the worst luck in Cortana and I would also agree that CH is less to do with killing the enemies than it is to do with manipulating their AI which as stated doesn't always work.



*shrugs*

At least it makes for a better walkthrough :-)

  • 10.22.2009 8:57 AM PDT
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Oh right, walkthrough...

Is that going to work well for CH?

  • 10.22.2009 9:13 AM PDT

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That's what I'm hoping to figure out. I'm hoping to include something useful aside from "tether the controller to your wrist".

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
That's what I'm hoping to figure out. I'm hoping to include something useful aside from "tether the controller to your wrist".


We will be able to breakdown each "section" of the highway. Approach each "section" in many different ways, and see which is the best way to approach each "section".

  • 10.22.2009 9:57 AM PDT

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We have a 7th conqueror! I just completed my run on Coastal Highway! :D

Here are links to all my runs. I have all but Uplift Reserve uploaded to my fileshare.

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

Its feels so nice to finally beat Coastal. I was a little worried when the chieftan dropped and my two carbines and plamsa pistol I had stashed disappeared so I was left with an empty plasma pistol and half a carbine clip. Didnt help that the brutes stayed back like they did for MoleN.

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  • 10.22.2009 9:57 AM PDT

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Congrats Trigg! :-)
Now that there are 7 conquerors I thought I'd inform Bungie by submitting it to the homepage. Not sure we'll be recognised but it's worth a go.

  • 10.22.2009 10:14 AM PDT

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Thanks MATCLAN.

So who's left in the race to make first 8th, 9th, and 10th? I know there's Lt Play Doh, Gazas, and DarkDEVASTATION.

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Thanks MATCLAN.

So who's left in the race to make first 8th, 9th, and 10th? I know there's Lt Play Doh, Gazas, and DarkDEVASTATION.


I'm not racing : )
I'll just beat it when I do. And wont be allowed on until tommorow anyway, so it won't be untill tommorow at least before I beat CH.

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I'll go for it on Saturday again when I finally have no tests anymore. Damn biology test tomorrow. Gimme a break.

  • 10.22.2009 11:54 AM PDT