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

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Well, the way I see it is that on the odd occasion he's going to shoot something he might as well cause some damage. *shrugs*
Otherwise it's not like it really matters.


i wouldn`t give him the RL as what if he shoots you instead


Always a possibilty, but I typically have more problems becoming the victim of grenade spam rather than a stray rocket ;-)


Amen to that. If you thought Grunts were bad... heh. Let me introduce you to the marines. Suddenly it seems like a very good idea that they were kept out of Firefight considering how often Catch activates.

  • 11.09.2009 9:00 AM PDT
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Well at least it affects the enemy too. Can't count the times I've been relieved from hearing like two Brutes roar because of a Grunt's grenade. So fun.

"Here's one for yo mama! *Boom* Woaaahahahaaa!"

[Edited on 11.09.2009 9:12 AM PST]

  • 11.09.2009 9:11 AM PDT

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lol. I love it when Grunts are so hasty to stick you that they tag a Brute or each other instead.
*insert random Grunt quote here*

[Edited on 11.09.2009 9:15 AM PST]

  • 11.09.2009 9:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
lol. I love it when Grunts are so hasty to stick you that they tag a Brute or each other instead.
*insert random Grunt quote here*

Oh yeah, the grunts are SOO bad at that in ODST. Always sticking it to their own faces because they're too near a railing or low wall.

  • 11.11.2009 8:12 AM PDT

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Meh, they were much better at it in Halo 3; Crow's Nest in particular.
How's the night segemnts going? You only need one more iirc.

  • 11.11.2009 9:20 AM PDT
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Personally got them all but they're easy enough for me not to even mention them. I'll give the last segment, but that's it.

  • 11.11.2009 1:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: Gazas
Personally got them all but they're easy enough for me not to even mention them. I'll give the last segment, but that's it.


I know you have lol. We were in the lobby together sharing videos of the last bit, remember?

Currently I'm just cursing the inability to record clips in Campaign. Think of how useful Mombasa Streets would be for furthering along the guide by providing small clips detailing efficient ways of dealing with each of the main enemy classes in the game. Hunters and War Chieftains in particular.

  • 11.12.2009 1:47 PM PDT
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Yeah, there has to be a way to make it work. For Bungie I mean, not trying to find any glitches. :P

  • 11.14.2009 7:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: Gazas
Yeah, there has to be a way to make it work. For Bungie I mean, not trying to find any glitches. :P


They said something in this week's update about there maybe being a way to render ODST videos by next week. Not a guarantee though.

Also, me and Tyrant were doing some experimenting with a certain mission last night and let's just say that the difficulty ranking list needs to be changed again. But I'm not saying any more about that for now.

  • 11.15.2009 5:35 AM PDT

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Is the difficulty being changed because of the ghost or forcing that one enemy not to spawn?

PS, did you ever figure out why and how they dont show up?

  • 11.15.2009 7:44 AM PDT

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Posted by: CBTrigg
Is the difficulty being changed because of the ghost or forcing that one enemy not to spawn?

PS, did you ever figure out why and how they dont show up?


Both. Sorta. The no-show enemies do actually show, but despawn if you don't immediatly engage them.

  • 11.15.2009 7:53 AM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
Meh, they were much better at it in Halo 3; Crow's Nest in particular.
How's the night segemnts going? You only need one more iirc.

Haven't been playing ODST in a few weeks. Bought some new games and have been playing those. I'll get back to it soon enough.

  • 11.15.2009 7:59 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,
The Tyrant

Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: CBTrigg
Is the difficulty being changed because of the ghost or forcing that one enemy not to spawn?

PS, did you ever figure out why and how they dont show up?


Both. Sorta. The no-show enemies do actually show, but despawn if you don't immediatly engage them.


It doesn't seem to always be consistant, though usually at least one tends to disappear. Usually I rocket the other. But yes, thanks to this little method I'm now 6/8 and will be starting Data Hive soon. Now I want to find all the audio logs. I'm at 21/30

  • 11.15.2009 3:52 PM PDT
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What are you talking about, which mission?

  • 11.15.2009 4:48 PM 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,
The Tyrant

Update on NMPD HQ. I was doing some experimenting with 8 skulls switched on and managed to rush the level in roughly 12 minutes. Basically, I was able to gun it past everything. I'm going to try it on full blown Mythic after I get all the audio logs.

  • 11.15.2009 8:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
Basically, I was able to gun it past everything. I'm going to try it on full blown Mythic after I get all the audio logs.


...again. :-(

  • 11.16.2009 12:03 AM PDT

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Best Regards,
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Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: Tyrant122312
Basically, I was able to gun it past everything. I'm going to try it on full blown Mythic after I get all the audio logs.


...again. :-(


Got em :-)

  • 11.16.2009 5:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: Tyrant122312
Posted by: MATCLAN
Posted by: Tyrant122312
Basically, I was able to gun it past everything. I'm going to try it on full blown Mythic after I get all the audio logs.


...again. :-(


Got em :-)


Good job, I'm glad you remembered where some of the less noticable ones were hidden.
We should go gangsta in Mombasa Streets again sometime, it was great fun IMO, but next time turn scoring on. I'm sure we'd have had a pretty huge score.

  • 11.16.2009 8:50 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,
The Tyrant

Posted by: MATCLAN
Good job, I'm glad you remembered where some of the less noticable ones were hidden.


Ha. Funny story. When we were running the streets, I wasn't really paying much attention. I figured you knew were you were going and didn't think I would need to repeat it. So when it came time for me to do them on my own, it was like starting from scratch (though I had already found 8 of them prior).

Even so, I'd be lying if I said it was anything less than a total blast. I had great fun picking up the Superintendant's subtle hints, and was able to keep track of where I had been and where I hadn't visited yet.

It did take me the better part of the day, but again, it was tons of fun. I don't regret doing it twice, and I had even more fun when doing it co-op style. So thanks for joining me :-)


We should go gangsta in Mombasa Streets again sometime, it was great fun IMO, but next time turn scoring on. I'm sure we'd have had a pretty huge score.

I agree. The game was meant for co-op and I had a blast the other night. Let's see if we can get two more players to join us too. We can do the entire campaign 8 skulls on Legendary, find the audio-logs again (to give us an actual objective in the streets), and have some real fun. And of course switch on scoring :-)

[Edited on 11.16.2009 9:55 AM PST]

  • 11.16.2009 9:54 AM PDT

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Agreed. We'll probably have to wait for MW2 to run its course before finding more players though.
Also I think the good part about co-op resetting the audio logs is that with the lights and sounds it brings New Mombasa to life again and adds to the feeling of being hastily deserted.

Hopefully I won't have to stay up until 6am next time though, I thoroughly enjoyed it and managed to not yawn much the next day but it's gotta be unhealthy to switch sleep cycles too frequently. :-P

[Edited on 11.16.2009 10:14 AM PST]

  • 11.16.2009 10:12 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,
The Tyrant

10 minutes on the dot for NMPD HQ on Mythic. So yes, the speedy way apparently works with all skulls on too :-)

  • 11.16.2009 7:51 PM PDT
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Haha, hopefully I'll be back soon too, MW2 has so made me addicted.

Cool thing about being able to render clips in ODST now, I knew Bungie could find a way, as I posted earlier. Heh. Too bad I don't have any points. I don't even have Pro. But it would be fun to show off some scenes in my 9 hour Firefight run. I wonder if it's still in the top 3...

  • 11.17.2009 3:09 AM PDT

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Yeah, I'm trading my buddy my ODST for MW2 today for about a week. But you'd better believe when I get it back, Mythic on Tayari Plaza is mine! "i pwnz all teh grntz x broots"

  • 11.17.2009 3:57 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,
The Tyrant

Did NMPD HQ again. This time I was able to rush it to the end even faster! But for some reason the last battle took a few seconds longer? Meh. Anyway, I finished up with well over 300,000 points. And being that this is the third time I've done it, I think it's pretty safe to say it works.

I uploaded it to my file share and am having the video rendered now. It appears that the "10 minute cap" has been removed.

Because of this new method, I believe this mission can now be ranked as second easiest, but I'll let you guys be the judge. You know me and how I like to "break" Halo :-)

  • 11.17.2009 5:13 AM PDT

Well done guys! Nice to see you're all still tackling Mythic. Will I see another guide for ODST on the front page, like SLASO, Tyrant?

: )

  • 11.17.2009 6:17 AM PDT