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Subject: My Guide to help you get "Vidmaster: Endure"

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Thanks for the guide! Me and my team were 4 kills away from unlocking this achievement but our excitement got the better of us. It is true that you need to listen to your teammates for this to happen. Set 4 - Round 3 - Wave 5. :(

  • 09.25.2009 5:02 AM PDT

I know you said that you couldnt put it in your fileshare, but where is the video cmj?

can you give me a possible link, so I can see how it's done?

  • 09.25.2009 6:43 AM PDT

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Great guide, I will try it out and see how it works for me and my team mates. Thanks.

  • 09.25.2009 6:44 AM PDT
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OK i watched the bonus round video you posted and it works, if we have rockets... most of the time we had already used our rockets on hunters, Brute Chiefs etc. so you mentioned the pistol and grunt birthday party being the first way you did it... mind posting a video showing how to do that

  • 09.25.2009 7:06 AM PDT

i need 3 people to do vidmaster endure with me. i'll be on all day (september 25th) add me if you want to play
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  • 09.25.2009 7:07 AM PDT
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If anyone wants to do this acheivement, I need to. I'll do it with you any time... just add me - Enjoi The Kill. Also send a message with your friend request, so I know why you're adding me.

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  • 09.25.2009 8:08 AM PDT

Posted by: Reachtard
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Posted by: xNOTxMLGxJayson
Hey, I find the brute plasma rifle to be more effective then that of the plasma pistol, only because you have to charge the pistol, although that only really takes less then a second, I still find it better to have the brute plasma rifle instead, because somtimes the brutes may dogde the pistol shot, but since the plasma rilfe is more of a spray and pray weapon, If you miss one shot you can still follow up with another 20 in a couple of seconds, and I find that it takes out shields just about as fast as you would with the plasma pistol.
Yea I feel its a matter of preference, if you can't find a Plasma Pistol, look for a brute plasma rifle. Both are very effective. I prefer the Plasma Pistol since one overcharged shot (no matter the round) will drain brute shields (no matter how buffed up they maybe).

  • 09.25.2009 8:10 AM PDT

Posted by: Reachtard
Did someone call for me?

Posted by: UrbanExpulsion
OK i watched the bonus round video you posted and it works, if we have rockets... most of the time we had already used our rockets on hunters, Brute Chiefs etc. so you mentioned the pistol and grunt birthday party being the first way you did it... mind posting a video showing how to do that
I cannot post a video of my first killionaire and that's simply due to the fact that the endure session is just too long to fit in my file share.

I think what happened was since grunts are 'grenade happy' during the bonus round, that with the 'grunt birthday skull' on, it set off those grenades, for a super combo!

I might go back and take a pic of when my screen read "88,000"+ points. It was wicked. The guys i helped a few days ago can back me up on that!

  • 09.25.2009 8:15 AM PDT

~party like a ROCK STAR!!!~

Thank you sooo much for the awesome guide~~!!!! it really helped!
unfortunately....we got to set 4 round 3 wave 4, and one of our teamates stuck another by accident! and...it went downhill from there....but it was an awesome game, and we're certain we can get it this weekend! =)

  • 09.25.2009 9:14 AM PDT

*Sips tea*

Or...

Instead of cheating the Bonus Round system, you could have a good challenge and do it legitimately...

Whatever. All you Recon-Obsessed Achievement Whores can use this system and get what you want. Then you can go brag to all your 10 year old friends that you now have Recon and all the Vidmasters. Congrats.

Meanwhile, those of us who actually wanted to get a fun and exciting experience from this achievement did just that. We did it legitimatley, and it was fun as hell. Yeah it was hard, but what in life isn't hard?

If you want to take the easy way out and just get your pretty little picture and armor, go ahead and do it this way. But if you want to feel like you earned it, do it legit.

Best of luck to everyone who attempts this WITHOUT using this system.

  • 09.25.2009 9:29 AM PDT

Posted by: Reachtard
Did someone call for me?

Posted by: Time Glitch
Or...

Instead of cheating the Bonus Round system, you could have a good challenge and do it legitimately...

Whatever. All you Recon-Obsessed Achievement Whores can use this system and get what you want. Then you can go brag to all your 10 year old friends that you now have Recon and all the Vidmasters. Congrats.

Meanwhile, those of us who actually wanted to get a fun and exciting experience from this achievement did just that. We did it legitimatley, and it was fun as hell. Yeah it was hard, but what in life isn't hard?

If you want to take the easy way out and just get your pretty little picture and armor, go ahead and do it this way. But if you want to feel like you earned it, do it legit.

Best of luck to everyone who attempts this WITHOUT using this system.
Nowhere do I say this is EASY (I say its the easiest, but i never say easy). Endure is still difficult to do. I feel that some people need a 'direction' so they don't feel so overwhelmed by this acheivement that it feels impossible. Even people who are better at this game then me have praised this strategy guide and enjoy implementing it to maximize a high score.

Also, I don't 'cheat' the bonus round like you imply. I take advantage of the fact that the enemy spawns in a closed off room. Killing the enemy before they move causes a better chance at a high killbonus and tons of points. If you wish to do it legitimately, do it. I'm offering an easy 4lives though.

I appreciate your criticism, but realize that I haven't once forced anyone to 'take the easy way out'. I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game. Im one of many generals that break this stereotype, look around.

To everyone that has supported this guide, I greatly appreciate it and will continue answering PM's and questions. My apologies though, as I will be out of town this weekend.

  • 09.25.2009 9:45 AM PDT
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Nice guide but I think lost platoon was a lot easier.

  • 09.25.2009 9:48 AM PDT
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Time... why post that when nobody cares what you think, and thanks for the guide man.

  • 09.25.2009 10:11 AM PDT

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Excellent guide. We followed it and got past the 4th set with 17 extra lives and 700,000 points. We just ended up stopping the game to get our Recon. But we could have easily keep going. Now all of my friends are asking me to help them with this.

  • 09.25.2009 10:12 AM PDT

*Sips tea*

Posted by: mastercmj2003
Posted by: Time Glitch
Or...

Instead of cheating the Bonus Round system, you could have a good challenge and do it legitimately...

Whatever. All you Recon-Obsessed Achievement Whores can use this system and get what you want. Then you can go brag to all your 10 year old friends that you now have Recon and all the Vidmasters. Congrats.

Meanwhile, those of us who actually wanted to get a fun and exciting experience from this achievement did just that. We did it legitimatley, and it was fun as hell. Yeah it was hard, but what in life isn't hard?

If you want to take the easy way out and just get your pretty little picture and armor, go ahead and do it this way. But if you want to feel like you earned it, do it legit.

Best of luck to everyone who attempts this WITHOUT using this system.
Nowhere do I say this is EASY (I say its the easiest, but i never say easy). Endure is still difficult to do. I feel that some people need a 'direction' so they don't feel so overwhelmed by this acheivement that it feels impossible. Even people who are better at this game then me have praised this strategy guide and enjoy implementing it to maximize a high score.

Also, I don't 'cheat' the bonus round like you imply. I take advantage of the fact that the enemy spawns in a closed off room. Killing the enemy before they move causes a better chance at a high killbonus and tons of points. If you wish to do it legitimately, do it. I'm offering an easy 4lives though.

I appreciate your criticism, but realize that I haven't once forced anyone to 'take the easy way out'. I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game. Im one of many generals that break this stereotype, look around.

To everyone that has supported this guide, I greatly appreciate it and will continue answering PM's and questions. My apologies though, as I will be out of town this weekend.


Well, I'm thinking that if you have THIRTY-FIVE lives at your disposal, this achievement would be about 35x easier.

And yes, spawn camping the enemy is cheating, especially when doing so gets you a rediculously high score, awarding you an amount of lives that you should not have been able to reasonably get.

They're called Achievements for a reason. If you can't get it, then you get better and eventually get to the point where you can. You achieve something. With this helpful little loophole, I'd imagine pretty much anyone with a few brain cells a pair of thumbs could get this achievement.

And I never said you forced anyone to do anything. But what you did was glorify a loophole in a game that made one of the hardest achievements in the game easily doable.

I'd like to quote you really quickly, though.

I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game.

Thats why people GET BETTER AT THE GAME. You're just enabling people, essentially. Giving them an *ackhem* "easy way out".

So please stop trying to defend yourself. I don't actually have much of a problem with you. I have a problem with people who would use this guide at all. But I shouldn't, I guess. They're really only cheating themselves.

I actually don't mean to offend anyone here, especially you considering you're actually an intelligent human being. But, I'm just a little irked that all of a sudden this achievement no longer carries any weight with it, and is no longer actually an achievement. Makes me a little sad inside, like when the IWHBYD skull was discovered through hacking.

Yup, people will do anything for their precious achievements.

  • 09.25.2009 10:13 AM PDT

*Sips tea*

Posted by: UrbanExpulsion
Time... why post that when nobody cares what you think, and thanks for the guide man.


What an original insult!

Why...I'm so taken aback! I must respond with my own witty retort!





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  • 09.25.2009 10:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: Time Glitch
Posted by: mastercmj2003
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Or...

Instead of cheating the Bonus Round system, you could have a good challenge and do it legitimately...

Whatever. All you Recon-Obsessed Achievement Whores can use this system and get what you want. Then you can go brag to all your 10 year old friends that you now have Recon and all the Vidmasters. Congrats.

Meanwhile, those of us who actually wanted to get a fun and exciting experience from this achievement did just that. We did it legitimatley, and it was fun as hell. Yeah it was hard, but what in life isn't hard?

If you want to take the easy way out and just get your pretty little picture and armor, go ahead and do it this way. But if you want to feel like you earned it, do it legit.

Best of luck to everyone who attempts this WITHOUT using this system.
Nowhere do I say this is EASY (I say its the easiest, but i never say easy). Endure is still difficult to do. I feel that some people need a 'direction' so they don't feel so overwhelmed by this acheivement that it feels impossible. Even people who are better at this game then me have praised this strategy guide and enjoy implementing it to maximize a high score.

Also, I don't 'cheat' the bonus round like you imply. I take advantage of the fact that the enemy spawns in a closed off room. Killing the enemy before they move causes a better chance at a high killbonus and tons of points. If you wish to do it legitimately, do it. I'm offering an easy 4lives though.

I appreciate your criticism, but realize that I haven't once forced anyone to 'take the easy way out'. I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game. Im one of many generals that break this stereotype, look around.

To everyone that has supported this guide, I greatly appreciate it and will continue answering PM's and questions. My apologies though, as I will be out of town this weekend.


Well, I'm thinking that if you have THIRTY-FIVE lives at your disposal, this achievement would be about 35x easier.

And yes, spawn camping the enemy is cheating, especially when doing so gets you a rediculously high score, awarding you an amount of lives that you should not have been able to reasonably get.

They're called Achievements for a reason. If you can't get it, then you get better and eventually get to the point where you can. You achieve something. With this helpful little loophole, I'd imagine pretty much anyone with a few brain cells a pair of thumbs could get this achievement.

And I never said you forced anyone to do anything. But what you did was glorify a loophole in a game that made one of the hardest achievements in the game easily doable.

I'd like to quote you really quickly, though.

I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game.

Thats why people GET BETTER AT THE GAME. You're just enabling people, essentially. Giving them an *ackhem* "easy way out".

So please stop trying to defend yourself. I don't actually have much of a problem with you. I have a problem with people who would use this guide at all. But I shouldn't, I guess. They're really only cheating themselves.

I actually don't mean to offend anyone here, especially you considering you're actually an intelligent human being. But, I'm just a little irked that all of a sudden this achievement no longer carries any weight with it, and is no longer actually an achievement. Makes me a little sad inside, like when the IWHBYD skull was discovered through hacking.

Yup, people will do anything for their precious achievements.

Hows spawn camping the enemy cheating. I don't see it, sorry.

Everyone preaches haw spawn camping on Standoff is a legitimate strategy. So what, now is it not in firefight.

Thank you to the OP, your tips are greatly appreciated by many. Sad that some have to spoil it.



[Edited on 09.25.2009 10:28 AM PDT]

  • 09.25.2009 10:28 AM PDT

For this strategy, does anyone have any other tips for brutes with fuel rod cannons and for hunters?
Those two units are all that is unholy when you do this strategy.
I tried the plasma pistol trick on the fuel rod guys, but you just can't pull it off when they're reefing shots at you. And the space is so enclosed it's hard to kite hunters...
So any help would be awesome...

  • 09.25.2009 10:34 AM PDT

*Sips tea*

Posted by: xxxXnoodleXxxx
For this strategy, does anyone have any other tips for brutes with fuel rod cannons and for hunters?
Those two units are all that is unholy when you do this strategy.
I tried the plasma pistol trick on the fuel rod guys, but you just can't pull it off when they're reefing shots at you. And the space is so enclosed it's hard to kite hunters...
So any help would be awesome...


Wait for the Fuel Rod Cannon Brutes to reload, then hit them with a quick overcharge shot. Make sure you have an Auto-MAG guy ready to headshot him quickly. If you're dealing with a Fuel Rod Chieftain, same strategy, but have everyone who has an Auto-MAG unload on his head.

Hunters are tricky. If you want to quickly get them closer to you, get close to them, and have them keep meleeing forward until they get to your group. If you don't care, just wait for them to slowly advance on your position. Once you have one, have one of your guys nab the shotgun and unload into its back. It's been the best way to kill Hunters since Halo 1 =)

  • 09.25.2009 10:40 AM PDT

*Sips tea*

Posted by: Dorwrath
Hows spawn camping the enemy cheating. I don't see it, sorry.

Everyone preaches haw spawn camping on Standoff is a legitimate strategy. So what, now is it not in firefight.

Thank you to the OP, your tips are greatly appreciated by many. Sad that some have to spoil it.



Sad that some are going to use it.

  • 09.25.2009 10:42 AM PDT

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Time Glitch I'm sorry that all these people are getting this achievement should we just stop getting it with this strategy to make you happier? because we all would be so glad to do that

  • 09.25.2009 10:47 AM PDT

Posted by: mastercmj2003
I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game. Im one of many generals that break this stereotype, look around.


Oh thank you mister high and mighty general. We other halo players are not worthy of your general status. To think we would have to suffer with our own stupidity because only smart and good people are generals. Seriously now dude, who the hell do you think you are!?!? You have no right to say who good and who isn't good at halo or "super -blam!- general god" as you put it. Just because you probably got a 50 in swat where its shoot first or die doesn't mean you're better than the rest of us. Your guide alone is like you're talking to everyone like they're watching a little kid's show. Honestly everything you said in that guide is basic stuff that everyone already knows. Here's my favorite part of your "guide".

Second: WORK AS A TEAM! Communicate, don't do anything too bold.

Really... you're kidding right. That's what you do in any co-op game like Horde mode in GoW2, and Survival Mode in L4d. That's like a golden rule of all co-op games...oh wait I forgot you're a general and I'm not. I forgot that's why you're talking over everyone here.

Have one person from each side switch their SMG for a Plasma Pistol (is he for real?).

What now? You're using the plasma pistol to take out their shields like its always been used for in every Halo game? I had no idea that's what it was used for, once again thank you mighty general. We should build a statue in your honor. I was thinking a silver statue with gold writing on the bottom.

MasterCMJ2003: Biggest Jack@$$ on the Halo 3 ODST Forums.

PS: Nice job cheating your way out of that bonus round. Got any more tips for us? Like how to customize our armor? I mean I know not being a general makes it hard to switch armor pieces and than to color them!?!? That's a whole new ball game. Or maybe a guide on how to be a Egotistical Prick just because I got a Level 50 guide. Before I wrap this up in a bow let me just say something to everyone else here...some actual advice.

Neither this guy or myself have any right to give all of you advice. Just play ODST the way it was meant to be played, with 3 of your friends tearing it up on xbox live. If you get the achievement that's awesome, if you don't thats fine too. At least you're having fun with your friends either way.


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Posted by: mastercmj2003
I felt it necessary though to help others because I realize that everyone isn't a 'super general god' at this game. Im one of many generals that break this stereotype, look around.


Oh thank you mister high and mighty general. We other halo players are not worthy of your general status. To think we would have to suffer with our own stupidity because only smart and good people are generals. Seriously now dude, who the hell do you think you are!?!? You have no right to say who good and who isn't good at halo or "super -blam!- general god" as you put it. Just because you probably got a 50 in swat where its shoot first or die doesn't mean you're better than the rest of us. Your guide alone is like you're talking to everyone like they're watching a little kid's show. Honestly everything you said in that guide is basic stuff that everyone already knows. Here's my favorite part of your "guide".

Second: WORK AS A TEAM! Communicate, don't do anything too bold.

Really... you're kidding right. That's what you do in any co-op game like Horde mode in GoW2, and Survival Mode in L4d. That's like a golden rule of all co-op games...oh wait I forgot you're a general and I'm not. I forgot that's why you're talking over everyone here.

Have one person from each side switch their SMG for a Plasma Pistol (is he for real?).

What now? You're using the plasma pistol to take out their shields like its always been used for in every Halo game? I had no idea that's what it was used for, once again thank you mighty general. We should build a statue in your honor. I was thinking a silver statue with gold writing on the bottom.

MasterCMJ2003: Biggest Jack@$$ on the Halo 3 ODST Forums.

PS: Nice job cheating your way out of that bonus round. Got any more tips for us? Like how to customize our armor? I mean I know not being a general makes it hard to switch armor pieces and than to color them!?!? That's a whole new ball game. Or maybe a guide on how to be a Egotistical Prick just because I got a Level 50 guide. Before I wrap this up in a bow let me just say something to everyone else here...some actual advice.

Neither this guy or myself have any right to give all of you advice. Just play ODST the way it was meant to be played, with 3 of your friends tearing it up on xbox live. If you get the achievement that's awesome, if you don't thats fine too. At least you're having fun with your friends either way.




Btw notice that he says he is one of the ones who breaks that stereotype...
that means he's trying not to be a complete jackass about being a general.
And also if you don't like the guide. Don't use it. You don't have to post about it really...


[Edited on 09.25.2009 11:02 AM PDT]

  • 09.25.2009 10:53 AM PDT