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Subject: Seasoned Veterans Guide to Vidmaster Challenge: Endure (Firefight)

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A TRUCK...
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--on another note, I think MLG Chewhatever is an idiot.

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Update to the OP should be coming soon, to include new strategies and roles, explaining in detail what we did to reach 4.3 Million, and how we became the #1 Firefight Legendary 4 player Co-Op team.


Of the games that actually make it to B.net, Jacen. Anything higher than 5+million is likely to get dumped. I've had it happen 3 times in the past week.

~B.B.


Yeah what's the deal with that, I've seen quite a few 5 Mil+ scores floating around, but why are some people claiming their scores aren't showing up?


My guess is that the Campaign technology used from Halo 3's campaign wasn't built to record stats for sessions taking 5+ hours. What makes it worse is that you can very well see your high score attached to your in-game ODST record (mine is currently 6 Million) but on B.net, the highest game that is recorded for me is 3.8 Million or something like that.

I think the problem is that campaign missions in Halo 3 very rarely ever lasted more than 2 hours. But now, we have Firefight games (built on the same tech) that are going for 2, 3, or 4 times that time frame. I don't think that the system can keep up with all that information.

Which, if you look at the guy that did 10M Solo, it's only tracking his stats, as compared to 4 people. I'd guess that only having 1 person makes it easier on the system/database/servers which makes it more likely that the games will show up on B.net.

I'm not saying that your 4.2 Million Legendary run isn't a great achievement, it's just hard to gauge where everyone really is at because I've lost quite a few games myself, and they are all the high scoring ones.

So while it's fun to think that I'm #7 in total Firefight points, it makes me wonder if I'd be higher or lower if all my game showed up, and all of everyone elses.

~B.B.

  • 10.06.2009 8:07 AM PDT

Posted by: Reachtard
Did someone call for me?

Hmmmm, that's a good point. Do you think though that the system has a hard time keeping track of games because of
a) a long period of time
b) too many points

I ask because our 4.3mil run took 3 hours, and was fine. I feel If we made it to 5mil, it would have taken under 4hrs, and hopefully still have been recorded.

  • 10.06.2009 8:26 AM PDT

Get over yourself - drink vodka!

PAT2K9, did this help?

I'd like to get past hat 5 million/4 hour mark and see what happens. If it's glitch it should be consistent, not sporadic. Even though it seems that way now, I'm seeing as many high scores uploaded as those claiming to have not. I'm not disbelieving those players, but we simply need more data before we jump to conclusions.

  • 10.06.2009 9:47 PM PDT
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I need help with the Endure Achievement. Add GT Ds LLLusion. Its three L's.

  • 10.07.2009 7:31 AM PDT
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Mess With The Best Die Like The Rest

Im pretty new to bnet but i have spent my time in the Halo 3 MM and realized how great this game would be if there we more helpful people such as yourself. i would say im nowhere near your guys skill but im not horrible with the Splaser. Hope to improve myself and at some point be as good as you. By the way excellent guide. will be trying this when i can find some others to do this with

  • 10.09.2009 7:24 AM PDT
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someone help vidmaster endure

endure is the last achievement i need in ODST. the hardest part is geting 4 people with the commitment to get it. my gammer tag is MIZZRO. if theres anyone out there just like me please help.

  • 10.10.2009 1:35 PM PDT
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making a team to get endure as well message me if you want to join, you got to be good thou, my gamertag is OnehitK0ed.

  • 10.11.2009 4:30 PM PDT
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Up next...Gangsta rap!

I have a quick question. Can I get Endure if it is me playing with one guest and 2 of my xbox live friends? Or does it have to be 4 separte accounts?

  • 10.11.2009 5:38 PM PDT
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I have a question. Why would anyone pay 60 dollars for this piece of trash? It is nothing more than an expansion and isn't worth anymore than 30 dollars. I'm glad I only rented it, because the campaign is weak, and firefight is extremely overrated and boring. You should all do yourselves a favor and go trade ODST in for a copy of Unreal Tournament 3, its a far more enjoyable game, but youll have to get used to not having halos unnecessary amount of auto aim.

  • 10.11.2009 5:42 PM PDT

andrewex21 and javi2507 are up for it so add us well be on when ever

  • 10.11.2009 9:27 PM PDT

hey i am up for it, add me my tag is imca13b and send me a message with a time and we can get a couple others and make this happen!!

  • 10.12.2009 1:11 AM PDT

Member of the First Accounters group. A group for people still on their first accounts.

Lost Platoon is by far the easiest map for endure

  • 10.13.2009 2:24 PM PDT
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Lord of the Rings.

Hey man. I plan on doing this on legendary next weekend. Alpha Site is just too time consuming. I already have the vidmaster, but am going for a high score. I was just wondering if you could help me solve a few problems, since it seems you guys did quite well.

My first problem is how do you kill choppers after tilt (and later Mythic) are on? It seems incredibly hard, and when I approach the phantom planding area to splatter them I end up getting ripped up by turrets. Also, on the note of choppers in general, should I just drive everywhere or camp in one spot (probably near the bonus round drop off on the hill).

My second problem is fuelrod cieftains. Should I just sit back and plant chopper rounds in them, or try something else?

And last problem, I cant seem to kill wraiths one shot. Where exactly do I need to aim to kill (I know it is near the driver but I cant seem to find the hotspot). And if I run out of laser, how do I (or my team-mates) kill the beast?

I appreciate nay answers you can give me. Thanks for your time (and hopefully your help). I will message you if we do get a highscore, so you know what the highest skull is unlocked at.

  • 10.18.2009 1:11 PM PDT
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I need some help on what we did wrong...Me and 3 friends tried for this, but all 3 had to leave so they left on their XBOXes. I tried to protect them, but they ended up using up all of our lives. I went around for the first 3 sets completely alone, dying maybe twice total, and then emailing a friend to get back on and finish the wave. This worked as far as set 4, round 3, wave 5, 2 enemies left when one of us got disconnected as I was going for the last Chieftan and Grunt in 1 splatter.

Do you know of a way, other then having all people there, to make the game go quicker?

  • 10.19.2009 2:49 AM PDT
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The aim sight for wraiths is right under the gunner, preferably head-on. If you don't kill the wraith, and are out of lasers, snipe the gunner, get on the wraith, and melee the heck out of it.

If you're near the end of a set, ignore it and kill the ground units...the wraiths will explode at the end of a set.

[Edited on 10.19.2009 5:52 AM PDT]

  • 10.19.2009 2:55 AM PDT

hey if anybody has some time now to do endure plz add me, Gt: Whitneyoaks11 oh and good guide!

  • 11.08.2009 8:44 AM PDT

If you fail on your first attempt, try cheating

Posted by: TimmyRiggins534
I need some help on what we did wrong...Me and 3 friends tried for this, but all 3 had to leave so they left on their XBOXes. I tried to protect them, but they ended up using up all of our lives. I went around for the first 3 sets completely alone, dying maybe twice total, and then emailing a friend to get back on and finish the wave. This worked as far as set 4, round 3, wave 5, 2 enemies left when one of us got disconnected as I was going for the last Chieftan and Grunt in 1 splatter.

Do you know of a way, other then having all people there, to make the game go quicker?

Playing on Alpha site is known to be quicker, less laggy, and easier to survive. As long as no one charges into the middle, no one really dies, I finished it with 36 lives left, and one of my friends was AFK for the entire 3rd set

  • 11.30.2009 1:34 AM PDT

I live on that one house, on that one street you know?

I was just about to unlock Endure, but our Last Man tried to SMG beat-down and got beat down by 1 single brute, whom was the last thing to before we got the achievement.

  • 12.21.2009 6:10 AM PDT

Yo i need three ppl to help get the achievements Endure and Deja Vu.

If you wanna help it is VERY IMPORTANT that you have the following...

-At least 2 or more hours of playing time.
-A good connection
-And just dont suck

I am sick of ppl quitting and lagging out when i am about to get the achievement!

So if you wanna help just send me a friend request on xbox live.

gt: xNu bl00dx

(also make sure you have a mic that works)

:)

  • 12.26.2009 7:33 AM PDT
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My real Gtag is: (The Sacramentum) or (DoctorG26)
Generation 26: The first time you see this, add it to your sig, but add 1 to the number. Call it a social experiment.

hey good guide.
I dont have live but me and my friends system link so I know what i'm doing. Normally we put our sniper right above the splazer room, and a guy behind him w/ smg and fuel rod gun. Then im in the pit next to the splazer room and our last guy is on a chopper directly out from the splazer room in the "courtyard." I lazer the wraiths and emp the choppers. At the end of the 5th set on Heoric we had like 20 choppers in the "backyard garage," behind the splazer stairs and in the normal spawning garage.

For buggers we would all go to the garage and all jump on choppers w/ one person in the hog turret. Then we'd all shoot the doorway. Same with blackeye. Heres a rundown of our weps
Me(lazerer and chopper collecter)-Smg & pp/splazer for wraiths
sniper guard/ infantry support- smg & fuelrod/brute shot
sniper/overwatch(intel)-sniper/beam rifle & automag(he likes it)
Chopper guy/infantry-bpr & grav hammer

It works good for us. Gunna try it on legendary next weekend also :)

  • 12.31.2009 12:06 PM PDT
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well done, me and my friends were going for Endure, and we got to the 4th set, 3rd round, last wave, and we had 3 dead, then the only one left was my friend, and another brute was still left, there was one brute, no shields, we had it, then one of the dudes lagged out, i was so -blam!- pissed. can anyone help me... plz

  • 01.03.2010 7:02 PM PDT

The next person to assume I am talking about ranked, do us all a favor and look at what I play!

Excellent work, although I got my endure on windward in the spawn room. We each held up in a different roomlet and watched a different side.

  • 01.03.2010 9:35 PM PDT

You Got Powelled.

Hey I see you already have recon but my friends are shocking on ODST, do you think You Me and Some of your friends can do it together? Im good I swear. Just give me a Pistol and I will work the magic :) Message me on Xbox (Gamertag: Powelled)

  • 01.04.2010 1:00 PM PDT