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Subject: Hardest section of campaign?
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For those of you that have tried legendary, or perhaps even heroic you have probably reached some sections of the game which were really difficult and frustrating, and took a lot of attempts to get on to the next checkpoint.

What do you think the hardest moment was for you?

For me personally it's Gravemind, 2 parts in particular: when the level first starts, and the Brutes come out of the doors, and eventually out of a circlular lift at the far end of the room. Considering how little carbine ammo you manage to obtain, I found this section very tedious, often having to plasma rifle things to death from above.

The second is when you drop down the long grav lift, and appear behind 2 brutes (this is the section where you free the marines). I always run the section before this and dive down the lift, which causes 2 brutes to chase you down the lift, leaving 4 brutes at this top section.

I usually regret this decision, but once I get the checkpoint I can't change my mind without restarting the level. I did this level yesterday, and this section probably took 10+ attempts just to get passed.

  • 11.21.2009 12:43 PM PDT

the whole of the first level and some of quarantine zone and yeah, gravemind

  • 11.21.2009 2:29 PM PDT
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Cairo station on legendary. Elite ultras kicked my ass soo many times. That mission was the hardest for me on legendary. Plasma pistol was my best friend on that mission.

  • 11.21.2009 2:30 PM PDT
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For me, it would be Sniper alley in Outskirts, along with Sniper center in Metropolis, and the underwater building in Regret, those areas have a ridiculous amount of Jackel Snipers that always manage to kill me.

I will say, that the Prison area in Gravemind is also frustrating to a degree, depending on the random covie spawns in that area, but the rest of the level is doable, even the first open area with the four snipers is not that bad.

  • 11.21.2009 2:46 PM PDT

CS - both hangers

OS - sniper alley

  • 11.21.2009 2:55 PM PDT

Posted by: JB 199
Cairo station on legendary. Elite ultras kicked my ass soo many times. That mission was the hardest for me on legendary. Plasma pistol was my best friend on that mission.
Finally, someone who agrees with me! Did you by any chance find the last level the easiest?

  • 11.21.2009 3:16 PM PDT
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Cairo station on legendary. Elite ultras kicked my ass soo many times. That mission was the hardest for me on legendary. Plasma pistol was my best friend on that mission.
Finally, someone who agrees with me! Did you by any chance find the last level the easiest?


Yeah it was pretty easy. It was a breeze.

  • 11.21.2009 3:57 PM PDT

Meow?

Outskirts, Sniper Alley or the part where the 2 Ultra's drop with a Zealot and then the Hunters come like a minute later...Oh the painfull memories.

[Edited on 11.21.2009 4:15 PM PST]

  • 11.21.2009 4:14 PM PDT

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I agree with that if you say that it is easy without counting that you have to kill Tartarus!

  • 11.21.2009 4:24 PM PDT
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This was tough. If you follow a Grunt into one of the doorways, you'll get a chance to take a breather and kill the Brutes (with needler). The Grunt you're looking for is on your left (if I remember right). The grav lift part is a hit or miss thing. Sometimes the Brutes notice you. If that's the case, you're pretty much effed. If not, simply turn left and run. You'll land on the lowest level. (Depending,) You'll be able to set up from there with barricades etc.

  • 11.21.2009 7:01 PM PDT
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This was tough. If you follow a Grunt into one of the doorways, you'll get a chance to take a breather and kill the Brutes (with needler). The Grunt you're looking for is on your left (if I remember right). The grav lift part is a hit or miss thing. Sometimes the Brutes notice you. If that's the case, you're pretty much effed. If not, simply turn left and run. You'll land on the lowest level. (Depending,) You'll be able to set up from there with barricades etc.


That's what I ended up doing for the first waves, until I secured a carbine. Then jumped up to the top and from there it's not too bad, usually. Depends whether the brutes that come out of the doors spawn on your side or the other, took a few repeats until they went where I wanted them to. :P

I'd done the game on legendary before, but it was so long ago, I'd forgotten how much of a challenge it is. Really enjoying it, shame I've nearly finished. I found the assassin's skull (by chance, while taking more interesting routes), and did 2 levels with cloaked enemies from there. That was pretty intense at times. (The part of that level with the sniping jacks overlooking the 2 hunters took a looong time).

  • 11.21.2009 7:47 PM PDT

I always had issues remembering where snipers were throughout the game. Stupid things were always a pain. I could get through most anything, then the snipers always seemed to kill me. The levels with the flood were also a pain in the butt.

  • 11.22.2009 10:27 PM PDT

Cairo Station on Legendary is pretty hard stuff.

Those Elite Ultra's are just too badass!

=)

  • 11.23.2009 4:04 AM PDT

-The underwater sanctuary of Regret. Getting the Marines through most of it is really hard, and they always die at the end no matter what. Crazy sniper action required, even against drones.

-The first Flood rush in the QZ gondola. Having a single Elite survive is almost impossible.

-Getting to the second group of Marines in Gravemind. The 3 must survive. I need to clear the gravlift droppers with the brute blade, get lucky when the Brute comes down, all while hoping that the Marines don't die in the cross-level fire. The group on the upper level is even more annoying, since getting their attention quickly means death.

-The end of Blitzkrieg bridge. I'm trapped between two fires with just an FRG and need to clear a group of spec-op Elites, grunts and hunters without recharging to survive. Thankfully the marine quintet can handle the drones.

-Actually killing everyone during the Assault on the Second Control Room. Two spectres to be killed at the bottom, and then the banshees start flowing from the top. Requires perfect accuracy, or I'll be overwhelmed, and I never have perfect enough accuracy, so I'll have to go spectres->turret->wraith.


  • 11.23.2009 1:31 PM PDT

Definately quarantine zone on legendary. I had a lot of trouble getting past that lol

  • 11.23.2009 1:59 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

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Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Man Cairo Station was brutal.

  • 11.23.2009 2:47 PM PDT
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I don't find any one part particularly hard anymore, but I do remember the first time I played legendary that on the first level I had the most amount of retries.

  • 11.23.2009 9:42 PM PDT

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Cairo Station's hangar.

Stupid Elite Ultras. =/

  • 11.23.2009 11:23 PM PDT
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Cairo Station's hangar.

Stupid Elite Ultras. =/


My friend use the plasma pistol, it is your best friend against the ultra elites.

  • 11.24.2009 12:16 AM PDT

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Definately quarantine zone on legendary. I had a lot of trouble getting past that lol


Probably the easiest one for me, I dont remember if it is the first or the second part of the level but I remember that those two were the easiest ones!

My main tatic in Halo 2 was giving the sniper to marines they had the same aim as jackels. I remember being on one gondola on Delta Halo a hear, drones on the left and when I looked there was no body there and I used 10 in sensability!

  • 11.24.2009 6:58 AM PDT
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cairo station because of the hangar areas

metropolis-final scarab attack(where you board it)

great journey-last battle

heretic(first flood level as arbitor)when you kill the heretic leader

  • 11.24.2009 12:44 PM PDT

Ich will halo reach spielen.

ciro station evean grunts kill me

  • 11.24.2009 1:07 PM PDT
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For me it really depends on if I have any skulls going. If sputnik is active it can make life alot easier in what were normally tougher spots. The reverse is exactly true for other spots, harder with sputnik on. On average, skulls or no, I find the flood levels a much bigger pain in the arse. The floods melee in this version is alot more wicked, the popcorn flood are not as easy to dispatch in swarms (since they do not follow as in CE, where you could back up and melee them in droves......POP POP POP POP POP with one melee). Thunderstorm makes all the covie levels tougher, but does not affect flood in any way. If grunt birthday party, catch and sputnik are active, well, the whole game becomes pretty much one chain length explosion (I did not mean that to sound like a bad thing!)

All in all, that elevator ride down with the flood drives me bonkers, especially with sputnik and on legendary. There are a few spots you can jump off, down a bit and let the elevator do its thing while you hide, but its a biotch to get the jumps right and the flood end up finding you anyway. I hate that part of the level, no if's and's or but's.

  • 11.24.2009 2:12 PM PDT

"I am a timeless chorus; join your voice with mine, and sing victory everlasting."
—Gravemind.

Cairo Station is hardest to play on legendary

  • 11.24.2009 3:12 PM PDT
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Cairo is definitely a -blam!- at some parts, I found the part right after Gunny dies, and the second hangar the hardest.

Regret is a pain in the ass during the underwater segment,and killing the prick.

The Oracle was just all around awful, mainly because the Flood in Halo 2 are little ridiculous. Not to mention the boss fight...

  • 11.24.2009 3:27 PM PDT

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