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Subject: Firefight is Retarded!

i was playing solo normal on security zone for 133 mins, and towards the end of the set they dropped a bunch of flying bugs.

catch, tough luck, and tilt were on. i had already used all my smg and pistol ammo from the crates at the base. all i had was a splazer and a bunch of plasma rifles and needlers.

the bugs were IMPOSSIBLE to kill! i even made a break for it to a sniper rifle and they deflected those bullets too! 3 shots with a sniper is too much to kill one freaking bug! i ended up having to go all the way to the far side of the map for more sniper ammo,

and i killed a few more bugs only to have reinforcements sent where they dropped 2 more wraiths and a bunch of brutes with fuel rod cannons and others with camo and fire grenades.

under wraith fire, fuel rod fire, bug fire. and catch skull induced fire grenades i tried to make it back to the base whilst trying to kill them with my sniper. needless to say i didn't even make it half way back.

oh did i mention that was on my last life? game over 133 mins in and 193000 something points. 2 hours of my life wasted and i didn't even get the achievement!

I'm going to definitely take a long break from solo firefight.

  • 05.27.2010 10:55 PM PDT

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You don't know how to use the weapons properly. If Tilt turns on, throw away the SMG for a plasma Pistol. Pick it back up for the bugs. /advice

  • 05.28.2010 7:10 AM PDT
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  • 05.28.2010 7:23 AM PDT

i know i should have been using a plasma pistol, but there wasn't any anywhere, for some reason when the 2nd to last reinforcements dropped a bunch of the weapons i had stockpiled at the base disappeared.(as well as all the dead bodies)

like i said all i had was a plasma rifle and needlers. both of which are very hard to use at a great distance. and if i ran out to engage them at a closer distance they swarmed me bringing my stamina low. i was scared to die because i was so close to the achievement, and i had no health packs left.

that's another thing that bothers me, if you are standing near a health pack whilst under enemy fire. if your stamina gets low enough to turn the screen red, not even hurting your health at all, you use the whole health pack! there was so many times that i was running away from plasma grenades only to find that i wasted one of my important health packs.

  • 05.28.2010 7:26 AM PDT

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so wait. Do you want general firefight advice from me or just that map because of the 200K?

Because to me it seems like you really don't know much about efficient weapon use...

1. Never pick one of the UNSC Power weapons up if you're not going to use it straight away! If you go get them to stack them at your spawn point, they will vanish sometime!

2. Always hold a Pistol. I mostly carry a rocket launcher and a pistol. Or I stick to the original spawning weapons. SMG and Pistol. That way I won't have to rush for the SMG whenever bugs appear. The brutes are easily dealt with, despite only having pistol and rockets. Just get close enough, dodge their melee and assassinate. End. And make sure to headshot their grunts before!

3. Bugs. SMG or Shotgun. End of story.

4. As soon as tilt is on, get rid of your smg. It's completely useless against the brutes and it's too good to waste on grunts and jackals. Save it for the buggers.

5. If you do this all right, you should never have ammo problems. (Until Famine turns on.)

  • 05.28.2010 8:18 AM PDT