- Grumpy1
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Posted by: Super PolarBear
Do we have any proof or hope that SLASO can actually be conquered? Like has any serious, hardcore H2 gamer even come close?For new guys here, SLASO means 'Single (player) Legendary All Skulls On'. It means you activate all the skulls in any order and once activated, start from Cairo and beat the game. I will add that all players should try SLASO at least once, just to know what it feels like to be instantly annihilated.
Before anyone pops off with 'oh yeah, I did that once, wasn't that hard' let me say that the guy who beat H3 Mythic (version of SLASO) could not finish H2 SLASO nor could anyone else in his community of awesome players. Nobody has ever proved (document) beating H2 SLASO.
My opinion is that nobody will ever do it, and it may be as close to impossible as it gets. The negative skulls are overwhelming, even the fun skulls are a nightmare and each of the negative skulls lend to each other and are therefore more overwhelming as a group. A negative skull is one that makes it more difficult to survive.
Why it might never be done:
1. Blind; you will not have a reticule nor see how many nades you have and well, no HUD whatsoever.
2. Sputnik; may sound innocent but nades will come at you from all directions because of Catch and there will be no cover. Imagine the Cairo hanger.
3. Black Eye; purely evil. With the Mythic skull on and in Legendary you must melee for survival because your Shields will not regenerate without it.
4. Assassins; all AI are cloaked (nuff said).
5. Mythic; even Grunts are tough to kill. The n00b combo is virtually useless in the Cairo hanger, not enough ammo can be hauled in.
5. Armory skull; AI always look in your direction so even cloaking will not help you.
6. Catch; Grunts and Brutes toss nades at you like rain and never stop.
7. Angry; all AI shoot at a faster pace.
8. Famine; you have less ammo in every weapon.
9. Ghost; if you do manage to get up to an Elite for a melee, when you whack 'em they will not get spun around, they will keep facing you and they all have swords.
10. Thunderstorm; not a terrible skull because Elites cannot shoot longer range because they're holding a sword but forget ever meleeing a Legendary, Mythic Elite who always knows where you are.
No, I don't think it will ever be done.
Imagine you are in the Cairo hanger. You enter and face a constant barrage of nades (Catch) and all box covers are blown away (Sputnik), you've got less ammo (Famine), enemies are firing at a faster pace (Angry), they're all perma-cloaked (Assassins), they always know where you are (Armory) and now you need to go down and melee for your health (Black Eye) and they are all beyond Legendary (Mythic).
For myself, in 6 months of trying (once upon a time) I managed to beat Outskirts and QZ but only by running, going off-level and I never fired a shot and it took gobs of deaths. Pitiful
[Edited on 11.24.2010 2:02 PM PST]