- Mattken_034
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With Halo: Reach coming up fast, lots of people are making it their mission to snag as many achievements as possible/their last few remaining achievements(As I myself am doing). As you've probably guessed judging by the title, I'm having particular trouble getting the "Alas, poor Yorick" achievement. For those who don't know the requirements, you must get 3 oddball melee kills on a legendary map(I've also heard that mythic maps also work).
I've looked at the gametype appearance rates for playlists and the list of maps for said playlists at http://www.bungie.net/online/playlists.aspx. In every playlist I've checked, oddball is ALWAYS labeled "Skipped after veto" AND usually has the lowest percentage chance of appearing. For those who don't know "skipped after veto" means that if the first gametype and map combination chosen for a match is vetoed, any gametype tagged with "skipped after veto" is guarunteed to NOT appear as the next gametype for that match.
All that having been said, this weekend's double exp playlist gave me new hope for getting previously mentioned achievement. Hope that was shattered violently after playing said playlist all last night as I prayed dearly for an oddball match on any of the required maps for the achievement I've been actively attempting to acquire all week. Being tagged as "skipped after veto" essentially sets it in stone that if oddball is not selected as the first gametype for a match, it shan't be selected at all. That alone makes oddball an extremely hard gametype to come across, coupled with its low apperance percentage, and the fact that just about everyone likes to veto at the first sign of oddball...this achievement is close to, if not entirely impossible to attain.
As such, I've had an idea. Not one I expect to see much progress with, but an idea's an idea. I believe that for Halo 3's final double exp weekend before Halo: Reach launches, Bungie should attempt to invent some type of playlist that possibly creates ideal conditions for players to gain achievements in. Specifically around some of the harder to get achievements, and ones that don't appear often enough(like Alas, poor Yorick). Examples of such gametypes could include: Spartan laser default weapons in a free for all King of the Hill match(Two for one), Shotgun only matches on Citadel(Pull), Hammers on Assembly(Hammer Time), Swords on Heretic(Blades of Fury), and several other useful gametype and map combinations ideal for getting certain achievements out of the way.
Yes, this post is really long. I don't blame anyone who doesn't read the full thing(considering how lazy a majority of the worlds population is these days). But with luck, maybe something will be done to help myself and others to get those last few achievements out of the way before Reach hits.