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Subject: Official Halo: Reach *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (LASO for all missions)

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Posted by: bobcast
Keep on posting.

*Posts*

Did TotS in 19 mins for the weekly. It's no RC speedrun but it's pretty darn fast.

Game stats.
Film.

  • 03.22.2011 7:11 AM PDT

Twenty-ninth Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror
Eleventh Halo 3: ODST Mythic Conqueror
Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror


Posted by: AuraSoldier313
Posted by: bobcast
Keep on posting.

*Posts*

Did TotS in 19 mins for the weekly. It's no RC speedrun but it's pretty darn fast.

Game stats.
Film.


*whistles* Wow. Nice job, Aura.

Same goes to you RC Master; I was impressed by the run you posted on HBO. I'm wondering: how many times did you die doing a sprint-jump onto the skip-zealot beams?

So I take it the fastest way to dispatch of the hunters is two unload the plasma cannons into them and them shoot at them with the chain 'hog until the barrel melts?

I read your writeup on High Speed Halo, but I still can't figure out how to get that falcon to help in the second AA battle. Care to elaborate?

I don't have the patience for speedruns; I barely had the patience for Mythic. Mythic plus the crazy unlucky deaths because of speedrunning? I don't think so.

Well...I don't know. Maybe some day. After my Inclement Weather.

Posted by: Ogbuehi
Thanks again to Tyrant's video, this weekly has been knocked out. Here's my adventure.

So my first run through the weekly, things are going perfect. Made it pretty much to the second covenant giant turret unscathed. Even splattered the elite right before the second turrent my first attempt at it.

I've taken out the second covenant turret, the wraith just disappeared (woohoo!!) and I'm working on the hunters. I noticed my helicopter ride is in a slightly different location than normal and the enemies are no longer attacking it. I didn't pay much attention to that and just used what seemed like a 1000 rounds from the revenant to destroy both hunters. There was also an elite chilling in the background just kind of hanging out as well but I said screw it, enough of the ground forces have been taken out and the elite's far away enough for me to take off safely.

I get to the chopper and I apparently need to flip it over. I jump into a turret and the helicopter never takes off. The elite in the background now comes running up to me and I blast at him but the damage hurts me as well and the chopper still isn't taking off!!! The elite is also not attacking but just standing right in front of my turret talking. I try to jump off but it won't let me and the background chatter continues like the game is making forward progress but we're just sitting on the ground.


Yeah, that happens quite a bit. The elite doesn't attack, because he hijacked the falcon. When that happens, the elite holsters his weapon for whatever reason. I try to make an effort to kill him before the falcon lands for this very reason.

If you wait a bit after the falcon is hijacked and Kat is with you, she'll jump in and fly the falcon. I don't know she'll take you though. If someone has the time to reproduce this, can you let us know?

  • 03.22.2011 9:25 AM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: RC Master
Heres a tip I learned from Deep NNN over at HBO:
Use the chain gun hog on the broken bridge to kill the second Tyrant gun. Its way quicker than the Revenant!


Thanks! Didn't even know it was possible to kill a Tyrant with the chain-hog :-)

  • 03.22.2011 9:45 AM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

Hey Guys,

I have a question for RC Master specifically, but maybe someone else can help.

I'm trying to clear Tip of the Spear using RC Master's speedrun video as a guide. I've made it through the entire mission in pieces, but haven't been able to do it in a single run yet.

In the video, when RC Master reaches the 2nd AA gun, he picks off the jackals from the cliff edge, then gets back into the Revenant and drives down and to the right. As he rounds the corner, the first Wraith has already fallen off the cliff.

Was this simply luck?

I've made it to the 2nd AA gun about a dozen times today, and each time I round that corner, the Wraith is sitting their waiting for me. I know it can be destroyed, but it sure gets in the way of a Speed Run attempt.

Any suggestions?

THanks!

  • 03.22.2011 12:34 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
Hey Guys,

I have a question for RC Master specifically, but maybe someone else can help.

I'm trying to clear Tip of the Spear using RC Master's speedrun video as a guide. I've made it through the entire mission in pieces, but haven't been able to do it in a single run yet.

In the video, when RC Master reaches the 2nd AA gun, he picks off the jackals from the cliff edge, then gets back into the Revenant and drives down and to the right. As he rounds the corner, the first Wraith has already fallen off the cliff.

Was this simply luck?

I've made it to the 2nd AA gun about a dozen times today, and each time I round that corner, the Wraith is sitting their waiting for me. I know it can be destroyed, but it sure gets in the way of a Speed Run attempt.

Any suggestions?

THanks!


In my Mythic guide, it gives you tips on how to cause both Wraiths to fall off the cliff ;-)

  • 03.22.2011 12:35 PM PDT


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
Hey Guys,

I have a question for RC Master specifically, but maybe someone else can help.

I'm trying to clear Tip of the Spear using RC Master's speedrun video as a guide. I've made it through the entire mission in pieces, but haven't been able to do it in a single run yet.

In the video, when RC Master reaches the 2nd AA gun, he picks off the jackals from the cliff edge, then gets back into the Revenant and drives down and to the right. As he rounds the corner, the first Wraith has already fallen off the cliff.

Was this simply luck?

I've made it to the 2nd AA gun about a dozen times today, and each time I round that corner, the Wraith is sitting their waiting for me. I know it can be destroyed, but it sure gets in the way of a Speed Run attempt.

Any suggestions?

THanks!


In my Mythic guide, it gives you tips on how to cause both Wraiths to fall off the cliff ;-)


Hey Tyrant!

I usually do use your techinque of moving back and forth between the 2 loading points, although I get mixed results. Sometimes I can only get 1 Wraith to fall, sometimes neither of them. As you said yourself, it's trickier without the hud :)

In RC Master's video, he just drives straight to the right without pausing at all. The Wraith simply isn't there.

  • 03.22.2011 12:39 PM PDT
Subject: Official Halo: Reach *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (LASO for all missions)

Finished the Fight!

I once called you crazy, Tyrant, for attempting to do what I thought was impossible with Reach Mythic. I've since eaten my words. I've yet to do a single unscathed speedrun, but one of these days...

EDIT: As for the Wraiths on ToTS, sometimes it's a toin coss: sometimes one of them will dissapear, sometimes both, and sometimes both will not become suicidal and stand their ground. I guess it all depends on how you trigger the checkpoints?



[Edited on 03.22.2011 12:43 PM PDT]

  • 03.22.2011 12:41 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

I wish I had known about using the chain hog. I saw it, but avoided using it because I saw the video using the revenant and figured that it must've been the quickest/best option to kill everything. I really hated using the revenant because you have to aim so high that you can't see the target so you don't know if your enemy moved or if you overshot him.

So I'm watching the video of LNOS and I'm trying to figure out how you actually get inside the turret of the Falcon?

  • 03.22.2011 12:54 PM PDT
Subject: Official Halo: Reach *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (LASO for all missions)

Proud member and Leader of Aberrant Designs

8th Mythic Conqueror of Reach and 7th Mythic Conqueror of ODST.

Doust thou wish to anger thine ROFLKNIEF?!?

Well that was a pretty sad fail. I was doing a mythic run on TotS for the weekly and to improve my lack luster time and got all the way to the zealot part. Unfortunately when I went into the room with the health pack, I didn't notice there was glass so when I threw my sticky it bounced off it and stuck me. :/

  • 03.22.2011 12:57 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

"Teabagging is for homos"

-Frankie

I found that on tip of the spear, if you use the chaingun warthog on the 2nd gun (the warthog that's sitting on the broken bridge), you can destroy the gun in like 4 seconds. It tripped me out when I first did it

  • 03.22.2011 1:01 PM PDT

Proud member and Leader of Aberrant Designs

8th Mythic Conqueror of Reach and 7th Mythic Conqueror of ODST.

Doust thou wish to anger thine ROFLKNIEF?!?

Posted by: Ogbuehi
So I'm watching the video of LNOS and I'm trying to figure out how you actually get inside the turret of the Falcon?


That's easy. On one side it will say UNSC and on the other it will say something like AX-137. You have to crouch walk into where the - is on between NS while holding the button that you use to get into vehicles.

  • 03.22.2011 1:01 PM PDT
Subject: Official Halo: Reach *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (LASO for all missions)

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: GhostRider1172
I once called you crazy, Tyrant, for attempting to do what I thought was impossible with Reach Mythic. I've since eaten my words. I've yet to do a single unscathed speedrun, but one of these days...

EDIT: As for the Wraiths on ToTS, sometimes it's a toin coss: sometimes one of them will dissapear, sometimes both, and sometimes both will not become suicidal and stand their ground. I guess it all depends on how you trigger the checkpoints?



Welcome back to the thread. Step up to the plate and take the Mythic challenge! :-)

  • 03.22.2011 1:24 PM PDT

Finished the Fight!


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: GhostRider1172
I once called you crazy, Tyrant, for attempting to do what I thought was impossible with Reach Mythic. I've since eaten my words. I've yet to do a single unscathed speedrun, but one of these days...

EDIT: As for the Wraiths on ToTS, sometimes it's a toin coss: sometimes one of them will dissapear, sometimes both, and sometimes both will not become suicidal and stand their ground. I guess it all depends on how you trigger the checkpoints?



Welcome back to the thread. Step up to the plate and take the Mythic challenge! :-)


Been taking them, but not pure Mythic (I try to pretend the Blind Skull doesn't exist...it shouldn't EXIST!). Only one I've done pure SLASO is Winter, and unfortunately none without getting killed more than a few times. :(

I'll study Solace now and attempt to do a run there...but all those Elites at the end will undoubtedly make that one a frikking nightmare.

  • 03.22.2011 1:31 PM PDT

Just completed my Tip of the Spear SLASO run! At 23 minutes, I wouldn't quite call it a speedrun, but I'm just glad I made it through :)

I had a near catastrophy jumping across the beams that skip the Zealot encounter.... I missed the girder I was aiming for, and landed on the level below. After a bit of looking around, I did manage to find a way back up :D

Saved film is in my Fileshare, and rendering now.

That makes 4 complete SLASO runs for me.... I'm on my way :)

  • 03.22.2011 1:53 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
Just completed my Tip of the Spear SLASO run! At 23 minutes, I wouldn't quite call it a speedrun, but I'm just glad I made it through :)

I had a near catastrophy jumping across the beams that skip the Zealot encounter.... I missed the girder I was aiming for, and landed on the level below. After a bit of looking around, I did manage to find a way back up :D

Saved film is in my Fileshare, and rendering now.

That makes 4 complete SLASO runs for me.... I'm on my way :)


Awesome job CL! Gratz on your fourth mission and a great time!

  • 03.22.2011 1:56 PM PDT


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
Just completed my Tip of the Spear SLASO run! At 23 minutes, I wouldn't quite call it a speedrun, but I'm just glad I made it through :)

I had a near catastrophy jumping across the beams that skip the Zealot encounter.... I missed the girder I was aiming for, and landed on the level below. After a bit of looking around, I did manage to find a way back up :D

Saved film is in my Fileshare, and rendering now.

That makes 4 complete SLASO runs for me.... I'm on my way :)


Awesome job CL! Gratz on your fourth mission and a great time!


Hey, it's all thanks to you and RC Master :) I would never have figured out how to get through it all without your guides!

I'll be posting my own guide on my site later this week, with links to both Tyrant's Guide and RC Master's vid as well.

  • 03.22.2011 2:01 PM PDT

Halo 3 (31st), ODST (14th) and Reach (4th) Mythic Conqueror. (Mythic is Solo, Legendary, All skulls on + scoring on and no deaths/saves).

Staff Writer and speedrun record holder at highspeedhalo.net

Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

I think people are trolling me on Youtube; they keep posting stuff like 'you don't need to use Blind you know'. And I'm like WTF? Check the timestamp! The video was posted weeks before the challenge came up!

And OMG, I'm trying to improve my run on TotS, but the method relies on securing a Wraith, and it keeps throwing itself off the cliff! RAAAGEE!!!!!

Posted by: AuraSoldier313
Did TotS in 19 mins for the weekly. It's no RC speedrun but it's pretty darn fast.

Game stats.
Film.

I saw this. Very professional. :)


Posted by: Michael_Archer
I'm wondering: how many times did you die doing a sprint-jump onto the skip-zealot beams?

Quite a few times overall. Mostly in practice. The amount of times I've failed there compared to other parts is minimal really.

So I take it the fastest way to dispatch of the hunters is two unload the plasma cannons into them and them shoot at them with the chain 'hog until the barrel melts?
Well... thats the fastest, safe, reliable way. A rocket hog would probably be faster, but you'd have to fight through BXR of course.

A Wraith is faster, but its obscenely difficult to acquire one ordinarily, and the one you COULD hijack often decides to just throw itself off the cliff!

Now, there is another way to take them out quick, and that involves ramming them with the Revenant. But, thats completely insane, and you should never try that.

I read your writeup on High Speed Halo, but I still can't figure out how to get that falcon to help in the second AA battle. Care to elaborate?
Glad someone reads it!

Its a combination of luck and speed. A couple of Falcons fly in to the area to serve as targets for the AA gun, if you take out the AA gun super quick, then sometimes the Falcon might return the favour and shoot at the covies in the area.

  • 03.22.2011 2:07 PM PDT
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it seems like every time you turn the corner and have one grunt, i get to the same point and i get 5 grunts and an elite, or you get a ghost and i get a wraith wtf

  • 03.22.2011 2:14 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: ATG144
it seems like every time you turn the corner and have one grunt, i get to the same point and i get 5 grunts and an elite, or you get a ghost and i get a wraith wtf


There are only two Wraiths in the mission (outside the Falcon ride of course) :-)

  • 03.22.2011 2:19 PM PDT

Halo 3 (31st), ODST (14th) and Reach (4th) Mythic Conqueror. (Mythic is Solo, Legendary, All skulls on + scoring on and no deaths/saves).

Staff Writer and speedrun record holder at highspeedhalo.net

Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!


Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
In the video, when RC Master reaches the 2nd AA gun, he picks off the jackals from the cliff edge, then gets back into the Revenant and drives down and to the right. As he rounds the corner, the first Wraith has already fallen off the cliff.

Was this simply luck?

Yes. It only looks intentional because I'd planned to either go for the Wraith (hence the PP in my pocket) or go straight for the gun in the revenant.

Sometimes, it'll throw itself off the cliff immediately as it loads, and it spawns in just after the area loads. There is nothing (that I know of) that you can do to either encourage or stop this behaviour. I haven't had luck with the corner peaking thing trying to get the other one to throw itself off.

When I watched Aura's vid today, it looked like he was trying to do that, but when I watched what the Wraith was doing, it looked like it just got pushed off by the Pelican's main gun so, IDK.

I've made it to the 2nd AA gun about a dozen times today, and each time I round that corner, the Wraith is sitting their waiting for me.
Oh I wish I had your luck today!

Expect it to be there, and expect to have to destroy it with your rev. You could theoretically use the Chain gun Hog, or you could go back for the Ghost (uber pain).


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: ATG144
it seems like every time you turn the corner and have one grunt, i get to the same point and i get 5 grunts and an elite, or you get a ghost and i get a wraith wtf


There are only two Wraiths in the mission (outside the Falcon ride of course) :-)

Not true. After the first AA gun is destroyed, a Phantom comes in and drops one.

[Edited on 03.22.2011 2:27 PM PDT]

  • 03.22.2011 2:26 PM PDT

nice mythic is boss

  • 03.22.2011 2:30 PM PDT


Posted by: RC Master
I think people are trolling me on Youtube; they keep posting stuff like 'you don't need to use Blind you know'. And I'm like WTF? Check the timestamp! The video was posted weeks before the challenge came up!

And OMG, I'm trying to improve my run on TotS, but the method relies on securing a Wraith, and it keeps throwing itself off the cliff! RAAAGEE!!!!!



I get the same comments on my guides too :)

I also managed to grab a Wraith during one of my attempts earlier today, and it made the entire 2nd AA gun encounter go much faster. However, I didn't have much luck hijacking the wraith consistantly.

By the way, not sure if you saw my earlier post, but I did make it through without dying today in 23 minutes thanks to a combination of your speedrun vid and Tyrant's guide. So, thanks!

  • 03.22.2011 2:45 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: RC Master

Posted by: CruelLEGACEY
In the video, when RC Master reaches the 2nd AA gun, he picks off the jackals from the cliff edge, then gets back into the Revenant and drives down and to the right. As he rounds the corner, the first Wraith has already fallen off the cliff.

Was this simply luck?

Yes. It only looks intentional because I'd planned to either go for the Wraith (hence the PP in my pocket) or go straight for the gun in the revenant.

Sometimes, it'll throw itself off the cliff immediately as it loads, and it spawns in just after the area loads. There is nothing (that I know of) that you can do to either encourage or stop this behaviour. I haven't had luck with the corner peaking thing trying to get the other one to throw itself off.

When I watched Aura's vid today, it looked like he was trying to do that, but when I watched what the Wraith was doing, it looked like it just got pushed off by the Pelican's main gun so, IDK.

I've made it to the 2nd AA gun about a dozen times today, and each time I round that corner, the Wraith is sitting their waiting for me.
Oh I wish I had your luck today!

Expect it to be there, and expect to have to destroy it with your rev. You could theoretically use the Chain gun Hog, or you could go back for the Ghost (uber pain).


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: ATG144
it seems like every time you turn the corner and have one grunt, i get to the same point and i get 5 grunts and an elite, or you get a ghost and i get a wraith wtf


There are only two Wraiths in the mission (outside the Falcon ride of course) :-)

Not true. After the first AA gun is destroyed, a Phantom comes in and drops one.


Ah true. I guess I forgot about that one since I never have to deal with it :-P

  • 03.22.2011 2:57 PM PDT

Twenty-ninth Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror
Eleventh Halo 3: ODST Mythic Conqueror
Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror


Posted by: RC Master
I think people are trolling me on Youtube; they keep posting stuff like 'you don't need to use Blind you know'. And I'm like WTF? Check the timestamp! The video was posted weeks before the challenge came up!


It's actually cute, when you think about it. Their young minds are probably unable to comprehend the horror that is Mythic difficulty. I bet you also get comments like, "ummm u dont actualy hav 2 do it in 1 run...u can save"

I'm thinking about telling Louis Wu about my Exodus run. RC Master, you said the record was twenty-six minutes? In that case, I'm the world record holder for time on Exodus.

If that doesn't get me front page HBO, I don't know what will. Never mind, it's probably too late now and you'll probably best my run within the next five minutes.

  • 03.22.2011 7:52 PM PDT