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

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Having now watched the Anniversary Campaign discussion panel archive, I can elaborate further on what I said earlier about skulls:

- Confirmed skulls: Grunt funeral, Grunt birthday party, Malfunction, Boom.

- Skulls are now collectable from levels a la Halo 2/3 and are locked in the menu until you collect them.

- Chad Armstrong aka Shishka was responsible for hiding them and he's, as they've phrased it 'a very sadistic man', so expect skulls to range from very hard to find to stupidly obvious.

- Shishka hinted towards the old tricking spaces as potential hiding spots for skulls. The top of Silent Cartographer is strongly hinted and I'm thinking potential areas including the top of the tower at the end of 343 Guilty Spark for example.

- Skulls only appear in remastered mode. If you find one but swap back to classic it'll disappear from your display. It'll be there on your swap back however.

- And as Sanghelios and Tyrant would likely know, skulls like Mythic and Thunderstorm likely won't be returning.

And that's about it.

[Edited on 08.28.2011 8:34 AM PDT]

  • 08.28.2011 8:28 AM PDT

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Why would Tyrant and Sanghelios likely know?

  • 08.28.2011 1:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: Michael_Archer
Why would Tyrant and Sanghelios likely know?

Because they are both at PAX and likely went to all the panels.

  • 08.28.2011 4:32 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

Doing sometjhing as hard as long night sometimes gives me a stress level with that mission and I feel very uneasy and weird so I push it back and back. My question goes to mythic masters, when initially completing mythic In halO 3 did you have this stress.

  • 08.28.2011 5:22 PM PDT

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Oh definitely--to the point of panic attacks, especially with Sierra 117.

The best way to overcome it is to take a break, grab a soda or something and do something mindless on the internet (e.g. play a stupid flash game). When you come back, pretend that Long Night of Solace is the only thing standing between you and hot, sweaty sex.

It helps.

  • 08.28.2011 6:56 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

Thanks but really the stress leading up to the mission.

  • 08.28.2011 7:34 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)


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Posted by: AlpineFroggy
I kill everything before getting into the pelican gun. As a result it takes a while for the gun to fall off from lack of enimies to toss nades. Oh well can't do anything with this.

Aim at the floor with the gun
Fire a few times
Gun goes pretty quick



Thank you, thank you, thank you Stolen_Zombie!!! works so well.

  • 08.28.2011 7:38 PM PDT
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Pfft, Gazas, you're offtopic anyway :P
You're more offtopic for falsely accusing me for being offtopic. What do you even mean by that, do I talk more about other stuff than Mythic? You're the one who's talking about USBs and sockets and stuff...so stfu.

I'm less off topic talking about sockets than university ;)

Plus it goes without saying that you have our best wishes. Try to pack everything you can into your timetable: you only go to university once!
I will, thanks!

  • 08.29.2011 12:51 AM 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.

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YAY! Just did Tip of the Spear in 9:41. (stats)

C'mon Dark, you know you want the record back ;)

Tyrant 2 didn't go quite as well as it could have: ended up using the Wraith when I was really meaning to use the Rev, since the cliff-side Wraith didn't throw itself off. Though I did manage a much more interesting execution of Tyrant 1, and landed the Sword Elite Assassination at the Spire. So that was awesome :D

  • 08.29.2011 7:22 AM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

Contests RC!

  • 08.29.2011 10:24 AM PDT


Posted by: RC Master

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Why would Tyrant and Sanghelios likely know?

Because they are both at PAX and likely went to all the panels.


Thunderstorm will not be in, but the verdict was out on Mythic. I don't know if the panel video you watched included the Q&A session, but I got up and asked about the skulls. What I said was,

"I know you said that you didn't want to change the behavior of the AI with the skulls, such as what "Catch" does, but what about skulls that affect the attributes of enemies such as Mythic doubling health?"

To which Shishka said I was "on the right track." and included Thunderstorm as one of those that would NOT be available, as upgrading the enemy's rank inherently changes the AI for that enemy.

So, basically, Mythic difficulty will be a very different kind of beast in Anniversary. That said, his comment about being "on the right track" tells me that skulls like Mythic or Tilt that have no effect on the AI behavior are likely to be included.

Also, PAX/Halofest was AWESOME. Look for some sweet footage come Tyrant's Halo 3 Legendary Guide. ;)

EDIT: I've used Premier Pro and After Effects for school projects, and if (when) I have the spare cash I'll probably be picking up Adobe software and starting my own video work. I recommend it over Vegas (which I used before having access to Premier Pro) as it seems much more powerful as a tool, even if it seems to have a little steeper learning curve.

[Edited on 08.29.2011 2:07 PM PDT]

  • 08.29.2011 2:03 PM PDT

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That doesn't sound too bad! Mythic and Tilt were the least of our worries in the previous games.

  • 08.29.2011 5:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: RC Master
YAY! Just did Tip of the Spear in 9:41. (stats)

C'mon Dark, you know you want the record back ;)


Interesting tactic at Tyrant 1.

  • 08.29.2011 6:10 PM PDT
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Fun before Victory.

Keeping Tilt is a pretty good thing to hear. I don't know if it did it in the other Halo games, but Tilt affecting the player themselves and making that health last longer has been crucial in some runs for me on Reach.

  • 08.30.2011 6:46 AM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

Oops double post.

[Edited on 08.30.2011 10:52 AM PDT]

  • 08.30.2011 10:46 AM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

I think the skulls remaining might be the ones that dont directly affect the game play or iron, mythic, tilt, IWHBYD. Opening up slots for new ones. Or they might keep all of the old ones and create new ones to add or on a separate list.

  • 08.30.2011 10:50 AM PDT

Keep in mind that Tilt and Mythic were not confirmed, they just weren't denied and it seemed to me that, for Mythic at least, it was hinted that it would be in.

Also, Alpine, there's no such thing as skulls that don't directly affect gameplay. ;)

  • 08.30.2011 4:30 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)

Directly affecting the gameplay, to me is something that changes how the AI acts for instance the iron doesn't make the AI act any differently than normal. Then again directly affecting can different meaning to everybody so I'll stop there.

  • 08.30.2011 5:20 PM PDT

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The skulls that affect how the enemy behave are Catch, Tough Luck and IWHBYD. Everything else just affects their health and the world around them, but their actual BEHAVIOR is unchanged by those skulls.

  • 08.30.2011 6:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Michael_Archer
The skulls that affect how the enemy behave are Catch, Tough Luck and IWHBYD. Everything else just affects their health and the world around them, but their actual BEHAVIOR is unchanged by those skulls.

The funny thing is, Catch can actually benefit you.

  • 08.30.2011 6:12 PM PDT

How?

  • 08.30.2011 7:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ogbuehi
How?


Enemies sticking other enemies/themselves.
Happened to me on Pillar of Awesome; the Fuel Rod Elite at the very end stuck himself, raged at my hologram, leaving me open to an easy assassination.

  • 08.30.2011 8:04 PM PDT


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Posted by: Michael_Archer
The skulls that affect how the enemy behave are Catch, Tough Luck and IWHBYD. Everything else just affects their health and the world around them, but their actual BEHAVIOR is unchanged by those skulls.

The funny thing is, Catch can actually benefit you.


I can attest to this, and yes Michael, that is exactly the point I was trying to make. However, Thunderstorm is also on the list of behavior-altering skulls because it changes their rank, which in turn changes their behavior.

  • 08.30.2011 8:42 PM PDT

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My first video is up! http://www.youtube.com/nak3dhalo

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YAY! Just did Tip of the Spear in 9:41. (stats)


Downloaded.

  • 08.30.2011 8:44 PM PDT

Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror #11
ODST Mythic Conqueror #2
Reach Mythic Conqueror #2
Halo: CEA Mythic Conqueror #1
Halo 4 Mythic Conqueror #1

Posted by: Naked Eli
My first video is up! http://www.youtube.com/nak3dhalo

It's a semi-speedrun of Nightfall for the Weekly Challenge, includes a 2-for-1 on the goomba-things and some minor edits using Premiere. Very high quality video and audio, let me know what you think.

Very impressive indeed. I'd say that is the best first upload EVAR! ;)

[Edited on 08.30.2011 8:57 PM PDT]

  • 08.30.2011 8:57 PM PDT