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"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
-2 Timothy 4:7
Posted by: ZEROHAME
Just curious, has anyone thought to take a Rocket Launcher to the drop Ship section (juggling it with a DMR & Needle Rifle) and then giving it to one of the Marines? I've used the Marines on Exodus in the Warthog with the RL or FR and was able to take out the Wraiths, Brutes & other ground troops, and even the Chieftains pretty easily while driving the Hog since the AI always locks on. It works well against the Chieftains if you drive up the back steps before hitting the last turret switch so that they come out of the door into the hall and you then can have you hog's gunner and passenger take them out easily. This might be useful for those of us that can't seem to get the CR jump to the Mass Driver to work.
The only problem is, the Marines are on foot and not in a hog this time.
When on foot, they're easily killable. When you're in a Warthog, Marines are much easier to keep alive for obvious reasons. When they're by themselves, regardless of what weapon they hold, they're just meat. Remember, we're talking about LASO here, not Easy difficulty. They might be able to take out a few Brutes, but, it's not worthing juggling three weapons over. You'd have to juggle those three weapons ALL mission long just for a Marine AI to kill 2-3 Brutes maximum. It's ultimately not worth it.
I just used a DMR/NR on the platform, and it wasn't too bad. Once the NR ammo runs out, grab a PP, and the remaining enemies shouldn't give you too much of a hard time.