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Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* Step by Step for Halo: Reach! (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)
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  • 10.17.2010 10:04 AM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

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Posted by: AuraSoldier313
Posted by: Vincent K
Ugh. Got killed by a dual-wielding Zealot who wouldn't cooperate. The odd thing is that one of the other Zealots threw a grenade in the room twice, which knocked over pretty much everything I was using to hide myself while sending out Holograms.

Those duel-wielders are a nasty bunch they are. The thing I hate most about them though is the lag in their melee animations.

E.g. I hit one, he melees, I've been hit but I've bactracked at the same time yet I get the hit 'effect' as I'm backing away from him after he's already done meleeing.

It gets so irritating some times thinking that you're safe only to die when you've gotten out of his range.


Do the Zealots in that level charge you? In LNOS, the dual wielding ultra at the end likes to get really close. He can strip your shields in literally under a second while he's charging you. It puts him in a perfect position to insta-kill melee you.

Vincent, what do you mean, "wouldn't cooperate?"

  • 10.17.2010 10:25 AM PDT

yeah kick ass! go for it dude. i'll be making the run too. i already has a monument to all my sins so i should be prepared. but to you rookies out there, solo legendary isn't a walk in the park, expect to die, alot. your greatest weapon is patience, plus sneakyness. all skulls is jus gonna make it a helluva lot harder, but i know its possible.

  • 10.17.2010 10:41 AM PDT
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I don't know if anyone has tried this before, but I just found the easiest way ever to kill the Elite on top of the Spire on TotS. First, you fly a Banshee up there, land it on the Spire, lure the Elite out, and then lure him into the Banshee. Then, he'll just fly in circles not hurting anybody. I'm going to try this a few more times, to perfect it, and then hopefully finally finish TotS :D

[Edited on 10.17.2010 11:02 AM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 11:02 AM PDT


Posted by: bjb yo
I don't know if anyone has tried this before, but I just found the easiest way ever to kill the Elite on top of the Spire on TotS. First, you fly a Banshee up there, land it on the Spire, lure the Elite out, and then lure him into the Banshee. Then, he'll just fly in circles not hurting anybody. I'm going to try this a few more times, to perfect it, and then hopefully finally finish TotS :D


Awesome! But do you still need to kill him before you can hit the switch?

  • 10.17.2010 11:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: bjb yo
I don't know if anyone has tried this before, but I just found the easiest way ever to kill the Elite on top of the Spire on TotS. First, you fly a Banshee up there, land it on the Spire, lure the Elite out, and then lure him into the Banshee. Then, he'll just fly in circles not hurting anybody. I'm going to try this a few more times, to perfect it, and then hopefully finally finish TotS :D


Awesome! But do you still need to kill him before you can hit the switch?

Nope, he's as good as dead :D

  • 10.17.2010 11:42 AM PDT
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Huh...that's pretty weird.

  • 10.17.2010 12:22 PM PDT

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Well, TotS appears to be extremely easy. In 2 runs I've made it all the way to the end.

On my last run, I killed all the grunts, and I tricked the elite into falling off, but just as he did, my jetpacked gave out and I fell to my death. No fun.

However, I did discover something. I appear to have found a way to make the Wraiths despawn on the second AA gun. I'm trying to perfect this strategy, and then I'll share it once ive got it all worked out.

  • 10.17.2010 12:49 PM PDT

That night fall video done in 5 minutes...how the heck does he do it? When i get to about 1:10, there isnt one grunt that doesnt fire at you, I get atleast 6 grunts and 2 elites shooting me like crazy. And when I do somehow barely get past them, after I kill the grunt on turret, an elite always kills me as im running towards the grunt and jackal.

And im only doing legendary while he did mythic. >_>

  • 10.17.2010 12:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: bjb yo
I don't know if anyone has tried this before, but I just found the easiest way ever to kill the Elite on top of the Spire on TotS. First, you fly a Banshee up there, land it on the Spire, lure the Elite out, and then lure him into the Banshee. Then, he'll just fly in circles not hurting anybody. I'm going to try this a few more times, to perfect it, and then hopefully finally finish TotS :D

Thats funny. I'm not sure the effort to Hijack a banshee is worth it compared to just PPing him.


Posted by: SHADOWSTRIKE10
[..]my jetpacked gave out and I fell to my death. No fun.
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It should be recharging on the way down, giving you a little something to slow your decent. No?


Posted by: Soratu 117
That night fall video done in 5 minutes...how the heck does he do it? When i get to about 1:10, there isnt one grunt that doesnt fire at you, I get atleast 6 grunts and 2 elites shooting me like crazy. And when I do somehow barely get past them, after I kill the grunt on turret, an elite always kills me as im running towards the grunt and jackal.

And im only doing legendary while he did mythic. >_>

Mine or Tyrants? If the bit I think you mean, you simply have to save your sprint and gun it to the stairs. there is a healthpack in there if you really want/need it. Then you just let it recharge on your way up the stairs, and sprint to the Gueta area.

  • 10.17.2010 1:10 PM PDT


Posted by: Michael_Archer
Vincent, what do you mean, "wouldn't cooperate?"


He had no interest in looking for me or coming after the Holograms. Hell, even the sound of gunfire didn't peak his curiosity.

  • 10.17.2010 1:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Vincent K

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Vincent, what do you mean, "wouldn't cooperate?"


He had no interest in looking for me or coming after the Holograms. Hell, even the sound of gunfire didn't peak his curiosity.


Elite ADD perhaps?

  • 10.17.2010 2:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: Vincent K

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Vincent, what do you mean, "wouldn't cooperate?"


He had no interest in looking for me or coming after the Holograms. Hell, even the sound of gunfire didn't peak his curiosity.


That sucks. If you found him, you could have shot him; he might have not moved.

  • 10.17.2010 3:00 PM PDT

Why can't I beat Mostly at Night. WTF is this, the enemies are shooting at me way more than usual.

  • 10.17.2010 3:19 PM PDT

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Mostly at Night?

  • 10.17.2010 3:20 PM PDT

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  • 10.17.2010 3:26 PM PDT


Posted by: TheOneHawk
Why can't I beat Mostly at Night. WTF is this, the enemies are shooting at me way more than usual.


wut

  • 10.17.2010 3:28 PM PDT


Posted by: Michael_Archer

Posted by: Vincent K

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Vincent, what do you mean, "wouldn't cooperate?"


He had no interest in looking for me or coming after the Holograms. Hell, even the sound of gunfire didn't peak his curiosity.


That sucks. If you found him, you could have shot him; he might have not moved.


Nah, he did notice when I shot him. It got his attention for a moment but he didn't come after me. Just moved.

  • 10.17.2010 3:28 PM PDT

When the dust settles, you will learn what true terror is.

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Mostly at Night?


Daily Challenge today. Beat Nightfall on Legendary w/o dying.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 3:48 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 3:35 PM PDT

Yeah, the challenge. I beat it on Mythic easier than I could get that damn challenge today. Probably not the place to -blam!- about it, but I was getting pretty annoyed.

  • 10.17.2010 3:54 PM PDT

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So I watched Michael's LNoS run today and really want to know how the hell he survived the dual wielding Elite at the end. That guy was practically on top of him and really wanted him dead.

  • 10.17.2010 4:25 PM PDT


Posted by: MATCLAN
So I watched Michael's LNoS run today and really want to know how the hell he survived the dual wielding Elite at the end. That guy was practically on top of him and really wanted him dead.


Give me an estimate of how many bursts were fired and a guess at the distance. Keep in mind that roughly 4 plasma bolts from the Plasma Rifle will get rid of full shields. Health damage wise, you'd die on the third burst if you don't get out of fire fast enough, but that's at a short-range.

If you're talking a melee fight, the answer is pretty simple, so long as they don't use their forward striking melee which has the most ability to connect. The "Circle of Pain", as I call it, makes them less of a threat than regular Ultras (normal Ultra's melee attacks for enemies behind them are faster to execute than a dual-wielder's). Circle of Pain is quite literally what it sounds like: circling the Elite while meleeing them continuously. If you hear your shields break, though, you just need to be a little more careful about how fast or slow you're moving and make sure that you hear your shields recharge fully from the next hit.

That's how I deal with the last Ultra on before Rally Point Bravo on PoA, albeit the largest difference is I am using a Sword which makes it a shorter fight but also adds another factor, which is the moment the Elite's shields break. They tend to get pushed back more than normal when that happens, and it is evident any time you watch a Noble member get in a melee fight. On the fourth hit with the Sword, I get ready to move in the direction the Elite goes and use the lunge for the finish so he has no time to shoot.

With regular melees, though, the knockback isn't nearly as much. I haven't counted the number of melees it takes.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 4:43 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 4:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: MATCLAN
So I watched Michael's LNoS run today and really want to know how the hell he survived the dual wielding Elite at the end. That guy was practically on top of him and really wanted him dead.


I'm still wondering that myself. When I'm near the door and I'm plugging him with my needle rifle (I think I throw a grenade), I was thinking, "oh my god, no, no, NO, NO! I'mdeadI'mdeadI'mdead." I think I survived because he never landed a melee on me and the times he shot me, I guess my health recharged enough to let me survive. That part was pure luck. If he chose not to dive out of the way of my grenade, I would only have four out of the nine mission completed.

EDIT: I'm still debating with myself what is better for that part: Hologram, or Sprint. With Sprint, you can kill the ultras a bit quicker. But the main question is, what's better against the dual wielding ultra? I think it's useless to try to get away from the ultra with brute speed; he's faster, no matter what. Good thing needle rifle rounds make elites evade.

DOUBLE EDIT: Also, the way I deal with the ultras at the end of that run should not be considered to be a "good" strategy. It sucks. I even think it sucks. We desperately need a good strategy for that part.

Posted by: Vincent K
If you're talking a melee fight, the answer is pretty simple, so long as they don't use their forward striking melee which has the most ability to connect. The "Circle of Pain", as I call it, makes them less of a threat than regular Ultras (normal Ultra's melee attacks for enemies behind them are faster to execute than a dual-wielder's). Circle of Pain is quite literally what it sounds like: circling the Elite while meleeing them continuously. If you hear your shields break, though, you just need to be a little more careful about how fast or slow you're moving and make sure that you hear your shields recharge fully from the next hit.


I was calling it "melee dancing", although your way sounds a lot cooler and a lot less -blam!--blam!-. If you hear your shields pop, land a hit and do your best to dodge the elite's next hit while your shields recharge. It's important to balance trying to kill him and letting your shields recharge. When you're fully shielded, you can survive two melees I believe?

Also, elites have a "melee window" too. You know how Bungie wrote that article about the one second delay between melees? Elites have that too, if that wasn't apparent. Take advantage of it!


[Edited on 10.17.2010 6:14 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 6:05 PM PDT

When the dust settles, you will learn what true terror is.

Well, I now see why everyone has been -blam!-ing about LNoS so much. The Corvette sucks!

Also, this.

[Edited on 10.17.2010 11:43 PM PDT]

  • 10.17.2010 10:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: Michael_Archer


Yeah, I can imagine exactly what was going through your head when he chased you. :-P
That said I think that the distractions provided by hologram coupled with Jorge outweigh the added mobility gained from sprinting. I'll have to try it more myself.

Also, one thing I did learn from your run was that when melee fighting Elites you dot he opposite of what you'd do to Brutes; Brutes require your to juke right whereas Elites seem easier to backsmack if you move left around them.

  • 10.18.2010 12:20 AM PDT