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Halo 3 (31st), ODST (14th) and Reach (4th) Mythic Conqueror. (Mythic is Solo, Legendary, All skulls on + scoring on and no deaths/saves).
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Well I finally did Exodus! It didn't end up being that many attempts in all, just a few frustrating ones, with a long gap because of those damn civis!
I ended up making use of quite a range of weapons, including an AR!
After using a PP to kill the suicide grunts, I grabbed all their needlers and used them to get a couple of quick kills on the first lot of Brutes. After that I used a mixture of AR to de-hat Brutes (yes, it takes a while, but I hate running out of pistol more than I do using up time), then finishing them off with a pistol headshot. With grenades and full pistol kills thrown in where appropriate.
Around the corner in the long hallway, after dispatching the first couple of grunts I did a similar thing: using the railing of the staircase on the left as cover, I slowly ARed off the 3 brutes hats there and finished them with a pistol headshot. Then I grabbed the sniper rifle and used it on the captain and the too brutes on the staircase on the left. Then, as per Tyrant's suggestion, I used the needler in the case near the lift for quick kills on the two hammer captains. Finally finishing up with the rest of the sniper ammo on the brutes and my now plentiful DMR and Pistol ammo on the skirmishers and grunts.
With the FRG Chieftain on the Executive landing pad, I did what Tyrant suggested a while ago: stand on the stairs with his head out of view, and PP his legs/feet until his shields where off and then DMRring his head until he died. Its pretty funny this still works on Brutes (I remember doing it a few times in Halo 3) and its really easy and SAFE so I can't imagine what easier method Tyrant has been mentioning he has...
The Falcon ride is always hairy, ugh!
Anyway, at Beachhead/the missile battieres, I jacked the first wraith (the one under the bridge) with an aggressive PP overcharging rush, hijack, two melees to get the hatch open, then hop off, jump on and melee the driver until dead. Yes you could simply get into the turret and force him out, but I found the driver would take off my shields before I could kill him. After massive success with the Wraith on The Package, this is what I'd been doing in my Exodus attempts since then.
I still had a little trouble actually activating the switch with just the two Chieftains left; I thought I'd hit it, but it seems my placement was off the first try. Eventually got it by jumping up to the ledge at an oppurtune moment.
Anyway, with that down, I'm now 7/9. Just Long Night of Solace and PoA left! Dreading LNoS the most because of the laborious space sequence and the bloody unskippable cutscenes! I only see a few problem spots in PoA really.
In other news, I finally grabbed my original Tip of the Spear Mythic run from my harddrive (had been using another one), and I've uploaded it to my fileshare for posterity. You can see it here. So, you can see how the strategies have evolved since 25th of September!
*also, selfishly, just in case Bungie did want to know for certain who did each mission on Mythic first. :P
Posted by: Michael_Archer
Now, I'm going to talk about myself. I never hated the Blind Skull until New Alexandria; there are so many different possible side objectives that it's really hard to memorize where they all can be.
Don't memorize. Research. If you really don't want to look at my guide to the side-objectives for new alexandria (page 12 btw) then do research yourself: note down the radio chatter, where it is in relation to landmarks, what you encounter when you get there. Take pics if that helps. Trying to memorize it all is silly.
Edit: I see you are using my guide, nevermind :P I'll come back to NA and try to find and document some of the ones I've missed.
TRIPLE EDIT: Ok, while the above fuel rod strategy is not objectively better, it's a nice alternative if other strategies aren't working. It makes it a bit easier to kill the brutes in the hospital since needle rifle ammo is short.
The Brutes are easy anyway; you've got tons and tons of DMR ammo around. Yes it takes more shots, but you have so much extra range on them that its no problem.
Posted by: Juggernaut137
Mythic:
All Skulls, Legendary, Single Player?
So you can't do this on 2 player?
You can, but it'd be a different accomplishment. Its usually called 'dual-mythic' (or tri- or quad- for the appropriate number of players).
Posted by: Michael_Archer
Easy?
It's easy getting past the wraith?
Yes. Armour Lock rush it. Or de-load it....
It's easy getting past the "This is Captain Keyes of the Pillar of Autumn" shootout?
Yes. Kill jackals and skirmishers, run down the side past the Elites, or de-load the elites...
It's easy getting past the Shade turrets and the Ghost? Oh yes, very much so. You have 3 lasers in that area and a bridge taking you straight over the ghosts anyway.
What about the warehouse and the hunters? Well, I still find those guys a bit tricky...
The sword ultra? No. No problem.
Fake edit: lol, aura said basically the same thing :P