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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: Muzza777

Posted by: Tyrant122312
FYI:

In regards to the Pelican glitch in New Alexandria, if you are invulnerable there like you are in the turret, then we may have indeed broken that mission too.

All you would need to do is activate that switch at the beginning of the mission and fly a Falcon through that building everytime you plan on being in the air for awhile. Even getting lost in the city wouldn't be that big of a deal.


The other switches for Club Errera would be quite useful I could imagine seeing as the Hunters don't spawn and all the enemies do nothing.


Oh definitely. It looks like the two hardest parts of that mission are:

1) The Hospital

2) The side missions

Apparently you can't access the Pelican until all the jammers have been destroyed from what I understand, so you can only use it for the last little bit.

  • 10.31.2010 3:29 PM PDT


Posted by: Tyrant122312
Apparently you can't access the Pelican until all the jammers have been destroyed from what I understand, so you can only use it for the last little bit.


Correct. But using a pelican to splatter the 6 shade turrets whilst being invulnerable instead of shooting them with a falcon is still worth it.

  • 10.31.2010 3:36 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: Legendary smile

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Apparently you can't access the Pelican until all the jammers have been destroyed from what I understand, so you can only use it for the last little bit.


Correct. But using a pelican to splatter the 6 shade turrets whilst being invulnerable instead of shooting them with a falcon is still worth it.


Oh yes. I agree 100% :-)

  • 10.31.2010 3:37 PM PDT


Posted by: Michael_Archer
P.S. The hunter window jump skip in POA is hard. I don't mean it's hard getting past the hunters, I mean it's hard jumping through the window itself.



I've never had trouble with it.

Hold down crouch and jump side-ways at the window. You should land on it and be able to go through with ease. And for additional caution, throw down your Drop Shield before you do...just to be on the safe side.

Indeed, the Multi-Mythic sessions are fun and we're not on any of the levels where it is imperative that we be completely focused. (When we finished the Package, I had already taken my sleeping pill which, as you'd imagine, makes things more difficult. Of course, I've been taking it for years, so the side-effects of it are not nearly as strong on me as they would be on other people.)

I am quite fond of the shooting other people to help them heal, thing. I just think that, as the video shows, we need to be a bit more careful about how we do it. We should probably ask a specific person to shoot so that more than one person doesn't fire.

  • 10.31.2010 3:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: Muzza777
The other switches for Club Errera would be quite useful I could imagine seeing as the Hunters don't spawn and all the enemies do nothing.


Linky. The video also includes at 10:40 the closest call ever documented in a Halo: Reach video. I challenge you to find a closer call. Fuel Rod Cannons are overrated by the way for Spartans; it's probably the best weapon for enemy NPCs.


Posted by: Vincent K
Hold down crouch and jump side-ways at the window. You should land on it and be able to go through with ease. And for additional caution, throw down your Drop Shield before you do...just to be on the safe side.

I am quite fond of the shooting other people to help them heal, thing. I just think that, as the video shows, we need to be a bit more careful about how we do it. We should probably ask a specific person to shoot so that more than one person doesn't fire.


Thanks. That should be more easy for a toggle to crouch person, such as myself.

The shooting for health safety thing should be as meticulous as giving control of an airplane:

"I, Tyrant, am requesting being shot for a health pack"

"I, Vincent, am shooting you in the foot. Hold still."

"I, Tyrant, give you, Vincent, permission to shoot me in the foot. I'm holding still."

Better safe than sorry.

[Edited on 10.31.2010 4:27 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 4:26 PM PDT

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If you would like to know more about Mythic difficulty please go to this thread. Thank you.

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Pelican turret is much stronger then the Falcon turret. Just ask Gazas.
He just busted LNoS in only 2 minutes less then Michael and he didn't rush anything (unless killing all 4 God ELites of the Apocalypse in 2 minutes counts as rushing).
The "4 God Elites of the Apocalypse" are now the "4 Laughing Stocks of the Universe".

Also with regards to the Pelican in New Alexandria; trying it out for myself today I found that if you were to kick a trooper out of your Falcon beforehand and then go back to him in the Pelican he'll man the gun for you.
But how do you guys propose to access the switch in single player? As far as I know you need at least 2 players in order to pull it off.

  • 10.31.2010 5:02 PM PDT
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Take
THAT
You
-BLAM!-
Want more? Didn't think so. Doesn't feel so good, does it?

Long Night of Solace 58:59

  • 10.31.2010 5:05 PM PDT

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If you would like to know more about Mythic difficulty please go to this thread. Thank you.

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lol Gazas. Deciding which Elite to kill first, man we should talk more often whilst reviewing each other's Mythic films.
Exodus next?

  • 10.31.2010 5:11 PM PDT

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Gratz Gaz on finally beating LNoS! Exodus should be a cakewalk for you now.

  • 10.31.2010 5:45 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* Step by Step for Halo: Reach! (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)
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My eyes grow tired of trying to focus...


Posted by: PrinceOfThralls
Wow this game isn't even out yet and the nerds already care about some "mythic difficulty" that doesn't even exist. I find this kinda pathetic but it's just me and I don't want to stay in your way.


This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.

  • 10.31.2010 5:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: Deadpool Fool

Posted by: PrinceOfThralls
Wow this game isn't even out yet and the nerds already care about some "mythic difficulty" that doesn't even exist. I find this kinda pathetic but it's just me and I don't want to stay in your way.


This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.


So is your constant posting on this "made up difficulty" thread saying the same crap over and over again.

  • 10.31.2010 6:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Deadpool Fool
Posted by: PrinceOfThralls
Wow this game isn't even out yet and the nerds already care about some "mythic difficulty" that doesn't even exist. I find this kinda pathetic but it's just me and I don't want to stay in your way.


This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.

Nerds, fanboys, whatever we are, we couldn't care less about trolls like yourself. Even if you haven't taken the time to look around or even do some digging on the topic, you would actually realise that Bungie (on numerous occassions I might add) has supported the legitimacy of Mythic. Probably the best example of this was when the Summer Mythic Recon Challenge was held last year. Bungie officially named Mythic a difficulty back then, and that was over a year ago.

It may not be a set-in-stone difficulty like the 4 standard options but it's there and it can be called upon at any time with just a few button presses in the skulls options menu. Still, only some choose to take up the challenge. Others like yourself for example will just continue to be ignorant and will cling wildly to the beliefs that those who would attempt this are nerds who have no life and that Bungie never properly acknowledged it. Look around you pal, the evidence supporting our case is there, and to address the whole waste of time issue, sure Mythic is time consuming and there's no reward at the end of the tunnel, but hell, if someone can do it they should be well deserving of your respect.

  • 10.31.2010 6:03 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

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Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror

Ok, now that the elites at the end of LNOS are no longer apocalypse-worthy, we'll now start calling the four zealots at the end of POA the four elites of the apocalypse.

Speaking of them, once again, I found no good strategy for beating them. I killed one with a plasma rifle right in front of the door, but that's only because I could dodge his shots and fire my plasma pistol quickly and accurately. The Fuel Rod Cannon Zealot is too jumpy and won't stay still when I shoot him. Any suggestions?

I don't know if anyone knows about it, but it is possible to get past the four apocalypse elites and get straight to the mass driver by jumping on the beams like in RC Master's video. If someone could find somewhere to hide from both the elites and the phantoms, it would make that part a whole lot easier. More testing is needed; I accidentally restarted the level when I was trying to revert to last checkpoint.

Also, how many mass driver hits does it take to take down the carrier? Is it one or two? RC Master managed to squeeze two shots off and I found my first shot didn't kill it. Did we both miss the first shot?

Posted by: Deadpool Fool

Posted by: PrinceOfThralls
Wow this game isn't even out yet and the nerds already care about some "mythic difficulty" that doesn't even exist. I find this kinda pathetic but it's just me and I don't want to stay in your way.


This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.


Ok...

Am I the only person that realized this Fool from the Dead Pool is already a Lieutenant Colonel grade 3 and has ten (ten!) commendations maxed, five of them gold, and has over TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED games on record? That's almost fifty games a day! Not to mention how much time that would've taken to max out the commendations. The game has only been out for a month and seventeen days, and he calls US nerds and that we're wasting OUR time, while HE'S starting an argument on an internet forum?

It looks like the pot is calling the kettle black. The amount of irony in his accusations is just sickening.

Fool, find something else to do; Maybe you should take up reading, go outside and get a girlfriend for Christ's sake, and then maybe we'll take you a bit more seriously. Anything that you say about us, goes double for you. Are you sure you don't want to retract this statement?

[Edited on 10.31.2010 6:25 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 6:21 PM PDT

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Im just cleared the cannon room on LNOS and am about ready to enter the control room. Before I do so, can someone help me out. How do I get the General to go idle and crouch behind an object like Ive seen in other videos? No matter how long leave its line of site, he wont stop running around like a kid with ADD jacked up on Mtn Dew.

I know I can assassinate all the enemies, but I rather know how to make the General easier if -blam!- hits the fan.

  • 10.31.2010 6:48 PM PDT

No black and white in the blue.

Posted by: Gazas
Take
THAT
You
-BLAM!-
Want more? Didn't think so. Doesn't feel so good, does it?

Long Night of Solace 58:59

Haha, nice. I've been working on TotS all weekend, but my own strategies have failed me. Well... not really. I've just failed at executing my strategies. My best run saw me dying from a Grunt's Plasma Pistol to the back as I ascended the hill towards the Spire attempting an assassination on another Grunt. If I could've just gotten to the top of the damn hill, I would've had it. Oh well. I finally caved and watched someone's (specifically Smile's) video, although I stopped when he started Revenanting the Wraiths and Hunters, as I feel like my strategies for that point on are solid. The skips for the first battle and the mining facility are very useful, though. I'll give it another go when I get back from work in a couple hours.

[Edited on 10.31.2010 7:00 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 6:58 PM PDT
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So, I'm getting LNoS down to an art. I've done about 70 to 100 runs, and I can honestly say she is going down this week. I am consistently getting to the control room (the bridge), but the general always gets me. I almost had him last time, as he was staring at a wall, but my sword didn't assassinate him right, and he then peppered me with concussion. Any tips on how to take him out if I fail on the perfect ninja run? :P

I'll try again tomorrow. CONGRATS GAZAS! You have done what I could not.

  • 10.31.2010 7:21 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* Step by Step for Halo: Reach! (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)


Posted by: Deadpool Fool
This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.


Correct, the game does not recognize Mythic as a separate difficulty. Who in their right mind would make a difficulty so hard that less than 50 people beat it even after 3 years since release? Can you imagine if there was an achievement related to completing the campaign on a difficulty that hard?

On another note, believe it or not, you cannot do anything you put your mind to. Some people are just naturally better at things than others; there is something called talent. Some people have a desire to challenge themselves to be better. This does not make them alien - it just makes them incredible gamers. It's no reason to resent them.

  • 10.31.2010 7:51 PM PDT
Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

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

TheMole, plasma pistol him until he either decides to hide and go idle, or until he gets stuck.

Damn apocalypse-zealots. Actually, the Fuel Rod Zealot is the one that's giving me problems. In RC Master's run, the fuel rod (for some reason, field marshall) stayed behind a panel and didn't fight him like the rest of the zealots. My Fuel Rod elite is a zealot who likes to hang out on the walkway. He won't shoot me when I'm far away, but he's too jumpy and I can't hit him. When I'm close, well, he owns me.

I guess I could always melee charge him; this worked a few times, but it's too inconsistent.

EDIT:

Posted by: Vincent K
On another note, believe it or not, you cannot do anything you put your mind to. Some people are just naturally better at things than others; there is something called talent. Some people have a desire to challenge themselves to be better. This does not make them alien - it just makes them incredible gamers. It's no reason to resent them.


Meh. I didn't think Jeremy could compare to Yahtzee; Yahtzee is infinitely superior. Jeremy is funny, but in a satire kind of way; the kind of way where you feel superior to him. On a cooler note, that show is filmed almost entirely where I live: Toronto, Ontario.

Also, you can write "über" instead of "incredible". On a mac, it's "Hold Option+u+u" to write the u. On Windows, it's Alt-0252.

Too bad they stopped making the show when Troy Dixon died. Although it that was unfortunate, I felt that his character really didn't contribute to the show. Does that make me a bad person?

[Edited on 10.31.2010 8:11 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 7:52 PM PDT
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Thanks guys. Exodus next indeed.

MATCLAN, yeah that was funny, I couldn't decide which one of those bastards should die first. Overall it was a good run. I assassinated all of the Elites on the bridge including a Bob, but then I ran back and killed the Grunts slow and steady. Better safe than sorry. Had some major luck in the Turret room, I got chased by an Elite but I managed to escape and kill him through the famous gap.


Posted by: Deadpool Fool

Posted by: PrinceOfThralls
Wow this game isn't even out yet and the nerds already care about some "mythic difficulty" that doesn't even exist. I find this kinda pathetic but it's just me and I don't want to stay in your way.


This guy summed it up well. Note this post was before Reach was officially released but he speaks the truth. all "mythic" really is, is a bunch of halo nerds making up a pretend difficulty that the game doesn't even recognize. waste of time.
Nice stats. Played for over 14 days in Firefight. Time well spent.


I don't know Michael, I liked him actually. He could have been with the show and done some funny -blam!-. I broke down when I heard he died.

[Edited on 10.31.2010 8:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 8:28 PM PDT

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What's that coming up from behind? OH NOES! IT'S SHADOWSTRIKE1!

I just completed ONI: Sword Base and The Package (it took me 2 tries).

That makes me 6/9. Next up is New Alexandria, then PoA, and then LNoS, then Conquerage.

  • 10.31.2010 9:07 PM PDT

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Just beat Long Night of Solace. All thats left is PoA and Package.

As a tidbit for when you enter the Corvette, go to where the AAs are. When you drop and pick up the same AA, it is instantly recharged so you can use it faster. Doing that saved me when I got cornered by 3 rangers in the comm room.

Also, I recommend using the hologram when you are fighting the two focus rifle rangers. They usually stay distracted long enough to pop their shields.

[Edited on 10.31.2010 9:25 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 9:12 PM PDT

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Eleventh Halo 3: ODST Mythic Conqueror
Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror


Posted by: Gazas
I don't know Michael, I liked him actually. He could have been with the show and done some funny -blam!-. I broke down when I heard he died.


Please pardon the following post that has nothing to do with the topic:

I know I can't change your mind; all I can do is tell you my basis for not liking the character. And I did think it was upsetting when the actor died, I just didn't like the character.

Have you read Yahtzee's article on male protagonists in video games? T-Bag was a stereotypical "macho man." He lifts weights, tells Jeremy about all the women with whom he has lots of sex and he never shows any emotions. He always talks about how rich he is, how good he is at Halo and how his sponsors will buy him anything. When Jeremy is upset about Anastasia breaking up with him, T-Bag tells him to stop being a wimp and to meet more women.

Jeremy, although being a walking stereotype himself, is actually a more interesting character. In the iconic episode when Doug smashes the keyboard, Jeremy really expresses remorse for insulting Kyle. Despite the huge narcissist he is and all the times he calls Kyle a "noob", Jeremy values the company of his brother more important than his ego. Also, his ego is huge, but not big enough for it to be broken by a woman.

Dave is a "manly man". Even though he's really tough and abrasive, he does have human qualities. When he's not doing things that would be considered "tough", he does his favorite past time of cooking. He also turned against his best friends to protect his sister in China.

And Doug, well...Doug is just stupid, but his slapstick is hilarious and provides an important comedy relief to the show when it gets a little serious.

Maybe I should stop over analyzing internet shows. Maybe I should also drop that English course. I also need to be sleepy time.

Oh crap. That entire post was off topic! Quickly, I need to bring it back on topic!

OMGWTFBBQ, POA is hard, LOL. WTF zelots at end.

  • 10.31.2010 9:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: Michael_Archer
OMGWTFBBQ, POA is hard, LOL. WTF zelots at end.

How do you want to tackle them? Head on using the pp? Quietly and stealthy using hologram decoys?

For head on, watch my run. I killed 2 by using the pp + headshot combo, 1 with a hologram decoy assassination and killed the field marshall by making him hide like the general on LNoS so I got an easy assassination.

For mostly stealth watch Smile's run. He uses the hologram decoy to good effect and gets rid of all 4 using it I believe.

Also, it's 2 shots to take out the cruiser. Use a hologram when you get up to the platform to draw the enemies fire (just make sure the phantoms can see it) and fire your shots like so:
1. When 6 hops into cockpit; firing is now enabled.
2. Fire off shot 1, hold down trigger again and shot 2 will charge and fire when the coils stop moving on the mass driver.

[Edited on 10.31.2010 10:57 PM PDT]

  • 10.31.2010 10:56 PM PDT

No black and white in the blue.

Tip of the Spear, conquered. Minus an unnecessarily long game of cat-and-mouse with the Elite from below the Spire and an embarrassingly long search for the Needle Rifle crate at the top of the hill leading down to the Spire (I jumped right over it several minutes before realizing where it was.....), I could've finished in well under 40 minutes (maybe close to 30, even). Thanks go to Legendary Smile, or whoever first discovered the skips for the initial battle, the mining facility, and the fact that you can destroy the Tyrant AA guns by shooting the guns themselves. A jacked Wraith, a trip down the left side of the canyon (easier than the right, IMO), and a slow and steady battle to the Spire later and I finally beat the mission that I made more difficult than necessary for most of the last week.

I seem to remember some people saying that they had trouble with the Sword Elite at the top of the Spire. After over an hour of reverting to my last save just before engaging the bastard, I'm very confident in my strategy. I imagine that everyone who's beaten this mission may already know the general idea, but for those that don't, those who haven't tried this mission yet, and to finally use some of my Bungie Pro render minutes for the first time in months, here is how I dealt with him. A little dangerous perhaps, but my friends do call me Maverick (I was able to do it 10 times in a row at one point, so it is consistent).

[Edited on 11.01.2010 1:10 AM PDT]

  • 11.01.2010 1:06 AM PDT
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Good Job to everyone thats completed LNoS recently, I guess its no longer the hardest mission (it was in my opinion).

Michael- Watch my video and you'll see how I got lucky and killed the Fuel Rod Elite as my second last Elite. I based dealing with them on a mix of Aura's video and Legendary's (and a tad of my own).
Aura's tactic of killing the first one by the door, then Legendary's by positioning and hologram tactic.

[Edited on 11.01.2010 1:56 AM PDT]

  • 11.01.2010 1:48 AM PDT