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Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* Step by Step for Halo: Reach! (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

No black and white in the blue.

Posted by: Gazas
Me too! The game is barely out yet and people are already completing the second mission, it's impressive but it makes me angry, I feel like I need to do it too before I get left behind.
Posted by: MATCLAN
Dammit! All this planning and success is making me want to jump right in.
*Loads up Winter Contingency*
I hate you guys sometimes. XD

I'm feeling the same way. I finished Legendary around 2AM last Wednesday and then dove into Matchmaking. I haven't been able to tear myself away from the Arena since. Maybe tomorrow....

  • 09.22.2010 12:33 AM PDT

I found the Field Marshals at the end were annoying. I had to melee Jorge down the hallway to lure the Sword Field Marshal in and assassinated him. The 2 others with concussion rifles were easy with drop shield, melee for stunning then assassination.

  • 09.22.2010 12:36 AM PDT

Tim

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dude.. i do not KNOW how you are going to be able to do this! =S

  • 09.22.2010 12:40 AM PDT
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The world will be ours Septacons.


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Proof!

I have a spare Elite Officer code... if anyone completes it, I will send it to them.

  • 09.22.2010 1:00 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).

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Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

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Posted by: Michael_Archer
Posted by: RC Master

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Winter Contingency conquered with some new techniques..



EDIT: What the -blam!- is the point in giving you camo if your allies completely -blam!- up your ability to use it!!??


Camo? There's camo?

WHY DOES NOBODY TELL ME THESE THINGS.

Lmao, sorry! I was talking about Nightfall in that edit. There is no camo on Winter Contingency :P

Tip of the Spear is possible. I just need to find some healthpacks by that second gun to make the falcon ride safer!

EDIT: Of all the places to die on New Alexandria, the Hunters in Club Errera get me! It was my last objective too!

Then I saved and quit and resumed and completed it! So close...

[Edited on 09.22.2010 6:53 AM PDT]

  • 09.22.2010 4:57 AM PDT

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


Posted by: RC Master

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Posted by: RC Master

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Winter Contingency conquered with some new techniques..



EDIT: What the -blam!- is the point in giving you camo if your allies completely -blam!- up your ability to use it!!??


Camo? There's camo?

WHY DOES NOBODY TELL ME THESE THINGS.

Lmao, sorry! I was talking about Nightfall in that edit. There is no camo on Winter Contingency :P

Tip of the Spear is possible. I just need to find some healthpacks by that second gun to make the falcon ride safer!

EDIT: Of all the places to die on New Alexandria, the Hunters in Club Errera get me! It was my last objective too!

Then I saved and quit and resumed and completed it! So close...


Nightfall? There's camo there too?

And your part on New Alexandria. That really sucks. Almost as much as dying on the last wave on Coastal Highway. ALMOST. But that raises the question; how many levels have you completed on mythic?

  • 09.22.2010 9:12 AM PDT

I just beat Winter Contingency SLASO a few days ago. It's on my fileshare if anyone is interested (wasn't quite as efficient as everyone else. Lots of hiding and waiting for Noble team to kill everything.)

I started looking at Sword base, and it seems pretty rough. When I played though it with 11 skulls, I saved the target locator until I needed to activate the AA gun, then used it to kill/move some elites so I could sprint up top and activate it quickly and get out of there. In my experience, vehicles like the revenant let you clear areas pretty well, it just takes a while.

To get the hunters, I drove the gauss hog out of range of their fire, then unloaded on them for a while. Seemed to work okay.

Does anyone else have any tips for dealing with Sword base? I'm sure my techniques aren't the most efficient, so my ears are open to suggestions.

  • 09.22.2010 11:19 AM 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

It seems like our big issue with that mission is going to be the Concussion Ultra that appears right after the Hunters. Vince put it quite nicely. It could very well be the make or break point in the mission.

  • 09.22.2010 11:36 AM PDT

Can't you just let Kat do it?

  • 09.22.2010 11:40 AM PDT

i've done what you call mythic before, definitely going to try it in Reach. Too bad enemies chase you now though, to a certain point at least. I have no idea how the space mission will play out though.

  • 09.22.2010 11:49 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.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

Posted by: Michael_Archer
Nightfall? There's camo there too?

Yes. Right at the start, near the second Elite hanging out by some sleeping grunts, down below where the first Elite is looking out to. When I tried using i

But that raises the question; how many levels have you completed on mythic?
All of Halo 3 and ODST. 1 on Reach. Well, I guess 3 if you count 'Noble Actual' and 'Lone Wolf' :P


Posted by: D4rk50ul808
I have no idea how the space mission will play out though.

The actual section in space is fine. Its once you get into the Corvette that you have trouble...

[Edited on 09.22.2010 12:27 PM PDT]

  • 09.22.2010 12:19 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

Kit Kat causes more trouble than she's worth sometimes...

  • 09.22.2010 2:08 PM PDT

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


Posted by: OHTEHN0ES
To get the hunters, I drove the gauss hog out of range of their fire, then unloaded on them for a while. Seemed to work okay.


Gauss hog? There's a gauss hog? Where? I was going to tango the shotgun dance with them, but that seems so much easier.


Posted by: Tyrant122312
It seems like our big issue with that mission is going to be the Concussion Ultra that appears right after the Hunters. Vince put it quite nicely. It could very well be the make or break point in the mission.


Kill the grunts with your DMR, then melee fight him. Worked first time for me.


Posted by: OHTEHN0ES
Can't you just let Kat do it?


In my experience, the only thing at which Kat or any other noble member for that matter is good is providing a very valuable distraction. This is how I get most of my elite assassinations. Catch unfortunately doesn't affect your allies anymore.



Posted by: RC Master
But that raises the question; how many levels have you completed on mythic?
All of Halo 3 and ODST. 1 on Reach. Well, I guess 3 if you count 'Noble Actual' and 'Lone Wolf' :P


Same. By the way you were talking, it sounded like you were already half way through the game. Looks like the mythic prize is still up for grabs. But I bet the second I post this message, VincentKurayama or Pahat Pojat is going to announce their completion and post every single mission completed in under ten minutes.



[Edited on 09.22.2010 4:17 PM PDT]

  • 09.22.2010 4:14 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

We've got a ways to go. We're still trying to find a steady method when going 1vs1 against Elites.

  • 09.22.2010 7:12 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: Michael_Archer
Looks like the mythic prize is still up for grabs. But I bet the second I post this message, VincentKurayama or Pahat Pojat is going to announce their completion and post every single mission completed in under ten minutes.

As far as I know from current events, Vincent's gotten Winter Contingency, ONI: Sword Base and Lone Wolf done. Whereas Pahat has only done Winter Contingency and Lone Wolf on Mythic. He's done Sword Base and Nightfall just without Iron and Blind.

I myself have gotten Winter Contingency, ONI: Sword Base, Nightfall and Lone Wolf done so far so I'm assuming that I currently have the most levels under my belt. That'll change in time though cause there's still half a game to go and anything's possible.

  • 09.23.2010 5:39 AM PDT

Member of team Master Theory.

17th Mythic Conqueror of Halo 3.
5th Mythic Conqueror of ODST.
If you would like to know more about Mythic difficulty please go to this thread. Thank you.

Please do not send me "recruitment messages" as I'm not interested in joining any groups currently.

Well I've started with Winter Contingency and some very strange stuff happened:

Firstly one that caused me to fail; Jun's Falcon got caught by a PP overcharge and dropped, resulting in Jun joining the fight on the land (before flying to the COMMS array). Whilst this may seem good at first (Sniper Rifle > Grunts) it turns bad when you get into the next evac Falcon but JUn doesn't and Carter says his but but the Falcon doesn't even start its rotors because Jun won't get in. And you can't get back out.

Then on my successful run the Zealot with a Concussion Rifle in the corridor section refused to retreat after we killed all of his minions. Luckily Jorge managed to hold his attention long enough for me to sprint up and backsmack him, but it was risky due to the rest of the Grunts and Jackals being in the corridor that the Elite and Jorge were scuffling in front of.

Interesting but not how I'd expected the mission to go.

  • 09.23.2010 8:11 AM PDT

Finished the Fight!

Posted by: DeadlyViper5
Surely this is not possible. I haven't tried but would imagine it to be impossible getting past rooms of zealots who are tough enough already. Might give mythic a shot later though it would take too much time.


Exactly. I'd love to see how they'd tackle New Alexandria, particularly the Ivory Tower remake full of buggers, the club full of hunters and the hospital basement full of Brutes, then Jetpack Elites, and THEN the concussion blasting pair of Elites with oh-so-incredibly accurate Skirmisher backups. I figure that last one will have to be done the same way I did since at that point I had no ammo to tackle that room: Run. Run your Ass Off and hope you don't get killed.

Oh yes, let's not forget the final mission, with all of those unskippable waves of enemies (including a pair of adamantium laced hunters), then clearing out those four zealots with the grunt backup and the Engineers, and then firing the Mac cannon without getting blown up by a few hundred Phantoms/Banshees.

Scared yet guys?

  • 09.23.2010 8:29 AM PDT

Member of team Master Theory.

17th Mythic Conqueror of Halo 3.
5th Mythic Conqueror of ODST.
If you would like to know more about Mythic difficulty please go to this thread. Thank you.

Please do not send me "recruitment messages" as I'm not interested in joining any groups currently.

Okay, I got past the first fight on Sword Base with no little difficulty, I then skipped the AA gun and nabbed the Revenant, but when backtracking to activate the AA gun I can't seem to get passed the bunch of Elites there.
Any ideas guys?

  • 09.23.2010 10:09 AM PDT

REACH :,D

generals )O_O(

  • 09.23.2010 10:23 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.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

Posted by: GhostRider1172
Exactly. I'd love to see how they'd tackle New Alexandria [...]

You may not have to wait too long for that...

Anyway, I decided to upload my run of Winter Contingency, so people can get another perspective if they feel like. Pretty similar to a few peoples.

Similar to MATCLAN, I got the Concussion Rifle Zealot Elite to stick around in the first corridor for a lot longer than he usually would do. My plan was, to rush up the left side of the room to trigger him to go on his merry way early to leave me and Jorge to clean up the grunts and jackals more undisturbed. However, one of my grenade tosses sent him evading way into the back of the room, giving Jorge enough time to move up and totally distract him. I than ran up behind him and assassinated him. Got a clip of just that encounter here.

Also, I had a little go at ONI: Sword Base; am I the only one having trouble using the Target Locator on the Wraiths? They fidget so much they avoid some of the shots and, to my dismay, the 'target area' only tracks the vehicle's movments for a couple of seconds. Any suggestions?

[Edited on 09.23.2010 3:08 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2010 12:06 PM PDT

I saved the target locator and snuck by them to the right at that point. If you go a little further to the right, you can sneak up on a grunt/elite in a ghost facing away from you and board him. Just my two cents.

  • 09.23.2010 12:43 PM PDT
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I refuse to use Blind. I will do all Gold Skulls though. I've done Winter Contingency so far.

  • 09.23.2010 12:47 PM 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.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

New Alexandria done!

I even uploaded a few screenshots and am keeping a couple of them (shots of me in the mission start and end cutscenes) in my fileshare by way of proof. At least until I upload my film :)

I've got a fairly solid strategy for the level now, with a few nice tricks here and there of my own creation. I've also got a bunch of navigational data down (oh the research, oh the PAIN! :P) that'll help people find their way around without the waypoints. Which you can either wait for, until I've got a few more levels done, or you can forge ahead and aquire this knowledge for yourself! :)

Oh, I also rendered my little weird clip assassinating the Concussion Rifle Zealot early on Winter Contingency so you guys don't have do download it if you don't feel like it. HERE.

I'm not sure how replicable it is, but I think everyone should at least give it a go during their attempts as it makes the last room a lot easier.

Posted by: OHTEHN0ES
I saved the target locator and snuck by them to the right at that point. If you go a little further to the right, you can sneak up on a grunt/elite in a ghost facing away from you and board him. Just my two cents.

Hmm, first time I tried that, the Ghost spotted me... maybe I'll try being a little more cautious next time. Thanks for the tip though.

Posted by: BuIIetproofish
I refuse to use Blind.

I kinda hate Blind too. It'd be a lot less obnoxious if it simply stripped your HUD and just gave you a basic dot as your reticle. I mean, you can see your feet still! Not seeing your arms and the weapon in them is stupid. Its a horrible relic from the Halo 2 days where it actually had a use: making hudless films and taking screenshots with capture equipment. These days, with theatre, that use is obsolete, and its just a pain.

In active protest, I have a little triangle of blu-tack stuck to my screen for the weapon reticle, and a dot slightly above it for the vehicle one. Solves one problem. Then you just have to listen for the sound queues to know what weapon you're holding.

EDIT: Lol. After all that playing of New Alexandria, for fun, for research, for commendations, for Mythic, the Falcon is now my Tool of Destruction. :P

[Edited on 09.23.2010 3:11 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2010 3:06 PM PDT

Ignorance is Bliss...Sometimes

i would find this extremely difficult...

  • 09.23.2010 3:20 PM PDT