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

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 completed ONI Sword Base albeit in sections. I know now that I can do it and just need to string it together.

And RC, how the hell did you survive the Elite Ranger gang at the hospital? That was one of the encounters I flagged on Legendary as a pain in the ass.

  • 09.23.2010 4:03 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

Wow that's amazing! Nicely done! Yes, I had flagged that as one of the hardest missions in the game as well.

  • 09.23.2010 5:02 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!

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Wow that's amazing! Nicely done! Yes, I had flagged that as one of the hardest missions in the game as well.

So you mean its all downhill from here!? Right? :D

LNoS and PoA are my calls for the hardest missions. With The Package I think the number of allies will make it a bit easier.

Posted by: MATCLAN
And RC, how the hell did you survive the Elite Ranger gang at the hospital? That was one of the encounters I flagged on Legendary as a pain in the ass.

Well, it was a pain in the ass still. The hospital, and all the Banshee swarms dogging you for the whole level, easily take the longest time out of any of the sections of the level.

[Edited on 09.23.2010 5:44 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2010 5:40 PM PDT

Halo Tips-
My Tips To Reach Onyx!
My Tips To Reach 50!
In-Game Lessons
Mythic Conqueror of Halo 3 (#16) & Reach (#14)
Onyx Top 1% - #6 in the world (S4), #9 (S5)
Given Recon by Bungie June, 2009.

SHADOWSTRIKE1 reporting in. Starting up my Mythic runs now. Currently running through Winter Contingency.

  • 09.23.2010 5:48 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

Alright, since we all seem to be checking out different missions, I'm going to give "The Package" a whirl.

FYI- I may have found a tactic against Elites. Finally! I'll keep you posted.

  • 09.23.2010 7:21 PM PDT

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


Posted by: Tyrant122312
Alright, since we all seem to be checking out different missions, I'm going to give "The Package" a whirl.

FYI- I may have found a tactic against Elites. Finally! I'll keep you posted.


Yes. Tactics against elites is always good.

RC master, nice job on New Alexandria. I'm not looking forward to the ranger swarm.

I'm making slow progress on ONI Sword Base. I save a spare target locate to nuke the gold elite with the plasma launcher next to the AA gun activate button. After getting the button, the plan is to GTFO with my warthog, back around to the comms tower. I'll jack the Reverent. Then it's pretty much straight forward from there. Except for the hunter part. Is it possible to get the Reverent over the barricade? Also, if anyone has any great ideas to improve this strategy, feel free.

I have solid strategies laid out for Sword Base. It's just a matter of skill now. I have to get better at melee dancing with elites.

  • 09.23.2010 7:57 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

You can actually get the Gauss Hog over the barricade too which is far more potent against the Hunters.

In other news, I've started "The Package" and unlike the last two games, the tank is extremely effective this time around. Ghosts, Banshees, and Shades usually die in 1-2 direct hits!

  • 09.23.2010 9:00 PM PDT

Ignore my gamertag. It's actually Dragonzzilla.

Listen to me, and listen to me CLOSELY!

Elites on Reach Legendary can -blam!- you up! On Mythic, you are totally dead.

  • 09.23.2010 9:03 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: Dragonzzilla
Listen to me, and listen to me CLOSELY!

Elites on Reach Legendary can -blam!- you up! On Mythic, you are totally dead.


On Legendary it's about as difficult to kill an Elite as it was to kill a Brute on Halo 3/ODST Mythic. In other words, it presents a small challenge, but still rather simple.

Mythic is a different tale, however. For the first time in the Halo franchise, plasma overcharge + bullet headshot is no longer a valid tactic.

  • 09.23.2010 9:25 PM 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.


Posted by: Michael_Archer

Posted by: Tyrant122312
Alright, since we all seem to be checking out different missions, I'm going to give "The Package" a whirl.

FYI- I may have found a tactic against Elites. Finally! I'll keep you posted.


Yes. Tactics against elites is always good.

RC master, nice job on New Alexandria. I'm not looking forward to the ranger swarm.

I'm making slow progress on ONI Sword Base. I save a spare target locate to nuke the gold elite with the plasma launcher next to the AA gun activate button. After getting the button, the plan is to GTFO with my warthog, back around to the comms tower. I'll jack the Reverent. Then it's pretty much straight forward from there. Except for the hunter part. Is it possible to get the Reverent over the barricade? Also, if anyone has any great ideas to improve this strategy, feel free.

I have solid strategies laid out for Sword Base. It's just a matter of skill now. I have to get better at melee dancing with elites.


I did it differently; skipped the AA gun section to clear the Revenant area out first.
Then I took the Revenant back to the gun section and used it to splatter the rangers. Retreat a little and let Kat drive the Revenant, she'll keep the General distract while you go up behind him and either blast him off the roof with a Rocket from the Revenant area or assassinate him if possible. Either way as soon as he's not an immediate threat just hit the button and run like hell to the Warthog drop.

  • 09.24.2010 12:16 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!

Awwww. I managed to get over the broken bridge on Tip of the Spear with help from the Warthog to gain extra height, and help from sprint to gain extra distance. But theres a soft-barrier just on the other side!

:(

Guess I'll have to deal with that gold Elite somehow then...

Edit: Done Tip of the Spear segmented. Got an OKish strategy; just takes a while, and Kat needs to be more cooperative at the start! Just got to put it all together now.

[Edited on 09.24.2010 2:45 PM PDT]

  • 09.24.2010 4:38 AM PDT

Red team always wins, its just human nature!

Does anyone even play mythic, I always thought people would go from normal to legendary, or just straight to legendary.

  • 09.24.2010 4:40 AM PDT

What are these first person words you speak of?

Oh boy. Here we go again.

  • 09.24.2010 4:40 AM PDT


Posted by: RC Master
Awwww. I managed to get over the broken bridge on Tip of the Spear with help from the Warthog to gain extract height, and help from sprint to gain extra distance. But theres a soft-barrier just on the other side!

:(

Guess I'll have to deal with that gold Elite somehow then...


Haha, the exact same thing happened to me. I assumed I could just keep going, but nope.

On that section for 11 skulls, I snuck around and baited the revenant to come to me, then jacked it. I returned to the other side, and cleared part of it, then got out.

Two well aimed grenades with the grenade launcher and that AA gun is done. You don't even need to be be very close/fight the elite. Maybe I'll make a video on this soon.

  • 09.24.2010 6:03 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: OHTEHN0ES
Two well aimed grenades with the grenade launcher and that AA gun is done. You don't even need to be be very close/fight the elite. Maybe I'll make a video on this soon.

Ah, thats a good idea. I was wondering why they gave you that thing. I'll give it a go.

  • 09.24.2010 7:27 AM PDT

Halo Tips-
My Tips To Reach Onyx!
My Tips To Reach 50!
In-Game Lessons
Mythic Conqueror of Halo 3 (#16) & Reach (#14)
Onyx Top 1% - #6 in the world (S4), #9 (S5)
Given Recon by Bungie June, 2009.

Posted by: MightyLink
Does anyone even play mythic, I always thought people would go from normal to legendary, or just straight to legendary.

As long as there is Mythic Community, there shall be Mythic.

  • 09.24.2010 9:06 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.


Posted by: SHADOWSTRIKE10
Posted by: MightyLink
Does anyone even play mythic, I always thought people would go from normal to legendary, or just straight to legendary.

As long as there is Mythic Community, there shall be Mythic.


Indeed. So long as there's a will to do it, it shall be done.

Anyway, Elites... We need a strategy, but so far nothing I do seems to be effective in a 1v1 scenario against them, this is much more apparent when they've got explosive weapons like the FRC and the Concussion Rifle.
Tyrant, I hope you've got something good up your sleeve.

  • 09.24.2010 9:12 AM PDT

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


Posted by: MATCLAN

I did it differently; skipped the AA gun section to clear the Revenant area out first.
Then I took the Revenant back to the gun section and used it to splatter the rangers. Retreat a little and let Kat drive the Revenant, she'll keep the General distract while you go up behind him and either blast him off the roof with a Rocket from the Revenant area or assassinate him if possible. Either way as soon as he's not an immediate threat just hit the button and run like hell to the Warthog drop.


Wait...you don't have to clear out all the covenant around the AA gun for the gauss hog to spawn? Where does it spawn then?

That completely changes my strategy. When I played without Iron and Blind, I tried holding out because I thought a pelican was going to drop the hog when they were all dead. After the rangers and the ghosts were dropped off, I was like, "to hell with this," and just legged it.

EDIT: Also, is the "The Quest for SLASO" group dead? If no, why am I still a "Mythic Apprentice" despite being Halo 3 conquerer no. 29 and Halo 3: ODST conquerer no. 11?

[Edited on 09.24.2010 2:27 PM PDT]

  • 09.24.2010 2:21 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!


Posted by: Michael_Archer
EDIT: Also, is the "The Quest for SLASO" group dead? If no, why am I still a "Mythic Apprentice" despite being Halo 3 conquerer no. 29 and Halo 3: ODST conquerer no. 11?

No no, its very much active still. Extra curricular discussion is going on over there. You should PM one of the Mythic Guardians, or tyrant, to get your rank changed.

EDIT: DAMN! I died to the very last sword Elite on Tip of the Spear, who swiped me with his sword of all things!!

At least with the suggestion from Ohtehnoes, my strategy is a bit smoother and quicker now. Even if I do spend ages battering the hunters with the Revenant!

[Edited on 09.24.2010 3:13 PM PDT]

  • 09.24.2010 2:48 PM PDT

Hello

you are god at campaign

  • 09.24.2010 2:49 PM PDT

Nightfall
Nightfall Mythic

I do have some nice finds such as: beating the Power House without getting damaged - did you know that as smart as the Elites are, they can't figure out how to get around a crate and a forklift? How many Sniper Rifle shots does it take to kill a Hunter on Mythic? The unlucky (for them) number 13. And other such things.

And as promised 4 days ago (I didn't mention this in thread, but I was holding off on the film until I completed a third mission):
ONI: Sword Base Mythic Things of interest: spot that allows you to kill the General with the FRG really easily (presuming what Aura had happen doesn't occur). You'll know it when you see it because he won't even bother moving.

  • 09.24.2010 3:02 PM PDT

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


Posted by: Vincent K
Nightfall
Nightfall Mythic

I do have some nice finds such as: beating the Power House without getting damaged - did you know that as smart as the Elites are, they can't figure out how to get around a crate and a forklift? How many Sniper Rifle shots does it take to kill a Hunter on Mythic? The unlucky (for them) number 13. And other such things.

And as promised 4 days ago (I didn't mention this in thread, but I was holding off on the film until I completed a third mission):
ONI: Sword Base Mythic Things of interest: spot that allows you to kill the General with the FRG really easily (presuming what Aura had happen doesn't occur). You'll know it when you see it because he won't even bother moving.


Yeah. I have only completed one mission. It starting to look like I won't get the first conqueror prize. *sigh*

The AA batte on ONI Sword Base is really REALLY hard. The level will start out fine, I'll kill one of the wraiths with the target locater, save the other strike until I reach the comms house. Jack the reverant, run over the elites yada yada yada.

But then, I come to the AA battle and elites and grunts are having a birthday party. There's just so many of them. It's the worst thing in the world trying to run over an elite only to get plasma pistoled by an unseen grunt then stuck fifty times. And then there's ghosts.

I really want to avoid this battle, but then you can't get the gauss hog. That would be fine, if there was another just as easy and safe way to kill the hunters.

  • 09.24.2010 4:29 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

Nicely done, Vince :-)

  • 09.24.2010 4:29 PM PDT

Hey Tyrant, you probably don't remember me, but I met you in the firefight line at PAX. Told you this game was harder. I just spent about an hour on ONI Sword Base as an expirement, every grunt taking two headshots and elites needing three plasma pistol overcharges makes me cry a little inside. Since you seem to have had the least trouble with Winter Contingency, I'll give that a shot, see how I do without the walkthrough at first.

I seem to be a bit better at Halo Reach than I was at 3, so maybe I'll be able to do more than a couple of levels this time. Best of luck to everyone attempting, let's get this done.

  • 09.24.2010 4:38 PM PDT

Hey Tyrant, you probably don't remember me, but I met you in the firefight line at PAX. Told you this game was harder. I just spent about an hour on ONI Sword Base as an expirement, every grunt taking two headshots and elites needing three plasma pistol overcharges makes me cry a little inside. Since you seem to have had the least trouble with Winter Contingency, I'll give that a shot, see how I do without the walkthrough at first.

I seem to be a bit better at Halo Reach than I was at 3, so maybe I'll be able to do more than a couple of levels this time. Best of luck to everyone attempting, let's get this done.

Just curious, aside from ONI, NIghtfall and Winter Contingency, any other missions completed on Mythic by anyone?

  • 09.24.2010 4:40 PM PDT