- dude527
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- Exalted Heroic Member
I finally got around to doing this today. Well, technically last night. I tried Nightfall a few times to no avail. Then, woke up, popped in Reach, and finished Nightfall on my first try. Decided I was feeling bold, and continued to Winter Contingency, which isn't hard either. Got it on my first try. Feeling ever more emboldened, I tried Tip of the Spear, where the first battle wiped my confidence clean.
So I quit, and loaded up ONI. It took me a few tries to pass the initial battle, and when I did, even more problems. First, after I killed the first Wraith with the Target Locator, I found out I ventured just a bit too far out and the door closed, sealing off my Plasma Pistol. I was forced to, in a very risky move, wait for Kat to distract the final Wraith, then scrounge the battlefield for a Plasma Pistol. I managed to find one, and got behind the Wraith as Kat was engaging. I plasma EMP'd it on my approach, killed the gunner, and continued to melee the hatch for the headshot that would grant me the Wraith for the rest of the mission. Well, no beans. The hatch never broke, and instead, the Wraith just exploded. May as well have used the Target Locator on it...
So yes, I had to go from that point on with a Warthog. My problems there were just awesome. For one, I had to constantly betray the gunners. For two, Kat always wanted to drive. I managed a few tricks. For the AA gun section, I got out of the vehicle and crossed the body of water. This attracted Kat to the fight while I retreated back to the Warthog. I helped her lower Elite shields while she finished them off. That took about 20 minutes. We hit the switch, and a fresh Warthog comes to us. I drive off on Kat and the gunner.
We get to the Comm Array section or whatever, and my trouble is with Kat. I want to take out that Revenant, but every time I try, she obviously feels I want a ride. So I finally try pushing her off a cliff again (I did this earlier, but it failed because she "died" and respawned instantly) and to my relief, the water was shallow and she was stuck down there. So I picked off the Revenant, and the troops surrounding the building. Without Kat to distract them, the Elites were a pain, and kept ducking into the building when I'd open fire. It required a bit of kat-and-mouse and a lot more of my time, but I finally did it. Took out all of the Skirmishers with minimal effort, and activated the comms. Got my Gauss 'Hog, and I'm feeling fine.
So I killed the soldier in the gunner seat, and kept it stationary to take out two Revenants and a Ghost from my spot where they couldn't fire back. Well, I couldn't hit the Elite or Grunts, so I pulled up a little closer, and I could see the third Revenant. If it moved, I could hit it. It wasn't, though, so I took out the Elite and Grunt. Then the Revenant finally started moving. I was really getting happy, thinking I'd actually managed this without a Wraith, but I suddenly hear, "I've got the wheel." I think I was slightly shocked, because I could've reacted faster.
Kat suddenly respawned on me, took the wheel, and guess what she did. Before I even thought to evacuate the vehicle, she drove us.... Right at the Revenant. The thing took one shot at us, and I was dead.
Damn you, Kat...