- RC Master
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- Exalted Mythic Member
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: Naked Eli
I HATE EXODUS AND LONG NIGHT OF SOLACE!! Stupid stupid stupid deaths in both of them over and over and over again.
Yup. They are the two most frustrating levels.
Posted by: Viper187316
RC Master - Is there a collection of your videos somewhere on the net, or do I have to download them all to my Xbox?
Er.. which ones? My few small clips that are rendered are also available on my Youtube channel. Just my general completions of levels on Mythic won't ever appear anywhere but on saved film form. Theres little point asking someone else to capture it or buying render minutes to render it for the 10(?) people that might want to watch it. Any actual speedruns (that are better than all other current times that we know of) will eventually appear at some point on HSH. No guarantees as to a time frame though. There is a backlog of runs that needs posted, and the run would have to be captured by one of the admins first, who of course have lives :)
Naked Eli:
Are there any other tactics we know of that weren't in the vid?
Very biefly:
you can deload the wraith by going back to the start of the Scarab area.
You can deload the Elites, Shades and Ghosts in the second half of boneyard by going back to where the cutscene started.
You can initially skip the spawn for the enemies in the second smelting room and set up a trap for the Ultra Elite.
Posted by: Naked Eli
Mythic Exodus in 28:29
Sweet time dude! Gonna have to watch this.
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Following on from my vid of the second smelting room, I thought I'd offer a quick(ish) clip of me clearing out the workshop where the Zealots and Field Marshall are. Since I went right to the end in that run anyway (from Alpha). In it, I take out one Zealot first, then the Field Marshall, and then finish off the final two Zealots.
Things to note: You can take out one Zealot from the doorway to the building. In the clip he got knocked onto some barriers which paralypsed him somewhat, but its certainly possible to take him out from this position even if you aren't so fortunate as that. I used the Holo to draw him out (a little) and distract his fire on occasion.
Next, from the same position as you would take out the Field Marshal from, behind the fence, you may be able to target and take out a second Zealot. They seemed quite intent on staring at me and offered only minimal returning fire.
With 2 Zealots and the Field Marshall dead, there is only 1 zealot left to deal with using the stair method. This might make things a bit easier for people who felt overwhelmed trying to deal with 3 dodgy zealots all at once from the stairs.
The Holo doesn't seem to help much in drawing out the zealots when on the stairs, but at least you can use it to keep track of where they are.
Posted by: Vincent K
Anyway, I think I feel like getting around to finishing off PoA and showing you guys how its really done. I await your run with baited breath!
Very interested to see what is allowed under the 'Vincent' way of doing PoA, particularly at the harder sections.
EDIT: oh, damn. One last thing I wanted to note on Tyrant's PoA video:
If you're jumping straight up to the mass driver from the area behind the fence; jump onto the section of the wall closer to the mass driver platform (i.e. on the other side of the little strut) then onto the top of the wall, then to the outer wall, and hop over the railing onto the platform. (thats probably explained horribly so if needs be I can provide pictures) This'll leave you exposed for less time and depending on where the zealots are, the platform itself can cover you a little.
[Edited on 01.03.2011 5:52 PM PST]