Posted by: Dr fizz
Really...really...you're willing to just sit there and get kills while being bored? Halo is supposed to be fun and if you think it's fun, just play what you want, when you want. So let's go to the balancing scale. (1) Get maybe 75% of what you're talking about by having fun, (2) Sit there for hours being bored just so you're rank is higher and when people look at you're commendations they will know that you're a total booster. Think about it, there wer'nt any commendations or special glitches in Halo 3 to get you're rank higher since it was a simple point system. Personally, I think Bungie should have kept the old system and made everything in the armory cheap for Reach. So ya, I'm not gonna rant any longer about this since you probably get the idea (or at least you should you genius who's reading this).
Uhm, yeah sure. But on the other side of the argument, most people who do this know that they will never ever ever ever get these commendations to onyx "just by playing the game"
Heres some math, and warning.. this might turn into a wall of text.
Flawless Cowboy- It takes 15 minutes to do winter contingency on heroic without dying. Now, accounting for human error, lets say 20 minutes average. Also accounting for human error, lets account that you can and will often die halfway through, if not at the very end and thus ruin the commendation. So, 25 minutes average per winter contingency heroic not dying run. That includes load times and etc.
25x150=3750. 3750/60= 62.5. 62.5 Hours. Thats 2.6 days of playing the same mission over and over and over. Winter contingency is the shortest on heroic. Thats a -blam!- load of time spent waisting your life away playing the same mission over and over and over.
Pinpoint- Every mission in campaign has 110-130 enemies total. Assuming you use a headshot capable weapon ALL the time through ALL missions.. and you play the entire campaign over and over. Assuming you never miss either, thats 1035 headshots per playthrough. You need 15,000. So that means you would have to play the entire campaign like this, 15 times in a row. Now accounting for human error, and that you wont have a percision weapon on you at ALL times and you WILL miss. Lets say 600 headshots per playthrough. A playthrough of reach on normal is 6 hours or more.
15,000/600= 25. 25 playthroughs, thats 25x6= 150 hours. Thats 6.25 days.
Last example would be Right of way- The mission with the most enemy vehicles is Long Night of Solace. Theres approx 115 of them. It takes 50 minutes to play through this mission. You need 6000.
600/115=52. 52x50=2600. 2600/60= 43. Thats 1.7 days playing one mission over and over and over.
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End point is the following.
It took me only 10 hours total farming, on and off through 8 weeks to achieve my commendations to onyx. 10 hours, thats how long it took me to do legendary solo. ( actually a little less but whatever ). So obviously, not that much.
If YOU WANT TO play the entire campaign over and over "legitly" whilst spending over 3 weeks of your ENTIRE life doing the same reppetitive task. GO AHEAD! However, if you are like me. You will take the faster, more efficient route.
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Now, time for a personal note.
I owned halo 2 for.. 3 years? I can honestly say I played the hell out of that games campaign. I played it TONS. And over 3 years, I played through the entire thing maybe.. 30 times? Legendary 4 times. I was very young and legendary took me FOREVER back then. Thats alot of game time.
I played delta halo mission maybe 12 times though, I loved that mission so much.
So taking this into account, over 3 entire years. If halo 2 had the same commendations that reach does? I would be 20% through... AFTER 3 YEARS.
Personally, I admit that I would NEVER EVER EVER do 150 missions on heroic without dying. I did 20 on reach, and then saw the commendation shoot from 20 to 75. That when I decided to farm it. I have no shame admitting I would probably never play 150 missions in 10 years of this game being out, let alone on heroic! LET ALONE WITHOUT DYING!
So there ya go, yeah I farmed commendations because Im a completionist by nature. I like getting everything a game has. If you want to try and tell me you would even play 150 missions of the campaign on heroic without dying, GO AHEAD and do it. Report back to me on your sanity afterwards.
Last of all, I am an amazing gamer. My skills are probably top 10 percentile. Ive gotten numerous titles of prestige throughout various other games over the years. I have many friends in MLG who have to struggle to keep up with me, although I stay away from it.
If people want to think Im unskilled because I watched youtube videos while pressing start A up A to get a commendation up. Let them, they will be surprised when I steamroll there asses.
And, heres my wall of text.