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Subject: *I3utteRzZ's Onyx-MAX Campaign Commendation Guide*


Posted by: spartanv37
heritics all of your,now i can see where the root of all evil is,this is a corwards way out,if you turly wanted to walk the path then your should have done this without glitch's.That is the honorable way for a ture zealot of this great franchise.this a a blatent mockery of way the creators wanted us to achive greatness.My feloow zealots rise up and crush these infeldels with our combined power and set right the balance of the order.Otherwise the great creators will strike us all down for our heresy,it will not be long before the first modarator is informed of this as it falls under Cheating and feedback tampering.things that overlords who watch our every action are not pleased with.so i ask one last time my fellow zealots do not follow the path of the weak but stead fast and do it the honorable way.


Hey you Hitler, proper punctuation please.

  • 12.05.2010 8:10 AM PDT

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i wont use it but it's usefull to those that wants to boost!

  • 12.05.2010 8:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: mpb0813
Getting comms to max doesn't increase you Comm progress % either, so no.
People don't get it. It's to get everything maxed. That's the point.

  • 12.05.2010 11:00 AM PDT
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thanks man this is so helpful

  • 12.05.2010 12:42 PM PDT

How do you revert to last save without going to the menu and manually selecting it? Someone did it in the videos, but IDK how.

  • 12.05.2010 5:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Minigun 357
How do you revert to last save without going to the menu and manually selecting it? Someone did it in the videos, but IDK how.


I don't think thats possible, rendered videos just don't show if you press start and revert.

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absolutly fabulas, fantastic, i love it, saving this thread, ima do extreme boosing tommorrow.....hehehe...

  • 12.06.2010 6:32 AM PDT

I don't know. Boosting kind of takes the frosting away from cake. I like it when I know I deserved it.

  • 12.06.2010 9:30 AM PDT

THIS IS AMAZING!!! I LOVE YOU MAN!!

  • 12.06.2010 7:24 PM PDT

Red vs Blue Fan. Doc is the best!

Why can't bungie just -blam-ing ban people for this -blam-.

  • 12.07.2010 10:25 PM PDT

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Why can't bungie just -blam-ing ban people for this -blam-.


Because these aren't banish-able offenses.

  • 12.08.2010 12:29 AM PDT


Posted by: I3utteRzZzZ
This guide will show you some of the most efficient ways to advance your campaign commendations. The majority of these methods take place on either the fourth or ninth missions (Nightfall and The Package).

If a commendation has an (A) or (B) next to its name, it means there are multiple methods for it in this guide. (A) will be the faster method and (B) will be slower. They will both be in here because they overlap with other commendations (ie., you will get precision weapon kills while working on Pinpoint, but that will not be the fastest way to get precision weapon kills).

If the Difficulty: says Any, you might as well do it on Normal.

Nice Arm (Grenade Kills)
Weapon: Frag Grenade
Map: Nightfall, Mission Start
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: None
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 13,000

Sprint along the trail towards the elite. It's important to be fast or else Jun will be stupid and wake everything up. Kill the elite with a melee or assination, and kill the two sleeping grunts nearby. Run up further along the trail and look down at the three sleeping grunts below. Look *almost* straight up and throw a frag. Wait ~1/2 a second, then continue along the trail. A checkpoint triggers when you pass a certain rock. Ideally, you'll get the checkpoint right before your grenade lands and explodes, giving you a triple kill...revert to saved...and repeat.

>Nice Arm Video<

Thanks to whoever rendered this for me :-)

Support Role (Assists)
Weapon: Frag Grenade
Map: Nightfall, Mission Start...Co-op
Difficulty: Legendary
Skulls: Thunderstorm, Tilt, Mythic
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 6,000

This is the same concept as the Nice Arm commendation above, except with skulls and a higher difficulty so that the grunts will not die from just one grenade. Player A will get assists, and Player B will get grenade kills. Player B does exactly what is described above in the Nice Arm section. Player A stays behind, and throws a grenade down at the sleeping grunts so that RIGHT before Player B's grenade lands on them, Player A's will explode. Player A's grenade will do >40% of the damage, Player B's will kill them. Meanwhile, Player B has walked farther down the trail and triggered the checkpoint. Get your 2-3 assists...revert to saved...and repeat.

>Support Role Video<

This is probably the hardest method in this guide, if you can get even two assists with a good checkpoint, then good job. You cannot save and quit in a co-op game, so if you want to max assists, you should have ~3 hours to spend sitting and reverting.

Pinpoint and Precisely(B) (Headshots and Precision Weapon Kills)
Weapon: DMR
Map: The Package, Rally Point Bravo
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Grunt Birthday Party
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 20,000...32,000

This method (and the next several) utilizes a pre-checkpoint phantom-load of grunts. There are probably many other places in the game that could work just like this, but this is the one I chose. From R.P. Bravo, run down across the bridge, past the rocks, and down to your right (towards the next bridge). A phantom is going to land across that bridge and drop off 8 grunts. Stand around, close enough to the grunts/phantom to not trigger the checkpoint. When all the grunts are running towards you, run back up the hill towards the lab doors you're supposed to be protecting. The checkpoint will trigger as soon as you're too far away for the grunts to shoot at you. You should be backing up with your reticle already aimed at the first one's head. When the checkpoint triggers, there you are, aimed and ready to headshot 5-8 grunts with your precision weapon...revert to saved...and repeat.

>Pinpoint AND Precisely(B) Video<


Small Arms (Small Arms Weapon Kills)
Weapon: Plasma Pistol
Map: The Package, Rally Point Alpha
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Tilt
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 16,000

The same phantom-dropped grunts as my Pinpoint method, except this time you need to start from R.P. Alpha, so that you can pick up a plasma pistol. When you have your plasma pistol, run through the level until you get to the grunt drop-off bridge. Now, this part is a little tricky. The idea is to shoot each grunt with plasma pistol shots until it is the grunt-equivalent of "one-shot." On normal, two types of grunts will drop out of the phantom, Infantry and Specialist. You can shoot Infantry twice and Specialists three times. When you've shot them all, run back up the hill, and hide behind a rock. The checkpoint will trigger when (a) the grunts are far enough away, and (b) you're shields are recharged. Then you'll pop out and kill 5-8 grunts with a single plasma pistol shot each...revert to saved...and repeat.

>Small Arms Video<

The reason I was shooting the last two grunts like that was to slow them down, so I'd have enough time to get to my hiding spot, and also so they're be closer to the ones behind them, for faster killing.

Thanks to whoever rendered this for me :-)

Standard Issue (Automatic Weapon Kills)
Weapon: Plasma Repeater
Map: The Package, Rally Point Alpha
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Tilt
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 15,000

Exactly like my Small Arms method, except you also pick up a plasma repeater during the level, and switch to it after you're done plasma-pistoling the grunts before the checkpoint. Plasma repeater your 5-8 grunts...revert to saved...and repeat.

>Standard Issue Video<


Precisely(A)
Weapon:
Map: The Package, Mission Start
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Tilt
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 32,000

Once you finish Pinpoint, switch to this method for the rest of Precisely.

Same idea as Small Arms and Standard Issue...but faster ;-)

Check the game time

>Precisely(A) Video<


War Machine AND Right of Way (Vehicle Kills)
Weapon: Sabre
Map: Long Night of Solace, Rally Point Alpha
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: None
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 14,000...7,200

Load up R.P. Alpha, kill like three waves of banshees/seraphs/phantoms, then fly to the docking bay. Now an un-skippable cut-scene will play, after which you'll be back out in your sabre. You're now instructed to destroy a newly-arrived corevette's engines. When you hit one of the engines with your missiles, a checkpoint will trigger. Fly way underneath the corvette, and lock on to an engine. Right after you fire your missiles, boost towards the bottom middle of the corvette, and switch to your normal sabre gun (not missiles). If you do it right, you'll be aiming right at ten banshees when the checkpoint triggers. Kill 7-10 of them...revert to saved...and repeat.

>War Machine AND Right of Way Video<

I wasn't the first person to figure this out, but I haven't seen a video with a better way to get the checkpoint than mine :-)

Demon AND Flawless Cowboy (Complete a Mission, and Complete a Mission Without Dying)
Weapon: N/A
Map: Any, but Winter Contingency is popular
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Any
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 540...300

The infamous cut-scene glitch. I didn't find this. THIS is the YouTube video I used.


Splash Damage, Super Soldier(A), Leadership Element (Heavy Weapon Kills, Sprees, Kill Leader-Class Enemy)
Weapon: Target Locator
Map: ONI: Sword Base
Difficulty: Any
Skulls: Catch ONLY(There are no Leaders if Thunderstorm is on, Cowbell doesn't do any extra damage, it just blasts them farther away if they don't die from the first missile, and I've had my best results with Tilt turned off)
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 6,000...9,000...10,000

I didn't come up with this one either, and just about everyone should already know about it. See post 2 for some discussion on Super Soldier.

>Target Locator<


Walking Tank, Cannon Fodder and SpecOps (Multi-Kills, Kill Infantry-Class, and Kill Specialist-Class)
# Req'd for Onyx: MAX: 9,000...20,000...14,000

Don't even worry about these, they will all be SO maxxed out after you've worked on any of the others.



And...Those are all 16 Campaign Commendations (Except for Super Soldier...see next post). I'll check on and update this guide pretty regularly, so feel free to ask questions.

  • 12.09.2010 8:41 PM PDT

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  • 12.09.2010 11:23 PM PDT

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  • 12.10.2010 7:25 PM PDT

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  • 12.11.2010 12:59 PM PDT

^ ignoring those who can't mind their own business...

Has anyone looked at alternative methods for completing some of these? Butterz certainly has dozens of efficient farming tools, but some of these commendations are repeats of others with different weapons, or adding a guest for assists and such.

Perhaps there are some other yet untested checkpoints throughout the game with some unique combat opportunities to set up farms? I'm looking for a tripod-mounted turrets positioned in favorable areas to get Standard Issue.

  • 12.11.2010 9:56 PM PDT

SUPPORT ROLE:- I've stumbled accross away to onyx this on your own with 2 controllers, relatively easily.
I basically used I3utteRzZzZ's guide and saved this commendation till last..... just prior I used I3utteRzZzZ's method to get small arms/standard issue. Basically I thought i'd try using this same level to try for support role, seeing as its easy to get two people in position on your own.
Basically get both yourself (right hand) and a guest (left hand) down to the rock point where you zip out to blast the grunts (see I3utteRzZzZ's videos), aim each gun toward where the grunts will come off the bridge and up so your focal point is on the power lines (so the bottom most of the focal is touching the top most powerline). As soon as the Pelican leaves the screen, throw your grenade (right hand) followed straight away by your guest (left hand). the checkpoint will save just befor the grenades hit. I could only ever get a single assist using this technique, BUT at least you can do it on your own without bugging anyone else :) It will take a couple of tries, I may have been lucky to get it fairly quickly. good luck with it. might be of some help to someone having trouble with this commendation.
BIG THANKS FOR I3utteRzZzZ, i'm finally onyxed out in campaign commendations.

  • 12.11.2010 11:02 PM PDT

Rawr.

Any reason why i do not get grenade kills on nightfall each time i revert to the triple? yes it's on normal an i have free for all scoring on?

  • 12.12.2010 1:31 AM PDT

Posted by: SLANTAI
SUPPORT ROLE:- I've stumbled accross away to onyx this on your own with 2 controllers, relatively easily.
I basically used I3utteRzZzZ's guide and saved this commendation till last..... just prior I used I3utteRzZzZ's method to get small arms/standard issue. Basically I thought i'd try using this same level to try for support role, seeing as its easy to get two people in position on your own.
Basically get both yourself (right hand) and a guest (left hand) down to the rock point where you zip out to blast the grunts (see I3utteRzZzZ's videos), aim each gun toward where the grunts will come off the bridge and up so your focal point is on the power lines (so the bottom most of the focal is touching the top most powerline). As soon as the Pelican leaves the screen, throw your grenade (right hand) followed straight away by your guest (left hand). the checkpoint will save just befor the grenades hit. I could only ever get a single assist using this technique, BUT at least you can do it on your own without bugging anyone else :) It will take a couple of tries, I may have been lucky to get it fairly quickly. good luck with it. might be of some help to someone having trouble with this commendation.
BIG THANKS FOR I3utteRzZzZ, i'm finally onyxed out in campaign commendations.


Nice initiative. I just reached the rank of Brigadier and I am nowhere near any commendations so this should help me get it up heaps. Just hope I have the patience lol.

On a side note: to all you noobs complaining that its boosting or cheating its not. If Bungie considered it the slightest bit cheating they would have removed the 'Revert to Last Save' option. But they dont think its cheating so they havent. And I can promise you know that someone will be Inheritor before someone has legitimately maxed out every campaign commendation without once using the revert option. My advice....deal with it, or it your really that fussed go and buy black ops because no one boosts or cheats in CoD...

  • 12.12.2010 1:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: spartanv37
heritics all of your,now i can see where the root of all evil is,this is a corwards way out,if you turly wanted to walk the path then your should have done this without glitch's.That is the honorable way for a ture zealot of this great franchise.this a a blatent mockery of way the creators wanted us to achive greatness.My feloow zealots rise up and crush these infeldels with our combined power and set right the balance of the order.Otherwise the great creators will strike us all down for our heresy,it will not be long before the first modarator is informed of this as it falls under Cheating and feedback tampering.things that overlords who watch our every action are not pleased with.so i ask one last time my fellow zealots do not follow the path of the weak but stead fast and do it the honorable way.


Hey you Hitler, proper punctuation please.


I can only think of one word to describe you:

LEGEND!

  • 12.12.2010 4:57 PM PDT

antitactic

agreed

  • 12.13.2010 8:13 PM PDT
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Hey man thanks for this post. I like the fact that you have put techniques from various levels....

  • 12.14.2010 3:21 PM PDT

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if its not been suggested (sorry if it has, not reading through 14 pages for something specific) might i suggest nightfall for demon and flawless cowboy?

if you can speed run the level, you can set up the boost in 6 - 7 minutes, and the level loads faster upon each restart

  • 12.14.2010 4:39 PM PDT

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  • 12.14.2010 8:04 PM PDT

Or you could do the trick mentioned in the guide. Guaranteed to get one every 20 seconds vs. every ~5 minutes with chance of failure.
Posted by: DarkScythe 058
if its not been suggested (sorry if it has, not reading through 14 pages for something specific) might i suggest nightfall for demon and flawless cowboy?

if you can speed run the level, you can set up the boost in 6 - 7 minutes, and the level loads faster upon each restart

  • 12.14.2010 8:10 PM PDT