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Subject: Starting Hard Mode *Any Suggestions*
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Does anyone have any hints or tips on how to beat hard mode?

  • 08.16.2004 1:09 AM PDT
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be aggressive.

  • 08.16.2004 1:12 AM PDT
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Do you mean legendary?

If you mean legendary, you should use the pistol alot. It is one of the best weapons vs. grunts, jackals, hunters, all flood, and elites when you have taken their shields down. In other words: It's good against everything except sentinels and energyshields.
And do not expose yourself to enemy fire for extended amounts of time. Use cover as much as you can, and if you want to keep some life between the health packs, let your shields recharge whenever they get depleted. Even if it gets boring.

There is alot more you can do, but I don't feel like writing it all.

  • 08.16.2004 1:42 AM PDT
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Snipe.

Sneak as much as possible.

Everything DaEIATH2 said.

  • 08.16.2004 6:18 AM PDT
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Plasma Pistol is very good against Elites when its used fast (no charge shot) as is the Needler. And use the Shotgun with the Flood Combat Forms.

[Edited on 8/16/2004 6:26:22 AM]

  • 08.16.2004 6:25 AM PDT
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Always concerve ammo and if you want to find out cheap stuff dont go through the door open it then shot from inside the room you are in...if you have any problems with a sertan area trying just running through it....doesnt work half the time in the library, the first group of allies on the level halo, and any places you have to stop and kill verything...
Try usingh cover and crotch alot especially when u r exposed...
try strafing agianst plasma weapons...
and kill as much as you can with using aslittle ammo as possible....b burst fire /b
also when you get to a hard level like the library have a buddy come over and help you after you have tryed it a couple times

  • 08.16.2004 6:33 AM PDT

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Kill everything till it's dead.

  • 08.16.2004 6:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: CANNON 117
Kill everything till it's dead.
And if a Flood then kill it some more

  • 08.16.2004 6:47 AM PDT
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Haha!!!

  • 08.16.2004 7:32 AM PDT
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I would add - use plasma grenades alot - they stick to elites nicely - and the grunts say funny things when they run around with them stuck to their head!

  • 08.16.2004 7:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: The_Ring82
Does anyone have any hints or tips on how to beat hard mode?

Do you mean "hard" as in Heroic (one notch harder than Normal) or hard as in Legendary (two notches harder than Normal)?

  • 08.16.2004 8:16 AM PDT
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one thing that really helps to know is, keep a plasma pistol or plasma rifle in one of your slots to blast an elite's sheild down, then pop him with your pistol

  • 08.16.2004 8:18 AM PDT
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Use the availible cover such as trees, rocks buildings etc. Always know where your enemies are and keep an eye on your motion-tracker. I don't know how many times it saved my ass. Avoid combat when possible and if you need to engage in combat, against for instance an elite, knock out his shields and then run in and whack him two times. Saves ammo and gets the job done.

I know from experience that elites are the most annoying Covenant in legendary...besiedes the jackals. But, because of the face that elites don't start shooting untill they are within weapons range, gives you time to knock out their shields with a plasma pistol or whatever. By the time he starts to shoot, the elite will be strafing from side to side and will generally be a big pain in the ass. Soooo...my suggestion to you is to take out the elite before he starts to shoot. When you take out the elite, the grunts and jackals will scatter making them easy prey. One more thing, Aim for the highest ranking elite there is first such as the red elite over the blue one.

  • 08.16.2004 9:14 AM PDT
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Just play if you die learn if you kill laugh the best tip I can give that no 1 else has already given is to know everything about the LvL your on enemies everything and on legendary your most usefull weapon combo is plasma pistol and assault rifle(depends on LVL) because if its the flood then best combo is shotgun assault,I think..Pistol will help but ammo is scarce so dont use it too much stick to alien weapons or pick up alien weapon then use ammo kill then pick human weapon back up not a drop of ammo wasted.I find jackels are a pain but ive learned their wayz and theyre powereless now to deafeat them use plasma charge and sidestep out and fire then sidestep back and repeat till dead plasma pistols are everywhere so dont worry bout ammo jus make sure you have it and thats all taken care of.Also sidesteppin helps with all covenent dam elites kill them all. needler is alight but they can dodge good on legendary so dont waste ammo unless you bust a clip and -blam!-.too much im kinda lost in my typing here wow im trippin.so ya um,.,.,.wow.,.,.

Alright im dumb ill explain to the best of my ability

Levels based on covenent you should use human/generic weapons,grenades both dont matter.

Levels with flood shotgun is a must it will save your hide alot.dont forget flashlight.

Closed in levels use close range weapons.

open levels or mixed try a combo of ranged and close ranged.like pistol/sniper,shotgun/sniper

Sidestepping is key learning how to control yourself is a must.

practice every difficulty every level with different weapons ways to play it, that way you will know different tactics and different ways of doing things.

Aim is pretty simple Just practice and you will win.Legendary is easy

If you need help ask a friend to do co-op and learn teamwork co-op this might give new wayz to look at legendary I dunno.

always I mean always get checkpoints and use them to your advantage theirs plenty of tips for this but ill leave it to you im sure you know anywayz

There is so much more and im sorry if my above explanations and stuff are not too good but I hate typing sometimes and I gave up lol



  • 08.16.2004 9:23 AM PDT