- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
With all due respect, 'I Kill Grunts', by the time he has attempted that manuveur you had advised him, he'd already be dead. Depending on the number of Elites there are on the 'landing above you', this can take quite a while, depending on the tactics players employ. For example:
1. Cautious/cover style: Basically stay on the lower levels, horde the plasma guns and grenades from the reinforcements that are bound to come in from the West side of the entrance. Use the plasma weapons as a long range weapon. Just strafe to cover when your shields take a beating. NOTE: Takes a LONG time. NOT guaranteed to allow you to emerge victorious without taking damage(this is due to your reactive timings in the strafe manuveurs)
2. John-117 Style: What the others said - go in, charge up and NEVER stop moving. Switch weapons, throw grenades, melee attack, jump. You are guaranteed to take damage here, BUT, knowing that I have done this on numerous occassions WITHOUT taking damage, it may well be a matter of luck.
3. WIMP Style: I wouldn't recommend this manuveur, ESPECIALLY since you are playing Legendary. Just think about it....You think you're skilled, and you OPTED for THIS tactic?!! Anyway, as the style implies, you're a wimp, and what does a wimp do? They run..that's right, run PAST the marines, jump over the hordes of covenant, and hope you can get a checkpoint AFTER you managed to run past ANOTHER contingent of Covenant forces. NOTE: I've NEVER tried this myself, I should probably call this style the 'Wimpy Suicide' style, but, hey..if you want to conserve ammo, that's what you gotta do...
BTW, the amount of ammo you got, reasonably, but not assault-type of weapons. No wonder you're getting ripped apart by Covenant. Recommend you get yourself better weapons, like a Plasma Rifle, or at least an MA5B Assault rifle. (Yes, I know, plasma pistol charges up and wipes out their shield, Blah blah blah...Fact is, without the Assault rifle, you're a sitting duck...) Well...that's all I can think of now, but, you know,...I think by the time you've read this, you've already went past it...
In relation to look sensitivity, I used to play on 3...and then decided to tinker with the settings and set it at 5...Never thought I'd needed anything above that...but, given what the others are recommending, it wouldn't hurt to try 6, or 7.