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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

what a fun level, remember the first time playing it and dual wilding 2 SMGs, pistol/SMG, 2 pistols (bada55!) and other combos excluding the brute plasma rifle or needler. the BR was pretty cool as well, a nice replacement for the AR. first time i saw the elites i though damn that's -BLAM!- awesome! legendary: you get to fight ultras and golds right at the start! i love the dialogue in the level as well: 'they're in standard formation, little bastards in front, back ones at the back', 'classified my ass, well you can forget about those modifications to your a2 scope' 'do you know how expensive this is son' 'tell that to the covenant'...
ending cutscene was the best thing i've seen in a video game (at the time ofcourse) 'to give the covenant back their bomb' '...permission granted'

lets give it up for cairo station everybody, a dman good level! 7hank you bungie, back in the days when you didnt -BLAM!- the HALO series up like you've done already with reach.

  • 07.12.2011 6:34 PM PDT
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Well, Scotty once felt precisely as you do now. Then one day, Scotty decided that Scotty willed to beat the mission on Legendary difficulty. After seven enduring hours, Scotty got what he wanted. Scotty never ever returned to play Cairo Station on anything past normal.

My apologies for the third person bogus, I was not certain what I was attempting to gain by doing that. At the very least I hope you deciphered it alright. Basically, I am scarred by the Legendary of that mission. It was the ONE level in Halo 2 which I honestly don't care to repeat. At least, not as much as the others such as Gravemind. Don't misunderstand me, I think it's a great mission and all. It isn't the mission; it's me.

  • 07.12.2011 7:00 PM PDT

Rofl, I've beaten Cairo on Legendary once, but a 1,000 times trying. That's all I'll ever play of that level on Legendary. Love the level but just could not master the hangers.

  • 07.12.2011 7:14 PM PDT

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yeah even with the battle rifle plasma pistol combo and hiding when under fire I found it very difficult. Sometimes I would get frustrated and go rambo and try to just rush and kill as many as I could as a challenge... that never worked ever lol.
Posted by: Grumpy1
Rofl, I've beaten Cairo on Legendary once, but a 1,000 times trying. That's all I'll ever play of that level on Legendary. Love the level but just could not master the hangers.

  • 07.12.2011 7:24 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

really? you guys are NEVER going to play it again on legendary? sure it was hard but it was also fun and rewarding (hard sounds too friendly, near impossible is more like it) I've finished on legendary 7 times (I replay the campaign on legendary once a year) and I still can't get enough it! elites dual wielding plasma rifles are a true horror! can't even take a peak from the corner for over half a second! I discovered dual SMGs works well when you fire it point blank into an enemies face lol

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  • 07.12.2011 7:47 PM PDT


Posted by: path1k
really? you guys are NEVER going to play it again on legendary? sure it was hard but it was also fun and rewarding (hard sounds too friendly, near impossible is more like it) I've finished on legendary 7 times (I replay the campaign on legendary once a year) and I still can't get enough it! elites dual wielding plasma rifles are a true horror! can't even take a peak from the corner for over half a second! I discovered dual SMGs works well when you fire it point blank into an enemies face lol
Yeah, I'm a lightweight to say the least. It's not fun when I die 100 times for each CP. A couple of real good friends here play only Legendary, and a few skulls to make it interesting for them but I'm not like that, lol.

  • 07.12.2011 7:56 PM PDT

Watch This.

It is a very fun level, I miss Halo 2...

  • 07.12.2011 10:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: IL70
It is a very fun level, I miss Halo 2...

who doesnt, it was mind blowing!

  • 07.13.2011 1:20 AM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

such a great level, except legendary was crazy insane on that level

  • 07.13.2011 2:15 AM PDT
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SMG and plasma rifle separate or dual wielded is effective on Ultra Elites believe it or not. But you have to be some distance from them or they have to be distracted.

Yes, thanks Bungie. Cairo Station is my second favorite (but still good). Metropolis is the best!

  • 07.13.2011 3:19 AM PDT

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Posted by: Sliding Ghost
SMG and plasma rifle separate or dual wielded is effective on Ultra Elites believe it or not. But you have to be some distance from them or they have to be distracted.

Yes, thanks Bungie. Cairo Station is my second favorite (but still good). Metropolis is the best!

ooh thats a good one too, i liked delta halo as well and uprising with the elites vs brutes

  • 07.13.2011 4:04 AM PDT

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Cortana: The message just repeats. "Regret, Regret, Regret."
Miranda: Any idea what it means?
Sgt. Johnson: Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!
Marines: Hoo-rah!

Yeah! It's one of my absolute favorite levels to play on Normal on Heroic and possibly my single LEAST favorite to play on Legendary :(

  • 07.13.2011 5:16 AM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

the hardest part of the campaign on legendary for me was the beginning of gravemind when you fight brutes for the first time, beginning of the level: 2 brutes wielding brute PRs only 3 meters away from you while you only have a needler!

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  • 07.13.2011 5:59 AM PDT

Posted by: Grumpy1
just could not master the hangers.
I did that. Well, the first hangar is fun and fast-paced due to the ton of grenades you get and the power of the BR. But for the second hangar, I carry about ten plasma pistols from the previous one and make sure I never die in that room. And I never have since first time I got through it.

  • 07.13.2011 6:30 AM PDT

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Half-Minute Hero
MBU
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Maps I like: Turf, Avalanche, Pylon, Sandbox, Breakpoint and many more.

I made it to hangar two in Cairo on Legendary. Got stuck because the Elites kept ducking beind the shield.

  • 07.14.2011 3:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: Multijirachi
Got stuck because the Elites kept ducking beind the shield.

for elites try charged pp then BR/pistol to the head or fire dual SMGs point blank in his face

  • 07.14.2011 4:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: Grumpy1
just could not master the hangers.
I did that. Well, the first hangar is fun and fast-paced due to the ton of grenades you get and the power of the BR. But for the second hangar, I carry about ten plasma pistols from the previous one and make sure I never die in that room. And I never have since first time I got through it.
:o

And this is why Halo 2 is much more immersive than Halo 3. In Halo 3, if you stockpile weapons, there's a risk of the weapons disappearing or even sinking into the floor. The problem was also in CE, but only in huge battles. But in Halo 2, this happens less often if I recall correctly.

  • 07.14.2011 6:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sliding Ghost
And this is why Halo 2 is much more immersive than Halo 3. In Halo 3, if you stockpile weapons, there's a risk of the weapons disappearing or even sinking into the floor. The problem was also in CE, but only in huge battles. But in Halo 2, this happens less often if I recall correctly.

ah the gold stockpile tactic, came in handy when you have to kill the covy outside the room the shotgun was in

  • 07.14.2011 8:12 PM PDT

I will never forget a moment a friend and I had on Cairo Station. It was a co-op game on legendary.

I think we were in the first of the two rooms where Covenant are boarding. It was the one where you enter from the ground (I believe the second room, you came in from an upper level and got grenades).

Anyway, we worked our way through one or two waves of Covenant (very, very slowly). It took a few (many) suicide runs to get us through. We thought all was clear, so approached the boarding craft, when we hear the call for a final wave. I remember standing right in front of the craft and watching an Ultra charge at me with a sword.

We still laugh about my reaction to this day. I started yelling at the top of my lungs, "He's got a sword!" I died about 0.39 seconds later. It was just one of those moments where you are so focused and end up in shock, then laughing for another half an hour.

  • 07.14.2011 10:14 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

you actually screamed because of that? obnly time I ever yell is during moments that make me angry like when I lose lol. suiciding isn't the way to go, tried it sometimes and ended failing badly. a simple charged pp then BR headshot should do it

  • 07.14.2011 11:20 PM PDT

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can't get past the 2nd hangar so I'm taking an hour break, replaying on legendary right now. : D

  • 07.15.2011 12:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: path1k
you actually screamed because of that? obnly time I ever yell is during moments that make me angry like when I lose lol. suiciding isn't the way to go, tried it sometimes and ended failing badly. a simple charged pp then BR headshot should do it
Don't you find it fun to be surprised by AI? When I was bored, I would play hide and seek with Elites, Grunts, etc. and especially CE Zealots and scream 'Noooooooo!!!' when they found me or got real close to me. It's even more fun to do it with a shielded half Flood Elite.

  • 07.15.2011 12:17 AM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

well, it is fun to go right up to an elite who's not on his gaurs, get his attention then fire point plank into his face with dual SMGs/C.E AR

  • 07.15.2011 1:40 AM PDT


Posted by: Gladius42104
can't get past the 2nd hangar so I'm taking an hour break, replaying on legendary right now. : D
I'm rooting for you pal. Do what these guys say, PP and any other weapon for dual wield.

  • 07.15.2011 4:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grumpy1
I'm rooting for you pal. Do what these guys say, PP and any other weapon for dual wield.

jumping around while you attack the enemy isn't a bad idea as well, it will it harder for them to kill you

  • 07.15.2011 5:21 PM PDT