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Posted by: womyfts
Hya Ghost!
People are gonna start talking if we keep this up!
Great womy!! :D Allow me to do the honors.
I'm working on making both Great Journey and Oracle SLASO (or just plain Legendary in the latter case) pleasant, easy, and enjoyable (I already finished making SLASO strategies for GJ btw).
I can now safely say that my 3 favorite levels are Cairo Station, Great Journey, and Oracle. They're not as hard as they used to be. I'm 97% certain that these could be done single segment SLASO. Outskirts, Metropolis, Sacred Icon, and Quarantine Zone, on the other hand... only speedrunners can do those. I gave up on those missions. They are way too frustrating. Delta Halo and Regret always seem too long to me and Gravemind's mission start is too much punishment. High Charity would be hell. And The Arbiter gives me nightmares.
Anyways, yesterday, I figured out a way to do Oracle LASO (no Blind) without having to fight the Flood in cqc after getting past the elevator. But that was raw testing and I need to redo it later so for now, you guys can enjoy this, a new and improved elevator skip. :D
I took a bit of shield damage (inevitably. Damn Needlers...), but if you leave the elevator area and go to the next area then return, there will only be those things that spawn the infection forms, which means a nice and easy shield recharge and overshield.
Then, in the next area, it's just a matter of allowing the heretic vs. Flood fight to go on then allowing as many combat forms as possible to spawn then disarming them of their weapons. After which you can go down, cloak, crouch jump to the other side and from there, you have a sword (so I am planning on dropping the sword I brought with me for dual wielding plasma pistol and plasma rifle that were in the hallway, which aren't affected by Famine), several combat forms suffering from seizures (and they can be used for shield recharge and overshield), and a really great spot for hiding from/dealing with enemies (although 1 or 2 combat forms may spawn in the same location so it's best to have a sword ready). When the 2nd wave of heretics come, the Flood will usually kill them and if they go on the turret, that's even more convenient. Then the final wave of heretics arrive and the door to the elevator opens. :) In my raw testing, it took me 50 minutes. I'm going to bring that down to 20.
Posted by: womyfts
The ledge refers to the wraith that is on the upper cliff over the Hunter tunnel, where the tree with no bottom is. The crashed pelican is a bit earlier, then you have the two wraith area, one on the small pond with the jackals, and the other on the elevated cliff or ledge. Often times there is a shade turret up there as well. The end of that battle is where the two hunters come trundling up the tunnel. It is also the first place you can hijack a banshee, that ledge area.Oh. All this LASO testing is turning my mind to mush.
So you didn't kill the one on the ledge? Was it because it's not worth it, there's not enough plasmas, it's not in the path to the next area, or is it because it's inaccessible/the random geometry making it difficult to get up to it?
Oh I hate that first Wraith. Have you considered going back up on the bridge and throwing a plasma from there?
That last Wraith sounds like a good challenge. I want to try that!!