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Subject: Anyone brave enough to try a SLASO run?
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Major Edit:

OMFG, OMFG! I DID IT! I DID IT!

I found the perfect way to beat the Heretic boss!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

The hiding spot. The grenade sticks. The ghostly surprise assassinations that gave me a scare. Muhahahahahaha!

  • 01.18.2012 5:04 PM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

Cairo Station was enough for me with all skulls on legendary. I'd rather try another run in co-op with a friend, hopefully they"ll make a remake like CE with online co-op and a friendly skull menu to activate the skulls.

  • 01.18.2012 7:31 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Major Edit:

OMFG, OMFG! I DID IT! I DID IT!
:D:D:D:D:D:D
Muhahahahahaha!

You must really be excited lol.

  • 01.18.2012 7:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: InvasionImminent

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Major Edit:

OMFG, OMFG! I DID IT! I DID IT!
:D:D:D:D:D:D
Muhahahahahaha!

You must really be excited lol.
I sure am! :D

Here's my first test. I missed out an opportunity to get the leader but I got to stick him without him ever noticing. I also show some fails.

[Edited on 01.18.2012 8:56 PM PST]

  • 01.18.2012 8:52 PM PDT

I'm still having issues trying to get the IWHBYD Skull to appear. I've attempted it 15 times straight now and still nothing. It just won't show up D:

Sliding Ghost that's a clever tactic, never thought of that...going to give this a try myself...

  • 01.19.2012 8:05 AM PDT


Posted by: Wilis_kid
I'm still having issues trying to get the IWHBYD Skull to appear. I've attempted it 15 times straight now and still nothing. It just won't show up D:

Sliding Ghost that's a clever tactic, never thought of that...going to give this a try myself...
I remember once I tried like 10 times, then I remembered it was not on Legendary.

  • 01.19.2012 10:51 AM PDT


Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Wilis_kid
I'm still having issues trying to get the IWHBYD Skull to appear. I've attempted it 15 times straight now and still nothing. It just won't show up D:

Sliding Ghost that's a clever tactic, never thought of that...going to give this a try myself...
I remember once I tried like 10 times, then I remembered it was not on Legendary.

Ha, yeah that would suck. It's definitely legendary, I've followed your video tutorial but it doesn't seem to want to spawn (maybe my checkpoints aren't popping up exactly like yours?) or is it random?

  • 01.19.2012 3:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wilis_kid
I'm still having issues trying to get the IWHBYD Skull to appear. I've attempted it 15 times straight now and still nothing. It just won't show up D:

Sliding Ghost that's a clever tactic, never thought of that...going to give this a try myself...
Grumpy found a way to make it always spawn: just delay the cp you get at HZ until you get to the room.

Thanks! :D I've been using small spaces like that during my AI collections on the level. But prior to that, I was using all sorts of cover and I always got mowed down.

  • 01.19.2012 4:23 PM PDT
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To the OP: I do not think it is a matter of bravery, it is more a matter of exceptional patience, thought, and a very large supply of hair to pull out of your head!

The task is daunting, and unsegmented, that is beyond daunting. What did I spend trying CS with just three quarters of the skulls? Two weeks? It is something that most people will not attempt, not from lack of bravery, but from lack of the needed patience and lack of fun that the attempt offers. It can be just a total bummer, granted the payoff is huge, but how many people are actually willing to pay the price, they just want the payoff.

Having said that, for those of us who do have the masochistic streak, it is a great puzzle to see what we can come up with to try to make any progress at all and share our epic fails and our meager to exceptional successes.

Having said that, at this point, I have Sputnik, Envy, Catch, Grunt BP, Angry and Cowbell all active. Had to sleep at some point last night. Tonight I will try to add Famine, Mythic and Black Eye. I am debating on Thunderstorm, which probably makes me a majore weenie. I will not add Assassins until I play with all the other BS going and see what I am in for, and I will not be adding Blind at all. That is probably as close as I will get to the collection needed, but it will be more than I have ever played with. We shall see!

  • 01.19.2012 6:07 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Wilis_kid
I'm still having issues trying to get the IWHBYD Skull to appear. I've attempted it 15 times straight now and still nothing. It just won't show up D:

Sliding Ghost that's a clever tactic, never thought of that...going to give this a try myself...
Grumpy found a way to make it always spawn: just delay the cp you get at HZ until you get to the room.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that one, I was going to make a vid too but my box crapped out on me. Now that I have another I will make a vid.

Edit: Just did it again, I call it Forced IWHBYD. It does not have a choice and shall be yours within 5 minutes, lol.

Film coming later.


[Edited on 01.19.2012 7:53 PM PST]

  • 01.19.2012 7:33 PM PDT
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Updated:

Ghost, Thunderstorm (forgot I had picked it up just before retiring last night!) and Mythic. Cannot remember where Famine is, may have to check online sources......gameplay to resume manyana!

  • 01.19.2012 8:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: womyfts
To the OP: I do not think it is a matter of bravery, it is more a matter of exceptional patience, thought, and a very large supply of hair to pull out of your head!
It is a matter of bravery once Blind is turned on. Full grown soldiers who can take punishment after punishment will succumb and break down when confronted with this challenge.

Posted by: womyfts
Having said that, for those of us who do have the masochistic streak, it is a great puzzle to see what we can come up with to try to make any progress at all and share our epic fails and our meager to exceptional successes.

Having said that, at this point, I have Sputnik, Envy, Catch, Grunt BP, Angry and Cowbell all active. Had to sleep at some point last night. Tonight I will try to add Famine, Mythic and Black Eye. I am debating on Thunderstorm, which probably makes me a majore weenie. I will not add Assassins until I play with all the other BS going and see what I am in for
Hopefully, that day will come in video form.

Thunderstorm isn't too bad when you're not up against Flood.

Posted by: womyfts
and I will not be adding Blind at all. That is probably as close as I will get to the collection needed, but it will be more than I have ever played with. We shall see!
Wise decision. I hate that skull greatly.

[Edited on 01.19.2012 10:07 PM PST]

  • 01.19.2012 10:07 PM PDT


Posted by: womyfts
Updated:

Ghost, Thunderstorm (forgot I had picked it up just before retiring last night!) and Mythic. Cannot remember where Famine is, may have to check online sources......gameplay to resume manyana!
Except for the Flood, Thunderstorm is a great skull for me.

  • 01.19.2012 10:22 PM PDT
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I forgot to mention something in my posts last night. While I was playing Uprising to get the Ghost skull I noticed something that I missed before:

If Catch is active, beserking Brutes will often stop beserking to throw grendades. It was a riot to see, they go oompa loomoing all over hells half acres, then throw a grenade from that crouched, hunched over position. It was very odd to see them do that motion, from that position.

I really wish I had a capture card, can they still even be gotten for an old normal ex box?

  • 01.20.2012 11:05 AM PDT


Posted by: womyfts
I really wish I had a capture card, can they still even be gotten for an old normal ex box?
Yes, for less than $50.

  • 01.20.2012 1:49 PM PDT

Better days are just ahead

rumors are wrong coz many people have done it despite the lack of fun it is to play halo 2 at all.

  • 01.20.2012 2:50 PM PDT


Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it despite the lack of fun it is to play halo 2 at all.
Lol, somebody drank a cupful of piss.

  • 01.20.2012 3:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it
lmao. You be trolling.

I've only seen 1 post that has come close to attempting SLASO before others and I stepped into the scene. And it sounds credible compared to some other claims that I've seen.

Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
despite the lack of fun it is to play halo 2 at all.
It's only unpleasant when you do things that Bungie never intended.

i.e. ai collections, LASO with Blind, launches and tricks

The only scripted AI collection is on The Arbiter. But even that one is a pain in the ass.

Blind skull was intended for machinima and filming.

Finally, the lack of cps makes tricking very inconvenient.

Otherwise, H2 Legendary is a decent and enjoyable change from CE, although I miss the powerful plasma pistol. It's not as hard as people claim. It's when skulls enter the picture that it becomes a pain in the ass. I happen to like counter sniping Jackal snipers.

Now Reach Legendary. That's difficult. That's a pain in the ass. That's boring, tedious, and horrifyingly unpleasant.

[Edited on 01.20.2012 4:37 PM PST]

  • 01.20.2012 4:30 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it
lmao. You be trolling.

I've only seen 1 post that has come close to attempting SLASO before others and I stepped into the scene.
Good read except for his Thunderstorm comments. I've never noticed vehicles being harder to take out.

  • 01.20.2012 5:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it
lmao. You be trolling.

I've only seen 1 post that has come close to attempting SLASO before others and I stepped into the scene.
Good read except for his Thunderstorm comments. I've never noticed vehicles being harder to take out.
Remember those Banshees that I hijacked when I was doing Metropolis SLASO test runs? The reason why I resorted to hijacking is because they take like 10+ scorpion shots or something.

  • 01.20.2012 5:41 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it
lmao. You be trolling.

I've only seen 1 post that has come close to attempting SLASO before others and I stepped into the scene.
Good read except for his Thunderstorm comments. I've never noticed vehicles being harder to take out.
Remember those Banshees that I hijacked when I was doing Metropolis SLASO test runs? The reason why I resorted to hijacking is because they take like 10+ scorpion shots or something.
Yeah I know, what does that have to do with Thunderstorm?

  • 01.20.2012 5:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: Sh33rAuthorityX
rumors are wrong coz many people have done it
lmao. You be trolling.

I've only seen 1 post that has come close to attempting SLASO before others and I stepped into the scene.
Good read except for his Thunderstorm comments. I've never noticed vehicles being harder to take out.
Remember those Banshees that I hijacked when I was doing Metropolis SLASO test runs? The reason why I resorted to hijacking is because they take like 10+ scorpion shots or something.
Yeah I know, what does that have to do with Thunderstorm?
Elite Ultra.

And Heretic Major.

[Edited on 01.20.2012 6:33 PM PST]

  • 01.20.2012 6:31 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Elite Ultra.

And Heretic Major.
Oh, that's right, I never transferred that to vehicles in my mind. Damnation, Ultra Elites with Mythic and Thunderstorm, lol.

  • 01.20.2012 6:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grumpy1

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Elite Ultra.

And Heretic Major.
Oh, that's right, I never transferred that to vehicles in my mind. Damnation, Ultra Elites with Mythic and Thunderstorm, lol.
lol yep. The only way to beat them now is to play it slow and stealthy or be extremely aggressive and lucky. I prefer the former as you've seen by now.

  • 01.20.2012 8:19 PM PDT
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Good to see MisterMonopoli's progress. Was wondering how he was doing with these runs.

Gonna go watch em now.

  • 01.29.2012 7:01 AM PDT

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