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Subject: I completed it on Heroic!

Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo Reach > Halo CE

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Hello fellow Halo 3 lovers, I just wanted to share with you I finally completed the game on Heroic. It was very very difficult though. It took me exactly he hour to complete the Ark and about 54 minutes to complete The Covenant. Cortana was surprisingly easy

However, do you think that if I did it on Heroic I should attempt Legendary?

  • 02.19.2012 7:05 AM PDT

On solo?

I don't think I ever completed the entire game solo on any higher than Normal, although I have done some of the missions solo Legendary. Try Legendary, you have nothing to lose.

  • 02.19.2012 7:09 AM PDT

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Posted by: Destiny 7
Heroic? Wimp.

Try Mythic.


Not any time soon, I couldn't even to it on EASO

  • 02.19.2012 7:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: antony X1000
On solo?

I don't think I ever completed the entire game solo on any higher than Normal, although I have done some of the missions solo Legendary. Try Legendary, you have nothing to lose.


Yes solo. I think I may try legendary soon

  • 02.19.2012 7:15 AM PDT
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What a coincidence. I was playing Sierra 117 on Heroic for fun yesterday. I thought H3's campaign was unbearable but yesterday I had some fun releasing good old Arby on Covies. He had a sword... and he was cloaked the whole time. I also stumbled across a stuck Phantom. I plan on riding it outside the level and knocking the dam Chieftain off the level in advance... with the hammer I picked up from the phantom Chieftain.

Posted by: Destiny 7
Heroic? Wimp.

Try Mythic.
H3, ODST, and Reach Mythic is 70% skill, 30% luck. The luck factor is what has stopped me from attempting SLASO in H3. I'd much rather do CEA SLASO (without Bandanna, Foreign, or Recession) or H2 SLASO (without Assassins). I excluded those skulls from my preferences because they make the gameplay really one-sided.

[Edited on 02.19.2012 9:23 AM PST]

  • 02.19.2012 8:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Sliding Ghost
What a coincidence. I was playing Sierra 117 on Heroic for fun yesterday. I thought H3's campaign was unbearable but yesterday I had some fun releasing good old Arby on Covies. He had a sword... and he was cloaked the whole time. I also stumbled across a stuck Phantom. I plan on riding it outside the level and knocking the dam Chieftain off the level in advance... with the hammer I picked up from the phantom Chieftain.


There are two chieftains on this level?

  • 02.19.2012 10:29 AM PDT

Considering Halo 3 is the easiest game in the series with Legendary being a cake-walk i'd say why haven't you done it on Legendary from the start?

Even SLASO is relatively easy on Halo 3. Halo 2 SLASO on the other hand, nightmarishly hard...

  • 02.19.2012 11:11 AM PDT

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Posted by: Wilis_kid
Considering Halo 3 is the easiest game in the series with Legendary being a cake-walk i'd say why haven't you done it on Legendary from the start?

Even SLASO is relatively easy on Halo 3. Halo 2 SLASO on the other hand, nightmarishly hard...


I never thought to do it on Legendary because the first time I tried it on Heroic on Sierra 117 I kept constantly dying. Those damn jackal snipers, and those brutes shots. Also Ive tried ODST on legendary and that was really difficult

I suppose i ought to try legendary soon, hence its the only difficulty i havent completed it on.

Also I think itll be a while till i try LASO. I found EASO difficult

[Edited on 02.19.2012 11:15 AM PST]

  • 02.19.2012 11:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: Mark V guy

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
What a coincidence. I was playing Sierra 117 on Heroic for fun yesterday. I thought H3's campaign was unbearable but yesterday I had some fun releasing good old Arby on Covies. He had a sword... and he was cloaked the whole time. I also stumbled across a stuck Phantom. I plan on riding it outside the level and knocking the dam Chieftain off the level in advance... with the hammer I picked up from the phantom Chieftain.


There are two chieftains on this level?
The one on the Phantom and the one that pushes Johnson.

Posted by: Wilis_kid
Considering Halo 3 is the easiest game in the series with Legendary being a cake-walk i'd say why haven't you done it on Legendary from the start?

Even SLASO is relatively easy on Halo 3. Halo 2 SLASO on the other hand, nightmarishly hard...
H3 Legendary is no cakewalk. From my experience, the gameplay was brutal (of course, Reach is way worse, but that's compensated by how you have an effective plasma pistol, sprint, etc.). You had to be using noob combo all the time (compared to H2 where you could kick ass if you dual wielded guns. Even the H2 magnum was useful). Heck, if the enemies were Elites, I wouldn't be around here.

H3 SLASO is the worst kind because it's so slow. H2 SLASO is much more tolerable. It's the vehicle combat and Flood that kills the experience whereas H3 Flood are inferior creatures and the H3 tank beats everything.

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  • 02.19.2012 11:53 AM PDT
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Ok, maybe I am exaggerating about H3's difficulty, but it was always H3 Legendary that thwarted my setups and tests 99% of the time. I'm able to do difficult setups in H1 and H2 on Legendary, and even in Reach but the setups in H3 take me hours.

  • 02.19.2012 12:14 PM PDT

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So your saying that the Phantom Chieftain is like the Goldie from Silent Cartogrepher, it is a different one from the one that pushes Johnson but it is supposed to be the same one

Also, I thought the Phantom Chieftain was invincible

  • 02.19.2012 1:20 PM PDT

Lords of Decay Clan

Congrats. Now get started on Legendary!

  • 02.19.2012 1:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: KGB Konigstiger
Congrats. Now get started on Legendary!


Yes. I wonder how I might practice first though. Maybe ODST firefight on Legendary?

  • 02.19.2012 1:49 PM PDT
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In my opinion, Halo 3 had the second easiest campaign. Legendary puts up little struggle, however if struggle is what you seek, I suggest attempting Halo 2 campaign on legendary.

Enjoy your game!

  • 02.19.2012 2:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: CmdrScott1701
In my opinion, Halo 3 had the second easiest campaign. Legendary puts up little struggle, however if struggle is what you seek, I suggest attempting Halo 2 campaign on legendary.

Enjoy your game!


The only mission I attempted on Legendary on Halo 2 was The Arbiter. I almost finished it, I got the the bit with the glass and you could see the heretic leader fly away in a banshee. However, this is where I got trapped and gave up

  • 02.19.2012 2:23 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.


Posted by: Mark V guy
I should attempt Legendary?
ofcourse you should, not finishing a Halo game on legendary solo is like... well, not finishing a Halo game on legendary solo

  • 02.19.2012 2:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: path1k

Posted by: Mark V guy
I should attempt Legendary?
ofcourse you should, not finishing a Halo game on legendary solo is like... well, not finishing a Halo game on legendary solo


And it is the only difficulty I haven't dne it on. I'm determined to do it one day

  • 02.19.2012 2:39 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.


Posted by: Mark V guy
I'm determined to do it one day
tomorrow is that day

  • 02.19.2012 2:41 PM PDT

The WorkPLace

Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
And Cobravert is absolutely correct.

Posted by: Der Todesengel
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and Cobra."
- Der

You can do Legendary.
Seriously, it is not that much harder than Heroic. Just be alert for Jackal snipers and keep your distance on Brute Chieftans.

On Flood levels, turn on the Catch and Cowbell skulls. Flood don't thrown grenades, but the bigger Flood forms drop grenades where they die. More for you. The Cortana level itself really won't appear to be much harder.

On The Ark and The Covenant levels though, just take your time and work methodically. Utilize your resources and ODST wisely (note how I armed 2 of them). They can really be beneficial if you do this correctly. Don't rush and let them work.
Noob comboing the Brutes is most effective, just like in ODST.

  • 02.20.2012 7:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: Cobravert
You can do Legendary.
Seriously, it is not that much harder than Heroic. Just be alert for Jackal snipers and keep your distance on Brute Chieftans.
Uh, don't you mean allow Chieftains to get close so you can assassinate them when they do that ridiculously easy to avoid standard melee? Or are you talking about the War Chieftains? In those cases, it's best to close the distance as well for an easy assassination. Either that or let/get Arby to kill them.

  • 02.20.2012 8:23 AM PDT

Now then, tell me. What did Miggs say to you? Multiple Miggs in the next cell. He hissed at you. What did he say?

Nice going dude. I'm gonna do it myself at some point. :)

Too many good games out there though keeping me from it.

  • 02.20.2012 8:30 AM PDT

Boltshot = mini shotgun

I was going to try it on Heroic back when I got Halo 3. I ended up doing Sierra-117 on Heroic, then Legendary, and did everything else on Legendary.

  • 02.20.2012 8:02 PM PDT

Vote for me for a free cookie.

I've only done it one easy with solo. I would wet myself If I had to do cortana by myself on a higher level. I guess Im a wimp:(

  • 02.20.2012 11:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: da 70 70 hatred
I guess Im a wimp:(
I've played both H1 (PoA, T&R, SC, AotCR, Two Betrayals, The Maw) and H2 (CS, OS, Metropolis, Oracle, QZ, Uprising, GJ) on LASO and found both of them enjoyable, challenging, but not necessarily frustrating. Likewise, their Legendary difficulties (H1: I assassinate as many Elites as I can and plasmas + Covie weapons = god, H2: dual wielding SMGs, getting assassinations, grenade sticks, manipulations).

Problems in CE: Wraiths
Problems in H2: vehicle combat, Flood, Brutes, Jackal snipers that never seem to stop spawning

H2 may have been the beginning of the end, but H3 and Reach are for hardcore players and are the end (unless 343 manages to give Halo 4 a balanced difficulty).

Look at the Legendary description: "Tremble as teeming hordes of invincible alien monsters punish the slightest error with instant death... again and again." H2 had the decency to take 'the invincible alien monsters' part out.

Look at the skulls: more advantages for enemies.

Look at the horrific AI (whether superior or inferior, they always have one thing in common: they're cheap), the player's grenade count, the weapon sandbox, the slow combat, the enemy damage, the huge number of bs and randomness.

  • 02.21.2012 7:28 AM PDT

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