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Xepa
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Achievement won on 27 Apr 09TA Score for this game: 1,687
Posted on 29 April 09 at 10:25
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This solution has 33 positive votes and 11 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
| I did this co-op, with skulls on. The advantage of co-op is one of you can be incharge of the base and the other guy concentrate on doing objectives, you can keep building units and transferring them to the other person, the Hunters can be a real pain so on missions where you can, use Hornets if not I'd use Flamethrower men to take out the Hunters, plus you can both use heal and Mac at the same time. If you need any advice/help on a mission, send me a message and I'll try and help :o) |
Trickgizmo
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Achievement won offlineTA Score for this game: 1,687
Posted on 17 June 09 at 17:42
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This solution has 25 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
The best way to do this is solo with skulls on. The skulls make the game much less hostile and allow you to fare better. While co-op is good because it allows you to split your attention to different areas, such as base management and attack and defense, playing on solo gives you an invaluble component in the save game feature. If you are doing well in a mission you can save so that it all goes to hell, you can reload and try again instead of starting over.
As far as strategy goes I would just recommend to build fast, defend your base and don't attack until your force is strong enough to both attack and possibly defend if the situation presents itself. |
Rhyolitic
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Achievement won on 06 Nov 09TA Score for this game: 2,265
Posted on 06 November 09 at 01:24
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This solution has 20 positive votes and 4 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
A handy tip for Mission 5: Arcadia Outskirts.
Turn on the skull that gives a 5% chance for non-player units to explode. It can easily wipe out a grouping of infantry in the early part of the mission, which is a godsend considering the sheer numbers that get thrown at you. I had the Spartan Laser using guy garrisoned in the overturned Warthog to the side of the broken down highway by the crater. He would laser a group and the explosion would take out 2-3 separate squads.
Once Omega Team shows up, the mission is essentially done. Take out the remaining attackers, head on over to the Mega Turret, build the second base and get some Vultures to take out the Covenant base.
Of course, the problem is surviving to get to the point where Omega Team shows up. I can't believe that both this Mission and Mission 4 made it through QA. |
xforce226
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Achievement won on 04 Aug 10TA Score for this game: 2,265
Posted on 25 August 10 at 20:29
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This solution has 9 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
.Mission 4: Arcadia City
For this mission, co-op is preferable simply because it is very hard to multi-task in this level, and this level requires alot of it. However, in solo, you get four hornets instead of two.
The first thing you should do is turn on the skulls that make the game easier. DO NOT turn on boomstick, because sometimes they will send engineers directly to your transports and if they just so happen to be the 5% that blow up, you lose that transport instantly.
Now when they ask you to clear the subway, take your hornets in and make them do all of the work. Send Forge around the map to gather supplies. You will need plenty because you will need to be able to build up your base as fast as possible when the time comes. Once you have cleared the subway, send the hornets directly to cargo one. Ignore cargo 3 because it dies no matter what you do.
Your main threats in this level will be Assault Beam Hunters, Locusts, and Sacrifice Banshees. Your hornets can normally make short work of Hunters and Locusts. Try to use the healing circles sparingly and only when the hornets really need it. Again, you want to reserve most of your resources for your base. Have forge wait by the grassy base spawn so you can build there as soon as Cargo 3 decides to kill itself. The other base is much too dangerous to protect since it is very close to the enemy base. Once your base finishes building, there should be just about 15:00 left until the EVAC. Build two supply pads, then a reactor to quickly get resources incoming. Expand your base to a station, and make another reactor. Upgrade to heavy supply pads as soon as possible, then make a vehicle depot. Then upgrade to a fortress and make another supply pad, and a field armory. Keep checking on cargo one because it frequently takes fire. At this point most of your hornets should have one star, which makes them much more valuable in battle. If you happen to lose forge in battle, and he comes back as a foot soldier, put him in the tower next to cargo one. He will not fight while he is in it, but he will draw alot of fire before he dies, which buys you valuable time to counter attack any incoming forces. Once you have enough resources, upgrade one reactor and pump out two wolverines. This will become the most valuable unit later in the game once they start to bring sacrifice banshees. Park them near the tail of the cargo ship and they will attack any banshees that threaten the cargo. Also use them to destroy vampires, since your hornets are highly succeptible to them. Make sure to fully upgrade the wolverines, since single launchers isn't enough to quickly take down a group of banshees. Many times, if you are lucky, the wolverines will take the hit of the banshee's sacrifice instead of the cargo ship. At the field armory, purchase Reserves, and recycle the building to make room for an Air Pad.
Now there should be about 5 or less minutes left in the game. Pump out more wolverines, preferably to have about four or five guarding cargo one, and get wingmen for the hornets. If you still have the hornets, they should have two stars by now. Many times assault hunters will ignore your defenses and head straight for the cargo ship. If this happens, use a carpet bomb and try to get your hornets to finish them off as quickly as possible. They can take down a cargo ship fairly easily if left unattended. Keep pumping out more wolverines and hornets to defend the cargo ship and when there is about one minute left, a large mega turret will come online and wreck everything. I tried to destroy it with any forces I had and I got destroyed every time. So the best thing to do is hope it doesn't hit your cargo ship for the remaining time, and you will win. |
Adz j74
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Achievement won on 30 Aug 10TA Score for this game: 2,041
Posted on 31 August 10 at 18:19
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This solution has 8 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote. |
Mission 4 was the hardest for me,with all the missions i would advise turning on the 5 skulls that will decrease your score,these will help you in some way,for the rest of the missions you can play coop but when you get to 4,it is imperative that you use your save option,mid mission,which you dont get in coop so you must do it in single player and heres some tips on how i did it:
First off,like above,make sure you have all the decrease score skulls on,there are 5 all together and they do help.
Forget about carrier 1 and 3 cos 3 dies anyway and 1 is too close to the covenant base,and will be destroyed quite quickly so just look after 2 from the get go,as soon as you get ay base built,it happens at 17:30mins,you gotta save it,then ya gotta build in this order,Reactor,Reactor,Supplies-then upgrade ya base and build Airpad and supplies in extra slots and turrets on ya base,2 will do and save again,Upgrade turrets to flamers,just in case hunters come.they shouldnt,but it did happen to me a couple of times,i just reverted back to my last save and they never came that time,simply keep spawning hornets and send them to carrier 2,keep a big bunch of them on the side from which the banshees come from,over the water towards where carrier 1 was,as banshees were my main threat,You must remeber to keep saving everytime you get a slight chance,.
This may not work for you but after trying for most of the day i tryed this way once and finally did it,getting an airpad is key and for that ya need 2 reactors.
Hope this helps |
BWchief117
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Posted on 25 June 11 at 18:55, Edited on 17 July 11 at 14:13
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This isn't so much a guide as a very helpful tip (at least in my experience).
While it may seem logical that having two people is better than one for this, it's NOT. The only reason for this is that you CAN'T SAVE whilst doing co-op campaign. And for that reason, single-player is by far better and easier.
While doing this on single-player, by and large, it will be a trial and error game (even with guides, you can't always successfully predict the enemy moves). This is because, while playing through on single-player, if you feel like you're doing well, you should SAVE the game. I can't say how many times you'll have to restart from your saves, but if you've even tried this, you know that you will fail A LOT, and it is far better to start half way through the mission then to go from the start.
Obviously you can do some of the levels in co-op (I did), but don't expect to do levels like Arcadia in co-op and win without having lost numerous times and lost countless hours of time in the process (unless you know an RTS god-player).
So, moral of the story:
Play single-player and SAVE if you're doing well. |
Hazey Fiasco
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Achievement won on 12 Apr 12TA Score for this game: 2,041
Posted on 12 April 12 at 15:37
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This solution has 4 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
| I am here to tell you that mission 4 is so difficult on legendary because it is glitched when the emperor skull is on. I tried this multiple times and the mega turret blew up my ships before I could get a decent base going, which confused me because the game was still giving me tutorial tips. After failing so many times I gave it another go, but I forgot to turn on my skulls on this attempt. I realized this about 5 mins into the mission. I turned the skulls on and was destroyed by the mega turret within seconds. I reset the level and this time I avoided the 5% chance of destroying and enemy and emperor skull and I beat it my first time without any problems. I hope that helps anyone who is stuck on that level. |