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Nemesis

Always Hard achievement in Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)

Always Hard

Kill the final Ancestor with a relic active in Hardcore difficulty.

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How to unlock the Always Hard achievement

  • SkrubitsSkrubits
    05 Aug 2014 06 Aug 2014 07 Aug 2014
    This is my very first solution on this site, so make sure to give me some constructive feedback so I can make it better.

    I've gotten quite a few messages on Xbox Live regarding help with this achievement so I figured I'd write a guide instead of writing to everyone separately.

    Part 1 - Class Setup
    I did this with one other player (credit to stulen). We were both using the Medic class and we both had the 'Medic Upgrade' that you can buy from the armory with teeth. This upgrade is very helpful, but it is not at all required (it only costs 15 teeth, though, which it is absolutely worth).

    Note: I just escaped Hardcore with 3 players and it honestly wasn't any harder than doing it with just two. Therefore no matter how many people you are, this guide should work fine.

    Part 2 - Hardcore Difficulty
    On Hardcore difficulty you only gain skill points for completing challenges, which means that you should do your best to complete as many of them as possible. This also means that you'll only have enough points to upgrade the most important stuff. (I'll get to that in Part 4).

    Part 3 - Exodus (Skippable Areas)
    In Exodus, you actually don't have to do all of the areas. The only requirement to reach the final area is to defend all of the generators, which means that the areas blocked by gates are skippable (between the fuel station and the garage, and the "hobo area" between the spawn point and the three story building). If you skip these you will miss out on two challenges, though, leading to less potential skill points. I can confirm that skipping these areas doesn't void the completionist achievement (credit to NIGHT FURY444).

    Part 4 - Relics and Skill Points
    We both used the 'Limited Ammo' relic, which we found the best for us. This mostly comes down to preference, but I would recommend 'Limited Ammo' as it worked perfectly for us.

    We upgraded our classes first, but only to level 4 to avoid scorpions' gas damage. Then we upgraded Armor and then we put our remaining points on Sentry Gun.
    When using 'Limited Ammo' upgrading your Ammo Type is completely useless, as you get the same amount of ammo with level 1 ammo as you do with level 5 ammo.

    Our Loadout:

    CLASS: Medic
    PISTOL TYPE: MP-433 Grach
    AMMO TYPE: Incendiary (Higher quality upgrade)
    TEAM SUPPORT: Armor
    STRIKE PACKAGE: Sentry Gun
    EQUALIZER: Crowd Control

    The achievement pops for every player once you have escaped. At least it did for us, not sure if you have to actually escape. It's also worth mentioning that we only killed two of them, if you detonate the thing at the end they all automatically die.

    Thanks for reading and good luck! wave

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    HerrKätzchenI´d like to add that you can stay in the room with the Hypno-trap schematic at the final fight. The ancestors can´t get in and their piercing voids can´t reach you. Only trouble-causer are rhinos, but they aren´t that bad.
    Posted by HerrKätzchen On 10 Aug 14 at 18:58
    LegendaryKoChAlways Hard - NeverSoft
    Posted by LegendaryKoCh On 24 Aug 14 at 14:29
    RulkyI need help with this if anyone is able to help. I’m a fairly good player I can do it Solo easily on Regular but have trouble with Hardcore difficulty. Would be greatly appreciated!

    Gamertag - Rulky
    Posted by Rulky On 08 Aug 19 at 11:15
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  • WarMachineLivesWarMachineLives
    20 Sep 2014 20 Sep 2014
    My solo setup:

    Weapon Specialist, MP-443 Grach, Armor Piercing, Armor, IMS and Riot Shield.
    It's essential to complete the challenges as this is the only way to earn skill points on hardcore.
    I started with the East door to the right of the base, then the back door to get to the garage with the Disruptor schematic.
    Proceed to power the generator inside the two floor building. I think these are the toughest generators and should be done first.
    The rest is up to personal preference but I powered the two generators inside the garage next, followed by the gas station generators.

    Level up weapon specialist first to +3 to get fast reload. Then max the armor to +4.
    The Bulldog is pretty handy, fast reload, high damage and high mobility.
    Before powering the Cortex I suggest building sticky flares and Venom grenades for the Ancestors. When the Ancestors breach the gate throw a sticky flare, use your Disruptor to take the shield down and bombard them with venom grenades.

    Credit goes to Jon the Chief's video for the placing Venom Grenades, Sticky Flares trick near the cortex for the final battle.
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    Holy Murderer5which relic did you use for this?
    Posted by Holy Murderer5 On 07 Feb 15 at 11:15
    Concetto18So i use this guide and work for me perfectly, but he didn't said which relic he used, i used the limited ammo relic, that work perfectly because the NX1 disruptor use 5 charges to use the LT shoot (charge shoot), and it work perfectly to the ancestors.

    So i will ad some tips:
    1) The distribution of the points was i did is : 4 in my class (i have purchased spawn with a skill point ability i recommend it), after that, 4 in my armor, i spend 2 in the ims but i saw its inneficient, i recommend spend 1 on the crown shield to gain 15 hits resist, and 1 on the pistol to move fast and have the muzzle brake, MUST DO THE CHALLENGES IF YOU FAIL ONE I THINK IT WILL BE MORE HARD.
    1) Must have the weapon specialist double tap ability purchased, because on the last battle at the last bar there are coming a blue rhinno, this ability + the bulldog + 1 o 2 venom greneades work perfeclty and you can kill him fastly, and coming a lot of phantoms too, use the ability when you see strongs enemys like 2 rhinnos at the same time or these others.
    2) i recommend KILL all the 3 first ancestor at the last battle, because it reward you 3500 points, when the last bar is filling 3 ancestors will spawn again becareful.
    3) I just spend my money in ammo, crown shield, and armor, the IMS its not effective on the last battle.
    4) I use these video to let on the ground 2 venoms greneades and 2 sticky flares (i did not use any flares but its on an emergency watch out).
    5) Try to stay out of the vision of the ancestors and when spawn spam 1 LT shoot by the NX1 disruptor and throw 2 venom greneades on his body, when he is turning on his shield the venom greneade will continue hitting him.
    Posted by Concetto18 On 05 Jul 17 at 03:51
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