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Dark Fortress achievement in Halo MCC

Dark Fortress

Halo 4: Beat the par score on Requiem.

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  • Doomkiller999Doomkiller999
    12 Dec 2014 12 Dec 2014
    Not half as difficult as the TA ratio would make you think. I went through on Normal, with Fog, Famine, Catch, Thunderstorm and Tough Luck on and finished in 21 minutes and a score of 50,000. So playing on Normal or Heroic with just a couple of these skulls on should be enough as long as you don't die more than once or twice and build up some decent killstreaks.
    I always made sure I had either a Carbine or battle rifle wherever possible, along with a plasma pistol to take down shields. The moment there is a ghost available (or the abandoned banshee towards the end of the level), hop in it, use it to take out all nearby enemies, then destroy any abandoned vehicles, turrets, and eventually the vehicle you're driving as well when it's of no more use, this will add hundreds of points each time.
    Other than that, this may take you a couple of tries to memorise the level and where to go quickly, but this is certainty a lot easier than some other Par scores
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    Doomkiller999If I remember correctly once you are at double the par time you stop getting points for any kills, that could be your issue
    Posted by Doomkiller999 on 21 Apr 15 at 15:38
    TheBigBBI don't think you get points any longer for simply blowing up empty vehicles.
    Posted by TheBigBB on 17 Jun 15 at 07:00
    Doomkiller999You still get points for them in ODST, doesn't seem likely they'd only keep that feature in certain games
    Posted by Doomkiller999 on 17 Jun 15 at 07:47
    bryan dot exeNormal. Famine, fog, iron, thunderstorm, tough luck. 20ish minutes. 34k pts. One restart early on vs the first sword elite. Had 11k at the time.
    Posted by bryan dot exe on 11 Dec 15 at 03:17
    PunderstatementWorked a treat. Thanks for the guide.
    Posted by Punderstatement on 05 Jun 16 at 21:12
    Temple Jonesidk how you people did the mission so fast with all those skulls on on normal i only managed 39mins. id suggest going heroic if your not a speed runner
    Posted by Temple Jones on 30 Dec 18 at 09:18
    Temple Jonesidk how you people did the mission so fast with all those skulls on on normal i only managed 39mins. id suggest going heroic if your not a speed runner
    Edit: tried on heroic even longer time with enough skulls for 3.0 and only got 16k. yall smaokin some meth or crack. I "might" be able to pull this off with 2 people in coop to be able to get par time as well as kill everything
    Posted by Temple Jones on 30 Dec 18 at 10:18
    Tasty PastryRan Heroic with 4 of the scoring skulls. Died 4 times - the part with the ghosts kept killing me, thanks to a elite that kept sneaking up on me. Did it in 27:19. 24,729, getting the achievement. So even if you aren't that skilled at the game, like me, this is still very do-able, even with some deaths.
    Posted by Tasty Pastry on 19 Sep 20 at 18:28
    GR34TD3STR0Y3Rnormal, 4 skulls on. 24,980. Died once, but I did the quit and resume trick. No problem.

    You only need 22k
    Posted by GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 17 Nov 20 at 11:40
    DefestedFYI. Destroying unoccupied vehicles no longer gives any points.
    Posted by Defested on 05 Mar 21 at 13:17
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