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Firefight: Alpha Site achievement in Halo 3: ODST

Firefight: Alpha Site

Score over 200,000 points in Firefight on Alpha Site.

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How to unlock the Firefight: Alpha Site achievement

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    Solution for 200,000 points solo on easy. Can be used on any firefight map.

    Priority #1: Get a gravity hammer.
    Priority #2: Keep gravity hammer.

    Points will come pretty slow until you get a gravity hammer, but once you get it you will rake in the points at over 3000 per minute. Use rockets or plasma cannon to kill the first Brute Chieftan. Take his hammer. They usually come in 3's so use it to kill the other two. Then trade for a newer one. I like to keep the hammer and plasma cannon.

    Now here's how you bring in the points. Melee with the hammer until you get a hammer spree (5 kill streak - worth about 1000 points) and a dreamcrusher (10 kill streak - worth about 2500 points). Switch to your second weapon and melee one enemy or use a grenade. Then melee with the hammer until you get the 5 and 10 kill streaks again. Repeat. Only use the hammer energy against Brute Chieftans and only use the plasma cannon ammo against Hunters. Collect/trade ammo or a new hammer as needed. If you get killed try to get back to where you were killed and pick up your two weapons as fast as possible. If they were out of ammo they will disappear. Another reason it's good to only melee with them until it is absolutely necessary to use their ammo. Also, during the "black eye" rounds, this melee tactic will bring back your shield. It's a win-win.

    I've also noticed that plasma (sticky) grenades turn into land mines when they are laying around when grunts go crazy throwing grenades. Thats usually how I ended up dying. Try to avoid moving through areas where you've killed a lot of grunts or pick them up quickly, especially when your shield is down.

    So far I've completed 6 of the 8 firefights solo on easy in under 2 hours each on the first try.

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    We just did lost platoon and because the game disconnected us even after we had 200k we didn't get the achievement. Glitchy pile of crap. ODST the game that loves to disconnect. Good luck to anyone attempting these.
    Posted on 12 Jan 22 at 01:30
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    We just did lost platoon and because the game disconnected us even after we had 200k we didn't get the achievement. Glitchy pile of crap. ODST the game that loves to disconnect. Good luck to anyone attempting these.
    Posted on 12 Jan 22 at 02:54
    BoXxTaRdLooking for players or a group to join for this and chasm
    Posted by BoXxTaRd on 12 Jan 22 at 10:15
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    Get a team of four. There are only two entries to the middle area. This is also a good map to do vidmaster endure but 200,000 points can easily be reached in a couple of hours on normal. Make good use of the bonus rounds to get heads shots on the grunts that jump from the two holes right at the top of the middle area opposite the lift.
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    25 Sep 2009 03 Jun 2010 03 Jun 2010
    A team of four works great, but a single person can plan out kills better than a group of four. For example, if four players kill one grunt each, they wont get as much as one player who gets an overkill on them all.

    So, if you're decent at Halo, you can play the Alpha Site map on Heroic and sit on the right-hand side of the "safe" part of the map. If needed, there are health packs located up the stairs in the back of the map as well as ammo/grenades/health packs on the sides of the same stairs. On the first rounds, use the sniper located on one of the walls to kill grunts and get a sharpshooter if possible (spree medals give lots of points). Use plasma pistol/pistol combo to kill brutes and try to line up higher multikills for more points. On the fifth wave, use a plasma pistol to knock off the shields of either the fuel rod brutes, or the hammer brute's shields, and finish them off with a rocket. The rocket launcher is on the center wall of the "unsafe" part of the map. On the bonus rounds at the end of each set, it is possible to headshot a grunt in the vents they come out of as soon as it spawns, and get over 30,000 points from a single shot. This happens when you have the Grunt Birthday Party skull on and they literally blow each other up and get you plenty of points, depending on what kind of a multiplier you have.

    Other than that, simply survive until you hit the 200,000 points required for this achievement. I've personally survived until just over 1,000,000 points playing under these very similar guidelines, so it is not overly difficult if you're a good shot.

    *Note: If you can't survive well solo, play with a friend or two, but it might take a little longer.
    **Note: Similar strategies to this can be used on the other Firefight maps as well.
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