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Posted By: ThorsHammer <Nate4D@comcast.net>	Date: 11/24/04 10:22 a.m.
In Response To: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2 (mike miller) : A number of people seem to be having trouble with the second hangar bay on : Cairo station on legendary. Yesterday, Flechette posted a nice video : showing a reliable tactic for clearing the room. Sep7imus has also : mentioned a very clever trick to survive the waves of covenant (I tried : it; it works). : Well, I’ve been playing around with that battle myself, since it’s a pretty : good testing ground for general tactics on legendary, and I’ve tried a few : different approaches to close the distance between me and the covenant. I : figure if I can do it here, I might be able to do it anywhere, with : practice. : By the way…I re-encoded the videos below using the DivX 5.2.1 codec in order : to get them below the 8 MB limit. If you can’t view them, you may need to : download and install this codec, which you can find here . Hopefully this : works…I’ve never done it before. Sorry about the less-than-ideal video : quality. : The first is much like Flechette’s method. I chose a different vantage in : order to get the elites in a crossfire, and so they’d turn away from me to : focus on the marines. I also took advantage of the dual wielding to carry : a backup plasma pistol along with me. For anyone just looking to make it : through the fight, I’d recommend this method or Flechette's (Or Sep7imus', : if you're feeling really sneaky), since it’s probably the safest and most : reliable. : The second was really an accident. As you can see, the beginning was pretty : ugly, and at one point I just said screw it, and charged in for the hell : of it. To my surprise, I managed to survive a close-quarters battle, and : began to change my approach from looping around the outside to going : straight up the middle. : The third is pretty much just a refinement of that technique; it’s a bit : less reckless than the last one, but I felt much more in control of the : battle. : Well, hopefully this will be of some help to people. I had been feeling : pretty skeptical about the potential for entertaining close combat in Halo : 2, with all of the changes and increased difficulty. Now, I’m starting to : think it might be more doable than it initially seemed. : And that, folks, is why I love these games. :-) #3 was just mind-blowing. I can't believe how quickly and cleanly you pulled that off. I'll have to try that technique of going behind the boxes on their side, but I have the feeling that no matter how I approach it, I'll never be able to do what you did there. I had written off anything resembling your Halo 1 Legendary gameplay as impossible in Halo 2's Legendary, but apparently, it's not so. -Nate

The twisted brain of a comp. sci. major...

Message Index

Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	mike miller	11/23/04 11:53 p.m.
Truly impressive *NM*	Grady	11/24/04 1:12 a.m.
Indeed.	Djof	11/24/04 2:03 a.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Mushroom Samba the Slow	11/24/04 3:22 a.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Ducain	11/24/04 7:46 a.m.
You sir.....	Hikaru-119	11/24/04 8:56 a.m.
Re: You sir.....	Rip-Saw	11/24/04 11:22 a.m.
Wow...	ThorsHammer	11/24/04 10:22 a.m.
Re: Wow...	BoinKlasik	11/24/04 10:31 a.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Sep7imus [subnova]	11/24/04 12:15 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Jamirus99	11/24/04 12:33 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Keith	11/24/04 12:49 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Desparado2K5	11/24/04 1:22 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Desparado2K5	11/24/04 1:40 p.m.
*applause* *NM*	Slothboy	11/24/04 12:55 p.m.
Just do it	ragereset	11/24/04 1:22 p.m.
...and do it well. (My Experience)	Jamirus99	11/24/04 1:53 p.m.
...and then do it again	ragereset	11/24/04 11:42 p.m.
Re: ...and then do it again *SPOILERS!*	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	11/26/04 8:57 a.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Brian	11/24/04 2:23 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	Louis Wu	11/24/04 2:33 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	mvp12_59	11/24/04 3:18 p.m.
Err, why doesn't this work for me? What do I need? *NM*	17	11/24/04 4:51 p.m.
More practice & some skill. *NM*	ragereset	11/24/04 11:53 p.m.
Re: Learning to Love Hangar Bay #2	iBob	11/24/04 5:15 p.m.
The power of visualization - Thanks!	3Suns	11/24/04 6:49 p.m.
Sensetivity	Ceiroh	11/25/04 12:57 a.m.