14th February – Reach Daily Challenges Commentary – Valentine Edition

Very valentine’s themed challenges today, all about love and peace throughout the game. Or in fact they’re more about shooting and hitting enemies, which is much more of a Halo theme…

Shootin’ and Lootin’ – Kill 250 enemies in any game mode in Reach – 2500 cR

Once you’ve played through the rest you’ll probably be half way to getting this total. I say play the multiplayer ones first, then see how many you have left. It might be worth jumping into a Score Attack/Gruntpocalypse type game, or indeed full Firefight to get not only the next challenge, but up your weekly waves volume and get this one.

That Pink Mist – Kill 70 enemies with a Supercombine from the Needler or Needle Rifle in Firefight Matchmaking – 1000 cR

*Update* I’m going to add this now from the comments we’ve had already – the new FRG mode in Score Attack has a loadout that has a Needler and infinite ammo attached. I’ve not done it yet so can’t corroborate, but I trust my lovely readers and commenters so that’s an awesome way to get this challenge. Plus with infinite ammo you can unload a clip into each dude to ensure you get the Supercombine, and you don’t run the risk of Unicorning someone with the Needle Rifle.

Your two best options here are Score Attack or Sniperfight. In Score Attack you can grab a Needler from the Grunts and use it on them. In the second wave you can get a Needle Rifle from a Jackal. To get the supercombine you need to hit an unshielded enemy with about half a Needler clip, or three from the Rifle. The third wave of Brutes is excellent for this as they’re big targets and don’t dodge so much as they get close. For today I’d work through Gruntpoc for the challenge above, then if you need to jump into a Score Attack to finish it off, and keep ploughing through to get the kill volumes too. In Sniperfight you get unlimited ammo, so grab either weapon ASAP and keep plugging away with it. This is across any number of games so it’ll be easy to pick up.

You Want This, Don’t You? – Earn 12 kills with precision weapons in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1500 cR

This is easy in Team SWAT. Precision weapons are the DMR, Sniper Rifle, Needle Rifle and Focus Rifle (anything that gives a headshot bar the Pistol). So in SWAT you can easily kit up the DMR and just play the game as normal. 12 should be attainable for everyone playing it in one or two games.

Vengeance Found – Earn your ‘Revenge’ in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1150 cR

Revenge is when you kill the guy who killed you. Chances are you’ll pick this up naturally, especially if a camper kills you and doesn’t move. That said, there are some maps that seem to make it easier, particularly ones where you can get back to someone really quickly. Team SWAT on Asylum’s good because you can snipe the guy who took you out from afar. I like Countdown because the high platform by the jets and ramps is always a killing zone that’s easy to get to and you’ll often find your killer there. Infection might be good if you’re the zombie and you get shot by a human and can then take them out. Grifball’s also excellent as it becomes a big melee you can get back to your killer quickly, especially those who stay near your spawn zone. Shame you can’t get revenge on Betrayals though.

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone today, I hope you have someone you can say this to, whether it’s a partner, friend, family member or, as in my case, minions who have to be nice about it.

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