1st July – Halo Reach Daily Challenges & Commentary

Today’s challenges are listed below, click Read More to view the commentaries:

1. More Than a Handful – Kill 25 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking – 1000 cR
2. Throwing Fireballs – Kill 7 enemies with grenades in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1400 cR
3. Double Nickels – Earn 2 killing sprees in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1500 cR
4. Hard Mode: Enabled – Complete a Campaign mission on Heroic with these Skulls on: Tough Luck, Thunderstorm, Tilt, Mythic – 2500 cR

Commentary follows after the break…

More Than a Handful – Kill 25 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking – 1000 cR

25 is much easier than the 125 we’ve had last couple of times. Multi Team Battle is the best way to get lots and lots of kills, you tend to get more than any other mode. If you play Crazy King or Oddball you can get even more as some people who would shoot you go for the objective, and you can take them out. Seasoned Grifball players will also be able to get this in only a game or two, and if you can make an area in an Infection game defensible as a human you can rack up kills quickly. But lo0king at the other challenges you can pick this up naturally with them.

Throwing Fireballs – Kill 7 enemies with grenades in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1400 cR

So many options for this. As always I think the objective games in Multi-Team battle are good for grenade kills, especially Crazy King as you can chuck grenades in the ‘hill’ to try and get more than one guy. The Elite variant games can be good with sticky grenades, but Armour Lock is so common now it’s not worth it. I’m thinking perhaps Invasion too, since that’s also not based on kill volumes and you can throw grenades into the target areas when the opposition are unlocking something. Squad Slayer on Zealot can be a grenade fest, Action Sack’s DinoBlasters is excellent for grenades since no one looks for them, Slayer Pro type games can be good. Team Doubles King of the Hill’s variants too.

Double Nickels – Earn 2 killing sprees in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1500 cR

This is two in one game. Try and get a weapon you like and aim to take out 5 guys with it. This is pure kills, not what you use, so as sticking with Plasma Grenades counts, Elite Slayer could be a good option. Of course the alternative is to play something like Boardwalk and snipe people from far away. Don’t get so engrossed in your scope you miss what’s happening around you though! Close Quarters often works well – so Grifball will be really good for getting this too. BTB works very well from the vehicles, especially the Falcon or Scorpion.

Hard Mode: Enabled – Complete a Campaign mission on Heroic with these Skulls on: Tough Luck, Thunderstorm, Tilt, Mythic – 2500 cR

It might sasy none on B.Net, but last time we saw this it said ‘None’ but that could be ignored. If you’ve been saving the Weekly Challenge then you’re quids in. I’m giving exactly the same advice – run Nightfall, get this done in 10 minutes, tops. As a guide to Nightfall speed run I’ve picked this video off Youtube randomly, but there are hundreds like it. In fact we have further options and details on the time we did it in LASO on this Weekly Challenge page and comments. There are other levels you may be more familiar with, but honestly, you can do this in 5-6 minutes with minimal stress.

Anyone else pick up that there’s a Campaign challenge on Multiplayer Friday? Peculiar.

 

Don’t forget next Thursday is Bungie Day, when we’ll also be having our regular Game Night, but formed of squads of 4 (with RDC used as the service tag so people know which community we’re from). Visit our hub page and let everyone know when you’ll be on so we can start doing a table of who’s on when for squad formations.

And when the weekend jackpot info appears I’ll update the bar on the right so you’re all aware, seems to be mid afternoon here (probably means it’s 8am PST they update the game) so when I see it I’ll add it in.