29th September – Halo Reach Daily Challenges & Commentary

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

1. Blastin’ and Relaxin’ – Kill 180 enemies in any game mode in Reach – 2343 cR
2. Bulletproof – Complete 2 rounds in a Firefight Matchmaking game without dying – 2200 cR
3. That Pink Mist – Kill 100 enemies with a Supercombine from the Needler or Needle Rifle in Firefight Matchmaking – 2500 cR
4. Blast Radius – Kill 75 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking with Grenades – 2500 cR

Commentary follows after the break…

Blastin’ and Relaxin’ – Kill 180 enemies in any game mode in Reach – 2343 cR

If you’re going for just this challenge you’ve got a few choices for doing this really easily and quickly…

• Forge – make a game with players spawning in one spot and camp it
• Firefight – Download my Firefight Invincible game type on my File Share, lots of Elites, lots of medals, lots of kills
• ONI: Sword Base – Use the Target Designator trick (run past everyone at the beginning, grab it, turn around, fire, wait for the killing to stop and restart the checkpoint)
• Package – There are points where you can get a checkpoint just before a number of Grunts appear in the final battle, so you can gun them down and restart

Bulletproof – Complete 2 rounds in a Firefight Matchmaking game without dying – 2200 cR

Wow 343 really are pulling up some old and rare challenges. And still doubling the credit return, so I love them even more. Pick your best Firefight Arcade/Limited and play it safe. Any enemies carrying heavy weapons – Plasma Launchers and especially Fuel Rod Cannons – or charged up Plasma Pistols should be hit first. The Fuel Rod Cannon is a very effective one hit kill, and if not can kill still mess you up real good! Watch out for suicide Grunts or those throwing Plasma Grenades too. You’ll probably see guys using second controllers and being AFK for this, but just play your own game and you’ll be alright. Firefight Doubles could work, even just playing and being careful.

That Pink Mist – Kill 100 enemies with a Supercombine from the Needler or Needle Rifle in Firefight Matchmaking – 2500 cR

So there are lots of options in the new Score Attack modes. FRG Attack gives you a Needler with unlimited ammo, but that only really works on the Brutes and Elites (and the Skirmishers if you can catch them in the open). In general I still recommend any game where you can pick up a Needle Rifle from a Jackal and put 3 rounds into an unshielded enemy to get the Supercombine. 2x Score Attack or Fiesta Attack would be good because you can get loads of Elites at the end. FFA works well once you get the Mythic skull on, since enemies die less quickly and the Supercombine is more effective.

Blast Radius – Kill 75 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking with Grenades – 2500 cR

Several strategies for you here – Gruntpocalypse on somewhere Corvette and throw grenades at the Grunt spawn rooms (particularly those to the left and right of the ramps opposite your spawn room), then when you get grenades from the Grunts you kill use them when they come into the pinch point corridors. Or play Firefight on Courtyard, run to the left out of the spawn room and from the terrace you can usually get up to 5 or 6 dudes with grenades when they’re dropped off. Or play Nadefight where you get lots of grenades when you spawn. Or play 2X Score Attack and use grenades to bomb the spawn/dropship points when a load of guys are dropped off.