8th October – Halo Reach Daily Challenges & Commentary

Today’s challenges are listed below:

1. Shootin’ and Lootin’ – Kill 400 enemies in any game mode in Reach – 4000 cR
2. Close Talking – Earn 40 kills with close quarters combat in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2600 cR
3. Streaky Shooter – Earn 3 sprees in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2000 cR
4. Un, Deux, Trois – Win 3 games in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2900 cR

Commentary follows after the break…

Shootin’ and Lootin’ – Kill 400 enemies in any game mode in Reach – 4000 cR

Best options for this specifically:

• 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 (plus ‘cheevos if you’ve not done the Firefight ones)
• 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

Close Talking – Earn 40 kills with close quarters combat in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2600 cR

Close Quarters Combat is melee, beat down, assassination, Sword, Hammer, Golf Club and Shotgun. It’s actually my normal way of playing to shoot then melee so it should be pretty quick. Jump into Grifball and have some fun bludgeoning the other team to rack up these kills, or Infection with everything bar the pistol. Halo Ball Extreme can be good for this, but for every HBX with a high kill volume you might get plain old HB which has a 0 kill volume.

Streaky Shooter – Earn 3 sprees in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2000 cR

This should apply to any spree, not just kills. So you can get sprees using:

• Hammer
• Shotgun
• Sniper Rifle
• Plasma Grenade sticks
• Sword
• Vehicles (two here – kills in vehicle where you do the killing, and kills as driver with passenger killing)
• Spartan Laser
• Assists
• Some for specific variants of Juggernaut, Invasion and Infection

See the list on Halopedia for everything, especially as you can get 3 spree medals for each type. My recommendation – go for a weapon that allows you an easy spree, personally a Shotgun or Sword work for me. If you can take out 5 dudes you should get two sprees – one for 5 kills and one for the weapon (ie Grifball). Infection can be excellent for the number of medals you get per Zombie kill so if you can defend one position on your own or in a team you’ll get this easily.

Un, Deux, Trois – Win 3 games in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2900 cR

If you play a Team Slayer/SWAT/Grifball/Snipers/Action Sack etc you’ll get this easier, since only two teams gives you a higher chance of winning than the 6 person multi team (for instance). Make sure you read this Weekly Challenge commentary for more hints on doing it quick.