Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 9/16/12

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The Challenges:
One Spartan Army - Kill 400 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking. - 2000cR
It seems like you will be playing a lot of games today in all various modes. This challenge, which is typically score kills in any game mode, is focused today on just Firefight. There is only one other Firefight challenge, "Demon" asking you to get forty Elite kills, so you will need to play extra games to finish this one off. Since you will likely be in the Score Attack playlist, you can score about a hundred and twenty kills per game. This means that you will need to complete four games to finish off this challenge. The preferred gametypes are Gruntpocalypse and 2X Score Attack. Have fun.

... Got a Triple Double - Earn 3 Double Kills in the same match in Multiplayer Matchmaking. - 3000cR
So, finished the Weekly Challenge yet? Today would be a great day for that, as it is the last day, and you might also want to get three Double Kills while you are at it to take care of this easy challenge. Now, a Double Kill is when you score two kills within four seconds of each other and this is the most common type of multi kill. You will need to space these out so you do not stack to high multi kills, which will not count for this challenge. Your best bet for getting these Double Kills is, without a doubt, Grifball as it allows you to score tons and tons of kill and multi kills. If that is not your cup of tea, Multi Team is also another great option, but will likely take longer to reach the same numbers as Grifball.

Demon - Kill 40 Elites in Firefight Matchmaking. - 2800cR
Elites are, by far, the toughest enemies you will face in Reach but, lucky for you, they are quite easy to slay in Firefight as it is only ever on Heroic difficulty. We can make this even easier by choosing the right playlist and gametype as well. We will be playing four games for the "One Spartan Army" challenge and we need to make sure that two of those games are 2X Score Attack. This gametype will always have a final round of about twenty or so Elites that you can kill very easily thanks to the double damage. Now, the Elites might accidentally kill themselves, so aim for a large open map and you may get a drop-pod with an extra four Elites in it to make up for any idiots. Remember, only need two games for this one.

Short, Controlled Bursts - Kill 200 enemies with automatic weapons in the Campaign today. - 3000cR
So, while the other challenges will be pretty easy, this one will just be a grind. I am, to be honest, not really a fan of any of the automatic weapons in this game (AR, Neelder, Plasma Repeater, Plasma Rifle, and the Brute Spiker) as they are mostly wildly inaccurate and do low damage (Hopefully the SAW in Halo 4 will rectify that!). Yet, we will be getting two hundred kills with them today in Campaign so here is the strategy; start with Winter Contingency and work your way through the missions until you hit the number. Use automatic weapons exclusively and if you see a large groups of enemies, spay rounds into all of them. As long as you damage the enemy, if an AI teammate score the kills you will still get credit for it. Knowing this will help you get done a lot faster. Now, this will likely take well in ONI: Swordbase to complete but if you replay certain high enemy volume sections of the levels, you can get it done a little faster.

See the Weekly Challenge here..