Halo 4 War Games Daily Challenges - 4/5/13

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The Challenges:
Got Backup - Get 25 kills with a Secondary Weapon. - 800 XP
It has surely been a long time since we had a challenge based on secondary weapons. Thank you for switching it up, 343i. Secondary weapons in Halo 4 include the Magnum Pistol, the Plasma Pistol, and the Bolt Shot. You are only really likely to score kills with the Magnum and Boltshot as the Plasma Pistol will likely just end up getting you killed. If you are on a map with a lot of narrow corridors, the Bolt Shot is best but use the Magnum if you are in more wide open spaces. Now, you just need twenty-five kills over the day, not in a single game. The best place to get these kills, however, will be in a gametype like SWAT where you can just score easy headshots. If that is your plan, you will want a smaller map like Adrift or Haven, since the Magnum will get raped by a DMR or BR on the larger maps. I would expect this challenge to take about two to three games of actively trying for these kills to complete.

Drop Bears! - Assassinate 5 Players in a single match. - 2500 XP
Well, I do not remember any challenges ever demanding five assassinations in a single game before. This will be an extremely difficult challenge for most so expect to spend a lot of time on it. You can trigger an assassination animation by holding the melee button behind an enemy. The animation needs to mostly complete for it to count. Now, Team Slayer Pro had been the best playlist for me to get assassinations, but that is now gone so we need other playlists. I have had luck in FFA Regicide on maps like Haven or Adrift (more Haven than the other one) which means stick to smaller maps. Dominion might be worthwhile for some, but that maps are much larger so you will likely need to hide in the bases. Expect to spend six or so games working on this one. Utilize Promethean Vision and Invisibility when you can.

See the War Games Monthly Challenge here.
See the War Games Weekly Challenges here.
See the Campaign Weekly Challenges here.
See the Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges here.