Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/12/11

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The Challenges:

It was the Winter... - Complete Winter Contingency on Legendary without dying. - 5000cR

• This one can be an annoyance.  There is a slight cheat to get it done much easier, but I'm not going to tell you what it is.  Just now that if you are having a lot of trouble with it, look around and you can find a way to get through it much easier.  But stick to the LASO guide and run through much of the level. 

Home Field Advantage - Win 7 games in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2500cR

• If you are lucky, this will be finished by the time you reach a hundred kills with a precision weapon.  If not, at least you can then head to a playlist you enjoy or are good at and simply grind out the wins.  If you find a good team, stick with them and try to talk to your teammates.

This is My Rifle - Earn 100 kills with a precision weapon in multiplayer matchmaking. - 1500cR

• You'll get this while grinding away on the Weekly.  Head for Team SWAT or Team Snipers.

Cook 'em, Clean 'em - Kill 20 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking while you're jet-packing. - 2400cR

• You can find the jet-pack armor ability in Multi Team, Team Slayer, and Team Objective.  Just remember that to be credited for a kill while jet-packing, you must be pushing the right bumper as you kill you enemy.  You cannot be falling.

See the Weekly Challenge here.

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Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/11/11

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The Challenges:

Helping Hand - Earn 10 assists in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 1600cR

• Today's challenges are pretty easy, nothing to really worry about.  For the ten assists, the fastest method might still be Multi Team, but you can also try Team Slayer so you can pick DMR starts and work on the weekly.

Multiplier - Earn 5 multikills in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 1200cR

• Grifball is a playlist again.  Thankfully, Bungie has held off on the multikill challenges until the playlist returned.

A Solid Outing - Earn at least 15 kills in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 3000cR

• Can also be taken care of in Grifball and is insanely easy.  If you find yourself short of kills try to make the games last the full five rounds.

The Love of the Game - Complete 20 games in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2500cR

• Once you have the achievements done, I would recommend heading to Team SWAT.  Grind away at this challenge and the Weekly.  Like killing two birds with one stone.

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Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/10/11

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The Challenges:

One Spartan Army - Kill 400 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking. - 2000cR

• This will take you about three or four games regardless of the gametype.  Work on it will you finish the other three.

Killagruntjaro! - Earn 35 multikills in a Firefight Matchmaking game. - 3500cR

• I decided to go to Score Attack and try out the new 2X Score Attack for this challenge.  I was able to get it, but just barely.  Part of the issue was that I picked Outpost, where the spawns are far enough apart that the enemies do not cluster enough to make use of the Target Locator from the weapon drop.  Probably would have been easier on a smaller map.  Remember, though, you can get this on regular Gruntpocalypse too.

The T.G. Opposition - Kill 20 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking with the Shotgun. - 1300cR

• You can get this challenge done in Score Attack but you will need to pick regular Score Attack, not Gruntpocalypse.  This way you can pick the Shotgun as a weapon.  Pick a map like Holdout or Courtyard where you have a lot of smaller spaces to use the Shotty.

Flat Tire - Kill 10 enemy vehicles in Firefight Matchmaking. - 1500cR

• You have to head to Score Attack for this challenge since the playlists have been changed.  Pick Sniper Attack on Holdout.  You will get three banshees a game meaning that this will take 4 games.  I'm going to test this out after I post, and will update if this is true.

UPDATE: Getting specifically that map and gametype in matchmaking is damn near impossible.  Rocket Attack is a no-go for vehicles on Beachhead.  Still trying for Sniper Attack on Holdout.
UPDATE 2: Sniper Attack on Holdout had three Banshees and they counted towards the challenge.
UPDATE 3: Sniper Attack on Beachead had two vehicles at the very last wave.

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Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/9/11

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The Challenges:

Gunslinger - Kill 100 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2500cR

• Should not take too long.  I would take care of this one while working on the Weekly Challenge

House of Pain - Complete a Campaign mission on Heroic with Mythic, Tilt, and Thunderstorm on. - 2500cR

• Like normal, head for Winter Contingency.  Run through it using this LASO guide and it should be pretty simple.  Don't let elites too close to you unless you have a melee weapon or a shotgun.  One kick from them and you are dead.

Survivor - Earn 9 Sprees in a Firefight Matchmaking game. - 1500cR

• If you can get Sniper Fight or Sniper Attack, you can get this done a lot faster.  Since you are using a sniper, you get the three weapon sprees along with your regular killing spree.  This way you do not have to die just to get enough sprees.  If you go to Score Attack and find a map like Beachhead or Glacier and abuse the camping spots, this is easy.

Above the Neckline - Kill7 enemies with headshots in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 1000cR

• Team SWAT or Snipers here.  Easy enough.  It is just Bungie trying to get you working on the Weekly.  Oblige them today and get some of this knocked out.

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Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/8/11

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The Challenges:

Fire When Ready - Kill 30 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 1000cR

• An easy one.  You will get it in the course of doing all the other challenges.

A Great Friend - Earn 15 assists in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2000cR

• Assists can be done in any playlist, really.  You just have to try for them.  But in certain playlists like Multi Team, you can get them done very quickly.  Getting fifteen assists in Multi Team might take two or three games which is not too bad.  Just try to almost kill someone and then back off.  If someone else kills him within about four seconds, the assists is yours.

Throwing Fireballs - Kill 7 enemies with grenades in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 1200cR

• This is easier than you might think.  Head for Multi Team and pick Elite Slayer.  The only issue here is that you only start with one Plasma grenade.  You will end up dying a lot going for this challenge, which is O.K.  Just try to stick people in crowds and maybe you can get more than one with the grenade.

Put Your Quarter Up - Complete 10 games in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2000cR

• A pretty simple one.  Though it will probably not take ten games to complete the other daily challenges today, you can get this while working on the weekly challenge of five hundred precision weapon kills in multiplayer Matchmaking.

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Halo Reach Daily and Weekly Challenges Guide - 2/7/11

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The Challenges:

Shootin' and Lootin' - Kill 100 enemies in any game mode in Reach. - 1000cR

• You will get this with no problem while doing "A Satisfied Thirst."

A Satisfied Thirst - Kill 100 Grunts in Firefight Matchmaking. - 1000cR

• Load up Gruntpocalypse and finish this easy challenge.  One game will net you this challenge and "Shootin' and Lootin'" as well.

Triple Thrill - Earn 3 Sprees in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 2000cR

• I found success getting sprees yesterday in Living Dead.  What is even better, is that when you get one spree, you automatically get two.  If you are a survivor, you are awarded a regular "Killing Spree" medal, but you are also awarded a "Zombie Killing Spree" medal.  If you get a map like Pinnacle and camp the tall tower, you can easily get four sprees.  Just stay with your teammates in a place that is easy to defend and pay attention.  Try not to waste ammo as well.

Not as Clumsy or Random... - Earn 5 kills with precision weapons in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 1000cR

• ... as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.  Uh...sorry.  Got caught up in the Star Wars reference.  Anyway, this should be easy to get.  Just play one game of Team SWAT of Team Snipers.  This challenge is really just trying to gear you up for the new weekly challenge.

Weekly:

Camp Froman, Indeed - Earn 500 kills with Precision weapons in multiplayer matchmaking. - 11000cR

• 500 kills with precision weapons is not as bad as it sounds.  The Sniper, DMR, Needle Rifle, and Covenant Focus Rifle are all precision weapons.  If you play mostly SWAT and Snipers, you will probably have this done by the end of the week.  If you go for Arena playlists, or Team Slayer, pick Slayer DMRs or Slayer Pro, for precision weapon starts.  Try to get around a hundred a day and this one will be done pretty quick.

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Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 2/6/11

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The Challenges:

Fire When Ready - Kill 50 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 1500cR

• Not at all a hard achievement.  You will probably get it during the course of getting the "Streaky Shooter" challenge.  Just pick a playlist you enjoy and grind it out.

Leadership Element - Kill 30 enemy leaders in Campaign today. - 1200cR

• My favorite level for killing enemy leaders has always been Long Night of Solace.  If you load it up at Rally Point Bravo, you can rack up the kills quite easily once you get to the bridge.  If needed, keep restarting the level from that spot.  And the challenge does not set a requirement for difficulty so you can set it on normal and easily finish the challenge.

Blast Radius - Kill 20 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking with grenades. - 1400cR

• Should be able to get this in one game of Gruntpocalypse.  You will have to pick up a lot of plasma grenades and do not be afraid to die to get a new set of frag grenades.  Stickies are best though, since if you can stick a grunt in a cluster you can get high numbers.

Streaky Shooter - Earn 5 sprees in multplayer Matchmaking. - 1500cR

• This one will take the longest of today's challenges.  Five kills without dying is a "Killing Spree" and that continues up till twenty kills in sets of five.  Most likely you will only be getting "Killing Sprees," which is fine.  I would recommend Team Objective, since the focus of the playlist is not simply killing the other team.  Hang back and try to pick people off as they go for objectives.  Using this strategy you should have no trouble getting five killing sprees.

Last day to complete the Weekly Challenge.  See it here.

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