Posted February 9th 2005

Preferably starting with a far area horde set-up or modified far area horde set-up, drive over near the lifeboat and defend from there against the mass of enemies rushing your way. If you bring along a chain-gunner, it can add to the atmosphere as he does his stuff and calls out various amusing lines while dishing out the pain.

Pressured sniping

The sniper rifle and pistol are the obvious weapons for bringing down enemies at distance before they get within firing range, but with half a dozen Elites bounding towards you, you'll still have to work fast. This has to be one of the best situations I've come across for using the sniper rifle under pressure.

I quite like to use the top of the lifeboat as a sniping platform. It's easy to jump up, and you get a nice view of the approaching horde. Depending on the rock geometry, you may also be able to reach the top of the large rock between the lifeboat and the cliffside, by first jumping onto the Warthog then onto the rock. You'd have to be quick though.

The sniper rifle can make things a bit easy, but as with any challenge you can always make things harder by imposing limitations on yourself. In this case for example, you could limit yourself to only a few clips of sniper rounds before obliging yourself to switch weapons. Or maybe use the sniper rifle to kill off those nasty Elites, and then see if you can handle the multitude of Jackals and Grunts with other weaponry at closer range.

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