Complete guide for stars/veterancy?

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I’m curious as to all the limitations and such. I’ve seen conflicting things about regular units as to how many stars they can gets, etc. I notice the little shield on the image when you select a single spartan unit shows how many stars same as above their heads. However, when I select my 3 star ODST squads, they’re each showing 7. That’s more than my freakin Vultures! I’m also wondering if the veterancy, etc of the enemy killed affects what the killing unit earns.

I’m sitting here playing defense on the 14th campaign mission on Legendary. I’m seriously taking my time. I’m 3 hours in, probably killed 20 scarabs. I have 13 ODST squads (probably 8 showing 3 star and the rest 2), 2 Vultures (3 star), and 3 spartans in locusts with 8 stars on each. Plus, 3 additional ODST units in sniper posts: the one at the second base and 2 by the flood things up the hill. Everything runs right by the 2 by the flood so I can see what’s coming and super MAC the scarabs. Everything is parked at the 2nd base to finish them off, while the elephant sits patiently waiting behind the original base. I’m thinking about sitting here until the spartans get 14 stars on those locusts. I think I read the max is 15 for hijacked covie stuff(?).

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I’ll reply in sections

  1. Each unit can only gain 3 stars can only get 3 stars alone (without a spartan in it).
  2. ODST with 3 stars shows as 7 when highlighted because the number gains 1 each time they are upgraded and 1 for each star the unit has.
  3. Each unit can gain up to 3 stars max from combat. For example; if you put a spartan into a tank, the number of stars will be 1 star for each upgrade done on the tank, 1 star for each upgrade on the spartan and then stars from combat. if you put a spartan with no stars in a tank with no stars which is fully upgraded you will be able to gain 6 extra start from combat kills.
  4. Spartans can get an extra star on fully upgraded covenant units than UNSC because the covenant vehichles have an extra upgrade for wraiths. locusts.
  5. If a tank kills an ODST with 0 starts it gains XP, if it kils a ODST with 3 stars i’m pretty sure the XP gained will remain the same, if you want more info on units go to halowars.com and they put up an exel spreadsheet which showed information on units before they stopped updating the site, i think you should still be able to get it
    :slight_smile:
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> I’ll reply in sections
>
> 1) Each unit can only gain 3 stars can only get 3 stars alone (without a spartan in it).
> 2) ODST with 3 stars shows as 7 when highlighted because the number gains 1 each time they are upgraded and 1 for each star the unit has.
> 3) Each unit can gain up to 3 stars max from combat. For example; if you put a spartan into a tank, the number of stars will be 1 star for each upgrade done on the tank, 1 star for each upgrade on the spartan and then stars from combat. if you put a spartan with no stars in a tank with no stars which is fully upgraded you will be able to gain 6 extra start from combat kills.
> 4) Spartans can get an extra star on fully upgraded covenant units than UNSC because the covenant vehichles have an extra upgrade for wraiths. locusts.
> 5) If a tank kills an ODST with 0 starts it gains XP, if it kils a ODST with 3 stars i’m pretty sure the XP gained will remain the same, if you want more info on units go to halowars.com and they put up an exel spreadsheet which showed information on units before they stopped updating the site, i think you should still be able to get it
> :slight_smile:

Ohh, so that’s how it works.