I have to admit im finding the legendary campaign a nightmare so far, i was wondering if anyone has any good tactics to use against the prometheans…
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Power Weapons. There are sticky detonators, rail guns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and sniper rifles all over the place in campaign, use them.
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If #1 doesn’t apply to you in your current situation, grab a Plasma pistol. Just keep an eye on your ammo.
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Take it slow and don’t rush. Don’t leave anything behind you either. Though H4 makes the “I’ll just run through this” strategy non existent.
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Fear Wraith tanks.
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Headshot weapons. Always carry a Carbine/DMR/Light Rifle. Battle Rifle is ridiculously easy to get head-shots with, but it chews through ammo too quickly.
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Use Boltshot’s to conserve ammo on crawlers and grunts.
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Incineration Cannon & Rail Guns are you best friend against Knights in the last few missions.
Now, with all that said, there are some sections in mission 7 & 8 (especially 8) where you really just have to man up and fight it out like a pro. Take out Crawlers with head-shots, off the Watchers, then duke it out with the Knights. There are no power weapons besides the occasional Incineration Cannon, not a incredible surplus of ammo, and some pretty crappy (but not unfair) positioning you have to fight from. It’s a long uphill battle the entire way. Good luck, it’s a ton of fun.
With all this said, there are a couple of sections spread through the 2nd half of the came where you just kinda go “Holy S$%&!”… Just have to pull through it.
Yes, when killing the knights, be sure to reload your weapon BEFORE their shields pop because it usuallt takes more than one headshot to finish them, you don’t want to give them the time to recover the shields.
Also, Scattersot, railgun, binary rifle and incinerition cannon are beasts against Knights.