> If you have been a contender of Mythic in previous Halo titles, how far did you get? What did you enjoy about it? Did you prefer doing it solo or with friends (still no deaths on co-op btw)?
Mythic Conqueror of all three games here, both solo and 2 of the 3 games on co-op Mythic.
I initially began my Halo 3 quest way back in 2008 and struggled on for a while. I saw the thread Tyrant made, youtube’d a Floodgate SLASO run and did it for myself. That’s how my quest began, I then jumped into the thread and stuck with the people untill I finished. Then stayed to help other people.
Nearly came to a breaking point with The Ark, but I ventured on and conquered it. I actually remember beating Sierra 117 on my birthday, which I thought was pretty cool. Revisited some of my missions and actually began speedrunning on Mythic. The competition of speedrunning is a great thing. Being able to attempt to get and hold the fastest time on a mission, especially on Mythic Difficulty is an amazing feeling, even if its only for a short while. It was actually pretty hard to get a speedrun record on Halo 3, due to Pahat Pojat being way too good at the game.
Anyway, in time Mythic got more and more attention, as I joined the gang very early on, there was only 3-4 of us around at most. In time, more people joined. I met Gazas who was the 9th Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror (I was 5th), and we began co-op.
Co-op Mythic was the most fun thing I’ve ever done on Halo 3 ever. We were actually inspired to do it by a Halocharts competition which rewarded the first pair to Recon (which we won, but we also won the SMRC so we got 2x Recon). We ploughed through the entire campaign in 3 days, pulling 6 (yes, 6!) in one day. Eventually, Halo 3: ODST was released and we all moved on to this campaign.
Halo 3: ODST was by far the easiest Campaign on Mythic. We were all able to pretty much destroy the campaign, apart from the dreaded Coastal Highway. Coastal Highway is a mission which should be burnt and shouldn’t exist. It relied on factors which were beyond the players control. Defending the Oliphant as well as trying to stay alive against; Ghosts, Wraiths, Shades and Banshee’s was ridiculously hard. However, it is possible and it was conquered.
Keeping the tradition, Gazas and I went back and played through this game on co-op Mythic. Nearly stopping at Data Hive due to how boring it is. We got together one last time, and beat Data Hive and Coastal Highway. Shockingly, we completed Coastal Highway on our first attempt, which was great.
A long time passed with nowhere to go for any new Mythic, so a lot of us revisited our runs in Halo 3 + ODST speedrunning etc.
Eventually, Reach was released. After failing a few days at Solo Legendary, I begun Mythic. I have to honestly admit, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed the other two. Halo 3 was just so much fun I still play it to date.
Anyway, completed Winter Contingency, and got stuck on Nightfall for a long time. I managed to reach the very end many times, only to get overwhelmed by all the Elites + Shades at the end. Then, Legendary smile made a discovery which changed Reach drastically. I’m sure you’re all familar with the “Forklift Trick”. Yeah, Legendary smile discovered it, and it made my quest ten times easier.
Once Nightfall was out of the way, I managed to catch up with everyone else and push every mission except LNoS and PoA out in a week.
I then realised, I was in the competition for the number one spot. As nobody else had finished LNoS or PoA. Things began to get real interesting and fun. Things heated up and eventually people started to heavily damage the missions but nobody was able to finish them. After weeks of hacking away, AuraSoldier finished LNoS and Legendary smile finished PoA at roughly the same time. Anyway, more time passed and Legendary finished LNoS. I eventually finished up LNoS and moved on to PoA with Aura. The race was on for 2nd place.
I was at the, what I call, God Elites on Pillar of Autumn. I pause for a moment to compose myself, things get tense you know. I check the main Mythic thread over on bungie.net, and see AuraSoldier had literally just finished. I was quite annoyed, but extremely thrilled at myself for coming this close and the competition was amazing. I eventually finished up Pillar of Autumn the next day, becoming the third Mythic conqueror on Reach.
Never got around to finishing co-op on Reach, moved country so couldn’t connect to Gazas anymore without intense lag. We managed all missions up to The Package.
tl;dr - Mythic was and still is the greatest experience I’ve ever had on any video game to date. The challenge, the fun, the emotions, the intense competition and everything combined together is just overwhelming and it’s what keeps bringing me back. Even if I don’t speedrun Reach, I still enjoy it.
