Achievement Whore: Vidmaster Challenge: Classic
The ‘Classic’ challenge is probably one of the more annoying achievements ever to grace the Xbox 360′s icy cold heart(Aka, Achievement List). As most know this is one of the dreaded seven achievements that you must have in order to receive the highly regarded recon armor. The armor merely being a trophy in and of itself, showing ones most inner leetness. So thats why Dom, after spending hours trying to get this elusive one for ODST am here to help out those wondering why in the fuck they can’t collect this one.
Firstly you will need of course,
-A Xbox 360
-Halo 3 : ODST
-Xbox Live Gold Account
-Balls (Perferably steel)
You may be asking, “Dom, What is it I must do to get this awesome achievement?” Well simply you have to beat a entire level without firing a SHOT or throwing a Grenade, there are some little annoying rules you have to follow as well..
-No shooting, none. Don’t even lay your finger on the triggers. Even if you charge the laser and don’t fire it spoils it, so don’t fuck with the triggers.
- No Grenades, just like up above.
-No horn honking, I don’t know why but the game won’t give it to you if you honk the horn on the warthog.
-No power slides in Warthog
-Boosting in Ghost is ALLOWED
-What you can do is, jump, melee, switch weapons, and hop in and out of vehicles and you can have gunners and shotgun riders.
-You MUST play on Legendary,
-Must be a solo game, no help.
-Must be connected to Xbox Live with a Gold Account
-Probably should do it on Uplift Reserve, easiest level to complete it on, (Not saying much :/ )
First, load up the level with all the prerequisits mentioned above intact.
Move forward into the large circular battlefield and keep to the left, ignore the turned over warthog and move towards one of the two driving around on the left, don’t worry one will eventually stop for you. When it stops kick out the driver and give him your spartan laser as you wont be needing it. Jump in the drivers seat and let him ride shotty, it really helps to have him/her with the laser. You might wanna sit afar and let the gunner take out the choppers as they can fuck you up major with a simple love-tap.
Head across to the west side of the circular battlefield and zip between any enemies and into the trail, you will meet one chopper, one ghost, and two wraiths, remember DON’T powerslide, just be quick, it may take a couple times and follow the trail to a large metal entrance. There is a ghost there, you can use it if you want, its possible but you die a lot easier, and you can’t fire the weapon. You can boost, so you are faster. Whatever you decide to do continue through the cave entrance ( if you need it, theres a medpack on the little ( Bus Stop? lol) on the right side of the cave entrance. Theres some pavement and once you come out, go to the left, don’t deal with the enemies there, follow the shore to the left and to the north there is a ledge you have to get on, theres lots of stationary plasma guns and a few ghosts, just try to make it past them. DON’T go into the tunnel, go to the east and follow the ledge, it should bring you to a ledge you jump down and will follow another little twisty canyon. There will be a ship dropping off troops, just head to the left as its not railed off, follow the trail down and head to the left side of the large structure in the middle. Theres a few soldiers, a spartan laser, medpack, and a warthog. If you want a warthog or a new one, grab a medpack, grab the laser, give it to one of the soldiers then jump in the drivers seat. The soldiers will jump in after you. Head out and to the opposite side of the round battlefield, theres another windy canyon, you will run into Two Wraiths, a ghost and a chopper, there will also be a gunner above. This is probably the hardest part of the level, if you can get past this the rest is cake. When you pass them by you will go through a tunnel and then you will cross a bridge, some conversation will happen as the tunnel system collapses above, if you need a new Warthog theres one halfway across the bridge. When you get to the other side, make sure to grab the medpack on the well next to the exiting bay door. You will follow yet another windy canyon and will come to a small circular field with a ramp leading up the right side, there should be a covenant anti gravity tower in front of you ignore it. As you go up the ramp you will see two gunners, don’t hesitate, just run them over or you won’t make it out alive. As you head up the trail there will be another bus stop like building on the left, theres a medpack there as well. Continue foreward, you will come to another large field with a big covenant plateau in the middle, keep to the right to the entrance to another long windy canyon, theres one wraith and one ghost, zig past them and continue up the long canyon. You will see a series of purple covenant shields on the ground, ALMOST THERE!
Keep driving and as you come around you will see two wraiths, drive between them both and hug the wall as the canyon wall curves behind them, it will come to a ledge that leads to nowhere. Jump it! a cut scene will play and DON’T skip it, I heared it can fuck with your achievement, and I am superstitious so don’t temp the devil. As the next level loads the achievement should pop up.
If it doesn’t work the first time try and try again making sure everything you do is up to par. I know when I did it it took 10 tries to get it right, its hard to train trigger fingers NOT to fire.
Cheers,
-Dom
