Themed Challenges and Hall of Fame

N7 Challenge Series - Gold 

N3.1 - Chooser of the Slain

20:06 - Pfefferi (329 638 pts) [v]

hack x targets x escort 

N3.2 - Hold the Line

24:25 - Pfefferi (274 796 pts) [v]

objects x devices x devices

N3.3 - Awaking the Eye of Wrath

27:03 - Pfefferi (258 086 pts) [v]

hack x devices x devices

is this game kidding me with the devices

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This one was fun, actually.

I didn't really expect, that I get so far in this series, but here I am with a realistic chance for me to meet Ash soon.
On that note thanks, DistigousForest and MPApr2012 , the tips, you recendly posted in another thread, might come in handy soon.
N7 Challenge Series (Gold)

N5 - Omega Forces


I. Bray-Fist

32:46 - Balbock (256180 pts)

Delivery / Delivery / Hack

1st try and it worked, even though it took quite a while, untill I got the 3 WS in this one (wave 8 or 9). I got myself staggered by all kind of things and outflanked by Pyros far to often for my liking and thought I could do it better:

40:32 - Balbock (283288 pts) 10WS

Devices / Hack / Targets

Well 10WS is better, the time however isn't. Anyway 10WS survived might be still worth to post it aswell.


II. Kill Them!

41:47 - Balbock (300664 pts)

Devices / Devices / Hack

Reactor... I always find new places, where I though, that I can't get hit but still get hit...
Anyway Executioner is a nice Weapon, if it hits where the point of aim was. And with the Submission Net Phantoms aren't that much of a problem. Still needed a few tries due to a lack of medigels in some runs...


III. Retake Omega Part 3 - The Intangible is Unstoppable

45:46 - Balbock (248645 pts)

Targets / Hack / Hack

Carnifex is a good weapon but not es good vs an Atlas as the Executioner is. At least Nightshade Blades are a decend Power vs. Phantoms. And Poison Srike helped to avoid some of the placed Turrets.

Slowly moving on. Including new solo for the spot with the most fails:

N7 Challenge Series (Gold)

N6 - The Scope of Perspective


I. Garrus' Calibrations Part 2 - Archangel

51:25 - Balbock (263488 pts)

Delivery / Delivery / Targets

Maybe the Widow doesn't benefit from the Fire Rate bonus from Marksman, but it is still a fun Setup. Wave 9 had a very nice first spawn that just said "Pls speed up rocket here" the Killstreak is from that one. Too bad the Wave 10 spawns weren't that nice. Nuked the first 3 banshees and then chose to keep my last Rocket for clean up. Maybe not the best choice, since that one didn't hit quite right and I had to kill most enemies with the Widow anyway.


II. Next of Kin

50:21 - Balbock (203088 pts)

Targets / Delivery / Delivery

Using Cryo Ammo and playing down the Wave budget via Abominations maybe isn't the quickest way, but, since all deaths in the runs before had something to do with abominations getting too close, it was probably the safer way for me. Also Pizzas in the open Area with lots of Collectors around are somewhat painfull to get.


III. Ash

60:54 - Balbock (276444 pts)

Escort / Targets / Targets

And there goes the second "popular" solo to get stuck, after 13 failed runs (mostly giving up in wave 4 after getting dropped for the first time in said run)
But then attempt No. 14: 2nd time that I got the necessary 5WS'ed and the 2nd time with Wave 6 Targets. Determined not to burn 5 Medigels again, while hunting down Phantoms with Dragoons chasing me around and running short on time and then nuked 3 Phantoms anyway, I just nuked the first two Targets and then I used the time to kill the Dragoons off first before going for the Phantoms again.
But the Game wasn't finished with Phantoms as Targets. Wave 10 Targets switched to Phantoms again after nuking the Atlas. Nuked 2 more Phantoms and then killed lots of Phantoms one by one for quite some time till only the Atlases were left in the wave.

N7 Challenge Series (Gold)

N6.I - Garrus's Calibrations pt. 2 - Archangel

28:09 - Pfefferi (275 895 pts) [v]

hack x targets x escort 

N6.II - Next of Kin

25:49 - Pfefferi (225 906p pts) 10 WS [v]

hack x escort x escort

Tense escort in w10, because dagger is obnoxious and a death would have meant failing the challenge for not having enough medals...

N6.III - Ash

26:32 - Pfefferi (244 402 pts) [v]

hack x objects  x objects 

Like several of my videos, this has no sound. I was listening to music while doing it, and my recording software goofed. I'm also moving my character along with the music and occasionally timing shots to the music in the video, so of course it all looks quite stupid with no sound. 

N7 Challenge Series (Gold)

N7.I - The Shepard's Clone War Pt. 3, Spectre Status Recognized

24:00 - Pfefferi (265 036 pts) [v]

hack x hack x objects

N7.II - End Scene

23:37 - Pfefferi (264 340 pts) 10 WS [v]

escort x escort x hack

N7.III - Ariake

45:12 - Pfefferi (253 645 pts) 10 WS [v]

escort x objects x objects

I did this a while back because I knew it would be the hardest challenge to get through, for me. I have no patience and no chill and just tend to rush things, then run into spawns and die as soon as I get tilted. It probably took 20+ attempts spread out over a few weeks.

I have a playlist of the entire series for the leaderboard, linked here. 

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For those who want to see an amazing performance by theDoc skip to W9 (around 40') and the escort on W10, both of which he finished alone. I finished the hack on W3 alone, because I decided I could not go back through the entire spawn to revive theDoc (especially after a disastrous W2 which cost me 3 gels and an ops pack).

was the same here lol

Some excellent advice, noted, thanks! I got to discard some habits I've got from the 4yrs of playing only solo... 

Back at the Tales, after a break (and no Sonashii , it isn't because you asked when we do the next, but because you hadn't time earlier today.).


Hamletic's Tales from the Trenches

Week 1: Leaving Earth

II. Recon-naissance (Hardcore)

31:26 - fraggle | Balbock

Escort / Devices / Escort

We already tried this one a while ago but ran out of Medigel back then. But we didn't have our secret weapon then, so we fixed that today and tried again while using Cryo-Ammo (I might just have given away our secret weapon. ). Was a lot smoother today. Well except the Wave 10 Escort because every Praetorian wanted to stand in the way of the drone. Rockets helped with that and the following cleanup.



Week 3: Grissom Academy

I. The unstoppable force (Hardcore)

24:10 - fraggle | Balbock

Targets / Delivery / Devices

3rd time is a charm. The first two attempts ended both in the extraction wave due to being out of Medigels. But after switching kits we first got a 3 WS and then made it to the extraction with some medigels to spare, which was quite surprising, since I mostly remember terrible Slayer performances from me in the past. Must be that fraggle is the better Fury Player than. (Wait, Sona, didn't you write "hope you wipe, hope you wipe" before you left?... You evil err thanks, man, I don't think I would have discovered that I can play the Slayer better than I remembered otherwise. )