Themed Challenges and Hall of Fame

Doc, this is one of the fun ones. We'll redo it.

Seeing some talk about "183 Pull Ups" and "Ash" brought this Series to my attention, and I asked myself how far I can get in it before giving up or reaching a point there it's getting too difficult for me. Therefore I didn't really expect, that I will make this Post. But now here it is:


N7 Challenge Series (Gold)

N7 - Spectre Eligible


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

41:08 - Balbock (267428 pts)

Devices / Delivery / Escort

This one took a while... And is the main reason why I'm short on CM IVs now. Messing up Wave 4, draining Wave 6 Objectivs and Wave 7 Turretspam were the main reasons for the fails. But in the end I made it but presumably more to luck than anything else. The run till the end of wave 6 went fairly smooth, and Wave 7 had lots of turrets but luckily in Positions where passing by and reaching cover in time was possible. Still nuked the Atlas the last Phantom and a bunch of Engineers at the end of the wave. 2 More Rockets were used in wave 8 and 9 then both Atlases grouped up with some other units. Those 3 Rockets granted the Killstreaks.
The Extraction Wave was, where this run could have gone completly wrong. To reach the LZ I had to go though basicly all the enemies because I hadn't enouth time anymore for the longer way around... Last Rocket and last OpsPack made it possible to reach the Zone but from there it was anonther 5s of hoping, that nothing comes around the Box before the Timer runs out.


II. End Scene

40:41 - Balbock (264352 pts) 10 WS

Escort / Escort / Devices

Finished this one before N7.I, when I needed something else to do than Glacier. The run started out very well and smooth, so good in fact, that I considered a flawless run possible. Therefore I didn't used any Rockets in the early waves. In wave 9 I had to abandon this plan, because without an OpsPack I wouldn't have reached safety, while moving to a new position. Then I had some luck with the Wave 10 Devices, because non was in one of the open places. After finishing the last one it was time to use some of the till then unused Rockets.


III. Ariake

78:01 - Balbock (262248 pts) 10 WS

Devices / Targets / Devices

Killing Reapers with just a Scimitar takes time. Other than that it was actually somewhat enjoyable. (I should have put the Musik, I was listending to, on repeat though...) I would have prefered some other Objectivs. Close calls at 4 of the 8 Devices maybe were too many. The I-frames from Shieldboost and OpsPacks after finishing those devices were, what saved me. As for wave 6 Targets... Well at least Brutes are huge targets. Scimitar can't really miss them even at long range. So that worked out, but slowly.




All what's left so say for now: fraggle take a look at N2.I Resolve of the Shadowbroker (Alternative N3.I Chooser of the Slain) and maybe have a go at it, if you like to try.

Chuck Norris did the series blindfolded using the Donkey Konga Bongo controller, but he salutes you nonetheless.
Congrats N7!

Thank you all.


You might not see it right now, but you are ready. I'm sure about that. Going from inexperienced VolGuard player to being able to clutch wave 8 in a single game can't mean anything else.
You can do it as soon as you want to.


It was the "Tales of the Volus" Sunday today:

Hamletic's Tales from the Trenches

Week 7: Dreadnought

I. They Won't Know What Hit Them (Hardcore)

32:35 - fraggle | Balbock

Targets / Targets / Devices

SaboTurian and VolusMerc. First the Geth lost their minds and attacked almost solely themself and lots of decoys, and then they lost the rest of their functionality. If they just had the courtesy to group up a bit for a proper target switch and it would have been even better. At last they didn't. Not that Typhoon and Saber wouldn't kill primes quick enough, but nuking a Geth spawn always feels good...


Week 10: Thessia

I. Strange Bedfellows (Hardcore)

30:13 - fraggle | Balbock

Delivery / Escort / Escort

This isn't the first attempt but the third. The first one also was the first time for fraggle to play the VolGuard in a more serious way. It took her a few waves to get used to the kit and combined with some problems with the lobby, the run was a bit rougher than we liked. But with some clutching from both of us we still made it to a successful ending. Still we thought we could do it better and tried again. 5min faster but missed the Medal Requirements...
So attempt No.3 was started with (just for a change) switched kits. And another 1min faster and a complete success.


Week 12: Horizon

I. Great Orbs of Fire (Hardcore)

27:32 - fraggle | Balbock

Delivery / Escort / Devices

And again fraggle's turn on the Volus. Which meant a flamerless Weapon platform Geth Trooper had a go at the Revy... With the Stability from a Stability Modul and Barrage Upgrade and Huntermode the Revy actually became a surprisingly accurate and damaging weapon. At times I stopped firing just to make sure, that I get enough assists for this one to count.

Great job, Apry! I know it's difficult to let go of Ash, but you did it ! Now to the easy part ...

Thank you! And thank you, all in that lovely  smile, right 

Hell yeah buddy, Congrats! :exicted: But as the great Bill Belichick would say, "We're on to N7." Now I just gotta be able to put Borderlands down and give the N7s a go

I'm not sure. Just figured it hasn't been updated yet since I'm still trying to finish it.

Lost Levels by AW_FC in the 2nd weekly serie on Plat

Week 9 - Bjorn Begins
35:50 - Alfonsedode (341309 pts)

It seems i never saw AW_FC_1986 dedicated a solo to my glorious self !
Thanks mate, so that one is for you ! Thanks for all those nice challenges !

N4.3- Annihilation (Hardcore) (redo)

18:49 - Pfefferi (272 650 ptS)

Super obnoxious solo to grind for good objectives. I guess I don't much like the Fury.