Themed Challenges and Hall of Fame

It was and it is stll the best thread in the BSN forum,Pres.We have to thank you for that great thread.MEA sucks very hard(my opinion) and i don't want to move on to MEA MP.I couldn't like MEA,despite the fact i still play,but only because i spent money for it.I doubt MEA themed thread will be at least half as good as ME3.I miss the old times,when i started to post here.I was totally fascinated and i couldn't wait to get home and try new crazy but fun challenge.I have to admit that i was obsessed.Was a pleasure to be a part from the themed challenge thread.Here i learned a lot of things and played with the best players in the biz.And now what-MEA...As for TNS,haven't seen him since January,when we played one duo(you can guess vs which faction) or it was December,can't remember exactly.

Pff,deleted?Why?0 posts.I am pretty sure TNS has many post here.

He deleted his channel long ago,because of lolgoogle+,but yes perhaps he deleted his account as well.

N4 - Vital Signs

I. Servant of the People (Gold)
Loadout
40:04 - DistigousForest(263959)
Pizza - Targets - Escort

II. Morning War (Gold)
Loadout
28:46 - DistigousForest(246120)
Pizza - Hack - Pizza

N4.2 was by far the most fun so far. I freaking love the arc pistol and arc grenades and just hucking them everywhere is always a blast.

No vid unfortunatelly.The position of the second device was very bad(nothing new),but we managed to disable it without kiting,which was a good thing.Me and AW failed in our first try here too( we got around 100 medals only),but we did the last week.

U too forgot silver smg medal is 50, so we got 150 ;p

And melee !!!!? are u mad !!?

I stand corrected! You are right of course, the smg medal is 50 kills, sorry! I haven't done challenges in a while, it seems I am forgetting the basics

The other option available would be to equip disruptor or inc ammo and go for some tech kills... plus, you know, TECH ARMOR not that it would make much sense I guess; I wanted this challenge to be tense from beginning to end, and I figured a good way to do so was making players think about which kind of kill they should go for, but without going overboard with it, so smg and biotic kills - which should come without jumping through too many hoops - are enough to get the necessary medals, but you still need to plan a little throughout the match

... which is why none of them are necessary for completing the challenge smg and biotic kills can get you the required medals, so no jumping through extra hoops is needed

You bring up very valid points, and I have been on the brink regarding the "do it on the first try" stipulation myself because of them. Perhaps I can assuage some of your concerns.
First of all, I don't see not making it on the first try as failing! Whether you pass it on your first try or on a later one, completing the challenge is what counts the final mission might change, but you still get to complete the series (and hopefully decide to do the other mission from week 15 as a bonus too).

I mentioned it in an earlier post, I will never enforce this "rule"! I can see how it might trouble some players, and I want this series to be first and foremost about having fun. I did not detail any edge-cases (like the ones you mention) on purpose: I leave that up to you. If you don't think it is a fair stipulation at all, or even in the spirit of the challenges, to ask for completing it on your first try, that is a fair point! It is up to you to decide if you want to submit to this rule or not. If you'd rather not play with this rule, don't mention anything in your post, and I will not ask about it I am leaving this one up to you

I want to try and address some of your points specifically. I think it is actually a lot easier to get the required kills on gold, because while the budgets is smaller, there are more cheap units on the field. For example, it's doable to let husks come to you on the first two waves, and squeeze a number of kills out of them. Wave 7 has 3 husks and only one banshee, so that's also a good wave to milk a few more easy kills out of (esp if you got the 5WS requirement out of the way already); with a good wave 3 objective, you can try and milk that too. In my four tries at this challenge, we got the required kills around waves 7 or 8 thrice (only having to go to wave 9 once), without doing and particular milking.
As for what would invalidade the run, I went in with the idea that only a game-breaking glitch would allow for a reset: a drone falling through the floor, a server disconnect, someone joining your game; lag, magnetic hands, and everything that can happen over the course of a match did count for us - and we did have a lot of lag, especially emexxia who has to deal with lag pretty much nonstop playing with me, since we live halfway across the world from each other. In the end I opted against laying out specific rules, because I'd rather leave that up to the players.

Perhaps I can also detail some of my thought process regarding this challenge I wanted a few things: I wanted to make the Reapers feel threatening, I wanted to make the end of ME3 mean something, trying to really make the "this is it, isn't it" feel warranted; as Anderson says "You have one chance at this!".
As it usually is in games, when you play as Shepard, you know there isn't any danger of losing: the Reapers are on the verge of success, but you are the hero of the game, of course you'll pull through. But when we play mp, we know the game takes the gloves off, so to speak. It is possible to fail missions. I wanted that to be a part of the challenges; I figured it also would make players perhaps play differently, more cautiously, giving them a different feel for the match. I also knew I wanted a platinum game down the line; I wanted a mission where you face all the factions, actually, I wasn't really aiming for the difficulty coming from playing platinum; so I figured giving a choice for players not to play 15.I was a good thing to have.
However, I also realize not everyone might enjoy this kind of challenge - while it is possible to fail missions in mp, doing so carries no penalty over! Which is why I let you be the arbiter of whether it is necessary to beat this on the first try in order to get the "good" ending!


... plus, you just need to re-do the whole series for another fresh shot at this one, right?

... I should go

Hamletic's Tales from the Trenches (Hardcore)
Week 7: Dreadnought

I. They Won't Know What Hit Them (Turian Saboteur with Saber; Volus Mercenary with Typhoon)

34:20 - Anubita | Sonashii (5WS)

Targets / Hack / Targets

I had a big laugh with this challenge. I knew this one was coming so I played that specific kit a couple of times and it was surprisingly solid. Also I probably nerfed myself as I had equipped extended clip and stability mod on Typhoon. Probably should've gone with HV or extended barrel. We almost got 10WS but geth bomber said - nupe, to my shield boost :/ After the match Anub told me that he had one thrilling moment. During one of the later waves Geth forces overruned us in the Disco room, so we had to bow out. It was tough, Anub hid behind a cover and saw two Primes passing him by to destroy my decoy Very fun challenge.

II. The Immovable Object (N7 Destroyer with PPR; N7 Demolisher with Harrier)

28:22 - Anubita | Sonashii (3WS)

Hack / Hack / Delivery

I have a one thing to say about this challenge. If you're too confident, this can easily turn out sideways. It took us 3 attempts. On a 1st run we were interrupted by my friend, who joined us without a warning Second try we got recked because we didn't plan how to control the tower properly. Finally on our last attempt we sorted out everything. I went with Hawk Missiles build because I didn't want to fight for the nades with Anub. It resulted with a couple of abombs blowing right on our faces All in all -

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Week 8: Rannoch

I. This planet is ours (QFI with Javelin; QME with Geth Pulse Rifle)

34:03 - Anubita | Sonashii (3WS)

Delivery / Devices / Targets

We decided to play week 8 on Anub's host. The beginning was almost perfect, no problems whatsoever. Nades to stagger the enemies, close up to get a headshot (it wasn't the most pleasant experience in my life, especially with GPR). Then from a wave 5 I believe, things started to get grim. Playing on Anub's host, while he was rocking dem infiltrator, was tough. To describe how brilliant that was, I'd like to say, that I finished match with only 1 medi-gel left. All of the rockets, ops packs and ammo packs were used before. And Anub's got his revive medal. So yeah... But I must admit, I enjoy manly games, when you have to dig deep to cross the finish line. There can't be always flowers and kittens

II.Apology Acknowledged (Geth Juggernaut with Spitfire; BF3 Soldier with Valkyrie)

25:28 - Anubita | Sonashii (3WS)

Targets / Escort / Devices

After the 8.I I could finally relax I took my dusty Juggy for a spin and went all berserk, annihilating Geth forces left and right. We took the easiest (imo) version of this challenge. It was 2 am so we wanted to end it quickly. I think it resulted in easiest challenge so far for us

For Tuchanka:

Weekly Themed Solos 1

Bonus Appreciation Special -- I Am Pure Krogan; You Should Be In Awe

Gold

39:19 - frank_is_crank (264 455 pts) [s1] [s2]