So, Firefight Limited with Fyre and friends.
First game, Corvette. Right off the bat, a Wraith drops. No problem, I'm a pro at dropping these things and making a quick escape as the throng drops from the ships behind me.
Now, all I need to do is plant the grena....
*wham*
The Wraith tags the lip of the drop ship doors, and blows me off the back. The actual mortar hit isn't close enough to damage me, but the damage modeling on the Wraith is funky. While you are boarding it, any damage done to the Wraith passes through to you (you can be on the back, and Grunt can stick the front hood, and you'll die). So I get toasted as a result.
Not exactly a graceful start, but I make up for it the rest of the game and don't die again. Until...
Flash forward to the start of the final boss wave, in Round 3. One thing that's useful is the way enemies are stunned for a moment after they drop to the ground from the ship. You can tell they are defenseless when they are still crouched down like this. Great chance to toss some grenades and get an early stick.
Like this Chieftain toting an FRG, for example. He's a sitting duck.
He's not dangerous until he stands up and takes aim to fi....
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You can imagine my surprise as I immolate while he's still pointing his FRG at the ground. It didn't even bounce off the floor, he just fired it up at me while pointing it down.
Both were amusing deaths at the time, but it's kind of disappointing to see I got cheated on both of them. This is one of Reach's failings, the way you can be killed because the game is cheating.
I hope Halo 4 is more fair in that regard.
