Speedrunning the eight level “The Package” in Halo: Reach on easy difficulty for the No-AA% Category
// Settings :
Game : Halo Reach on Steam (PC)
Difficulty : Easy (No-AA% Category)
Level : The Package
Time : 8:00 IGT
// Personal notes :
My PB (8:00 with ingame timer) set on 18/12/2021.
No-AA% means that I can’t use any armor ability (so no sprinting or picking up any other AA’s such as armor lock, jetpack etc…)
Boosting in vehicles is allowed though!
This surprisingly didn’t take that long, think this was on my third attempt where I just wanted to EMP the banshee on a first shot not caring about everything pre-cave fight.
The start was pretty smooth, fast kill on the grunt without a reticle from that far and manipulating the other fuel rod grunt to retreat, giving me sweet amount of fuel rod ammo.
Ghost driving to the AA’s was good-ish, but messed up my boost a tiny bit.
Also had some timeloss at the second AA since the core had disappeared before I could destroy it on that cycle, so 2 seconds lost there.
From that point on, the level is a bit on a timer, so the plasma pistol rolling away from the turret wasn’t that big of a deal, but the revenant driving was pretty horrible, which actually made me think to restart right there. (decided to go on though)
The banshee grab for No-AA% was pretty swag though, but I got to admit, since I haven’t played this category a lot, I wasn’t sure if I could have gone for 3 turrets or not… First wave was optimal, quick kill on the first phantom. The second phantom threw off my timing a bit since it shot one of my banshee bombs right in front of me and that threw me a bit off guard. Also thought I was fast enough that all the enemies were killed on third phantom so I actually didn’t notice the surviving jackals. A small hiccup there as well.
When wave 2 started, I wasn’t sure if I had time to go for the rocket launchers or another turret, and couldn’t decide on the point, should have practiced a bit more. It’s been a while since I played this level on easy, so I didn’t had the best muscle memory for this level and failed the sticky.
All in all, glad with this run even though it had some messy parts. There’s a handfull of people that can get sub 7:45 on the reach discord for sure if they give this a grind.
// Footage and music used :
► Game: Halo Reach (MCC) made by Bungie ™
► Thumbnail Image : Halo Reach (MCC) made by Bungie ™
► Music: Halo CE and Halo Reach (MCC) made by Bungie ™
► Captured with OBS Studios
// Special thanks to :
► Haloruns:
https://haloruns.com
(And all other halo runners that fuel the halo speedrunning community.)
Hope you enjoy the run or discover some new tricks.
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