QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Mar 14 2006, 10:36 PM)
boy am i glad im not the only one... i literally just fniished sniping in silo mission.. holy shit... i think i got lucky on a couple of those captures, as ive been sitting here since about 7pm or so (now 10:30) doing nothing but that mission... now only 2 left! cant wait to beat the last misison and watch 3 achievements pop up!
I just beat it last night
Monday night I finished the sniping part of silo... and I had to do the last 2.5minutes of it THREE TIMES because after finishing it when I went to go down the ladder... I fell... TWICE
Anyway I breezed through Hill 400 and Crossing the Rine. I don't know why people say hill 400 is the hardest level in the game. I flew through the first two levels of it and though "oh they must be talking about the third level"... nope that was just as easy.
I think they just worked well with my play style, they reminded me a lot of the Russian missions but without the snow, and I was really good at those.
Some tips if you are having trouble with hill 400, when you heading up the hill the 2nd bunker has a scoped gwer, it makes it easy to snipe th MG42s. When you get to the point with the half track, take out the guy on top and walk with it staying to it's right, it will eventually stop and wait by the back to mow down any survivors still inside, you'll get a check point here and have a much better position for taking out the mortar crews around the summit bunker.
The part where you have to snipe the mortar crews, take your time. The crews off to the side of the bunker entrance are the hardest to get because there are the most Germans there trying to shoot you, so start on the opposite side. Keep your machine gun handy and make your way to the parameter, take out anyone in your way... I started by going straight left and staying under cover, then going counter clockwise once I got to the parameter. use the machine guns to clear an area then once they're gone take your time with the sniper rifle. Unlike Silo the only thing that can kill you here is machine gun fire, mortar hits probably could too but I never got hit so I don't know. Also there's no time limit so take your time. Some mortar crews you'll have to stand up to see... if there's an area that's too heavily covered with Germans stay under cover and wait for back up. If you just barely got a checkpoint use that to your advantage as it might be worth it to just Kamikaze the snipe.
IMO that was the hardest part of the level but it still wasn't that hard. once your done sniping run all the way back to the bunker and into the doorway. you can pretty much sit around the entry way of the bunker for the first 2.5 minutes of the attack and not worry about doing much except running away from the occasional grenade and stay German. After the first 2.5 you'll need to move to the parameter as they'll bombard you with grenades if you stay near the entrance. I picked the parameter shelter straight right from the entrance. it's a little harder to hold down then the entrance to the bunker was but it's pretty much the same technique.
Then you're on to crossing the rine.
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