Spent hours on this boss fight and now I completed it thanks to your tips. Instead of those really lucky speedrunner vids and them just showing off their skill on their vids, the little details you provided really helped an average player like me complete this on Legendary. Appreciate you man
Happy to help! Making this boss fight easier was the idea I wanted to run with while defeating Regret. This was a tough battle to conquer back in the day, even while attempting quicker speed-run strategies as you mentioned. The balcony strategy was new to me when I worked on this guide, and I found it more reliable than other strategies used in the past.
Very helpful series, and props on both making it and for being as skilled as you are. Granted, I still died a shitload of times because it's Halo 2 on Legendary, but at least with this, I had a sense of what to expect and how to approach the various encounters. Surprisingly enough with this particular mission, the end fight against the Prophet was the easiest part of the level. There's copious amounts of cover, no snipers, and there weren't any Elites with plasma rifles (or if there were, I don't remember) - only swords. Combined with the plentiful amount of walking plasma pistols- I mean Grunts, all over the place, that pretty much meant the boss fight could best be summarized as "running around the room noob comboing the Honor Guards between attacks on the Prophet".
Pretty awesome how you dealt with the snipers throughout the level. I was way too nervous, or too impatient, to be as aggressive. I haven't watched to the end yet, but I'm excited to see how you deal with the Prophet of Regret.
Those snipers in the submerged section,...those are horrible to fight while playing in classic graphics. They blend too well into the environment, no matter what mission they're featured in. As far as the boss battle, it was a bit more tolerable as far as dealing with the RNG with the Honor Guards.
My missions that are gonna frustrate me are regret with all them jackal snipers and gravemind omg that levels gonna be a living hell but watch mokiebird and watch grave mind might help you out and he tells u how many jackals and u can jump on the peramids at the start of gravemind
Good to know you're familiar with Hokiebird! He mentioned me in the comment section of his Outskirts walkthrough, back when I made guides on my old channel. I'm currently using a number of his strategies to improve my approach throughout Halo CE and 2.
At 12:20 or so, you just kinda sightsee. I go right up to front of the Gondola, and start beam rifling the jackal snipers. Maybe those googles they wear don't resolve at certain ranges, because they just stand there and let the M-C shoot them. This does bring out the grunts early, and makes for some very busy shooting. Because you want to kill the four grunts manning the shade turrets in turn, AND jackals show up in the doorway into the island structure, or you lose your marines. Speaking of marines, I was under the false impression they're as useless as in Halo CE, but they're not. I armed them with beamers and sniper rifles, and they completely took care of the drones as the gondola leaves the terminal while I was obliviously scouting the oncoming gondola.
Yes, replying to myself. I noticed that you didn't get any marines to come with you on the gondola ride to Regret's temple. Not a knock, keeping the marines alive in this mission is really hard. Anyway, I did a crazy thing and just charged the second gondola as it pulls up, around 31:00 on your video. I "merely" shot the sniper jackal on the gondola staging platform on the run, then killed the shield jackal at the entrance on the gondola and kept going. Through some miracle, I managed to survive a platoon of grunts and the (second) shield jackal on the gondola lower level by shooting the battle rifle as fast as possible. The marines didn't keep up, but were still alive. The Phantom shows up and drops the standard full squad. I took cover on the Gondola on the right, and started beam sniping the elites & jackals, battle rifle for the grunts as they come up through the passage to the gondola platform. The marines took cover by the Covenant containers in the gondola platform. Another miracle, and I killed the lot, what helps is the Covenant squad mostly comes one at a time, just scope, quick aim, get two shots off for the elite kills. But I forgot about the *&^% banshees, during the gondola ride, and because I, or one of the marines didn't have the rocket launcher, and neither of them make it to Regret's temple.
No worries! I think many of us have tried initially shooting Regret down before figuring out how to properly defeat him. Unlike the other two boss fights, this one does seem very unusual, given we have no alternative beyond boarding Regret's chair and punching him multiple times. Wish it was designed to allow more freedom beyond that method without the battle feeling too easy to accomplish.
You better start pushing or videos you are in CZcams algorithm I’m a nigga from the streets (Chicago) and CZcams started recommending your videos if you start putting them u might go viral nbs
Still My hardest mission was definitely two betrayals omg rocket launcher flood and wraiths to worry about every part I can die so easy so happy that mission is over lol it was a pain
A bunch of times for every mission I've completed, I'll fill up my computer's recycle bin with failed recordings. Some missions not near as rough as others; just part of the process I go through to make these guides.
@@SPEG_MEISTER please give us a fail compilation of your legendary run throughs. I would love to see you reactions to dying! I love your legendary run throughs. They are really helping me in my first ever h2 solo legendary run.
@@abelramirez7320 Funny as it may be, I'd rather not. Sometimes, I don't say nice things about the enemies (or allies,...or myself for that matter). I try to keep these guides both clean and professional.
Haha, that's happened to me as well, more often in the original game than its MCC port. Imagine them exiting the door and asking, "Were you expecting someone else?".
You're right on the spot; Halo 3 feels like a breeze compared to 2. The only game that might present as much trouble as Halo 2 might be Halo 5: Guardians, since I lack familiarity with its campaign.
@@SPEG_MEISTER but halo 5 is amazing game I love how u can be revived like getting knocked down doesn’t count as a death u have to totally die and u have three other Spartans with u always witch is bloody awesome but I’m gonna have to do halo 5 on Xbox cause it isn’t coming out on pc and I don’t no why halo 4 is bad but halo 5 I love it so much feels a lot like Star Wars republic commando but in halo
@@titansbeats3483 I hated Halo 4 so much that I gave up on it mid campaign, mostly because there's a mission that is not completable unless you stockpile the right kind of weapons before getting to a location that won't checkpoint you, nor open the doors until you've eliminated all of the opponents. And this was on heroic. I like to play a game on Heroic, get a feel for it, then campaign again on Legendary. But I never finished the campaign even once because it was too much like work, having to memorize when the dead end is, stockpile fully charged/loaded weapons just before I get there, conserve ammo for specific weapons.
@@andrewmadison3123 well halo 4 is one of the worst halo story's other then halo wars I would rather play halo 4 then halo wars 1&2 like not a big fan but I will do a halo 4 deathless at some point but somethimg that would be impossible halo 1 cursed halo legendary no deaths like mission 3 was hard to do deathless on cursed halo on normal mainly cause of captain Keyes so the marines can kill him very easy so I have also done halo 1 ruby rebalanced legendary no deaths the hole story and halo 3 remake halo reach Prometheus and halo 3 combat devolved 2.0 and so much more mods to do and odst base game legendary no deaths is done to I'm also gonna do halo 3 odst ruby rebalanced but yeah halo 4 is my lest favorite halo first person perspective my favorite is halo 3 and then 2 and the 1 reach and 5 are the same to me but halo 2 was my first game I played and I did a halo 2 more allies mod and I'm doing another allies mod for halo 2 I'm stuck on regret like the last regret I did taken me 150_200 times it sucked but I get to regret in like 24 minutes on legendary with out dying and will normally die at regret cause I don't play to safe and grunts have plasma rifles
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Spent hours on this boss fight and now I completed it thanks to your tips. Instead of those really lucky speedrunner vids and them just showing off their skill on their vids, the little details you provided really helped an average player like me complete this on Legendary. Appreciate you man
Happy to help! Making this boss fight easier was the idea I wanted to run with while defeating Regret. This was a tough battle to conquer back in the day, even while attempting quicker speed-run strategies as you mentioned. The balcony strategy was new to me when I worked on this guide, and I found it more reliable than other strategies used in the past.
Your Legendary difficulty guides are superlative.
Appreciate it! I do my best.
lol glad to see i'm not the only one who stock piles weapons before moving on.
Can never be too careful. :)
Very helpful series, and props on both making it and for being as skilled as you are. Granted, I still died a shitload of times because it's Halo 2 on Legendary, but at least with this, I had a sense of what to expect and how to approach the various encounters.
Surprisingly enough with this particular mission, the end fight against the Prophet was the easiest part of the level. There's copious amounts of cover, no snipers, and there weren't any Elites with plasma rifles (or if there were, I don't remember) - only swords. Combined with the plentiful amount of walking plasma pistols- I mean Grunts, all over the place, that pretty much meant the boss fight could best be summarized as "running around the room noob comboing the Honor Guards between attacks on the Prophet".
wow really enjoy your content my brother keep it up
Thank you, I will!
Pretty awesome how you dealt with the snipers throughout the level. I was way too nervous, or too impatient, to be as aggressive. I haven't watched to the end yet, but I'm excited to see how you deal with the Prophet of Regret.
Those snipers in the submerged section,...those are horrible to fight while playing in classic graphics. They blend too well into the environment, no matter what mission they're featured in.
As far as the boss battle, it was a bit more tolerable as far as dealing with the RNG with the Honor Guards.
My missions that are gonna frustrate me are regret with all them jackal snipers and gravemind omg that levels gonna be a living hell but watch mokiebird and watch grave mind might help you out and he tells u how many jackals and u can jump on the peramids at the start of gravemind
Good to know you're familiar with Hokiebird! He mentioned me in the comment section of his Outskirts walkthrough, back when I made guides on my old channel. I'm currently using a number of his strategies to improve my approach throughout Halo CE and 2.
At 12:20 or so, you just kinda sightsee. I go right up to front of the Gondola, and start beam rifling the jackal snipers. Maybe those googles they wear don't resolve at certain ranges, because they just stand there and let the M-C shoot them. This does bring out the grunts early, and makes for some very busy shooting. Because you want to kill the four grunts manning the shade turrets in turn, AND jackals show up in the doorway into the island structure, or you lose your marines. Speaking of marines, I was under the false impression they're as useless as in Halo CE, but they're not. I armed them with beamers and sniper rifles, and they completely took care of the drones as the gondola leaves the terminal while I was obliviously scouting the oncoming gondola.
Yes, replying to myself. I noticed that you didn't get any marines to come with you on the gondola ride to Regret's temple. Not a knock, keeping the marines alive in this mission is really hard. Anyway, I did a crazy thing and just charged the second gondola as it pulls up, around 31:00 on your video. I "merely" shot the sniper jackal on the gondola staging platform on the run, then killed the shield jackal at the entrance on the gondola and kept going. Through some miracle, I managed to survive a platoon of grunts and the (second) shield jackal on the gondola lower level by shooting the battle rifle as fast as possible. The marines didn't keep up, but were still alive. The Phantom shows up and drops the standard full squad. I took cover on the Gondola on the right, and started beam sniping the elites & jackals, battle rifle for the grunts as they come up through the passage to the gondola platform. The marines took cover by the Covenant containers in the gondola platform. Another miracle, and I killed the lot, what helps is the Covenant squad mostly comes one at a time, just scope, quick aim, get two shots off for the elite kills. But I forgot about the *&^% banshees, during the gondola ride, and because I, or one of the marines didn't have the rocket launcher, and neither of them make it to Regret's temple.
Spent far too long on this boss fight and all i had to was fucking mount the guy and hit him, i feel so dumb right now
No worries! I think many of us have tried initially shooting Regret down before figuring out how to properly defeat him. Unlike the other two boss fights, this one does seem very unusual, given we have no alternative beyond boarding Regret's chair and punching him multiple times. Wish it was designed to allow more freedom beyond that method without the battle feeling too easy to accomplish.
You better start pushing or videos you are in CZcams algorithm I’m a nigga from the streets (Chicago) and CZcams started recommending your videos if you start putting them u might go viral nbs
When brutes get mad and they can’t get you and the level after is painful with heaps of jackal snipers and then the last hard part is Tatarus
Still My hardest mission was definitely two betrayals omg rocket launcher flood and wraiths to worry about every part I can die so easy so happy that mission is over lol it was a pain
Kept dying to the prophet so I just rushed him and that worked for me
Glad that worked in your favor. Sometimes the best way to overcome this boss fight is to tackle it head-on.
Speg your a beast
The train keeps on chugging!
Do you ever have failed recordings where you ended up dying?
A bunch of times for every mission I've completed, I'll fill up my computer's recycle bin with failed recordings. Some missions not near as rough as others; just part of the process I go through to make these guides.
@@SPEG_MEISTER please give us a fail compilation of your legendary run throughs. I would love to see you reactions to dying! I love your legendary run throughs. They are really helping me in my first ever h2 solo legendary run.
@@abelramirez7320 Funny as it may be, I'd rather not. Sometimes, I don't say nice things about the enemies (or allies,...or myself for that matter). I try to keep these guides both clean and professional.
@@SPEG_MEISTER I respect that.
bruh i went to the same door at 19:39 and honor guards came out lmaoo
Haha, that's happened to me as well, more often in the original game than its MCC port. Imagine them exiting the door and asking, "Were you expecting someone else?".
wait regret is the hardest halo 2 level i thought it was the gravemind
I'd say Gravemind is tougher to complete than Regret on Legendary. This one I'd put at either 2nd or 3rd in respect to difficulty.
omfg
Snipers...snipers everywhere.
And I reckon halo 3 shouldn’t be as hard after we do halo 2 like halo 2 is insanely hard
You're right on the spot; Halo 3 feels like a breeze compared to 2. The only game that might present as much trouble as Halo 2 might be Halo 5: Guardians, since I lack familiarity with its campaign.
@@SPEG_MEISTER but halo 5 is amazing game I love how u can be revived like getting knocked down doesn’t count as a death u have to totally die and u have three other Spartans with u always witch is bloody awesome but I’m gonna have to do halo 5 on Xbox cause it isn’t coming out on pc and I don’t no why halo 4 is bad but halo 5 I love it so much feels a lot like Star Wars republic commando but in halo
@@titansbeats3483 I hated Halo 4 so much that I gave up on it mid campaign, mostly because there's a mission that is not completable unless you stockpile the right kind of weapons before getting to a location that won't checkpoint you, nor open the doors until you've eliminated all of the opponents. And this was on heroic. I like to play a game on Heroic, get a feel for it, then campaign again on Legendary. But I never finished the campaign even once because it was too much like work, having to memorize when the dead end is, stockpile fully charged/loaded weapons just before I get there, conserve ammo for specific weapons.
@@andrewmadison3123 well halo 4 is one of the worst halo story's other then halo wars I would rather play halo 4 then halo wars 1&2 like not a big fan but I will do a halo 4 deathless at some point but somethimg that would be impossible halo 1 cursed halo legendary no deaths like mission 3 was hard to do deathless on cursed halo on normal mainly cause of captain Keyes so the marines can kill him very easy so I have also done halo 1 ruby rebalanced legendary no deaths the hole story and halo 3 remake halo reach Prometheus and halo 3 combat devolved 2.0 and so much more mods to do and odst base game legendary no deaths is done to I'm also gonna do halo 3 odst ruby rebalanced but yeah halo 4 is my lest favorite halo first person perspective my favorite is halo 3 and then 2 and the 1 reach and 5 are the same to me but halo 2 was my first game I played and I did a halo 2 more allies mod and I'm doing another allies mod for halo 2 I'm stuck on regret like the last regret I did taken me 150_200 times it sucked but I get to regret in like 24 minutes on legendary with out dying and will normally die at regret cause I don't play to safe and grunts have plasma rifles