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People were for some reason not really seeing this inside the main guide or the Achievement Trading Thread, so here it is again. Hopefully this will cut down the number of questions here in the sub-forum. :)

 

Overview:

+Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10

+Offline: 2 (100)

+Online: 3 (150)

+Approximate amount of time to 250: 10-15 hours (depends on how much fortification upgrading you need)

+Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1

+Number of missable achievements: None

+Do cheat codes disable achievements? No codes

+Does difficulty affect achievements? Only "Kill Locust (Like a Boss)"

+Glitchy achievements? None

+Unobtainable achievements? None

+Extra equipment needed? No

 

Step 1: Hosting and Like a Boss

Find a group of 3-4 other players with the DLC (two people can have second accounts if you can only get a group of three) to do "The Host With the Most," "Places to See, People to Destroy" and "Kill Locust (Like a Boss)."

 

Step 2: Upgrade Fortifications

Use the method described in "What Does This Button Do?" to upgrade your Spikes, Turrets, Silverback and Command Center to their max levels and get 500 kills with the Silverback's rockets.

 

Conclusion:

A very quick and easy set of DLC achievements. The grinding to unlock the Silverback rockets will take the majority of your time.

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/1401/UPkTV4A=.jpgThe Host with the Most 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png

Host a private Horde Match with a party of 5 players on any Horde Command Pack map (any difficulty).

 

You can host a match on the DLC maps with any number of non-DLC owners joining you, so you don't technically need to find other people with the DLC to get this achievement. The people who join will not be able to earn the achievement though. To unlock the achievement, you need to complete at least one wave on any difficulty with all five players in the group.

 

I would suggest finding four others who DO have the DLC, or as few as two others if two people sign in second accounts (press :ybut: on your second controller to sign in a guest), and get "Kill Locust (Like a Boss)" at the same time, hosting and completing one of the boss waves on Hardcore difficulty using all Onyx Guards. The other people who need to host just need to get everyone in and finish a wave on any difficulty, then you can quit out and repeat for everyone else. May as well do "Places to See, People to Destroy" with the same group hosting Beast matches.

 

This needs to be done on either Blood Drive, Rustlung or Azura.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/1401/UP7lr54=.jpgPlaces to See, People to Destroy 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png

Host a private Beast Match with a party of 5 players on any Horde Command Pack map (any difficulty).

 

See "The Host with the Most" for more information.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/1401/UP8FVw0=.jpgWhat Does This Button Do? 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png

Get 500 Silverback rocket kills in Horde (any map, any difficulty).

 

You'll first have to upgrade your barriers to Level 7 by spending $120,000 on them to unlock the Silverback itself, then spend another $500,000 on the Silverback to reach Level 3 and unlock the rockets. Then buy the Silverback and use the rockets by spending $10,000 to arm it, planting with the A button and firing with the right trigger to kill any 500 enemies during Horde waves.

 

Alternatively, you can find a friend who has the Silverback upgraded enough, have them purchase and arm it with the rockets, then use it yourself. Even if you have not spent a dime upgrading a Silverback, the kills will still count.

The easiest way to earn money is using the Solo Horde method with the Friendly Fire mutator on. After every wave, shoot the Silverback and use all your money to repair it. Money spent on upgrades is affected in the following ways:

 

Difficulty

Casual=60%

Normal=80%

Hardcore=100%

Insane=120%

 

Mutators take off/add the same amount as their percentages for experience. So it would be -25% for Infinite Ammo, +5% for Friendly Fire, etc.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/1401/UP0kXrg=.jpgIt's Hammer Time! 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png

Achieve Level 4 in Horde Command Center fortifications.

 

You'll first have to upgrade your Turrets to Level 8 by spending $360,000 on them to unlock the Command Center itself, then spend another $40,000 on the Command Center to reach Level 4 and unlock the Hammer of Dawn. See "What Does This Button Do?" for information on upgrading fortifications. Unfortunately the Command Center can not be damaged with Friendly Fire, so it is best to buy it and then die and restart from the beginning of Horde to keep purchasing it. If you play on Thrashball with a second controller (give its money to your main profile) you can buy two Command Centers per round.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/1401/UPzEpis=.jpgKill Locust (Like a Boss) 100 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.png

Defeat a Boss Wave as 5 Onyx Guards (Hardcore difficulty).

 

Obviously Wave 10 would be the easiest for this. Feel free to use mutators to make it even easier (Infinite Ammo and Super Reload being the best, along with Instagib Melee) and skip right to Wave 10 so you only need to play the one wave. Make sure you have a full party of five players (can be as few as three real people with two guest accounts), you're all using the proper Onyx Guard skin and you're on Hardcore difficulty.

 

May as well get everyone "Host with the most" and "Places to See, People to Destroy" with the same group. Make sure everyone gets a turn!

 

Note: You must be alive at the end of the wave to unlock the achievement.

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Here's my method for upgrading the silverback:

 

Difficulty: Hardcore

Mutators: No ammo pickups, Must active reload, Friendly Fire (FF is key, any other +10%s will work)

Map: Trenches

Wave 9

 

This setup gives you 125% of money spent towards silverback upgrades.

 

Start wave 9 on trenches and buy the command post at the top by the one shot spawn. Do not spend any more money. Camp up here and rack up enough money to buy the silverback ($12,500). Let the last enemy kill you to repeat the wave over and over.

 

When you can finally buy the silverback, take it up top with you and use it for the waves, but be careful to not let it get destroyed, because if you don't have enough money to buy it back in the next intermission, you'll need the whole $12,500 again to buy it again. If its health goes in the red, park it in the corner and finish the wave on foot.

 

During the intermission, damage the silverback and put all your money into repairing it. Damage it by meleeing it to conserve ammo.

 

With this method I can rack up about $7000 in 3-4 mins once I start using the silverback. With a 125% multiplier, that's about 8750 towards the silverback every wave.

 

EDIT: turns out shooting the silverback instead of meleeing gives you some extra money

 

EDIT 2: Just got level 3 in about 2.5 hours using this method. I started out as a low level 1, maybe about 1/4 of the bar filled.

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When does the achievement unlock for Host with the Most? I tried hosting a System Link game with 5 players and played first wave to the end but I didn't get the achieve

 

Should pop directly after the wave ends. Let me know if you can't get it to work and I'll make a note that system link won't unlock it.

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I just got the three 5-player achievements using this method:

 

Beast / Casual / Azura, Me + Split Screen Guest, Mate1 + Split Screen Guest, Mate2. Win wave 1 (failing does not work), quit to lobby.

 

Horde / Hardcore / Blood Drive / Wave 10, Me + Split Screen Guest, Mate1 + Split Screen Guest, Mate2. Infinite Ammo, Instagib Melee, Super Reload, Set all 5 players to Onyx Guard. Win the wave.

 

Got 3 achievements in 5 minutes with just two extra players, so I returned the favor.

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"It's Hammer Time!" never unlocked for me after upgrading to level 4. In the stats and awards page the progress bar is PAST 40,000 and it is ticked as done but the locked symbol is still over it and it is still locked in my profile. Anyone have any pointers or experience with this achievement being glitchy?

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Good to know you can get the help of people who don't have the DLC and you can have guest accounts help out as well. I wasn't looking forward to organizing boosting, but now I can probably get a few of my friends who didn't want this DLC to help out anyway as it won't take too long and they don't need to buy anything. :)

 

Difficulty should be put up.

Leveling up all the necessary things take what, five to ten hours?

What happened to

Time consuming =/= Difficulty
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How do I join an Xbox Live Horde game with an guest account??

 

Only way I can at a guest is when I'm local.. :confused:

It's kind of jacked up but here's the quote from the online manual

 

"Up to two players can play in any game mode on a single Xbox 360 console in split-screen mode. If a second player is logged in to an Xbox LIVE profile, they will automatically be added to the current party roster. You can also sign in a guest by pressing [Y] from the Main menu. "

http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/en-US/gameguide/article/gameguide-partysystem

 

The 2nd controller needs to be turned on but not signed into an account, then you can press :ybut: to sign in and play online as a guest.

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I'll bump it to 5-7 (didn't realize it was still at 3-5), but:

 

3 hours for your Silverback:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=339987

 

30 minutes for the CC:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=339814

 

Rocket kills might take another 30 and an hour to do a group session for the three online achievements. 15 is way too high.

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I'll bump it to 5-7 (didn't realize it was still at 3-5), but:

 

3 hours for your Silverback:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=339987

 

30 minutes for the CC:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=339814

 

Rocket kills might take another 30 and an hour to do a group session for the three online achievements. 15 is way too high.

 

That link for the silverback says 3 hours to level up and 3 hours to get kills. Personally, I am using his method and it takes quite a bit longer to level up than he apparently took. I am getting about 6-7k every 10 minutes. Well over 4 hours now and I am about 20% of the way through level 2.

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What happened to

?

I thought you hated me, glad to know that you still care.

 

On to the point, in that instance the person was saying difficulty should have been rated on time alone.

HERE, I'm saying time should contribute to difficulty and only increase it to a two or three.

The game The Maw is rated a two and I found this DLC harder then that.

 

Although Pants is welcome to do whatever he wants as that's what he has been doing.

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