How do you play the game on the harder settings? What works and what tends to fail in your experience?
Personally...
Approaching a group of enemies equipped with a Magnum and SMG I start with taking out all of the grunts while remaining behind cover trying to avoid the larger enemies. Then I work my way around the larger enemies making it to where I can 1vs1 them with weapons... or if I decide to use grenades I'll try to drive them closer to each other.
However the way I'm playing seems rather campy and I feel as if there may be a faster and more effective way in approaching a situation that I may simply not be realizing. So basically... what are weaknesses of the enemies and how do we exploit them in the most effective way in your opinion?
-
It's a simple but irrefutable truth - the small guys can fire weapons just like the big guys. If you can eliminate them quickly, you've got less to deal with in terms of multiple adversity. (And most of the time, you can strafe to avoid a big baddie while doing it.) Halo long story short, take out the little guys before addressing the big guys.