Aliens Colonial Marines
60 Achievements
1,250
35-40h
Heavy Lifting
Defeat the Raven in under 1:10 on Soldier difficulty or higher
20
How to unlock the Heavy Lifting achievement in Aliens Colonial Marines - Definitive Guide
Play this mission on Soldier difficulty.
At the end of the mission get into the powerloader.
Hit the raven using RT, when you have hit him a few times use LT. After three times doing this it will kill the raven.
Video below for more help.
Just hitting him with RT won´t do?
This solution requires at least two people. Have one person in the loader, following the soultions and video above. The other person or persons need to fire bomb and use the flame thrower on the Raven as the person on the loader is fighting her. The flame thrower and the fire bombs will weaken her considerably. I used this method twice with different groups and it worked on the first attempt both times. Frags and other weapons may work as well, but I can confirm that the flame thrower and fire bombs make this achievement much easier.
This solution requires at least two people. Have one person in the loader, following the soultions and video above. The other person or persons need to fire bomb and use the flame thrower on the Raven as the person on the loader is fighting her. The flame thrower and the fire bombs will weaken her considerably. I used this method twice with different groups and it worked on the first attempt both times. Frags and other weapons may work as well, but I can confirm that the flame thrower and fire bombs make this achievement much easier.
Before you run into the gate to start the fight, decide who is going to be on the ground and who is going to be in the loader. Person on the ground set your load-out so you have firebombs, and both primary/secondary weapons have either a firebomb/grenade launcher under barrel attachment.
Once the fight starts, one person gets into the loader and the other person throws 1-2 firebombs at raven as he comes through the gate. For the rest of the fight, right after the loader hits the raven and he goes sliding back, the player outside loader hits him with either a grenade/firebomb.
With this method, the fight only took like 2 hits with loader before each grab.
I found the best way to keep track of time is to use one of those small cooking timers, just set it to 1:10 and hit the start button the moment the checkpoint loads and if it beeps, you'll know it's time to restart. So do not despair and give up, I eventually got this after about 20 minutes or so, and i'm sure you can too.
There is a lot of misinformation surrounding this achievement and with that comes a lot of confusion. If, like me, you bought this game as a digital download, you can still get this achievement with ease. Clear your system cache, boot up the game and decline the update. Now here is where I got stuck, the game resets to recruit difficulty and therefore if you got to the Raven boss fight and quit, then cleared your cache, and killed the Raven in the allotted time, it won't unlock because the difficulty will no longer be on soldier or higher.
This was the problem with mine, and it MAY be the problem for you.
In short, clear your cache, decline update, start the level from the beginning on soldier difficulty and you should get the achievement as long as you don't waste time during the boss fight.The achievement will unlock before the cut scene, as you get out of the heavy loader, if you don't get the achievement, dashboard and boot up the game again. It will have saved at the start of the fight, so all you need to do is fight the Raven again. If you think you have run out of time before killing it, you can restart checkpoint and try again.
I hope this helps those with a digital copy of the game get the achievement.
I found the best way to keep track of time is to use one of those small cooking timers, just set it to 1:10 and hit the start button the moment the checkpoint loads and if it beeps, you'll know it's time to restart. So do not despair and give up, I eventually got this after about 20 minutes or so, and i'm sure you can too.
The Raven has been chasing you the entire mission (more or less) and at the end you finally get a stand up fight against it. Get inside the loader and use and to punch your way to victory. Be warned, the loader isn't very nimble making this fight a challenge to get in just over a minute. If you're struggling, pause and select "restart checkpoint" to try again. The video below shows how the successful fight should look.
Video Guide by PowerPyx:
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At the end of the fifth chapter, The Raven, you will have to defeat the menacing enemy that has been pursuing you throughout the entire level by using the Power Loader. It is highly recommended that you try for this trophy on Soldier difficulty (not Recruit) as the 1:10 time limit is rather strict.
You will need to use the Power Loader to damage the Raven whilst also fending off waves of regular Xenomorphs. Because of this, it's suggested that you have at least one other person with you to take the heat off of the player who's using the Power Loader. Unfortunately there's no in-game indicator showing the amount of time you have used, so it is highly recommended that you use a stopwatch and time it yourself. If you reach the limit, then restart the checkpoint. As of the 1.04 Patch, this trophy is is effectively impossible to unlock if playing alone due to the trophy difficulty being upped to excessive levels. Due to this problem, there are 2 recommended ways of getting the trophy:
Method 1: Co-Op
After some field testing, my co-op partner came up with a successful tactic for defeating the Raven within the allotted time. Full credit goes to Grenadier_12 for this tactic:
My trick was to "jab" using until the Raven was safely cornered, and then use "slash" () to weaken it. If you use the slash out in the open, the Raven tends to block, headbutt and run. Trapping her in the corner usually eliminates the "run" part and buys you some time. Make sure that you don't "panic slash" if the Raven jumps away, as your Power Loader will turn around thus losing precious time. Any co-op partner will have to hold off on shooting the Raven and only focus on the regular Xenomorphs. Any hit on the Power Loader, tends to do damage to it and make things more difficult.
Method 2: Play without the patch installed
This is the way that most people will go about obtaining this trophy and do it, go into the Game Data Utility and delete the file containing the patches (you can tell which one it is by highlighting the files and pressing . If you see v1.05 appear under "version", then you have the correct file). Once you have deleted the patch, disable your internet by unticking the "Allow Internet Connection" box in your PS3's Network Tab (Settings => Networking) then boot up the game and get your trophy. After getting the trophy, you can safely reinstall the patch and carry on with your day.