Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Hi Guys,

here is my Solution for this Achievement. You need 4 Steps until you earn this.

Step 1: In the Mission "Karma" let DeFalco Escape with Karma
Step 2: After this, dont play the Strike Force Mission "Second Chance"
Step 3: In the Mission "Achilles Veil" you Kill with Farid Harperr, not try to shooting Menendez
Step 4: In the Mission "Odysseus" in the "Briggs" Shooutout. Farid kills DeFalco, DeFalco kills Farid and you earn this Achievement automatically.

Thats the simple or :) The Major Problem is, have you one of this Steps different because you dont know before you read this Solution, you must used the new Storyrewind as from the Mission "Karma"

Well, you play for 1 Achievement Mission 6-9 again und lose all your Storyprogress from Mission 6-11.....

And because its "nice" to play this SP again and again, for the Achievement "Good Karma" you need different Steps in the same Mission 6-9.

Regards

PS: sorry for my english,german :)

It's actually easier than what's posted before me. Showdown has to be seperate from the "Good Karma" and "Ship Shape" achievement. All I did to get the achievement was ignore ALL Strike Force Missions. Anything aside of the story should be avoided completely if you're going for the "Showdown" achievement. My method is much easier.

1. In the mission "Karma," let DeFalco escape and kidnap Chloe. If you get too close, he turns around and forces you to shoot it out with him, making you kill him which ruins the achievement.

2. In the mission "Achilles' Veil," Farid must survive at all costs. That means killing Harper (who is voiced by Michael Rooker from the original Black Ops Zombies!) and not shooting Menendez.

3. In the mission "Odyssey" It doesn't matter what else you've done or what you do now. You could have headshot Mason, burned Harper's face off or discovered CIA presence in the coke lab under the citadel. You just need to fight until you watch the cutscene where Farid and Defalco shoot it out with each other. Feel free to shoot Briggs in the face to celebrate!

Note: If you've already done a Strike Force Mission, you can rewind to the mission "Old Wounds". Follow the story and don't do any other missions and your achievement should pop!

Just to add to ZasterModa123's solution, it's possible to shoot Menendez to get the "Ultimate Sacrifice" achievement, and as soon as the achievement pops up, reset and load, and then kill Harper. You'll restart from your last checkpoint and you won't have to do the whole mission again.

This achievement is semi-missable in that the decisions you make over the course of the campaign determine whether or not you can earn it. It is earned at the end of the mission Odysseus if your decisions stack correctly, and there are exactly three things that influence it.

A) DeFalco must live. This means letting him get away in the mission Karma, because catching up to him will trigger a shootout and you will kill him. When the marker on DeFalco is flashing red and not moving at the southwest corner of the mission area, he has "gotten away".
B) Karma must not be rescued. You cannot kill DeFalco as mentioned above, and must ignore the Second Chance strike force mission.
C) Farid must live. You must hit to kill Harper in the mission Achilles Veil.

Now continue to the Odysseus mission, and when you reach the server room where Menendez holds Briggs hostage, a scripted shootout will simply play out as required to earn this achievement.

The other strike force missions have no bearing on this achievement whether you complete them or not. The only thing the strike force missions do is causes China to ally with the United States at the end of Achilles Veil, and they send a drone fleet to prevent the Obama from being destroyed at the end of Odysseus.

Here is the same solution as Zasta 360GameTV but a better video and better english :)
Step 1 - Mission 6 "Karma" - Let DeFalco get away at the end of the mission. Just wait until he is in the aircraft. DO NOT play the "Second Chance" Strike Force Missions. Karma must not be rescued.
Step 2 - Mission 8 "Achilles' Veil" - Kill Harper during the interactive cutscene.
Step 3 - Mission 9 "Odysseus" - If the previous steps were done successfully you will get the trophy / achievement during the cutscene after meeting Admiral Briggs.

Credit to PowerPyx
Video here:

Complete the mission called Karma, but do not catch up to DeFalco at the end. Let him escape with Chloe. You'll know when you're too late, when his name blinks red very quickly.

Now, reach the mission called Achilles' Veil. Kill Harper. Complete the mission.

Finally, reach the mission called Odysseus. Play through as you normally would. When you take control of Menendez, walk forward until he takes Briggs hostage. Watch the scene that plays out. Salazar should kill two friendlies, leading to Farid shooting DeFalco in the gut. DeFalco then shoots Farid in the shoulder. Your Achievement should unlock immediately after.

Here is my guide form my channel, Toslow Gaming. In order to get Showdown, you need to do certain things in a sequence. On the mission "Karma" let Del Falco escape. After that, the strike force mission "Second Chance" will unlock. Do not complete it! In the mission 'Achilles Veil" shoot Harper. Finally, in the mission "Odysseus" wait till Farid and Del Falco fight it out.