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Heat in the Pipe

Heat in the Pipe

Scored 1,000,000 points in a Firefight game.

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How to unlock the Heat in the Pipe achievement in Halo: Reach - Definitive Guide

EDIT: I've revised the Gametype to offer points quicker and more efficiently. New link below.

Download this gametype to your fileshare to get these achievements with ease: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=21550...

If you are unable to download the Gametype from Bungie.net. Then from the Main Menu of Halo: Reach, Press Start, Select "File Browser", Select "New Custom Search", Select "Search File Share" and type in my Gamertag: rabidkitty4 and download the Gametype Titled "Firefight Achievements".

The gametype variant lets you have infinite ammo without reloading, infinite health, infinite jet pack, the max point multiplier with Legendary difficulty, and all the skulls turned on. You want to stick with the Rocket Launcher as it is given to you in the loadout screen. This will take you about 1 1/2 hours to do this on your own with ease. To get this done faster, get about 2-3 friends to join you.

Thanks to Sidedish120 over at x360a for the description.
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No, you just need to be signed into Bungie.net and have your GT linked. When you click download, the next time you boot up Halo: Reach it will automatically start downloading.
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By on 12 Sep 2010 04:15
I found that having Elite Generals as the waves, and switching the bonus round to 2 minutes speeds this achievement up quite a lot- it helps if you are on a small map like Corvette
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By Lynchno92 on 12 Sep 2010 14:32
Yeah corvette is better as you can just stay in the middle and you don't really need the jet pack. Only took me about 30 minutes.
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By Mr Fiddler on 13 Sep 2010 09:18
your variant was reported.
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By on 14 Sep 2010 07:08
The Gametype variant was reported, but anyone can report a file. So someone decided to be immature and report it, even though it does not break any rules. You can still download the Gametype with no problem. Happy Hunting.
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By on 14 Sep 2010 07:39
Is this legal? I just got all the achievements, it is extremely easy. Thank you very much.
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By DynamiteJavvy on 14 Sep 2010 08:54
fools, why do u download anythign at all when u can change the settings youself.....
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By Hairy Cabbage on 15 Sep 2010 02:22
you better remove this or edit it at least, I got a file from a buddy called POINTS!! and it's all Chiefstans, after Bonus round 1 I had over 600K, after bonus round 2 I got the achievement with 1'249'000+ points in under 36min
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By PHUTURE 909 on 15 Sep 2010 11:57
did nobody else notice a very similar video go up on IGN a week before the game was released... surely not how you stumbled on the same method (i gave you positive anyway)
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By The Major GM on 15 Sep 2010 13:44
Every single thing I did in this video was concocted from my own brain. Insinuating that I just copied this from someone else is an insult. I went dark with Halo: Reach up until I got the game. And to this day I still have not seen this "IGN" video everyone is talking about.
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By on 15 Sep 2010 14:14
A good solution. Exactly what I did, but on Corvette, and I used the Fuel Rod Cannon instead of the Rocket Launcher.
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By Naaza on 15 Sep 2010 15:45
Good solution but ace's made it alot quicker it took me 22 minutes to get one million.
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By LGS I Hitman on 15 Sep 2010 20:56
you are the man! this helped out alot. Thanks!
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By DownInFlames85 on 15 Sep 2010 23:42
Good job man. :) Thumbs up.

To those out there who think this isn't legal, it is. It's just a CUSTOM variant of firefight, which NOWHERE is stated to not allow the achievement. Got mine tonight as well, under similar rules, self built. Ended up goofing around for 2 hours doing it too.
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By Daddys Wrath on 16 Sep 2010 08:05
omg people, you can gain the 1mill in less than 40min. change all characters to Chiefstans, corvette map, primary weapon rockets, secondary golf club. I got 600k by first bonus round, 1.25million by end of second bonus round... c'mon man fix this.
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By PHUTURE 909 on 17 Sep 2010 23:00
You sir.....deserve a blessing by the pope ^ +1
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By Cenrail on 13 Oct 2010 10:29
69 minutes it took with 5 minute breaks here and there *thumbsup*
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By GMN on 19 Dec 2010 13:56
Worked great and was actually really fun, thanks.
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By Tizzight0 on 01 Mar 2011 04:25
I got this in less than an hour. All I did was change the enemy type, the rest was rabidkitty4's work ;-)
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By BiohazardSEGA on 26 Apr 2011 19:40
Yea using these settings I got this in about half an hour so its real easy everyone
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By Slimshady296 on 02 Jun 2011 15:20
Thank you mate ;)
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By MightyPoze on 24 Oct 2011 08:22
Thanks Rabidkitty. Well done on the guide
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By Gooner77 on 02 Jan 2012 10:57
How come I start out as Elites and not Spartans when I start a Firefight?
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By Eastside9724 on 30 Apr 2012 23:05
haha nice!! i feel like a old serious sam :D big gun and many things to kill! :D
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By LuuadPL on 06 Jan 2013 22:19
Forever in your debt. Got this and several other cheeves in about 45 minutes. Have to admit I did use corvette tho.
+1 from me without a doubt.
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By OMGWTH00111111 on 15 Jan 2013 01:28
it worked perfectly, thank you very much.
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By ReliantGung ho on 30 Mar 2013 00:18
Thx helped a lot m8 :)
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By Awe Damoh on 13 Jan 2014 23:07
Thank you for this mate, helped me a lot
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By That Richman on 21 Sep 2014 17:05
Great guide and playlist! Got 5 achievements in 40 minutes solo. So thank you, it's muchly appreciated
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By A Big Radroach on 13 Nov 2014 02:32
Hell yes, thanks, 58 mins.
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By Ghost DrgNx on 28 May 2017 21:08
He'll yes, thanks, 58 mins.
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By Ghost DrgNx on 28 May 2017 21:12
still works 37 mins
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By ZOMBY SLAYER JR on 28 Aug 2020 22:13
Great guide! Much appreciated, 5 cheevos in an hr
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By TXsportsGamer83 on 03 Aug 2015 20:47
Now that was amazing. Thank you! That was so much fun. 1 million in about 40 minutes. Your description was perfect. So easy to follow. Thanks for creating.
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By COLLOSUS5172 on 03 May 2020 04:09
32 min on glacier if you hit them multi kills and bonus round just right
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By ToastBubbles on 01 Jan 2021 00:31
Got mine in 49 mins but I was just messing around for the most part done on beachhead works very well thank you
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By ToxicBlaze17 on 09 Feb 2021 17:38
Does it have a end?
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By vin82727 on 15 Feb 2021 11:36
Like ToastBubbles said, took me 36 mins on Glacier and i am useless at proper Firefight.
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By Bullen470 on 12 Jan 2022 11:13
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I GIVE ALL CREDIT TO RABIDKITTY4.

Not trying to take credit or anything just improvement.

Use Rabidkitty4's guide go ahead and download his gametype

EDIT: if you want I have uploaded the game type on my name, it is called "Hard Chevo" so just download if you want.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=35867...

make this one change well technically three.
1.Change all Enemies to Elite Generals
2.Play on Corvette
3.Turn off Dropship spawns make sure they are disabled.


Change all waves to Elite Generals everything on every wave even on the bonus change to Elite Generals. Make sure bonus wave time is at 2 minute. Now just fly around and use your rocketlauncher and in less than 30 minutes (got mine in about 19, you can check my service record) you will have this cheevo, I may have gotten lucky (doubutful though) but on my first bonus round i got about 550,000points maybe a little more.

And you know the more people the faster so...good luck.

simple
fast
easy
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This is absolutely the BEST way. Do the changes he says, and you'll have it in about 20 minutes. You get about 300K each bonus round, which really speeds up the process. Nice work guys
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By Magic Screen on 14 Sep 2010 14:46
This is the same way I did it, I was just about to post a solution for it when I looked and saw you had already posted it. Easily the best way.
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By Avisole on 15 Sep 2010 13:41
Really good solution took me 22 minutes to do it would also be better if you could make the gametype and put it on your fileshare so people don't have to customize it themselves as this saves more time.
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By LGS I Hitman on 15 Sep 2010 20:58
Brilliant solution. I did it in 21 min with little over 400 kills. Props to Rabid Kitty and Ace.
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By II O Hagan II on 15 Sep 2010 23:24
worked like a charm only took me 22 minutes
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By Suicidal TH on 16 Sep 2010 07:39
My best is 13 minutes and 18 seconds, just be sure to spam with a Fuel Rod Gun.
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By Protium on 16 Sep 2010 14:37
Just over 20 mins. Thx :)
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By TigerUK on 16 Sep 2010 18:51
I just did this. Easy, fun, and surprising the console didn't lock up. Also, that constant rumbling quickly got rid of any battery my controller had left
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By your fat uncle on 16 Sep 2010 19:21
just over 20 mins, good stuff. During the bonus round i thought my controller was going to blow up it was vibrating so much.
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By Ruscoe n Ben on 16 Sep 2010 19:49
Ha, very funny, thank you N0RVY for the link as well!
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By Ace9208 on 16 Sep 2010 19:56
got it in 18:50 using this method. Awesome!
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By o Elendil o on 31 Aug 2012 22:05
You say we have to make some changes, but the changes are already made by you when you made this gametype... Confusing.
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By mcnuggests on 30 Jul 2017 08:39
How do I do number 1 and 3 ?
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By WTG x RoCK STaR on 30 Apr 2020 04:54
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If you go to download "most downloaded" game types, you should find a few called "1 000 000 in 10 minutes" or similar. Download one and play the "Corvette" map on Legendary difficulty.

Got it in under 10 minutes... plus the bonus rounds are incredibly good fun! Infinite rocket ammo while invincible!

You can also swap your second weapon for the Fuel Rod Cannon (off a dead grunt) for faster shots (Thanks to JediJohnny7)
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this is by far the quickest and recommend this method =]
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By Sm4d on 03 Oct 2010 14:54
Agreed! Easiest method, by the way The Furious T, please edit your solution and say to swap to your fuel rod cannon launcher during the bonus rounds it fires at a much higher rate. :)
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By JediJohnny7 on 06 Oct 2010 10:22
I did it and went through solo in about 12 minutes. Got up to about 2.1 million points. A sad way to boost gamer score, but funny to do and watch the excessive carnage.
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By Ragnar2008 on 07 Oct 2010 03:42
By far the quickest way to get the one mil. :)
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By Antunee on 07 Oct 2010 03:53
I like your solution...easy and simple.
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By SadBloke on 22 Dec 2010 05:41
Took me just under 20 mins... because on the first bonus round I was using my jetpack for too long and I died as I was 'not in the map'.

I also found that the plasma rifle took on average 2-3 shots to kill each elite. With it's higher firing rate this got me faster points than the rocket launcher or the fuel rod.
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By Scoochi2 on 14 Apr 2011 15:12
Wow, this is by far the best solution for this Achievement. I tried the highest rated one and would just get super bored around 200k points. I ended up giving up on it for a while.

Then I saw this and downloaded the recommended gametype. It is SO much quicker, and absolutely hilarious to play. So many elites it's like playing a Serious Sam game. I was kind of sad when the achievement popped so quickly. :P
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By Buff Beefbroth on 07 May 2011 19:57
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The following options will get you this achievement in no time, and possibly more.

Set your Difficulty to Legendary (for a score multiplier)

Under Game Options, choose Firefight Settings and Wave Properties and change these settings for Round 1, 2 AND 3 Round Properties. You have to change the settings for EACH ROUND.

Turn on these skulls: Mythic, Catch, Tough Luck, Famine, Tilt, Black Eye, Grunt Birthday, Cowbell, IWHBYD. These skulls will increase your multiplier. Note: You can turn on Cloud if you want, but having radar helps you anticipate enemy drops and score more points.
Now, for each Wave, Initial, Main and Boss, change these settings:
Uses Dropship: Enabled (You will be able to hit clumps of enemies dropping from Phantoms for high scores)
Squad Selection Order: Ordered
All Squads 1-5: Elites (Elites are worth more points than Grunts and you can kill them in one missile hit, unlike Brutes)
After adjusting the settings and Skulls for ALL 3 ROUNDS, enter the Bonus Wave settings and make these changes.

Bonus Wave Duration: 2 Minutes
Uses Dropship: Enabled
Turn on these skulls: Mythic, Catch, Tough Luck, Famine, Cloud, Tilt, Black Eye, Grunt Birthday, Cowbell, IWHBYD.
Squad Selection Order: Random
All Squads: Elites
Back out of the Wave Properties menu and make these settings in the Game Options/Firefight Settings menu.

Wave Limit: No Limit
Turn Count: No Turns
Time Limit: No Limit
Enter the Generator Properties menu and make the following changes.

Generator Count: Disabled
Spawn Order: Sequence
Loss Condition: Lose All
Enter the Scenario Settings Menu and make the following changes.

Hazards: Disabled
Weapon Drops: Enabled
Ammo Crates: Enabled
You do not need to adjust the Custom Skull Settings. Back out to the Game Options Menu and choose Spartan Settings. Ignore the options here -- they won't matter -- and choose the Base Traits Menu.

Choose Shields and Health and makes the following changes:
Damage Resistance: Invulnerable
Immune to Headshots: Enabled
Immune to Assassination: Enabled (This is important -- even if you are invulnerable you can still be killed unless you enable this option)

Back out to the Spartan Settings / Base Traits Menu and choose Weapons and Damage and make the following changes.

*Damage Modifier: 300%
*Melee Modifier: 300%
*Primary Weapon: Rocket Launcher (or Fuel Rod)
*Secondary Weapon: Any (I like the needler)
*Starting Equipment: Jet Pack
*Infinite Ammo: Bottomless Clip (Crucial: No reloading!)
*Equipment Usage: Unlimited

For Loadouts, I would usually just go with the jet pack, and the rockets. You can use any weapon that may help with a daily/weekly challenge, or a needler for the supercombine achievement.

Since you are invulnerable and your rocket launcher will take out Elites in one hit, this just takes time. Your ultimate goal is to just hit clumps of Elites for high scores. After playing for a bit you'll learn the locations of Elite drops. Watch for the drop near the center of the map on the cement platform -- 8 Elites drop here at once! It took about 30 minutes and 750 kills for us to get 1,000,000 points.
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This achievement is a lot easier than it seems it just takes time. If you are at all familiar with making custom games then you know that you can change things like weapon damage and health shield etc. Me and my friends did this achievement today and we just set it so that we all had 200% shield, 200% life, 300(I think)% weapon damage and we were invulnerable we all set it to have infinite ammo. This made it so all we had to do was survive for a little while ( I think it took us about an hour in total) Nothing can kill u so all you have to do is keep going til u get 1 million points.

Heres the quick notes version:
1) Turn on all skulls
2) Set life, shield, damage, all my max.
3) Set to legendary
4) Make sure you're invulnerable
5) Set to infinite ammo
6) Make sure you have a rocket launcher and any other weapon of your choice.
7) Be sure to get as many achievement as possible while you do this, 10 DMR headshots, 10 Pistol Kills, 10 super combine (kinda difficult with these settings, you will have to do it on elites (Mostly gold ones) and Hunters. The Killionaire achievement is fairly simplpe since all you have to do is call in the ordinance.
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15 Sep 2010 06:50

credit goes to Nacho Woo
follow this youtube video. it only takes like 7-20 min solo. it may be quicker with friends but i got this solo in 15 min.
it'll also get you: crowd control, game set match, firestarter, and blaze of glory
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07 Mar 2011 02:26

On my own I did this in about 20 minutes. Legendary, all skulls active. Set invulnerability, bottomless clip, and infinite equipment if you like. Play corvette, turn off all dropships on all waves. and set ALL covenant squads to Elite generals( even the bonus rounds.) The kicker here is using custom skull (i.e red) set player damage to 300% and AI health to 10%.Then stand in middle and use an auto weapon to just mow down everything. I thought the plasma cannon worked really well since it is a 3rd person view. (easier to see enemies.
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16 Sep 2010 17:27

There is a game type you can download from the File share called 1,000,000 in 10 minutes. It was essentially much the same as the guides below. I got the cheevo in 15 minutes though. I must suck. Still not bad.
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05 Nov 2010 08:15

you can do this legit by putting on unlimited jet packs an bottomless clips with rocketlaunchers an play for a bit on a map that your comfortable with or you could search bungie for firefight achievement an unlock this in a matter of 45 minutes to an hour
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Okay, so i did this in about half an hour (might of been more, i lost track of time, isn't Reach awsome?)
Go to the main menu, choose firefight, edit the options so that:
It's on legenday
All skulls are on for every round
Unlimited rounds
The red, blue or yellow skull is made so that the player traits are Invunerable to damage, bottemless cup for weapon ammo, 3x weapon damage, 75% gravity

Now, i reccomend choosing firefight on a map you're familiar with.
What's that? You say you're new to this game? No worries, choose Corvette, a covanant based map, with an easy to learn layout

So go into the middle and kick-ass, the "bottemless cup" you used for your weapons means you can just keep your finger on the trigger
Now i can't remember whether these unlock or not, but if you want, use the magnum, the DMR and the needler to get the three related achievements.
It should take 45 minutes, on average.
If you pick out a jet pack and use that with a rocket launcher on a group of grunts that can net you an achievement and some points as well.

So this gets you alot of achievements, but remember, dont do it in matchmaking, and i recommend going in alone, this way it'll reduce the anoying fact of people leaving early and annoying the crap out of you.

Hope this all helps
Happy hunting!
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15 Sep 2010 20:40

You can turn yourself invincible and give yourself whatever you want and it will still count this will still take a long time in firefight but you can also change the enemies the better they are the better the points it's really simple smile
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Real easy to do with the right modifiers. Using the modifiers below I unlocked the achievement in about 15 minutes.

In the firefight menu, you can go to "game options" to add or remove modifiers.
In "firefight settings", change all the waves into elite generals, turn off dropships, turn all skulls on and set bonus wave to 2 minutes. Also turn of wave limits, turn count and time limit.

Next, in "Spartan settings" go to base traits and set damage resistance to "Invulnerable". You can max out the other stats to (I did), but it's not necessary as you will be invulnerable to damage.
Turn up damage modifier to 300% and turn on bottomless clip on infinite ammo. You can turn up other stats like melee damage or movement speed if you want, but it's not needed.

Next go to "Loadout" and equip one loadout with the rocket launcher. (The Fuel Rod also works great, but I found it easier to get multi-kills with the rocket launcher).

Lastly set your difficulty to "Legendary" and set map to "Corvette"

A set-up like this will probably take you around 15 minutes to get the 1 million points.

Good luck.
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Download this gametype to your fileshare to get these achievements with ease: Firefight Achievements Gametype
If you are unable to download the gametype from Bungie.net. Then from the Main Menu of Halo: Reach, Press Start> Go to "File Browser"> Go down to "New Custom Search"> then search the Gamertag: "rabidkitty4" without quotes. Then download the Gametype titled "Firefight Achievements".

If you want to put in the settings yourself, refer to this: Firefight Game Settings

The gametype variant lets you have infinite ammo without reloading, infinite health, infinite jet pack, the max point multiplier with Legendary difficulty, and all the skulls turned on. You want to stick with the Rocket Launcher as it is given to you in the loadout screen. This will take you about 1 hour to do this on your own with ease. To get this done faster, get about 2-3 friends to join you.

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