Hawken
12 Achievements
1,000
4-5h
Survivalist
Survived over 15 seconds with less than 10% armor, and then eliminated an enemy mech.
50
2.0%
How to unlock the Survivalist achievement in Hawken - Definitive Guide
This cannot be done in training, it has to be regular multiplayer or Co-Op team deathmatch, which may be a bit simpler since you are playing against A.I (thanks to Dalfiuss for the info). So join a game and when you spawn in shoot yourself and get to 25 health/armor. From there, you must wait 15 secs (achievement purpose) and then just kinda chill back and pick off an enemy that a teammate may be shooting at (ha sorry teammate). I got this my first try but it may take you a few times, but you will eventually get lucky and get it.
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Have your friend shoot you until you have < 10% HP. Then, just wait around for 15-20 seconds, just keep track using the in game timer. Then, kill your friend.
Damage yourself with your secondary fire () until your health is at less than 10% (simple maths - remove a zero from the end of your total available health), then sit in a secluded area for 15 seconds. After 15 seconds have passed, very carefully move towards a team mate. Your goal here is to steal a kill just as the enemy is very low on health. Try to find a team mate who is engaged in a one on one battle and shoot at the enemy from a distance.
Your health/armor will need to be at or below 10% of your total health (health is different with each mech). You can see your mechs health at the bottom middle of the screen. To lower your mechs health, shoot yourself with your mechs rockets (the Reaper does not have rockets so this won't work if you are playing as this mech). The only downside of shooting yourself with your own rockets is that it will lower your health drastically, leaving you with very limited health, making things a bit harder. Try shooting directly at your feet a few times. This should help you get your health right under 10%. Now wait around for 15 seconds and kill an enemy mech. Try avoiding direct firefight, instead wait around your teammates until they start shooting at another mech.
Alternatively this can be boosted with one other person. From the main menu, select 'PLAY' then select 'SERVER BROWSER' and choose a low populated server like Oceania. Look for a Deathmatch and once you are in the lobby, invite your boosting buddy (or boosting group). Once the game starts, lower the HP of your mech or have your boosting buddy shoot you until your HP is at 10%. Then wait 15 seconds and kill your buddy.
Note: This can only be done in Online Versus match, not in an Offline Team Deathmatch.
Knocked out on Nief, armed with 2 rocket launchers (given to PS+ owners). In this mode, bots almost never chase, you can go into cover, wait 15 seconds and finish off some bot. You can reduce your health to 10% by shooting rockets at your feet.
Visual video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLMk9FNax7o