Red Faction: Armageddon
58 Achievements
1,250
21-27h
Honorary Mason
Finish waves 1 through 30 on any map in Infestation.
75
How to unlock the Honorary Mason achievement in Red Faction: Armageddon - Definitive Guide
Firstly you want to setup a game of Infestation Mode. Now set the difficulty to Casual and the level to Black Market as it is a close quarter map. So those aliens won't be able to shoot you from a very far range.
Now choose the lowest level Starting Wave you haven't completed.
I would recommend having the Shell upgrade. Everytime you get on low health simply just drop the shell down and melee everything that comes inside until your health is back up.
Your only danger in Infestation mode will be the Berserkers as they love to Suicide bomb you when they get low health. Best technique to kill them is to just use the shotgun and aim for the head as they run at you and you can possibly blow him up and all the aliens around him.
You will also come across the Monolith from time to time which buffs all the Aliens surrounding it to double health. Can be quite a pain for the Berserkers as they already have enough health so dispatch of the Monolith quickly
Waves 1-5, 11-15 and 21-25 are very fast and have bearly any aliens in them at all (Around 2 minutes each)
Only hard waves are 10, 20 and 30 as they are around 10 minutes long and have waves that are purely just 10 Berserkers.
Keep in mind that you have around 10+ lives so you can die, just not too much.
If you do manage to die too much and the level ends just simply go back to the menu and choose the level you failed and launch it again.
Little Extra Note: You don't have to do this in coop as i done by myself Waves 1-30 and only died 3 times. If you bring a friend it can bypass the time and make it 2x more fun.
Have fun and if you have any troubles post a message in the comment section below.
Can be done in offline Infestation.
Every Infestation map has 30 waves. Wave 1 is unlocked for each unlocked map by default, and when you complete a wave on a map it will unlock that wave as a starting wave. So if you completed waves 1 through 9 for instance, you would be able to start a game on wave 9 for that map. This means that you don't have to complete waves 1 through 30 in a single game, it can be over as many games as possible. You could complete waves 1 through 9, then join a game online and do waves 11 through 30 on the same map, then by completing wave 10 you would receive all three wave trophies simultaneously.
Infestation mode is a multiplayer co-op mode comparable to horde mode on Gears of War. You can play with up to 4 people online or even by yourself. To make this achievement easier, start a survive custom game and set the difficulty to casual and wait for four people to join and then start the game up. Each wave you survive is recorded so that if you give up or lose you can restart from that wave at any time and still unlock this achievement. The more waves you survive the better the weapons you get and the harder the enemies become. It's relatively easy to beat wave 30 because the weapons you're given on higher levels are insanely powerful
To make this even easier you can keep playing other maps to level your upgrade rings. All of the single player upgrades you have unlocked are carried over to this mode - they just need to be unlocked. I recommend you use the nano rifle throughout this mode as soon as you unlock it as it one hit kills most enemies. Also pick the shell nano suit power because this is very useful compared to the other powers.
If you need boosting partners, refer to this thread.