Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
50 Achievements
1,000
44-56h
Epic Standards
Upgrade all abilities for all characters to its maximum level.
40
How to unlock the Epic Standards achievement in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - Definitive Guide
Edit: After doing a few tests, it seems that casual gives only 2000-3000exp less than Professional does. Why work harder when you can work smarter huh? I'd say go for Casual, collect the collectibles to make that 2000-3000 a bit smaller. All you have to do is follow the guide still. I had 740 kills, with all S ranks except a D in collectibles. With 740 kills on Casual, and an S rank in Deaths, Time and Kills, I gained almost 24k exp, just a few hundred shy of it. Happy hunting everyone.
Personally, I think campaign is the best way to finish this achievement. By choosing Free Play, End Of The Line. Depending on the difficulty you choose, you'll gain more experience. The best choice is Casual for exp boosting. Professional only gives a few thousand more at best.
If you want to solo, then pick Lupo. She is OP and her ammo reload will save you tons of times. I would strongly recommend the Riot Gun, and the Samurai Edge/L.Hawk. Combined with her Super Soldier. Riot Gun will get you through most things, and the Samurai Edge/L.Hawk is devastating to Spec Op forces, if you aim for the head. Though this is all preference, other players may have their own ideas of how to go about their fights.
Go through the level as normal, till you get to the last section with Leon sniping. You'll want to kill off the Spec Ops, as they will take your zombie kills. A good way to go about this is running up to the wooden barrier they are behind, and start shooting them with the Samurai Edge/Lightning Hawk. Grenades work wonders as well.
The next thing you can do to make things easier and have more kills for yourself, is to take Leon out of the fight. Dealing enough damage to Leon in this section will make him leave the fight. Get against the wooden barrier where he is sniping at first. You can aim up and hit him with the Samurai Edge/L.Hawk. After about 5 or so well placed head shots, he will move towards the ladder. After he goes to the ladder, you can move closer to that area. It takes only 2-3 Head shots with the L.Hawk though. Don't get too close to the ladder though, it seems to affect the spawn once you are too close. With about 2 or so head shots, he will leave the fight completely at that point. If you are alone, you have to be careful with this part though, Crimson Heads will constantly spawn.
Once you have all this taken care of, go back to the starting area of this section. There is an infinite ammo box there. Just wait for the zombies to come around the train in a straight line at you. The Riot Gun will kill any normal or Crimson Head in one shot, if you place the shot right.
Killing off your NPC players gives you more kills. Just take Bertha, killing her and reviving her, gives the First Aid Spray back. If she is in a healing mood, she will heal you. Then just take her out of the fight, and revive when needed once again. The NPCs can be idiots, as most gamers should know by now. She may not heal you all the time.
At some points, zombies will get stuck at their spawn, having Leon out of the fight helps. If you walk out, they'll notice you, and come the right direction again. Then you can simply go back between the trains, and continue business as normal. Once the spawn slows down to about 4 to 5 zombies, you can move closer to their spawn. There is a second infinite ammo box beside it. You can simply use the Riot Gun to shoot them as they spawn, for faster grinding.
If you want multiple players, it will obviously take away from your own exp, but you have a safety net if you can't get through professional mode on your own. To go about this, A Lupo and Four Eyes team can be fantastic in this situation. If Four Eyes has a Riot Gun, and her Pheromones. The Pheromones gives you enough time to take Leon out of the fight, without worrying about back attacks. It also gives you time to gather the zombies in a certain area, to pick up ammo, grenades, and herbs.
At the end of this fight, you can easily amass 20k+ exp. That is if you wait till the spawn dies all the way out. With a partner, we hit 19k and 16k, with a kill total of about 1000+ between us. This was all done all professional, for the most exp gain. Finish out the level by Defending Leon to see your hard work in number form. Defending is much easier than killing on professional mode. Just go for Instant Melee kills.
Sorry for the long post, there are other places to boost. Such as Gone Rogue in the Parasite area, and more. I just think End Of The Line works best. As for the amount of exp, you do get a bonus depending on how well your ranking is. I usually end up with 3 S ranks, and a D if I collect 0 collectibles. If you collect at least 8, you will get even more exp. This is of course my preference, other players may have different methods.
When you start the game again you will still have all your xp. The same method can be used for purchasing all the weapons which cost around 210,00xp. Once you have both those cheevos you can spend your xp however you see fit to get any remaining achievements.
This can be done either in Campaign Mode or Versus Mode. For the trophy, you must simply purchase and upgrade all abilities for all characters to their maximum level the game. These abilities can be purchased at the character select screen by using your experience points (XP) that you've accumulated through the Campaign or Versus Mode. It'll cost a total of 252,250 XP to purchase and fully upgrade every ability in the game, but you can take the cheap shortcut method to purchase them all faster. I recommend that you save about 214,000+ XP and then use that XP to purchase all your remaining abilities as 1 or 2 characters should be fully maxed out by this point. You'll unlock all the remaining trophies related towards completely maxing abilities out. While at the same character select screen, simply press and [hold] button and quit the game. Doing this will stop the game from saving and when you restart the game over again, you'll have the same amount of XP you had before purchasing all your abilities. Now you can use that exact same XP to purchase all your weapons instead of the abilities. Below is a complete listing of each Classes as well as their abilities level and required XP:
Assault Class: 41,250 XP
Passive Abilities:
- Body Armor:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Quick Reload:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Incendiary Rounds:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Guns A' Blazin':
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Super Soldier:
- 1250 XP
- 3000 XP
- 6000 XP
Demolition Class: 42,500 XP
Passive Abilities:
- Blaster Armor:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Blast Master:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Fragmentation Mine:
- 1000 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5500 XP
- Timed Sticky Explosive:
- 1000 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5500 XP
- Laser Trip Mine:
- 1000 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5500 XP
Field Scientist Class: 43,750 XP
Passive Abilities:
- Antiviral Proficiency:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Biometric Vision:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Induce Infection:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Attraction Pheromone:
- 1250 XP
- 3000 XP
- 6000 XP
- Program Infected:
- 1250 XP
- 3000 XP
- 6000 XP
Medic Class: 42,000 XP
Passive Abilities:
- First Aid Proficiency:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Field Medic:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Stimpack:
- 1000 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5000 XP
- Neutralize Infection:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Painkiller:
- 1250 XP
- 3000 XP
- 6000 XP
Recon Class: 40,250 XP
Passive Abilities:
- Stealth Run:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Detection Avoidance:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Motion Detector:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Mimicry:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Active Camouflage:
- 1250 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5500 XP
Surveillance Class: 42,500 XP
Passive Abilities:
- Proximity Detection:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Item Detection:
- 1250 XP
- 3000 XP
- 6000 XP
Active Abilities:
- Threat Scanner:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Biothermal Vision:
- 750 XP
- 2000 XP
- 5000 XP
- Sonar Vision:
- 1000 XP
- 2500 XP
- 5500 XP
Each character's abilities have 3 levels/upgrades. Just upgrade one fully (3 times). Each ability typically goes 750 XP, 2000 XP, 5000 XP in terms of cost (for a total of 7750 for a full upgrade). Each character has 5 abilities, so this will cost around 38,750 XP per character. There are six characters, so that will bring your final total to approximately 232,500 XP. This is a lot of grinding, but if you play versus a decent amount and repeat the campaign a few times it's not too bad.