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Legendary Pilot

Legendary Pilot

Completed the Campaign on Master

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How to unlock the Legendary Pilot achievement in Titanfall 2 - Definitive Guide

Full credit to "Blaze Naruto Shippuden" from PST for this tip.

I never seen this posted anywhere in TA so sharing this. Easy way to get credit for master difficulty. I personally felt this game is unfair on master difficulty. The enemy goes down quickly but takes you down even more quicker. A grunt killing me with a pistol in two shots from 30m distance is just insane. Titans were surprisingly easier to kill.

1. Start the game on master difficulty. First chapter doesn't matter
2. Get killed intentionally. The screen greys out with X to respawn. Do not press x but press start and change difficulty to easy. Do not press x still and the game will reload itself from last checkpoint
3. Play through the rest of the level and complete on easy but get credit for master difficulty completion.
4. If you somehow died on easy after switching, do the same but this time change to master and repeat the steps. Death by fall doesn't matter as it doesn't prompt respawn. Only death by gunfire and explosions count as death.
5. Need to do this for every chapter and can't be done at one stretch. Eg. Finish first chapter , let the next chapter load. Quit to main menu, level select chapter 2 to start on master and so on.
6. Chapter 4,5 and 6 has three sections each. For these you will get credit for only first section initially. The other two sections need to be played on easy to enable chapter and section selection. Once enabled replay the last two sections using same trick from steps 1 thru 3.
7. All other chapters need to be credited with master difficulty (yellow symbol) before completing the final chapter.
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02 May 2017 18:57

87 Comments
Ty for the guide. Glitch still works June 2020
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By DarkKnightKefka on 08 Jun 2020 10:22
Still works
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By on 03 Jul 2020 10:05
Works great as of 27 April 2020
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By Turismet on 27 Apr 2020 16:55
When I die I don’t have a X pop up it just puts me straight back into the game?
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By Fexioo on 03 Mar 2018 18:57
Fantastic discovery. Thumbs up! Very detailed explanation.
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By Eric Filtro on 12 May 2017 21:01
Awesome, thanks for sharing the great find
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By PlanesWalker 97 on 15 May 2017 02:58
point 7 is not true, I completed the last mission on Master before the others and unlocked when I did "The Beacon" last
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By Nimr0d87 on 28 May 2017 13:51
Thank you. Updated
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By supkris on 28 May 2017 14:20
Great find I wish I would of found this before I completed half the game on master but it still works of 6/7/17. The campaign isnt that bad on master but more enjoyable on an easier difficulty. Thumbs up from me! 👍👌
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By BlackRain228 on 07 Jun 2017 21:18
Do you have to start a new game from scratch or can you do this from mission select? Don't want to lose my skull progress but if I have to then I have to
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By LeChuck666 on 11 Jun 2017 14:32
Mission Select works
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By Nimr0d87 on 11 Jun 2017 14:53
Not all heroes wear capes. +1
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By TwistMck on 07 Jul 2017 22:59
This was very helpful thank you
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By on 20 Jul 2017 20:56
+1 for cheeky workarounds.
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By Mr Rawkstar94 on 27 Jul 2017 03:27
Thank you! Going to try this out tonight and hopefully be on my way to unlocking the achievement!
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By hulksmash865 on 28 Jul 2017 15:42
thx a lot mate
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By Aawesom on 01 Aug 2017 23:31
Either they patched this recently or I'm doing something wrong, but I don't get the the 'press X to respawn' prompt when I die on Master difficulty... it just automatically respawns me at the last checkpoint.

Update: it seems this does still work, after all... I pressed start/menu when the screen was gray before it respawned me automatically and changed the difficulty to easy and it appears I still got credit for Master difficulty.
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By Herr Murphy on 03 Aug 2017 21:25
Worked like a charm! Thanks! smile
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By Burning Karma on 07 Aug 2017 01:57
Does it unlock the Renowned Pilot Achievement also?
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By HolyMollster on 08 Aug 2017 14:16
Yes it does. The achievements for difficulty stack as with most other games
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By supkris on 08 Aug 2017 14:32
Worked perfectly. Thank you so much for this solution.
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By octorok74 on 15 Aug 2017 02:59
Great tip. Thanks
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By rafaceesar on 24 Aug 2017 10:57
Beautiful. It was unlikely I would have the skills to complete this on master (I reckon Viper would've had me). Thanks supkris
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By Lord Midas on 02 Sep 2017 23:05
Thank you kind sir.
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By madmaxey on 13 Sep 2017 22:25
Fantastic find, thank you!

Also, I would like to point out a tiny edit : missions that have chapters are 4, 5 and 6. Mission 3 doesn't have any. Got me confused a bit ;)
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By tornprince2012 on 23 Sep 2017 21:38
Thank you tornprince. Edited
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By supkris on 25 Sep 2017 18:52
When I kill intentionally don’t ask me to respawn with x, it respawns alone in the level
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By I3ruto on 04 Nov 2017 17:01
When I kill intentionally don’t ask me to respawn with x, it respawns alone in the level
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By I3ruto on 04 Nov 2017 17:07
Same as I3ruto, when I die right away on first level it automatically respawns? Edit: I tried on 3rd level and it works \, so it works on 3rd level but not 1st?
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By XTRA 2kofawsome on 06 Nov 2017 00:05
Please see step1. First chapter doesn't matter whatever difficulty you play on
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By supkris on 06 Nov 2017 02:49
For confusions sake maybe update to say "the pilot's gauntlet doesnt need to be played on master for achievement to unlock."
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By Nemesis crime on 26 Jan 2018 19:56
This trick still works! For Chapter 4, 5, and 6, you'll have to reply the later sections again. Chapter 4, Part 2 is particularly stressful, even on Easy - so good luck going through that again.

As for your point #4 - that's not true. I've died several ways (enemies, self, etc.) on Easy, and I still got the Master credit.
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By InTheZoneTO on 28 Jan 2018 14:26
A thousand plus ones, thumbs up, smiley faces and whatever else. I couldn't make it past the first five spectres in the game on master. This worked like a charm. Cheers!
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By Fred and Izzy on 12 Feb 2018 07:05
I had already played through the game properly on Hard and really couldn't be bothered tackling Master, so this worked perfectly! It meant I could easily speed run through, hardly killing anyone I didn't have to to knock it over in a couple of hours. Cheers.
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By Lockie on 29 Mar 2018 01:55
thanks, it still works as of 4-20-2018! funny I did the trick without knowing by switching to hard when i found master to difficult in the first mission and got the master yellow icon in the chapter select screen. Guess i'll end up aiming for the master achievement after all!
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By sti marcus on 20 Apr 2018 22:54
Still works but you can't do it until the middle of the second mission.
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By BlackxRyan on 17 May 2018 11:35
the game doesn't appear to have the Press X to Respawn screen anymore, it just automatically respawns you so I guess this trick no longer works. cry

EDIT: It only pops up sometimes, maybe because I'm on XB1X it loads too fast? It's strange
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By TheOtherBarber on 13 Jun 2018 05:42
Thank You , so much. still works
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By GuillermoMunoz on 18 Jul 2018 01:22
kudos for this one headspin headspin Works like a charm!
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By MasterTimos on 21 Jul 2018 16:05
how do you guys beat viper? he is a pain even on easy
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By shagyx on 29 Jul 2018 03:31
2 thumbs up, way up!!!!! works as of today 8/7/18
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By SolidTooth3160 on 08 Aug 2018 01:24
@ xNeo21x did you die before the end of the mission to change the difficulty or did yo simply change it before the level ended?
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By K1LL3R BEEZ on 23 Aug 2018 21:22
so if it has a yellow ribbon and says master completed on the mission you did it correct?
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By ImEliteGlitches on 09 Oct 2018 19:57
@ImEliteGlitches, Yep.
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By Zukape on 23 Dec 2018 19:16
Still works 19.01.2019. First few missions the X to respawn does not want to show up, but keep playing on master until it does and then change to easy!
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By HamsterLV on 19 Jan 2019 13:15
Point 4 is not required, so long as you don't press X to respawn.

For points 5 and 6, if you switch back to Master before the end, you do not need to back out to the menu (as pointed out by xNeo21x). This means you don't have to run through the Chapters on easy first.

I would also add that people try playing on Master first, and then switch to Easy on their first death. I completed the first section of Into the Abyss on Master with ease.

Edit: Going through on Master was fine, until I attempted the start of Mission 6: Trial by Fire and got slaughtered.
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By HolyHalfDead on 15 Feb 2019 23:58
If anyone has done games like COD 4 and WAW on veteran, you shouldn't have a problem with this game on Master. Titanfall 2's difficulty pales in comparison.
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By Yazite on 01 Mar 2019 08:17
10.03.2019 or 03/10/2019 for americans
this still works
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By Claudio 10 Juve on 10 Mar 2019 01:02
Is this still work in 2020?
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By INeexo on 29 Feb 2020 07:04
Still working on March 14, 2020.
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By Kamikaze1963 on 15 Mar 2020 01:12
Works and is super easy. Also march 2020.
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By ImmortalDreg on 28 Mar 2020 00:07
Still works as of April 10 2020
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By hypobonix on 10 Apr 2020 23:20
Kind of sounds like the Modern Warfare 4 Remastered strategy. I'm going to be doing this. Upvote
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By pizzle21 on 25 Apr 2020 09:58
I can confirm it works. April 25th 2020
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By pizzle21 on 25 Apr 2020 12:54
Yup it does
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By sliyk on 26 Apr 2020 03:39
is there a video for this i need videos
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By EMBICK on 24 Sep 2020 09:11
I do not see the option to hit X to respawn. It must have been patched
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By SidTheSlothh on 26 Jan 2021 18:28
Definitely not patched, but it doesn't seem to happen every time, not sure what the actual trigger is. I'm playing through by just running past every fight and, if I die and get this, switching over to easy, not been much of a problem for me so far.
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By Toronai on 27 Jan 2021 15:07
Is it actually that hard to beat master i found it kind of easy just a lot of grinding
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By wd40swift on 07 Feb 2021 05:36
Just wanna say that for those missions 4,5,6 where you have the different parts, you can just change back to Master in the menu, to start the next part on Master, you don't have to die and change it then
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By xCENAxMOD on 20 Feb 2021 04:50
@TheLegend117891 How do we actually know you didn't use this glitch? We only have you word (and crazy tirade) for it.
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By Sparkz1977 on 24 Feb 2021 01:13
@thelegend117891 says the person using a achievement website to find solutions/guides to obtain these achievements.
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By WarMachine9494 on 07 Apr 2021 01:18
Worked like a charm
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By A Monkey Priest on 14 Jun 2021 12:32
Still working june 2021. Guessing they wont patch it its been years. Thanks for the master was kicking my ass done all the CODs on veteran but just couldnt get good at this.
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By Fingers87 on 23 Jun 2021 12:38
Still working - Sept 2021!! Thank you very much!!!!
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By Mo the Surfer on 17 Sep 2021 09:54
Still working as of december 2021. Amazing guide!
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By MelMasterSenpai on 16 Dec 2021 02:03
Still working: Febuary 2022
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By ParoXysm QC on 27 Feb 2022 23:58
still going strong March 2022
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By Bleepster1225 on 25 Mar 2022 18:27
This is a GREAT tip. Still working 2022 march. As some have said if you read the comments, you don't always get the X. Don't worry, you can still pause when the screen is grey and change to easy. Just don't hit a button to respawn, it will respawn automatically after a second or two.

"I personally felt this game is unfair on master difficulty. The enemy goes down quickly but takes you down even more quicker. A grunt killing me with a pistol in two shots from 30m distance is just insane."

Also, this game is really NOT hard on master at all. If you have played COD 2, COD 3, or COD WaW on veteran, then you will know pain and getting killed instantly from behind cover and having AI throwing 10x grenades into your pocket from 100 yards away. That is insane. And those games have a lower ratio for beating it on veteran than this does for master. (I used the easy trick a few times, but honestly just beat 4, 5, and 6 on master because I didn't feel like beating those levels twice).
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By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 29 Mar 2022 02:19
i did it legit and it took me around 5 hours
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By ALTツ on 13 May 2022 00:46
Still legit in August 2022
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By IdanST on 13 Aug 2022 15:46
Was enjoyable doing legit but there were more than a couple spots that were brutal.
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By Hatred Prophet on 19 Nov 2022 16:23
I can confirm as of February 2023 this solution still works
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By ConfideValkyrie on 08 Feb 2023 06:07
Still legit 2023. Cheers Supkris
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By DyLoNMaC on 16 Feb 2023 08:02
I dont get an x to respawn, just goes grey and auto respawns. i assume i do the difficulty change once the screen is grey?
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By count023 on 18 Feb 2023 01:18
Still works as of 01/07. Also confirmed you don't need to see the "x to respawn" prompt to change difficulties. In the first level when the first set of enemies killed me the screen just turned gray then auto-respawned me. I changed difficulties during the gray screen, beat the level, and still got master.
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By VakarianWrex on 07 Jan 2024 15:10
#6 Definitely needs to be taken out of this solution.

Like others have said, you can just switch back to Master at the end of each section, even as the screen is turning black, and just repeat the steps when you die next, and you'll get credit for beating each section on Master. No need to play through all those extra sections on Easy when you can just do it in one go.

Glad I read the comments before just going with the solution. Just finished Chapter 4, credited with the Master medal, without needlessly going back again.

+1 for the commenters.

toast
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By on 03 Mar 2024 02:11
Worked perfectly +1 toast
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By UNDEADSPYR0 on 08 May 2017 13:59
Also, just some clarification on step 4, if you're on easy after switching difficulty and you die from falling, you'll still get master credit. As long as you don't get the "x to respawn" screen, it still works. Don't want anyone unnecessarily restarting a level cuz they fell off a ledge. :)
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By Mr Rawkstar94 on 28 Jul 2017 23:18
Bit glitchy for me. Every level I had to quit to main menu and select master difficulty. I'd then find the quickest way to kill myself that has the "respawn" screen and not the one where it doesn't and then choose easy in the start screen, exit out and wait for respawn and hope to not die so I dont have to repeat that process. For clarification to people reading all comments hoping for an answer. You do not have to kill yourself at the last checkpoint to get the achievement. Simply do the process and you should be good. Make sure to check at main menu if you got it at the start of the next mission. (dont worry, the mission will still be there for you) What you'll want to do is, go to mission select and look for the yellow medal, if it's there, hoorah, if not well you're out of luck and have to do the mission again. Thank god the missions are short :)
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By PBandaJay on 12 Aug 2017 11:11
@Fexiq nether did I, just change difficulty when the screens black and white, and it will reload on that difficulty
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By Nemesis crime on 03 Mar 2018 20:09
I also confirm that you can play trought the mission has he said ( starting master than switching to easy) and use the button "load last checkpoint" without having to change the difficulty. So just staying easy and finishing the game。so don't worry if you miss a helmet, want to go back for an achievement or something while doing this system.
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By Crocsx on 12 Mar 2018 04:14
Awesome trick. I should finish up the game on Master today thanks to you. However, you should note in your solution that the X to Respawn doesn’t appear during the 1st level. So on the 1st level, if you change the difficulty after you die but before it auto-reloads your last checkpoint, it still works. Additionally, if you change the difficulty back to Master before the levels ends, you will start the next level on Master then you can change it back to Easy again once the level starts. This will negate the need to quit each mission at the beginning and reload it on Master from the chapter select page from the Menu. On a different note, just because you look for a guide to an achievement, doesn’t make you a cheater or dishonest.
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By xNeo21x on 21 Aug 2018 21:57
Thank you so much for this glitch. I can confirm this is still working in September, 2020
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By Ethan PT7 on 10 Sep 2020 04:14
https://youtu.be/uvpPyw_zFAk
This is the first video that comes up when you Google the achievement. The guy in the video is playing on PlayStation but it doesn't matter because the solution is exactly the same.
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By Ethan PT7 on 24 Sep 2020 12:01
What if I turn the console off with the disc in, come back an hour or two later and press continue. Will that still count. I had to shut it off to eat frozen parottas, my dinner. I had had some time to finish it several minutes ago, but I was trying to calibrate my vision and targeting system. Don’t think it’s something weird. These tests are done on real soldiers, spies, agents and operatives. If they can properly switch between targets or areas, then they’re stable and can move on to the next tests. It was a success. My Dad’s watching TV so I figured I could get this thing over with. The game isn’t to violent and the characters are nice, vivid and filled with personality. Could I still resume. Titans unfairly flash pilot raped me to death on Master on the last mission. I felt helpless, shocked and corrupted at this fair approach ruined by these powerful titans. Hence, I switched to easy. So could I still turn the console on and resume from the menu?
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By CandidFever3 on 27 Jun 2019 04:57
For those using that glitch to get the achievement: you DO NOT DESERVE the achievement. AT ALL. Nor do you have bragging rights about getting it. I however beat it on Master. All of the game. From the very beginning. Xbox should erase all saved data for those who used a(n) glitch to get a(n) achievement in, as you DO NOT deserve it if you have to use a glitch to get it, especially if u gotta play it on easy, as you don't even have the skill to try it on Master. And don't start saying you do, cause if you actually do, then play all of it on Master, then get the achievement the legitimate way, or else you'r argument is 100% false. If you did get the achievement the legitimate way: congrats on beating the game on the hardest difficulty! I also got the achievement for getting in the top 3 on The Gauntlet (forgot my time, but I almost got 2nd place once) which is pretty hard. Those who used a glitch to get that achievement, and the Master one (Legendary Pilot) should just get their saved data erased, with their achievements in the game gone, as well as all online progress and the game to auto-uninstall, as glitches aren't the way to go with achievements.
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By pinklily5 on 13 Feb 2021 22:03
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Here is a full playlist for Titanfall 2 on Master difficulty. It features commentary throughout to convey various strategies for success.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaOHX8kEkD6mTFgqRMap...

If for some reason you do not like commentary, here is a full game walkthrough on Master difficulty without it.


Hope these help.
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you need to play the last mission over again, doesn't matter what difficulty so that it rechecks your completion status
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By Oc3anMaster on 03 Nov 2016 00:50
Wow thank you so so much!!! I played the last mission again (on master difficulty, just to be sure) and it popped up! I'm so happy now, thanks! ;)
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By Schuchi on 03 Nov 2016 18:06
do i need to do the training on master as well?
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By imoneoldfart on 05 Nov 2016 08:10
Not necassary
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By Entenmann10 on 05 Nov 2016 17:58
awesome. its easy but i dont want t have to run through that fucking gauntlet again.
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By imoneoldfart on 06 Nov 2016 02:04
Thank you Seraphim17! I enjoyed the videos and used some of the strategies you outlined when playing through master.
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By KillrNut on 13 Nov 2016 18:23
Thanks @ProfessorX 86 for the help! I had the same problem of not unlocking...
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By Fellipe B T on 19 Nov 2016 18:40
Nice work ash, but don't be fooled I'm finding this way harder than I thought it would be. COD is a breeze compared to sections of this game with crap checkpoints. Videos are great as usual
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By beets101 on 19 Dec 2016 18:21
Great walk through, only thing I'll mention is there's a big skip to avoid the big battle in level 4 and in the production floor (still level 4) you can stay in that home in progress longer and hide behind stuff instead of getting out as much as Seraphim did. +1 from me
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By HawkeyeBarry20 on 12 Jan 2017 18:51
So I didn't start a new campaign, but played the campaign mission for mission on Master difficulty...now I completed it and nothing happenend. No achievement...also no ''Done...unlocking'' kind of thing.
The game just doesn't seem to recognize that I did every mission on Master difficulty.
Every mission and chapter has the golden star on it (except the training mission)
Anyone else have this problem (and a solution)? Man..this is probaby the tenth game I can't complete because of one single achievement bug....
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By Schuchi on 02 Nov 2016 22:42
Just done this and thank God much more easy then for example Cod on veteran. I don't think I died more then 10 times max. Take it easy and cloak is a very good friend. Northstar as titan class is brilliant and much easier then the rest in my opinion.
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By Entenmann10 on 04 Nov 2016 23:22
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Much of the game is actually avoidable, few fights require the enemy to be defeated. To the best of my knowledge the only fight you have to survive is when you and BT are separated by a sludge wall.

You may be surprised with how many fights you can run past. The fight after traversing the sideways town to fight Ash for example, you can wait and hide in a house till all waves have released then run past.

Run, Cloak, and Run
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I was having a tough time finishing Viper until I read some helpful comments above. Finally finished the fooker with Tonetoast BOOM
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By Thunder Rolling on 01 Mar 2019 22:01
I was having a tough time finishing Viper until I read some helpful comments above. Finally finished the fooker with Tonetoast BOOM
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By Thunder Rolling on 08 Mar 2019 11:54
General tips:
- Use cover, cloak and high ground to your advantage.
/ Specially use cloak when getting out of cover or moving into new areas since it’s easy to get killed from behind.
- Use grenades to flush out enemies from cover.
- Be patient, take out enemies one by one. Let your health recharge before taking shots at enemies.
- Enemies tend to shoot or move towards your last known location. Exploit this by flanking them.

Mission specific tips:

1) Mission 2: BT 7274
- Cloak will be your best friend in this mission. Use it to flank enemies and take them by surprise.

2) Mission 4: Into the Abyss
- When you get to Chapter 2, use well timed jumps and cloak as much as you can to bypass most of the combat in the factory. The majority of firefights in said chapter can be skipped this way.
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, take time to eliminate enemies one by one and move afterwards so that the spectres don’t flank you.

3) Mission 5: Cause and effect
- When you get the device in Chapter 2,
as much as you can. You’ll have more ammunition/weapons to choose from and grunts are easier to kill than the numerous prowlers that spawn.

4) Mission 6: The Beacon
- The mission’s linear layout makes it difficult to bypass sections. Instead, take enemies out one by one and make ready use of the stalkers racks.
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Full credit to "Blaze Naruto Shippuden" from PST for this tip.

Easy way to get credit for master difficulty. I personally felt this game is unfair on master difficulty. The enemy goes down quickly but takes you down even more quicker. A grunt killing me with a pistol in two shots from 30m distance is just insane. Titans were surprisingly easier to kill.

1. Start the game on master difficulty. First chapter doesn't matter
2. Get killed intentionally. The screen greys out with X to respawn. Do not press x but press start and change difficulty to easy. Do not press x still and the game will reload itself from last checkpoint
3. Play through the rest of the level and complete on easy but get credit for master difficulty completion.
4. If you somehow died on easy after switching, do the same but this time change to master and repeat the steps. Death by fall doesn't matter as it doesn't prompt respawn. Only death by gunfire and explosions count as death.
5. Need to do this for every chapter and can't be done at one stretch. Eg. Finish first chapter , let the next chapter load. Quit to main menu, level select chapter 2 to start on master and so on.
6. Chapter 4,5 and 6 has three sections each. For these you will get credit for only first section initially. The other two sections need to be played on easy to enable chapter and section selection. Once enabled replay the last two sections using same trick from steps 1 thru 3.
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When you start the campaign, you can immediately pause and change the difficulty to Master if you want. Otherwise, when you complete The Gauntlet, they will suggest a difficulty based on your performance. Select Master at this time and then complete the campaign. This is not a very difficult task, though there are a few areas that can be troublesome. Just make sure you use your cloak often, and switch locations so the enemies don't know where you'll be shooting from. Kill a few, cloak, move, etc.

When you're in your titan, you can be taken down rather quickly as well, so use the environment to your advantage and don't hesitate to grab the green glowing batteries on the ground to recover health and shields. Also be sure to use your core abilities often. They charge very quickly, so rather than waiting for the perfect spot, you can use it and just charge it back up.

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(Difficulty)

This trophy is for completing the Campaign on Master Difficulty. Completing the Campaign on Master Difficulty will also unlock the trophies for completing the game on Regular and Hard Difficulties due to them stacking. In Master Difficulty, death comes swiftly and without mercy. Master Difficulty is available at the start of the Campaign, but you must press during the first cutscene of the game to bring up the Paused Menu. On the Paused Menu, scroll down to "SETTINGS", "Change Difficulty", and select "Master". This will allow you to play Master Difficulty from start to finish without changing the difficulty setting. It should also be noted, that after completing Mission 1: The Pilot's Gauntlet, the game will automatically suggest a difficulty setting for you. You can refuse the setting it offers as you're not forced to accept it. Additionally, the first Mission doesn't have any difficulty settings attached to it and is not needed for this trophy's unlocking.

On the Mission Select Screen, you will see an icon near the bottom right corner of the screen: . This is the "Master Completed Difficulty Icon" and you want to see this icon on all missions. Your screen will end up looking like this once you completed the Campaign on Master Difficulty:

While playing Master as a Pilot:

Try to not kill every single enemy that you encounter. Most of the game can actually be skipped if you use your Cloak Ability [] to turn invisible and parkour your way past enemies. Doing this and reaching checkpoints will make you beat Master Difficulty with the greatest of ease. There will be a few hard sections and sometimes you do have to sit back and kill all the enemies. For the weapons, try using only Assault Rifles, Light Machine Guns, 3 round burst weapons. Those weapons are mainly the ones most people would use. You could use the shotgun as well, but you don't want to get too close to enemies as one melee hit will automatically kill you instantly. If you're under too much gunfire and need to recover some Health, hide behind cover while crouched [] and Cloaked. Enemies usually always lose sight of you when you do this trick, except for Stalker Robots.

Quick Pilot Master Difficulty Tips:

  1. Use (Cloak Ability) to disappear when you’re in trouble, escape dangerous situations.
  2. Firing a weapon ends Cloak immediately, revealing your position to hostiles.
  3. Wallrunning boosts Pilot speed, making you harder to get hit.
  4. Shooting a Stalker in the back makes it overload and explode.
  5. Slide helps you get to cover quickly.
  6. Reaching checkpoints while being Cloaked is much faster than killing all enemies.
  7. Hiding while Cloaked makes enemy pilots lose track of your location and position.
  8. Aim for enemies' heads to quickly kill them as body shots will stun them temporarily before they die.
  9. Don't rely on melee combat as it will result in instant death 90% of the time unless you melee one enemy. Don't try to melee Stalkers, though.


While playing Master as a Titan:

Try to use mainly the Tone Titan Loadout as your main Titan, until you gained access to the Legion Titan Loadout. While using the Tone Titan, press to use the Practical Wall which will put up a force field that will block all incoming damage in front of you. Enemies cannot shoot through this force field, but you can which makes it the best choice to use. The Tone Titan also has Tracking Rockets [] which can fully lock onto enemy targets. When your shield is gone and needs to cooldown, simply hide behind some pillars, walls, or buildings until your Practical Wall is recharged. Rinse and repeat this process throughout most of the Campaign while using your Titan. As for Batteries, this is your Titan’s Health. You want to try and pick them up only when needed. Titan Health doesn't regenerate over time like a Pilot's Health Bar does and Titan Batteries are limited. They can drop from defeated enemy Titans, but once you walked over the Battery. It will be gone forever until you found a new Battery. If you need help with boss fights, please read the trophy descriptions for more details on how to defeat the bosses. All 5 boss fight trophies are all written with Master Difficulty methods.

Quick Titan Master Difficulty Tips:

  1. Use the Tone Titan Loadout for the Practical Wall method.
  2. When fighting enemy Titans, aim for the cockpit of the Pilot as it's the weak spot of Titans.
  3. Save Titan Batteries and only pick them up when you're in desperate need of Health.
  4. Save your two Dashes and only use them to avoid taking damage, to get to cover much faster or dashing towards Battery Health.
  5. Titans have the ability to Crouch [] just like Pilots, use this while hiding behind cover to avoid taking damage from the upper body.
  6. Stay behind cover and wait for your Titan Abilities to cooldown.
  7. Save your Titan Core for enemy Titans that need to quickly be destroyed or against bosses who's shields have been taken down.
  8. If possible, perform a melee execution against some of the Titan Bosses that you face (Ash, Richter, and Slone).
  9. You can change Titan Loadouts by pressing the button while inside your Titan.


Changing Difficulty Method to trick the game into thinking that you're playing on Master Difficulty:

Additionally, there is an easier way to complete Master Difficulty and that is by doing the changing difficulty method, which hasn't been patched. You do this by starting the Mission on Master and when you die and the screen turns gray; press and change the difficulty to easy. You then need to wait for the game to reload even if it says press to respawn on the screen. When the game finishes loading, you will be on Easy Difficulty for the remainder of the current Mission, but the game thinks you're still playing on Master Difficulty and will get credit for completing the Mission on Master instead of Easy. After completing the Mission, return back to the main menu and select Mission Select. You will see that you've completed that Mission on Master Difficulty because you'll have this icon right next to it: . It should be noted that some Missions are split into three different parts. So you might have to replay those Missions over again if you're using this changing difficulty method.

Furthermore, you can start the next Mission on Master Difficulty and repeat the process again to play the Mission on Easy Difficulty; however, it should be noted that if you died while playing on Easy doing this method. You need to press when the screen turns gray and change the difficulty to Master. Wait for the game to reload even if it says press to respawn on the screen. When the game finishes loading, you will be on Master Difficulty for the remainder of the current Mission. This basically prevents the game from recognizing that you're playing on Easy Difficulty and if you fail to do this when you finished the Mission you would only get the credit for completing the Mission/Chapter on Easy Difficulty instead of Master. If you died again on Master, simply repeat the previous steps again of going into to change it back into Easy.

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If you go through the game at random through the selection of missions, the trophy may not drop. I got myself into trouble like that. Treated by replaying the last chapter on Easy
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In general, the glitch still works to this day. 01/22/2020, but I want to add a little to it to save you time. Let’s also summarize all the other tips.

1. Launch any chapter at the master level.
2. When we die, do not press the square (rebirth), but press options and set the difficulty level to easy, then wait until the hero is automatically reborn. Again, we don’t click on the square, we wait until it is reborn on its own.
3. If you die, then at the same moment you need to set the difficulty to master again, according to the instructions in point 2. In the future, when you are killed again according to the same scheme, change it to easy. But I played through half the game on master, and in particularly difficult moments I changed it to easy.
4. If you fall into an abyss during a jump or other circumstances, then death does not count and the difficulty level does not need to be changed accordingly. In general, if you die and the notification does not appear to press the square to revive, then this will not count as death. Don’t be alarmed if the cellpoit takes a long time to load after such a death and the loading menu appears on the screen, the glitch will still work.
5. This glitch is valid only until the end of the level, after which you need to go to the menu and start the next chapter on the master, by selecting a task.
6. Chapters 4, 5, 6 have three parts. Accordingly, each part from the chapter must be replayed on the master. The problem is that from the selection of tasks you can only choose a specific part when you complete the entire chapter. For example, part 4.1 will count on master, and 4.2 and 4.3 will count on easy. And you will have to replay them each again, as described in paragraph 5.
7. I found a way not to replay all parts of the chapters and not even go to the menu after finishing the mission. Go through it in one wave, so to speak. It’s just that closer to the end of the level, I purposely died and set the difficulty to master and completed the level on it to the end. When you move to the next part/level, you thereby start it automatically on the master.
How to understand that a level/part will end soon? I looked at the assembled helmets. Well, I saw and looked where to look for them. As soon as I collect everything I will install the master. That's how it went until the end of the game.
8. You can check whether your completion of the master was credited in the task selection menu; there will be a medal next to the chapter.
9. In general, the master is not that difficult to play. For some reason, the bots are more annoying, there are a lot of them, they are accurate, but not very smart, but with the titans everything is easier, even more pleasant, I would say. If possible, we simply run away from collisions. We crouch, use cover, shoot from around the corner of the structures so that they cannot hit you. If it is no longer possible to escape, then they lean out, shoot, and hide. We killed the required number of bots, cleared the way and ran away further. When attacking titans, all the tone guns, the last machine gun of the legion and the skorcha core are very helpful, the thermal wave there is very powerful. The protection is good at the tone and the heat shield is skorcha. In general, the tactic is hackneyed - keep as much distance as possible from the titans. It will be more difficult with Gyurza, hide behind rising covers and move more often, although you will have to do this anyway to collect first aid kits. In terms of weapons, Brutus homing missiles and a Machine Gun with expedition missiles will help you. I hardly used invisibility.
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By Fanquery on 22 Jan 2020 18:06
There is one bug with difficulty, we start at the “master” level after you are killed through options without being reborn, change to “easy” difficulty, wait for auto-rebirth and voila. The game counts completions on “master”, but in fact you run on “easy” difficulty. The only drawback is that you will have to replay the chapters, since when you move to the next chapter, the difficulty level changes to easy.
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By Pro100Deniss on 27 May 2018 11:40
Don't try to shoot everyone, most places can be run around. The enemies on the master are accurate and kill with 2-3 shots, but you can always turn on invisibility, run to cover, sit out the invisibility cooldown and continue running. Better run on walls
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By nektras on 27 Nov 2016 22:44
I took part in a speedrun. Some “shootouts” can be avoided, for example, a shootout under a dome in a location assembled from modules. There are a lot of speedruns on YouTube. Search and choose any. It helped me a lot.
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By Dimkats222 on 15 May 2017 09:13
Information for the beginning of 2020: if you die on the master, you will change to “easy”. And if you die later, you can also change it to “master” and then to “easy”, it works.
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By Ayanikitka on 09 Jan 2020 08:18
You can start your first playthrough on this difficulty without much fear. The enemies, although they hurt, are relatively stupid. In addition, the game contains many tactical moments, and if you use them, and do not rush ahead, the game will seem easy even for the average shooter player (for genre nerds, this trophy will no doubt be easy).
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By Naggez on 24 Mar 2018 10:24
you can just calmly shoot everyone, the main thing is not to get into trouble, shoot and hide behind a wall, use disguise more often, melee only from the back, since the bots will kick you with one blow, for a titan the best weapon is Tone, in general master difficulty is not it’s so difficult, the main thing is not to attack until you are sure that you have killed everyone, the bots are very accurate!
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By himeo on 08 Dec 2018 15:36
The game in principle is not difficult, even at this difficulty, but the driving pace of the game is lost, there is a very simple way to get a trophy (dishonest), one friend told me about it, when I had difficulty defeating the titan Gyurza and only then having completed the game, I decided to ask how he went through this difficulty so quickly, looking at the trophies, from the penultimate difficulty level (normal) to the last (master) it took him about 3 hours, he shared useful information, in general, you start the chapter on maximum difficulty when you are killed, then you don’t press square, but press Options, change the difficulty easily, but still don’t press square and wait for the game itself to pick you up and go to the end without dying, deaths are counted only when a warning about revival appears if you fall into the abyss, don’t worry and continue playing, he also said that if they still kill you, do a similar situation, only in reverse and repeat the action, but I don’t recommend doing this, since I haven’t tried this, try not to pacify after you’ve changed in this way, make it easy and go to the end, erased all the saves just for fun, the method works, but there is one more thing, in some chapters, they are divided into parts (part 1, part 2, part 3) for each part you need to repeat the procedure.
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By DISA174 on 21 Mar 2018 23:16
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One of the best titanium sets for passing on a master is Tone; it makes it easy and pleasant to pass any bosses. Its missiles cause enormous damage, its wall allows you to quite brazenly climb out and shoot without the risk of losing a bunch of shields, its 40mm cannon allows you to fire 3 shots through a small gap to the marker and then just fire a volley of missiles at the target without even leaning around the corner: quite simple point the sight up so that they fly around the obstacle and destroy the enemy. It is with this tactic that you can carefreely pass Richter and Ash with one hand, simply keeping them at a distance all the time and hiding behind some kind of box so that they try to get around you, while you throw a marker at them and fire another volley of missiles.
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