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It is represented by a bronze medal with four green stars.
It is represented by a bronze medal with four green stars.
== Difficulty ==
== Difficulty ==
This Achievement has been antagonized for its difficulty to earn. Currently, there is only one playlist that falls within the conditions. Since the playlist, Lone Wolves, only supports 5 player per match, for Overkill to be unlocked a player must kill every other player in the game within four seconds of each kill. This has proven very difficult, and many players opt to get this achievement simply in an [[achievement match]].
This Achievement has been antagonized for its difficulty to earn. Currently, there is only one playlist that falls within the conditions. Since the playlist, Lone Wolves, originally only supported 5 player per match, for Overkill to be unlocked a player had to kill every other player in the game within four seconds of each kill. This was proven very difficult, and many players opt to get this achievement simply in an [[achievement match]]. This was rectified and made slightly easier in a recent update, where the amount of people allowed per game was upped to 6.


It was briefly possible to earn this achievement relatively easily during the Halloween zombie special.  If you started as the alpha zombie on a "creeping death" match, it was possible to have 4 or more opponents clustered together and to easily sneak up and eliminate them all with a single gravity hammer stroke.
It was briefly possible to earn this achievement relatively easily during the Halloween zombie special.  If you started as the alpha zombie on a "creeping death" match, it was possible to have 4 or more opponents clustered together and to easily sneak up and eliminate them all with a single gravity hammer stroke.

Revision as of 05:19, November 11, 2007

Overkill is a Halo 3 multiplayer achievement. It is awarded when the player gets an Overkill in a ranked free for all playlist. This Achievement gives 5 Gamerpoints to the player.

It is represented by a bronze medal with four green stars.

Difficulty

This Achievement has been antagonized for its difficulty to earn. Currently, there is only one playlist that falls within the conditions. Since the playlist, Lone Wolves, originally only supported 5 player per match, for Overkill to be unlocked a player had to kill every other player in the game within four seconds of each kill. This was proven very difficult, and many players opt to get this achievement simply in an achievement match. This was rectified and made slightly easier in a recent update, where the amount of people allowed per game was upped to 6.

It was briefly possible to earn this achievement relatively easily during the Halloween zombie special. If you started as the alpha zombie on a "creeping death" match, it was possible to have 4 or more opponents clustered together and to easily sneak up and eliminate them all with a single gravity hammer stroke.

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