The Platinum Road - MAG and Bayonetta

I know I haven't made a post in a while. But you can trust that I have been playing PLENTY of games in the last week. I was lucky enough to get Marvel VS Capcom 3 from Chelsea for our anniversary. I'm borrowing Killzone 3 from a pal at work. But, of course, the things that are taking up my time are Bayonetta and (as always)MAG.

Bayonetta
Having beaten the game on normal, getting the platinum trophy is supposed to be easy.
1) Beat game on normal.
2) Finish off Alfhiem portals.
3) Farm halos(money) from the chapter 7 boss until you can unlock the cheat codes for the best items.
4) Use the super items to beat the game on Hard and Extra hard difficulties.
Of course, I would want to beat the harder difficulties without putting cheat codes into the game. On Hard mode, not only do enemies attack more often, and at a faster rate, Harder enemies are put into more of the spawn points. By that, I mean the first chapter on Hard mode will have higher tier enemies where you would expect to find low tier ones. It is actually pretty fun, I'm just worried about what I will find in the later chapters. Even worse yet, harder difficulties.
But after completing all the difficulties, there are a few minor trophies that should be easy enough to get. Things like performing a number of counter attacks without getting hit, finding hidden book pages, etc.

Mag
I am still playing MAG, which is one of the best multiplayer shooter games on the market. My trophy status for the game is 70% now, which I'm pretty proud of. However, I am now working on a trophy that is EXTREMELY annoying, the Head Hunter.
1) Finish Head Hunter Trophy. That is 5 Silver Bullet Ribbons - killing 10 enemies with headshots in 1 match, the Longshot Ribbon - killing 3 enemies at 120m in 1 match, and the Sniper Master Medal - killing 1000 enemies with the sniper rifle over the course or your career.

As someone with 6000+ Assault Rifle Kills, this is pretty hard for me. As of me typing this(12PM), I am at 330 kills with the sniper rifle. I started at 270 this morning(9AM), meaning It is possible to get 100 kills a day, making the trophy very obtainable. This is done using a my typical medic/resistance/athletic build with a lot of points poured into the Sniper Skill Tree. Recoil and Reload speed are pretty important, but probably the most important skill is the Fire Rate.

Once those are done, you have 2 options for weapons, you can go for the one-bullet-one-kill approach which uses the most powerful sniper rifle available, coupled with the lowest Fire Rate. This is definitely a long rang weapon, and you will be massacred at mid to short range.

The other option is the "battle rifle" with the fastest fire rate. Combined with the Fire Rate Skill, it can shoot as fast as a pistol. At short ranges, this is amazing, and when you aim high, you can clear rooms of people with headshots. Unfortunately, the weapon won't one-shot anyone when attacking the body, so if you want to be a "true sniper", you may have to go with the other gun. I personally switch between both. Battle rifle on maps where I have to go to objectives (Domination, Escalation), and Sniper Rifle for everything Else (Sabotage, Acquisition, Interdiction.)

2) After that is "the big ones." The gold trophy for collecting 58 medals and the silver trophy for obtaining 40 ribbons. So far, I have 35/58-66 medals and 35/40-48 ribbons. The remain ribbons are easy. There are things like killing 10 players from both sides of Escalation, repairing ONE bridge, destroying/repairing 2 sensor array, repairing 2 vehicles, and getting 10 kills with the vehicle turret. Medals on the other hand are a different story, and I need a lot of them. A lot of the medals are actually obtained through getting Ribbons, which makes things a little more annoying. Since I need THIRTEEN for the trophy, here's a list of the easiest/mandatory ones:
The Streaker - Killing streak of 15.
Sniper Specialist - Kill 1000 enemies with the sniper rifle.
Silver Field Engineer - Repair 10 bridges across your career.
Master Engineer - Repair 10000 units of damage.
Combat Mechanic - Repair 25 vehicles.
Skeet Practice - Kill 100 Paratroopers.
Sidearm Master Specialist - Killing 250 enemies with a sidearm.
Rocket Man - Killing 50 enemies with a bunker turret rocket.
Gold Command Medal - Winning 100 battles as squad leader.
Screaming Eagle - Parachuting into battle 500 times.
Roadside Assistance - Capture 10 Interdiction points.
Mortar Support - Repairing 25 Mortar Batteries.
Mortar Demolition - Destroying 50 Mortar Batteries.
That's 13, and none of them are terribly difficult, just time consuming.

I really want to go back and finish some trophy hunting on older games. Dante's Inferno, Mirror's Edge, and the infamous Sonic Unleashed are the main ones that poke at my brain. Dante's Inferno is actually supposed to be easy. Sonic...well, let's say that Sonic is about 70% skill and 30% luck. Mirror's Edge requires a fair amount of skill. I don't have any videos to show you guys, but the skill I'm talking about is for inputting commands into the Dual Shock 3. Some call that skill, some don't, but for me, it can get pretty hardcore. What sucks is that failing at Mirror's Edge is as bad as Sonic, you start the level from the beginning. Difference is that Mirror's Edge levels take 4-9 minutes, and each failure chips a little piece of your patience away.

Someday though!