Yeah vader, I find it odd how some of the earlier encounters are some of the tougher ones, and it's not just due to the learning curve either. I would have thought that they would have made them in later chapters, but it seems that once you're up the river the really hard stuff is done.Basically, it's the same areas I had a lot of trouble with on normal, and took me a few attempts on hard.
*Possible spoilers*
The plane crash site
The underground area with the four pillars and shin-deep water at the end of chapter 5 (though I hear you can force the spawns early, which helps a lot).
There's this one spot in chapter 6 I believe, a relatively simple fight in a small courtyard, but once you go up the stairs three enemies spawn on the opposite walkway, spread out so that you have no truly safe cover. Most don't mention this part, but it was a tad of a headache for me.
Customs house, no doubt.
I always had a little bit of trouble at the end of chapter 19, when the descendants are fighting the mercenaries near the boxes and there's a sniper overhead. Kill too many soldiers, and they don't kill the descendants and you can get overwhelmed, etc.
Some have mentioned the fights with Sully, but I didn't find them that bad once you recognize the spawns from behind. The four snipers and the grenade launcher guy in the church is easy thanks to the full sniper rifle right at the first safe point.
*End spoilers*
By the way, are snipers quicker in Crushing? If not, they'er probably the least dangerous enemies in the game, ironically enough, considering a dude with a handgun can put me near death instantly after I peek out from cover.
And solid, there are sniper rifles, but they're limited (only ground spawns, never dropped) and late in the game. However, I found that the Wes and Desert Eagle are just as effective, being one-hit kills at short and medium range.
(Sorry for the lack of using the spoiler tag, but the bug YET AGAIN wouldn't let me use them. Well-formed HTML my ass.)
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