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So now I'm a beta tester. Let's see where this goes.

I know you guys said that the film features would be very limited, but as it turns out they are pretty much none existing. Will we see an update for the theater at any time (even just a pause feature would be better than dead controls)?

  • 05.23.2007 1:39 PM PDT

Legend....................(wait for it)..........ary.

can you give the mongoose the ability to splatter people?

What are the chances of any more playlist updates during the beta run?

Do I HAVE to go back to halo 2 after June 10th? (tear).

  • 05.23.2007 1:39 PM PDT

"I was born ready."

Will we ever get to play the beta as someone other than the Master Chief?

How 'bout Elites?
or Brutes?
or Hunters!?

or as Mister Chief!!!!! Come on, you know we would all love it!

  • 05.23.2007 1:39 PM PDT

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Theres some reports of superbouncing and standbying, is this true, and if so will you guys be able to fix it?

[Edited on 05.23.2007 1:41 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2007 1:40 PM PDT
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Where's the beef?

  • 05.23.2007 1:41 PM PDT
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hey theres been a real problem in most of the games ive played ive found out the spawns arnt that fair well say how come when i kill there whole team the spawn rite behind me and kill me is there going to be a change in the spawn locations? cause im tired of killing everyone then being punished by having them spawn in a triangle around me

  • 05.23.2007 1:43 PM PDT

Will you guys enable custom games before the beta's end.

Was there a problem with big team training on Tues I had bad lag,, Not just me all the players experienced it.

How many games have been played so far.

Why is the driver always killed first if the warthog is hit with a missle.

Why did you add the Banshee's fuel rod cannon to Muiltiplayer.

What do you guys think about the people finding a way out of Valhalla

Hope you guys answer some of these.

  • 05.23.2007 1:46 PM PDT

My elite name is Exth 'Masuree, and I am a ship master.
Favorite quotes:
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I am the yeti hunter!-Killazilla

What Bungie giveth, Bungie can taketh away.-Shishka

Where are the wraith and scorpion tanks, the specter, the M6G pistols and did you mean to put in the cust game menu?

  • 05.23.2007 1:47 PM PDT
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haha i doubt it but its worth a shot, will we see master chief's true identity in campaign mode?

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They already said that features would be limited for films in the beta, pause and rewind and slowmo as well as other points of view have been demonstrated in several videos. As for the 2nd melee winning, you only win if the person who meleed first is lunging, for example if youre diving towards me trying to hit me, if if I hit you as you are diving, you are dead before you get to me.

My only real question/complaint is about shooting grenades. If you are shooting someone and they throw a grenade and you shoot it in midair, it ususally not only kills you but calls it a suicide and makes the respawn timer 10+ seconds. I can't count the number of Rumble training/ Rumble Pit I have lost because of this.

RP: You get it for winning, you do not lose it for losing, you do however if you quit out or are booted from several games in a row. Also, if you are playing Rumble Pit or Rumble Training, you can still get RP for second place, as this has happened to me several times.

  • 05.23.2007 1:47 PM PDT
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is there any new news on the movie?

  • 05.23.2007 1:48 PM PDT
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Can you hand of the oddball? Because when you go to file share it shows a picture of a guy handing an oddball to another teammate.

  • 05.23.2007 1:49 PM PDT

Being the ungrateful leeches that we are we are never satisifed with how many maps or guns or gametypes that you give us. Are there any chances that other maps or weapon sets or playlists, etc are added to the beta before June 10?

  • 05.23.2007 1:50 PM PDT
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How do You put your gun down..
I'm trying to make a Video with my friends, and its not working....

  • 05.23.2007 1:50 PM PDT
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Split Screen:
I have a 16:9 wide screen tv, using a VGA adapter running at 1920xwhatever (1080p)
when I play Split screen it only displays in a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Is this by design? or is this a bug? Either way could it be fixed? :)

Also have there been any thoughts about having a round based game mode? like Counterstrike/GoW?

[Edited on 05.23.2007 1:54 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2007 1:52 PM PDT

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why is it that when i push the wooden pallets into the ocean on high ground they sink instead of float, yet when i push the unsc boxes into the ocean they float? just curious

  • 05.23.2007 1:52 PM PDT
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Why was the desicion made to allow people to mute everybody instead of making them do it individually? its really annoying that most don't give anybody the chance of not being a really noisy person and it's doubly annoying when you want to comunicate something simple acrross like 'I've placed the mine on the flag" or "stop trying to escape the map and help us try and win at least". Also I know its not the biggest thing in a game but the graphics aren't very much improved from the alpha screens I'm starting to wonder If the finished game will look at all what has became expected of next gen graphics although I suppose I'll have to wait and see eh?

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  • 05.23.2007 1:53 PM PDT
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BUNGIE ... AWSOME JOB.... I CAN HARDLY AWAIT THE FULL GAME !!!
"AND THE CROWD GOES WILD"
HOWEVER...... AND YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING ..."WINKS"
PLEASE TELL ME WE ARE NOT HELD TO 2 OF EACH TYPE OF GRENADE...... THE FLOOD!!! THE COVENANT!!!
WE NEEEEED AT LEAST 3 OF EACH BUT HEY 5 OF EACH WOULD BE A NICE IMPROVEMENT OVER HALO2
BECAUSE 8 TOTAL GRENADES WERE JUST NOT ENOUGH IN ANY GAME TYPE - CAMPAIGN OR MULTIPLAY
NO ...THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH .... NOPE - NOPE - NOPE !!!
KNOW WHUT I MEAN VERNE?
:-)

  • 05.23.2007 1:54 PM PDT
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Why is the battle rifle still too powerful?

I think it ruined halo 2

but i love the assault rifle

Maybe some changes to both?

  • 05.23.2007 1:54 PM PDT
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OK...
1) Are you guys going to put lock-on on the Rockets?
Are you guys going to put the old blast radius on the rockets?


2) What kind of modifications (accuracy feels like is lacking in mid to long range) went into the BR?
And please for those who say that the BR is over powered, there is always a weapon of choice for different situations; AR perfect for CQC to Mid range while the BR should be your weapon of choice for Mid to Long (a la Valhalla/Snowbound). And right now I would chose the AR over the BR provided there was enough cover between me and my target; which is the case in all of these maps.


3) Are you guys going to increase the grenade blast radius?
Are you guys going to put more bounce into the human grenades (they don’t bounce enough even when I try to angle them of the walls and bounce them of the floor to use them with perfect accuracy)?


4) Vehicles feel very slow, are you guys going to speed them up a bit?

  • 05.23.2007 1:55 PM PDT
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why are the "military" ranks Army, the MASTER CHIEF is Navy.....

the whole spartan program is navy for that matter.....

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  • 05.23.2007 1:55 PM PDT

Der Fuchs ist schlau und stellt sich dumm, bei manchem ist es andersrum

Just a quick question: when I played Halo and Halo 2 split screen with one other person, I was always on a standard TV, so split-screen always filled the TV screen. Now I am playing the Beta and on a 37" LCD and I notice that the split-screen doesn't fill the whole screen - it seems too take up an almost 4:3 shape to preserve the 16:9 aspect ration for each half of the screen.

I just wondered if that is the way it will be in the final shipped game for two player split-screen? It's not a major problem, but GEARS copes OK with split-screen, and it would be nice if the whole of my TV was used, rather than squishing everything up...will it be a user option perhaps?

Anyway, thanks for your time, and thankyou for all your hard work - the Beta is fan-bloody-tastic. Bungie, you rock :)

[Edited on 05.23.2007 1:58 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2007 1:56 PM PDT

You can't always get what you want!

Will we be able to share our video files over MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger or in some other form with our friends that are not on Xbox Live? If there are no plans in the works would you consider it, if it's possible?

  • 05.23.2007 1:56 PM PDT
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how come after you shoot once with the sniper it takes a couple of seconds to shoot again it messes me up when im bout to kill them with the second shot and they get away before i shoot

  • 05.23.2007 1:56 PM PDT

shut up and smile

is there a sword because i looked in snowbound behind the turrets and didn't see it? and why are the frag and spike gernades so weak?

  • 05.23.2007 1:56 PM PDT