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Subject: Beta: We're Taking Your Questions

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Will we get to use the energy sword in the Beta? If not in the Beta, will it be in the final game? If it's not in the final game, that makes no sense.

  • 05.23.2007 2:27 PM PDT

Will the pistol be in the beta?
because you have pictures of it on snowbound but its not in the beta!
the reason i ask is because the pistol is the halo 1 pistol and i really look forward to using it!
and i want to see how much it has been powered down also

  • 05.23.2007 2:30 PM PDT
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Why did you let all this information about halo3 come with the beta? ( 4 player coop, weapon list and vehicle list )

that was posted by someone earlier. they probably did that on purpose. i mean come on, a company owned by microsoft, do you think they would let something like that slip by KNOWING that there are modders and hackers able to access the code? i think bungie put it in there so that they could give a cpuple "leaks" and let eevryone think they did it on their own. i may be giving bungie too much credit, but oh well.

  • 05.23.2007 2:30 PM PDT
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Will their be custom games?!?!

  • 05.23.2007 2:30 PM PDT
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How come I can't hear people in my party when playing in team games? When I have friends in my party I can't hear them, but if I am going into team games by myself I have no problem hearing my teammates.

  • 05.23.2007 2:31 PM PDT
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When I'm viewing postgame details and the game moves into the next phase of matchmaking automatically, I am taken "out of the "stat details". I can go back in to view the stats again, but this is annoying. Why can't I continue to view the details of the stats as the game moves into the next phase of finding a match? Please fix this.

Also the postgame lobby is only available for 20 seconds.... sometimes you need more time to trash talk, errrr talk about the previous game.... and partying up is not what I'm looking to do.

  • 05.23.2007 2:31 PM PDT
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are you going to make any more playlist updates
like 8v8

  • 05.23.2007 2:32 PM PDT
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Is the Current Point System (RP) for Halo 3 going to be reset after the Halo 3 Beta is over in June, or will I be able to continue form my current status when Halo 3 comes out in September?

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  • 05.23.2007 2:34 PM PDT

Halo Reach Beta Tester - Code Winner
Halo 3 Beta Tester - Phase 1
Pontiac Halo 3 First to Own and First to Play Winner
The Fight, has been finished, 9/22/07
Reach Fell - 9/14/10

May I beta test throughout the summer to help Halo 3 become that much better or is it reserved for employees only [I'll work for free and sign any and all non-disclosure agreements]?

  • 05.23.2007 2:34 PM PDT
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can I still get the beta ?

  • 05.23.2007 2:34 PM PDT
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In the weapon break-down i noticed that one of the weapons in a lot of my matches says classified even
though i used the weapon.Why does it say classified?

  • 05.23.2007 2:35 PM PDT
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Listen Up!

1. How much stuff was withheld from the beta?

2. Is there content we don't know about?

3. Is the game completed enough so that bungie can fix
people's issues with the beta?

4. Did you purposely lower the how good the graphics looked, or do we expect to
see the same in Halo3?

5. Call of Duty 4 and Unreal Tournament 3 ( not to mention Gears of War) might give Halo 3
a run for it's money. Do you think Halo 3 will overcome the odds?

  • 05.23.2007 2:38 PM PDT

Ranking system wise does it subtract from your RP if you lose? I've had to quit due to IP problems and it's done it then.

  • 05.23.2007 2:39 PM PDT

What was the thought process behind some of the changes to announcers calls of different medals the Halo community are use to (ie. Killtaculars, Running Riots, etc.)?

Also, will we be able to keep the saved films we have from the beta and transfer them over to the full version, or at least be able to keep watching them after the beta is over?

Thanks
-Capt 0bvious

  • 05.23.2007 2:39 PM PDT

Posted by: Crx
I hope you get RRoD.
Posted by: LEATHER F4C3
COD4 is for noobs that suck at halo

Who's idea was it to make the grenades useless... again?

Why don't people die when you drive full speed over their bodies?

Why do plasma weapons only damage shields?

  • 05.23.2007 2:40 PM PDT
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i was sure that you would be able to put away dual... from leaked pics i saw that the SMG goes on your hip when you pick up a new weapon. so... whats wrong with your other hip??? why cant you put one there too???

if you wanted to drop one you could just simply hit "B"

  • 05.23.2007 2:41 PM PDT
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Hi i was wondering why do i always seem to get team slayer in team skirmish Plz respond and Thank You

  • 05.23.2007 2:42 PM PDT

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Why the Splattered medal? That's rewarding the noobs!!
And...Why do you guys keep powering up the sniper rifle? Now I can barely cross twenty feet of open ground in Valhalla without getting sniped.
Plus, there's the whole "Hip sniping" thing. at close range(like, SMG range) someone can EASILY pull off a one shot kill anywhere on the body.

What's with the shotgun? I can't use anything but a BR/Carbine or in some cases a Needler against a shotgun. I definitely CANNOT melee them, making it even harder, because at melee range it's a one shot kill. Two shot kill at about SMG range. Serious power down needed on shotgun. I like the whole six round ammo reduction thing, but it really doesn't matter because of the one shot kill thing.

The Carbine seems to be overpowered. In Halo 2, it took about five shots to kill. Now it's about three. That's annoying sometimes when I try to escape.

And, WHAT IS WITH THE SHIELDS?! In Halo 1, we could a take a full AR clip if the person missed some shots. In Halo 2, the SMG killed us easily. Now in Halo 3, we have a thin FILM protecting us. You might as well call that HEALTH, because when shields are gone, two AR shots and you're down.
Maybe that's why several weapons appear to be overpowered, because there's even less shields this time around. It's like playing Halo 1 on Heroic!

And on Valhalla, I cannot get away from anyone, anywhere. In H1 and H2, escapes were possible and helped greatly. Now in H3, it seems a new trend has started: In a battle between two people, the first to be shot will die, and you will not get away.

A couple more things:
The Plasma Pistol/SMG combo needs to be made impossible. And, perhaps, make the PP take out 3/4 of shields, because of reasons stated above.
The sword will not be in H3, I hope, and thank God, because it turned into a noob weapon.

STOP REWARDING NOOBS.
Splattering medal is dumb, take it out.
Some kind of sensitivity is needed for ranges on the sniper, because many noobs use it overpowerdness at close range simply for the medal, so they can act like they're good.
What next? A Rocketed medal?
And...the Lasered medal is totally unnecessary. It's not that hard to hit people with a spartan laser. It really isn't. It doesn't deserve a medal.

Other than that, EXCELLENT WORK. I LOVE the beta.

-§ag£-

[Edited on 05.23.2007 2:49 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2007 2:43 PM PDT

why was the lock on taken off of the Rocket Launcher? Was it just to easy to kill some one with it? was it that over powered? I thought it was nice. any thoughts?

  • 05.23.2007 2:44 PM PDT

Remember Noble. Remember Reach.

In the beta we get 25mb of saved film space. I understand there is a 25MB share limit because those videos are stored on Bungie servers.

HOWEVER. Why can't we store as many replays as we want on our hard drive. And then pick and choose the 25MB worth we want to share?

Is this just because it is beta?

Because after the first day of the beta I was out of replay storage space. No reason for that. I plan on buying a 120Gig for this.

  • 05.23.2007 2:44 PM PDT
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Do you collect veto data to help set playlists and see trends?

Will the loading screen between the matchmaking the actual game be reduced in terms of time? Can we please make it not black.

Have you guys ever considered packaging up your netcode/party/matchmaking system and licensing it like how Epic licenses their Unreal engine. New market...

Cant think of anything else right now. Great job guys high fives all around.

Thanks.

  • 05.23.2007 2:44 PM PDT
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Will BNet users get somethign special like in Halo 2. (the bungie.net logo behind the name)?

  • 05.23.2007 2:45 PM PDT

Is there any chance that team speak can be active all the time? Maybe as an option? It seems that the easy mute feature would make this a more reasonable feature. It seems to make communication in objective games harder, especially if you are playing with a group of strangers. Other than that, I love the beta and can't wait to get the game.

  • 05.23.2007 2:45 PM PDT

Epic Films
Check us out for Halo movies!

- Will suggestions by people (such as in this thread) that are "good" be implemented in the Beta for further feedback?
- We will ever be able to test out custom games before the Beta ends?
- Are there filming features (such as HUDless, weaponless, and lowering weapons) that can be used in the Beta?

Thanks for giving everyone a peek at Halo 3 Bungie! :)

[Edited on 05.23.2007 2:49 PM PDT]

  • 05.23.2007 2:47 PM PDT