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Subject: Beta: We're Taking Your Questions
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why cant we change things like our 3-digit/letter tag and the colors of our spartan in the beta??

  • 05.23.2007 8:50 PM PDT
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Whats with the Banshee? It seems way too hard to aim downwards...Im lovin the Beta though!

  • 05.23.2007 8:51 PM PDT
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I'm surprised no one has asked;

Why does the Spartan Laser fire 3 beams? This is a terrible flaw for everyone but the user of the Laser. All the user has to do is sweep the reticule before it fires and the kill radius is so much larger. I've had so many enemies use this technique while one or both of us were airborn, a scenario that should make the pinpoint targeting required of a laser impossible. It is extremely frustrating to be killed over and over by a sweeping Laser. It's worse then the old sniper rifle sweep glitch.

Apart from this, I agree that grenades are far to weak. The kill radius is teeny tiny, especially in the spiker grenades case. Splash damage on the rocket needs to be toned down. And I would like to request the old vehicle control scheme back. It was perfect the way it was. On the topic of vehicles, please make a more reliable way to take them down apart from the laser. The Plasma Pistol is supposed to lock them up but it doesn't, and the missle pod is uselsss, not only is the tracking ineffective, but there is zero splash damage, making it nearly impossible to get a kill.

  • 05.23.2007 8:52 PM PDT
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ya i hate the laser its stupid. besides that the beta is awesome no flaws besides the laser.

  • 05.23.2007 8:56 PM PDT
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bungie,please get ried of the "Tap To Talk" thing?! My spelling sucks but dont worry,im not applying for a job.I just cant get the,stop,tap,talk,walk again thing. My Dome has pay a high price due to this major change to the Voice. Please,Im begging?!

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  • 05.23.2007 8:57 PM PDT
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Why does H3 still have the same off-host BR and carbine inaccuracy that plagued H2? This is extremely frustrating. I still have to lead my shots by like 3 ft. whenever I am trying to kill anybody from afar with a BR or carbine...

  • 05.23.2007 8:57 PM PDT
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Why are we asking you questions theres no way your going to anwser all them and if so HOW

  • 05.23.2007 9:04 PM PDT
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um well the sword was tookin out cause its really cheap lol and its to much of a glitching weapon

  • 05.23.2007 9:07 PM PDT

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why cant we change things like our 3-digit/letter tag and the colors of our spartan in the beta??

You could change ur 3 digit thing. Where is the Pistol and the Sword? will it take too much memory? and the the tanks. the wraith and the scorpion. Whats up!!!!!?????!!!???? i know its a beta, but u should have more things. and WHEN THE HELL ARE U GONNA ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS????????? please tweak these. still love u bungie

  • 05.23.2007 9:07 PM PDT

No dirty stuff...LIke what no Teabaggin'?

With all of the modding and cheating that took place with players attempting to make the top of the old leaderboards from Halo2, what steps are both you and XBOX Live prepared to take with the new ranking system to prevent this from being another cheating race to become an officer? I do love the new ranking system by the way, can you give us a little more insight into the actual system and how it works? I also need to mention how appreciative the older gaming community is of the fact that you are dropping the hammer on cheaters and modders and that we now have the ability to mute annoying children more quickly. Thanks!

  • 05.23.2007 9:11 PM PDT

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Is Backwash ever going to be fixed for Halo 2's backwards compatibility?

  • 05.23.2007 9:14 PM PDT

DETERRING DE-LEVELING and POWER LEVELING

I haven't achieved a high enough rank to observe this yet in the beta, but is there any plan to deter de-levelers? My thought is that there should be a cap on how far you can de-level. For instance - say that the max you can de-level from your highest rank on a given playlist is 5 levels. If I reach level 20 in rumble pit, the lowest I can de-level is back to level 15 on rumble pit. Once I reach 21, the lowest I can de-level to is 16, etc.

You figure that once someone reaches a particular level, they pretty much have the skills to remain within 5 or so levels - if they start playing far worse than that they are most likely de-leveling, or they power-leveled to unjustly reach a higher rank in which case this might deter power-leveling as well. I look at both instances (de-leveling and power leveling) as a cheap way to play the game and disruptive to the honest Halo player who is just trying to enjoy the game the way it was meant to be played.

My suggestion also has the positive side effect of knowing that even if you have a particularly bad run of luck (we've all had one of those nights where we don't party up with trusted friends and end up losing every game that night no matter how well we play) you don't have to worry about your level being totally ruined, it will only go down by a few numbers max.

  • 05.23.2007 9:15 PM PDT
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Where is the human pistol? Is it being still being retooled and balanced? Are you guys trying to decide which pistol--Halo 1 vs. Halo 2--to use?

Lovin' the beta, by the way. Thank you so much for your hard work and loyalty to your community.

  • 05.23.2007 9:15 PM PDT

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Why was killtacular/running riot changed? those were things that had always been the same and make the game seem really different to me and my friends.

  • 05.23.2007 9:16 PM PDT

Do you guys ever get tired of people whining about the same things over and over? you know, like they don't have a clue that it's a beta test?

  • 05.23.2007 9:17 PM PDT
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i see that ppl are have realy high RP is there a limit to how hi you can get?

can the sword have a limited life like in halo 2 campain, as in halo 2 mulitiplayer someone would get it and you could not kill them due to ur laggy internet connection!

if you kill ur own team mates with the mine does it take away some points?

can you have a mine medal i never know if i have got some one with my mines!

  • 05.23.2007 9:26 PM PDT
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1) Are you using the Tru-skill Xbox Live algorithm for determining playlist ranks?

2) If the answer to (1) is no, can you please describe the algorithm you do use for determining a rank.

3) How does RP differ from the playlist ranking equation? Is it merely based on games won, or can it also go down?

4) How much weapon balancing are you planning on doing before final?

5) What changes, beyond networking, are you planning on trying out after having heard feedback on the beta?

6) Why is frog always being told to blast the vent core?

7) What kind of system is used for weapon spawning?

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  • 05.23.2007 9:27 PM PDT

Will we still get to watch our saved films after the Beta?

  • 05.23.2007 9:28 PM PDT
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After the Beta is closed and Halo 3 is relased will the stats from the Beta carry over, or will we start from scratch????

  • 05.23.2007 9:30 PM PDT
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you need to put on custom games, and why isnt 4 players.

  • 05.23.2007 9:33 PM PDT
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in halo 2 the booting system was ridiculous.

If u accidently hit some with even just one shot and there shield even went up, and then someone on the other team killed them, they would get the option to boot you! it was so frustrating when ure trying to level up and ure teamates are too dumb to realize that u obv didnt kill them. i havent had this happen in the halo 3 beta yet and i hope its not like that. if it is you should change it to so that if the person shield goes back up then there shouldnt be anyway they can boot you. so i guess my question is what is the booting system like for halo 3? the trip mine counting as a betrayal is also ridiculous.

thanx for taking our questions! we love you, bungie

(i would be playing the beta a lot more but i am the latest victim of the RING OF DEATH ugh. at least i got to play 3 days of the beta, right? hoppefully i will get it back before june 10th!)

  • 05.23.2007 9:33 PM PDT
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In the final game will we be able to download saved films from people NOT on our friends list?

In the beta, you can not download films from someone unless they are on your friends list.

  • 05.23.2007 9:39 PM PDT
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First of all thank you so much for driving the wedge in my marriage a little bit deeper with the Halo 3 beta. Great job! Actually she is starting to warm up to the fact that I wont be downstairs in the evenings between 6pm -11pm.

Ok, I want to know 2 things if I can be so greedy.....

1. Is the booting engine enabled in the beta? The stupid, pimple faced, non bathing, no life, idiots are still out there betraying and laughing as if they just owned someone for the first time.

2. When we get cheated or betrayed on purpose, will be able to save the film and submit it for proof to ban the above mentioned idiots?

OH, thanks for the "veto" feature. Hopefully it will keep people from leaving a game when they dont like it.

  • 05.23.2007 9:41 PM PDT

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I, along with a few others I'd assume, would like to know what the "wheelman" medal is about and how one would go about getting it. I was kicking butt with the warthog and my mate in the back, but all I got was a load of assists. Oddly enough, the only time Ive seen someone receiving the medal was on snowbound, and there is but a lone ghost on that board. How can a "passenger" get a kill on the ghost? I believe the situation resulting in the medal involved the boarding of the ghost, but I would like to know how one would get the medal.

  • 05.23.2007 9:42 PM PDT
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In the game-type territories - is the amount of time it takes to capture a control point decreased at all by the presense of another teammate in proximity to the capture point?

It seems to be that if it makes any differnece at all - it ain't much, and yet me team mates are always telling me
"now we're both gunna stay here cause we'll capture it faster" as our oppenents begin to spread out and flash the area.

  • 05.23.2007 9:45 PM PDT