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Subject: Beta: We're Taking Your Questions

Reach MMO. Here's to hoping.

And the people that believe "the hardcore playlists would be more popular if the rules were strictly MLG" can come off it, now. If you're not willing to support something close to your own setup, there's no reason for us to believe that cloning our own lists and stripping the variety down will attract more people. -- Shishka, Bungie.net

I know you will talk about the MVP system in your update everyone is asking about it.

PLEASE!
PLEASE!
PLEASE!

Don't just explain it. We already sort of get it. But everyone knows it broken. So instead of just saying how it works right now (who really cares how a broken system works)...

...EXPLAIN HOW YOU ARE GOING TO FIX IT! please


Like what changes you are planning on making to give the MVP to the real MVP of the game.

  • 05.23.2007 9:45 PM PDT
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is the sword gonna be dual wieldable and i also heard that it drains energy in multiplayer just like in single. also it would be awesome to include a chainsaw type weapon into the gameplay and have realistic hit detection like shootihg off arms and legs that would be ice cream with an already delicous cake.

  • 05.23.2007 9:45 PM PDT
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Will we have to form parties to play custom games?? I've forgotten what modes they were, but in Halo 2, I never got to play some of the modes because they were never in the playlist, and you had to form a party to play custom games. Please make an option for server lists when creating custom games. This way people can brouse what games are being created. Also, the ability to join a game in progress would be awesome, and lessen the impact of people who quit/drop out.

FULLY MAPABLE CONTROL SCHEMES...we need them.

How does the team chat work? If we push to talk to our team, does it disable proximity talk?

  • 05.23.2007 9:47 PM PDT
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RIP melee lunge :'-(

The sword wasnt taken out, neither was the magnum. They just arent on those 3 maps.

My biggests beefs are how they changed killtacular and running riot, and the lunge for melee is all but dissapeared, only some weapons seem to do it... I hate it. I am a boxer and love my melees dearly.

Also the camera view from riding the mongoose is way too close, you cant see anything when you're on it. - And I agree that the team talk should always be on, makes things waaay easier than trying to chime in.

  • 05.23.2007 9:48 PM PDT

Will there be an option to have the team broadcast always enabled? It's more like LANing with your buddies if you can hear them talk the whole time.

  • 05.23.2007 9:49 PM PDT
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You can......at least I did.

I changed mine to T50 for Top50. My gamertag is Topso but everone calls me Top50.....duh
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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 9:50 PM PDT
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Why is team slayer included as one of the possible game types in ranked Team Skirmish?

  • 05.23.2007 9:50 PM PDT
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Why is the Banshee not in all game-types, and only in most BTB games. Will it be added later on in the Beta? Will Custom Matches be added later possibly?


Will we be seeing more maps after the Beta ends?

And, will the crackdown system be sure to know that the Beta will go to 11:59 P.M June 10th, instead of the original date of June 6th?

  • 05.23.2007 9:51 PM PDT
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Is it likely we may see some new things in the beta we havent heard of yet by before the end of its span?

  • 05.23.2007 9:54 PM PDT
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how come you guys didn't put smg's on the mongoose

  • 05.23.2007 9:56 PM PDT
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why is there no damage on my guy when a rocket hits me or i get shot

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  • 05.23.2007 9:58 PM PDT
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Can we please get a list of all the new medals?

Any chance we could get a medal for sticking someone in the head, aka partyhatting someone?

  • 05.23.2007 9:59 PM PDT
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When will the annoying get out of Valhalla glitch be fixed? Cheaters use it and get outside the map as VIP and it is impossible to kill them.
Can cheaters be brought to justice for exploiting this glitch?

  • 05.23.2007 10:02 PM PDT
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MVP is highest hit percentage of kills per team, not the best.

  • 05.23.2007 10:03 PM PDT

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I have always liked the way that the team chat thing works, the way it was in Halo 2. However, I would like to see it improved, like making the left bumper your team-chat button, and the d-pad to change grenade types. (Sometimes it's more important to communicate than to get the right grenade).The greatest thing about Halo 2 and the way that the Halo 3 chat is set up is that it allows "in area" tactics to be used. There are some tactics that we use, maybe with just one other person, that the whole team does not need to know about. If team chat is always enabled (as it is in most other shooters currently), it takes away from what Halo is. The whole team doesn't need to know who ate what for dinner, you know.
I love the Beta, bungie, and I think that you have found the perfect balance between Halo 1 and Halo 2. This is by far the best Halo yet. I just have a couple of requests: First of all, please put the shield bar back to where it was in Halo 2. It is currently just in an inconvenient place, and having to look "up" at your shield bar seems to take your eyes off of the action. It was better above the motion tracker.
Also, please change Killtacular and Running riot back to the way that they were. We went through Halo 1 and Halo 2 with them being Killtacular and running riot. Please stick to with what we all agreed worked well.
Other than those things, Halo 3 is looking great, and I can't wait to play the game when it releases the day before my birthday. Thanks, bungie, for giving us all a taste of things to come, and for giving us a chance to voice our opinions.

  • 05.23.2007 10:03 PM PDT

Devil is Double is Deuce and Joker always trumps Deuce.

After seeing this on HBO, I can't help but ask if there will be any maps set at night, or if we will be able to toggle the time of day for the maps?

  • 05.23.2007 10:04 PM PDT
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I noticed there's a medal called Skyjacker! that is awarded after hijacking an aircraft. This is important to me because it says aircraft and not banshee. Does this mean there might be another pilotable aircraft in the game?

  • 05.23.2007 10:04 PM PDT

Master Chief is my homey.

Why doesn't the announcer tell you when you've lost, tied, or gained the lead in slayer matches? Hopefully, this won't be the case in the retail version.

  • 05.23.2007 10:08 PM PDT
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That brings up another hot topic what about the pelican or longsword or a known human vehicle for use in multiplayer. Keyword Pelican.

  • 05.23.2007 10:12 PM PDT

Maybe I'm the only one, although I highly doubt it, that really dislikes the beeping in the count down to a match. The count down in the View A Film feature souds as it should. All I'm saying is that the last two games had the same sounds. Why doesn't this one?

  • 05.23.2007 10:17 PM PDT
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why does the MVP usually go to a person on the team that has lost lol 99 percent of the time at least

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  • 05.23.2007 10:21 PM PDT
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35th page but important question In the Final version of the game will we be able to hear the other team's players if they are in close proximity... ITS TOO IMPORTANT OF A FEATURE I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS IT OUT OF THE GAME

  • 05.23.2007 10:26 PM PDT
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Could you please make the Mongoose less flip-worthy. I mean look at the Ghost It almost never flips but I guess that because its well HOVERING. But the ghost isnt carrying another person and isnt weaponless. This is pretty F ing unbalanced if you ask me.

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  • 05.23.2007 10:28 PM PDT
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...Where is the ring. I look up in Valhalla, no ring, i look up in snowbound no ring. i think, okay maybe snowbounds not in halo, until i see a MASSIVE cavern with purple haze under one of the glass panels in the cave, which brings me back the main question, WHERE THE -blam!- IS THE RING?!

  • 05.23.2007 10:31 PM PDT
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Why does the beta have such a piss poor field of view? Do you like us not being able to see squat?

  • 05.23.2007 10:35 PM PDT