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Subject: Beta: We're Taking Your Questions

fix the spawns on High ground plz

  • 05.24.2007 2:41 AM PDT

Ok so how come you cant toss the flag anymore? I mean like in halo 2 for example if you jump and release the flag at the peak or your jump it will act as if you have tossed it but in halo 3 it just drops straight down and actually goes through your body as you run past it as you try to through it... its as though you throw it straight down and try to spear some ants.

Will this be in the final version of the game?

Is this intended or a bug?

  • 05.24.2007 2:54 AM PDT
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Why do I keep getting stuck on at a completely black screen after I die in bigger games while everyone else is still playing? Why do I lose RP when I get lagged out of a game? I have a good connection and I set the search to prefer Connection.

  • 05.24.2007 3:01 AM PDT

Posted by: TheButterViking
Couple of questions:

1. Why is the Battle Rifle so inaccurate again? It's reverted back to 1.0 Halo 2,.
2. What good is the SMG, when the AR and Spiker both have very similar roles?


¿¿¿What good is the Spiker when the AR and SMG both have very similar roles???

  • 05.24.2007 3:04 AM PDT

The Spiker and SMG are very different weapons. The SMGs are pointless really, AR nearly always beats it. No need for the SMG in the full Halo 3!

  • 05.24.2007 3:08 AM PDT
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Ok, here's a few quick fire questions for you.

1) After watching RedVsBlue's "Beta Complex" Video, I found that the graphics seem a lot more polished up, as well as have the full hud removed. Have Rooster Teeth been given access to a higher build?

2) I noticed on a video on the web that in your hub, just below your shield bar, theres a horizontal direction/compass bar thats not in the public beta. Will this be in the final game or is this something that was in earlier build and recently removed?

3) Will the Mongoose be getting a horn like the Warthog?

4) Will the Covenent Beam Sword be making a return?

5) Has the lunge range for melee been reduced?

6) Will ranks and saved videos be carried over to the final game from the beta?

7) After the beta has finished, will we still be able to access the beta to watch our saved films?

8) Will custom games be made available after the Beta or will it shut down compleatly?

9) Apparently Zanzibar will be returning as Last Resort. Will Coagulation or any other past maps be returning?

I know most of these won't be answered but it's worth a try. Thanks for the chance to ask anyway.
PS. Thanks for putting the Plasma Launcher back on the Banshies!

  • 05.24.2007 3:09 AM PDT
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When i open the beta at the main menu i select my storage device and press play beta. the Game over dialog pops up iv tried XX RB LB XX and holding up and A and none work is there a fix please?

  • 05.24.2007 3:27 AM PDT

Are the MVP settings going to be fixed? Like I hate going 27-3 and not getting MVP cause the guy on the other team who went 5-15 gets it? Not a big deal just a bit weird and is there going to be like overall stats maybe like MVP:24 VIP KILLS:350 NADES THROWN:2520. Stuff like that maybe just on Bungie?

  • 05.24.2007 3:31 AM PDT

Sup Peeps

HEEEEY... Can you make Running Riot..........welll Running Riot........Again?

  • 05.24.2007 3:38 AM PDT

It's not hard to get a Running Riot it just takes more skill. I got one on Highground during a Rumble Pit match Last night had a spree of 17 before they all teamed up on me. Anyways I'm surprised everybody is still asking questions I mean come on 38 pages and not 1 reply from them on anything. I still think they made this topic to reduce the question threads on the H3 Beta forums but they might prove me wrong only time will tell.

  • 05.24.2007 3:53 AM PDT
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In the main menu for the beta thiers a flyby of valhalla. But this valhalla is very cloudy, and has some amazing looking fog or condensation, which mostly forms around the water, which is damn sweet and realistic. Also the pelican is smoking. It makes for a very different looking valhalla and even adds a strategic advantage with the fog, in what is usually a wide open level and a snipers delight. So my question IS....

Does this mean changable multiplayer environments? :P :P

Also how do rating points work?
How exactly do you earn rating points. what deems you eligible for new points. im aware its somethign to do with yr actual player skill, as people with less games played sometimes have higher rank, i saw a guy with only 60 or so games played who had a nice silver leiutenent rank, and im on around 106 games with a sergent class 3 :P

I think its a great new way to rate players on skill as well as how good they are at a certain matchmaking list. Keep up the good work. Loving the beta guys. And if changable environments isnt in the custom match options... ... it totally should be! :P IMagine playing valhalla with a scorching setting sun just on the lake side of the level :P and condensation from the river starting to rise as darkness approaches :P reminds me of were i live :)

  • 05.24.2007 3:58 AM PDT
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- Valhalla sucks. I want coag/blood gulch back. :[
- Why is to Warthog so hard to kill
- How the heck does RP work
- Is it possible to fast foward/rewind films in the beta? 'Cuz I really don't feel like watching a 20 minute game for something that happened in the last 20 minutes
- Why can't the banshee look down anymore?
- Why is it harder to splatter people
- Why can't you see the bubble shield from a certain distance
- How come the frag grenades are so huge, but don't have a proportional blast radius/damage
- Can we play custom games pretty please?

  • 05.24.2007 4:02 AM PDT
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One question that's on everyone's lips: how representative are the graphics in the beta of the final game?

In your answer, you may reference one (1) nonsensical comparison, which may or may not involve cupcakes.

Another question, slightly more serious but far less important - is the lag I'm experiencing in BTB me or just a string of bad luck? I've never had a decent connection in BTB and judging by the frustration emanating from the microphone my teammates feel the same way.

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  • 05.24.2007 4:12 AM PDT
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1.Why is the field of view 70 degrees instead of 90? It feels all zoomed in and claustrophobic.
2.Why is the aiming ridicule not in the centre of the screen?

  • 05.24.2007 4:21 AM PDT
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You're broken.

I got two major questions that have been bugging me. Hope you can answer them.

1) When someone sticks you with a spike/plasma grenade but you shoot it before it sticks you......you commit suicide. Also, if you shoot someone elses nade before it sticks someone you get the sticky kill. I dont understand it. Does the grenade become your grenade if you shoot it in mid air?

2)Why are there five times more spike grenades laying around then plasmas? Plasma grenades are my favorite type(especially now because they sound and look better. I love what you did with them.....high five bungie). I would like to see more plasmas lying around.

  • 05.24.2007 4:24 AM PDT
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Is there anything that is truly ingenious that customises the Halo 3 gameplay to a new level for the user?

Will there be a map creator on the game or in the future?

Will there be expensive add-ons that are placed on the Marketplace that we must buy at a later date?

Would the game look better in 1080p or 720p

If there is a flamethrower, will the physics be good enough to melt the snow on certain levels?

How many levels will be in the final Single Player game of Halo 3?

Thankyou!
chino28

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  • 05.24.2007 4:55 AM PDT
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Q. Will saved movies in the beta be able to be played in the actual game? Thanks.

  • 05.24.2007 5:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: DEW72
p.s. Correct me if im wrong, but y does it seem like this thread is all questions, and still no answers :P


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  • 05.24.2007 5:03 AM PDT
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To those asking about RP: http://www.gruntsrus.com/viewpage.php?page_id=60

  • 05.24.2007 5:15 AM PDT
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Will we be able to play as elites in the final version of multiplayer?
Will the brutes make it in to multiplayer?

  • 05.24.2007 5:19 AM PDT

Never eat yellow snow, unless of course, you spilled your Mt. Dew!

Are there going to be any different matchmaking playlists from the huge variety over the past couple years of H2? There were so many playlists experimented with in H2 maybe there is something out there you'd still like to see. There are plenty of stupid ideas people in the community are trying to get on, but is there an idea internally you guys/gals have passed around?

  • 05.24.2007 5:27 AM PDT
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I dont understand sticking Warthogs with stickys or spikes neither seem to hurt it very much... i stuck a warthog twice with three guys in it and none of them died and the warthog didnt even blow up... just dont understand why you stick it and it doesnt blow up...

  • 05.24.2007 5:33 AM PDT

-Beware the 7.

MVP???

What's the formula for this 'award'? Should one Flag Cap overlook your -18 K/D spread?

Thanks! Great Beta!! Really enjoying it!!

  • 05.24.2007 5:35 AM PDT
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When the beta is played on a non-widescreen monitor (4:3/5:4) using the VGA cable with dashboard set to 1280x1024 standard, why does the beta overide this setting and force the screen to 800x600 full screen? Why doesn't the beta run letterboxed at 720p on non-widescreen monitors like most other 360 games do? As it is, non-widescreen monitor users are not getting a high-def image, please can you confirm that this will be fixed for the full release?

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  • 05.24.2007 5:44 AM PDT
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WOW, the water effects are making me excitedly proudce my own water products, from my eyes and the other places...So my question to you is this: Does the final game hold anything new in store, in terms of the liquidy substance? Will it look even better, will we be able to swim in it, is it used in any interesting game mechanics? I'd love to get my Moljoina (sp?) armour even wetter come Septemeber...

  • 05.24.2007 5:47 AM PDT