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maybe you guys get this too?

I was curious as to what it means. the locks that are on the same tabs as "Quickmatch" "custom match" and "Create new game". what do these mean? is there oing to be some kind of update soon to fix them?

[Edited on 06.09.2007 6:36 PM PDT]

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

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Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Am I correct in guessing that you have a silver account?

  • 06.09.2007 6:45 PM PDT
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I have a gold account. how do I change my account from silver to gold? I used an xbox live year-long card.

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i wuld assume you either can't use that feature or the match is not useable yet

  • 06.09.2007 7:00 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Those locks are always there. It just means those features are gold-only.

  • 06.09.2007 7:16 PM PDT
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I have gold and there always there for me.

[Edited on 06.09.2007 7:19 PM PDT]

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how do we know if we have a gold account? we're talking about something that is buggy as hell.

  • 06.09.2007 9:00 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Look at your gamercard. If it has a gold bar, it's a gold account.

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Posted by: Gauntlet
i wuld assume you either can't use that feature or the match is not useable yet


can we get someone who actually worked on the game in here to answer this question?

  • 06.10.2007 6:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Blood Drunk
Posted by: Gauntlet
i wuld assume you either can't use that feature or the match is not useable yet


can we get someone who actually worked on the game in here to answer this question?
You obviously don't know crap about how this works, so let me explain:

1. Bungie, nor Hired Gun ever come here to these forums. They really couldn't care less about PC gamers.

2. You need a Gold account to use those features. You seem to have a Gold account, so there's no reason why you can't access them.

[Edited on 06.10.2007 4:40 PM PDT]

  • 06.10.2007 7:32 AM PDT
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Although as the game comes with a free 1 month gold trial, why not just activate it - try the features or "gold only" servers and see if you like them... if you dont and you dont care about little icons appearing on a web page somewhere when you snipe someone... dont pay for gold.

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How do i know if my account is gold or not?

How do I change my account from gold to silver?

I paid $50 for one of those 12 month long subscriptions + another month free and I used it for Windows Live.

Alright, here's the deal: I'm going to use that month long gold subscription to creat a NEW ACCOUNT. if these features are still locked, I'll come back and say "I told you so". If not, I will bow my head in disgrace.

[Edited on 06.10.2007 10:56 AM PDT]

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and we need to know this why?

  • 06.10.2007 11:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: Blood Drunk
How do i know if my account is gold or not?

How do I change my account from gold to silver?

I paid $50 for one of those 12 month long subscriptions + another month free and I used it for Windows Live.

Alright, here's the deal: I'm going to use that month long gold subscription to creat a NEW ACCOUNT. if these features are still locked, I'll come back and say "I told you so". If not, I will bow my head in disgrace.
Don't bother. Bow your head in disgrace right now.Posted by: Chaosenemy
Look at your gamercard. If it has a gold bar, it's a gold account.

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I used the redemption code, I got on Windows Live in H2vista...

BOOM. it is all still there.

EDIT: I told you so.

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It would've been easier to just look at your profile for the gold bar. You had a gold account the entire time. Was I the only one to notice that?

  • 06.10.2007 11:22 AM PDT
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----???----

You didnt tell us anything. *WE* all told you that they are always there and they indicate 'gold only' features

  • 06.10.2007 11:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: Blood Drunk
EDIT: I told you so.


There's been at least three people here telling you the locks are always there and indicate gold only features.
(Gee, ever notice the locks are GOLD in color?!)

The only thing I see is someone refusing to listen and then saying they want a response from a game dev even though everyone here has given you truthful answers.

So, again, with feeling:
The locks never go away. They indicate gold only features. If you have gold, you can use the items. If you do not, you cannot. If you have gold, your gamercard has a gold bar.

But I guess I'm not a dev so you won't listen to me anyway.

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Posted by: CylonLeader
----???----

You didnt tell us anything. *WE* all told you that they are always there and they indicate 'gold only' features


Are you serious? that is nothing to laugh about. that is beyond retarded. In that case all that means is that the silver memberships are denied 1) 8 additional servers, 2) the ability to narrow their search down for servers of their own preference 3) the ability to get randomly slapped into any server and 4) (this is the only shocker) the ability to make a peer hosted server and play in it at the same time.

halo 2 Vista sucks. I swear. plus what's sad is Halo 1 PC sells 100,000 units a month according to one of the top news articles I was reading at B.net not too long ago. halo 2 vista would be lucky to have a couple hundred players online at any given time with the way things are shaped now, and according to some web sources I read, allegedly it has already "gone gold". It would be really nice if we had matchmaking, not any of this bull crap we have now.

Oh, and what the hell is "trueskill" matchmaking and how does it differ from regular matchmaking?

  • 06.10.2007 1:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Ill tell you this as it's really simple, but if you don't like the features that gold gives you, THEN DON"T SPEND MONEY ON THEM.

  • 06.10.2007 1:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Upon recent events, we also learned that matchmaking will only be available to those with Gold memberships.


THIS is why I bought Halo 2 Vista.

  • 06.10.2007 1:35 PM PDT
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"I paid $50 for one of those 12 month long subscriptions + another month free and I used it for Windows Live. "

......and as you have already said you have a year long gold membership - you can USE the gold features.

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Posted by: Blood Drunk
I used the redemption code, I got on Windows Live in H2vista...

BOOM. it is all still there.

EDIT: I told you so.
Those locks are always there. They don't mean crap if you have a Gold account, which then means you can use those features.
Posted by: Blood Drunk
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Upon recent events, we also learned that matchmaking will only be available to those with Gold memberships.


THIS is why I bought Halo 2 Vista.
Yeah, but don't expect it to be like Optimatch on the Xbox. Hired Gun's concept of matchmaking is instantly throwing you into a game with no other players in it.

[Edited on 06.10.2007 4:46 PM PDT]

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