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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

1. first off, take off shotty snipers completely or make it its own playlist.. im sure most of us would agree it is a terrible gametype.
2. also, why is there no CTF classic gametypes in Customs?
3. when do you expect to have some of the symmetrical arena type maps available in DLC?
4. Bring Back BR Starts!!!!!!!

  • 10.03.2007 10:05 AM PDT
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1 PLEASE... is there some way that I can recruit players publicly to play the online co-op campaign mode? I'd REALLY like to go through the campaign online, but it can be impossible for some of us to coordinate that. I'd rather put out an APB for anyone else interested in campaigning together.

2. Why are team colors so unintuitive? If I'm on the blue team, it's OK, but if I'm on the RED team, the arrows for my teammates are BLUE... Couldn't we always just see our teammates as blue? Or red? Or change the location arrows so that they match our team color?

3 Why is it, when we veto a map/game, we don't get to refuse the 2nd one either?

4. If we're all in a party, why can't we choose for ourselves if we want to do Shotty Snipers, or rockets, or whatever?

(But, in all honesty, great game!)

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I dont know if everyone else is having this problem but I have the security armor and the cammando armor shoulder pauldrens unlocked but sometimes when i go to change my armor they are locked again, what's the deal, is it a glitch that everyone is having?

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Will Bungie ever sell MJOLNIR helmets that are created to human scale so we can wear them and terrify the ones who stand in the way of Bungie's quest for world domination? Just think about it, millions of people running around taunting the innocent with the face that changed the world..

  • 10.03.2007 10:06 AM PDT
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why do we always have to start with the dang AR EVERY ROUND?! cant we have some other weapon starts on certain maps and gametypes? BR/SMG/spiker/plasmarifle/carbine. all of those where sometimes starting weapons in H2 matchmaking why not the same for H3?

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Why can't we watch film clips that we've made with our friends? Full movies work, but not the clips.

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Will people that unlocked the Iris ARG Servers/Episodes 3-5 be getting anything?

-Also, Why is it that Hottopic is selling a "Legendary" Wristband when the skull on the shield isn't even an elite's?

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Just like to say a big thnx to the Bungie team for the effort they put into making such a great game.

Anyway, I made an infection gametype map using forge on Sandtrap, all non-zombies start inside a tomb, with most of the entrances blocked up with crates, with some weak places. The problem I have, and I guess alot of others will find when they start using Forge, is this;

I didn't want the crates to respawn back to their original places if moved, I wanted a weakness to remain if a zombie has knocked a crate out of the way, or smashed through one of the piles of barrels. So I made the respawn for all the objects 'Never', but instead of them just remaining where they are knocked to, the items disappear completely after being disturbed a few minutes later, making it really easy for zombies to get in.

So, how can we make it so items don't respawn or disappear after being disturbed?

Thanks,
Haemoclysm

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Why is lowering your weapon so rediculous?!? that combo is mad annoying!!!! i know its not for gameplay but us machinimaters want this to be a bit easier please...

by the way...HALO 3 IS AWESOME!!!

GJ GJ BUNGIE YOU RULE!

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I got the achievement for the killing frenzy in a ranked free for all play list (Lone Wolf) and I didn't get the Ascetic shoulder pads for the Elite character model, what the deal be yo?

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First of all, thanks for a great game that I am enjoying the hell out of. Gameplay, graphics, and features are all above top notch!

One of the biggest issues I had with H2 was my inability to find custom games. I know it is probably a lot different for you guys since you work with hundreds of people who would be up for customs, but I had to go to the Bnet forums to get gamertags of people who wanted to play something other than matchmaking; and I still have never been able to get a full 16 person custom game going. I'm sure you realize that the majority of your fans don't even use your forums and that this issue is a major stumbling block preventing many from using Forge or playing custom gametypes.

Do you have something planned to address this problem?

Llatsin

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Posted by: Sareph
I dont know if everyone else is having this problem but I have the security armor and the cammando armor shoulder pauldrens unlocked but sometimes when i go to change my armor they are locked again, what's the deal, is it a glitch that everyone is having?


i dont have them "locked" but sometimes when i go to appearance screen the armor "flashes" from default to what i want and back to default so i have to change it all over again.

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Question: Can you please increase the variety of (existing) maps per playlist? That is kind of a bummer.

Suggestion: If ever there are new maps, Headlong would be delicious mana.

Hearts not farts!

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What will Bungie do for people who've completed achievements for armor permutation but were not awarded the armor permutation associated with the achievement?

Is there any plans to add more armor permutations in the future as DLC? For example, Arbiter's armor permutation for Elites or a full Mark V armor permutation for Spartans.

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There are a lot of great questions here so.... How in the world will you find the manpower or time to answer all of them?

Seriously this is the first question that came to my mind after reading what seems to be hundreds of them in just a few hours. Wow the Halo nation is pasionate about your (our) game.

  • 10.03.2007 10:08 AM PDT
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Stealing kills in a Team Slayer match is like eating food, it all goes down the same hole

Mining and tunneling through hundreds of asteroids while shooting others who are doing the same thing. It's a game. Check it out.

I know i probably won't get an answer, but well i might as well ask.

Will the transport hog ever be put into multiplayer?

  • 10.03.2007 10:08 AM PDT
Subject: Campaign ending clarifier

343 Guilty Fart

Could you clarify the ending of the game. I'm terribly confused about why one person ends up safe and the other ends up somewhere else when they were in the same location?(sorry for the vagueness)

Also, I second wanting the Campaign loading screen as a screensaver idea, it's absolutely beautiful.

  • 10.03.2007 10:08 AM PDT
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Why are there some items on the Forge (like a particular pair of grenades on High Ground) not manipulatable? My friends and I tried to delete them for a particular map variant, and yet... we couldn't...

Is there a way to delete those?

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Will clan support be in a future update/patch?

  • 10.03.2007 10:09 AM PDT

First of all. Thank you guys for greating a fantastic game! This is almost more then I can handle.

My problem is about the unlocking of achievements in campaign scoring.

I've tried almost anything by now.
1. Turning campaing scoring on (off course).
2. Selected Free for All scoring. Because i've heard Team scoring didn't work.
3. Turned some skulls on to make sure I will make it to a 15.000+.
4. Played the game on co-op, or by myself.

Result: Almost everytime my personal score was much higher then the required 15.000, but everytime it does not unlock a single achievement.
I'm lost. I really want to get those meta game achievements.

Thanks in advance
EdDotNet
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I just looked at your service record. You have never had over 15k. Of coarse on ARK and Conenant you had over 15k, but on those you need 50k for the achievment.


The only question i have is.... How can I score some Meth so i can stay up all night playing and still have energy to make it to work mon. - fri? The worst thing about this game if having to put it down. You have outdid yourselves...

Infinite pats on the back from me.

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No one likes a smart ass.....especially another smart ass!

Why do sniper shots sometimes not register? I watched one of my saved games and had a shot go right through my gut and never lost my shield. I also shot a guy 3 times....once in the head and twice in the chest and he never lost any shield. I've heard many others having the same issue.

Thanks for a great game!

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i love Frankie and lukems, and to tell you the truth the game is like crack with chocolate cake.

the AR is hott

i love the menus, i was hoping they would be pretty. and the switching lobby thingy is amazing. i loved the campaign and multilayer, i REALLY hope to see some old favorites, like blood gulch, or even lockout. (lukeout xD)

but there are a few things i am disappointed about, the team snipers missing, but team slayer has almost everything, EXCEPT SLAYER. i dont like having friends come over to play with me and then we get shotty snipers, cause they suck lol.
and the "Push to talk" nonsense, there better be an amazing reason for that other than, "We are bungie", and then the whole saved films nonsense with no rewind left trigger. or the thing that pisses me off lol, is that when i am trying to show an amazing betrayal on my friends while playing Co-op and i get that certain amazing skull at the end of "The Covenant" and i just want to have a nice background of me killing him with it, i have to wait like 20-30 minutes watching what i just did, and if i accidentally pass that moment i can go back in it and i have to wait another 20-30minutes. :( bungie if you make and update to fix that i would love you even more lol.
Sooo please common do it for Orange jamboreeee.

Also i made you guys a pretty picture :)
look : I LOVE YOU BUNGIE


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Posted by: CaleDogg
Why can't we watch film clips that we've made with our friends? Full movies work, but not the clips.

Uh..I can watch my film clips with my friends...

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The Marty Army

Ah, look at the lonely people...

Where did the beautiful real-time reflections in the visor go?

  • 10.03.2007 10:10 AM PDT
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Halo rocks!

Anyway......many of my questions have already been asked so I'll just post the most important one to me.

Marathon Armor, seriously i want it SO bad, but i dont have the time (and pure skill) to get all of the achievements and it's the only armor I want, so can you make it easier to get (unlock through the Marathon Man achievement was fine with me) or maybe you could just give it to me? Figured I'd give it a shot.

Oh, and maybe seperating the gametypes would make more sense, I stayed up way to late trying to play ONE game of slayer and I just kept getting Oddball and KotH, so maybe you could make them two seperate playlists(i.e. Ranked Slayer and Ranked Games with KotH and Oddball games in the latter)

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