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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

A pity the fool

Are we going to see the return of clans?

Why is their no real replacement for coagulation, Valhalla is great, but it's no coagulation, and you did have one in halo and halo 2

Why's the campaign so short? Dont get me wrong, its magic, but sooo short for the final game!

why are the needlers so oober powerfull?

Em, are we going to see re-makes of other halo 2 levels, such as terminal, containment, lockout, ascension?

Magic game though, cheers!



  • 10.03.2007 10:40 AM PDT

why must there be lag in online coop? me and a friend did it and it was fine, then later it was awful :(

  • 10.03.2007 10:40 AM PDT

Will Bungie be adding SWAT to our matchmaking list anytime soon?

SWAT to me was the next best thing compared to Slayer and Rumble Pit. It was a great warm up tool and trainer for dominating in head shots.

  • 10.03.2007 10:41 AM PDT

There is entirely too much death in this doom room.

Why was Killtacular changed to Overkill? I know it is a minor issue, and I will probably just have to get used to it, but I was just wondering if there was a reason for the change. It just isn't the same to hear Double Kill! Triple Kill! ......Overkill?

  • 10.03.2007 10:41 AM PDT
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Forerunner Tank awesomeness will ensue

Is there any chance of ever seeing Forerunner Tank I really want awesomeness to ensue?
When and and how are you going to address remaining story issues brought up like in the terminals?
What happened to the spike gernades on snowbound?
What about the steak dinners like owes everyone?
Congratulations on a great game and a successful launch. The commentary on the legendary bonus disc was great.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 10:48 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 10:41 AM PDT

Posted by: Xenon_54
Why is everyone having problems unlocking their armor? Ive gotten at least 2 achievments that were supposed to unlock some (commando and scout shoulders) and yet nothin. Tons of ppl are saying they unlocked an armor only to watch it disapear.
yeah me to when i picked this armor for the Spartan next time i tried to see it it went away?

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Why do we not have to ability to spawn players in custom games with a lot of the weapons? Halo 2 allowed you to spawn a player with every weapon in the game, yet in Halo 3 there is no ability to spawn a player with a Beam Rifle, Mauler, or Carbine etc. Was it inconvenient to have to scroll through every weapon to select the one you want, or was this just overlooked in development?

Thanks.

  • 10.03.2007 10:42 AM PDT
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1) What are your short term plans for altering the Matchmaking Playlists?

2) Would you please either separate Shotty Snipers from Team Slayer or reduce the occurrence? It doesn't feel like Team Slayer anymore.

  • 10.03.2007 10:42 AM PDT
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Is it possible for a player to unlock the flaming helmet feature?

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Great job on Halo 3 and making it feel more like Halo 1 than Halo 2. The only problem I have is that the melee is too powerful and lunges and the AR has a little too much range. Tone down the melee power and lunge or even take out lunge completely and it will be much more fun playing multiplayer without it all being an AR melee fest all day long.

And why is forge limited on what weapons can be put on specific maps? I thought you would be able to put any weapon on whatever you wanted. And what about an option on forge to delete everything and start with a fresh map so we can place whatever we want without having to worry about going around and find every little thing to delete?


And can we expect some Halo 1 map remakes? Maybe some Chillout, damnation, sidewinder, or even Chiron? And if you do leave then how they are or close to how they were (keep them inside and not overgrown outside maps).

And why don't you guys bring the Halo 1 pistol back, but only as a power weapon...maybe have 2 per map, one for each side with long respawns.

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Why can you no longer penalize yourself with a handicap as you could in Halo 2? This was an excellent feature that made the game more fair. While I'm only an average Halo player, many of my friends are..ahem...slaughtered when I play with them (which obviously makes the game less fun because they can't get kills and I don't have a challenge). Other than that...thanks for the great game!

  • 10.03.2007 10:42 AM PDT
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why is there still standby cheating being permitted. why can't the game program the host to change if the host is in red bar connection?

  • 10.03.2007 10:42 AM PDT

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Will there be any updates to forge? For instance, I'd like to be able to add weight to items. Which Bungie has done in the past with crates and other objects. I'm also saddened by the fact that you can only use items that correspond with that level. Duplicating an item would also be nice. Instead of having to look away from the currently placed item, press X, then A, A. You just hit a button (or two) and it copies the one you just placed. This way you don't have to set the spawn times or whatever extra settings every time you set a new one down.

I realize the question has be asked, but thought I'd throw in a idea or two.

  • 10.03.2007 10:43 AM PDT
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Why cant we add certain things on certain maps on forge such as carbines on sand trap i dont think its "unbalanced" i can understand certain vehicles on smaller maps but if i want to make an "unbalanced map" by adding any weapon(at least if not vehicles) on any map i should be able to are you guys planing on changing this?

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~ Is there a faster way to save films? For instance: if your playing with a party of people in matchmaking and you want to save a film after the game, you have to have them give you party leader so you can go into your theater to save your film. I think that there should be a button to save the last game you played while your in the count-down to next game lobby. It would make things so much easier.

~ Also is there a particular reason that you took away Team Snipers? Because the shotgun will never take the place of the beam rifle for me. No scoping someone in the face is so much better than having to pull out a shotgun for a close range throw down. And if you were in the heat of a snipe war and need to reload/overheated you could just switch to your other snipe and continue on. Now it's hide behind something while you reload. And why can't I make my own version of team snipers in the custom games? Donde esta la beam rifle? Why is the beam not an option for starting/scondary weapon? I miss it!

Awesome game by the way. And thank you so much for at least letting us girls who play be able to represent ourselves as Females. It's nothing to spectacular but it is recognition non the less - thank you Bungie!

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What happened to custom game searching?
Why cant I go into first person for anyone else during saved films?
Where did the specter go?
Is it true that the arbiter's favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip?
Is halo 3's sniper really broken,or were the shots not registering because of lag?

  • 10.03.2007 10:43 AM PDT

How do I get the flameflower in FORGE?

When taking a screenshots there are so many options: saving it, file share, service record, glory shot. What are the differences in all these?

How can I change the naming of my saved films, pictures once I am done?

Thanks!

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will the connection be better and i have 6mb downstram and 3mb upstream

why cant you talk to others in mm (other team)

clan support as others have said

will there be a rank reset? becuase noobs are just getting levels 1's with them so they match up with lower people, in h2 they matched with whoever is the highest skill level

why is bungie leaving microsoft as i have heard, maybe a rumour but idk

will there be new maps soon

will there be new armour and...

will there be an option like gears of war where u can search by:
Quickmatch
Custom Match
Create Match ect

and people can oin u even though they are not on yours friends lsit

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why the heck does the lone wolfs matchmaking playlist only have 5 slots per game?!?! and why does the BTB playlist only have 12 slots? why can't you at least make the BTB playlist 16 and the lone wolfs like 8 or something like that? and will Blood Gulch or other maps from halo 1&2 be comming back? can you tell us which ones?

  • 10.03.2007 10:43 AM PDT

darthjames91

I think that a nice remake of coagulation (blood gulch) would be soo good for a download map (along with a remake of lockout and midship)!!! Any chance that this might happen!?!?!?

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Please address not being able to play social playlist, and signing out of xbox live when trying to join a game about 40 percent of time. xbox live test passes everytime.

  • 10.03.2007 10:43 AM PDT

Please Bungie, redeem yourself w/ Reach.
Halo 2 and 3 both stink out loud.
In the immortal words of Mr Horse: Halo 2? No sir, didn't like it.

Posted by: SunTzu Overlord
Wasup Bungie !

I'm loving H3, it does feel better IMO.

My questions:

1. Could we get jet packs on MP like the ones used by Elites and Brutes on campaing?
2. Would it be posible to create a few maps that can support Jet Pack gameplay and edit some other existing maps to support such game type?
3. What about other characters for multiplayer?
4. You planning on making more armor, is there a chance you will ad leg armor?

Keep it up and show us the love,
GT: you again


Great idea! Jetpacks in custom games would be a blast. Sorta harkens back to Duke Nukem 3D.

~telengard

  • 10.03.2007 10:44 AM PDT

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Skyler Edgar, Pogoplay

When or what will the Downloadable contest for Halo 3 be, and will you take advantage by putting in the extra 250 Gamerscore in Halo 3?

  • 10.03.2007 10:44 AM PDT

HALO BABY!!!!!!!!

With Halo 3 Finished and the DLC coming soon, will there be any talk about the movie or some DLC for Halo 3 from the WETA/Peter Jackson/Bungie camp? and if so will y'all try to improve on the halo 3 experiance with said DLC?

  • 10.03.2007 10:45 AM PDT
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1.Why dont you get a sticky medal when sticking someone who has an overshield with plasma grenades? This happened in Halo 2 aswell.
2. Are you ever going to bring XboxLive Public back into the game like stated for the release.

-SAS03

  • 10.03.2007 10:45 AM PDT