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Why is there so much shotty snipers in ranked team slayer? Shouldn't ranked slayer just be normal slayer and social slayer have the special game types... shouldn't yo base someones skill and rank on the game overall not just snipers....there are a lot of people who don't like snipers and putting a shotgun won't help if the map is to big. Why does it seem like the same maps get played over and over again on ranked team slayer? Whys is big team only 6v6 and Lone Wolf is only 6? Why cant you back out of matchmaking once the game type and map have been decided?Do you plan to make updates on matchmaking playlists? Will you be resetting ranks at any point? Is it possible you can sort the player made custom gametypes and map variants into categories on Bnet?

  • 10.03.2007 11:05 AM PDT
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why in saved films do i have to wait for a part at normal speed instead of just fast forwarding?

  • 10.03.2007 11:05 AM PDT

Will you ever add combination medals to bungie.net. Ex. Get 3 sniper Kills a beatdown and a stick you could call it the "SnipeBeatdownStickTackular".

Love the game.

  • 10.03.2007 11:06 AM PDT

serotoninzero.

Just a few things:

Will we see clans again?

In theater mode, sometimes it tells me that someone has a better connection, and we can't view my videos until I give them party leader, and they obviously don't have my videos at that point, will this be fixed ever?

Can we get the quick 'auto save' for films put back into the previous match information like in the beta? It's hard to remember exact matches without leaving your party to go save them and coming back.

Can we get rid of the Lone Wolves in ranked and get Rumble Pit back?

Shot/Snipe gets old fast, maybe switch it up with some other specific weapon variants like SWAT with BR, Swords, Hammers, Rockets, etc?

Can we get some ol' fashioned Elimination in the Team Tactical? Not a big fan of just Eliminatio.

  • 10.03.2007 11:06 AM PDT

How come when I shoot someone in the head with a sniper rifle 3 times in the head, they don't die!? I have it on video and you can see it go right through, including the blood squirt and shield depletion!?

  • 10.03.2007 11:06 AM PDT
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2 Big Questions Here:

#1 Split into smaller questions.
First I did enjoy the campaign, oddly I enjoyed it more the second time through. But like most of the community I agree it felt short. My questions are: was the length of the campaign limited in anyway by the disc size? Were there any plans to make Halo 3 exclusively for the HD-DVD media? If you could would you release an extended directors cut etc.. version of the campaign?

I'm assuming you guys built Halo 3 to be more modularized than Halo 2. This would allow you to replace any module that was on the game disc with one from the hard drive. You may even be able to go as far as inserting levels into the campaign. What aspects of the game did you leave open to downloadable updates?

  • 10.03.2007 11:06 AM PDT

"Each one of these souls is finite and precious.

And I'm close.

Close to saving them all.''

Couple of questions:

1. To get the 15,000 pts. or more in the meta-game to get the achievement: What is the "meta-game"? And when we put it on team scoring and got over 15,000 together we didnt get the achievement, Why

2. In game question: Is it possible to kill the scarabs without actually getting on-board and shooting out the core?

3. Why can't you rewind in theater, or skip sections in certain saved films?

4. Sometimes when I watch a film or clip (even when its only say 16 sec long) with a buddy it takes forever on the loading screen and then my friend(s) leave and it instantly starts playing, why is that?

5.One time to find the gold skull on the Sierra 117 level, we got to the ledge and went around to the corner where it was supposed to be (this was with 3 people online co-op) and it wasn't there. Was that just a glitch or were we supposed to do certain things before it would appear?

And finally... 6. How do you guys make such AWESOME games? Thx.

  • 10.03.2007 11:06 AM PDT
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ditto on the VIP overshield being almost non-existent

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Why exactly are the meta-game achievements not registering? Tried them on all levels of difficulty with any number of skulls on and still no achievements unlocked.

  • 10.03.2007 11:07 AM PDT
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Is Halo 3 the last ever game to feature Cortana and MC and the crew? because of the legendary ending

  • 10.03.2007 11:07 AM PDT
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why do some of the maps seem like they are made for campers... also why does isolation look like a bum hole? and some of the weps seem mis-balanced, nerf the carbine and battle rifles also! and buff the magnum, oh and what's the deal with hosting in this game, it gives it to the best connection but then that person has a major advantage in melee bouts

  • 10.03.2007 11:07 AM PDT

When ranking up in matchmaking, why does it not post your new rank on B.net until after you've played one match as that rank?

What came first the chicken or the egg?

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I know this has already been asked, but I feel the need to ask again anyway. In Team Slayer, I probably play "Shotty Snipers" every other game. Now I love this game, but in my opinion, it has no place in Team Slayer. Why dont yall make a "Team Snipers" in ranked matchmaking, and throw that game in there? It would be a nice change to get a shotgun kill every now and then in SNIPING. I just dont feel that a sniper-specific game belongs in Team Slayer. The whole concept of Team Slayer is to see which team can work together better to control the weapons on the map. For example, let's say there was a team with 4 guys who were bad-decent at close & mid-range, but were experts at long range. Then you have a team who are good at all three, with sniping being their weakest... they would get owned in shotty snipers even though they are the more well-rounded team! That's why I think there should be a seperate matchmaking for Team Snipers, please I beg you! The sniper rifle is a very powerful weapon, but it is also hard to master. I play with the same 3 guys pretty regularly, and only one of the four of us are what I would call "expert" with a sniper. During slayer, we get the snipe & give it to him, while we grab other weapons. If all that's in the map is snipers, then we cant help him that much.

  • 10.03.2007 11:07 AM PDT
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Is it possible, in the future that you guys can make it so we can have more money in forge?

  • 10.03.2007 11:08 AM PDT
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Ok so I read about 16 pages or something before I just decided to post, so don't blame me if there is questions that have already been asked.

1. Why are their no boots/leg armor for your spartan/elite? And will they be added?

2.Why on earth did you add that D-pad to talk thing..really ruins the game play and stops people from communicating cos they "can't be bothered"

3. Why can't you select epitaph when making a custom game?

4. Why can't you search custom games? Even if they are for no EXP, WE STILL WANT THEM!

5. Why is the motion sensor so useless? It says "25m" but things like moving vehicles ready to smash me don't show up til they are right behind me!

6. Why are there so many weapons missing from multiplayer?

7. Why are vehicles so weak to everything now?

8. Why are vehicles so light?

9. How is it that most of the time when I melee someone I think I should have killed them, but instead I die?

10. Why is it so hard to run someone over with the Mongoose? Even if you hit them.

/end rant

  • 10.03.2007 11:08 AM PDT
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How about a downloadable skull that will enable all users to be spartans during co-op? That's what we all wanted any way.

The story of Halo 3 and Halo in general could have been so much better if Master chief could have finished the fight along side of his spartan comrades. Imagine co-op with fred, linda and kelley. Oh what a day that would be!

[Edited on 10.03.2007 11:10 AM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 11:08 AM PDT
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How do I unlock the Kasumi armor?

Why can't I ever understand what Gravemind says?

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How is it possible for my friend who was level 24 in team slayer when i was also level 24 rank up to 35 and i only ranked up to 31 when we were in the same party the whole time and i was doing better then him in most of the games?

  • 10.03.2007 11:08 AM PDT

how can you lower your gun, to make the RED vs BLUE trick to talk?

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You can its an easter egg check it out on you tube

Oh and why when you change armor for either the spartan or the elite it always glitches a bunch

  • 10.03.2007 11:09 AM PDT
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Is there going to be a fix to the "disk is unreadable" problem? It is really starting to tick me off that I cannot play 5 games in a row online without getting kicked out of one or two of them because that message pops up. I beat campaign but I get that message everytime I try to do any level in campaign now. Is there going to be an update to fix it or do we all have to sue Bungie or XBox for not preparing the compatibility well enough between every disk and every 360?

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Why do i love bungie so much. And why is it almost impossible to get a mongoose splatter.

  • 10.03.2007 11:09 AM PDT
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I feel bad that you guys have to read through all these questions, but wow, there are A LOT that need to be answered.

I know most companies would rather dodge most questions, but you need to fess up to a lot of these questions.

I'm expecting an ULTRA FAQ as promised. Will you please answer as many as possible?

  • 10.03.2007 11:09 AM PDT
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Sorry if this is a duplication I can't read 25 pages of post.

When do you plan to create a Team Hardcore playlist? If ever.

  • 10.03.2007 11:09 AM PDT
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I played "the ark" on legendary with 2 friends, in total we had 100.000 score and i had like 50.000
We played from the start, but we didn't get the achievement 15.000 points.
We also waited until the next level started, nothing...

How can that be?

  • 10.03.2007 11:09 AM PDT