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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

I like to knit sweaters.....and by knit I mean PUNCH....and by sweaters I mean babies.

Macgyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Evil One can kill him and take it.

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How do we make floating checkpoints in forge? Also can other objetct be made to float?


Me ask same question :(

  • 10.03.2007 11:48 AM PDT
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could you please ignore the young noobs who want weapons like a sniper rifle for close range and to make the game completely unbalanced and say things like the assault rifle has too long of a range, and that the BR sucks because they miss their auto aim. all thats really needed are some smaller symmetrical maps and the game will be perfect.

  • 10.03.2007 11:48 AM PDT
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Matchmaking has been my biggest quarrel.

1. The new game types are great, but Team Slayer needs to include all the maps!
2. Take the ball game out of Lone Wolves, those games don't last long at all. A lot of places in the new maps take forever to get to.
3. I read someone say something about making the left trigger the rewind feature, good idea!
4. Big Team Battles suck, there are only a couple of guys on the team who can play worth a crap, make it ranked.
5. Too much delay for deploying equipment. I've been killed so many times before the bubble shield gets activated. One on one it's not that big of a problem, but when two guys are shooting at you, you only have so long before you die to deploy the equipment.

  • 10.03.2007 11:48 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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has anyone one found the link because i cant find it

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Why we can't RIDE, not drive.. why we can't ride the tank?
Why can't we ride the ''5 person warthog''?
Why can't we use the fuel rod gun in multiplayer?
Where is the remake of coagalation, is what such a fcking GOOD flag map! :< ..
Why are there no remakes of all maps? :<
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hmhm i have really more why's but ehm.. that would be over 10.000 characters :P

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  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT
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This is a marketing related question, but you guys SHOULD know someone who knows someone that can answer it:

What happened to the final video on the HALO3.COM/BELIEVE website? The one that's titled "Gravesite". It says it was due out Monday, but it has yet to show. Is that some trick, or is someone just being lazy?

Apologies if this question appeared somewhere in the previous 32 pages. I didn't get a chance to read all of those questions. Also, I've read several questions in just a few short pages that have previously been answered on other pages of your site. I truly feel sorry for you guys...

  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT

My questions are about Valhalla

Why isn't the trip mine there anymore?

In the beta when you died in the stream of water the water was clear now it's a misty blue why did you change it?

In the beta when people used the battle rifle you heard a popping sound effect from a distance i've played Valhalla alot already i haven't heard this effect is it gone?



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When we get DLC are there going to be any more achievement points for the multiplayer side of things? Seeing as the limit is now 1250 for achievement points.

Awesome game btw, love the replays of multiplayer and being able to take pics of your fav bits. And the attention to detail, such as the hammer indent on spent cartridges and the writing on them !

  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT
Subject: why is it that some of the achievements are only unlockable in lone...

@__@ Kv

why is it that some of the achievements are only unlockable in lone wolves.?
i understand that makes them harder to get but some of them would be just as hard to get on team slayer or any other playlist and would be more enjoyable to unlock. hardly anyone would be playing lone wolves if it were not for the achievements.
i know that this has proli already been asked by someone sorry about that .
love the game though i havent hardly put it down since i bought it.

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  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT
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Why are the BR and Carbine very noticably less accurate than their Halo 2 iterations? We have to celebrate when we 4 shot. It was noticable in the Beta as well and I'm sure a lot of people, along with myself, assumed it was going to get enough feedback to be addressed. This is something you fixed at the beggining of Halo 2 so why would you ship Halo 3 with the same shortcomings? Since these are mid-range weapons it would be nice to actually use them to their full effectiveness at mid-range.

Another (rather major) issue that myself, my friends, and I'm sure lots of other players have noticed and have documented evidence of in saved films is that shots with the sniper rifles (more specifically the human snipe since I havn't had a whole lot of chances with the Beam Rifle) are connecting and are not having the intended effect or have no effect at all. I've seen headshots count as body shots and had body shots not count at all. At first I shrugged it off as Halo 3 sniping differences but upon my friends and I reviewing our saved films we have seen that our shots have indeed gone ignored or, at the very least, misguided as body shots. Is this something that the good people at Bungie have noticed as well? Is it something that you are planning on addressing or fixing?

Thanks for hearing my questions and complaints.

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Are you guys going to make a larger FFA as to make Overkill not as hard AND are you going to make custom game searching?

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the ar is not overpowered. i have plenty of times owned people with br at mid range while they were charging me and i was backing up. The only thing is it takes much more accuracy for h3 then it does h2.

this is why people are complaining about sniper, br, and any other weapon requiring accuracy. h2 you could shoot a couple cm. off and still get a head shot. i have seen a documentary on youtube.com for the dif in h1, and h2. he shot rocks about half a inch away on h2, it hit, h1 it did not. Same for plasma rifle, and smg, he was a inch off and the plasma rifle was still hitting on h2..

and if u have noticed, the accuracy requirement is about the same as h1 for h3.

H3 took away the "skill" to double shot, quad, bxr, bxb, superjump, ect. pretty much skill with glitches. and made it where you had to have "SKILL" to actually play the game.. such as accuracy, team work, strategy.

my question is -

When will clan list be put into H3. and, Will the friends list be changed w/ it.. I like the h2 friends layout much better. ..

i also have an idea to prevent clans being hit, this being it;

Clan being hit means that a ranking officer, (general, staff) removes all the peon's from the clan and staff (if it a general hitting the clan)

My suggestion make it where when a person is booted from the clan they go into a catergory, lets say "booted list" and they are still in the clan but i guess you could say there "suspended" they can still see the clan list, but can not receive messages, send messages, or anything of the sort.
They will remain there until one of the following.

They are removed from that category by DIFFERENT staff member or General.
or
They are readmitted by a DIFFERENT staff or general.

it would also say who booted that person out of the clan into the "booted list"
so in the case of a hit, you would know who did it.

The whole point of this is it usally is only one person hitting a clan. the only way around this system would have multiple people with staff powers to boot the clan.

Clans are a very large part of Halo. and i think this should be considered.

-XGC HuMoR

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Why wasn't the orignial E3 2006 scripted sequence in the game? It could've easily been adjusted to have the AA gun, Voi, the Arbiter, the ships and bombers, and the darker atmosphere in it.
Also, will the PC version of Halo 3 -if it will ever exist- have an actual level editor? I'm a level designer for Half-life and half-life 2, and i'd like to make maps for Halo 3, no matter how complex it may be.

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Why isn't there a way to control volume levels for anything in this game? In case you're wondering why I ask: I have a headset that is also 5.1 surround headphones... the only way to make fellow player's voices stand out vs the game audio is to lower the game audio... I can pump up the center channel, but in so doing I am pumping up any of the characters in-game that are speaking dialog, thus defeating the purpose of doing so.

  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT

I'LL MAKE U MAKE YOU FAMOUS!

was there another or a harder version of the Halo level, after getting in the warthog i did not die or fall off. i think it was way to easy, it was very disappointing. i have the video

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Why are the multi-player kill achievements limited to only Free For All Ranked? I understand maybe just ranked, but I hate FFA and I love Teams. Is it possible for you to extend the achievements to other ranked play-lists?

P.S. Thanks for letting us kill 343GS, showing us Ling-Ling, and your 7 steps to world domination. (Shiny Helmet Edition)

  • 10.03.2007 11:49 AM PDT

OK first post, so first things first, great game, loving every minute of it. Couple of questions.

1. I unlocked the "looks like we're in for some chop" achievement, but don't seem to have the scout shoulder armour pieces - what gives?

2. In MP, please don't allow us to hear the other team, I like it just the way it is - Timmy free by default, then the magic "x" to mute if needs be.

3. No matter how hard I try I can't seem to get musical notes when I jump through the rings to try and unlock the ninja helmet - what am I doing wrong?

4. Why do I have to go back to work next week? I want to play all the time....

Thanks Bungie, made my 360 worth the £279.99 at last.

  • 10.03.2007 11:50 AM PDT

Maybe I missed something, but how do chief and cortana get separated from the arbitor at the end of the game? All of a sudden the screen was white and jumped to lord hood and co. The cinematics seemed a little confusing this time around. Maybe it was just a ploy to get gamers to reply the campaign over and over (which is making me play it again after just beating it.)

  • 10.03.2007 11:50 AM PDT

When are we going to see Matchmaking changes?

Are we ever going to see:
8 player rumble pit?
16 player Big Team Battle?

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How do we open the NAT if you are running more than one xbox 360 on one network?

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First off, I'd like to say how much I loved Halo 3 and it's campaign and I am currently really having a laugh with some friends over the great multiplayer. My question is: Now that the ark trilogy is over and done with (Pretty much) can we expect to see a new series of games being release by Bungie about the beloved Halo universe?

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Will I get my security armor?
Fix the veto'ing system, when I veto slayer on snowbound I don't necessarily want to play oddball on a different level. If you veto slayer in lone wolves 100% of the time it gives an objective type game, take crazy king out of the playlist, nobody likes it. I am speaking for the 35 plus level ppl. Maybe add more variation in matchmaking. Will you add more variation in matchmaking for the halo 3 communities sake, for gods sake, for my sake, please add more maps to lone wolves and take out crazy king it sucks.

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Besides previous games, was there anything in particular that inspired the design for all the creatures, architechure, ect.

Also, are there any ideas for DC maps? If so could you give a hint?

Great job on the game. Its awesome and I am very appreciative of the time and effort you put into it, as well as the previous 2 games that shook the world. Congrats.

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I used to be legit. Too legit. Too legit to quit. But now Im not legit. Im UNlegit. And therefore, I must quit. - Rod

Seriously. Why CANT your just press the left trigger to rewind??? Ive done that so many times its not even funny. But no, my question is, i understnad that some of the bnet guys have different helmets than what you can get in halo 3. Somethin about a "flame" helmet or somethin. Will you put those on the marketplace or something so that we can get them?

  • 10.03.2007 11:51 AM PDT