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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Sorry if this had been asked already, but what happened to the custom matchmaking playlist that was supposed to be available. I could be wrong, but I thought there was going to be a playlist in matchmaking where you could customize what you wanted to play and then be matched up with other people that wanted to play the same thing. If this is possible I think it would be an awesome feature. Thanks for a great game and you guys rock!

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT

Can we see more playlists like Head to Head from Halo 2, Ruble Pit with 8 players, BTB ranked and more variation in Team Slayer?

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT

why would it be that i get to umm a part during this mission where there are flood and they are fighting brutes and grunts and so are you and when i turn my box back on after saving i have to start all over again its kind of annoying because i was doing it on legendary solo
also will we be getting a fast forward feature?
will we be getting any more maps later on like halo 2?
where is my steak dinner?

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT

Bow Chicka Bow Wow

When are we going to get new maps. Im getting bored playing the same 10 all the time.

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT
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When will you guys start pumping out new maps? Anytime this year or will it be next year?

How come sometimes you can't rewind movies, like ones from the campaign?

How come sometimes you can't record clips, like ones from the campaign?

Thanks for listening guys!

Edit: Oh and when will you guys make BTB more then just 6(?) per team?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT

Why can't we start with certain weapons in custom games?(can't start with a carbine at all)

Why can't some maps have different weapons on them(some maps dont let you put a carbine on them)

Why is the ranking system so easy to level up in, i know people who are not very skilled in halo and have become level 40s

How come it feels like the sniper/BR dont register shots sometimes? Will there be a update to possibly fix this?

Could we possibly get some kinda BR start playlist sometime in the future? The AR is a much better starting weapon then the SMG was in halo 2, but it still has its flaws.

Any idea on when we can get some new maps? possibly Damnation and Prisoner from halo 1?

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT
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Everytime I go into a ranked Team Slayer game it always goes to shotty snipers and nothing else. Are you going to fix this or is it just pure chance that I'm getting so many shotty sniper matches? I know a bunch of other people aggrevated by this. I like shotty snipers, but it just appears too much.

When will you announce your newest project. Can you release any info beforehand please?

  • 10.03.2007 12:30 PM PDT
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Why does signing out one person make is leave the lobby or game that your in?

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT
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Alright well I was going to read the pages to make sure my questions werent asked but there are 40 pages now so Ill pass...

First of all I must congradulate you on such a fantastic campaign mode and intense multiplayer buuuut....what the -blam-...

When I pair up for skill it should pair me up with max skill ranking and the skill in that current playlist...If I play Lone Wolves at level 15 which is my highest and im a gunnery sargent and im using Close Skill Prefrence + in the recreation game community how am I getting paired up with level 40+ Captains every single time...I dont mind I mean its all in the fun of matchmaking for a challenge but come on...

Another thing would be the medal cabint here on bungie with all your ranked medals? You know the top 8 medal thingy...Well What if we think that getting a kill joy is a dissappointment and a lazer or bulltrue should go there...the last two medal slots not taken by Spartan rankings Campaign Shield Best Spree and Best Multikill should be interchangable. Now I doubt you would read through these probally 45+ pages now and see this post and then have the time to read all of this then you guys really do deserve to be an heroes.

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will people ever stop complaining about halo 3 not being in "HD"?

is bungie really splitting from microsoft?

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT
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I simply want to know why we were promised a nice conclusion to the Halo arc, with all of the questions and mysteries that existed throughout the series being answered, but got none of this. In fact, there are simply more unanswered questions created in Halo 3.
Halo 3's story left me feeling just as unsatisfied as Halo 2's did, if not more, because I was actually expecting something.

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT

Blarg.

how did firing the new Halo kill all the Flood and Covies but not Earth and all the humans, including MC?

why did you replace "Killtacular" with "Overkill"?

why are Fire Bombs so rare in multiplayer? I've seen them only on Isolation, that's it.

how come Brute Shot grenades don't bounce anymore?

why isn't Multi Team ranked?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 12:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT
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We need a CLAN system like halo 2.

It was fun to level up with the clan!

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT

Im lazy dont ask me anything involving effort ("\(o.O)/")
WITTY?!!?! ILL SHOW YOU WITTY!
Down with Swat
Get Hat

Sup franks,

As a person who plays on the boxer setting, I noticed the beat downs seemed... different from the Beta, has there been any changes to the beat downs? And if so, what are they? Also I like the needlers.

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT

I have noticed on a number of different occasion where I try to mele attack( up to 4 times and the guy doesn't die).....he just keeps bouncing backwards. Is this just me or is there some fine tuning needed?

  • 10.03.2007 12:31 PM PDT

"Never wear your best pair of pants when going out to fight for freedom and truth." - Henrik Ibsen

Who are the Precursors?

  • 10.03.2007 12:32 PM PDT
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Is there any known problems of date that the 360 Elite has in running Halo 3 ever? It seems every once in a while the screen will completely lock up and freeze for around 20 seconds, and when it comes back, I see a black screen with scores and it says "selecting new host" and then the game comes back live, everyone on my screen dies and I'm left a lone in the room and put back in the lobby, waiting for my friends to finish the match. This has allready occured around 10 or more times, and if there is something I can do to avoid this problem, I would just like to know it. I know many other people have been getting dropped from games like this as well, and its very annoying getting dropped from games like this. I've lost more than 10 EXP now, for never actually quiting a game early now. Thanks to any answers on how to avoid this or get it fixed. Also will there be any future updates to make the dashboard not lock up and freeze as often?

  • 10.03.2007 12:32 PM PDT
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Will there be a way that will show you how the master chief actually died.....And what is that planet that the master chief and cortana are floating toward in the alternative ending? Could it be called onyx or something?

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  • 10.03.2007 12:32 PM PDT
Subject: My Questions

Do You Like Mudkips?

did you guys at bungie make it so if you found a way out of the map you die instantly?

  • 10.03.2007 12:32 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

How do you get Hi-Resolution shots on my Halo 3 front page?

  • 10.03.2007 12:33 PM PDT

Halo 3 ROCKS!!!! I'm worried you guys might think about changing/adjusting things like weapon balance based on the grievances of kids who have only been playing the game for a week and a half. Constructive criticism shouldn't even be taken seriously until after at least a month (unless it's "bug" related). Thanks for a GREAT game....

[Edited on 10.03.2007 12:36 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 12:33 PM PDT

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Will updates for Halo 3 make our saved films invalid?

Also, will DLC be limited to new maps? Would there be any possiblity of an Arbiter side-story (set before or after Halo 3)?


Personally I am envisioning an Arbiter sitcom where Chrissy Snow and Janet Wood throw a going away party for their roommate Eleanor, and afterwards, they find the Arbiter asleep in their tub, where he has fallen asleep after crashing their party. The Arbiter is studying to be a chef at a technical college and, as the girls don't know how to cook, they decide it would be a good idea for the Arbiter to move in. In order to get permission to keep the Arbiter as a roommate, Janet tells the landlord, Stanley Roper, that the Arbiter is -blam!--blam!-.

Hilarity ensues!

[Edited on 10.03.2007 12:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 12:33 PM PDT

Did you even really beat the game? There was plenty of conclusion. The localized halo firing killed all the flood, the prophets are dead so covies have no leader, the elites allied with the humans, there is no way to fire all the halos anymore since the ark is destroyed, and master chief is dead (kinda). Whats more to conclude?

  • 10.03.2007 12:33 PM PDT
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I have a question. Why is this game so good?

  • 10.03.2007 12:33 PM PDT

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Also, to emphasize a question I saw on page 1, Why can't we spawn every item in every map? Is a computer on Guardian so hard? It certainly takes up less space/memory than a freaking generator.


Anytime someone asks this again a kitten WILL die...

1. Also where is the Gauss Warhog variant in Forge or MM. I already miss destruction derby on Coag...

2. If I do some of the Campaign missions on solo legendary then switch to co-op will I still get the achievement for having beaten the game in solo and Co-op mixed legendary???make sense???

  • 10.03.2007 12:34 PM PDT