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Why is it we cant spawn certain things in maps, like flamethrowers and carbines?

I can see why you would only want 1 flamethrower on the map, but still to be a true "Editor" you should give us the ability to put like 16. same for carbines and stuff. also with the starting weapons options.

thats all i have to complain about, other then the fact my scout armor never unlocked and my guy jumps back and forth from mark VI to what i picked everytime, same with my emblems.

  • 10.03.2007 12:34 PM PDT
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You did a great job on Halo 3. I have a few quick story questions to ask. Seeing as they are story questions they will probably remain unanswered but i figured why not.

If you look in the Marathon part of the Projects section here on B-net, you can see Marathon artwork that has a Pfhor who is clearly infected with something very much resembling a Flood spore. Were the flood an earlier idea that was cut from Marathon, and were Halo and Marathon originally more closely related than they are now?

Why change the Prophet of Truth's voice in Halo 3. There is nothing wrong with it and the actor did a good job, but the voice actor from Halo 2 brought something deeper and more sinister to the role. Was it a budget thing, or was the original guy to busy or what?

Finally, can we take anything from the Halo novels as acctual Halo story fact, or are they just cool stories that a fun to read. It is confusing, because the story seems to pick and choose what is important. For example, Cortana quotes things Dr. Halsey said when she first met the Master Chief but there is little else in the games that gives the impression that the events in the books ever took place. Shouldn't there be at least one or two Spartans with the Chief at the begining of Halo 2, or did they get sent off somewhere between Halo 2 and "First Strike."

I realize that there are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to, but any help is appreciated.

Thanks again for a great game and the Assault Riffle is perfect the way it is.

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Why is it that when my friends and I are playing and winning in a matchmaking game that we get kicked out of the game, and not only that signed out of xbox live completely??? This has happened on 3 different occasions against different people to the people that were in my party only by the time we signed back in and got our game going the other team we were playing against were already playing another game. Don' know if people are cheating or if this is a known issue, but tPLEASE PLEASE Bungie do not let people using packet sniffers or ip capture programs ruin the game for us again....PLEASE. Ohh yea LOVE THE GAME great job on everything as being a network administrator I just ponder and think of the amazing things you all have done with the website and the game (the way they interact). P.S. Can I see how your data base looks ; )

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Of all the compliments H3 has received, even Japanese reviews give love to a silky-smooth framerate as one of the best things about halo 3. However, while my game experience is by no means 'broken', my framerate seems to be below 30 fps. Turning quickly from side to side can be a bit disorienting for me. Friends who own the game can't back me up on experiencing anything like this, and even hyper-critical game journalists have nothing but compliments about the framerate. I've played Halo 2 daily since Nov 11 '04 and I have a great eye for detail, and I have this feeling in my gut that something isn't working quite right for me.

After noticing this issue during the beta, I found an opportunity to sell my premium 360 and upgraded to an elite, but kept the old harddrive. My question is this - is it at all possible that an issue with my harddrive is slowing down my gameplay? I'm in LOVE with the game, but am experiencing a very noticeable decline in smoothness compared to halo 2 across the board. To add to my confusion, my gameplay in 3rd person (holding a turret or driving a vehicle) is considerably smoother than in 1st person view. Can anyone give me any insight?

  • 10.03.2007 12:34 PM PDT
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why can't you hit x in the game stats to save your film like in the beta. the game is amazing but it is kind of annoying to tell everyone to hold on cause you want to go save the last film and you have to leave the lobby to do it. by the way the campaign reminds me of Halo combat evolved oh so very much.

  • 10.03.2007 12:34 PM PDT
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Are you reluctant to provide us with details on things you're thinking about releasing as DLC out of fear of the "Bungie broke it's promise to us" idiots should anything be cut or pushed back?

  • 10.03.2007 12:35 PM PDT
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Meet me in the mosh pit chippies!

Why did you decide to create the entire game around multiple people?

This question is multi-faceted, and I'd like you to consider all the aspects of it. The game being created around multiple people, in my opinion, takes a trip from the mood and feel of the first two games, and not in a good way.

The campaign emanated this feeling of mystery and discover, in the first game that is. In Halo 2, it had a very epic feel instead of the low-key feel of Halo 1. Halo 2's mood wasn't bad, it was executed excellently.

All this aside, Halo 3 completely scraps that to instead focus on how high you can get your score? I feel cheated.

  • 10.03.2007 12:35 PM PDT

How can I find more time to play Halo 3?

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rewind would be imensly helpfull.

Also the Co-op online campain lag(?) issues that a lot of people seem to be having. when you jump or fire there is a delay of about 1/4 of a second from when you press the button to when it happens onscreen, very frustrating when going for headshots. will this be fixed in the update?


Actually, this is because of your ISP's speed. Now, I am not insulting your ISP, it's a fact. Having These AI scripts that are random sometimes, what position they are in, what they are going to do, where they snipe, how they react, where you are, and what the physics are doing. Now, that requires a good upstrem speed since SO many packets are being transfered upstream at 1 second. Something like Verizon FiOS would be excellent at handling this. Comcast? Nah, I have it at 4Mb/s down, 360kb/s up, and it lags. Not sure about it's 8Mb/s service, might work a bit better.

As for my question, why is there no Transportation Warthog in Multiplayer, and why can't I ride in the back of it during Campaign?

And, good job with the sword. It is nicely balanced so that I can pump lead into the oppositions body, hopefully before they get close enough.

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How EXACTLY do the point multiplier calculations work in campaign. Because i know if you play on easy, and have a 2x skull multiplier, that your score isnt 2.25 of the base, but its not .5 either, so im really confused on how the calculations between skulls, difficulties, and bonus points work (say i get a triple splatter, is that 1.25*1.25 normal for each guy? or is it 1.5?

  • 10.03.2007 12:35 PM PDT

Why are achievements so FFA only?

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Why couldnt the arbiter die instead of MC at the end of campain! i think everyone would rather the master chief survive then the arbiter...

  • 10.03.2007 12:36 PM PDT
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Are you ever going to bother tying in the Eric Nylund books to any of your games? Because, I'm pretty tired of having n00bish Marines on my side, I was Kurt and Kelly to have my back!

  • 10.03.2007 12:36 PM PDT
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I do not think it is fair for EXP only to rewarded for winning a game. I keep playing Team Slayer and end up on bad teams. I will get 15-20 kills, k/d ratio of +10, and MVP of the map yet I gain nothing. Doesn't seem fair huh? I think it would be great if you opened up gaining EXP to more than just winning. Granted winning is the objective, your True Skill can not always shown by wins though; Definitely in Team Slayer when you have team mates drop out or plain suck.

I love the amor permutations. Please have DLC for those... We already need new maps... Not complaing but you guys make everything so good we can't have enough. Kudos on the release and I hope you guys get everything you deserve (reward wise).

True Halo Fan! Thanks

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Will the spectre make a come-back? I know we have the prowler now which replaces the spectre though.

  • 10.03.2007 12:36 PM PDT
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rewind would be imensly helpfull.

Also the Co-op online campain lag(?) issues that a lot of people seem to be having. when you jump or fire there is a delay of about 1/4 of a second from when you press the button to when it happens onscreen, very frustrating when going for headshots. will this be fixed in the update?


Actually, this is because of your ISP's speed. Now, I am not insulting your ISP, it's a fact. Having These AI scripts that are random sometimes, what position they are in, what they are going to do, where they snipe, how they react, where you are, and what the physics are doing. Now, that requires a good upstrem speed since SO many packets are being transfered upstream at 1 second. Something like Verizon FiOS would be excellent at handling this. Comcast? Nah, I have it at 4Mb/s down, 360kb/s up, and it lags. Not sure about it's 8Mb/s service, might work a bit better.

As for my question, why is there no Transportation Warthog in Multiplayer, and why can't I ride in the back of it during Campaign?

And, good job with the sword. It is nicely balanced so that I can pump lead into the oppositions body, hopefully before they get close enough.


actually i have noticed this too, in the campaign, and my ISP is fine so dont even try bashing it, there is a jump lag, but i didnt notice a shooting lag

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT

I don't know if these have already been asked or not because in the time it took me to read 5 pages of questions, 16 new pages were added. Here goes..

1) Can we please talk in FFA matches, and can we have bigger FFA matches?

2) Can you split the slayer and objective stuff in FFA or BTB?

3) Why does it take longer to upload a film clip than it does the entire film? (And rewind blah blah skip to end blah blah and all that)

4) Can you please explain to people that they don't actually have to hold the d-pad to talk, that it will stay on as long as it's picking up sound, please? (Given that the left bumper is now a functioning gameplay button, d-pad being the best place for it) {ya know, someone could always make a controller like the 'fps master' with the buttons by your middle and ring fingers.... maybe one day, a button for an alternate look sensitivity which would be great for shotty snipes}

5) Don't take away my Shotty Snipes, please. Move it somewhere or do it less or whatever you have to do, but please don't take it away.

6) Why are the Elite body pieces so lame? I mean seriously, I can either have a picture frame on my chest, or a picture frame with a light in it? Double-you tea eff?

7) Ranked SWAT, anyone?

8) Can you tell people in MM and private chat that they are lame and can't communicate with their teammates, nor can their teammates communicate with them? Cause they are indeed very lame.

9) I don't care what anyone else thinks, I don't think you could have ended the story any better. ^spoiler^^spoiler^ALERT^spoiler^^spoiler^ They wake him up when they need him, he finishes the fight, and goes back to sleep till they need him again. Beautiful, guys. Truely beautiful.

10) Why do people without headsets play tactics? C'mon now.

11) Finally, can you please please please please please remake chillout and prisoner? Pretty please with a grunt exploding into confetti on top? (hilarious)

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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Why did you make 4 player campaign so freaking awesome?

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT

MSG me if you want to play me XBL...

98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

92% of teens moved on to rap music. If your part of the 8% that stayed with rock,© put this on your sig

98% of teenagers who have Halo think they are good with a Battle Rifle. Put this on your sig if you are the 2% who know you are.

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are you gonna bring back lockout to it's full glory? don't metion guardian as a replacement because it's not!


I like guardian.....

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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due to the fact that no matter how many posts I read I can never keep up with all of them. I'll say it anyways. why am I constantly getting the disk read error with both my normal edition of halo 3 AND my limited edition? Great game if I could just get my it to work...

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The saved films are great. I love being able to send recommendations to my friends when I put together an awesome film. The ability to play back full games from the beginning to the end with others in your party is equally awesome. However, there seems to be a problem when you try to load a clip with a party viewing. You go to a black screen that says "preparing" indefinitely. Are you guys aware of this issue and are you making a fix for it?

Oh and how about a skip ahead 30 seconds button in replay as opposed to the sole 2x FF.

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  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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Why isnt the Soffish an emblem?

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT

How come we can't spawn everything on every map? (Except vehicles on none-vehicle maps) or start with any weapon for a gametype?

What plans do you have for DLC?

And, since you are unable to make a custom game search, can you at least make a Bungie Favorites playlist where you have the latest and greatest maps and gametypes people have made?

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  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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1.) 1 Side VIP should have some rule changes. Make it an elimination style instead of timed. 5 vs 5 with 1 VIP, if you die, you sit until either the VIP dies or lives. Offending team may kill all but the VIP, so the VIP's gonna have to kick some butt to win for his team 5 vs 1... could go the other way as well. This will eliminate all ties, and short short games (You'd have to boost to 10 being the winning number instead of 2, or something like that). We wait 10 minutes to meet up, 3 minutes later the games over and we're back in the lobby with a TIE.

2.) Whats the sillouette on Halo level there for, you know what I'm talking about.

3.) Ranked Team Slayer should be pure Team Slayer. Shotty Snipers is lame, when I go to kill some people in a match I don't want someone else telling me how I have to kill them. Or at least be fair and make an AR only Team Slayer so that those Trash Talking Hiding Snipers have nothing long range to rely on.

4.) Bring back the clans.

5.) If any new achievements ever come around, think of some good "team based" ones like CTF Shutout, Assault Shutout, etc. Promote team work for achievements. I work better in a team than I do alone with a plasma sword killing 3 people with one swipe, good lord! :D

6.) You guys rock and someone owes me a steak!

  • 10.03.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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How did the ending make 4 dudes cry?

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