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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Posted by: paulster5315
"The victim was identified as CoD: Black Ops. It laid outstretched towards a copy of the game 'Halo'".
"I guess Halo was a milestone that Cod..."
*sunglasses*
"...couldn't quite Reach."
YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Posted by: Trandall 360
oh and why cant u put "ANYTHING" on a map w/ forge? example... fuel rod, fuel rod wraith, missle pod w/tripod, covy tripod gun, shades, turrentless warthog. u know, stuff u seen in campaign. yeah sure u wont see a map w/ those things on matchmaking and i know it will throw off "weapon balance" but who cares? let us make them for us!

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I can easily answer that for you, Trandall. 1. The fuel rod wraith is NOT DRIVABLE. 2. The maps have specified weapons and areas. A flamethrower will not work on Sandtrap. Think about it. It didn't really work on Blood Gulch for Halo PC. As for the other weapons and vehicles, the missle pod w/tripod will not work on any map but Sandtrap, and even then, it would be rather unfair for those who play on the map. I wold like to see the covy tripod gun. Turretless warthog? You couldn't ride in the back of that thing anyways.

  • 10.03.2007 1:10 PM PDT
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A question a lot of people have been asking: WHERE DID SWAT AND SNIPING GO?

Bungie, I would greatly, greatly appreciate an answer. Swat and Team Sniping were the two reasons I played Halo over every other Xbox Live game and I was immensely disappointed when I saw that Halo 3 didn't have it. Halo 3 would be the PERFECT game if it had Sniping and Swat. It would be my favorite game on earth. Please, Bungie, hear my cries.

Will you be adding these playlists to Halo 3 in the near future?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:18 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:10 PM PDT

If my calculations are correct, then Slinky+Escalator = INFINITE FUN!

Posted by: AJ92
Home is were the Hog is.

1.I lub you guys. Halo 3 is the greatest game EVAR!

2. Why in the name all that is Halo is there NO GAUSS HOG IN FORGE ON VALHALLA?? Seriously guys, this is a terrible terrible void. Are there any plans at all to patch Forge to get missing items such as this and the Carbine? Mauler? You aren't honestly trying to "balance" our "totally customizable experience" are you? Are you?!

I shall contain my Nagouchi-level rage until I hear an answer from you gods-among-developers.

  • 10.03.2007 1:10 PM PDT
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a) Do you have any intentions of patching a referenced "button glitch" where the player can perform two melees in the time it normally takes one?

b) Do you intend to, in the form of an update, expand the very limited weapon availability in forge. This is widely requested, as players should determine what is balanced/unbalanced.

c) when can players expect new maps/maps that are created only for forge? What is the projected price of these maps?

d) how do we get the flaming halo around our heads? is it only bungie staff?

  • 10.03.2007 1:11 PM PDT
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Why do "popcorn" flood not count as kills? Are they not people too?


Why with sword duels do they take down shields all the way, but never deal the death blow? (See my film clips) Are they really designed to do THAT?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:13 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:11 PM PDT
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i think that bungie made the best game EVER and there is never going to be a game like it and especialy multiplayer i mean it kicks ass and what else could you want? i dont see nothing wrong with it at all halo 3 is flawless!!!

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A couple things

1. Why do we have to push to talk? That ruins voice in the game I think. I can understand team only, but if I can only talk w/o pushing if there's one other person, that's kind of annoying. Talking over people wasn't really a problem in Halo 2. If there was anything I could fix in an upsate, it would be that,

2. Also, it would be nice if we could rewind with the left trigger in theater playback.

Thanks

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The video feature is great, only two gripes:
-Why can't you fast forward?
-Is there a way to get those videos onto my computer without a capture card? Kind of limits it..

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WHERE ARE THE LEADERBOARDS??
WHEN WILL THEY BE UP??
WHERE ARE THE CLANS??

  • 10.03.2007 1:11 PM PDT

1. Why is there no feature to delete every default object on a map in the Forge?
2. Why isn't Big Team Battle in Ranked Playlists?
3. Why do High Ground and Valhalla seem to be overplayed in Ranked?
4. Why haven't I seen Sandtrap in Ranked? I don't play Team Slayer, is it there only?
5. Whats with the obvious counter-melee? You know what I'm talking about: I go to melee someone and I know I hit them first, yet for some reason they get their attack in as I attack them, and I go flying half a mile. This has to be a bug, especially when I'm hitting someone with the instant kill Grav Hammer.
6. Marine ranks for Spartans online? Whats with this? Master Chief Petty Officer is a navy rank, all Spartans are part of the Navy.

Thats all for now.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:34 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:11 PM PDT

"I agree OP. I, too, love feeling superior to others and enjoy the sensation of belonging to an imaginary elitist group on the internet."

Do you plan on remaking any Halo 1 or 2 maps and releasing them as DLC?

Is there anyway to stop button hacks?

Is there anyway to make the replay function more streamlined as of now?

Do you plan on altering any of the weapons at this point?

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why are there some hit detection problems for sniping? (mainly headshots) not just online, but local and system link

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I have a few questions:

1. How come in ranked FFA games we cannot hear our opponents?

2. Is Bungie.net ever going to have a portion of the site where you can see the map and gametype with the most/least vetoes?

3. How long until the servers are corrected so that finding a game in a gametype with a population of 50,000+ won't take so long?

  • 10.03.2007 1:11 PM PDT

Why was the "Sergeant" Emblem discarded?

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haha lets try it

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Why oh why did you have to take the Trip Mine off of Valhalla? :<

Why are Saved films so annoying to Fast Forward through?

  • 10.03.2007 1:12 PM PDT
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Sorry double post.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:17 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:12 PM PDT

Booyah!

Posted by: WiLdStOrM211
A while gefore the game came out, a bungie represetative, ( i dont remrebr who) said that there will be something special, maybe content wise for the people who played theHalo 3 Beta....


So anything?


my other question also

  • 10.03.2007 1:12 PM PDT
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"Music creates order out of chaos; for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous."
-Sir Yehudi Menuhin

How do I set a 'First to X Rounds' wins for Team Slayer games? For example, in Halo 2 my friends and I would play a game called 7 Strikes, where each player on a team has 7 lives and the first team to eliminate all the players on the other teams wins the round. We would usually play first to three rounds wins. It seems that we can set the options to do this in Halo 3 exactly. We can set a number of rounds, but we have to play all of the rounds, regardless of whether or not a teams has already won enough rounds to win overall. Is this something that can be fixed or am I missing something?

  • 10.03.2007 1:13 PM PDT
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Some things I thought were missing and would be great on an update

the ability to change the color of the visor in appearances
I hoped we could pick up and drop equipment when we were the passenger of a mongoose to make interesting rocket race and normal race matches when you can drop flares, power drains and trip mines behind ourselves to delay the competition behind us.... game variant option??
I was hoping for static objects in Forge because I hate it when I click on something and it runs into everything around it
turning off assassinations when everyone is invunerable
spawn points don't always work the way we set them up
no clan support; if you don't do this I hope XBL will finally add this to their dashboard as a new feature
no halo 3 leaderboards; you mentioned how you are making it even harder for cheaters to cheat so why not bring this back
still needs a rewind button on playback and it takes forever to fast forward in a long campaign movie and then oops I missed my spot.

I think the rest of the community covered anything else

I do like ranked is max 4 people in a group because as you might have explained elseware it is hard to stand out as a player when there are so many on a team and everyone is fighting over kills.

  • 10.03.2007 1:13 PM PDT

Are you aware, and will you put an end to "Language" boosting, cheating soon?

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Can you make a way to edit clips together? Or just make the theatre better?

Will there be an ability to rewind/

Will Bungie be making games for 360 still(I heard something about PS3..).

Is there any way you can make more pallets allowable in Forge? I use them to make jumps. And I just can't make enough with 8 pallets at most maps that even have them. =(

Oh, and is there any way you can make the mongoose like, controllable in flight? As in leaning to balance yourself out and such?

Either way, awesome job Bungie. <3

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:16 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:13 PM PDT
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Why doesn't the final cutscene change depending on how you get to it? (Mongoose/Chopper)
Why aren't we told why the Chief's glove plate is different?
Why isn't the Chief's visor reflecting in real-time?
Why didn't we get to play as the Arbiter?
Why would you restrict players from getting into space with Banshees if we were previously promised that we would be able to and see the epic battles?
Why are the Banshees and Hornets in the distance unaffected by the player when it was promised that those battles could be affected?
Where does the diorama fit in?
Why, in Last Man Standing, was the Chief falling from Truth's ship during the day, but in the actual game cutscene it was night?
What's the deal with armor permutations (Security Shoulders) not unlocking when you've met the requirements (said to be 750 gamerscore)?
Why have the death barrier outside of The Pit if players out there can't even attack the players inside the map?
Why is there a death barrier around the generators of Last Resort but not up around the vents that are within map boundaries?
Why can't we edit the blue and red power-ups any more?
Why can't we take screenshots when watching a film with other people?
Why is the button combo to lower your weapon so complicated? Also, why doesn't it work over Xbox Live?
How come my saved film controls sometimes disable when I'm taking screenshots and they're uploading?
Why overuse vibration? You killed my controller's battery with a cutscene.
Why don't more people use the EVA helmet?
Why was the "player on fire" trait removed from custom game options?
Why don't Flood Elite shields flare?
Why doesn't the shield decay trait cause the shield to flare?
Why are people lossing EXP when the matchmaking system drops players from the game?
Why doesn't matchmaking match people based on level and exp rank instead of just level?
Why isn't FFA 6 players?
Why isn't there a 6v6 ranked playlist?
Why can't getting Mark IV armor be easier?
Why aren't there 0 gamerpoint achievements for getting the silver skulls?
Why doesn't IWHBYD award an achievement?
Why can't I see detailed at-a-glance statistics for my campaign record on bungie.net like I can my multiplayer?
Why aren't we able to fly out to the artifact?
Why are the Marines on level seven so stupid that they jump off of my Hornet after I get the checkpoint?
Was Hood exaggerating when he said Half-Jaw glassed half the continent?
How can Gravemind affect Cortana?
How old is Cortana by the end of the game?
Can there not be any multiplayer maps from Halo 1 returning?
Why can't I know what playlist I'm in if I'm not party leader?
Do the flaming helmets affect active camo at all?
How many questions are going to be answered?

  • 10.03.2007 1:14 PM PDT
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Sniper takes skill now. Yay.

Why can't you rewind or record clips in campaign films? If you can, how can?

Why no NPCs?

Overkill on five player FFA? wtf?

Is there a mark V chest plate armor varient? If so, what is it called?

Why make the skulls so easy? They used to be a mystery.

To agree with everyone else, where's our lockout? The Halo 3 maps make me homesick for H2.

Was the shallow clip in nearly every weapon intentional?

Could Master Chief microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?

Do all the scratched H3 copies have identical problems? Are they usable?

Can you talk with other players in FFA? If you can, how can?

Is using a 2 look sensitivity a sin?

What's next for Bungie?


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  • 10.03.2007 1:14 PM PDT
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Why in hell when you stick someone really close does in sticks you both???

  • 10.03.2007 1:14 PM PDT