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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Posted by: Veles343
Why did you not include clan support this time around? It was a great feature in Halo 2.

It was a complete mess in Halo 2 - in order to be worth having, clan support needs to be integrated into Live. Once MS do that, I expect Bungie will update Halo 3 to make the most of it.

Is it possible for you to add new playlists like you did with Halo 2 without screwing stuff up?
Not only playlists, but they can change the gametypes and map details (all the stuff we can do in Forge, Bungie can do, and probably a lot more).

(Answers based on Bungie posts.)

  • 10.03.2007 9:41 AM PDT
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Can you please have the guy say "lost the lead"... if you are going to have one of the two please have lost the lead its way more important....

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will you bring some playlist from halo 2 into halo 3 like team swat and normal team slayer?

and will you be adding infection into the social playlist or maybe even ranked playlists?

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Why can't we make custom weapon sets for multiplayer game variants? What happened to "human weapons" or "plasma weapons?"

Will there be a feature on Xbox Live to search for custom games, or a playlist for community created gametypes?

Also will bungie.net have a feature to search through game variants/maps/saved films made by the community? I'm tired of looking through like ten pages trying to fing something specific.


Halo 3 = AMAZING

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Posted by: Sheograth
Why can't I do Matchmaking? The blinking phrase: 'Information could not be retrieved from the halo 3 server' is getting pretty annoying. Also File share isn't working for me.


same! it might be because you've got a speedtouch router.

oh yeah, when are people that have speedtouch routers gonna be able too play matchmaking or do file sharing?
'cos we can play custom games, forge and online co-op but we can't do the real fun things.

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I'm getting a message that says "information could not be retrived from halo3 server." Eventually, this goes away, and I enter matchmaking, but i stay in the "searching for match" screen indefinatly. What gives?

  • 10.03.2007 9:41 AM PDT

If you want to see the MC die, play Legendary. If you want to see MC finish the fight, play Halo 3. If you want to see MC finish the fight by dieing, why did you waste six years when you could have done it yourself right now?

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A lot of big decisions you've made in the game are quite similar to those of the community, at least we seem to think alike. How heavily has the online community influenced your decisions in the creation of the game?

I'm having trouble with saved films as it seems like a lot of people are. My problem is the films sometimes don't record. It's very frustrating. Any ideas?

There are some people in the competitive community who don't seem ready to adapt to a more even playing field. Is it just too soon for people to realize that's the point and weapons were made more balanced INTENTIONALLY? (tried to keep vulgar language out of this question)

It is rumored that there is a second project in the works OTHER THEN Peter Jacksons project. Care to put that to rest?

I'm sure you've seen all the stuff about the Halo DS. I'd like to hear it from you. Is it real, or just a REALLY AWESOME mod?

Any chance you guys could put high scores up for the meta game? I have a lot of fun just skimming through random peoples recent games looking for the best scores.

  • 10.03.2007 9:41 AM PDT
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Why is the Oddball a one-hit kill weapon on maps with Bubble Shields and Shield doors? And why are there Turrets in Sword gametypes on The Pit, for instance?

Why did you reduce the lethality of the trip-mine? Many of the most awesome moments in the Beta revolved around sticking it to a 'hog, or leaving it somewhere and getting a double kill... Now it doesn't stick to vehicles (why???) and you can't even kill a person on foot with one outright.

How on Earth do I unlock the final few pieces of Elite armour?

If the ranks are ever reset, will the "Highest Rank Achieved" value also reset and will that mean that if you have a military rank dependant on numerical rank, that will drop to a non-officer one with the reset?

Will there ever be leaderboards for Campaign meta-game missions? That'd be an absolutely awesome feature. [:

How many people have PM'ed Luke asking where their steak dinner is? My conservative estimate is around 500.

Any answers would be appreciated, but all would be absolutely awesome. [;

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Posted by: BlatentB
What happened to the real time reflections on Master Chiefs visor?

its there, you can see it if you LOOK AT HIS VISOR!!!

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whats up with the diorama video and the one with the children talking????
i saw none of that in campaign
False advertisement is heresy

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Was multiplayer intended to become a huge game of assault-rifle-and-melee?

Also, will we get a ranked 8v8 BTB?

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-Will there be extra achievements with DLC?
-Why are there hardly any spike/firebomb grenades in Matchmaking? I'm drowning in unused frags!
-Is there a way to rewind in saved game films?
-How long did the decision to end the game like it ended take, and was it planned from way back when Halo was a Mac game?
-Are there more skulls beyond the 4 silver and 9 gold skulls?
-Are there still secrets in halo 2 + 1 that we havent found yet? :D
-Finally, has overall damaged been increased? Fights seem to be much shorter and more intense than halo 2's my-shield-took-less-hits-than-yours combat.

  • 10.03.2007 9:42 AM PDT
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Will there ever be a way to convert film clips to viewable files on a computer?

  • 10.03.2007 9:42 AM PDT
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How do you guys feel after making the GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME

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Whats going down with the "Recon" or "Unknown" armor, is it glitched? Will it be available to the public? Will we ever get flaming heads like Bungie?

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Posted by: Vanquisher 2000
Pleeeeeeeeease add infection to a playlist, its a whole gametype, so why isn't it anywhere at all, I would like to see it in an online mode, other than custom games.


love this game type please add it

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Can we get some Anti-Aliasing so we dont have so many jaggies on our fancy LCD TVs? My tv goes up to 1080p, but when I play Halo 3 jaggies are numerous. Can we please get a fix for this?

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Hi,

Sorry if its been asked just a few questions im sure have been asked before.

1. One of the biggest things i found wrong was the melee and shield balance you should not be able to unload into someone who then manages to get up in your face and shoot literally one bullet and melee you and your dead. Or even on some occasions not even shoot melee once and im dead pretty much everyone i play with has the same complaint. Oh yah and why when you get melee'd(spelling) and die your body goes for a nice flight through the air is that intentional or not.

2.The vehicles i saw this one posted before but why when you in the air and someone shoots you with any weapon does it start spinning is it not suppose to weigh a few tons and even if not it would have to be a real light vehicle in order for a bullet to send it into a role.

3.Clans i know this has been mentioned but i will again what happened clans were awesome in halo 2 and i believe correct me if im wrong you said you were including clans into halo 3, we get it and its not there any reason as to why you removed it from the final game

4. For now the last thing i have is the rewind why is there no rewind, its like a chapter skip back or something why was actual rewind not included.

Thanks alot,
Kyle M

  • 10.03.2007 9:43 AM PDT

My halo 3 disc (standard) went straight from the package to the 360. At the end of the Cortana level I got a disc read error. Now, every hour or so I get a disc read error. What's up with that???

Just another post to substantiate the disc problems others are reporting.

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Posted by: AquaNerd13
Why do we HAVE to push the direction pad to talk in matchmaking?


you dont unless its 5+ people. example 4 or less people on each team.. you dont have to talk 5+ people on each team you do. same goes for rumble pit .. if there are4 or less you dont have to press the dpad.

my question is: will there be any MAJOR updates like in Halo 2 ? ex. the major change that changed beatdowns, nades, and other things.

also: Im a MLG playlist lover , when they come out with their final settings.. will team hardcore be added to the list?

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  • 10.03.2007 9:43 AM PDT

... but at least there's a reaction.

Will you publish a full list of the available playlists and the gametypes that comprise them? This was made available for Halo 2 matchmaking; it helped to know what was out there, particularly regarding the gametypes that carry lower weightings. It's nice to prepare, and helps to choose what a party wants to play.

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where the heck are the body limbs man i thought there was going to be me bodies cut in half or arms missing, but love the rag doll effect it makes it more fun to watch my self die.

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Why in the world is ranked rumble pit only 5 people? i mean it makes getting the elite armor nearly impossible, and im a pretty experinced player. Are there any plans on at least adding a couple more people to ranked rumble pit?

oh yea to all the people saying that the AR has sick range, is a retard. if your 30 feet or 40 feet away from a dude that has an AR and you have a BR then yeah he's going to win. but if you have a BR and your 50 or more feet away then yeah the guy with the BR is going to win. ive screwed around with this and every weapon is perfectly balanced.

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT

What is the 8th step..?

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a) why cant a i fast forward in theatre! playing through an entire video holding R is rather annoying...
b) dyou realise that there seems to be around an 80% failure rate of; when you join a party of 3 or more people trying to join a video, it wont take you past that black loading screen...forcing you to leave to the dashboard >_< i wouldnt care too much if i had some way of just quitting to the main menu :/
c) invisible walls much? -_-' there seems to be no way to break them either, damn you and your perfect game testing :{
d) uh heartz bungeh muchiz <3

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT