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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Basically the same few things I've seen in other places, but please don't ignore these:

Saved films really need a chapter skip. If something cool happened more than 3-4 minutes into the match I never even bother to look it up.

Sniper has a different feel, which is fine, but my headshots just don't register a lot of times. This becomes more frustrating when 1/3 of TS games are shotty snipers. I don't remember it being like this on the beta.

Beatdowns... I don't know. There have been a few times where I felt something was off but it really wasn't obvious enough for me to say one way or another.

Maps are great!

Awesome game.

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT
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i don't get how AR replaces BR because battle rifle could easily take out an AR from mid-long range. i simply do not see this as an issue. now for my question. will there be a ranked BtB and team shotty snipes in the future? i enjoy playing team slayer but i know several people dissappointed with the amount of times that shotty snipers is picked. i know that this issue has been addressed but i enjoy shotty snipes and hope it doesn't go back on the shelves and unable to be played in anything but custom games.

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT
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Why have they stopped having respawn point, and gone with dropping you in near your teammates? Tends to cause a lot of quick deaths

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Any chance of seeing a ranked BTB with 8 on 8?

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"In all that you do, always give more than people expect to get!"

I've been reading all the questions and I must be slow because soon as I finish 1 page...another shows up!

Anyway...with that stated...sorry if this question has already been asked...here we go...

With the overwhelming amount of media everywhere revealing everything you guys tried to hide...is there anything left to find?

Also...this might sound lame...any way to incorporate the Xbox Live Vision Camera? Not sure how you'd do it...but I'm sure you're creative minds can come up with something!

I guess that's it except...

After 2 years waiting for this game, you guys NAILED IT! Love it and I'm not disappointed in any way!! Thanks!

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT
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one thing I am having a problem with is when I play team slayer with some of my friends (we are at different houses) and we melee someone in the back, they just turn around freak out that we are there and some times their shields are not even down after the hit, another thing as has been said in some of the posts is the sniper seems to have a recoil that can some times take effect before you shoot, so I will hit some one in the head but it goes above their head than fires, but some times it recoils after the shot so I can shoot someone in the chest but it does not go in their head like it does some times...

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When you get hijacked in a vehicle, it seems you are always crouching when you get out, and you have to click the analog stick in to stand up. Is this a glitch, or how you wanted hijacking to work? Thank you for your time!

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Luke owes me a couple steak dinners... can he just help me find all the skulls instead?
I heard he does that kind of thing for cash and he's cheap.

  • 10.03.2007 9:44 AM PDT

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1.) In Custom Games, when player invulnerability is turned on and player damage is set to zero, why can you still be assassinated? Is there any way to turn off assassinations?

2.) When (in months) can we expect to see new maps for Halo 3?

3.) Will there be another Master Chief related game (not necessarily a Halo Game) continuing the story after Halo 3?

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Are there any plans to alter the ridiculously luck-based achievements for Elite armor unlocks? An overkill in ranked FFA means killing everyone on the server in one shot, essentially, which is almost impossible. I've tried, every morning, to great frustration. I got a triple sword kill only by chance, when three people were literally standing in a straight line. That just doesn't happen in most slayer games. The Spartans get about 8 easy to unlock helmets, the Elites get 3 hard to get ones. Seems a little unfair to dedicated Elite players. (And I'm the only player I've ever seen with the Steppin' Razor who plays an Elite, so there's a problem.)

All you'd have to do is make it not ranked FFA. I'm fine with an overkill, but in Big Team Battle, not some 4 person oddball match on Isolation. Seriously, help us out here, at least tell us why you did it. I can't even find Bungie devs with some of these achievements.

Edit: Failing that, at least give us tips for getting each achievement, Bungie. Give us something.

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  • 10.03.2007 9:45 AM PDT
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why does a 10sec clip take 10min 2 load but a 17min one takes less than 2?
& will you add more maps/gametypes 2 each of the matchmaking sections? (ish getting kinda bored)

  • 10.03.2007 9:45 AM PDT

Every time I boot up Halo 3, I have to go into my voice settings and switch it to "Team and Party Only." It doesn't save that setting as part of my profile. Is there a fix for this?

Also, I have the Hayabusa armor equipped. In some matches my appearance just changes and I'm back to the normal Spartan armor. After the match when I go into settings, it shows up as Hayabusa. Any fix for this?

Great game.

  • 10.03.2007 9:45 AM PDT

Get Ghost.

Will we eventually be able to use all items in all maps, respectively (i'm not saying a scorpian in gaurdian, but like a gauss warthog in valhalla, instead of the regular warthog) in forge?

And there was an issue with the sniper rifle. I shoot someone once, and nothing happened, shoot them twice nothing happens, shoot them six times and nothing happens. Blood squirts out, their shield visually flares, but their shield bar on the HUD acts like nothing happened. Kind of frustrating after six shots. Any news on that.

Thanks, still a great game.


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Will guest support ever be improved? Signing in and out for guests seems to be much harder than in H2. I was able to create many guest profiles for easy access on H2 and it seems that this process is much more difficult on Halo 3.

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1) What about clans?
2) What is this Open NAT error? If my network is so flexible why is it such a pain to team up with friends? Since this is the only game I have this issue in I assume it is H3 and not my network
3) I seem to play the same maps over and over, I would like to see a broader range to make things a bit more interesting, is this just me or am I missing something here
4)Really really used to love Team Swat, it is a great warm up game and would love to see it back, will you allow it to return?

5) MOST IMPORTANTLY (and i know this isnt a question) YOU GUESS DID A GREAT JOB ON THE GAME NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, THANKS FOR GIVING US SOMETHING NEW AND IMPROVED TO PLAY ON AND I HOPE YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE IN THE FUTURE

PEACE

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I would like to say it was worth the wait. Halo 3 is beautiful in more way then one. Great job guys. Halo 3 will be the game i play on for years till you guys make another bad ass game. I want to know if you guys ever thought about making some type of map/s that you can practice on with and AI. My and my friend pyro were talking about this a week before H3 came out. I say this becuase sometimes i want to get better at a type of playlist. Like in H2 i wanted to get better at Snipers. I hated snipers, i began playing snipers and practice makes perfect.

i wonder is there a way you guys can make few maps where you can play againts an AI. I also think this would be a great idea so people that play MLG can have practice when their team is not available. my self i would love some type of update like that. I mean we have 4-co-op now. isnt there a way you can do the same for that. i mean i think it would be a great way to refine your skills with the save-film and snap shoots when you play a harder AI. It would have the same levels as the campain. Easy/Normal/Heroic..ect. I think it would be a great edition to the Halo Univers. If not at least i got it out of the my mind...lol.

by the way im another person about the Sniper. the one second delay is killin me. I dont seem to get head shots like before because im trying to shoot and move at the same time and get a second shoot out but when i do the shoots fly out to the sides..any ways thanks for the time and GREAT GAME..THANKS AGAIN GUYS...

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Why does only one person die when two people melee at the same time? Also the melee seems overpowered.

Additionally, why are some vehicles missing from forge like the passenger warthogs?

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Why did you burn a couple hours of suck onto the cinematics DVD that comes with the legendary edition?

The commentary is cool, but the "remastered" video quality is pretty bad. And what about HD, and including the Halo 3 cinematics too, so you can watch the whole trilogy all in succession?

  • 10.03.2007 9:47 AM PDT

do the silver skulls give point multipliers when playing the campaign meta-game?

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Are the images of the chiefs face floating around the web real? The ones taken by walking into a helmet? If so, who designed the face?

  • 10.03.2007 9:48 AM PDT
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Blood Clutch..... ? is it coming (best map ever) ...

It did. It's called Valhalla.

  • 10.03.2007 9:48 AM PDT

I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key, each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours, Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus

Can you describe the process of determining rank/skill in Halo 3 as you did in Halo 2? It is extremely easy to level up as compared to how it was in Halo 2; what was behind the decision to make rising up in the ranks quicker? Also, off the rank topic, and I'm sure it has been asked already, when are we going to have a sniper playlist--it was the second most played in Halo 2 and I'm sure there's a solid base of people who are hoping for its return.

  • 10.03.2007 9:48 AM PDT

Send me a PM of your email and I'll get you a lockerz invite. 100% legit Thx CarloMorris for pic.

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Will there be another vehicle map like sandtrap?

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  • 10.03.2007 9:48 AM PDT
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Sorry if these have been asked already.

When exactly is the fall update? (Suppose to have clan support built-in so it might defeat the purpose of an in-game clan support such as the one in H2)

Will new maps be added as DLC via Xbox live marketplace? If so, will they cost MS points or will they be free?

Will there be a branched off story from the Halo series or has it come to an abrupt end? (Legendary ending provoked that there might be a H4 or at least another game starring MC as the main character.)

Will snipers be given their own playlist? I personally don't mind a shotty sniper map every now and then but it definatly isn't for everyone.

  • 10.03.2007 9:48 AM PDT

Many herps were derped back in my day

Why is there no option for a Server List like there is with every single other game in existence?

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