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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Can you take the turrets out of Team Swords and the like?

Does it get hot with a flaming ninja head?

Rocket Race this weekend maybe Frankie?

  • 10.03.2007 8:17 PM PDT

erAsed is RIPPIN

Once you go Black you never go back!

And what about a Custom Game search? I don't have too many friends on my friends list and thats restricting my custom game playing, I've never played Pirates or Rocket Race and I hear they're real fun. Plus players that don't want to wait around for a custom game to fill up with friends could just custom game search for a game they want to play. Sound good?

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Why doesn't master chief never have to potty?

  • 10.03.2007 8:17 PM PDT
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yea im all for swat. thats basically all i played in halo 2 and i loved it.

also when you get beat down or hit by a vehicle i usually keep the same pose flying through the air, no flailing arms or anything. wtf is up?

  • 10.03.2007 8:18 PM PDT

"A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him."

I have a few, yeah.

>> Why make it so complicated to simply lower your weapon for Machinima purposes? The Down button on the directional pad isn't used at all for any of the game modes--I don't see why it can't be as simple as pressing that.

>> Why is it that the Skip Forward button doesn't work in Saved Films? And how come you can't simply skip to the end? It makes it very time consuming when something happens at the end of a half-hour game and you have to fast-forward all the way there just to get to it.

>> Why can't you play things in reverse in Saved Films? The "Rewind" feature is kind of iffy and tend to not take us back to where we want to go.

>> And this is a huge one: what happened to advertising custom games?

>> Why is it that when I take a screenshot of a cutscene with subtitles, a white glow appears under the letterbox? It's very annoying and often obstructive.

>> Why do Achievements sometimes not appear? I've gone through several levels on Normal, completed them, and didn't get the Achievement. They only seem to appear when I do online Coop.

  • 10.03.2007 8:18 PM PDT
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any plans for ranked clan matches?

  • 10.03.2007 8:19 PM PDT

Firstly, as far as the competitive community is concerned, there seems to be a lack of smaller arena maps. Will we be seeing smaller arena maps in the near future (Wizard/Warlock/Derelict/Midship retextured even?).

Secondly, the BR spray is still there and it feels very awkward shooting cross map, what's Bungies stance on this? Will it be patched?

Cheers.

  • 10.03.2007 8:19 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

"WORTWORTWORT!" "What did he say?" "That was Elite for, "I'm going to -blam!- your brains."

How come we can't place flag/ bomb spawn and planting/ territory points in Forge? Do we have to set the gametype in forge before we can do that is it even possible at all?

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT
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When is the halo 3 disk error gonna be fixed for the hundreds of halo fans that have not been able to play?

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: SP4RT4N 070
I know i probably won't get an answer, but well i might as well ask.

Will the transport hog ever be put into multiplayer?


i could be completely wrong here but when me and my friends played 3P co-op we couldnt get 3 people in the transport hog, the only reason that i can think of is that bungie thinks that huge spartans and elites couldnt fit in that small of a hog but then why didnt they just make it loarge enough to accomadate larger peoples? so i think thats a definate no.

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

dead................BY MY HANDS!!!!!!!

Why does shotty snipers not have its own playlist and how come melee sends you flying across the map and how come sniper headshots seem to miss a lot and how come there are absolutely zero incindiery grenades in matchmaking and like two in one level of the campaign and how come plasma sticks fall off sometimes and how come the arbiters story got practically forgotten?????

Oh yea, awesome game bungie!!!

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT

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the first half of the campaign was unbelievably exciting and me and my friends thouroughly enjoyed the first like 3 hours! but was the last portion just a big joke in bungie??? the gameplay was very boring and nothing exciting happened for the last 3 hours and the game took 0 skill even on legendary... and did you run out of ideas for the ending? it just felt similar to halo 1s last level.

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT
Subject: AVERT EYES IF NOT FINISHED CAMPAIGN

Firstly, as far as the competitive community is concerned, there seems to be a lack of smaller arena maps. Will we be seeing smaller arena maps in the near future (Wizard/Warlock/Derelict/Midship retextured even?).

Secondly, the BR spray is still there and it feels very awkward shooting cross map, what's Bungies stance on this? Will it be patched?

Last of all, there's no apparent way of telling who gets host, which is understandable for matchmaking to prevent unpleasantries, but for custom games and online comps when teams need to rotate host, how can one tell who's pulling host?

Cheers.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 8:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 8:20 PM PDT
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How does one go about lowering their weapon (as seen in RvB) in Halo 3?

  • 10.03.2007 8:21 PM PDT
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I want to see more classics come back for download. Sidewinder and lockout to name a few. And please give some more variation in the playlist on matchmaking. I have the feeling i'm playing the same 3 or 4 maps. PLEASE revamp the controls on the saved films.

  • 10.03.2007 8:22 PM PDT

Buck Fush

is the recon armor for bungie only?
will there be an update for forge to put all of the weapons on all of the maps and alot more vehicle choices?

  • 10.03.2007 8:22 PM PDT
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The game is great, but i am feeling a little unsatisfied with the ending. I like everythying about it except, from watching all of the trailers and TV promos and web promos, where is this huge battle on earth? Does Master Chief come back and Finish the Fight? I thought he "armed his grenade" (as one of the promos says.) Hinting that he gave the ultimate sacrafice for mankind, his life. Don't get me wrong the story is great, but is there more to it we just havn't gotten to play yet? (hint hint an add on for the game!!!) I would love to play a HUGE battle in a city!!!!!

Sorry! Also are you guys going to ever bring Black back to the color selection for Master Cheif Multiplayer?!?!? I loved it in Halo 1!!!

[Edited on 10.03.2007 8:25 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 8:22 PM PDT
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i want to be able to use the recon armor, possible DLC?
sometimes grenade sticks or melee hits dont register and it messes up some matches completely
we had a saved film once of my friend sticking a guy when it was 49-48 and we needed one more, the grenade like didnt explode it just made the blowup animation but no actual explosion and we ended up losing....

  • 10.03.2007 8:22 PM PDT

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Does Bungie have any details on the prizes from the IRIS Alternate Reality Game for those who unlocked Servers 3-5?

Oh, and I think I remember seeing a Fast Forward Button in Theatre mode... but I haven't been able to find anywhere to use it (as in, the button itself is not accessible). I understand why there is no rewind in Campaign, but is there ever a time when the Fast Forward Button can be used? Holding the left trigger just doesn't seem fast enough sometimes.

  • 10.03.2007 8:23 PM PDT
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first off, i apologize for not reading every question already asked, but seeing as the thread already has 105 pages, i'd rather not spend the next week or my life reading halo 3 rants.

first off, why can't we talk to the enemy team in matchmaking? I used to love talking friendly, light-harted -blam!- to the other team after blasting the head off of an enemy swordsman with a shotgun. Why can't I do that? Also, in halo 2, half of my strategy was feeding the opposing team false information. For example, sneak into an enemy base, and say something like "okay guys, the other team is coming through the gate!" Now, teams not explicitly familiar with their own team will assume this message came from their brethren, and will all head to defend the gate. Meanwhile, my team sneaks in opposite the gate, and take their poorly defended flag. But halo 3 seems to think that the chance of inaproprateness outweighs any other function of enemy to enemy chat, and negates the whole thing. I think this was a poor choice.

also, i agree with those who say that you should be able to rewind easily in the theater. Often times I see a great maneuver/kill/event, and want to easily rewind and review it in slow motion or from another angle. But this option is simply not available, I have to rewind by "chapter" by calling up the menu.

Thanks for you're time guys, halo 3 remains an excellent game besides its handful of flaws.

edit: also, why is does it seem as if 90% of the team slayer playlist is shotty snipers? fun game, yes, but it is too frequent.

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  • 10.03.2007 8:23 PM PDT

Spartans get the katana, but do the elites get anything for getting all the achievements?

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Forge Question:
Is it possible to move or delete the Elephant from the Sandtrap map?

Easter Eggs Questions:
Given the flyable camera in theater mode, did designers feel like their easter eggs would be too easy to find? Did anyone come up with a clever way to hide something from the camera? Is there any specific egg still hidden that you'd like to allude to at this point?

Game Film Questions:
I loaded the same game film on two separate occasions and it seemed that a particular rocket had two different "timelines" with respect to a person in the film. Is this just a glitch in the way the game displays the game data?

Melee Animation Question:
When I got punched and viewed the melee in slow motion, my spartan stretched out like Gumby. Was this warping intentional or is it a side effect of the physics engine?

  • 10.03.2007 8:24 PM PDT
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Why is there an overabundance of shoty sniper games that pop up while playing matchmaking? Seriously, for like three days in a row now every three out of five games I play it's shoty sniper! Bungie! Please fix!!!

P.S. I was playing a matchmaking game on The Pit and I had the rockets. I shot at a guy and they went into his body and disappeared. He took no damage what so ever and killed me. I wasn't happy about that! Is this glitch reported often? I have the film saved but not uploaded yet. Just let me know if you would like to see it.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 8:29 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 8:25 PM PDT
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WHY DID YOU HAVE TO KILL JOHNSON!!!!!!!! i almost cried. yyyyyyyyyyy... he was the best

  • 10.03.2007 8:25 PM PDT
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I cant record clips while viewing any campaign film, what gives?

  • 10.03.2007 8:26 PM PDT