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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Bungie, we all know you said Halo 3 was the ending of the trilogy, but this the last we see of the Chief, gamewise? I know the comics are coming out and the books, yea, but is Chief going to be in another game that with a story that around him? Please tell me there is!

  • 10.03.2007 9:15 PM PDT
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I was killed by "Classified" and it's description was something along the line of "liiiiiieee!!!!". What does this mean? There is apparently another one that says something about a lawyer, again, what does this mean? Also, I have completed all of the achievements, and have beaten the game on Legendary, I have all of the Spartan Armor, but I am missing the elite "Commando" shoulders. I have had problem with the shoulders before, as when I unlocked the Security Shoulders, then I unequipped them, and then later they were locked again. What is up with that.

Also, thanks for the amazing game, and I have had fun with it so much so far. But I keep on seeing advertisements on my Xbox Dashboard for Halo 3, one of which says "NEW WEAPONS. NEW MAPS." Which as of now are all lies. So, would you care to tell us when we can expect those to not become lies?

Also I have noticed that the Megaton hammer and the Laser should be combined into one. Maybe a Megaton Hammer that shoots lasers, or a laser cannon that shoots hammers.

Thank you for your time,

Trike

  • 10.03.2007 9:15 PM PDT

when will viewing someones file share not take so long?
it seems to take forever to load it up to dl stuff from them.

and also, has anyone else been having problems watching videos with other people in the lobby?

  • 10.03.2007 9:16 PM PDT

WAT is this i dont even

why is 1280x1024 resolution not letterboxed to 1280x720 to keep the high def resolution

  • 10.03.2007 9:16 PM PDT

WAT is this i dont even

why is the resolution for 1280x1024 not letterboxed

  • 10.03.2007 9:17 PM PDT
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Are you going to fix....

-Shotty Snipers every other game for slayer,
-The beat downs... The guy with the least shield should not die every time that is a retarded way to resolve it.
-The rewind/skip ahead function in saved films
-The single mauler shoot/beatdown combo... (its almost better than having a real shotgun)
-How easy it is to get high levels.
-The gravity hammers godlike power on guardian.

Thank you for....

-an awesome campaign.
-great multiplayer maps (with the exception of guardian).
-great multiplayer balance.
-no autoaim.
-toning down the plasma pistol.
-no laggy connections. (good netcode)
-good matchmaking and ranking system.
-reading 200 pages of repeated questions

  • 10.03.2007 9:18 PM PDT

what is the bottom row of medals for in the matchmaking medal chart?

  • 10.03.2007 9:20 PM PDT
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and also, has anyone else been having problems watching videos with other people in the lobby?
From what i can tell it takes a lot longer to load when people are in the lobby but other then that no.
YAY page 109 lol

[Edited on 10.03.2007 9:21 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 9:20 PM PDT

in memory of Casey Dyer
10-11-08

Is there any way to play infection online on matchmaking?

  • 10.03.2007 9:21 PM PDT

Get Ghost.

can you add in an update an achievement for beating the game on legendary with all skulls? I think that would definately be worth an achievement, if possible.

  • 10.03.2007 9:22 PM PDT

Can you PLEASE take the turrets out of weapon specific hoppers?

Why are two 'Respawn Area's' in one place? (This has popped up only on Sandtrap so far)

[Edited on 10.03.2007 9:29 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 9:22 PM PDT

CLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN ARE U GOING TO PUT CLANS IN HALO 3???? PLEASEEEEE ...........thats all i wanna know everything else is P E R F E C T

  • 10.03.2007 9:23 PM PDT

Why can't you use every object in Forge?(flamethrower for example)

Why can't we delete the Elephant? (you be nice for those large one bomb assault games)

I'm a little confused about what the Ark is. Does it make Halos? Is it one of the Halos? And why do all the Halos come right to it after the second Halo had a "all of a sudden" deactivation.

I'm also confused about how ALL the Halos were destroyed. Did the overload on the Halo being made destroy all of them or are they still out there.

Do all the Halos need to be together to become the one super weapon? and if not why so many???


What happened to some of the old online features like clans and having snipers as its own gametype??? Wy did you do that???

[Edited on 10.03.2007 9:25 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 9:24 PM PDT

Multiple questions:

-Why can't we rewind Multiplayer Saved Films with the Left Trigger?

-Why can't we record Clips in Campaign Saved Films?

  • 10.03.2007 9:25 PM PDT
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My EXP on the bungie website is always one point lower than my actual EXP shown on xbox live when I halo it up. Will you be able to fix this? (I know I'm splitting hairs but hey, this game is supposed to be perfection itself right?). Awesome game dude :)

Nate

  • 10.03.2007 9:25 PM PDT

-GtG-

Multiplayer questions:

1) Like, a year ago or so, I remember reading about how Halo 3 would have a custom matchmaking search, so you could find people who were interested in playing a custom game through matchmaking, instead of finding them through your friends list or through a regular matchmaking playlist. Did I make that up?

2) When there's a party with a large disparity in skill rating (let's say a 20 partied up with a 3 and a 4) in a ranked playlist, it will take a very, very long time to find a match. Can't the high rank just take priority and the lower ranked people have to fend for themselves? Instead, the MM engine searches for a party of "mixed experience" and never finds a match.

3) Also, why is the MM engine so strict on matching up party size in ranked games? While it would be preferable to not have four individuals up against a seasoned team who plays together frequently, it can also be frustrating when MM slows down your match search to make SURE that teams are "balanced"

4) Gravity Hammer needs tweaking. Either the delay between swings should be decreased slightly (quarter of a second, maybe), or the area affect should be increased a notch.

  • 10.03.2007 9:28 PM PDT
Subject: Ideas to a better Halo 3 Experience
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Ideas to a better Halo 3 Experience

Hello Bungie.
Let me start by saying Halo 3 is Amazing! Who needs the 80 pixels. Id Rather have the dual frame buffers! :)

OK here are my ideas and Questions...
I know Halo 3 is now on a NEXT-GEN console with a new engine but Halo 3 has completely changed for good and worse especially how interacting with your friends has become slow and annoying. I'll explain below.
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**IDEA-Themed Friends list - Making a customized and themed friends list would have been fantastic, fast and fun to send messages when that Y button is pressed like in HALO2. Instead now we all have to use the Xbox360's boring and extremely slow friends list interface.

>>Q: Why wasn't a custom themed friends list thought of? This is a must and one of the reasons Halo 2's friends list was a Success on XBOX-LIVE.(besides the Pregame Lobby.)
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**IDEA-Achievement viewer - Halo 3 should of had its own customized and themed viewer. Example: Crackdown's achievement viewer.

>>Q: Why wasn't a themed Achievement viewer not thought of? This would have made Halo 3 Different from the rest and prettier to look at. :D
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**IDEA - CLANS can work! - I have read about how Bungie cheated the system by adding a second friends list into Halo 2 called "CLAN friends list". That way a Slick way to add more friends. NICE one BUNGIE! ;) So No this idea does not include a second friends list but a friends list CLAN filter.

Let me explain...
*>Example: Think of it as a favorites friends list called "CLAN". In the menu of Halo 3, theres a option to filter out people who are not in your clan so you can view without hunting for your clan members. Lets say I have 16 friends ONLINE in Halo 3 and meet a new friend. 2 friends Join my Party including my new friend who I met on XBOXLIVE so we can start a Match making game. I want these 3 people in my party to be in my clan so... I select there name one by one and select from one of the options "Invite to Clan SPARTA 300". Now since they have accepted my clan invite we can now start a matchmaking game as a clan. You will now see a new icon besides our personal icons indicating that we are in the same clan. ;) This icon is always visible to represent the clan that a person is currently in. Clicking on this icon or going into a players stats can view the clans history. There should only be one overlord at a time in a clan and that person should be the one who created the clan. NOTE: If a person decides to never play XBOX-LIVE again then there should be an option called Promote to OVERLORD. Highlight a friend and when clicked it will ask Warning you will lose your Overlord position! Are you sure you want to continue? yes! Bamm your friend is now the new overlord and you are a member. This way there is no accidental promotions.

>>Q: PLEASE tell me... is adding this feature to HALO 3 possible? I know it is but will Bungie Consider My thought and take it into consideration? :D If it can not be done in the Halo 3 game itself then adding it on Bungie net would also be acceptable. I asked all my Halo friends These questions and all agreed!
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**IDEA - - It will be freaking cool to remake Halo 1 and Halo 2 from the ground up using the new game engine and everything from halo 3 for the xbox360. Just the Campaign cause then it will cause some issues in multiplayer. A nice way to make up for the missing multiplayer is to have Halo 1 and 2 maps available for download on XBLMP or on the Dual Halo 1 and Halo 2 campaign disc as bonus content for halo 3. I am pretty sure people will not want to pay if there are separate and 60 bucks each so 2 games for the price of one is a fantastic idea and addition to Halo 3. Trust me this will be a great strategy for that Halo franchise income;). If this happens I will most definitely be a buyer and I am sure every one else would be to.

Q:Last Question: Will Bungie remake Halo 1 and Halo 2 form the ground up for the 360? If so is Bungie going to be secretive about it?
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Thats all my IDEAS and QUESTIONS for now.

P.S. Answering these questions in a pod cast would be great! I am a big Big Fan of the Bungie pod cast. There all on my ZUNE! ;)
P.P.S. Wow how can I forget to say that I am a huge Halo fan since day 1 and that I got a 50inch Plasma, an xbox360 and 7.1 surround system with optical cable just for my copy of Halo 3 Legendary edition.

Thank you Bungie for taking the time to hear out your true fans and bringing Halo 1, 2, and 3 to this world.
Fan forever Spartin83

  • 10.03.2007 9:28 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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This has probably been asked but, is there ever gonna be a way to combine your saved clips together, and then somehow transfer them to your computer for adding in sound, voice, etc? 4 Machinima wannabees lol. Thanx 4 ur time.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 9:30 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 9:28 PM PDT

NAT setting? Please help. I want to play Halo as smooth as a baby's ass. Great game. Best one yet.

  • 10.03.2007 9:29 PM PDT
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How come you don't always pick up ammo for duel-wieldable weapons unless you duel-wield first and then drop the second gun? *

Why is there no option to Rewind or Skip Forward while in Theater mode? **

Why isn't there a matchmaking playlist that combines a lot of different gametypes together (Like Team Training from Halo 2)?

Why can't you turn Master Chief's "flashlight" on during multiplayer?

Why can't you turn the Shotgun's flashlight on?


*ie: if you have a single Mauler and walk over another Mauler you sometimes don't get any ammo. You have to duel-wield it first and then drop it to get the extra ammo. why does this happen and are you going to fix it? (it's inconvenient for those of us who just want to single-wield duel-wieldable weapons. This doesn't happen every time, but it happens frequently enough to effect gameplay in both Campaign and Multiplayer.

**Not being able to Skip Forward is way more of a hassle than having no Rewind option, though both would be nice.

  • 10.03.2007 9:30 PM PDT
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Are you planning to remake any of the orignal Halo maps as downloadable content? If so, quanitity, price?

  • 10.03.2007 9:30 PM PDT
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Will SWAT/Team SWAT be included in the playlist hopper any time soon?

How come sometimes my armor reverts back to the default armor on my Service Record, yet when I go to change it back, it shows it the way I had it?

Also, why does the armor sometimes change options for me? I will select a head, then move down to the body and the head will change itself back to the previous helmet

Are there anymore armors that we don't know about? Any that were planned but dropped, but might see the light of day as DLC?

When and what can we expect for the first DLC?

Aside from that, awesome game. Well worth the hype and my $140.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 9:33 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 9:30 PM PDT
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Hello, I have a few questions pertaining to Halo 3.

1. I have been having troubles with some of the armor. Right now I have completed all of the achievements, and have competed the game on Legendary. For some reason though I am missing the Elite Commando Shoulder Armor. Not only that, but when I unlocked the Security Shoulder Armor, after a short while it became locked again, and did not become unlocked until I completed all of the achievements. My question is, can you explain that?

2. There seem to be some strange deaths on my record One is that I was killed with a "Classified" and it's description is "liiiieeeee!!!!". What is up with that, and apparently the other with the same title, but the description is "I'm calling my lawyer"?

3. For some reason my Bungie.net Halo 3 character picture is the same damn Elite I only picked so I could see if I unlocked the Commando armor, and will not update to my current one. Why does this happen?

4. On my Xbox 360 Dashboard, there are several Halo 3 Advertisements, one of which says "NEW WEAPONS. NEW MAPS" or something along those lines. Which as of now is lies. Unless by weapons it means Halo 3 knowledge, and apparently knowing is half the battle. But the maps could be anything. My question is, when will these advertisements stop being lies?

5. When do I get my three Steak Dinners? Technically four if you count social matches. My friend is owed five, but he doesn't have to know. Also can this be exchanged for money? As I can totally use some money.

6. How about a Security Body armor?

7. I have been told that on the extra discs from the Halo 3 Legendary or Special Edition, there are hidden achievements. Is this true?

Sorry for the seven questions.

  • 10.03.2007 9:32 PM PDT
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Ok if this has already been answered then....dang...but, yes. My friend has all achievements and still doesn't have it. Out of all his armors it doesn't say "locked" anywhere for him. So it must be a "Bungie only" thing unless it comes with Legendary Edition or something....they need to swap the Ninja Recon with the EOD (not a big fan of looking like one of the sand people from Starwars).

  • 10.03.2007 9:33 PM PDT
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Drunki

I keep lagging out. Am I losing Exp points?

  • 10.03.2007 9:35 PM PDT