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Why is it that we can't view the first person view of any of the other players besides ourselves in a saved film? If it is simply a replay of in game data, and we can see exatly when they shoot/reload/throw a grenade etc. in third person, then why can't we shift to first person?

Also, what were the significant challenges when developing Halo 3 as opposed to Halo 1 and Halo 2?

  • 10.03.2007 11:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: UnderpaidVirus
Why is the assault rifle's range so long? It totally replaces the battle rifle except in large maps like sandtrap or valhalla.


The AR's range isn't able of knocking out the BR dude... either you've played people who are really crappy with a BR, or you're not good with it... lol.

Now, Questions:

It's always annoyed me in the first halo's that you couldn't tell if they beat Legendary or not. I beat it by myself first day with each game, while others would lie and say they would. Now that we finally have co-op, people playing against you can't tell if you beat Legendary by yourself (the hard way) or with 3 other people (Almost impossible to lose...) Could that be changed at all?

There are way to few multiplayer maps for matchmaking. We will constantly get the same maps over and over. How long until new maps will be on their way?


  • 10.03.2007 11:33 PM PDT

Sorry I already had a post but I couldn't find it, this thing grew pretty quick!

My question isn't that important but it's kinda weird, why is it that when I look at my achievements (on B.net atleast ) it says that I beat the first three missions on Monday, January 01, 1753? Was Halo 3 in production for more than three years?! haha

  • 10.03.2007 11:33 PM PDT
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are you guys gunna add a swat ranked or unranked?

  • 10.03.2007 11:34 PM PDT
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Crivens!

How many "Firefly" references are in the Halo 3 dialog?

  • 10.03.2007 11:37 PM PDT
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hi there,
i'm so glad to see so many people cheering Bungie, indeed, halo's are great =)
amazing work on halo 3 Bungie =)

there's just one thing i can't get out of my head..... did i miss a part of the game? skipped a level? what happened to the cutscene where we first saw Master Chief use a bubble shield? or the one where he walks to the ark alone? and the fight that the monument to 117 was built for? where are they? did i miss something? made something wrong? do i have to play it/ finish it on legendary to see it? i'm not a legendary player =(

thanks Bungie, for making such a great game. i hope we'll see Master Chief in the future..... someday.


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  • 10.03.2007 11:39 PM PDT
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Hey Frankie and Bungie guys. So I was playing halo with my buddies the other day and all of a sudden half of my screen turns into a misty blue. I turned off my box and booted it back up and at first i thought it was a A/V problem but turns out it wasn't, the blue mist was back. Have any idea what that could've been cuz right now I'm thinking it was corrupted data or something.

  • 10.03.2007 11:42 PM PDT
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The first few days after launch, everything was fine but for nearly a week now, matchmaking hasn't worked for me. I keep getting the message "Information could not be retrieved from the Halo 3 server." Custom games work but matchmaking has ground to a halt completely. What's the deal?

  • 10.03.2007 11:44 PM PDT

The best, just got better!

Where is Team Hardcore? This is a HUGELY needed playlist. As I look back, I noticed that on the XBL dashboard there are several types of gamers you can put yourself as: Recreational, Family, Underground, and Pro....why not incorperate that into Halo 3 Playlists? Social games being for Family/Rec players, Team Hardcore could be for the underground players and for the third you could have your Team Pro play list that has your main stream gaming leagues game types with very strict BR start with no radar and weapon spawns changed and bring in a whole new type of Matchmaking type. Just if your gonna do it, do it the right way. Online on H3 it seems like everyone is saying "We don't think this is fun...so it's not" (talking as a Bungie worker/play tester). I mean say all you want about how game types made by organizations like MLG are dumb and too few would play or download, take a look: MLGAnakin this guy has over 80,000 downloads off his File Share. That's ave around 6,500 downloads per item...think thats kinda crazy? Give it a shot...if it fails you can get rid or it like Backwash : P

  • 10.03.2007 11:45 PM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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"Censorship is like saying a man can't eat steak because a baby can't chew it"
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When can we expect downloadable content? And what shouldn't we expect (armour/emblems/colours/further campaign stages/maps)?

Are we getting clan support in Halo 3?

  • 10.03.2007 11:54 PM PDT
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~Semper Fi~

Whats with the planet looking thing in the very last cut scene at the end of Halo 3 after the Master Chief has gone into cryo.......is that the archive that is hinted at in the terminal messages where intelligent biological organisms were "indexed"?

  • 10.03.2007 11:59 PM PDT

A few questions:

1. Will we see armor permutations in DLC packages in the future? The 'endless' amounts of variations we could do with what we have isn't really there Bungie. (EOB armor for us too?)
2. More Elite armor? Spartan variations double the poor Elites variations
3. Will we see a patch/update for the problems we have had online in the next couple of months? (AR on steroids for example)
4. Will we be able to have a look at the first months online stats of which gametypes and maps were most vetoed, which gametypes and maps people preferred, etc?
5. Why can't we move the Elephant in Forge? And also; will we be able to download more objects that we will be able to place and manipulate in maps with Forge?
6. Will ANYTHING in Forge be updated? More features? More items? More tools?
7. Rockmelon or Watermelon?

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  • 10.03.2007 11:59 PM PDT

This probably been asked before considering with the 114 pages lol. What happened to clans/clan matches? I also want to say I like what you guys did about balancing most of the weapons, but the pistol is kinda slow and weak, even when dualed still does not match any other pistol weapon. Maybe tweaking a little bit would do =x. For matchmaking, are there will be any additions in the future like Team Swat or Team ActionSack? That's all for now. Thanks.

  • 10.04.2007 12:01 AM PDT
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Legendary ending, explain! =P

On a more serious note, will there ever be a function to search for customs games as described before Halo 3's launch? So for example, If I wanted to play Infection but only had 1 friend online, I could potentially search threw "open" custom matches to find an infection game some unknown person is hosting. Or I could create my own Infection match and open the party and allow other people, not on my players or friends list, to join in.

I think this feature could make sharing new forge maps and game types far superior.

  • 10.04.2007 12:03 AM PDT
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I remember reading in an update or something about "More Spartans" being seen in the campaign...

What ever happened to these "Spartans"...?


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  • 10.04.2007 12:03 AM PDT
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what happened to the brutes and the rest of the flood that weren't in the ark when the ring fired?

  • 10.04.2007 12:04 AM PDT
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I hear a whole lot about when you'll remake lockout...how about another remade hang em high/tombstone? maybe a remade chill out? thats pretty much all i got

  • 10.04.2007 12:08 AM PDT

Why can't the flag carrier drive vehicles, even when the flag carrier vehicle use trait is set to "full use?"

Will there be any Halo 1 maps remade for Halo 3? Any possibility for ones that weren't remade for Halo 2 (Sidewinder or Damnation maybe?) ?

  • 10.04.2007 12:15 AM PDT
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My friend said he ran into someone playing as a Brute online. Is it really possible to appear as a Brute with different physical abilities or was he just pulling my chain?

  • 10.04.2007 12:17 AM PDT
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Why oh why did you remove hearing the opposition in ranked play?

It was a core feature of matchmaking for halo 2 and added to the atmosphere in the game and indeed differentiated it from other live games. Nothing could beat the feeling of knowing the opposition were listening in and puposely shouting out that your sheids were shot only to have them come find you and feel the wrath of the plasma sword.

Plleeaazzee put it back!

  • 10.04.2007 12:19 AM PDT
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"I'm going to give you such a noobing you nooby noobster."

Way to go Bungie on an excellent game! Having a blast playing it. Okay, so I read through about 10 pages of this thread, and there are certainly some common issues that I'm sure you all will be taking into consideration. Personally, I feel the push-to-talk needs to go. If some lame-o on your team is spewing garbage out of his/her mouth, you can just mute that individual. I also agree that you should incorporate a "saved clip" feature with campaign films. I read in the "how-to" that there were some technical issues with it and that's why we don't see it, but it would be nice if that becomes available in the future (along with a faster "fast-forward"). Also, say I jump on Halo 3 matchmaking...can I join a friend without having to get an invite first? If so, I'm not sure how. And lastly, why the Army/Air Force/Marine rank structure as opposed to Navy? It would be cool to make it to "Fleet Admiral," let alone "Master Chief!" Again, thanks for the great game.

  • 10.04.2007 12:19 AM PDT
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only two questions for me.
1.will there be more unlockable armor to receive as time flies by.
2.will ANY maps from Halo and Halo2 be back for Halo3 for us to download.

  • 10.04.2007 12:22 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Posted by: syco saga
this thread is full of so many retards that its ridicules

Why can't we have multiple player profiles like Halo 2? I want to be able to share the armor I've unlocked with my friends when we play system link and/or split-screen.

  • 10.04.2007 12:24 AM PDT