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Hey Bungie, Great job on fixing almost everything wrong with HALO 2 and Bringing back SKILL to HALO 3. I just have 5 quick wishes that I hope you guys can grant me and every one else on live:

1. Can we please have XBL Public?! I don't like having to settle for whatever Match Making brings up sometimes...I would love to search servers on my own like in Return To Castle Wolfenstein-also Forge needs to be public so we can all share the creations we have made with the rest of the world...not just which ever friends are online...

2. I know you guys are probably working on your network code or whatever, but can we have 8v8 back on Big Team battle please? Also, it would be nice if there was a little more ranked variety in modes (like an 8v8 Team slayer, that would be awesome)

3. Switch up the maps and weapon sets please? Every mode plays the same 3 or 4 maps, and if it's not standard, it's team rockets, or shotty snipers. Also PLEASE BRING BACK SOME OLD MAPS FROM HALO: CE AND HALO 2

4. What is up with the lag for melee? I'll shoot a full clip into a guy and take his shields down, then hit him with a melee, see the animation, hear the sound effect, AND THEN HE HITS ME A HALF SECOND LATER AND I'M THE ONE THAT GOES FLYING...What?!

5. Last but not least, can you please patch the army rank so I can level up on exp EVEN IF I LOSE A MATCH...I'm tired of FINISHING 1ST IN KILLS, 1ST IN KILL/DEATH SPREAD, MEDALS, ETC. AND NOT LEVELING UP JUST CAUSE MY TEAM LOST THE MATCH...

That's it, other than that, you guys made a great game and I probably won't be playing anything else for a while...

  • 10.04.2007 12:29 AM PDT
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Hey Bungie, Great job on fixing almost everything wrong with HALO 2 and Bringing back SKILL to HALO 3. I just have 5 quick wishes that I hope you guys can grant me and every one else on live:

1. Can we please have XBL Public?! I don't like having to settle for whatever Match Making brings up sometimes...I would love to search servers on my own like in Return To Castle Wolfenstein-also Forge needs to be public so we can all share the creations we have made with the rest of the world...not just which ever friends are online...

2. I know you guys are probably working on your network code or whatever, but can we have 8v8 back on Big Team battle please? Also, it would be nice if there was a little more ranked variety in modes (like an 8v8 Team slayer, that would be awesome)

3. Switch up the maps and weapon sets please? Every mode plays the same 3 or 4 maps, and if it's not standard, it's team rockets, or shotty snipers. Also PLEASE BRING BACK SOME OLD MAPS FROM HALO: CE AND HALO 2

4. What is up with the lag for melee? I'll shoot a full clip into a guy and take his shields down, then hit him with a melee, see the animation, hear the sound effect, AND THEN HE HITS ME A HALF SECOND LATER AND I'M THE ONE THAT GOES FLYING...What?!

5. Last but not least, can you please patch the army rank so I can level up on exp EVEN IF I LOSE A MATCH...I'm tired of FINISHING 1ST IN KILLS, 1ST IN KILL/DEATH SPREAD, MEDALS, ETC. AND NOT LEVELING UP JUST CAUSE MY TEAM LOST THE MATCH...

That's it, other than that, you guys made a great game and I probably won't be playing anything else for a while...

  • 10.04.2007 12:30 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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I was wondering if you could explain the matching up in matchmaking a little more. I am specifically wondering why as a rank 5 in a game type with my highest rank being an 8 I am playing against officers and people who have reached a level 20 plus in other gametypes but have a rank of 5 in the gametype we are in at the moment?
When do you anticipate the ranks leveling out the playing field so I play others at my skill level?
Thank you for taking the time to read all of these and offer this Q&A session.
Justbrak

  • 10.04.2007 12:30 AM PDT
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I got a couple actualy . So I hope this helps .


1. In matchmaking, will you be able to "veto" more then once in later updates ?

2. Why is it that if you "lag out of" a game, you lose a penatly point, Because it basicaly isn't fair .

3. What happend to Co-Ag , and The other amazing maps from halo and halo 2, Everyone misses them, im sorry valhalla isnt the same as Co- ag for me .

4. Are you guys going to add more armor / skulls, or other miscellaneous stuff, im sure your aware that pretty much everyone has the IWHBYD skull, or has at least see then video. Just a though .

  • 10.04.2007 12:32 AM PDT
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how can i use the alien sniper on custom games? i used to play with my frind no-scopes, whith both sniper, but now i cant =(

  • 10.04.2007 12:35 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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1. Why is it that frequently when I go into a match (Online), my Armor will sometimes get reset to Mark VI without me even knowing (until I die...)?

2. Will there be more Armor Permutations in MP? (At least for the Elites, so they can catch up)

3. I've unlocked every Achievement in the game, why do I STILL not have the "Commando" shoulders for the Elite model?

4. It seems like the AR has a longer range and is ALOT more powerful then it was in the Beta, why is this? (It's getting quite annoying...)

5. Where's the alledged "Ninja" Helmet for Spartans?

  • 10.04.2007 12:37 AM PDT
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Why is it that if 2 people are pumping AR ammo into eachother and then both melee only 1 person dies and the other then gets taken out by 1 round from someone else?
This happens alot with the shotgun as well.
It isn't just the first person to melee either because the saved films clearly show this.
This means that I can't play MM properly because I just get killed even when I appear to melee first as the saved films clearly show.
Please help.

  • 10.04.2007 12:42 AM PDT
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Q: is there something wrong with halo or something? i got all the achievements but it wont give the full elite armor commando shoulders......ive seen it on most of my friends own too that they do not have it....

  • 10.04.2007 12:42 AM PDT
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Is there a discernable pattern to gaining experience in multiplayer? I know you have to do unranked and ranked games (excluding custom games), but I might have a wonderful match, be top player on my team and MVP, and still not get an experience point. Then later, I may have lost a match and then done mediocre in the next and gained two points.

Does experience base itself on kills, medals, standing at the end of games, deaths, kill-to-death spreads, or some combination of these (all with regard to the levels of opponents defeated by you and who defeat you)?

Thanks in advance!

  • 10.04.2007 12:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: EdDotNet
First of all. Thank you guys for greating a fantastic game! This is almost more then I can handle.

My problem is about the unlocking of achievements in campaign scoring.

I've tried almost anything by now.
1. Turning campaing scoring on (off course).
2. Selected Free for All scoring. Because i've heard Team scoring didn't work.
3. Turned some skulls on to make sure I will make it to a 15.000+.
4. Played the game on co-op, or by myself.

Result: Almost everytime my personal score was much higher then the required 15.000, but everytime it does not unlock a single achievement.
I'm lost. I really want to get those meta game achievements.

Thanks in advance
EdDotNet
The Netherlands


My bad .. my bad...
I thought 12.000 points where needed.
Played again. scored 15.000+ and got an achievement!
Sorry guys... Sorry Frankie..

  • 10.04.2007 12:44 AM PDT

Bungie, I'm making a feature film length Machinima and was wondering if
A) E.O.B. is unlockable for us.
B) If it is in Campaign or MM.
C) You think Hamlet would look awesome in E.O.B. armor.

If you can't/don't want to say that's A-Okay too.

P.S. I'm sorry if this is already asked I haven't the time look through the article.

Peace.

  • 10.04.2007 12:46 AM PDT
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Why arent their clans?
Why does host play such a big part in who wins melee or sniping?

  • 10.04.2007 12:48 AM PDT
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Why has the power of equipment been dramatically decreased?

The Power Drainer seems less effective, and I can happily jump on a trip mine without dieing. So what was the reasoning behind this?

  • 10.04.2007 12:49 AM PDT
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will all these be answered?

what planet is @ the end of halo 3 with a metalic looking city/surface ?

is marathon and halo in the same universe? could master chief if frozen become a part of the marathon type universe

are we going to actually get an update to halo 3? or are we just going to get a map pack type of DLC? because some things seem "broken" or need "fixing" such as, the trip mines seem weak, they were better in the beta I personally thought.

why isnt the sentinel beam available on maps? i liked this weapon in halo 2, in halo 3 its freaking amazing.

is their any maps with flame grenades? because i havent seen any since forge

is shotty snipers going to get a huge reduction in play priority. same with rockets.

is their any way we can have a game setting were we can play team games through weapons onl weilded in 3rd person? flamethrower/turret/missle pod
also, under that question will we be seeing team: lazer's snipers duels shotguns hammers.

will any MM games gave reduced/increased gravity (preferably reduced)

  • 10.04.2007 12:53 AM PDT
Subject: Warthog
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1. Why did you make the Warthog such a piece of -blam!-?
In Halo, I could go through Silent Cartographer or AotCR with just the Warthog; no gunner needed. It rocked, it felt heavy, it had a lot of momentum.
In Halo 2, it was harder to run people over, but the acceleration was much better. I thought it was sort of a crappy tradeoff, but it wasn't so bad.
In Halo 3, it's difficult to out-maneuver a large rock. Why did you make the throttle cut off automatically on turns? Even on Normal, vehicle combat is almost impossible since you can't avoid being hit due to its lack of speed and turning capabilities. I want to go straight at a ghost and flip the pilot or blow it up, but no. After one second burst of just about any weapon, the pilot dies. If I want to drive it at all, I end up gunboating it at a half-mile away. It took all the fun out of my favorite part of Halo. I'm a badass driver, and you gave me a car for blind, retarded woman-drivers. I can even accept that it flips around as if it weighs ten pounds, but who dropped the ball on the turn throttle? If you ever decide to update something, please make turning at more than 5MPH possible again. Even if you don't: why did you do this to me?

2. Why not have a totally separate vehicle health bar/stat, and only damage the driver/gunner/passengers when they actually get shot?
Why is the damage system for vehicles so unrealistic and crappy? Admittedly, I'm not one for ultra-realism; however, it seems that no matter what part of the vehicle gets shot, I always die. The battle damage system is for almost nothing more than aesthetics the way it's designed. The car can't die unless the driver dies with it. I can ram it against a wall repeatedly or drive it through Hell and back - as long as I don't die, neither does my car. Why do shots to the bumper cause irreperable damage to my abdomen?

  • 10.04.2007 12:55 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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OK:
1: I found the "ghost" egg on the level "Halo", who is it?/why does the head cut off when I take a screenshot?
2: what happens to all of those who do not have xbox live gold and can't get some armour perms due to lack of achievements unlocked? Could you fix this for us?
3: Will there be new Armour perms/maps/and maybe even extra campaign maps, for those of us who can't get Halo:Uprising?

That is all.

  • 10.04.2007 12:59 AM PDT
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Can you give us a release date on Pimps at Sea yet?

  • 10.04.2007 12:59 AM PDT
Subject: Warthog

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

Also, why is it when you put indestructible vehicles on does the game then give you unlimited removable turrets?

Will this (hopefully) be fixed in an upcoming patch?

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  • 10.04.2007 1:00 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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Do you ever intend on bringing back open communications in multiplayer?

Why not have a rewind button and a way to fast forward in replay? Even better, a button that you could hit during a match to mark a spot you want to watch later. That would be great.

  • 10.04.2007 1:02 AM PDT
Subject: Why?
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I have never quit an online game in halo3 or disconnected my xbox during one. Before the game loaded it went back to the searching for players list, and now I have -1 EXP.

A little unfair for waiting for a game. =s

Is anything actually been done to stop this?

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  • 10.04.2007 1:06 AM PDT
Subject: Warthog
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Are you going to release a fix for the splitscreen design? so we can have an option to stretch the image to take the whole screen while on coop offline and maybe online coop for matchmaking i know for purpose of balance is the way it is.

the anti aliasing issue some of us are having is something to do with the av calibrator (our tv set) the xbox 360 (spring update issue) or design (bungie)?

what about the splitting from microsoft??? what that does mean for us}?... if its true...

do you use expansion on black level on your sharp aquos? i have one and i set it to black expansion everything is more dramatic about the lighting how do you use it with or without... ?

  • 10.04.2007 1:09 AM PDT
Subject: trip mines
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i most probably no that this has already been brought up but just in case. why are the trip mines so weak in the beta they were awesome the could destroy a warthhog with style but now i find it hrd to kill a single player with them would be awesome if it could be twaked a little and of course this game is the best game ever thanks folks

  • 10.04.2007 1:12 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Well, just to say, ive read about 4 pages of complaints, and most of them are complaining about the wrong stuff. The sniper is still good, if yoou know how to use it, yes i admit, once or twice it didnt register my shots but for the most part, you HAVE to actually hit them now to get a hit, which is fine, and more skill tuned in using the sniper. so thats fine. The sword is great, no more lunging at folks across the map after gettin shot in the head a bunch of times and all that bull. (same thing with the Noob combo aka plasma pistol, thanks a bunch for changing it for the better ^_^) Another thing is that the achievments arent really glitchy, they just dont explain fully what is required in the achievment. for example, i didnt like the fact that it said to locate and access all Terminals...but failed to mention that you have to go throught them, then wait for a second part of it to come up, them wait till the end to actually count as a found terminal. there are more fustrating ones but thats just one. and the maps are fine, just that players seem to make the maps really -blam!- by playing "nooby" on them. For example, snowbound would be a great map...if not 4 outta 5 people on that map rush for the shotty and stay underground in tunnels and shield doors the entire match waiting for folks to run by. That annoys me to the "run around screaming naked" limit. But my only real complaints are about the amount of noobs playing, and we actually do need a tad bit better MM playlist. especially something like a Team Hardcore or even like a Rumble hardcore like enabled in H2 but removed for sum odd reason. I plat Halo for fun, but also competition and i have not yet to find any in these playlists, there are no hardcore players in these playlists, just a bunch of noobs. I need my favorite and perfect game back which was........"Midship, FFA, MLG settings, BR, Frags...........i need some of that in H3 but besides that retard rant i just had....GREAAT BLAMMING GAME BUNGIE!

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  • 10.04.2007 1:13 AM PDT
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I thought Halo3 was Pimps at Sea oO

But what happened to good-old-Master Chief? We aktivatet the rings, he didn't made it through the portal so he should be dead.
Nobody could have explained this yet.
And what about that planet he's drifting at? Will Master Chief fight again?

  • 10.04.2007 1:14 AM PDT
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Any plans for more armour premunitions as download content? and why cant i be team leader in big team battles, just cant find any games with me as leader? Lastly could something be done bout the arbiter during single player, he keeps rushing in to kill everythin! no problem him bein there jus let me do the killin of covenant scum plz.
Thanks for making the best trilogy ever.

  • 10.04.2007 1:15 AM PDT