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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Why isn't there a ranked BTB?
Why aren't there are BR/Carbine starts?
Why isn't there a Team Snipers playlist? (same as shotty snipes)

Why is this game so effing bad ass? =D

  • 10.04.2007 5:43 AM PDT
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also i want to know that. Just say your team is very low at killing people and the team loses but one of them get's MVP could the MVP get EXP aswell? it will make sence...

  • 10.04.2007 5:44 AM PDT

ShadowFox179

ima sound like my mom...but....
and another thing.....why does the magnum shoot soooo slowwwwwww.....not a very good dual weild with smg and stuff. possibly speed it up in the update?

  • 10.04.2007 5:44 AM PDT
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Why is the assault rifle's range so long? It totally replaces the battle rifle except in large maps like sandtrap or valhalla."



ok if a guy with a AR and a guy with a BR fire at the same time at each other the guy with the BR will win and also the BR has zoom and u can shoot while in zoom.
does that answer ur QUESTION?

  • 10.04.2007 5:44 AM PDT

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Why is such a crotchety old fart calling himself Meat Sack?

Will we ever be able to access our Halo 3 BETA saved films again? I know they are still on my hard drive, I never erased them. It would be great to retrieve them and make them viewable in H3.

  • 10.04.2007 5:46 AM PDT
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Why is the assault rifle's range so long? It totally replaces the battle rifle except in large maps like sandtrap or valhalla."


ok BR u shoot without exiting the zoom
a guy with a BR and a guy with a AR fire and hit each other at the same time and keep shooting who wins da guy with the BR
does this answer ur question VampiricKain

  • 10.04.2007 5:47 AM PDT
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i think that the budget idea for forge is a really good idea to reduce the lag, but when in forge it would be nice to be able to spawn as many as we want for an item instead of having a limit for each item. But it still costs money so it wont overload. That would be great thx.

  • 10.04.2007 5:48 AM PDT
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How do i unlock the triple kill acheivement? I got a triple kill in a ranked match of team slayer but looks like it didn't unlock it still.

  • 10.04.2007 5:49 AM PDT

ShadowFox179

are we gonna see the magnum shoot any faster? cos its just a little shower compared to halo 2. even to halo CE

  • 10.04.2007 5:52 AM PDT

Question 1 Why is that only a couple of maps load up for play? For all these maps being on the game, you only see 2 or 3 or them over and over for hours.

Question 2 WTF is up with shotty / snipe showing up all the time.. this should be put in a different category. Half the time when you veto
thats what you get.

Question 3 What was the surprise we were supposed to get before the release of Halo 3. I saw something over on xbox360fanboy.com saying Bungie said
something about a big surprise... what is it, or what was it?

Question 4+5 Have you guys noticed all the lag games lately? Can XBOX LIVE not handle the Halo Community?



BTW Great work on the game!! I think its great.. an unlike some of the other people the weapons seem fine.

  • 10.04.2007 5:52 AM PDT
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i have just 2 questions: how is it that my exp is 68 and my next promotion is 150 exp when a bunch of my friends have 60 or 70 something and there next promotion is 70 or 80 respectively? and could the winning team or mvp get more exp for being the best that game instead of only 1 exp per game?

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  • 10.04.2007 5:59 AM PDT

He watches every Hodgetwin video they put up...on ALL their channels. He calls them the Hodge Triplets, and considers himself the 3rd triplet. He's started talking and acting like them now. Every other line out of his mouth "Thaaas some BULLLLLL**** maaayne" or "Gotta make dem gainzzzz". He calls his biceps "gains". When he eats post-workout, he talks to his biceps, "Don't worry gains, I'm feeding you. Daddys gonna feed you, gainz *kisses biceps*".

My bro and I like to play split screen on my widescreen HD TV, but every time we do, it gives us the horizontal split and completely cuts off the widescreen aspect of it, not half as cool as it could/should be. I tried to work with the video calibrator, etc. but couldn't find a solution. What am I missing?

  • 10.04.2007 5:59 AM PDT
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1) Will any of the DLC include additional achievements?

2) Are there plans to move Shotty Snipers to its own playlist?

3) Are there plans to add more individual ranked playlists?

4) Integers a,b,c, and d, not necessarily distinct, are chosen independently and at random from 0 to 2007, inclusive. What is the probability that a*d-b*c is even?

5) Are you even still reading this thread at this point?

  • 10.04.2007 5:59 AM PDT

Flamethrowers: any way to get more of them on the maps? Why are they so scarce? On most of the Forge maps they're totally unavailable! 8(

  • 10.04.2007 6:00 AM PDT

ShadowFox179

hey im saying it should shoot like an smg. im just asking for a little quiker..other than that i love it.

  • 10.04.2007 6:05 AM PDT
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this is probably a n00b question that's been answered, but there's 121 pages to look through so humor me please:

Will we EVER be able to poilot a Phantom or Pelican in Halo 3? Are they going to be avalible for DLC at all?

  • 10.04.2007 6:11 AM PDT
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is the bungie team morning over the recent revile of the "i would have been your daddy skull"?

  • 10.04.2007 6:12 AM PDT
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Not too many people have asked about this but it is really bugging me, especially on cutscenes where it would be great. No realtime reflections on the visor, all I see are blurry cubemaps! The announcement trailer had them and that feature alone really stuck out at me, I remember the statement back at E3 '06 that you would be able to see the ammo counter on the visor, all I see are cubemaps, what happened there? And is there any chance we will see some new features added to the Forge, it keeps reminding me of Half-Life 2's Garry's mod, but in a more limited form. Oh, and thanks for doing this whole thread thing in the first place, I am glad to see you support your fans like this!

  • 10.04.2007 6:14 AM PDT
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Why am I consistently having problems getting games? I enter into matchmaking, and its "searching for players" but even when it finds other players, it always ends up just being me in a game, by myself. it shows that all the other players disconnected. i'm pretty sure thats not the case. this is happening to my other friends as well, so its not just my connection. please answer! thanks.

  • 10.04.2007 6:16 AM PDT
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First of all guys good job on the game, the thing I need to ask only happens every once and awhile but it seems like it hasppens at key moments in the game, I have the video posted in my file share, but I reloaded my rockets and just as im about to lay out my triple kill, I HAVE to reload again! whats up with check it out and tell me what you guys think! Maybe it can be fixed?

  • 10.04.2007 6:18 AM PDT

Posted by: Shadow_Fox 179
hey im saying it should shoot like an smg. im just asking for a little quiker..other than that i love it.


The reason it's slower is because it's more powerful and more accurate and has a longer range. But the Halo 1 pistol is better in all the feilds but they needed downgrade the pistol from that which they did too much in Halo 2

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Q: Sorry to be negative, but why does this game show much more aliasing that most of other xbox 360 games?? Is this fixable in a future title update?? Halo 3 would have the single most beautiful and inmersive "game world" there is if it wasn't for those "jagged" edges.

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  • 10.04.2007 6:18 AM PDT

Let the boys be boys!

Are there any plans to make Big Team Battle 8 VS.8 as it was meant to be? I really miss that. Regardless of lag, I'd love it.

Secondly, will there be a ranked Big Team Battle playlist as well? I don't mind having a unranked one, but it would be nice to have one ranked as well.

Finally, can you wonderful ladies and gents at Bungie remake Headlong for us? A lot of players miss that old stomping ground (Waterworks would be cool, too). No rush of course, maybe by March-April? It would be a spring time treat for all!

  • 10.04.2007 6:20 AM PDT
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Who made/approved the brilliant decision to completely ignore exp in matchmaking, so that sergeants get put in a room with 4 captains, essentially obliterating his chances at winning, and have they been fired yet?

  • 10.04.2007 6:21 AM PDT
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Any chance of holding the left trigger to hold your weapon down returning? The button combo is annoying in System Link/Splitscreen.

Any map remakes planned? I for one would like to see Headlong, only not under construction. let's see it finished!

Is there a remote possibility of Team Actionsack returning? PLEASE?!

Any updates planned for Forge? I'd like to be able to lock objects in place, and more objects would be great too, along with every weapon available on every map.

  • 10.04.2007 6:21 AM PDT