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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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why is it that when you get lagged out of a game you lose exp points

  • 10.04.2007 7:44 AM PDT

i dont know if this will work but i found out that if you span a permanent grav lift (scenery) and place a powerup on it (so it dosent fall to the ground)then swich to spartan mode and pick it up,then wich back to moniter and remove the grav lift it will respan in the air and stay there(if it isnt a power up i found that it falls) i hoped i helped

  • 10.04.2007 7:47 AM PDT
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When is HALO 4 coming out? and...can i preorder it now?

  • 10.04.2007 7:48 AM PDT
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You can't.

- Why does Snowbound have a forcefield wall where grenades can explode through? Check my saved film entitled 'wtfbungie'. GT: mrworthless
- Where is our custom games list? You promised Bungie...
- Why is matchmaking so slow? Even for fast net users...
- Is there a plan to remake Lockout. Guardian sucks. Badly.
- Please please please take Construct out of matchmaking (ranked at least). PLEASE! It sucks so hard! I hate it!
- Why is there no clans?
- Why is Campaign so short even on Heroic / Legendary?
- Can you please take the Mauler out of ranked. It is the new noob combo. 1 bullet + beatdown = instant death.
- I've noticed some bullets and some beatdowns don't register. What gives?
- Why is the special disc included with the Collectors Edition so short?
- I left Arbiter behind in the last level but somehow he automagically appears in the cutscene. What the?

That's about all for now.

  • 10.04.2007 7:51 AM PDT

Hey bungie, I have a few questions about achievements and things of that nature.

First off, to get the Marathon Man achievement, do I have to access the terminals on Normal or above, such as the Skulls? I have already done this several times, but I didn't unlock the achievement. (by the way, the terminals are an interesting read, props to whoever wrote them.)

Second, how the hell do you expect us to get the Sword achievements? I mean, There are hardly any maps at all with a sword on them, and whenever I get lucky enough to play on a map with the glowy son of a -blam!-, someone else is always using it! I really want that elite armor, it looks awesome, but you are asking for more than I can achieve for it.

Third, what are your recommendations for getting the meta-game achivements? What skulls shall I put on, and what difficulty, etc. The only one I was lucky enough to get was the Tsavo Highway one, with a lot of skulls on.

Now onto some different questions.

How do I make flaming heads in player traits? I mean, I wanted to make the Zombies in my infection gametype look like Ghost Rider, but I can't find an option for it!

I think that's about it, unless I find something else. Wow, I just now noticed that I have used like 1000 characters, better stop now, I guess.

  • 10.04.2007 7:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: RealMercyKiller
When you are in a party but you are not the party leader how (or why cant you) see which playlist youre in before you are allready searching for players (So when you are in the lobby)


you can... hit x before the game is started. My question is why aren't flame weps in mm

  • 10.04.2007 7:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: RealMercyKiller
When you are in a party but you are not the party leader how (or why cant you) see which playlist youre in before you are allready searching for players (So when you are in the lobby)



you can, hit x before the game starts

  • 10.04.2007 7:55 AM PDT
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Will there be new armor downloads as well as maps? Will SPI Armor (as seen on the cover of Ghosts of Onyx) ever be added to the game? That seems to be the armor everyone was thinking would be in the game and wanted, as it's really the only SPARTAN armor other than MJOLNIR that's been somewhat canon in Halo.

  • 10.04.2007 7:55 AM PDT

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Posted by: lithid
whats the deal with the melee? it almost seems like the guy who gets the first hit in most of the time loses. like the beatdown is countered and you're sent flying 50 ft. is this a gravity glitch, or just for embarassment?

also, sometimes i notice people lunge from great distances, other times no lunge at all.


Agreed! What's up with this counter melee business? Just when you think you have 'em with half a shield left to their NO shield, your melee does nothing and theirs counters it and obliterates you. Needs fixin' quick!

  • 10.04.2007 7:55 AM PDT

ok firs of all i love the game(in fack im working on a gamedesiner carerer in high schoo right now)



I just have a few sugestions for h3
first I think it would be a good idea to make some more specific play lists ( team snipes,infection ,ect)
more costomizable armor(boba fett,more intersting armor)and be able to change the legs and stuff)
remake the old maps(i honestly dont care if the maps stay the same ,like having a halo 1 map with no changes enven in graphics)
id also work on the mele range (making it longer) and maore of the maps in machmakein (sand trap with team slayer or making a big team slayer ranked)
but over all you guys did a realy good job(how do you make crates lvitate,i can maker power ups lavetate but not anything elsw?)
i realy enjoy the game

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Why is it necessary to push on the D-pad to talk if there are more than 4 people on your team? Several people tell me it is because of lag, but that makes no sense since proximity voice is on all the time. Also, why is there no option to disable proximity voice (particularly for custom games)?

Finally, why do the advertisements for Halo 3 on Xbox live misrepresent its implementation of clan support?

  • 10.04.2007 7:56 AM PDT

The EVA is bassically SPI so there would be no point.

  • 10.04.2007 7:57 AM PDT

are there shoulder plates and a chest plate for the mark V armor?

Also WHY cant we record videos of campaign i had a really good kill on a brute that i couldnt record!

  • 10.04.2007 7:57 AM PDT
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When driving the tank, sometimes the controls for left and right reverse. I know this is to make it easier to drive the tank backwards, but it is a pain when trying to turn around 180 degrees, and feel INCREDIBLY counter intuitive to me.


Other than that the controls are VERY intuitive on everything.


Another thing I noticed: A wraith had gotten stuck, and propped against a rock. I crawled under the wraith, but the gunner was able to fire THROUGH the wraith and kill me.

  • 10.04.2007 7:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Shrylin
are there shoulder plates and a chest plate for the mark V armor?

Also WHY cant we record videos of campaign i had a really good kill on a brute that i couldnt record!


No!

You can!

  • 10.04.2007 8:00 AM PDT
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press the giant x in the center of your controller and sign out whatever profile you want

  • 10.04.2007 8:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: BME Banzai
Can you set open voice chat options during custom games or when making custom gametypes? Having to D-pad to talk during matches with only friends is a lot of hassle unless you've got two thumbs on your left hand.


Yea, exactly! Or do you have a solution for adding another thumb to our left hands specifically for the D-pad functions?

  • 10.04.2007 8:01 AM PDT
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Are you guys planning on bringing the match made game swat into halo 3?

  • 10.04.2007 8:01 AM PDT
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Hey Bungie,

I just want to know why we have to push the d-pad to talk if we have more than 4 people on our team. That is the only bad part about the game, the game rulez! But when we have to push the d-pad to talk, we get angry. Update halo 3 so we do not have to push the button to talk! Its not lagging anyone anyway, just unlock that feature!

Thanks, George.

  • 10.04.2007 8:01 AM PDT

Cookies!

Just push it once and as long as you're speaking, it'll be activated -_-''
*Edit: added answer*


I couldn't read all the 125 pages, but my questions are probably already asked anyway.


Cookies for the Bungie team!

[Edited on 10.04.2007 8:04 AM PDT]

  • 10.04.2007 8:03 AM PDT

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Hey just wondering if you guys know about the epidemic of the Dirty Disc Error and if you guys have a fix or patch in the works, or how we might can fix this ourselves. So many of us still cannot fully enjoy Halo 3 despite getting new discs. Here's a link to the xbox forum and all the symptoms are in there.

http://forums.xbox.com/15759968/ShowPost.aspx

  • 10.04.2007 8:03 AM PDT

MY PANTS ARE SO SWEET!!!

Is it possible to start a custom Slayer game with no starting weapon? How about Plasma Grenades only? Are these the kind of things that can be changed with a System Update?

Thanks!

  • 10.04.2007 8:05 AM PDT

i have one request , are you going to remake marathon , becuse i can see the conection between the ending of h3 and the bgining of marathon ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????

  • 10.04.2007 8:08 AM PDT
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Is there a difference between an elite and a spartan online. Is it easier to kill one over the other?

  • 10.04.2007 8:09 AM PDT

\-OAKCLIFF-/ \-DALLAS-/

OK IDONT KNOW IF EVERYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE GAME IS THE TRIPLE KILL ACHIEVEMENT I HAVE GOT A TRIPLE KILL ABOUT 10 TIMES IN A RANKED MATCH AND STILL HAVENT GOT THAT ACHIEVEMENT?

THE GAME IS AMAZINGLY BAD ASS I CANT WAIT FOR ANY OTHER GAMES THAT YALL MAKE TO COME OUT.

  • 10.04.2007 8:12 AM PDT