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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A
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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.

I know this same question has probably been asked 100 more times in this thread but I dont have the time right now to read 100+ pages. I have noticed this as well, melee seems slightly glitchy. Me and an opponent run straight at each other, firing roughly the same ammount of AR bullets into each other, and I hit the melee first. I get a satisfying SMACK!, but a split second later my opponent melees me and I die. At first I chalked it up to my opponent probably getting an extra shot or two in, but this scenario happens to me alarmingly often, and with many weapon setups. In a particular saved film of a hammerzeit game I played last night( which I can provide as evidence), two seperate occasions of odd melee behaviour are obvious. In one, I quite clearly score a direct hit on another player, and yet 4 frames later their attack decends on my head and kills me(we were both at full shields). In the second instance, watching frame by frame, you can see my character(an elite model, by the way) go through the hammer swing animation. A few frames before my attack should land, the animation suddenly jumps backwards two frames-it looks like I swing the hammer half way and then bring it back and swing again-which of course results in my death.

Everything described in this post happened at green latency, by the way. So my question is, is there a known issue with melee? Do I just suck that bad(I highly doubt this, I am reasonably proficient in both Halo 1 and 2)? Is this somehow related to the limited edition disc scratching? My disc is slightly scratched, but I haven't sent for a replacement because the game has(as far as I know) run flawlessly. Is the scratching somehow causing this odd behaviour?

And despite this beef, you guys can pat yourselves on the back. You made quite the masterpiece with this one.

  • 10.04.2007 8:14 AM PDT

.......intensity in ten cities.......

My question, why are Halo 3 fans such whiners? B.G.E(best game evah) and they still complain. Anywhoo, I was wondering what button config youz guys use. Also, what do you guys drive? Who @ the Bungie has the most uniqe/crunkest(not the priciest) ride. Keep it real and thanks for the game!!
P.S. I'm hopin we don't get gang banged in respect to the DLC pricing. Fingers crossed!........... were not gonna get G.B.'d are we? .......-blam!- microsoft......

  • 10.04.2007 8:19 AM PDT

1. the overkill achievement is too hard; you either have to purposely keep your level down and play the game wrong by slaying in objective games, or you have to get really lucky before you level up too much. it seems like it was designed expecting the playlist to have eight players. similarly the steppin' razor achievement seems designed for having the "swords" gametype in ranked play. will we see any ranked FFA playlist updates in the future?

2. when will bungie favorites be updated? there are plenty of community clips now that are much much better than the bungie favorites.

  • 10.04.2007 8:20 AM PDT
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looking at my stats on your site it said i was deaths by Classified, and under it it said Iiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!!! what is that??

if downloadable content isnt limited to maps, what would it be or ideas of what it would be? more editing features in forge (weight, speed, control sensitivity of vehicals and more stuff to put on the maps) and of custom games (covinent have have special abilities or only allowed to use certain weapons and vis versa for spartans) or more characters for custom games. do you have to still limit what guns/vehicals can be on each map in forge? and more but i dont want to keep going on...

you let us decide the layout of maps, how about the balance of weapons??

would you add features to theater, like, saving your games in video formate, maybe use your microsoft resorces to make a nice video editor...it dont have to be free if its worth it. you guys could make even MORE money lol

are you saving the arm of your character for a possible clan logo??

if i sent you my halo 3 case, would you sign it? = D

keep up the great work guys, your game is awsome, so awsome i bought an xbox (week early)for halo2 and a 360(month early) for halo3


  • 10.04.2007 8:21 AM PDT
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how come the old clasic maps were not brought back, (valhala dont count as blood gulch) is it so you can charg us for DLC and make us even more broke?

  • 10.04.2007 8:24 AM PDT

How can I create game variants where everyone spawns without *any* weapon?
If someone knows how to do this, please let me know!

  • 10.04.2007 8:25 AM PDT

I was trying to have a photo op session in a custom game with a few friends, and was disapointed to find that the feature that allowed a character to visually lower his gun in multiplayer is missing. Where did it go? It's hard to capture stunning high-res screens when you have to have everyone time their reload the right way if you don't want the guns in everyone's faces.

Thanks.

  • 10.04.2007 8:25 AM PDT
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Why am I not getting my achievements for killing frezny and headhsots? I know I have achieved both...

  • 10.04.2007 8:29 AM PDT
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Make the chat OPEN! Bungie, we hate to have to push that STUPID D-PAD to talk!!!

MAKE THE CHAT ROOMS OPEN!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • 10.04.2007 8:30 AM PDT
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SWAT game types?

Being able to choose a specific type of game in matchmaking that you want? (I thought this was going to be included in H3)

What is the deal with the Disc Read Error that so many of us are getting but there hasn't been a reply or acknowledgment about?

DRE evidence:
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13193500&p ostRepeater1-p=77
http://forums.xbox.com/93/15759968/ShowPost.aspx#15759968



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  • 10.04.2007 8:31 AM PDT

whats with mater chief getting captured in the diorama? why isnt this in the game? when does it take place? what is the planet master chief is floating towards in the legendary ending? is is true that the armor permutations have no effect on gameplay? will there be more in the future? whats with the flaming heads? most importantly whats with master chief getting captured in the diorama i need to know what happend "when master chief armed his grenade"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 10.04.2007 8:34 AM PDT
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why is it that if your playing co-op with a friend on the same screen over xbox live, only one of you can use the headset?

  • 10.04.2007 8:34 AM PDT
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How hard would it be to add a "Jump to Previous Save Location" in campaign? I don't mean the last checkpoint you just passed, but the one right before it. Would be helpful in case you get boned with no ammunition or something like that and you accidentally get a checkpoint you don't like to be able to just jump back a few extra minutes in the game.

  • 10.04.2007 8:35 AM PDT

Die for the Pie
ಠ_ಠ < Do it NOW

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Megan Fox is a whore.

Gigolo.

Is there going to be a way to get the online achievements without going online? I know some works like 'too close to the sun'

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  • 10.04.2007 8:35 AM PDT
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Wireless headset + Halo 3 = Talking really loud

The wireless headset works really well IMO. I can talk normally or whisper when sending voice messages and it picks it up perfectly. However when playing Halo 3 it seems like I have to have the microphone right up to my mouth in order for it to pick up my talking.
Anybody else have this issue?

  • 10.04.2007 8:35 AM PDT
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Can you PLEASE make it easier to search through the screenshot and map forums? It's impossible to find anything that I want. Maybe even some filters (rating, map, etc.)?

Why can't we use some weapons on certain maps? I understand not being able to put a tank on Guardian, but why not a flamethrower on Sandtrap? (sorry if it actually is, but you get my point)

I've been to all seven terminals and read through all of them and still don't have my Marathon Achievement. Am I missing a terminal?

When i'm in Forge on High Ground, I've set a respawn area for the defending and attacking teams on Territories, but, no matter which side I'm on, I always respawn at the bottom of the level. WTF?

Why isn't there a button to clear the whole map on Forge?

  • 10.04.2007 8:40 AM PDT
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why isn't there a team snipers anymore and why has it been replaced by still a good game but you cant select it shotty snipers?

  • 10.04.2007 8:42 AM PDT
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So when comes the small symetrical maps for MLG?

Is host still given to best connection or is everything through a dedicated server? And if said yes to first of previous, how do we determine who is given host? If we can't, can you make it so?

Thanks, I like the way you move.

  • 10.04.2007 8:45 AM PDT
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I do team kill. . . So, if you are standing next to me . . . duck!!!

Please, please answer this!!!!!!!

I cannot view any saved films!!! i keep getting a message that says "u or someone in your party is not allowed to view user created content" even when I'm trying to view my campaing films!!!

How can I solve this? I called Xbox customer service but they keep me on the line over 40 min and could not even answer how to view the film!!!

I found some old files on my hard drive from halo 3 beta, but after erasing them I kept getting the same message :c(

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  • 10.04.2007 8:48 AM PDT
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I was wondering where you get to play Infection on Matchmaking.

  • 10.04.2007 8:48 AM PDT
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SPI would not be included. It is unsheilded and would result in massive rapeage of all who chose to wear it. It wouldn't even have full active camo.

  • 10.04.2007 8:49 AM PDT
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-Also is there any way for guests to be able to save preferences like armor , emblem, and colors so that they do not have to edit their spartan every time Halo 3 is booted up?



Yes, you create a new profile and name it whatever they want to be called.


actually new profiles cant be used on xbox live


oh, right for live. Then is there a way to save presets? My guess is no at this point.

  • 10.04.2007 8:50 AM PDT
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WIT-A-WOO!

I have a few questioins, some or all may have been asked already, but I havent had the time to read through the ones already there.

1) I heard we were going able to fly Pelicans in campaign and multiplayer, we can't. Why not? I wouldn't be surprised if this was a nasty, teasing, rumour for prelease.

2) Whats with my Maraton Man achievement, I've accessed all terminals but no achievement, this is the same for one of my mates on his own 360. Is there a certain way to do it?

3) Why is there, once again, no Fuel Rod Cannon in the multiplayer.

4) There can't have been that much time between Halo 2 and Halo 3, storyline wise, I reckon about a day, but can't be more than a week, so how can vehicles like a Scarab have changed so much? I'm just being fussy here.

5) Why did you make machine gun controls on the Scorpion available for another player/AI rather than the driver and same for the Wraith?

By the way Bungie, brilliant game from the greatest makers in the world!

  • 10.04.2007 8:51 AM PDT
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I heard Bungie is going to do a seven hour segment explaining every little thing that everyone has a problem with in Halo 3, including a long lecture titled "Snipers, Matchmaking and Why People Need to Stop Complaining." Is there any truth to this?

  • 10.04.2007 8:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: Killazilla 999
Are there any plans to improve the Saved Films playback options?

It seems very incomplete as of launch. For one Multiplayer lacks a true rewind button. Why do we have to skip back 10 seconds instead of being able to rewind frame by frame? It is an option for going forward why not backward? Also why is there not a "Skip Forward" option? In campaign the videos can be hours long. Even with the "Fast Forward" feature it can still take a good 20 minutes to reach that epic screenshot moment. But what happens if you pass that moment? Why is there no "Skip Back" like in Multiplayer? I just spent 20 minutes getting to this moment and I accidentally missed it. Now I have to wait ANOTHER 20 minutes to get back. It just doesn't make sense that there is skip back feature for Multiplayer films but not for campaign films.

The rest of the Saved films feature is great and I truly enjoy playing around in it. I am just wondering why these seemingly basic features are not included.

Thanks for answering.


here here!

  • 10.04.2007 8:52 AM PDT