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Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

Why is halo 3 such a crap game... nah i'm joking.

Anyway, what can we expect in the future in terms of downloadable content, and also a friend told me that bungie and microsoft were splitting up. is this true? i can't be bothered to find out by myself because i need to go and play halo 3 now... bye!

  • 10.04.2007 8:53 AM PDT
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How come when i looked for two of the four silverskulls i found but i cant find the other two... do i have to be on a harder difficulty someone help me out. becuase i have every otherskull and i would like that helmet.. please resond

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Why does the Master Chief's corpse float in little streams of water even though he's a one ton Cyborg? It's very visible in the first level in the stream near the start.

  • 10.04.2007 8:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: Transphasik
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.


I still think this whole concept is stupid. The other armors are just for looks, why can't the SPI? I don't really care that much, though more armor unlockable without live would be good. My friend kept calling what's now CQB SPI armor when he saw pictures, which was really nooby because if you read the books the description sounds like EVA armor to me. Anyways, I think you should be able to play brutes, marines, and jackals too, just for the hell of it. Who cares if they're a bigger target, it's still fun.

.:Question:. Ok, how do you unlock EOB armor? some people said that it's metagame but I know there are people with 1000/1000 and they don't have it.
Also, can you PLEASE make it so that there's an online download to get the armor from live for those of us who don't have live? And can you make a map pack of halo 1/2 maps? (Please make it a CD so people without live can get it.)

Thanks,
Evan

  • 10.04.2007 8:57 AM PDT
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Okay, my question is this. On two occasions I didn't get the acheivement I was supposed to get. Once I double killed with the Spartan Laser, and once I had a killing spree of 11. But I didn't get the acheivements. Is this bug going to be fixed or should we just keep trying? Thank you for your time, and AWESOME job on the game.

HALO FAN 4 LIFE!!!!

  • 10.04.2007 8:57 AM PDT
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Thank you Bungie for finally make the Assault rile decent! Don't tweak it so that the battle rifle is amazingly cheap again!

  • 10.04.2007 8:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Haloguido
Why am I not getting my achievements for killing frezny and headhsots? I know I have achieved both...


Same here. I have several killing frenzies, laser kills, headshots, melees, triple kills, etc. all in online ranked matches, but no achievements for them... Whats the deal with this?

  • 10.04.2007 8:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: Haloguido
Why am I not getting my achievements for killing frezny and headhsots? I know I have achieved both...


Same here. I have several killing frenzies, headshot runs, melee runs, triple kills, etc. all in online ranked matches, but no achievements for them... Whats the deal with this?

Also, I have played over 100 online matches, and still havent played on Epitaph or Sandtrap, not even one time. How can I get these maps to load for me?

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  • 10.04.2007 8:59 AM PDT
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Overlord of Fools United

WIT-A-WOO!

This is answering S H I B V M I. I havnt got the hang of this forum thing yet. I cant remember what to do exactly but It had to do with the familly/xbox live settings in the 360 dashboard cos i got the same message to begin with so I just set everythhing to allowed. C if that works

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  • 10.04.2007 8:59 AM PDT

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Forge: Will Bungie add the ability to delete items on a map without having to find each and every one? Something like going to the "Summary" area of an item, highlighting the number that are on the map, and just pushing the Y button to remove them.

Matchmaking: Will Bungie add the ability to have proximity chat with ones team? That way we don't have people discussing the velocity required for meatloaf (the band or the food) to become a deadly projectile over team chat.

Campaign Films: Will Bungie add the ability to take clips from a Campaign film rather than having to fast forward to the relevant portion? I recorded myself getting the "I Would Have Been Your Daddy" skull and I'd like to clip it from the film to add to my file share to help others who may not have it yet.

  • 10.04.2007 9:00 AM PDT

Why can't I get the marathon man achievement? My friend and I have done it several times on normal campaign, waiting for the terminal to be hacked before we exit but we still haven't been given an achievement. What gives?

  • 10.04.2007 9:02 AM PDT
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easy question, i think:
when your in a multiplayer lobby you see a map of the world, im almost positive when i popped in at 12:30am on release night it was barely light up, but now it dosent seem to change, myy question is whats the story on it? is it realtime? do the lights never go out? is it fake and just for looks? me and my friends all want to know.

  • 10.04.2007 9:02 AM PDT
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With such a remarkable job making a game that took a lot of hard work and overtime, what's the mood around the office seeing that the game only sold a few copies? LOL

  • 10.04.2007 9:02 AM PDT
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- Will BTB be a ranked matchmaking playlist as is was in Halo 2? I love BTB ranked.
- Will there be new armor types for DC? I would really like more armor types for the Elite.
- Is there going to be a game update anytime soon?
- Will Lone Wolfs change back to 7 players instead of keeping it at 5?

  • 10.04.2007 9:02 AM PDT
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probably asked before:

are there more skulls in the game?

  • 10.04.2007 9:03 AM PDT

Mess with the best, die like the rest...

You guys must be studying the uh, abridged Book of Ninja Fighting.
I mean, come on... How do you guys expect to beat me?

First off, this is my first post and I couldn't find the new topic button. Anyway, I agree with the post I replyed to, I never really liked Gears of War, but being able to talk to your team without holding d-up was incredibly useful.

Now for my main point, I bought the Halo 3 Legendary and I don't even own a 360, which should show how much I love the entire Halo franchise. I only got to play through the campaign once (splitscreen, and with two other seperate players), and because the sound was messing up with my splitscreen, I wasn't able to hear all of the cutscenes clearly so I could have missed something. Alright, with the background out of the way, I was under the impression that in H3 you activated the Halo on Earth to kill off the Flood. But according to everything else Halo, activating a Halo would only kill off the sentient life within range. Basically as it was phrased by Bungie, you would starve the Flood to death, which would take time. In the game, the Halo on Earth killed the flood instantly, and as a bonus would have killed every covenant within its range also. I asked a friend about this, and he said that because the Halo was incomplete, that it actually just blew up, but that would leave all of the covenant and, INEVITABLY, some flood on earth. The humans and elites who evac'd from Earth immediately came back for that ceremony cutscene before the credits, but there was no mention of the flood or remaining covenant, and judging by what we've seen of the Brutes, they wouldn't flee simply because Truth was killed.

So my question: Did the Halo activate or blow up, and how did it get away with the stuff that it did. I've been trying to puzzle through this since the day I played the game, and I can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP ME BUNGIE, YOU ARE MY ONLY HOPE! MY FAITH IS WANING...

  • 10.04.2007 9:04 AM PDT
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Read carefully. It says for free for all..(Lone wolf)

  • 10.04.2007 9:04 AM PDT
Subject: The Halo 3 Ultra Q&A

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Posted by: Haloguido
Why am I not getting my achievements for killing frezny and headhsots? I know I have achieved both...


Same here. I have several killing frenzies, laser kills, headshots, melees, triple kills, etc. all in online ranked matches, but no achievements for them... Whats the deal with this?


the achievement text says free for all.

  • 10.04.2007 9:04 AM PDT
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The Assault Rifle is Awesome as is. It is finally a decent weapion. Don't change it Bungie!

  • 10.04.2007 9:05 AM PDT

why are there no leaderboards for metagame scores?

  • 10.04.2007 9:05 AM PDT

skeet skeet

how am i supposed to find an answer to a previouslly asked question in a 127 page forum? anyways...anyword on clans?

  • 10.04.2007 9:06 AM PDT

Will there be clan support for Halo 3 in the future?

  • 10.04.2007 9:08 AM PDT

Can you just change the acheivments so that they are any matchmaking type. I don't think i have even had a sword game on ranked lone wolves.

  • 10.04.2007 9:08 AM PDT
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Thanks again for a kickass game.

I'd just like to ask if you could remember that the vocal minority does not represent people like me, who are generally happy with the game. The only question I really have is when we will see a playlist update, which I'm sure has been asked several times. So I won't ask. There.

  • 10.04.2007 9:08 AM PDT
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http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13370019

That thread says it all.

My Questions:

1. If you could go back, would you have executed Halo 3's storyline in any other way? Would you have shown more, gone to greater depths, etc.? I enjoyed the game a lot, but the story's execution never quite matched the drama and epic nature it tried to portray. Also, how should we interpret the ending to Halo 3 on Legendary? Are the possibilities open for a Halo 4?

2. Will there ever be online leaderboards for Campaign and Multiplayer stats?

3. If the Hornet can't be used in Matchmaking for balancing issues, then why can't we pilot the Pelican and/or Phantom in multiplayer? At least in one map for now, such as Sandtrap? It's not like Master Chief doesn't know how to pilot a Pelican. He did in the final mission of the game. If it were added to multiplayer, it could just be used for Forge and Custom Games.

4. Why is there only 1 save file for campaign? It's frustrating, at least to me, when playing a co-op game means it will overwrite my original progress/stats of the campaign. Will there be any future updates allowing more than 1 save file for the campaign? Not only do I think it will alleviate frustration, but it will make co-op a more cohesive and flowing experience.

5. Are you planning on releasing any future DLC for Co-Op? Such as co-op specific levels just to lengthen the life of co-op and to keep things fresh?

6. Will there be any future downloadable characters for multiplayer with their own permutations? (UNSC, Brutes, etc.)

7. Don't tease us! Why are there Troop Warthogs and Pelicans just used as scenery in The Pit? Is this a hint for what's to come for multiplayer?

8. What was Bungie's primary focus for Halo 3? Single player or multiplayer?

9. The 7th level was orgasmic, especially when fighting the two scarabs. It was probably my most memorable and epic set piece in Halo 3, but why weren't there as many battles of that scale throughout the game?

10. Was it Marty's intention to bring back old themes for Halo 3 or a time constraint issue? The remixed themes were amazing, but I didn't come across many original composed themes.

P.S. Are you guys really tired of making Halo, as the rumors claim?


*I really don't want these questions overlooked and I'd really appreciate, at the very least, one of these questions thoughtfully answered.

Thank you,
Jup Opt Max
NJ

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  • 10.04.2007 9:09 AM PDT